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Openings and Closings: Ma Peche opens, Great Wall Chinese Restaurant closes … and more
Apr.April 02, 2010 04:19 PM
From left: Ma Peche at 15 West 56th Street in Manhattan; Great Wall Chinese Restaurant at 60 Henry Street in Brooklyn Heights
On the Upper West Side, the Sunburnt Calf began serving Austrialian-inspired cuisine yesterday at 226 West 79th Street, and the Corner, a new restaurant by owner Marc Roth and chef Ryan Smith has opened in the old Roth's location at 680 Columbus Avenue.
In Midtown, Ma Peche is officially opening next week in the Chambers Hotel at 15 West 56th Street, but only for lunch. Upstairs at the Kimberly Hotel, the rooftop bar at 145 East 50th Street, is opening in late April or early May, representatives for the spot told Hotel Chatter. A tipster told Curbed that a new Times Square restaurant, Smokehouse BBQ, is coming to 249 West 49th Street. Retailer Manhattan Jewelers is coming to 1363 Sixth Avenue, according to a release. Zengo, serving dim sum, tacos, empanadas and arepas, is opening April 6 at 622 Third Avenue, near 41st Street. French restaurant Nooi is opening its first U.S. location at 370 Lexington Avenue,and New York Burger has inked a 15-year lease for its third store at 470 West 23rd Street, according to press releases. Meatpacking District restaurant the John Dory will be reopening in the Ace Hotel at 20 West 29th Street, possibly under a different name.
Stock market-themed Exchange Bar and Grill has opened shop at 256 Third Avenue. Julie Reiner has taken over Soho's 527 Broome Street space, where Tailor used to be, and is planning a tropical-themed bar and lounge. Restaurant Quattro Gastonomia Italiana is gearing up for next week's debut in the Trump Soho at 246 Spring Street. Shoe designer United Nude is planning to open in late spring at 25 Bond Street, its brokers said. In Tribeca, Designer Kazushi Ota's 8.15 August Fifteenth boutique has reopened at 184 Franklin Street, and Theater Bar, the latest from Apotheke owner Albert Trummer, is slated to arrive in late Spring at 114 Franklin Street.
Heart of India, at 79 Second Avenue, was slated to open today in the former Madras Café space near 4th Street. Meanwhile, another Indian restaurant, Seven Rivers of India, opened today at 203 East Houston Street and is angling for a wine and beer license. A new boutique, Miss Hoe, is coming soon to 230 Bowery, also known as 2 Prince Street, in the former Prince Restaurant Equipment space. At nearby 4 Prince Street, Cowboy Shoe Repair has relocated from the eastern half of the storefront to 396 Broome Street, and in the western half, boutique Nikki Laura is being replaced by lingerie and swimwear shop Luscious NYC. A new art gallery from Joel Mesler and Carol Cohen is coming to the ground level retail space at 30 Orchard Street.
On the Lower East Side, Keith Masco is cooking up a new seafood market and cocktail bar for 171 Avenue A, according to EV Grieve, and the neighborhood welcomes another new boutique, Convent, at 179 Stanton Street. The restaurant and bar at Fraunces Tavern Museum, located at 54 Pearl Street, is slated to reopen June 1 after renovations, according to NewYorkology. Nicky's Vietnamese Sandwiches, of East Village fame, is planning a new Financial District spot near Nassau and Ann streets, and may vacate its Second Avenue location.
In Brooklyn, a new bar, Dram, is open at 177 South 4th Street in Williamsburg. Carmine's II is coming soon to 436 Union Avenue in Williamsburg. Chef Nicholas Morgenstern is planning a second ice cream cart for spring that will be parked outside of the Five Leaves restaurant in Greenpoint.
Marketing design and copy studio Quint & Quint has signed on for space at 55 Washington Street in Dumbo, while 20 Jay Street is getting three new tenants: branding and marketing company BBMG, jeweler Modern Brands and planning, architecture and design firm Geurin Glass Architects, according to a release. A new Italian restaurant called Verde is debuting Monday at 216 Smith Street in Cobble Hill, Bococaland reported.
Mission Dolores, a Park Slope beer garden at 249 Fourth Avenue, is planning its debut for this weekend. Brownstoner found a notice on the window of 936 Fulton Street in Clinton Hill announcing a new lounge and grill for the ground-floor space. Vietnamese sandwich shop Tigerlily is coming soon to the corner of Greene and Classon streets, also in Clinton Hill.
