Today's website discovery is a fresher take on 'classical' music. Sinfini Music is a new online portal whose motto is 'cutting through classical' - lots of news, views, videos and more from the world of classical music but without a lot of the jargon. Plus Paul Morley. As a music lover it is sometimes irksome the way that classical music content can be a little opaque. I've just enjoyed reading 'Opera Strip - The Ring Part 1'.
Notes on a very random purchase. Earlier today I acquired Venetian Snares 'Rossz Csillag Alatt Sz ü letett ' purely on the basis of the language and artwork. Its certainly something different - and most definitely not pop. After a bit of searching: Venetial Snares is, according to Wikipedia, the performing name of Aaron Funk, who seems to specialise in experimental tracks in odd time signatures. Article here . The sleeve notes for this album (whose title is Hungarian for 'Born under a bad star') poses the question: what if, for just a day, we could both be pigeons? Interessant. Apparently this concept (a day in the life of a Hungarian pigeon) is non-typical of Venetian Snares sound, but one could ask, does Mr Funk do 'typical'? On first listening, the sound of this CD mixes classical/traditional Hungarian sounds and breakbeats. but aside from that? Definitely a 'listen for yourself' artist; try the website , fan site or myspace .
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