James Ensor – Les squelettes se réchauffent
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I’m not talking about Halloween. I’m talking about trump Day. Because every day is trump Day. And every day is eerie.
But this mixtape probably could be used for a haunted house vibe for those observing Halloween, no doubt.
No talking at all in this mixtape, as is the practice for the CC Mixtapes. This is a mix of eerie music. Some of it is deliberately eerie, and some of it poetically eerie. Besides the vibe, the tracks share in common the use of electricity to some extent or other. There’s electroacoustic from Saariaho, Oehring, Mashayekhi, ter Schiphorst and Cezar, musique concrète from Ferrari, and pure electronic from a bunch of people…
The other thing these tracks and excerpts share in common is that they are all works of genius, which is a word I seldom use these days outside of the classical music context. The playlist is below.
James Ensor – The Frightful Musicians
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0:00:00
Vladimir Ussachevsky (1911-1990): No Exit Suite (1962) (excerpt)
0:01:12
Alireza Mashayekhi (1940- ): Phonata opus II remod., for cello, orchestra & electronics
Ata Ebtekar & The Iranian Orchestra For New Music
0:07:44
Toru Takemitsu (1930-1996): from Woman in the Dunes soundtrack (1964)
0:10:38
Krzysztof Knittel (1947- ): The Conqueror Worm (1976)
0:23:42
Kaija Saariaho (1952-2023): Vent Nocturne I: Sombres Miroirs (2006)
Garth Knox (va) & electronic tape
0:30:37
Alois Piňos (1925-2008): Zimní slunovrat (Winter Solstice)
0:41:25
Corneliu Cezar (1937-1997): Ziua Fără Sfârșit, for orchestra and electronic tape (1972)
0:50:15
Helmut Oehring (1961- ): GOYA II – Yo lo vi (2007) (excerpt)
Memoratorio for boy soprano, deaf mute soloist (male), three instrumental soloists, orchestra, chorus and live-electronics
Matthias Bauer (voice & db), Jörg Wilkendorf (elec gtr), Daniel Göritz (gtr) & Uwe Schönfeld (deaf soloist)
w/ Ingo Metzmacher: Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin
James Ensor – Bataille des Éperons d’or
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1:00:45
Daphne Oram (1925-2003): Doctor Faustus Suite (1959)(excerpt)
1:06:53
Iris ter Schiphorst (1956- ): Aus kindertagen, verloren (2004-5),
for two instrumental groups, electric guitar and performance CDs
Ensemble 01
1:14:28
Luc Ferrari (1929-2005): Music Promenade (1964-9)
1:34:24
Johanna M. Beyer (1888-1944): Music of the Spheres (1938) (excerpt)
1:39:14
Vladimir Ussachevsky: Suite from No Exit (1962) (excerpt)
1:43:30
Éliane Radigue (1932- ): Koumé (1998)
James Ensor – The Bad Doctors
Concentration Camp 