Joe Frawley Music News

More details on the Time Released Sound limited edition ("13 Houses and The Mermaid"), due @ late Feb.

2012-01-22T21:01:00.002-05:00

Only 75 digipaks will be produced, each one hand distressed (rubbing the ink away by hand), with collaged old stereo/turntable/radio specs and wiring diagrams on the outside front and back. Each digipak will be unique, with different pics/components front and back. Each digipak will come with a hand worked/colored/collaged/stamped and numbered polaroid print inside, with text inserts nestled in the pocket behind the print. All artwork by Colin Herrick.

Track list and credits as follows.

13 Houses and The Mermaid : dreamstories by Joe Frawley

1. One

2. 13 Houses

3. Some Kind of Womb

4. The Mermaid

5. I Have A Hard Time Talking About The House

(Duration: 32 minutes)

Joe Frawley, piano and sound collage

Greg Conte, guitars and electronics, cymbals

Melanie Skriabine, vocals

Additional vocals by Rachel Rambach

Composition, found sound arrangement and electronic treatment by Joe Frawley, with additional musical improvisations from Conte and Skriabine. The Mermaid composed by Frawley/Conte. Copyright 2012, Joe Frawley Music.

13 Houses and The Mermaid

2012-01-21T23:32:00.000-05:00

Breaking news: Joe Frawley's next release, entitled "13 Houses and The Mermaid" is slated for release on the Time Released Sound limited edition electronic CDR label in late February. TRS releases are gorgeous 'objet d'art' handmade editions. Very exciting! Stay tuned for more updates... http://www.timereleasedsound.com/

Joe Frawley's music choreographed by Tracie Stanfield, Synthesis Dance Project, NYC

2012-01-15T12:18:00.000-05:00

Video clips excerpted from "Poetic Ramblings on Existential Delight".
Choreography, Tracie Stanfield.

Dancers, Synthesis Dance Project (Colleen Aherne, Kelin Barr, Danielle Bower, Ryan Casucci, Tara Nixon, Lauren Perilli, Alana Sampietro, Heidi Sutherland).

Peformance details: "-isms....life's longings and limbo"
Salvatore Capezio Theater, Peridance Center New York, NY, August 6 & 7, 2011

(Videos reposted with permission of Ms. Stanfield, SDP.)

Watch on on Youtube: http://youtu.be/g1HO9cbIUlQ http://youtu.be/0Lt-YeZL-Uc

Essay and sound collage for "Autoportret" (nr 3[35]/2011)

2011-12-12T20:50:00.000-05:00

A short essay I wrote on the creative process was accepted by the Polish journal "Autoportret" (nr 3[35]/2011) which focuses on architectural space and the senses. Also included in this issue is a compact disc, for which I created a short sound collage. The disc also features music by John Luther Adams and Girolamo De Simone.

new Joe Frawley music - 'Curious Perspectives', out now!

2011-10-23T19:23:00.003-04:00

http://joefrawley.bandcamp.com/album/curious-perspectives

Free download and limited edition, handmade CD.

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Theresa's walk

2011-10-21T18:58:00.000-04:00

"Theresa's walk" video: Youtube | Vimeo

Digital collage by Joe Frawley.

Cover idea for JFM-CD11

2011-09-28T21:33:00.001-04:00

The new album cover is going to look something like this... I think. I decided on a free MP3 release with limited edition handmade CDs. With luck, I will finish this project by Christmastime. It's sounding good! Weird, but good.

JFM-CD11: Work in progress, September 2011

2011-09-19T21:13:00.000-04:00

Provisional track list for JFM-CD11. Working title: "Curious Perspectives". This work uses as a launching point early theories of artistic perspective- namely by the French mathematician and painter Jean Francois Niceron, who wrote about the anamorphic distortion of images in the 17th century. The music is inspired by the research of Professor Agostino De Rosa, and the Imago Rerum collective of University IUAV (Venice).

