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!
Saturday, December 19, 2009
Sunday, December 6, 2009
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
www.mungbeing.com
Tuesday, November 24, 2009
'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
http://www.thesoundprojector.com/current-issue/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CTvIe6p8ccg
Sunday, November 15, 2009
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)
Tuesday, November 10, 2009
Clinical Archives release
Daughters of Industy has been re-released on the Clinical Archives net label.
LINK: http://www.archive.org/details/ca330_jfe
LINK: http://www.archive.org/details/ca330_jfe
Wednesday, October 7, 2009
Saturday, October 3, 2009
Rachel sings 'Crazy' by Gnarls Barkley
Ok- this isn't Joe Frawley music news, but I feel compelled to share this.
Thursday, August 20, 2009
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
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
Monday, August 3, 2009
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
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
Monday, June 1, 2009
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
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
Sunday, April 19, 2009
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/
"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/
Monday, April 6, 2009
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
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
Friday, January 30, 2009
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
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About Me
- Joe Frawley
- Joe Frawley (b. July 4, 1971) is a composer, pianist and visual artist whose works blur the boundary between music and sound art. By layering and juxtaposing original piano music with processed found sounds, field recordings, and recontextualized speech fragments, the composer creates challenging yet accessible sound assemblages bearing a hypnotic dreamlike quality.