The Podcast Series #TheSoundtrackOfMyLife is a personal look into what #HipHop and #HipHopCulture means to me from all aspects of my life and my senses. I was writing a book and then I decided to put parts of my book on the podcast to get some responses to the material. Let me know how you like the series. Parts 1&2 are out now on YouTube and streaming services. Can you relate? Let me know if there is something that stands out to you. #HipHop50 #NJHipHop #MYLife #testimony https://www.instagram.com/p/CpdOm2Quw-1/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

Israel, The Soundtrack Of My Life - review - Okuden | Walerian Shipp Parker Drake - by Adam Baruch

"... archetypal example of a metaphysical conversation between experienced musicians … perfect coherence and mutual respect …remarkable calmness and ease, without any compromise..."

"... definitely the strongest and most mature statement by Walerian so far ... brings on a true satisfaction to see a Polish Jazz musician perform with esteemed American partners without any inferiority complex. It must be said that as far as Shipp, Parker and Drake are concerned, this is also some of the best work they recorded..."

"... recommended to all listeners of Free Spirited Jazz music anywhere … which will be rewarded by a couple of hours of highly aesthetic and spiritual experience."

This is the fourth album by Polish (resident in NY) Jazz multi-instrumentalist / composer Mat Walerian, released by the reanimated legendary NY ESP label. The lineup, under the Okuden moniker, is expanded to a quartet and includes all three musicians who took part in the three previous recordings: pianist Matthew Shipp, bassist William Parker and drummer Hamid Drake – icons of the American Free Jazz / Improvised Music scene. The 2CD album presents six (one a three-part piece) original compositions, all by Walerian.

The music, recorded during one session, is an archetypal example of a metaphysical conversation between experienced musicians, which moves freely from subject to subject, in perfect coherence and mutual respect. Although Walerian sets the tone and direction, ever so gently, moving between the saxophone, clarinets and flute, the rest of the quartet follows suit fluidly and the musicians add their input to the conversation with elegance and remarkable aptitude.

Despite the “usual” aggressive atmosphere associated with Improvised Music, this recording offers a completely calm and orderly fashion of mutual exchange and development of ideas, relaxed cooperation and as strange as it might sound results in “pleasant” aural vistas, certainly not what one would expect from these musicians. Walerian proves to be not only an excellent catalyst, but also an anodyne. As a result, the music offers a remarkable calmness and ease, without any compromise whatsoever of the complexity and quality of the music.

Overall this is definitely the strongest and most mature statement by Walerian so far and brings on a true satisfaction to see a Polish Jazz musician perform with esteemed American partners without any inferiority complex. It must be said that as far as Shipp, Parker and Drake are concerned, this is also some of the best work they recorded, and they all have an extensive recording legacy to their credit.

In many respects this album is much better and more interesting than many Free Jazz / Improvising Music albums released in Poland lately, where this idiom seems to be lost wondering in the desert and devoid of clear musical / spiritual leadership, with many of the original Avant-Gardists being no longer with us.

This album is warmly recommended to all listeners of Free Spirited Jazz music anywhere and definitely worth the effort of searching out a copy, which will be rewarded by a couple of hours of highly aesthetic and spiritual experience.

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http://www.adambaruch.com/reviews_item.asp?item=106607

星期四夜晚睇到佢ig story， 然後就買咗飛，因為覺得星期五晚可以係坪洲一個咁特別既地方聽音樂會，係一件好有趣既事，而且要支持一下Daniel. 每次睇到佢好陶醉咁彈keyboard，觀眾亦被佢音樂所感染。 今日主題係The Soundtrack of My Life, Phil Collins 既 against all odds同Elton John Candle in the wind 我以前都成日聽。 聽完一D比較 classic 既歌，再聽一D佢會形容為liberate of music既歌曲，聽落其實亂中有序，可以當係抒發佢心中嘅情感。 好鐘意呢種比較細既場但同佢哋好close. #thesoundtrackofmylife #danielchu @thedanielchu #teampixel #pixel6pro （在 Islanders Space 島民店） https://www.instagram.com/p/Ci2_BtKvt7VUDh75wphjHsA5Iw_zZlNPaI24og0/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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[You know the way | It's painted gold | Is it honey | Is it gold | You know the way | It throws about | It takes you in | And spits you out…] ▲ Cuts You Up #darkclichè #petermurphy #noirtopia #thesoundtrackofmylife #noir

27 Years Ago #FreddieMercury👨🏻 Passed Away At His Home And I Still Remember Clearly This Sunday On Supermaxi With My Mom Grace Hearing Those Terrible News, I Just Was 13 Years Old But Felt So Sad For Him, His Legacy And Talent #TheLegendStarted #TheGreatGigInTheSky #TheSoundtrackOfMyLife #ILoveRockAndRoll❤🤘🏻 #GodSaveTheQueen👑🇬🇧 #RockAndRollNeverDies (at Kensington Gardens) https://www.instagram.com/p/BqlSLYNFqamKH-rAfseSiKYw4ejwBlaVxtblhE0/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=3sbbn1l9eklz

