Wednesday, September 5, 2018

Dream Weapons present: GATES TO PARADISE C60


Its a little misleading that this collection of «modern»-or psuedo classical tunes visually ended up resembling a religious mass. But the mood sort of fits + I love the Wilhelm Bernatzik painting that I used and just kept its title. Too much sentimental nostalgia for some I’m sure. But autumn is coming up and I need these melancholic adagios of unbashed beauty like I need my warm blanket, my book and my mug of hot cocoa.

-Moahaha


1 Michael Harrison - Aeolian Harp
2 Paul Winter Consort - Forlorn Hope
3 Vladilen Aleksandri Balyan - Duet in the form of a fugue
4 Stomu Yamashta - Shadows Pt 2
5 Elizabeth Anderson - Fuguedelic
6 Philippe Dubosson - Sweet Leaves
7 Cornelius Dufallo - Violin Loop I
8 Marco Antonio Araujo - Ilustrações

9 Mount Vernon Arts Lab - The Black Drop
10 Richard Davis - A Child Is Born
11 Martin Wester & Bernhard Hering - Sculpture Moderne
12 Fazıl Say - İstanbul'da Bir Kış Sabahı (4 Parça: No. 2)
13 Valentin Silvestrov - Silvestrov: 3 Postludes - #2
14 Andrew Ball & Susan Milan - Summer Music: II. Siesta: Lento e dolce
15 Johnny Scott Quintet - Othello
16 Valentinas Kaplūnas - Jurgutis / Pjesė
17 Connor Chee - Navajo Vocable for Piano No. 2


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12 comments:

  1. Once again: what a great Mix. While i was sobbing everyday since holy warbles died,you cured the wounds. So glad i found ya

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    1. Haha thank you Till! We sobbed every day too - until we did something about it... glad you found us and wonderful to know that our mixes can heal wounds.

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  2. Hmmm... I've been thinking of the warbling owl quite a bit the last few days. The blog and the mighty, mighty music that I was turned on to. Been retracing some tracks.

    Anywho.. I, too, have enjoyed your mixtapes, Moahaha, since I first discovered them on Holy Warbles. I have discovered many a new sound through your tapes and RYM.

    Thanks again for shining a light.

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    1. Thank you for the kind words Big Sun... you too shine a light of course. Yeah, if it wasn't for सølγ שаябlɛş this place wouldn't exist - at least not in the shape it does.

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  3. Thank you Moahaha for this romantic automnal promenade through misty landscapes. Best. Armand

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    1. Thank you for a "romantic automnal promenade through misty landscapes". Dead on as always. Come to think of it there's both a turkish and an armenian composer included and the (to me) goosebump-inducing "Duet in the form of a fugue" is about as close to autumnal and misty that music can get.

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    2. Dear Moahaha, I appreciate very much what you do. Although Fazil Say is relatively well known it's a mystery to me how you discovered Vladilen Aleksandri Balyan. I found a russian lp at Discogs (still available) and that's all. There are a lot of "obscure" armenian composers and oftentimes they have changed their names or have several origines. It's always a pleasure to discover them. Thank you again.

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    3. Thanks Armand,
      Yes considering the amount of recordings I easily located by the turkish composer/pianist - I figured he was quite famous. As compared to finding next to nothing by Balyan (=that russian album on discogs). All I got is this fugue from an lp presenting various Armenian composers.

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  4. warm blanket, book and mug of hot cocoa are absolutely what we need.
    totally OK with this mood !

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    1. Tuck yourself in BOBBY Vééééé - glad you kan relate!

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  5. Enjoying this one - thanks, Moahaha!

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    1. Thanks Jaco I'm really pleased to learn that you - and seemingly all our visitors are open to just about any of our approaches to compile a mix. Not that this one is anything extreme... its just different.

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