Author: Daniel

Dan - Horo Orchestra - “Petrovsko Elenino” - A Bulgarian “Folk” music band lead by Vassil Purvanov. I found nothing about both band and conductor. There were plenty of recordings though. This recording is high energy and for tonight's Seshjawn I found each song had interesting secondary themes layered in, or on, the main piece.… Continue reading Seshjawn Notes 7/8/24

Playlist There is definitely some numerology of the beast going on with this Seshjawn date! Travis - Typical Travis, he delivers (particularly on the first play & always blind). Herky jerky synth trip out. Sometimes it leans into a Soul thing but its a little too weird for all that. Though still maintaining a very… Continue reading Seshjawn Notes 6/24/24

Playlist Travis AI Part #2 - Virtue in the Sky - Without Travis on the Sesh (he fell out early I guess!) I decided to play the rest of the gang “Predatory Depths” - Travis’ AI creation from last week, all of us are a bit stunned by the AI creations. And we find a… Continue reading Seshjawn Notes 6/10/24

Playlist Travis - This sounds like Zappa piano playing. But in the way that sometimes the Allman Brothers sound like Zappa a little (and Funkadelic, and occasionally Chicago do too or visa versa). All instrumental is unusual in and of itself for a Pop Rock tune with a few too many notes to truly be… Continue reading Seshjawn Notes 5/27/24

Playlist Travis - Really vibrational and resonant. There is sort of a formlessness that reminds me of the Nakatani Gong Orchestra but using the harmonics and voices gives it a different sense of layering. It also reminds me a little of Arthur Russell’s World of Echo. Those are 2 pretty esoteric sound connections to make… Continue reading Seshjawn Notes 5/13/24