Ayu-Mi-X V.4: Acoustic Version [Import]

1. I Am...

2. Never Ever

3. Endless Sorrow

4. Fly High

5. Daybreak

6. Seasons

7. M

8. Boys And Girls

9. Still Alone

10. To Be

11. No More Words

12. Song For Xx

13. Dearest

14. Who...

Ayu-Mi-X V.4: Acoustic Version,Ayumi Hamasaki,Avex Trax,World Music

Average customer rating: excellent but uncomplete To call it music may be a bit limiting. A worthwhile collection OhMyGodHowDreadful Kid Stockhausen

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Tracks:

1. Valse Sentimentale - Clara Rockmore
2. Oraison - Ens D'Ondes De Montreal
3. Etude Aux Chemins De Fer - Pierre Schaeffer
4. Williams Mix - John Cage
5. Klangstudie II - Herbert Eimert/Robert Beyer
6. Low Speed - Otto Luening
7. Dripsody - Hugh Le Caine
8. Forbidden Planet: Main Title - Louis Barron/Bebe Barron
9. Elektronische Tanzste: Concertando Rubato - Oskar Sala
10. Poem Electronique - Edgard Varese
11. Sine Music (A Swarm Of Butterflies Encountered Over The Ocean) - Richard Maxfield
12. Apocalypse-Part 2 - Tod Dockstader
13. Kontakte - James Tenney/William Winant
14. Wireless Fant - Vladimir Ussachevsky
15. Philomel - Milton Babbitt
16. Spacecraft - MEV

Tracks:

1. Cindy Electronium - Raymond Scott
2. Pendulum Music - Sonic Youth
3. Bye Bye Butterfly - Pauline Oliveros
4. Projection Esemplastic For White Noise - Joji Yuasa
5. Silver Apples Of The Moon, Part 1 - Morton Subotnick
6. Rainforest Version 1 - David Tudor
7. Poppy Nogood - Terry Riley
8. Boat-Woman-Song - Holger Czukay
9. Music Promenade - Luc Ferrari
10. Vibrations Composees: Rosace 3 - Francois Bayle
11. Mutations - Jean-Claude Risset
12. Hibiki-Hana-Ma - Iannis Xenakis
13. Map Of 49's Dream The Two Systems Of Eleven Sets Of Galactic Intervals: Drift Study '31/69 c.... - La Monte Young

Tracks:

1. He Destroyed Her Image - Charles Dodge
2. Six Fants On A Poem By Thomas Campion: Her Song - Paul Lansky
3. Appalachian Grove - Laurie Spiegel
4. En Phase/Hors Phase - Bernard Parmegiani
5. On The Other Ocean - David Behrman
6. Stria - John Chowning
7. Living Sound, Patent Pending Music For Sound-Joined Rooms Series - Maryanne Amacher
8. Automatic Writing - Robert Ashley
9. Canti Illuminati - Alvin Curran
10. Music On A Long Thin Wire - Alvin Lucier
11. Melange - Klaus Schulze
12. Before And After Charm (La Notte) - Jon Hassell
13. Unfamiliar Wind (Leeks Hills) - Brian Eno

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Opening with Clara Rockmore's reworking of Tchaikovsky with the theremin, and finishing with one of Brian Eno's ambient soundscapes, OHM artfully succeeds in its goal of giving a representative (as opposed to the impossible, comprehensive) overview of the first several decades of electronic music. Over 3 discs, 42 compositions, and 96 pages of notes and photos, OHM clearly illustrates the producers' and contributing writers' point that early electronic music is much of the foundation of contemporary music. Herein lies the connective tissue bridging musique concrète, 20th-century classical, electronic experimentation, and the theoretical avant-garde to psychedelia, ambient, dub, techno, electro, and synthpop and the globalization of sound. The groundbreaking uses of loops, sampling, drones, remixes, and cut-and-paste technology are put fully into context. The diversity of music included makes any sort of summation impossible, but that is also the point: electronic music is not really a genre, but an open field of endless possibility. From John Cage's famous "William's Mix" of tape snippets to Karkheinz Stockhausen's electronic orchestral compositions, from David Tudor and Holger Czukay's experiments in unrelated blendings of audio elements to David Behrman's supremely peaceful duet between computers and musicians, the aural renegades on OHM tread where none (save a few of their contemporaries) had gone before. The liner notes convey the incredible amount of hard work and experimentation it took to stitch together many of these pieces in the predigital era. Putting aside the inevitable quibbles about what's missing (much of it due to legal and/or logistical issues), a more complete collection of musical eggheads, eccentrics, and visionaries is hard to imagine. --Carl Hanni