Bar and restaurant Gowanus Yacht Club, at 323 Smith Street in Brooklyn, was slated to hold its soft-opening today. Hotly-anticipated Dutch Boy Burgers opened this week at 766 Franklin Avenue in Prospect Heights, blogger Brooklyn Born reported. In Sheepshead Bay, Thai restaurant Tai Yuan has opened in the former 2224 Avenue U space of another Thai restaurant, Tai Shan.
In Queens, McDonalds is planning to open a branch in an as-yet-undisclosed Location On Vernon Boulevard in Long Island City, LiQcity has learned.
Amid these openings, there were some closings. Eighty One, at 45 West 81st Street, will serve its last supper this Easter Sunday. A tipster told Eater that Soho's relatively new Italian spot, Lusso, at the Southeast corner of West Broadway and Grand Street, has closed. In Brooklyn, the New York City Department of Health closed down 60 Henry Street's Great Wall Chinese Restaurant, according to the Brooklyn Heights Blog, and at 1207 Avenue U in Sheespshead Bay, children's toy store Bim Bom has shuttered.
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Q: detect db using avfoundation Hello I am trying to monitor the db. Recording is not my main purpose.I am using avfoundation to do this.  Below is the code in which I am trying to print the db. However I am only getting -160dbfs. Is there something that I am missing? Thank you!
   override func viewDidLoad() {
        super.viewDidLoad()
        recordingSession = AVAudioSession.sharedInstance()
        AVAudioSession.sharedInstance().requestRecordPermission { (hasPermission) in
            if hasPermission{
                print("Accpeted")
            }
        }
        let filename = getDocumentsDirectory().appendingPathComponent("recording.m4a")
        let settings = [AVFormatIDKey: Int(kAudioFormatMPEG4AAC), AVSampleRateKey:12000,AVNumberOfChannelsKey:1,AVEncoderAudioQualityKey:AVAudioQuality.high.rawValue]
        do{
            audioRecorder = try AVAudioRecorder(url: filename,settings:settings)
            audioRecorder.delegate = self
            audioRecorder.isMeteringEnabled = true
            timerOne()
        }catch{
            print("failed to initialize")
        }
        audioRecorder.record()
        print(audioRecorder.isRecording)
    }

    func timerOne() {
        timer = Timer.scheduledTimer(timeInterval: 1, target: self, selector: #selector(self.updateMonitorDb), userInfo: nil, repeats: true)
    }

    @objc func updateMonitorDb(){
        audioRecorder.updateMeters()
        let monitorDb = audioRecorder.averagePower(forChannel: 1)
        print(monitorDb)
    }

    func getDocumentsDirectory() -> URL {
        let paths = FileManager.default.urls(for: .documentDirectory, in: .userDomainMask)
        let documentsDirectory = paths[0]
        return documentsDirectory
    }

A: You record only 1 channel and averagePower(forChannel:) is 0-based.
@objc func updateMonitorDb(){
    audioRecorder.updateMeters()
    let monitorDb = audioRecorder.averagePower(forChannel: 0)
    print(monitorDb)
}

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11 Best football streaming apps for Android & iOS 2020
2018 was the year of the World Championship Cup and it was really awesome! Now all the football fans are getting ready for another World Championship Cup that will take place in 4 years. The strongest football teams will face off in a harsh race.
We will see both the triumph of the countries which have proven to be the football leaders and the rise of unexpected favorites. While the most desperate fans are already buying tickets to live matches, the majority of people are going to watch the game on TV or streaming services.
Actually, to watch high-quality football shows, you don't need to wait for another World Championship Cup. New matches take place every week. There are such top competitions as the English Premier League, Champions League, and other top European championships. The streaming apps in the list below will help you get access to all of them on your mobile device.
These apps have become a real trend in the past few years. Seriously, who would depend on TV when you can watch all the channels on your smartphone? And since you can do it on your smartphone, why not to add some additional features to the experience?
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Nowadays many streaming apps are not only aimed for streaming but also for introducing you to additional information about matches, scores, live chats, a possibility to make predictions, and a lot more. Everyone can find something for themselves in the list of apps down below!
