I had intended to post a christmas song -- heard a couple of nice 'new' ones lately (new-for-me + a couple of hundred years old probably) .
But somehow I'm posting this instead  


Black Rose (English Sub)~ Gumi
The lyrics are quirky, translation seems quite good, but does seem to lose the plot occasionally. I like "sell off a scattered conclusion". (But I'm posting it just cause it's catchy.)

Yes, >the studio version< is even better, but I really like this outdoor live version from a balcony with snow.

Here we also have a XYLOPHONE (just how often do you have the chance to type a word beginning with x ? No, Real Life is that the xylophone was invented & named to give meaning to the letter x !) a double bass, freezing fingers, and a broken string!


"Tunnels & Trains" by One-eyed Mule

Well, it's sort of 'video'; the sound track to the video game Portal 1, with this full title in a yt search window;

Soundtracks : Music Collection: - (Season 2) (Episode 1 - PORTAL)

I really only like the first 2/3rds of it, which is quite dreamy in a soft throbbing electronic sort of way.

^^ This.

I prefer Side 1, Part 1 meself.  Excellent soundtrack to the 4 months I spent unemployed trolling the job listings and beefing up my resume with MS software training from the local public library.


Pure edge-of-melancholy bliss.
I always followed this up with something on the complete flip side, like Caspar Brötzmann Massaker:

Home Free, I Want Crazy, The Sing-Off

"not available in your country"

HOLA couldn't change it.

^ Not exactly.


But that one is hopefully not restricted.

I was talking about the Low F# he hit (and sustained) more than anything else.  You can just barely hear it on substandard speakers being in the 44Hz range.  But, that's not even my favorite track of the competition from them... but that in and of itself is very impressive.

^and 2.8 mio views on their homepage at YouTube's.

Dani & Lizzy's videos: http://www.youtube.com/user/Daniandlizzytv/videos


or:

https://itunes.apple.com/ca/album/dancing-in-the-sky-single/id685711739

Thank you, cmpm 

I got interested in the sound of the Hang Drum some time back.

It's a lovely instrument with a unique sound, the broader adoption of which is hampered by the somewhat elitist and precious attitude of its designers. One does not simply go out and order a Hang Drum. (You can read all about how that works - along with some additional faux-mystic blather - on their blog here.)

We have decided

•    to keep on building the Free Integral Hang. We will practice every day to keep the sensual plasticity from fading and the tonal energy from ebbing.
•    to pass the traces of this work to interested parties who accept our views and travel on their self-accountable path.
•    to make the few Hanghang available on the basis of letters and recommendations.
•    to not keep waiting lists.
•    to pay more attention to how the Hang is developing in the world of therapy. We are skeptical because we are not convinced that this branch lends itself to a reasonable application of the highly complex Hang. Despite having asked for feedback on this subject, we have received only a few reactions and experiences.
•    to not turn our attention to the media such as YouTube and CDs. We know that the high dynamic of the Hang sound cannot be captured by microphones, and loudspeakers only distort reproductions.
•    to inform all Hang players on streets and in parks that we are flooded by letters from people who were deeply moved and also want a Hang from PANArt. We are asking all street musicians to contemplate their mission.

Exactly how requiring a potential buyer to "accept our views" while simultaneously and contradictorily insisting they "travel on their self-accountable path" is a mystery to me.

And sad to say, their reluctance to part with their creations has resulted in extremely high prices  for the very few Hangs that do come on the open market. (There's one 'first gen' model currently listed on EBay with an $8500 USD price tag!) However, rather than acknowledge that maybe, just maybe, their deliberately making it so difficult to get one is driving the price up, they only have this to say:

For years PANArt instruments have been on the market for exorbitant prices and speculation has flourished. We take issue with this situation and our Free Integral Hang is therefore restricted to clients who agree to keep this delicate object from making its way in the popular market.

Insane. But I guess that's to be expected when you're dealing with Felix Rohner and Sabina Schärer, who apparently believe they have discovered GOD in a piece of metal.

<End of rant>

Anyway, it's still a very nice sounding instrument.

Here's the duo Hang Massive playing their composition Once Again:

interesting... I wonder would those guys qualify as hang bangers?

Not so much a video as a 1.5 hour long documentary!

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Moody Blues!!  omg...that is so closet for me!  Nice, called me out there.
I secretly like skipping to the "it's not the way..." part, before it picks up again.

That's ok. You're among friends here.

In my case it's: The Actor, Watching and Waiting, Timothy Leary's Dead, and Let Merlin Cast His Spell for 'headphone hour.'  

But that's how it goes when you're:


note: Good to see Dave Pegg here on bass again. He was easily  (from 1979-1995) the best of all of the Tull bassists IMO!