― dmun, Monday, 28 March 2005 14:49 (nineteen years ago) link
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― Chris Dahlen (Chris Dahlen), Monday, 28 March 2005 14:56 (nineteen years ago) link
― Josh in Chicago (Josh in Chicago), Monday, 28 March 2005 15:07 (nineteen years ago) link
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― sundar subramanian (sundar), Monday, 28 March 2005 18:13 (nineteen years ago) link
they precisely notated the original record's chance combinations of tape loops, and reperformed 'live' with real voices & instruments instead of eno's tailored sounds
if your idea of the final track was 'nice, but could use slightly more reverb and maybe a lovely sax solo over the top towards the end' then By All Means, Head On Downtown
― milton parker (Jon L), Monday, 28 March 2005 18:30 (nineteen years ago) link
(actually the back cover of the album I think is offered as a casual after-the-fact graphic score)
― milton parker (Jon L), Monday, 28 March 2005 18:33 (nineteen years ago) link
in a similar vein - i've recently acquired a bootleg of a 1999 concert from amsterdam with an orchestra performing 'the shutov assembly' and a couple of other things. this one is so good it made me go back and listen to the original again.
― phil turnbull (philT), Monday, 28 March 2005 21:32 (nineteen years ago) link
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― Josh in Chicago (Josh in Chicago), Tuesday, 29 March 2005 11:15 (nineteen years ago) link
It seems I will be seeing BOAC this weekend, feat. Lee Ranaldo. I don't think I've heard a note of BOAC in my life, and have no idea what to expect.
― collardio gelatinous, Friday, 18 July 2008 16:06 (fifteen years ago) link
this is amazon's deal of the day. http://www.amazon.com/Music-for-Airports-Live/dp/B004FX8OP6/ref=amb_link_356214962_4?pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_s=browse&pf_rd_r=1GYRC144JVCD5Z47M8ES&pf_rd_t=101&pf_rd_p=1297174542&pf_rd_i=163856011it's a great performance, really lovely.
― tylerw, Wednesday, 11 May 2011 20:22 (twelve years ago) link
Buyer Beware!,
This review is from: Music for Airports: Live (MP3 Download)
This CD sounds okay but it is not Brian Eno...kind of like one of those old albums from K-Tel: covers of famous songs.
― jed_, Wednesday, 11 May 2011 22:21 (twelve years ago) link
haha.
― tylerw, Wednesday, 11 May 2011 22:22 (twelve years ago) link
tho i guess i can see someone being confused from the cover art. i get upset sometimes when i find out that bach isn't playing on all these damn records with his name on them.
― tylerw, Wednesday, 11 May 2011 22:23 (twelve years ago) link
They were great in the foyer of the Barbican at the weekend.
― Per Yngve's having his brain out (MaresNest), Wednesday, 11 May 2011 22:29 (twelve years ago) link
Heading along tonight to see BoaC at the Muziekgebouw - performing Music for Airports alongside Reich's 2x5 & works by, uh, one of Dirty Projectors and an English composer called Steve Martland. Anyone seen/heard them recently?
― etc, Saturday, 17 March 2012 09:49 (twelve years ago) link
― Naive Teen Idol, Saturday, 17 March 2012 13:12 (twelve years ago) link
i saw BoaC perform that Steve Reich piece 2x5 just last weekend; it was fantastic.
― nerve_pylon, Saturday, 17 March 2012 15:16 (twelve years ago) link
I saw BOAC perform Music for Airports at Big Ears #2 in 2010 -- one of the highlights of the festival for me.
― Carlos Pollomar (WmC), Saturday, 17 March 2012 16:10 (twelve years ago) link
They only performed 1/1 from MfA - glad to have caught it. The Reich was a really good choice; bit closer to Branca than any other Reich I've seen performed.
The Steve Martland piece, "Horses of Instruction", was the highlight for me, though - will have to track down some recordings.
― etc, Sunday, 18 March 2012 13:47 (twelve years ago) link
Anybody else heard Psychic Temple Plays Music for Airports? It's Psychic Temple + Mike Watt, and they do 2 takes of "1/1," sort of treating it like "Dark Star." It's really good. There's also an original called "Music for Bus Stops."
― 16 Historic English ILXors You Must Explore Soon (WmC), Friday, 29 March 2019 21:47 (five years ago) link
I'm visiting NYC in early May and I noticed the dates perfectly coincide with this event, which includes Bang on a Can doing Music for Airports, David Lang, Matmos, Glenn Branca Ensemble and about a million other things. I caved and bought a full pass more or less immediately.
https://www.longplayfestival.org/
― bold caucasian eroticism (Simon H.), Wednesday, 15 January 2020 17:28 (four years ago) link
That lineup is verging on the insane!
― Life is a meaningless nightmare of suffering...save string (Chinaski), Wednesday, 15 January 2020 19:51 (four years ago) link
This rules - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RLJ0dhJg4xU
― Maresn3st, Saturday, 7 March 2020 15:47 (four years ago) link