followers of the blog may have realized that things slowed down a bit at the bin. i hope you don't mind if we give you a little more time to digest the music posted here from now on. what counts for food counts for music as well. and the other way around. if you're interested in enjoying not only music with relish -  here's likeminded folks: SLOW FOOD. more info. 

PS. Don't worry! We'll have some nice Xmas gifts for you.....

Herb Pilhofer - Spaces (Sound 80, 1979)

Having heard some of Pilhofer's fine librarymusic in the classical vein, I was curious about this jazzy album. It has its moments, and do check out Pilhofer's liner notes.

Side A

1 - South Dakota Strut

2 - Where Is One?

3 - One Day At A Time

4 - No Two Trees Are Alike

Side B

1 - Snake Pit

2 - Ballad S. Miguel

3 - Pipe Dreams

-Ptrond

Microneurosurgery with video tapes - Spinal Space-Occupying Lesions, by dr. Stergios Tegos

(Medical Publications, Konstandaras, Athens 1998)

This publication by dr. Tegos is divided into three sections, the first giving a general review of the commonest pathology of the spinal cord, the second detailed descriptions of 35 representative patients, and the third contains video recordings of the operations of these patients. The tapes contain no less than 12 hours of video, and as dr. Stegos puts it; "To provide a more pleasant, relaxing and less monotonous experience even for established neurosurgeons, Vangelis Papathanasiou has composed music for each of the operations separately." Be sure to check out the enclosed pages for a description of Vangelis' technique of "immediateness" for composing this massive amount of tunage. Our providing friend, who wants to remain anonymous, spent the christmas chopping up the 12 hours of tape for us to enjoy. Thank you for the effort! Here's a vid of case 24 to "enjoy", and check out the comments for links to the entire lot.

"Requiem for a world after..... 

tells the story of a world annihilation through nuclear war. A civilisation, unable to cope with its aggressions and cultural differences, obliterates itself with rockets and bombs of unheard destructional power. This requiem is dedicated to those men and women who shall survive a nuclear annihilation, and who will have the task of creating a World After."

Welcome to the dark side of private Elektronik! The appropriate soundtrack for some cold and grey winter days ....