Joe Frawley Ensemble Makes Italian Top Ten

In Italian newspaper Il Manifesto, music critic and composer Girolamo De Simone rates “Emperor of Daffodils” number 8 of his Top Ten CDs for 2009.
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Grazie!

JFE in MungBeing 29

The music of Joe Frawley Ensemble is currently featured in the twenty ninth issue of MungBeing, a webzine dedicated to outsider art, literature and music.
www.mungbeing.com

'Emperor of Daffodils' - Sound Projector 18

Thanks to Ed Pinsent for his kind and generous words in Sound Projector 18, Nov. 2009 issue!
http://www.thesoundprojector.com/current-issue/

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CTvIe6p8ccg

New review

JOE FRAWLEY - EMPEROR OF DAFFODILS (Autoproduzione in Limited edition) GUSTOSO Promettente il nuovo lavoro di Joe Frawley, pianista/compositore del Connecticut, nonché artista del sound collage. I suoi accostamenti a reazione poetica determinano una texture non convenzionale, in cui anche il pianoforte assume un colore «alterato», come nella imminente release Daughters of Industry, o addirittura fuorviante, come nel particolarissimo Narcisse. In nota Agostino De Rosa, segnala come Emperor of Daffodils sia un album dedicato al mito del doppio: lo sguardo voyeristico di Frawley si posa sul femminino allo specchio: la spezzatura del suono pianistico in Narciso sembra allora evocare le (insane?) fratture di Prevert. (Girolamo de Simone, Il Manifesto - Italia)

Clinical Archives release

Daughters of Industy has been re-released on the Clinical Archives net label.
LINK: http://www.archive.org/details/ca330_jfe

The Sixty One

My favorite comment on my thesixtyone page:

I become a cat when _The Hypnotist_plays.

Thanks, nanimo.

Rachel sings 'Crazy' by Gnarls Barkley

Ok- this isn't Joe Frawley music news, but I feel compelled to share this.

New release : 'Daughters of Industry'

Daughters of Industry by Joe Frawley Ensemble
A pay-what-you-can digital download
http://www.joefrawleymusic.info/doi/doi.htm

http://www.joefrawleymusic.info/doi/doi.htm

Featuring
Joe Frawley - piano, Casiotone, found sounds, electronic processing & arrangement

Rachel Rambach - singing, lungs, larynx, mouth sounds

Greg Conte - guitars, electronic effects

Work in progess, August 2009

Short excerpt of work in progress available to hear on SoundCloud:

http://soundcloud.com/joefrawley/excerpt-from-francine-work-in-progress

Not sure if the next one will be a CD, netlabel release or what. -JF

New release, "Emperor of Daffodils"

I am pleased to announce the release of Emperor of Daffodils, a sonic essay on narcissism and the idolatry of beauty. This is the first release under the name of Joe Frawley Ensemble, a “virtual” ensemble- the artists collaborated electronically via email- including Rachel Rambach, vocalist and music therapist from Springfield, Illinois, and guitarist Greg Conte whose musical project Damn Family is based in Connecticut.

Emperor of Daffodils is a handmade, limited edition compact disc release of 50 copies, featuring a beautifully written essay by professor Agostino De Rosa, University of Venice, Department of Architectural Design.

You may read more about the project and purchase CDs at the project homepage here: http://www.joefrawleymusic.info/ensemble.htm

A few links (Recent Developments, 4/19/2009)

1.
"A Book of Dreams" reviewed on Heathen Harvest e-zine.
http://www.heathenharvest.com/article.php?story=20090418172223358

2.
I finally settled on a CD jacket design for the forthcoming "Emperor of Daffodils" EP
http://www.flickr.com/photos/joefrawleymusic/3453509767/

April 2009

Putting finishing touches on the first release by Joe Frawley Ensemble, featuring enchanting Springfield, Illinois vocalist Rachel Rambach, and electic Connecticut guitarist Greg Conte.

Emperor of Daffodils, a sonic essay on narcissism and the idolatry of beauty, through film score-like instrumentals and lo-fi sound collage.

Hope to press the CDs by early Summer.

Began a preliminary webpage for the project, here: http://www.joefrawleymusic.info/ensemble.htm

January 2009

Chicago-based arts blog features Frawley as part of its "Band of the Week" series. Includes interview with the composer. Link: http://wearduringorangealert.blogspot.com/2009/01/band-of-week_09.html