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Dave Newhouse: Improvika I & II | A musical response to our challenging times

Today’s Daily Disc features Dave Newhouse’s Improvika I and II. Dave describes these pieces as his “response to the woefully corrupt and fascist government we are currently living under.” … Each CD is a long piece approximately 30 minutes, with a collage-like feel weaving together passages of woodwind harmonies, guitar, shortwave radio, found sounds, and a great many other elements. There is also a bonus track on each CD featuring additional bits from the recording sessions.

Dave plays a lot of the instruments, including clarinets, saxophones, keyboards, shortwave radio, and more. He is joined by:
Fred Frith – acoustic guitar
Billy Swann – double bass and fuzz bass
Greg Segal – percussion
Jerry King – guitar and effects
Bret Hart – electric guitar, effects
Robert Dansby – ambient sounds
Forrest Fang – violin
Mixed and mastered by Ian Beabout
Cover paintings by Dave Newhouse
Graphics by Eric Kearns

To find out more, please visit Dave Newhouse’s Bandcamp site:
https://davenewhouse.bandcamp.com/album/improvika-i
https://davenewhouse.bandcamp.com/album/improvika-ii

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Dave Newhouse: Improvika I & II | A musical response to our challenging times
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Dave Newhouse: Improvika I & II | A musical response to our challenging times
Today’s Daily Disc features Dave Newhouse’s Improvika I and II. Dave describes these pieces as his “response to the woefully corrupt and fascist government we are currently living under.” … Each CD is a long piece approximately 30 minutes, with a collage-like feel weaving together passages of woodwind harmonies, guitar, shortwave radio, found sounds, and a great many other elements. There is also a bonus track on each CD featuring additional bits from the recording sessions.

Dave plays a lot of the instruments, including clarinets, saxophones, keyboards, shortwave radio, and more. He is joined by:
Fred Frith – acoustic guitar
Billy Swann – double bass and fuzz bass
Greg Segal – percussion
Jerry King – guitar and effects
Bret Hart – electric guitar, effects
Robert Dansby – ambient sounds
Forrest Fang – violin
Mixed and mastered by Ian Beabout
Cover paintings by Dave Newhouse
Graphics by Eric Kearns

To find out more, please visit Dave Newhouse’s Bandcamp site:
https://davenewhouse.bandcamp.com/album/improvika-i
https://davenewhouse.bandcamp.com/album/improvika-ii

Please subscribe to this channel for cultural content coming out regularly, and please consider supporting us:
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MEOWs and PURRs with Sam Sam on #Caturday
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MEOWs and PURRs with Sam Sam on #Caturday
Sam Sam is her to brighten your Caturday with her sweet little face and voice.

This week we’re letting her voice and the ambience be the music. It is a …
simple, quiet moment capturing her unique expressions and movements.

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My Human Digs Me Blues | A conversation with Jerry King
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My Human Digs Me Blues | A conversation with Jerry King
CatSynth TV sits down for a conversation with Jerry King – Guitarist, composer, friend to felines, and producer of incredible compilations. His newest compilation, titled My Human Digs Me …Blues, is a 2-CD set of music, 46 tracks by an incredible selection of cross-continental artists offering up their own diverse multicolored takes on The Blues!

To find out more about this compilation please visit these sites:
https://cloudoverjupiter.bandcamp.com/
https://discusmusic.bandcamp.com/
https://www.waysidemusic.com/

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00:00 Introduction
00:49 The original idea for the compilation
08:30 Enumerating all the creative participants in the project
16:45 The challenges of putting together large compilation
21:22 About the artwork
25:43 Where to find My Human Digs Me Blues
26:46 Behind-the-scenes support
30:09 Conclusion
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