The [Un]Observed, Issue No. 8

2011-08-22T21:03:00.000-04:00

Joe Frawley's track In paradisium (Black lipstick) has been chosen for Issue 8 of The [Un]Observed radio magazine:
http://theunobserved.com/music/in_paradisium/

The track is from the album Speak of this to no one., which you can download here for free:
http://joefrawley.bandcamp.com/album/speak-of-this-to-no-one

Article in local press (New London Day, June 24, 2011)

2011-06-24T20:45:00.000-04:00

The Day - Joe Frawley's soundtrack to the subconscious | News from southeastern Connecticut

"Carnival" - New Joe Frawley music

2011-05-05T19:57:00.000-04:00

http://joefrawley.bandcamp.com/album/carnival

available as name-your-price download or limited edition Compact Disc

Interview published on "exh:b:t:on of words and sounds"

2011-04-12T09:26:00.000-04:00

http://steponnopets.wordpress.com/2011/04/12/joe-frawley-the-david-lynch-of-all-sounds/

The beautiful Emøke Csoma was kind of enough to publish an interview with me that we did over email in the fall of 2010. The site also features interviews by Frank Bretschneider, Rudi Arapahoe, and some other cool experimental artists you may have heard of. Here's the link and the text of the interview. One note, while I like being compared to David Lynch, I think his art is scarier than mine. A lot scarier.

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Joe Frawley, the David Lynch of all sounds
April 12, 2011
tags: ambient, experimental, modern classical, musique concrète, piano
by Emøke

How did you get in touch with music?
~I stumbled in the dark for most of my life. I knew I wanted a relationship with sound, but I didn’t know what that relationship wanted to be, until I was around 35 when I figured it out. Initially it was piano lessons as a kid, then 80s metal, then synth rock, all kinds of pop and rock, then classical, then jazz. A big long mess.~

What would you do if there wouldn’t be music, starting with tomorrow?
~Take photographs.~

…and what if you had to produce in a different music genre? What would that be?
~I struggled with this question for a long time before I figured out the problem. The problem is with "had to" and "genre". If I get locked into either one of those at this point, it’s pretty much game over.~

What’s your (original) profession?
~I’m a librarian.~

What turns you on creatively, spiritually or emotionally?
~The mixture of sounds and voices. Layer a certain spoken phrase over a certain sound and the ground just opens up beneath you.~

What’s your next plan music-wise?
~I am currently shaping and trying to make sense of a work-in-progress. No, make "sense" is the wrong word. Trying to make it convincing. It can be convincing without making sense.~

Who would you like to collaborate with the most and why?
~No one specific, but someone in another art form. A film maker, a poet, a choreographer.~

Is there a band/music genre you can’t stand listening to?
~I could probably name a hundred of them, but that wouldn’t be any fun, and I’d just be depressed at the end of the list.~

Is there some music you like – but ashamed to admit it?
~No. I admit to listening to all kinds of crap.~

The beauty of silence or the chaos of noises?
~The noises of beauty.~

What’s your favourite album ever?
~Kate Bush. The Hounds of Love.~

…and your favourite album cover?
~Kate Bush. The Dreaming.~

If you could be a rock star, who would you be?
~I am terrified of being on stage and of being observed performing, so it would have to be someone in a mask. But not a scary mask. Maybe Laurie Anderson in the Sharkey’s Day video? (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BPbv2uVY6AY)~

Do you have a role model?
~I look up to any confident artist who sticks to his or her vision, regardless of public opinion.~

Who would you like to meet the most?
~I like the guy who said "myself at 14".~

What are your favourite movies?
~Un Coeur en Hiver, Last Year at Marienbad, the first 20 minutes of Prospero’s Books, the 1992 Dracula with Winona Ryder, Zoolander.~

If you had to direct your own movie, how would it look like?
~There would be a beautiful young female protagonist. She’d be put through some sort of ordeal. Some inner turmoil rooted in past events would overwhelm her and lead to a host of strange imaginings. This would be conveyed through a series of video loops of varying durations, repeated in irregular sequences, with very soft transitions- fade to blur, fade to black- interspersed with sudden jarring quick cuts. I’d like to make a silent film.~

Which language would you like to speak most and why?
~Probably French, for obvious reasons.~

How would you describe yourself in 5 words?
~Obsessive, tenacious, absorbed, sensitive, outsider.~

What are your vices?
~I don’t discuss them.~

The best moment in your life?
~I’m sure most people could answer this question quickly, but I just keep staring at it until the words blur up.~

What does beauty mean to you?
~Beauty should make you suffer a little, or else it’s not truly beautiful.~

What would you do today if the world would end tomorrow?
~I want to be playing the piano while the world blows up.~