Customer Reviews:

excellent but uncomplete.......2006-11-12

Althought most of the music here is an excellent collection of electronic music history, this 3 CDs lack of the important contribution given by the RAI phonology studios of Milan, Italy in the 50s
(which was bigger than Koln's WDR studios) with Bruno Maderna, Luciano Berio and Luigi Nono.
This is a big mistake. Milans studios were the biggest of europe and produced many important electroacoustic pieces.
If the collection aim to describe faithfully electronic music history, it should include this artists too.

To call it music may be a bit limiting. .......2006-10-24

Some of the tracks on here are "music". That is that they contain all the bits we're trained to experience as music -- melody, etc. Some are not, and the composers would be the first people to tell you that. A lot of these works are reactions to ingrained rules, so they're bound to be jarring.

A more successful way to approach such a broad and varied collection of audio experimentation is to think of it as curated sound. This isn't something to wash the dishes to, or to seduce someone to (although if you did manage to seduce someone with the recordings on this anthology, HOLD ON TO THAT PERSON, because they've got to be a keeper). These are unique sound textures that deserve a close, probably solitary listen, and I think if you're in the right frame of mind, it can be a very rewarding listen.

My main complaint is sequencing: each dicrete piece follows it's own internal logic, so there are more than a couple rough gear changes. However, since each piece is so different, and the collection is so varied, I'm not sure that you could totally escape that.

A worthwhile collection.......2006-01-11

The OHM collection contains some of those ground breaking electronic compositions that have shaped today's styles, from the early electronic instruments of Theremin and Martenot, through Pierre Schaeffer's Music Concrete tape music and the electronic music of Stockhausen and Subotnick, to the mainframe computer output of Risset and Chowning.

It is unfair to mark this collection down due to the production quality and 'musicality' of its contents, to do so would be to staggeringly miss the point of the development of electronic music through the 20th Century. What this collection shows is the ideas behind those at the cutting edge of the genre before many could even conceive of such output. That said it is hard going at points, as experimental music can be.

Highlights for me are no doubt Olivier Messiaen's 'Oraison' on CD 1, David Tudor's 'Rainforest Version 1' on CD 2 and on CD 3 David Behrman's 'On the Other Ocean' and Maryanne Amacher's 'Living sound Patent Pending'.

OhMyGodHowDreadful.......2005-08-15

Ok, this collection is supposed to be early works and, thus not expected to be very sophisticated or polished. But the OHM collection sounds like the first attempt of a spastic cat turned-loose on a Moog keyboard. When it is not boreing, this collection of random and dissonant sounds (I can't call it music) is without any redeeming qualities to make it worth while. Don't get me wrong, I am a long-time fan of Wendy (nie Walter) Carlos and some other real pioneers of electronic music. However, I find that the Ohm collection has no similar qualities and is a major disappointment.

Kid Stockhausen.......2003-01-17

This is required listening for anybody interested in the history of electronic music. Although implicitly aiming for the techno music audience, this audio history is overwhelmingly focused on the classical avant-garde of electro-acoustic composers. The closest you'll get to pop electronica is the Brian Eno track at the end of the third disc. No Kraftwerk, no Moroder, etc. Instead "OHM" manages to point to the continuities between, say, John Cage and artists currently working at the experimental edges of electronica (so-called IDM). It seems to be saying, "You think Kid 606 is visionary? Well check out this Stockhausen track from '59!"

Admittedly, some of the songs are much more interesting to think about than they are to listen to. Some of the early pieces that were made through thosuands of hours of pains-taking tape-splicing could be made today in an afternoon with a digital audio editor and a few effects plug-ins.

