Dennis had 4 more albums apparently…presumably better than this..
Apologies for this…
Waterman
Vinyl Record
Moving Images
Posted a few new videos on my Youtube channel recently and thought I should probably put something here too…some of these do not appear on Youtube
This year I’ve been looking at using different artists of each Zodiac sign – Gemini artists included Lionel Richie, Prince and Bonnie Tyler.
Cancerians included George Michael and Cyndi Lauper…
At this point I was trying to merge the vinyl loops with samples of music and field recordings as well as the synth sounds..
Kids Catch up with more singing pigs
A few nice old kids records I recently put on youtube, flickr or both.
The Bugs Bunny Little golden record and Beatle Beat Goldentone are both 78s and 6inch diameter which means the center labels are too small for most record players to play to the end as the auto stop/return mechanisms kick in at the end point of the more standard size 7 or 12inch labels. Fortunately the PT01 Portable Numark has a switch to turn off the auto stop and plays at 78rpm too!
Why this Pinky and Perky Have a Party video has been blocked by WMG in Japan for the Hokey Cokey track I dont know!
Theres another post with a bunch of other Gala Goldentone 78s here
A circle in 12 parts: Aries
The start of a new series of improvisations with guest artists for 2024.
My first guest for the zodiac sign of Aries was Ailsa Mair. The audio video improvisation was created entirely live, combining a selection of Ailsa’s photos and video clips with astrological symbols, live cameras and sounds.
The session started with a bit of Ann Petrie on vinyl talking about the Aries nature, it combines with a loop of Holst’s Mars and Cor Meibion Aberystwyth before giving way to the cello and voice of Ailsa Mair.
We have been talking of making some work around the tarot and symbol of the fool in particular. Seems wholly appropriate to explore this in the time of Aries.
Check out the Fools Journey on Ailsa’s bandcamp and more music too!
https://thefairytalecellist.bandcamp.com/
the fourth circle: Midwinter circles
The final installment of improvisations for the 4 cardinal calendar points.
Produced live the stream includes the remnants of a fiery circle for Sagittarius for a while before we transition into the liminal space of the solstice, that point of transition leading into a new phase of the year. Another layer explores the emerging Cardinal earth element, filmed by Jay while moving through the landscape earlier on the day.
Live cameras are processed through an analogue circuitbent video enhancer, and layer up with live tarot, synths, vinyl and bass guitar as well as readings of texts on themes of the solstice, earth and Capricorn.
With 2 Capricorns in the room they got to select vinyl for the evening, subsequently looped and processed by Jay through a variety of pedals they merge with the Make Noise synth sounds shifting and evolving over time. Thanks to guests Rhowan, Erin & Manny as well as regular players Jay and Keryl for their thoughtful and playful contributions.
POOL: y ddechreuad
POOL is a beginning, the starting point for a stream.
Afon artists are invited to browse a database of vinyl records and select a track or album to create a sonic POOL from which samples will flow and LOOP to become a stream.
Forming in the fixed water sign of Scorpio, POOL suggests the start of a journey into hidden otherworlds. Moving into and immersion in the POOL takes us into the unknown, a place where real and unreal worlds interact, where both become fluid memory and noise is the only true reality..
The POOL starts to form with these selected records :
Joni Mitchel – Clouds;
Johnny Cash – Big River;
Top of the Pops Artistes – Float on;
Neil Diamond – Walk on Water;
Johnny Cash & Marty Robbins – Cool Water
Looking Back to Basics
Traditional mix of vinyl loops from 3 copies of Holst’s Mars from The Planets, 2 by the L.A. Philharmonic Orchestra and 1 by Tomita; A loop from Scorpio on Cannonball Adderley presents Soul Zodiac and a little bit of voice from Sydney Omarr’s Scorpio.
3 records on:
Dansette – Hawaii Calls: Waikiki after Dark, Presented by Webley Edwards.
Ultra – Dire Straits – Money for Nothing.
BSR: Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass – Going Places.
the fourth circle: Autumnal circles
Improvised audio visual stream with guests for a belated equinox improvisation on the midpoint of Samhain. Thank you all for contributing!
Along with the astrological staples there were vinyl records selected by our Scorpio guest including Yellow Submarine and Orpheus in the Underworld
Drawings by Jo Shapland http://www.mantroi.com/
Photo by Jay Hodges
Digital Analog Dogs
I love this track by Bill Frisell. I first heard it in the late nineties on BBC radio three’s Mixing it program. That was a great show.
Astrological Staples
A circle in 12 parts has from its beginning included a number of vinyl records as a constant resource. The records of Holst’s planet suite is the most obvious one and I have a number of different versions of it, mostly orchestral but with a couple of electronic variations. When it comes to certain zodiac signs the planet suite doesnt figure as there are no compositions dedicated to the Sun and Moon, or Luminaries as they are known in astrology. I posted a bit here about the records I came to use for these https://thefoundofmusic.co.uk/2022/07/25/music-of-the-spheres/
Along with a regular set of vinyl representing the planetary or luminary rulers of the signs there are also astrological spoken word records from Melvin J Gunton, Sydney Omarr, Patric Walker, Maurice Woodruff, Madame Francesca and Anne Petrie. Most of the astrology spoken word records have been recorded to yoube and are embedded in posts on the different Zodiac signs. I’ve a couple of spoken word records that cover the whole Zodiac, Astrology for Young Lovers narrated by Casey Casem, Roger Christian’s Discover yourself through Astrology and Your stars for 1968 by Cosmos.
There are some musical interpretations of the Zodiac with TheZodiac Suite from Norrie Paramour strings and orchestra, Russell Grants Zodiac Jukebox, Johnny Dankworth’s Zodiac Variations Cannonball Adderly’s Soul Zodiac, Roberta Kelly’s Zodiac Lady.
Since starting the project in 2020 I have managed to get the entire series of ‘Astromusical House of…’ records with a booklet of interpretation notes by Carroll Righter. I love this set of muzak covers of popular hiots of the day (1969) themed to tie in with characteristics of each sign (these are all recorded playing straight and on youtube)
So far all the vinyl mentioned here has obvious astrological connections but theres a few others that have become staples of the improvisations. These are chosen to refer more to the magical ritual aspect of the project. A Kind of Magic by Queen (almost always in the mix in some way), The Magic Key by Charles M Simmons has some great moments and Percy Thrower’s guide to good gardening record is fantastic to place us at a particular time of the year. I’m sure there are others Ive forgotten…
There are images of all the records mentioned somewhere in the posts on here and many videos of them too. Images of these and more of my vinyl collection are also posted on my Flickr feed
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