Sleeping People

Hello all,

I finally went last night to the Casbah (a local club)
to see a band that Bill Wesley told me about long ago
(and i know their drummer too): Sleeping People.

These guys are amazing.

The article in San Diego "City Beat" newspaper announcing
last night's show (their CD release party) is here:
http://www.sdcitybeat.com/article.php?id=3463

My favorite line from that review: "The music is meticulous
and exacting, and has just as much to do with Mahler and Bach
as with Tool and Tortoise."

The write-up that goes with their CD is the one you'll
find most on a Google search:
http://www.temporaryresidence.com/descriptions/trr84.php

Another write-up about them is here:
http://upcoming.org/event/14789/

For a balanced perspective, here's a less-enthusastic review:
http://www.scaruffi.com/vol7/sleeping.html

mp3's of two of their pieces are here:
http://www.sleepingpeople.com/sound.htm

And here are streaming mp3's that feature a few more songs:
http://www.emusic.com/album/10828/10828161.html

A warning about listening to these mp3's: to really try
to get an idea of what they sound like live, crank up the
volume so that it's *REALLY* FUCKING LOUD! ... and use
speakers that can handle that volume.

The two mp3's on their website are almost "pop" compared
to how weird and complicated some of their other tunes are.

-monz
http://tonalsoft.com
Tonescape microtonal music software

--- In metatuning@yahoogroups.com, "monz" <monz@t...> wrote:
Rather similar to the band "Lightning Bolt," just a slight bit softer
around the edges and without the aggressive teeth of LB. Its funny
that odd-metered, over-the-bar phrasing is back (Lightning Bolt is
HUGE in the younger scene) -- prog-rock filtered into a 18 year old
sensibilty produces Lightning Bolt (et al)

http://www.loadrecords.com/sound/sample.mp3
http://www.loadrecords.com/sound/lightningbolt_draculamountain.mp3

> Hello all,
>
>
> I finally went last night to the Casbah (a local club)
> to see a band that Bill Wesley told me about long ago
> (and i know their drummer too): Sleeping People.
>
> These guys are amazing.
>
> The article in San Diego "City Beat" newspaper announcing
> last night's show (their CD release party) is here:
> http://www.sdcitybeat.com/article.php?id=3463
>
> My favorite line from that review: "The music is meticulous
> and exacting, and has just as much to do with Mahler and Bach
> as with Tool and Tortoise."
>
>
> The write-up that goes with their CD is the one you'll
> find most on a Google search:
> http://www.temporaryresidence.com/descriptions/trr84.php
>
> Another write-up about them is here:
> http://upcoming.org/event/14789/
>
> For a balanced perspective, here's a less-enthusastic review:
> http://www.scaruffi.com/vol7/sleeping.html
>
>
> mp3's of two of their pieces are here:
> http://www.sleepingpeople.com/sound.htm
>
> And here are streaming mp3's that feature a few more songs:
> http://www.emusic.com/album/10828/10828161.html
>
> A warning about listening to these mp3's: to really try
> to get an idea of what they sound like live, crank up the
> volume so that it's *REALLY* FUCKING LOUD! ... and use
> speakers that can handle that volume.
>
> The two mp3's on their website are almost "pop" compared
> to how weird and complicated some of their other tunes are.
>
>
>
> -monz
> http://tonalsoft.com
> Tonescape microtonal music software

--- In metatuning@yahoogroups.com, "monz" <monz@t...> wrote:
> Hello all,
>
>
> I finally went last night to the Casbah (a local club)
> to see a band that Bill Wesley told me about long ago
> (and i know their drummer too): Sleeping People.
>
> These guys are amazing.
>
> The article in San Diego "City Beat" newspaper announcing
> last night's show (their CD release party) is here:
> http://www.sdcitybeat.com/article.php?id=3463
>
> My favorite line from that review: "The music is meticulous
> and exacting, and has just as much to do with Mahler and Bach
> as with Tool and Tortoise."
>
>
> The write-up that goes with their CD is the one you'll
> find most on a Google search:
> http://www.temporaryresidence.com/descriptions/trr84.php
>
> Another write-up about them is here:
> http://upcoming.org/event/14789/
>
> For a balanced perspective, here's a less-enthusastic review:
> http://www.scaruffi.com/vol7/sleeping.html
>
>
> mp3's of two of their pieces are here:
> http://www.sleepingpeople.com/sound.htm
>
> And here are streaming mp3's that feature a few more songs:
> http://www.emusic.com/album/10828/10828161.html
>
> A warning about listening to these mp3's: to really try
> to get an idea of what they sound like live, crank up the
> volume so that it's *REALLY* FUCKING LOUD! ... and use
> speakers that can handle that volume.
>
> The two mp3's on their website are almost "pop" compared
> to how weird and complicated some of their other tunes are.