It is a beautiful package, containing a 90 page booklet of essays, quotations from the featured artists, and photographs. What all music should be: an education in daring.

Average customer rating: Go Ayu !!! Superior reinterpretation and sophisticated arrangement.

Ayu-Mi-X, Vol. 2: Acoustic Version Ayumi Kamasaki Manufacturer: Avex Trax Japan ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Japan | Far East & Asia | International | Styles | Music General | Pop | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Pop | Imports | Stores | Music ASIN: B00004SZNB Release Date: 2000-03-08

Tracks:

1. Fly High
2. Who
3. Boys & Girls
4. To Be
5. And Then
6. End Roll
7. Immature
8. Appears
9. End Roll [Inst Melo Version]
10. To Be [Inst Melo Version]
11. Appears [Inst Melo Version]
12. Who [Inst Melo Version]

Album Details

Acoustic Orchestral Remixes.

Customer Reviews:

Go Ayu !!!.......2000-09-20

This is a great remix album. If you are tired of hearing all those remixs that are too fast or too dancy then get this album to slow you down. I'm not saying don't get the other remixes but i think this one is a very very good.

Superior reinterpretation and sophisticated arrangement........2000-05-14

The track listing is as follows: 1). Fly high 2). Who... 3). Boys & Girls 4). TO BE 5). And then 6). End roll 7). immature 8). appears

Bonus Tracks - instrumental melody version 9). End roll 10). TO BE 11). appears 12). Who...

This is a much better acoustic orchestra interpretation than the one on the first Ayu-mi-x. The music has more depth and variety of feel; it reflects evident effort. The pieces range from single instruments (guitar or piano) to full orchestral arrangements. Having real human beings play the music provides an extra level of humanity and resonance. Perhaps that is what really connects this disc with the listner. The elegance of the arrangements complement her vocals to very good effect. Those of you who have listened to the original album "LOVEppears" and/or Ayu-mi-x II version US & EU, version JPN, will realize how much difference is made by the music. The tone and mood of each song take on a new facade. The underlying emotional quality is showcased and expressed to a degree not achieved on the other versions. Even though her vocals are thin, Hamasaki Ayumi clearly sings with passion and understanding. The artist pens her own words, and it is obvious that her life experiences contribute to the power and sophistication of her lyrics. Exuberance, strength, penetrant observance, determination, bittersweet reflection...the range she is capable of explains her widespread appeal. Anyone with a passion for music ought to appreciate the works of Hamasaki Ayumi. This is definitely quality.

Average customer rating: Punk sings Childe ballads, seaman songs, and other folk This CD is better in its case than in the player Mesmerizing A real gem A must for fans of Wes and/or trad. English folk music

Trad Arr Jones John Wesley Harding Manufacturer: Appleseed Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Singer-Songwriters | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Urban Folk | New Wave & Post-Punk | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Contemporary Folk | Folk | Styles | Music Alternative Folk | Contemporary Folk | Folk | Styles | Music General | Folk | Styles | Music Singer-Songwriters | Pop | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music General | Alternative Rock | Indie Music | Stores | Music Alternative Folk | Alternative Rock | Indie Music | Stores | Music Singer Songwriters | Alternative Rock | Indie Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: Penguin Eggs Awake: The New Edition Songs of Misfortune Holy Heathens and the Old Green Man Rogue's Gallery: Pirate Ballads, Sea Songs, and Chanteys ASIN: B000058TEC Release Date: 2001-02-27

Tracks:

1. The Singer's Request
2. Little Musgrave
3. The Golden Glove
4. Annachie Gordon
5. The Flandyke Shore
6. William And Nancy's Parting
7. William Gleen
8. The Bonny Bunch Of Roses
9. Master Kilby
10. Annan Water
11. Isle Of France
12. Canadee-I-O (bonus track)
13. Billy, Don't You Weep for Me (bonus track)
14. Edward
15. The Humpback Whale