Which places you love the most?
~Eyes closed, headphones. That place.~

What’s your favourite food?
~I don’t think I have one.~

What’s your favourite flavour?
~Taste is not a big sense with me.~

Three things you could never get rid of?
~I try not to get attached to things.~

Your three favourite websites?
~freesound.org, last.fm, bandcamp.com~

What is the question you always would have liked to be asked but nobody ever did?
~I wish people would make recordings of their own voices and send them to me. I know that’s not a question, but I wanted to put that in there.~

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Sneak peek at cover art for Carnival

2011-04-08T10:26:00.000-04:00

Front photo, Melanie Skriabine, (France). Back photo, Anita Bretschneider (Germany). Design, James Robert Creative (U.S.A.)

A sleepwalker's vocabulary

2011-03-25T19:08:00.000-04:00

A sleepwalker's vocabulary by joefrawley
Advance single from the album Carnival, release date April 2011.

I think it was

2011-03-25T19:04:00.001-04:00

Music video from the album Carnival by Joe Frawley (release date: April, 2011). Thanks to Anita Bretschneider for photography.

Upcoming feature on Websynradio

2010-12-19T15:04:00.001-05:00

Coming January 13th - 20th, my work will be featured on Websynradio, a project of Droit de Cités magazine (France). Here's the link: http://droitdecites.org/websynradio/

Left Cincinnati reviewed in Sound Projector No. 19

2010-12-11T23:08:00.000-05:00

Fan fiction: A narrative interpretation of 'Speak of this to no one.'

2010-10-29T21:30:00.000-04:00

A listener sent me the following text that I thought some people would enjoy reading. I am extremely flattered and honored to have my sounds personalized and interpreted in this way. My heartfelt thanks to John and everyone else who has gotten in touch and shared their impressions with me. -JF

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“Speak of this to no one.” is the latest album by Connecticut-based artist Joe Frawley. When I first heard the album I was surprised by my reaction to it. The first track, The Kiss reminded me of a very specific period in my childhood which is almost impossible to describe since it is really just based on feelings. I started to visualize a story to go with it which was partly based on these feelings and also on my memories of a fever I had when I was fourteen. I tried to write a review of this album but I was unable to put anything much into words. So instead I decided to write the story that I had invented, told from the point of view of the protagonist, a little girl.

Speak of this to no one.

I am sitting on the couch. I like this couch. It's so soft. But I'm cold. I hate being cold. Someone is playing a piano. It's nice. Mother is in the kitchen, as usual. I wish she would come and sit with me. I want to kiss her. Yesterday I was seven and it was sunny but no one came to my party. Now it's cloudy and I don't feel well.

I fell asleep and in my dream there was a big girl. She looked like mother but she was nice and kind. She kept saying the same things over and over again. Then she was talking about putting on make-up. When I grow up I will have make-up too. I want all black make-up not like mother's horrible pink and red. I want black make-up and black dresses. I think I am getting flu or something. I dreamed I answered the phone and there was a lady and I couldn't understand what she was saying, but she comes from a place that gets a lot of snow.

I am asleep again and now everything is safe and orange. I think I am upside-down. Mother is screaming. I am moving and there is a bright light. Someone is hitting me. I start to scream. They are going to call me Emily.

Mother is in the room. I feel so cold but everyone is saying I'm too hot. They say it's not flu and they are going to call the doctor. They keep asking me if I want things; more blankets, a drink, a teddy bear. I say yes to all of it because I don't really know where I am. Mother wants to help me get undressed. She wants me to get into bed. Everything is spinning and so bright that it hurts my eyes.

I had another dream but I was not really asleep. There were mirrors everywhere I looked and I could see myself in them. Some of them were darker and I was older in those ones. Some of them were so dark that I couldn't see what was in them but I think it was something bad.

Now I think I am awake but I'm not sure. The doctor is here and he smells of medicine. His hands are so cold. Now they are taking me outside and I am in a big white car. They are taking me down a long winding road. I can hear a bird singing and it is making me feel sad. I am afraid.

They have put a needle in my arm. There is something warm going through it. I feel calm and peaceful. I am not afraid anymore. I can hear a lady talking but I don't think she is real.

I was asleep but they woke me up with their talking. They were talking about the flowers. I'm dying and mother is talking about the flowers. I can see them and they are not even nice flowers. They are grey and withered just like me. But I think she loves them. Now nothing seems real. It's as if this is all happening on television.

