Eyvind Kang: S&D / rfi:

we walked down the aisle to this at our wedding http://i.imgur.com/zi7hd.gif

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=42yDPbo-rD0

kang fans should check out terry riley's "salome dances for peace" (1989) neither kang nor riley exist in a vacuum & have both taken inspiration from various world musics, but there are a number of astonishingly "kang" passages presaged in riley's work.
also riley's "cusp of magic" is a similar harmonic / rhythmic sound/moodworld

Frustrating dude. I went through the bulk of his discography as a leader looking for something else that sounds anything like Live Low To The Earth, In The Iron Age (specifically the track "Binah," easily one of my favorite pieces of music of all time), and the more I dug in, the more I realized how anomalous that album is. Not that I haven't liked some other things by him (he seems to bring out the best in his collaborators), but the Zorn-y and / or neoclassical stuff he does is generally not my bag. I've also started to wonder how much Randall Dunn had to do with "Binah."

oh the Jürg Wyttenbach "Scelsi: Oeuvres pour choeur et orchestre" box set is usually available at a snip of a price and if you like the psychedelic haunt/ritual classical side of Kang. it is some truly transcendent music that, erm.. transcends all that bowtie opera house classical baggage. again kinda antecedent? i'm presuming.
this is one thing that ain't on that box but hopefully for the uninitiated will give entry to the Scelsi rabbithole:
http://youtu.be/x16cFMksuKM

^^^^^^^
I have been listening to some of that Giacinto Scelsi box set and it is incredible, thanx m g.

HI DERE

A gorgeous set of new tracks by the brilliant composer and multi-instrumentalist Eyvind Kang. It took him a decade and a half to revisit the vibe concocted on his masterpiece from 2001, Live Low To The Earth In The Iron Age, but the wait was worth it. It features an array of spiritually intoxicating instrumentation: tamboura, electric guitar, organ, trumpet, oboe, trombone, and Korean traditional instruments. Eyvind Kang on Plainlight: "In 2002 I wanted to make a kind of sequel to my first solo record on Abduction, Live Low To The Earth In The Iron Age. I found that the 'weight' of sounds seemed to evaporate the compositions. The last thing I wanted to make was a traditional shoegaze recording. 15 years later, I had a strange dream: a voice said 'Because a plainlight has fallen in Heaven, heartbreak would cease.' This statement then became a kind of guiding image and method. Thus, with Korean traditional instruments playing the ostinato and drone, things fell into place. I would like to thank all the musicians, Randall Dunn, Alan Bishop, and each and every listener." Limited edition, one-time pressing; Edition of 400.

as usual this comes out far too late in the year to make it onto any lists... why, dude?

Eyvind Kang is one of the last people I'd expect to care about, or even be aware of, year end rock crit lists. But I agree with the sentiment, the man's work should be distributed and pressed in bigger editions of 400. speaking of which, got a link for that?

it's available through Forced Exposure:

http://forcedexposure.com/Catalog/kang-eyvind-plainlight-lp/ABDT.060LP.html

and honestly I'm more bemoaning the fact that interested ILXors probably won't be able to hear it for our poll, since Abduction doesn't do streaming or digital.

ahh, this sounds nice, thanks for the heads up.

this is an incredible album, buy it now if you're interested cuz it's gonna vanish soon

It might go without saying but Eyvind is one of the greatest orchestrators

Monoliths And Dimensions is on right now and the details are excruciatingly beautiful

<3 <3 <3 agreed, I forgot he worked on that record

new album out on an Italian label, vinyl limited to 500, no US distro that I know of but you can buy it digitally on bandcamp

https://idischidiangelica.bandcamp.com/album/chirality-2

OMG NEW ONE

I missed this in 2020, thanks seandalai!

https://ideologicorgan.bandcamp.com/album/ajaeng-ajaeng

I also missed this newer live one, incredible of course

https://aspenedities.bandcamp.com/album/sonic-gnostic

I've got a live one in Iceland and it's... okay.

― 3kDk (dog latin)

DL cna u send me those files pretty please? I can't find that one anywhere.

I... do not remember this at all. I'll have to check my archives and get back to you. Don't let me forget

OK thank you!

gorgeous new Kenney/Kang collab

https://ideologicorgan.bandcamp.com/album/azure

what a lonely thread, this guy deserves more ILX love

as does Ms. Kenney