A Ballad for Many. Don Byron. Bang on a Can. This cuts across genre better than anything I've heard in awhile.- Steve Reich at the Whitney 2006. For this non-New Yorker, the website downloads offered a refreshing glimpse into Reich's 70th birthday celebration and his music.
Birdy Nam Nam. French turntablism via the SXSW bit torrent. I still have a long way to go to listen to all 711 tracks.- numerous tracks via cacophonous.org.
Charlie Parker With Strings: The Master Takes. This recalibrated my ear for Bird's music.- DG Concerts - Minimalist Jukebox. Music available while buzz was still in the air -- what an idea.
Player Piano 1: Conlon Nancarrow Vol. 1. Jurgen Hocker. Probably the best CD of the year.
Rockabye Baby!: Lullaby Renditions Of Radiohead. Michael Armstrong. Thom Yorke channeled through kiddie gamelan turns out to be delightful.
Music in Twelve Parts - Philip Glass. Watching nidrian via YouTube grapple with this music was the moment I "got" YouTube.
The Soundtrack Of A People, The Encyclopedia Of Native Music. I thought this would be interesting for social and cultural reasons but I ended up liking it as music. The traditional tracks were vibrant and sometimes raucous and I only now realize Led Zeppelin and Metallica owe a debt to Native American music, specifically Link Wray's heavy metal Rumble.
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