Round and Round

This might be the most Ghost Box-esque library music track in my collection.

TV ident of the month: Ontario Educational Communications Authority

Previous TV idents on Dispokino.

Mix: l'arbre qui pleure

A novemberish mix for your february listening pleasures in frosty leafless forests.
Download here or listen on Mixcloud.
Cover star: Mariza Koch

L'arbre qui pleure - Dispokino Mix February 2015 by Dispokino on Mixcloud

1. Franco Potenza - Keola
2. Georges Auric - O Willow Waly
3. G. Ferroni - Altri Tempi
4. Savia Andina - Incallacta
5. Roberto Lanieri - Two Views of the Amazon
6. Mariza Koch - Δώδεκα Μήνες Στο Στρατό
7. Gerhard Trede - Montage No. 22
8. Ahmed Malek - Silence des Cendres
9. Walter Lietha - Märli
10. Bernard Szajner - Superficial Music 3
11. The Poppy Family - You Took My Moonlight
12. E. Allen, F.Reidy - Bygones
13. Marie Laforet - l'arbre qui pleure
14. Jean-Pierre Mirouz - Tandoori Dance

song bird

Here's  99 seconds of some of my favorite library music:
Song Bird by Eric Allen from "Happy Times" on Parry Music (PML 31), 1980.

The illustration is from "The Family Naturalist" by Michael Chinery (great book and a childhood favorite of mine).

Mix: Lasst uns auf die Reise gehn

It's vacation time!

N. and I are flying to North America. We'll take a road trip from New York to Montreal.

Let us know if you know of anything we shouldn't miss on the way.

Meanwhile here's a mix for you. Listen on Mixcloud or grab it here to listen on your mobile device while on vacation.

Lasst uns auf die Reise gehn - Dispokino mix July 2012 

These are the intercontinental goodies, from French and German library, via several Swiss oddities, Jazz from Québec and Poland, Italian xian folk, to American soundtracks, theater music and electronic music pioneers.

Patrice Sciortino - Speleolien
Tanto Pressanto - Motto per Toto
Franz Hohler (feat. Bruno Spoerri) - Es cheibe Meitli
Davie Allan and the Arrows - The Chase
Michel Bühler - J'irai cracher sur vos bombes
Johan Franco - The Tempest
Thomas Wiehe and Turid Lundqvist - Shri Rama
Claude Léveillée / André Gagnon - Baie des Sables
Jean-Paul Liardet - Modal
Michal Urbaniok Group - Inactin
Peter Thomas - Evening Air C
Clover - Mr. Moon
Elfi Zimmer - L'espoir cassé
Witthüser & Westrupp - Laßt uns auf die Reise gehn
Dominique André - On The Way To The Jungle
Domenico Machetta - Pastori
Orchestra of the Broadcasting company of Democratic Kampuchea - Song Of The Boatmen
Susan Ciani - Lixiviation

The Music Machine

NRC 1971. The Music Machine. 11 minute 16 mm film produced by the National Research Council of Canada.
Featuring excellent music by Lawrence Crosley.
The best bits start at 4:47 and 6:54.

Thanks to the uploader of this video, computer scientist Bill Buxton who worked with this computer in 1971!

TV ident month: Learning through TV in North America