Mother is by the bed. She is warm. I can feel her hand on my head. I think she is sad. I am not sad. I can feel that she loves me but I am not really there any more. Mother is crying because it was her fault that I died. It was because she did something wrong when she made my dinner. Please, speak of this to no one.

-John Croudy, October, 2010

New release: Speak of this to no one.

2010-09-12T19:54:00.002-04:00

http://joefrawley.bandcamp.com/album/speak-of-this-to-no-one

http://joefrawley.bandcamp.com/album/speak-of-this-to-no-one

The Avenue of the Secret Fur

2010-07-24T20:37:00.003-04:00

New video featuring unreleased music.

Youtube link:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L1erVERXJao

Download from Internet Archive:
http://www.archive.org/details/TheAvenueOfTheSecretFur

Left Cincinnati reviewed at Leonard's Lair

2010-05-28T20:08:00.002-04:00

http://leonardslair.wordpress.com/2010/05/28/review-joe-frawley-left-cincinatti/
Note: This is a thoughtful review, but I must disagree with his suggestion "all sorts of bad things happen to this lady". At least not in my mind they don't. -JF

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Review text:
With a clever use of voice samples and piano melodies, Joe Frawley’s music is often beautifully evocative. Frawley himself calls these pieces short stories but it’s really up to the listener to interpret what tales are being told. ‘Left Cincinatti’ is based on the memories and dreams of an identity-shifting female.

‘Left Cincinatti’ uses a repeated refrain from a girl who “didn’t like high school” but the surrounding shimmer of noise drifting in and out of the speakers suggests all kinds of bad things happened to this young lady. ‘Secretary In Slowmo’ cuts up phone tones and white noise. On ‘Vanishing Point’ there’s an impression of a woman being suffocated, not necessarily in the literal sense but trapped in a cycle of life; the morbid piano melody only adding to the chilly, austere air. ‘The Girl On The Quay’ contains mutterings of the “birds and the bees down by the sea” set to strings and seagull cries whilst at other times women giggle and sigh for reasons unknown.

The messages in ‘Left Cincinatti’ are all too vague to truly know what’s going on but they’re undeniably hypnotic. Moreover, Frawley’s compositions have steadily taken on an increasingly darker hue and you wonder how far he will go next time around.

Fan video

2010-05-12T13:44:00.002-04:00

So honored by this simple yet beautiful fan video: http://dopolamorte.blogspot.com/2010/04/joe-frawley.html

The piece is "The City (Map 2)", from The Hypnotist : http://joefrawley.bandcamp.com/track/the-city-map-2

(also available on the A Book of Dreams CD)

Sound Projector reviews Left Cincinnati

2010-05-01T11:02:00.000-04:00

http://www.thesoundprojector.com/2010/05/01/memory-cold-and-raw/

Left Cincinnatti (JOE FRAWLEY MUSIC JFM-CD08) is the new release from Joe Frawley, the Connecticut pianist and sound-collagist. Continuing preoccupations manifested most strongly on his last release Emperor Of Daffodils, this release is full of voices, taken from a variety of sources – cut-up voices, prepared texts read by actresses, sounds sourced from YouTube and dialect recordings, and so forth. Along with the shimmering and stirring electronic music, tape workings and nostalgic piano work, Frawley once again tells stories, building his fragmented and overlaid narratives out of fleeting moments, impressions and traces. For what it’s worth, I seem to hear at least one narrative thread on here that is full of the sadness of a wasted life, thwarted ambitions and the tedium of a compromised job. The career girl who didn’t like high school ends up working as a secretary in a soulless bureaucratic establishment, where the very ring of a telephone strikes a chord of existential despair. As is customary, all of this is woven together with Frawley’s characteristic dream-like and ambiguous soft-focus manner, leaving a very open-ended yet incredibly dense text for the listener to revisit. Despair and loneliness are kept at arm’s length via rich and beautiful art.