Awesome band!!

-C.

I dunno, the samples I tried of SP were leaps and bounds
beyond those I tried of LB.

-C.

> Rather similar to the band "Lightning Bolt," just a slight bit
> softer around the edges and without the aggressive teeth of LB.
> Its funny that odd-metered, over-the-bar phrasing is back
> (Lightning Bolt is HUGE in the younger scene) -- prog-rock
> filtered into a 18 year old sensibilty produces Lightning
> Bolt (et al)
>
> http://www.loadrecords.com/sound/sample.mp3
> http://www.loadrecords.com/sound/lightningbolt_draculamountain.mp3
>
> > Hello all,
> >
> > I finally went last night to the Casbah (a local club)
> > to see a band that Bill Wesley told me about long ago
> > (and i know their drummer too): Sleeping People.
> >
> > These guys are amazing.
> >
> > The article in San Diego "City Beat" newspaper announcing
> > last night's show (their CD release party) is here:
> > http://www.sdcitybeat.com/article.php?id=3463
> >
> > My favorite line from that review: "The music is meticulous
> > and exacting, and has just as much to do with Mahler and Bach
> > as with Tool and Tortoise."
> >
> > The write-up that goes with their CD is the one you'll
> > find most on a Google search:
> > http://www.temporaryresidence.com/descriptions/trr84.php
> >
> > Another write-up about them is here:
> > http://upcoming.org/event/14789/
> >
> > For a balanced perspective, here's a less-enthusastic review:
> > http://www.scaruffi.com/vol7/sleeping.html
> >
> > mp3's of two of their pieces are here:
> > http://www.sleepingpeople.com/sound.htm
> >
> > And here are streaming mp3's that feature a few more songs:
> > http://www.emusic.com/album/10828/10828161.html
> >
> > A warning about listening to these mp3's: to really try
> > to get an idea of what they sound like live, crank up the
> > volume so that it's *REALLY* FUCKING LOUD! ... and use
> > speakers that can handle that volume.
> >
> > The two mp3's on their website are almost "pop" compared
> > to how weird and complicated some of their other tunes are.
> >
> > -monz
> > http://tonalsoft.com
> > Tonescape microtonal music software

monz,

--- In metatuning@yahoogroups.com, "monz" <monz@t...> wrote:
> I finally went last night to the Casbah (a local club)
> to see a band that Bill Wesley told me about long ago
> (and i know their drummer too): Sleeping People.
>
> These guys are amazing.

Hmmm. Maybe I'll try to see them at their show in September, but the
two mp3s I heard were a little underwhelming, if complex. Odd that
sleep factors into it, but my favorite of the last couple of years of
complex and gutsy music has to be Sleepytime Gorilla Museum;
unfortunately, they seem to be in the middle of moving/revamping their
website. It did remind me of an interesting web-music-connections tool
- using S.G.M. as a search, here is what Music-Map looks like:

http://www.music-map.com/sleepytime+gorilla+museum.html

S.G.M. contains plenty of metric complexity, along with lots of volume
(seems to be important) and a really wide instrumental pallette. Add
to that a fondness for dressing weird and being on of the more
theatrical groups out there, I'd say worth a look/listen. I can't
*believe* I missed them when they played in San Diego earlier this
year (also at the Casbah).

They go in the CD player when I want a night of "difficult listening".

YMMV, as always.