Live Football TV App & Scores
StarTimes – Live TV & Football
fuboTV: Stream Live Sports
Football Live TV – Live Score – Sport Television
Football TV – Football Scores
Football Matches Live Streaming HD
Live Sports TV – Football HD Stream
Football Scores – FotMob
GoalAlert Football Live Scores Fixtures Results
La Liga: Live Soccer Scores
Liga – Live Football Scores
This app will turn your phone into a multi-optional football fan platform. It contains official TV streams of football matches from all over the world. It provides match schedules along with multi-platform broadcast listings. And it also includes the latest news from the football world: match stats and events, live scores, news, and analysis.
In other words, the developers have collected all the necessary functions for football fans out there. Any competition, no matter whether it is a recent one or a legendary one, cups, broadcasting competitions from all the popular sources: tv, online, on-demand, online audio, and radio broadcasts. With this app, you can get the latest updates on scores, match stats, commentary, and also get notifications about the games with your favorite team.
Live Football TV is the smartphone application from LiveSoccerTV.com. This is a reliable source in the sporting world. There is an option in the app which is called "personal calendar". You can mark important football events there and when it's time you will get a notification. If you want, you can watch the local life and replay broadcast listings chosen by day, team, or competition.
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Are you looking for a service that will provide you with a ton of channels including sports ones? StarTimes is what you need! With it, you will get a chance to watch exclusive football matches from different leagues, such as Bundesliga, Serie A, Ghana Premier League, FIFA, ICC, Ligue 1.
Add to this the possibility to watch online videos on more than 400 channels and you've got a multi-optional app that doesn't limit you in anything. Since the range of available programs is huge, you can pick up something interesting every day. If you do so, you will get daily recommendations based on your preferences. Besides live streaming, there's the latest news from the football world.
If you are planning to watch a significant football match and you're afraid to forget about it, you can set a reminder and the app will send you a notification before the match starts. By the way, there are automatic notifications of all the important matches. So, wherever you are, you can always rely on this mini-TV in your smartphone!
This app provides live streaming of all kinds of sports, not just football. However, even if we are talking only about football streaming here, this app has a number of decent features that make it stand out from the others. You will get access to more than 65 live channels.
The most popular ones, such as CBS, CBS Sports Networks, FOX, NBC, FS1, NBCSN, NFL Network, NFL RedZone, NBA TV, beIN Sports networks, and many others, will be available at any time.
What is more, new channels are added regularly. The app highlights all the essential events from the sports world, for instance, NFL, NBA, MLB, and so on.
There is also regional sports coverage. Another advantage is that the app has 30 hours of Cloud DVR space. So, in case you miss a match you can watch it later – it will be in the program. You've got three days to watch that game.
The app is multi-functional and works not only with the iPhone but also with iPad and Apple TV. Now there's also an Android version of the app. The quality of streams is top.
The app includes over 10,000 hours of on-demand TV shows and movies – you can watch those between football matches. Finally, the app has been praised by such authoritative sources as Forbes and BGR.
This app is literally a full-packed TV on your gadget. With it, you can watch any football channel, do live streaming and other things for football fans. There are such options as Live Scores, Football Video Highlights, Betting Tips & Daily News.
You can watch any matches and leagues across the globe – no matter if it's Europe, UK, USA Sport, the Europa League, the Champions League, Asian Sport, or Euro & World Cup – they are all available. All you have to do is choose the game you want to watch and the app will show you all the information on that match – when and where it takes or took place.
The impressive range of TV channels is accessible for watching: Sky Net Sports, ESPN, SuperSport, Bein, Silk Sports, Sports Klub, Dubai Racing, Eurosport, Russian Sport, Motor Sports, NFL Network, Pac 12, and so on. What is more, there are such options as Score Preview and Predictions.
You will discover betting tips and live scores that you will be able to see while streaming. Besides, the app contains a collection of memorable videos or cuts from remarkable games. Football Live TV is supported by the Chromecast.
This is an excellent application for those who want to know all the details about football. Find any information on the latest matches or specific ones or your favorite football team.
You can also find out real-time live football scores with it. In fact, the app includes a number of options. In addition to getting the match scores, you can keep up with the match details in various forms.
You can open different tables and see the results of the recent matches of your football team. You can be sure that you are going to have all the latest results just in time. The information is accessible from anywhere, starting with the street to your house.
Check out the match live score, fixture, and result. It is supported by many leagues including EPL, Serie A, Bundesliga, La Liga, Ligue 1, Champion Leagues, and many others.