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Often compared to Elvis Costello, with whom he shares certain smoky vocal intonations, John Wesley Harding is working along the lines of another of his heroes, Bruce Springsteen. This collection, which puts one in mind of Springsteen's forays into acoustic music, features traditional folk songs recorded by the obscure but respected folksinger Nic Jones. (Jones withdrew from public performing following a 1982 car accident.) With little more than acoustic guitars and occasional accordion, Harding lights into ageless tales of unrequited love in which women are maidens and men are sailors forever lost at sea. Recorded over three days in a Seattle studio, Trad Arr Jones is a deceptively simple, powerfully immediate collection that casts its creator firmly in the troubadour tradition. --Rob O'Connor

Customer Reviews:

Punk sings Childe ballads, seaman songs, and other folk.......2006-03-23

Instant goose bumps. Think Elvis Costello or a young Graham Parker singing Childe ballads, seaman songs, English plainsong, and folk rounds with spare accompaniment (variously guitar, mandolin, accordion). Think punks singing their tattoos away at the end of a night of beery-good fellowship. Think Manchester street toughs finding grace and a way home to a world before machines, struggling wity heightened human feelings of yearning, frailty, heartbreak, and about death. Think a regular guy finding English folk in his blood, but no standard folk way to let it out.

Tracks 12-15 use a full electric band and are characteristic of his other work. But they work well here too. [73:18]

This CD is better in its case than in the player.......2003-05-02

A total waste of possible talent, this CD is just awful on so many levels. Wes is off-key in many of the songs, and his voice is unconvincing and irregular. In theory this album is a good idea, but the execution is so painful. I've really tried to get into this CD, but in the end, I taped it to the ceiling in my office, so nobody has to listen to it.

Mesmerizing.......2000-03-18

I have been a fan of Wes for years, but this album exceeded my expectations. These songs are incredible, giving credit to Nic Jones, and the interpretations are wonderful as well. Now I want to go get more of the original work of Nic Jones, if it weren't out of print.

Buy this album - you won't regret it.

A real gem.......2000-01-16

I first heard Litle Musgrave on KPFT, Houston Community Radio, on the way to work. So different, a wonderful story line, perfectly executed. I immediately ordered two copies of the CD, one for myself, one for my son-in-law as a Christmas present. The entire repertoire on this album is to the same high standard as Little Musgrave. This has been a wonderful introduction to the Nic Jones style and I shall be delving further into this type of music. Highly recommended!

A must for fans of Wes and/or trad. English folk music.......2000-01-09

This is an excellent collection of tunes. The arrangements are sparse(usually just guitar and vocal) but quite beautiful. The respect and love that Wes has for these songs and the underappreciated Nic Jones really comes through in the music.

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Music Lahti Symphony Orchestra , and Vanska Manufacturer: Northern Lights ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Symphonies | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music Compilations | Classical | Styles | Music ASIN: B000065DWU Release Date: 2002-04-16

Average customer rating: Great Single From "Figure 8" elliott smith Good but not as good. a preview of a fantastic album Good introduction to "Figure 8"

Happiness / Son of Sam (Acoustic Version) Elliott Smith Manufacturer: Dreamworks ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Lo-Fi | Indie & Lo-Fi | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Indie Rock | Indie & Lo-Fi | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Rock | Alternative Styles | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Singer-Songwriters | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Singer-Songwriters | Pop | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Alternative Folk | Contemporary Folk | Folk | Styles | Music Similar Items: Division Day/No Name #6 Thumbsucker New Moon Division Day/No Name #6 Elliott Smith And the Big Nothing ASIN: B00004L8E1 Release Date: 2000-01-25

Tracks:

1. Happiness
2. Son Of Sam

Customer Reviews:

Great Single From "Figure 8".......2000-11-21

This single came out a month or two before Elliot's latest album, "Figure 8". it was put out pretty low-key, but it's contents should are worth the listen. Track 1 is "Happiness" which is an amazing jump from most of his previous soft work, with some truly incredible and introspective lyrics. though the opening lines of the song seem to focus on other characters that Elliot is commenting on, the final lines of the song are repeated from a 1st person perspective of "All I used to be, will pass away and then you'll see, that all I want now is happiness for you and me". quite the emotional gesture. The second track on here is the gem "Son of Sam", but what the single does not point out is that this is the acoustic version of the song, not found on the full album. This is the track that really makes the single worth owning. Elliot even encorporates a harmonica solo into the folky story. this single is definately worth the few bucks it costs!