Cheers,
Jon

S G M are really big up here in LA with almost a monthly show that ends up packed with a very broad audience

Jon Szanto wrote:

>monz,
>
>--- In metatuning@yahoogroups.com, "monz" <monz@t...> wrote:
> >
>>I finally went last night to the Casbah (a local club)
>>to see a band that Bill Wesley told me about long ago
>>(and i know their drummer too): Sleeping People.
>>
>>These guys are amazing.
>> >>
>
>Hmmm. Maybe I'll try to see them at their show in September, but the
>two mp3s I heard were a little underwhelming, if complex. Odd that
>sleep factors into it, but my favorite of the last couple of years of
>complex and gutsy music has to be Sleepytime Gorilla Museum;
>unfortunately, they seem to be in the middle of moving/revamping their
>website. It did remind me of an interesting web-music-connections tool
>- using S.G.M. as a search, here is what Music-Map looks like:
>
>http://www.music-map.com/sleepytime+gorilla+museum.html
>
>S.G.M. contains plenty of metric complexity, along with lots of volume
>(seems to be important) and a really wide instrumental pallette. Add
>to that a fondness for dressing weird and being on of the more
>theatrical groups out there, I'd say worth a look/listen. I can't
>*believe* I missed them when they played in San Diego earlier this
>year (also at the Casbah).
>
>They go in the CD player when I want a night of "difficult listening".
>
>YMMV, as always.
>
>Cheers,
>Jon
>
>
>
>
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Hi DeMolay,

Well, i did say that Sleeping People's sample mp3's
on their website are kind of "pop" compared to other
pieces i heard Saturday ... but your right, from
the sample i heard
http://www.loadrecords.com/sound/lightningbolt_draculamountain.mp3
Lightning Bolt has much more of a punk edge.

-monz

--- In metatuning@yahoogroups.com, "DeMolay" <pgreenhaw@n...> wrote:
> --- In metatuning@yahoogroups.com, "monz" <monz@t...> wrote:
> Rather similar to the band "Lightning Bolt," just a slight bit
softer
> around the edges and without the aggressive teeth of LB. Its funny
> that odd-metered, over-the-bar phrasing is back (Lightning Bolt is
> HUGE in the younger scene) -- prog-rock filtered into a 18 year old
> sensibilty produces Lightning Bolt (et al)
>
>
>
> http://www.loadrecords.com/sound/sample.mp3
> http://www.loadrecords.com/sound/lightningbolt_draculamountain.mp3
>
>
>
> > Hello all,
> >
> >
> > I finally went last night to the Casbah (a local club)
> > to see a band that Bill Wesley told me about long ago
> > (and i know their drummer too): Sleeping People.
> >
> > These guys are amazing.
> >
> > The article in San Diego "City Beat" newspaper announcing
> > last night's show (their CD release party) is here:
> > http://www.sdcitybeat.com/article.php?id=3463
> >
> > My favorite line from that review: "The music is meticulous
> > and exacting, and has just as much to do with Mahler and Bach
> > as with Tool and Tortoise."
> >
> >
> > The write-up that goes with their CD is the one you'll
> > find most on a Google search:
> > http://www.temporaryresidence.com/descriptions/trr84.php
> >
> > Another write-up about them is here:
> > http://upcoming.org/event/14789/
> >
> > For a balanced perspective, here's a less-enthusastic review:
> > http://www.scaruffi.com/vol7/sleeping.html
> >
> >
> > mp3's of two of their pieces are here:
> > http://www.sleepingpeople.com/sound.htm
> >
> > And here are streaming mp3's that feature a few more songs:
> > http://www.emusic.com/album/10828/10828161.html
> >
> > A warning about listening to these mp3's: to really try
> > to get an idea of what they sound like live, crank up the
> > volume so that it's *REALLY* FUCKING LOUD! ... and use
> > speakers that can handle that volume.
> >
> > The two mp3's on their website are almost "pop" compared
> > to how weird and complicated some of their other tunes are.
> >
> >
> >
> > -monz
> > http://tonalsoft.com
> > Tonescape microtonal music software

--- In metatuning@yahoogroups.com, "monz" <monz@t...> wrote:
> Hi DeMolay,
>
>
> Well, i did say that Sleeping People's sample mp3's
> on their website are kind of "pop" compared to other
> pieces i heard Saturday ... but your right, from
> the sample i heard
> http://www.loadrecords.com/sound/lightningbolt_draculamountain.mp3
> Lightning Bolt has much more of a punk edge.
>
>
> -monz

yikes ... it finally happened ... it bugs me to
see "your" when a person means "you're" ... now i did it ...