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Friday, October 13, 2006
ATTENTION! ATTENTION!


There is a new Max Richter record coming out next week. It's called "Songs From Before." Max Richter is one of my favorite composers of all time. The fact that he's alive and doing what he's doing makes this world a more beautiful place. Buy this record, it will raise your quality of life.

Posted By Hammock Music at 6:52 AM
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Blogger W. Marlan said...

Listen to the man! Marc introduced me to this guy and has been in near-constant rotation. Beautiful, post-classical music at its best. Thanks, Marc, for the update on this as I did not know about the new album!
8:42 AM

Anonymous Nicky Nature said...

I listened to his older record on itunes. it was amazing.
10:32 PM

Anonymous Peter said...

Max Richter makes amazing music. I love this new album almost as much as "The Blue Notebooks," and that's saying a lot.
12:50 PM

Blogger manny hernandez said...

I am getting it. Thanks for the heads up!

If it's anything like The Blue Notebooks it should be amazing!
5:45 AM

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Wednesday, October 11, 2006
NEW INTERVIEW


There's a new interview with us online. It's with the website, erasingclouds.com. Just go to:

http://www.erasingclouds.com/

click on, part seventy-two: Hammock

lost in space,
Marc

Posted By Hammock Music at 1:30 PM
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Anonymous Anonymous said...

love the interview guys...


and reading that there is a new sleepover, hammock ep, and two solo cd's in the works makes me very excited, too. you two are the best.

brent diaz
6:00 PM

Blogger orbit over luna said...

Really good interview, guys. I like hearing more about the writing and recording process, the inspiration process too, of artists that I respect. Right now I'm in that 'second-guessing everyting I've written' stage. It's quite depressing, but it's good to know that we all go through it.
9:43 AM

Anonymous Anonymous said...

yeah, that was a good interview!!!

can't wait for the solo projects!!

anthony p. hanna
7:33 PM

Blogger W. Marlan said...

If any of you have time, check out the albums/artists Marc mentions at the end of the interview. Mew, the band, is a gem that not many people know about. Sunny Day Real Estate meets the Bee Gees at a Radiohead concert. (anyone hear the new Jeremy Enigk yet? thoughts?)

http://www.sonymusic.com/artists/Mew/ (player)
http://www.mewsite.com
9:00 AM

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Monday, October 09, 2006
sorry!


To anyone who tried to go to the COM site for a couple of days and found it down, we apologize. Everything is back up and running now. Sorry for the inconvenience and thanks for your patience.

marc

Posted By Hammock Music at 4:54 PM
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Anonymous cody said...

Is there going to be a tour with the new album?
6:40 AM

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Thursday, October 05, 2006
Sven Nykvist (Dec. 3, 1922-Sept. 20, 2006)


Born Sven Vilhem Nykvist on 3 December 1922 in Moheda, Kronobergs län, the son of non-conformist missionaries to Africa. Prior to his 20th birthday, Nykvist got a job in 1941 with Sandrews as an assistant cameraman. Nykvist made his debut as principal cinematographer with the hugely popular Barnen från Frostmofjället (1945).


From Through a Glass Darkly (1961) onwards, Nykvist replaced Gunnar Fischer as Bergman's cinematographer of choice. Their pioneering work concentrated on the emotional impact of lighting and colour levels, Winter Light (1963) and Cries and Whispers (1973) being perhaps the most obvious examples of this approach. Having won an Oscar for best cinematography with the latter film, Nykvist found himself in increasing demand outside Sweden. The many celebrated directors with whom he worked include Louis Malle, Roman Polanski, Paul Mazursky, Volker Schlöndorff, Peter Brook and Woody Allen.


His work with Bergman continued parallel to his international career, and it was another Bergman film, Fanny and Alexander (1982), that won him his second Oscar.


In 1998 Sven Nykvist was diagnosed with aphasia and retired from the cinema. The year before he had made Woody Allen's Celebrity, his 123rd and final film. For 30 of his 55 years in the business, Sven Nykvist was one of the most celebrated and influential cinematographers in the world.

