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Phurpa supports SUNN O))) in UK June 2012
We are extremely happy to announce that Russian vocal group PHURPA will be supporting SUNN O))) for two concerts in UK next month.
11-Jun-12 Manchester, The Ritz
This voyage began in the middle of the 1990's in Moscow, when a group of artists and musicians led by Alexei Tegin and based at the legendary Fabrique of Cardinal Art commenced their studies of traditional ritual music, drifting away from the field of contemporary electroacoustic and industrial music with the intent to delve deeper into the ancient musical cultures of the ancient Egypt, Iran and Tibet.
The original 2003 lineup of the project that emerged as a result was dubbed Phurpa (one of the five tutelary deities of the Father Tantra in Bon tradition), and all the members have carried on with their research in the field of Bon and Buddhist liturgies up to the present day.
Before Buddhism reached Tibet, local people had practiced involved shamanic rites derived from various ancestral cults. Later on, circa the VI-IX century AD, a conflict between the local tradition, namely, the pre-Buddhist religion of Bon (which originates from Central Asia) and Tantric Buddhism (hailing from the North of India) gave birth to a unique cultural phenomenon known as Tibetan Buddhism, which combines an extensive metaphysical corpus and an advanced philosophical system with pristine ceremonial practices that reach down through many centuries. In the X-XI century AD the monastic ensemble came into being. It has got a lot in common with the Chinese court ensembles of the Tang dynasty; nevertheless, the Tibetan ceremonial ensemble has preserved its authenticity and kept a large number of primordial elements stemming from the ancient Tibeto-Burmanese music intact to this day. A typical ensemble usually includes a pair of nga drums, several rolmo cymbals and a pair of gyaling oboes, as well as telescopic dunchen horns, dunkar shells and short wandun horns. One of the unique features of the Tibetan monastic choir is a specific kind of overtone chanting, called "rgyud-skad", or the Tantric voice, which is based on the principle of the singer's transmogrification during the so-called "chanting meditation".
http://phurpa.ru/
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90 feet (27.4 meters!!!) Garrett McNamara Surf Biggest Ever Nazare North Canyon Wave
Please watch this in HD and then take a look at your own list of challenges. Unreal.
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Last Exit: live in Frankfurt, 1986
Sonny Sharrock: guitar
Peter Brotzmann: tenor saxophone, tenor clarinette
Bill Laswell: 6-string bass
Ronald Shannon Jackson: drums, voice
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Why I'm neurotic about my record collection —R. Crumb
There's a great show of Robert Crumb at the MAM in Paris right now... well worth a couple, 3, 4 hours visit.
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now playing: Gruppo D'Improvvisazione "Nuova Consonanza" LP
Mystified and pleased by this album, so many great records by this group : Gruppo di Improvvisazione Nuova Consonanza
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Vidya Gastaldon @ H2M - Hôtel Marron de Meillonnas, Bourg-en-Bresse 9th Mai 2012
Vidya Gastaldon - Leurs mouvements sont rapides, saccadés et imprévisibles
Dans le cadre d'« Illusions fantastiques », l'événement culturel et artistique 2012 du dispositif des Chemins de la culture, l'espace d'art contemporain d'H2M expose du 9 mai au 29 juillet l'univers mystique et merveilleux de Vidya Gastaldon, dont la spiritualité est la base et la substance du travail.
Vidya Gastaldon présente des dessins, des peintures à l'huile et à l'acrylique de très large format ce qui représente une étape importante dans son travail, mais aussi des installations, des sculptures et des films.
L'artiste nous invite à passer de l'autre côté de l'arc-en-ciel et à emprunter la « route de briques jaunes » du Magicien d'Oz, là où l'imagination est au pouvoir.
Vidya Gastaldon développe un langage plastique universel imprégné de paysages imaginaires, de formes organiques et caractérisé par une conception positive de la vie.
Son univers onirique et ludique peuplé de créatures féeriques se prête à diverses interprétations : métaphysique (la recherche de l'absolu) ou fantastique (l'arc-en-ciel, c'est l'autre côté du miroir).
Ce champ artistique poétique et symbolique d'une grande cohérence ne cesse de surprendre par le renouvellement de ses formes.
Entrée libre et gratuite du mercredi au dimanche de 14h à 18h, du 10 mai au 29 juillet 2012 sauf le 14 juillet.
Vernissage à H2M, le mercredi 9 mai à 18h30.
Exposition accessible aux personnes à mobilité réduite.
H2M - Hôtel Marron de Meillonnas - Espace d'art contemporain
5 rue Teynière - Bourg-en-Bresse
Contacts :
Service Action culturelle - Tel 04 74 42 25 31
Fabrice Bassemon
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