elliott smith.......2000-11-19

elloitt smiths voice is like butta

Good but not as good........2000-04-14

Let me just say at the outset that I love Elliott Smith and I would whole heartedly recomend any project he undertook. Check out the upcoming Figure 8 by the way. However this single seems a bit weaker than his other/older stuff. I and other fans can only hope that this is not a sign of things to come now that Elliott is with dreamworks. The single seems a bit too far on the pop side of things for me, although the more I listen to it and especially Son of Sam I have really learned to appreciate the vibe found therein. Enjoy but you might wanna get some other stuff by Elliott first.

a preview of a fantastic album.......2000-03-14

I've been lucky enough to get a copy of a copy of the new Elliott Smith album, "Figure 8"(I know someone who knows someone who has a connection). Believe me when I say it's going to be known as one of the great pop records of the past several years. The production is lush, like "XO", but the songs sound much better suited to the production this time around -- and they're better, too.Only "Waltz #1", "Baby Britain," "Oh Well Okay" and "Bottle Up and Explode" compare to the new stuff. "Happiness" and "Son of Sam" are just two of the many standout tracks on the album. "Happiness" has a great melody, a nice, reverb drenched vocal, and a kind of "Hey Jude"-like fadeout that is nicely, abruptly cut off, leaving just Elliott, his guitar, and a drum. I've heard and enjoyed the acoustic version of "Son of Sam," but it has nothing on the full band version of the album, which is the first track and is absolutely stunning. Elliott fans, you can blanch at this prospect, but "Son of Sam" is an air guitar type of rock and roll song, and in the best way possible. Get the single, get your Elliott fix, and prepare for the late April release of the incredible "Figure 8."

Good introduction to "Figure 8".......2000-03-01

I very much enjoyed this newly released single, and due to it have high hopes for the upcoming "Figure 8." The production on "Happiness" is much like that of "XO" which at first disappointed me. However I find this to be a far better production job than that of "XO". The ending of the song makes up for everything, where the full band is playing, and as if someone slapped the record to a full stop, all the keyboards, electric guitar, and backing vocals come to a stop, leaving nothing but the bass, light drums, and Elliott Smith singing and strumming. An excellent ending to this song. The second track, "Son of Sam" gives hints of Smith's earlier recordings with the two guitars and harmonica. Excellent track, and worth the price on this single, because it will likely be a full band version on "Figure 8".

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Fly Away-(acoustic Live) 4:03 Recorded At Kndd 107.7/also American Woman 3:50(single Version No Distortion) & American Woman 4:21(full Version No Distortion) Lenny Kravitz ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD New Wave | New Wave & Post-Punk | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music ASIN: B000N3398Y

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INDUSTRY SAMPLECD RELEASE ONLY!!HAS RARE VERSION OF FLY AWAY-4:03 RECORDED AT KNDD 107.7/ALSO AMERICAN WOMAN 3:50(SINGLE VERSION NO DISTORTION) & AMERICAN WOMAN 4:21(FULL VERSION NO DISTORTION)

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Persuasion / Persuasion [Acoustic Version] Tim Finn ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Rock | Styles | Music ASIN: B000NHT9TI

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2 TRACKS- Persuasion / Persuasion [Acoustic Version]

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Sister (Rare Acoustic Version + 2) The Nixons Manufacturer: MCA ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music ASIN: B000KC3KTG

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THE NIXONS: Sister (Rare Acoustic Version + 2)! Hard-To-Find 1996 CD-Single. TRACKS:1. Sister [edit] (3:30); 2. Sister [album version] (4:28); & 3. Sister [acoustic version] (4:22). The Nixons are: Zac Maloy (vocals, guitar); Jesse Davis (guitar); Ricky Brooks, (bass); John Humphrey (drums).

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