Cooperation with Ingmar Bergman

Year Work Role name Media
1975 The Magic Flute
Film
Credits

Year Work Title Media
1953 Sawdust and Tinsel Director of Photography Film
1960 The Virgin Spring Director of Photography Film
1961 Through a Glass Darkly Director of Photography Film
1963 Winter Light Director of Photography Film
1963 The Silence Director of Photography Film
1964 All These Women Director of Photography Film
1966 Persona Director of Photography Film
1968 Hour of the Wolf Director of Photography Film
1968 Shame Director of Photography Film
1969 The Ritual Director of Photography Film
1969 A Passion Director of Photography Film
1970 Fårö Document Director of Photography Film
1971 The Touch Director of Photography Film
1973 Cries and Whispers Director of Photography Film
1973 Scenes from a Marriage Director of Photography Film
1975 The Magic Flute Director of Photography, Film
1976 Face to Face Director of Photography Film
1977 The Serpent's Egg Director of Photography Film
1978 Autumn Sonata Director of Photography Film
1980 From the Life of the Marionettes Director of Photography Film
1982 Fanny and Alexander Director of Photography Film
1984 After the Rehearsal Director of Photography Film
1996 Private Confessions Director of Photography Film

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Chosen by Echoes listeners as a Top 25 release of 2006, named by Echoes as Top 25 Essential CD of 2006, and Echoes CD of the Month for January, 2007

Pick of the week for Filter Magazine and cited as a Top 10 release for 2006

"Raising Your Voice... Trying to Stop an Echo" is a massive artistic statement. A Gravity¹s Rainbow of ambient chamber rock, it defies the iTunization of the world. You want to hear the whole thing, slipping it on, cranking up the volume and riding it into an infinite sunset. A dream guitar masterpiece" --John Diliberto, Host, Echoes

Named #2 in Silent Ballet's Top 50 Instrumental Releases of 2006. "Hammock follows up its debut album with another collection of utterly indescribable and magnificent songs...This is music that seeps deeply into the pores and goes straight for the heart...Brilliant only begins to scratch the surface..." --The Silent Ballet

9/10. This longing, melodic, melancholic, and thoughtful texture that seems to tug at one¹s heartstrings from start to finishŠIt¹s the type of music that hits you in the gut immediately, Nothing about this album is less than Grade A+ material. It's an album that forces one to reflect on both the highs and lows in one¹s life.² ­Pop Matters

Throughout the eighteen tracks there is a glorious stillness to be found, even when the drums turn the album into a shoegazing masterpiece, the guitars throwing lazy shapes (and the occasional shadow) across the tunes Opening track 'I Can Almost See You' is as beautiful as anything you have heard this year, an album that is best appreciated when heard in its entirety, although it can be neatly summarised by listening to 'Floating Away In Every Direction', the title speaks volumes and the music perfectly matches the sentiments, but don¹t take my word for it, go and get your own copy and be transported. ­Simon Lewis, Terrascope

Waves of glimmering Cocteau Twins-like guitar traverse over barren landscapes, twinkling like nearby constellations. It is at once distant and extremely joyous, a life affirming, yet somehow Zen-like expression of mood and of depthŠIt's a lot to take in, and each minute is profoundly emotive and heartbreaking. Hammock may require patience, but those who possess it will be rewarded in spades.² ­Jeff Terich, Treble Magazine

Hammock's brand of musical expression is honest, patient, meticulous and acknowledging of the warm-blooded nature of its listeners. It stirs the soul like little other music that's out there in this day in age.² ­Luke Daniel Rush, Sound the Sirens

"The Hammock sound is unique; harsh yet beautiful, and curiously satisfying while still leaving one wanting more. Raising Your Voice is a work of genius by a duo who are pathfinders in guitar based drone ambience. It's essential listening for anyone interested in ambient music." --Dene Bebbington, Melliflua

"Hammock's sad, epic music bathes the listener in multi-tracked electric guitars swimming in a sea of reverb and gentle distortion, sometimes alone, sometimes with piano, cello and/or a steady rock backbeat. It's a somber, fuzzy sound but crucially a melodic one too, with an appeal to both electronic ambient and indie rock listeners." --Ambient Music Guide

"Just when you thought this amazing band could not attain the splendid heights of their previous efforts, they go ahead and release a jaw dropping disc of pure sonic BLISS at the end of 2006! Not since the golden days of Brian Eno has an artist created devastatingly beautiful atmospheres that transport you in a dreamlike state beyond the stars..." --Dark Symphonies "5/5. Gorgeous. Stunning. Sublime! Deserves no distractions or interuptions from barking dogs, people talking and general noise pollution. A candidate for best ethereal rock record of the year." --Kenyon Hopkin, Advance Copy

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