(the music of) the accordian
 

does anyone know of any notable accordianists, aside from pauline oliveros?

There was some guy played at Bowie's Meltdown festival, I think. hang on, I'll have a look.

EDIT - Kimmo Pohjonen

There's a girl who plays in the southbank with the guy they made the first legal busker in britain who is an awesome accordionist.I'll check to see if her name is on our website because i can't spell it.

Astor Piazzolla is pretty great. I love "Zero Hour."


Local duo Dreamland Faces are a very excellent accordian/singing saw combo that do eerie old-style music, sometimes with shadow puppets. Great musicians too. The singing saw guy really knows how to play notes on the thing, and it sounds quite Theremin-like at times.

http://www.dreamlandfaces.com

Oh, that geezer in A Hawk and A Hacksaw too. Jeremy someone?

Yes,him!Wicked player,i discovered him through The Wire.

cheers lads

Leadbelly had some great accordian songs

The kid from Gummo.....sike.

You got repped.

Check out The Gotan Project. They have some interesting accordian playing on their recordings. I recommend Lunatico.

I have been meaning to explore Angel Corpus Christi...she plays mostly Accordian I think.

http://www.volcanictongue.com/artist...rpus%20Christi

I downloaded a few songs a while ago but i wasn't too impressed.It's not bad as such but not my thing.

Bummer, I'm trying to find some stuff to download as we speak.

I have an Angel Corpus Christi 7", a version of Suicide's "Cheree" with Alan Vega doing the vocals. It's nice enough, and an interesting novelty, but with Vega doing the vocals, a novelty is exactly what it feels like and it's put me off thinking about exploring any further.

Many thanks for that.I have some Piazzola at home that i'll try to upload if i can be arsed.

My friend Claudio (drummer supreme, The Suspects, Janitor, The PMRC, Clouseaux) and his girlfriend Lucy have started a drums and keyboard group, called SWEETS AND HOTS
http://www.sweetsandhots.com/

It's "accordion" with an 'o'. Yeah, I know you were just using T & B's spelling haha.
...lazy people with minds made of mush...maybe you could go into rock 'n' roll...

The irony being that you're perfectly aware of the fact that ellipses are surrogate semi-colons and we're all human, all to human.

[Does it undermine my point to say I'm quite pleased with that gag?]

I should add that's yet another gorgeous signature.

well, scissor shock has an accordian player now!

though it's a first act accordian.

but still. we got some cock rockin accordian sounds you can hear right now on ye old myspace! just listen to "Scenes from a sasha grey film"!

did someone mention weird al yet? ?????????/

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I happen to find idiocy (the lack of normal development of intellectual capacities) disgusting, Glice. Especially when that idiocy is from apparent laziness of mind. Why do you think there are so many problems in this world? (Is) the tooth fairy (to blame)?

And please, let's not confuse "idiocy" with Dostoevsky's The Idiot. The idiocy I'm referring to is quasi-literateness. In the novel, Prince Myshkin is an "idiot" because he lacks the development of "normal" social graces. In other words, he's deemed an idiot because he's not like the herd. He's deeply empathetic, but he can only tell the truth about how he feels.

People have intellectual comfort zones. The fact that someone who CAN run a marathon doesn't choose to partake in such an endeavour everytime they step outside proves nothing. It's what someone is capable of in the appropriate circumstances that ultimately defines them. Does it undermine my point to say that I'm quite glad you're back, Atari?

Well, I am taking great leaps in my reasoning, but still, how does someone misspell "accordion?" It just baffles me. Anyhow, I'm just intoixicaated and watching the Sopranos on A&E right now. And much to my chagrin, it appears as if "I'm back." I'm going to cross my fingers and end transmission now for at least a week.

Similarly to how someone can misspell 'intoxicated', maybe.

Either way, it means nothing.

Perrin Cloutier

I'm surprised no one has mentioned The Tiger Lillies.

Dark, gypsy cabaret three-piece. accordion, double-bass, pots 'n' pans.

Martyn Jacques provides the high falsetto operatic vocals whilst manipulating the pump.

Check 'em out.

I don't see why anyone would confuse the word 'idiocy' with the book 'The Idiot' unless they felt compelled to mention that they like Dostoevsky at every single oppurtunity they get. It's fine, we all have our peccadilloes - me as much as anyone.

And for every parallel with D, there's an old parable about knowing thy enemy or choosing your battles. It is not that I do not deplore idiocy - it is that I deplore sanctimony and unecessary provocation.

It's a shame, I do share a disdain for a certain laziness, and I would rather that everyone could write articulately. However, in the real world I can do something about that. This is a messageboard, where bored people come to be bored. I'm pretty certain that any number of intelligent things I have to say would not be read or absorbed by the masses of Sonic Youth fans. You are a very petty man, but you're also infrequently sharp. Lay off the grass and you might actually be able to have a decent discussion without flying into paranoid flights of fancy with people represented by words on a page somewhere on the internet.