Along with live TV streams, you will get a chance to stream football scores from leagues, cup competitions, and championships – all the viewers are able to share them with you. Each match is described in detail, such as match stats, lineups, and form.
There is also an option called push notification. Basically, the app has everything to provide you with a great live stream of a football match.
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This is a simple app, however, it includes all the features of a streaming service. You can watch any football match in HD quality, no matter where you are.
This streaming app will let you follow matches from World Cup 2018, Premier League, Lalliga League, Time/Result Home Away Venue, 8:30 AM ET Stoke City, Leicester City, Stadium, 11:00 AM ET Newcastle United, Bournemouth, St. James' Park, 11:00 AM ET, Southampton, Burnley, St. Mary's Stadium, 11:00 AM ET Huddersfield Town, West Bromwich Albion, John Smith's Stadium, 11:00 AM ET Swansea City, Brighton & Hove Albion, Liberty Stadium, 1:30 PM ET West Ham United, Liverpool, Olympic Stadium, Time/Result Home Away Venue, 7:00 AM ET Tottenham Hotspur, Crystal Palace, Wembley Stadium, 9:15 AM ET Manchester City and many others.
Besides, you can see the highlights of your favorite matches. In sum, the app may be not that powerful as other, but if you're not into the heavy super productive football streaming apps and still want to have something on your phone for watching football, this might be a good choice!
With Live Sports TV, all the sports channels from all over the world will be on your smartphone. This Android app supports live streaming from the USA, UK, Germany, Italy, and even Asia. The list of TV channels is huge and the number of sports videos is more than 500. You can watch all the sports events live and follow all the most famous football leagues.
You can also find games' results, read and make predictions about future games. Watch all your favorite matches in Champions League, European league, UK Premier League, the Cup of England, La Ligue, Copia-del-Ray, Coppa Italia, Copa Libertadores, Copa America, and many others.
The app allows setting notifications about new important matches so there's no chance for you to miss them. You can support your favorite teams and players by creating a special list of favorites. Live Sports TV allows the streaming of more than 100 sports channels so you can be sure that you will find what you want.
FotMob is an app both for Android and iOS that lets you track scores and see match stats. Let's be honest, watching streams consumes lots of data, so if your device is not connected to WiFi, it may not be an option for you. The good news is that you can follow your favorite games without watching them.
This app, as well as the ones below, allows you to update information about the ongoing matches, see scores and read comments. It may be not as entertaining as watching football but it is something and if you are a big football fan, you will probably appreciate it.
This app lets you follow matches from Premier League, La Liga, Serie A, Ligue 1, Champions League, FA Women's Super League, and many others. You can listen to audio comments in 10 different languages. If you've got special preferences, you can create a list of your favorites and read or listen to only what's interesting to you.
In sum, this is a very nice app that lets you stay updated on your favorite teams' games. Download FotMob now and be the first to know who scored when!
GoalAlert is in many ways similar to the previous app. It lets you get notifications about scores. You can follow all the matches of all the European leagues.
There are no audio comments but the app is light and fast. You can change the sound of notifications if you want to. The app goes well both with Android and iOS. The design is wonderful. If you want something simple that lets you learn about your most expected matches, this is a great option to try out!
If you are a fan of La Liga and Europa soccer leagues, then this app is a must-have. The application allows you to get notifications of important events and scores. You can view the games' schedule and plan ahead which ones you'll be able to watch. If you can't make time for watching your favorite team playing, you can use the app for getting score notifications.
The app lets you create a favorites list as well as get the recent news from the football world. This is an official La Liga app so be sure all the facts are checked and proven.
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Liga is an app for Android users that is very convenient for updating scores in football matches. With this app, you can view the results of practically all the significant football games in the world. FIFA U-20 World Cup 2019, 2019 Africa Cup of Nations, 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup, and many other important events can be followed in this app.
The app does not only provide you with scores but it also shows you game cards with goals, players, and their dispositions. There is a lot this app has to offer. Everything is totally free given the condition that you agree to watch the ads. You can get rid of them at any moment by using an in-app purchase. All in all, if you want to be able to follow football matches from all over the world, the Liga app is for you.
These were 11 great apps for watching and following football matches. Enjoy your favorite sport and be smart in choosing apps!
