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mardi 17 mai 2011

Octurn/monks of Gyuto Monastery

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A unique project: the Octurn ensemble immerses itself in the authentic world of ritual chanting, as performed by the monks of Gyuto Monastery. The score written for Octurn’s musicians melts into these hypnotic states.
For this project, the Tibetan chanting monks have agreed to change their traditional way of working, with a view to exploring and experimenting with new techniques. This ritual chanting, introduces Octurn to an extremely sophisticated culture and philosophy which, though several thousand years old, is now threatened with extinction…







>>> http://www.octurn.com/

>>> http://www.octurn.com/project.php?id=38






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lundi 3 août 2009

The snake can't sleep (The Lounge Lizards)




John Lurie & the Lounge Lizards playing Snakes can´t sleep (a.k.a the hanging on "voice of chunk").
Germany 1989.
Musicians are:
John Lurie (saxophone)
Ray Nathanson (saxophone)
Curtis Fowlkes (trombone)
Evan Lurie (piano)
Brandon Ross (guitar)
Al MacDowell (bass)
Calvin Weston (drums)
E.J. Rodriguez (percussion)





** Many thanks to Pierrot