A bit of semi-long form semi-ambient semi-minimalist semi-something something something. Unfortunately, this is at a stupidly low bitrate because it's 22 minutes long, so higher bitrate
MP3 and
FLAC are available.
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posted by askmeaboutLOOM
on Jun 16, 2011 -
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Here's my humble version of Louisiana-born singer/songwriter Tony Joe White's most well-known tune. Recorded live at SABACO in Waseda, Tokyo on December 9, 2010. Loved this song ever since I first heard it at age 12. Here I'm using is the Vietnamese jaw harp called the
Dan Moi, plus a wobbly, warbly drone from the JUNO 60 analog synth. Video
here.
posted by flapjax at midnite
on Dec 13, 2010 -
5 comments
Fifty six seconds of music from a jaw harp from Vietnam, played by a guy from Alabama, recorded in a room in Japan. Video
here.
posted by flapjax at midnite
on Oct 10, 2010 -
2 comments
I've been doing a lot of gigs lately, so why not post some of the music here, right? This one is from a jaw harp mini-festival I was part of on March 28, 2010. I'm playing the Vietnamese jaw harp called the Dan Moi, along with a bass line from my JUNO 60 analog synth. Video of this same performance can be seen at
YouTube.
posted by flapjax at midnite
on Mar 30, 2010 -
9 comments
Other acceptable responses would be "Moon Dog Highway," "False Moon Interstate," or "I'm Making Crap Up Because Titling Instrumental Pieces is an Exercise in Futility in the First Place"
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posted by askmeaboutLOOM
on Mar 27, 2010 -
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This fast and dirty recording is from the mic on a Sony CyberShot camera. It's no audiophile's dream, for sure, but I just felt like getting some recent jaw harp tunes down to live video the other day, as I had a free hour in a big conference room. The room is definitely present in the recording. Anyway, video of this performance can be seen at
YouTube and
Vimeo.
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posted by flapjax at midnite
on Feb 4, 2010 -
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...we're all in Folsom Prison, but there ain't no Johnny Cash... Recorded live in performance at Nana Hari, Tokyo, on January 17, 2010. For this song I'm playing the Vietnamese jaw harp known as the Dan Moi. Video of this performance at
YouTube and
Vimeo.
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posted by flapjax at midnite
on Jan 20, 2010 -
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This is what happens when the whole band is present, overdubbing together--and you're still stupid, but now there's one more of you!
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posted by askmeaboutLOOM
on Aug 11, 2009 -
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Looking through the lyrics, I had no idea what we were going to do for this track. Man vs sun, however, knew from the get-go.
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posted by askmeaboutLOOM
on Jul 12, 2009 -
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MeFiMu stalwart
micayetoca asked me if there was anything else from the
Japonisme project, so I dug up this other one that I'd done a while back. It's just a simple little ditty that uses an a cappella vocal (slowed down a bit) from a 7" record I picked up at a flea market, to which I've added a rhythm track and some bamboo jaw harp. I put it to some video footage I shot here in Tokyo, too, and uploaded it to YT earlier today. If you'd like to
see it...
posted by flapjax at midnite
on Apr 25, 2009 -
9 comments
An instrumental from Sailor Martin representing his state of mind most of the time: noisy, jug bandish, sloppy, yet unexpectedly chipper and mellow. Listen closely and you can hear Sailor Martin singing along in the background. Entry number 7 for the RPM challenge.
posted by Astro Zombie
on Feb 19, 2009 -
4 comments
This month's themes (cupcake, brisk, interstitials) didn't exactly turn the inspiration amplifier up to 11, but, goddammit, I ain't one to run away from a challenge, no sirree. I rolled up my sleeves and got to work. So this one goes out to you, my little cupcake. You know who you are.
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posted by flapjax at midnite
on Dec 15, 2007 -
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There must've been hundreds of times over the years that I've tapped out a rhythm on a pan full of water while doing the dishes, the pitch woozily shifting as the h2o sloshes about. At those times I've almost always thought, hey, I should put this on a track sometime. Of course, I never did, until the first MeFi Music Challenge, with its "water" theme. Along with the big metal bowl full of troubled waters, you'll hear jawharp, talking drum, bombo drum, bell, shaker and vocal.
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posted by flapjax at midnite
on Jul 5, 2007 -
10 comments
Here's a song from the
RPM '07 CD that I just popped into the mail today. In the end I was able to get 8 presentable tunes together within the space of the month. Whew!
posted by flapjax at midnite
on Mar 1, 2007 -
11 comments
In a slow count of 5, here's some kind of convergence of Burma and the blues, or thereabouts.
"scissors cut paper / paper blows away / stone smashes scissors / and so it goes / another day / but it's all downhill from here / at least that's what sisyphus said /ah you're fucked six ways from sunday / with the blues wrapped round your head"
posted by flapjax at midnite
on Feb 23, 2007 -
6 comments
"i blew across the great plains like a plastic bag / from the broken heart of town to the dock of the bay / there ain't that much to say about the wide wide world / people everywhere just sleepwalk in their own little way / and ain't no hope of waking up / until you kiss me babe"
posted by flapjax at midnite
on Jan 16, 2007 -
20 comments
This is a tune from a 1995 release called "
Samm Bennett's History of the Last Five Minutes", from the Knitting Factory label. The CD is currently out of print. The guitarist is
Hahn Rowe, everything else is
me. I've been thinking about re-releasing this and possibly my earlier KF CDs on my own label (Yay! Rights have reverted back to yours truly!) but I've got a bunch of new songs I wanna release first. Thought I'd just throw this one out there into the ether. Anyway, [lyrics inside] and, hope you enjoy...
posted by flapjax at midnite
on Jan 10, 2007 -
7 comments