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Nuno Defends Wolves Selection After Villa Defeat – "Develop and Grow"
Date: 30th October 2019 at 11:28pm
Written by: Mike Pinedean
After the weekend's disappointing draw with Newcastle United, Wolverhampton Wanderers did continue their turn of form of late as the unbeaten run continues but Wednesday evening's EFL Cup fourth round clash with locals Aston Villa was always going to be different with bragging rights up for grabs.
Head coach Nuno Espirito Santo obviously rotated the pack and there was a very youthful feel to his starting XI and in fairness, they didn't give a bad account of themselves against a Villa side carrying far more experience – even though they made changes themselves.
Despite losing 2-1, and the stats don't make good reading, I think we can take the positives and certainly should given the involvement of our next generation. They'll benefit from that, they were certainly not embarrassed on the night and remove the local derby factor from the equation, the EFL Cup wasn't a priority this year anyway.
Speaking to the BBC following the game, Nuno said of our efforts on the night.
"For three seasons in the Carabao Cup, it's a competition that we've wanted to give a chance to youth players, to make them develop and grow. We have competitions to play. This is the same approach we had in all the games in the Carabao Cup, which we respect a lot, we always put players in because we want to build players, build a team, build a better squad for our future."
"Best Boss Ever" – These Wolves Fans Love Nuno's Class Gesture To Fan


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Fraud hits record levels in 2011
Unemployment and inflation blamed as fraudsters feel they "have no choice".
Britain's economic woes have contributed to record amounts of fraud, figures from the UK's Fraud Prevention Service have shown.
CIFAS said that overall fraud had increased by 9 per cent, with identity fraud and so-called facility takeover fraud two of the largest risers. Facility takeover fraud is where a fraudster gains access to a victim's credit card, bank account or mobile phone. This type of fraud has risen by 300pc in the last five years.
"With over 236,500 frauds confirmed in 2011, a larger number than any previous year, this confirms that as austerity bites, economic crime continues to be a stealthy, insidious danger," said Richard Hurley, of CIFAS. "Many of these frauds will undoubtedly be committed by organised criminal elements, but many will also be committed by people who seemingly feel that their circumstances leave them no choice."
He added that financial desperation leaves many of us vulnerable to financial scams. These include a 13pc rise in Misuse of Facility fraud, where fraudsters gain access to someone's account legitimately (for example by trying to involve the person in a 'Working from Home' company involving money transfer) and then uses if fraudulently.
Nearly half of all of the fraud in 2001 involved the use of false identities or impersonating an innocent victim. Mr Hurley said that consumers should start "treating data in the same way that we would guard a prized possession" in an attempt to stop identity fraud.
CIFAS Chief Executive, Peter Hurst, said: "With the cost of living increasing, pay levels frozen for many, and tax and VAT changes taking effect, perhaps it is unsurprising that fraud has rocketed again. Prevention, however, remains better than cure, and it is time for all organisations and consumers to start reviewing their approaches to preventing fraud rather than trying and failing to recover losses.
Fraud to look out for in 2012 includes that perpetuated via social media. With more of us using Facebook, Twitter and other networking media, fraudsters are using "social engineering" to extort money. Once a virus infects a user's computer, it will, when they next visit a site such as Facebook, raid the user's "friends" list. The virus then sends an email to each friend asking them to click on a link to view a photo or video. The friends trust the name of the sender, click on the link, and in doing so their computer becomes infected. "[The emails] might look like they come from a friend," Neil Fisher, head of global security systems at Unisys, says. "But click on them and they contain a hidden 'package'. This could contain keystroke–logging software that will find your passwords and other details.
Alternatively, you may end up with a man–in–the–browser virus. When a user logs on to specific online banking sites, the virus, or Trojan, is activated and intercepts banking data.
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Introduction. The efficient collection and analysis of information from both the central and the peripheral field of vision may affect human coordination motor abilities. An analysis of the literature on the subject suggests that coordination motor abilities interact with one another, and it is only their combined effect that allows athletes to achieve technical mastery. The main aim of the study was to assess specific coordination motor abilities and to determine how visual perception and reaction time correlate with time-movement anticipation in elite female basketball players.
Material and methods. The study participants comprised 17 female basketball players from the Polish National Team aged 18.1 ± 0.8 years. The study involved three ability tests from the Vienna Test System: the Reaction Test (RT, S1), the Peripheral Perception test (PP), and the Time/Movement Anticipation test (ZBA, S2).
