The Orphic mosaic

  • New series dropping, like, now. I don’t know how I’m going to play it just yet, but I have a cast of characters, video, music. An arc, a timeline.

    December 6, 2022

    | Simian Mobile Disco : Boids

    | Françoise Hardy - Mon amie la rose (1965)

  • So, wow, Nice Nice is on Warp Records. Who knew? And Thrace. So noisy, amiright? A MESSY MESS.

    December 7, 2022

    | Nice Nice : Set and Setting

    | Weval : Someday (Official Video)

  • I know, the Avalanches again, but they do such a nice job of remixing an incredible song and video by Hunters and Collectors, “Talking to a Stranger“. I mean, opening it by mixing it with “Love Sensation” and “Figure of 8“?

    December 7, 2022

    | Section 25 : Looking from a Hilltop

    | The Avalanches : Stalking To A Stranger

  • I debated which video to use, Tim Buckley‘s or This Mortal Coil’s. I decided on the latter, mainly because I wanted to expose you to the Starsailor album. Also because, well, hairdos.

    December 9, 2022

    | Tim Buckley : Song to the Siren

    | This Mortal Coil : Song To The Siren

  • Perhaps more clear now? | I'm too exhausted to write tonight, though I have much to say. Check back in about 10 hours. | Rome, Centro, August 2022

    December 10, 2022

    | Art of Noise : Moments in Love

    | Twilight Zone / Bonnie Beecher : Come Wander With Me

  • I’ve never heard the term “viper” used to describe a snake in the swamps from which I arose. We have many poisonous snakes, of course, but I’ve never heard the term “viper” among my people.

    December 11, 2022

    | Sarah McLachlan : Fumbling towards Ecstasy

    | Lamb : Gorecki

  • I want to note that the Greek Underworld was nothing like our Dantean view of Hell, a stain from that wicked and pernicious Comedy.

    December 12, 2022

    | Brian Eno / David Byrne : Help Me Somebody

    | Max Cooper : Repetition

  • Because there’s no light underground. I’m going to take this opportunity to experiment with B+W.

    December 13, 2022

    | R.E.M. : Wolves, Lower

    | Three Dog Night : Try A Little Tenderness

  • Working in B+W is tougher than it looks, but it’s teaching me about light and gradients of color, tone and brightness.

    December 14, 2022

    | Joni Mitchell : River

    | Al Green : Take Me To The River