European Radio and Net Label Features

2010-04-19T19:31:00.004-04:00

"False Memory" from Daughters of Industry has been selected for the upcoming release:
 Bezdna Radio Essentials 016, from the Silent Flow Netlabel, Chisinau, Moldova.
http://silent.com.md/label/


"Tough Times", also from Daughters of Industry, was featured on the radioshow
 "Vrije Radicalen", Netherlands.
http://www.concertzender.nl/programmagids.php?date=2010-04-22&month=0&detail=41122

Nice review via AmbientBlog.net

2010-04-10T22:57:00.002-04:00

http://www.vancooten.com/blog/?e=292

After exploring various diversions of his musical art-form, Left Cincinnati feels like a 'return to form' of the sounds Joe Frawley presented on his 2008 album The Hypnotist.

The desolate piano sounds from the opening track "Plain Yellow Dress" immediately bring you to deserted playgrounds of your mind, with cutup fragments and almost ungraspable vocal samples.

"Short stories for processed found sounds and piano, exploring the dreams and
memories of an identity-shifting female protagonist"

I guess that's an appropriate enough description for this album. The collected sounds on this album are closely related: they all share the strange, alienated impressions of memories of distant past, of travelling on and of leaving home.

The soundscapes can sometimes also be quite unnerving, especially in the overtly sexual references of some fragments. I sometimes find these samples uncomfortable, almost embarrassing, to listen to, as if they present sound fragments I was not intended to hear.

Since his first release (Wilhelmina's Dream, 2006) Joe Frawley definitely has developed an immediately recognisable, personal - and different - style - which I suggest you check out!

The physical release of Left Cincinnati is limited to 100.
But it can also be downloaded from Bandcamp (along with his other releases).

Just Not Normal

2010-04-07T09:01:00.001-04:00

The wonderful Just Not Normal net-label has been kind enough to release the Angel Boxes mini CD through it's channels. Check it out along with the rest of their fine offerings: http://justnotnormal.wordpress.com/2010/04/07/jnn086-joe-frawley-angel-boxes/

New Releases, Spring 2010

2010-03-28T09:49:00.004-04:00

Some news.

News 1. Left Cincinnati, a new 35 minute release, is available now as compact disc or download. This is a collection of sound and piano collages, exploring the dreams and memories of an identity-shifting female protagonist. Details on how to get it here: http://joefrawley.bandcamp.com/album/left-cincinnati

News 2. A new *free* release is available to download via Bandcamp.
Angel Boxes is a short collection of voice collages and musical experiments done with my friend Rachel. Check it out here: http://joefrawley.bandcamp.com/album/angel-boxes

News 3. Two re-releases on Bandcamp. Emperor of Daffodils and The Hypnotist, previously CD only, are now available as downloads. Here are the links:

http://joefrawley.bandcamp.com/album/emperor-of-daffodils

http://joefrawley.bandcamp.com/album/the-hypnotist

(Bandcamp is great. MP3s are better quality than iTunes, and they have a really easy user interface. $$ is handled through PayPal.)

Thanks again for listening and supporting. Fan me on FaceBook if you haven't already http://www.facebook.com/pages/Joe-Frawley/39333519893.
-JF

Left Cincinnati promotional video

2010-03-11T20:18:00.003-05:00

Compact disc release date April 2010.

Stream or download album now via Bandcamp: http://joefrawley.bandcamp.com/album/left-cincinnati

Production of handmade 3 inch mini-CD, limited edition

2010-03-02T10:09:00.003-05:00

Angel Boxes

2010-02-25T20:34:00.001-05:00

New vocal experiments with Rachel. I am planning to co-release this as a miniCD, along with the "Left Cincinnati" EP later this spring. Meanwhile it can be downloaded for free here: http://joefrawley.bandcamp.com/album/angel-boxes

<a href="http://joefrawley.bandcamp.com/album/angel-boxes">Angel Box One by Joe Frawley</a>

New single released from upcoming album

2010-02-02T20:41:00.001-05:00

http://soundcloud.com/joefrawley/left-cincinnati

Left Cincinnati by joefrawley

January update

2010-01-21T09:01:00.003-05:00

Two mini-announcements:

1. Emperor of Daffodils, formerly a CD only release, is now available as a digital download from Bandcamp
LINK: http://joefrawley.bandcamp.com/album/emperor-of-daffodils

2. The forthcoming Left Cincinnati (JFM-CD09) is on schedule for a spring 2010 release. The audio has been completed and design work is underway for CD packaging. The track list and album credits will be as follows:

Left Cincinnati Duration 35:08

1. That Flower 3:40
2. Left Cincinnati 4:35
3. Plain Yellow Dress 5:26
4. The Line 5:07
5. A Secret Story 2:59
6. The Girl on the Quay 4:06
7. Cumulus 8:09
8. Vanishing Point 1:03

Credits and Appropriations
Joe Frawley: piano & electric keyboards, found sounds, synthesized sounds, MIDI programming, electronic processing and arrangement. All original music composed and performed by Joe Frawley. "Ohio 6" dialect sample used by special permission of the International Dialects of English Archive, Paul Meier, founder & director. Amplifier feedback and distortion by Greg Conte. Chemistry textbook read by Amy Kennedy. Sample pack "Amy G", provided by Corsica_S, via The Freesound Project. Other musical samples include: Sample pack "Katy" served by The Freesound Project and produced by Digifish Music; "Fox Lemons" and "Sunday" from the Mememolly YouTube channel, performed by Molly Windman; brief a cappella vocal improvisation from the VHS recording In Concert: Live From Royal Festival Hall London, performed by Bernadette Peters; and "Toads" written and performed by Mia Mastrangelo. Additional vocals by Rachel Rambach. Copyright 2010, all rights reserved.

Thank you again for your continued support,
JF

Joe Frawley Music 2010

2010-01-01T20:58:00.002-05:00

It's 2010, as good a time as any to announce that a new CD will be released, with luck, in the spring. The working title is Left Cincinnati. Also felt like a good time to revise my bio and artist's statement. Here are the new versions, which are more in line with my current intentions.

Bio
Joe Frawley (b. July 4, 1971) is an experimental composer and pianist working out of Norwich, Connecticut whose works blur the boundary between music and sound art. By layering and juxtaposing original music with processed found sounds, field recordings, and recontextualized speech fragments, the composer creates challenging yet accessible sound assemblages bearing a hypnotic dreamlike quality. His works have been widely broadcast internationally and appear on several prominent experimental music compilations, including Vibrö No. 4: Music No Music, published by Double Entendre, Paris.

Artist's statement
I am a pianist, composer, and sound collage artist whose work falls between the cracks of several musical genres. My approach is to combine original music with found sound samples, which I process and arrange electronically to simulate subconscious states, such as dreams, trances, auditory hallucinations, involuntary memories, etc. The found sounds could be voices, sound effects, or musical samples appropriated from a variety of prerecorded media, as well as original field recordings. I particularly enjoy recontextualizing speech samples (a favorite source being public radio interviews) and combining them with other sounds to create new meanings. At the same time, I aim to place the spoken word on equal footing with music, thereby calling attention to the musical qualities of speech. As I continue to work, I find myself drawing increasingly from the female voice: I believe it is the most beautiful instrument in the world. I am fascinated and moved by the tone of female speech, singing, pre-vocal aspiration, sighs, laughter, and the wide variety of wordless vocal expressions for which there are no names. Due to the prevalence of spoken word samples, the resulting work tends to suggest a narrative, however I try not to impose a particular story upon the listener, preferring instead the individual and subjective interpretations of imaginative minds.

-JF

Joe Frawley Ensemble Makes Italian Top Ten

2009-12-19T09:33:00.000-05:00

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.
http://www.konsequenz.it/desiartic135.jpg
Grazie!

JFE in MungBeing 29

2009-12-06T15:46:00.002-05:00

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

2009-11-24T12:47:00.003-05:00

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

2009-11-15T20:23:00.002-05:00

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

2009-11-10T10:16:00.001-05:00

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

The Sixty One

2009-10-07T19:21:00.001-04:00

My favorite comment on my thesixtyone page:

I become a cat when _The Hypnotist_plays.

Thanks, nanimo.

Rachel sings 'Crazy' by Gnarls Barkley

2009-10-03T20:12:00.001-04:00

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

New release : 'Daughters of Industry'

2009-08-20T20:54:00.003-04:00

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

2009-08-03T16:45:00.000-04:00

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"

2009-06-01T03:56:00.003-04:00

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)

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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

2009-04-06T17:10:00.001-04:00

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

2009-01-30T17:18:00.000-05:00

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

December 2008

2008-12-30T17:19:00.000-05:00

Ritual Research, a 24 minute EP, has been released as free download on the Clinical Archives netlabel.

Link to download: www.archive.org/details/ca195_jf