Back in my days. Salt'N'Pepa - Whatta Man. https://open.spotify.com/track/1x4397SCK9w2CUmz1OSPng?si=e5UJ_VxoS9arLN-hmUINpA #saltnpepa #Whattaman @The5iveminutesshow #comingsoon #thesoundtrackofmylife #Realhiphop #thestylishmothafucka #ownyourdestiny #strongerforit #ilovemylife #proudfather #eliam #thestylishson #nahlia #Thestylishdaughter #MtlSingle #onesongaday https://www.instagram.com/p/BnXtUPpFvvA/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=wthu7xlnxp5u

happy birthday to the collection of songs that changed everything for me in 2003. 🎂 'the beautiful letdown' - @switchfoot was not only the first CD i remember buying myself (with little outside input), but also the one with the most memories tied to it. it was the soundtrack to everything from seventh grade required reading (i somewhat recall a book titled 'tangerine?') to dancing around in my friends' new house, after she moved away.. (from inside my discman 😃) it made middle school days bearable + long drives to youth retreats exciting. no other record stands out with such significance to my "formative years" (what is that about..? all my years were and continue to be formative.. anyway..) a definitive album in the soundtrack of my life. it's been there through it all + still makes me smile, after millions of spins. FIFTEEN years later, i'm still just as thankful for these songs + this band.. + the fact that i got to be born into the same universe as them. thank you, switchfoot! love you, forever. 📻💛🎸✌🏼️ #morethanmusic #switchfoot #rocknroll #thebeautifulletdown #happybirthday #firstfavoriteband #foreverfavoriteband #heathersturntable #thesoundtrackofmylife #firsttasteofrebellion 😜

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Adam Baruch - The Soundtrack Of My Life - review - Toxic | Mat Walerian Matthew Shipp William Parker

"This is Improvised Music at its best, which can be listened to time and time again, every time with new discoveries at hand. I have actually listened to this music three times in a row, each time concentrating my attention on one player, and only later listened to it as a whole; quite a journey of discovery it was."

"Walerian seems to have found a niche on the NY avant-garde scene, where he is respected by fellow American musicians... "

"... great to have a Polish expatriate at the heart of the NY avant-garde scene and I hope more Polish musicians will follow in that direction, not only to learn, but perhaps even more importantly to teach other musicians what avant-garde really means."

"His obvious talents and diverse musical facets... allow him to create minimalistic introvert music, which is rich in its sound palette and emotional scale, like very few other contemporary avant-garde projects... always beautifully focused and intrinsically melodic... develop a very tight interaction with his listeners, being completely nonaggressive and always profoundly focused. "

"The level of interplay between the trio members is phenomenal and they often function like one body / one mind in spite of their individual personalities... Walerian plays fluently, as always, with great technical skill on all the instruments, but more importantly he is able to create a constant musical plane, which is then stretched and supported by his cohorts."

This is the third album by Polish (resident in NY) Jazz multi-instrumentalist / composer Mat Walerian, released by the reanimated legendary NY ESP label. As on both previous recordings, he is in the great company of pianist / composer Matthew Shipp and for the first time also the legendary avant-garde bassist William Parker. The trio chose the Toxic moniker for this album, which presents five original compositions, two by Walerian, two co-composed by all three trio members and one co-composed by Walerian and Parker.

Walerian seems to have found a niche on the NY avant-garde scene, where he is respected by fellow American musicians, who take part in his projects. His obvious talents and diverse musical facets, which Walerian presents while playing an array of instruments, allow him to create minimalistic introvert music, which is rich in its sound palette and emotional scale, like very few other contemporary avant-garde projects. Whether he plays flute, clarinets or saxophone, Walerian is always beautifully focused and intrinsically melodic, which enables him to develop a very tight interaction with his listeners, being completely nonaggressive and always profoundly focused.

From the first notes on this album, which starts with a flute / shakuhachi (played by Parker) duet, the meditative nature of the music is set forward, and although later on it does become more expressive and emotional, it stays within the same frame of mind. The album features a constantly changing lineup of solo, duo and trio parts, which follow each other naturally as the music develops. Although the music does not follow concrete melody lines as such, the improvisations are full of melody fragments, spontaneously created on the fly.

The level of interplay between the trio members is phenomenal and they often function like one body / one mind in spite of their individual personalities. All three musicians get plenty of opportunity to solo extensively, but it is the communal effort, which is truly the focus of this music. Walerian plays fluently, as always, with great technical skill on all the instruments, but more importantly he is able to create a constant musical plane, which is then stretched and supported by his cohorts.

This is Improvised Music at its best, which can be listened to time and time again, every time with new discoveries at hand. I have actually listened to this music three times in a row, each time concentrating my attention on one player, and only later listened to it as a whole; quite a journey of discovery it was.

It is great to have a Polish expatriate at the heart of the NY avant-garde scene and I hope more Polish musicians will follow in that direction, not only to learn, but perhaps even more importantly to teach other musicians what avant-garde really means.

This is definitely another triumphant achievement by Walerian and his partners. Both Shipp and Parker have of course prolific careers of their own, but hopefully they will find time in the future to rejoin Walerian in another project. As usual, I am already waiting for more!

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http://www.adambaruch.com/reviews_item.asp?item=105478

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