Results. The analysis of the results obtained proves that the best-developed ability in participants is reaction time, while the other abilities show average development. Study participants were able to develop their response abilities to such high levels by means of practice. A correlation coefficient was found between motor time and tracking deviation (r=0.56), and between time anticipation and the number of correct responses to stimuli appearing in the left (r=0.92) and right (r=0.88) field of vision. Athletes who achieved better results in time anticipation omitted fewer visual stimuli (r=0.7) in the peripheral field of vision. Statistically significant correlations were observed between movement anticipation and reaction time to stimuli in the central field of vision (r=0.58).
Conclusions. Perception abilities have a significant effect on time anticipation. The range of one's field of vision does not determine the reaction time to a visual stimulus. Perception efficiency and divided attention, in conjunction with time and movement anticipation, create a complex of specific psychomotor abilities that is indispensable for achieving success in team sports.
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Any claim that Tesla's ideas were stolen by anyone has to be backed up with real research including dates, patent publications and other publications. From what I have seen, most such claims are either dubious or straight out false. Tesla fanboys are very deficient in actual research.
Tesla made claims in later life about various people using his inventions. But an educated look at what was known in the 1880s and 1890s shows that some of what he claimed as his was well known in Europe. Europe was scientifically ahead of the USA until around 1920.
Anything that is published, apart from live patents, can be used by anybody. Such information is known in the intellectual property business as common general knowledge and it does not matter how few people see it, what language it is in or how old it is, as long as it has been published.
For example, the attempt to obtain a full patent in Australia on sail boards aka windsurfers in the 1970s was prevented by an article in a Perth newspaper from the early 1960s about two teenage boys who attached a small sail to a surfboard. The applicants had to be satisfied with a patent on the joint between the board and the mast.
Another thing is that any US patent is just so much paper in all other countries unless there is an identical patent in those countries. A person taking a US patent to Italy can copy the invention in Italy if there is no Italian patent on the invention and can tell offended US patentees to go bag their heads. The reverse is also true.
In addition, patents at present last 20 years if a yearly small fee is paid. If the fee is not paid, a patent office will usually give the patentee a three month extension on request but eventually will cancel the patent if no fee is paid. As soon as a patent expires for any reason, anyone may use it. In the past most patents lasted 15 to 17 years depending on the country and the term was raised to 20 years by international agreement in the early 1990s.
If Tesla worked for Edison, then any invention he came up while being paid by Edison legally belonged to Edison. This is clearly stated to scientists and engineers when they take paid employment in any organisation. You can bet that Edison enforced it.
My final point is this. Tesla had a great idea for electrical machinery powered by polyphase alternating current. After leaving Edison, he took the idea to George Westinghouse, but Tesla did not actually make it work.
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With the news that Aston Villa are set to sign Grant Holt we decided to take a closer look at the big centre forward and his season so far at Wigan.
Holt has played 16 times for Wigan this season, he has made 9 starts and 7 appearances as a substitute. He has also been taken off 6 times.
A powerful presence Holt has won 46.2% of his aerial duels and 91% of his tackles.
Not many goals from Holt this season with just 2 efforts finding the net out of 19 shots and 8 on target.
Both goals were inside the area, 1 was scored with his right foot and 1 was scored with 'other'. We are guessing a backside, a knee, or maybe a chest into the net.
In terms of distribution he has made 236 passes with an accuracy of 56%, he has created 13 chances and gained 1 assist.
He has been fouled 12 times this season and given away 21 fouls himself, 1 ended up as a yellow card.


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Democracy: The journey that has taken a wrong turn
Ali Riaz
Wed Dec 16, 2020 12:00 AM Last update on: Wed Dec 16, 2020 02:32 PM
ILLUSTRATION: MANAN MORSHED
If one must identify the fundamental premise of the founding of independent Bangladesh, it is democracy—we can claim that democracy was the raison d'etre for establishing the country. The proclamation of independence, which promised equality, human dignity and social justice, was written amid a genocide and heroic resistance against the murderous Pakistani Army, but its significance for the future was not lost on its framers. The document says this is a product of "mutual consultation" among people who have been given "a mandate". Those who penned and pronounced it clearly laid out the source of their legitimacy—will of the people expressed through the democratic process. The document reads—"We the elected representatives of the people of Bangladesh, as honour bound by the mandate given to us by the people of Bangladesh whose will is supreme, duly constituted ourselves into a Constituent Assembly". The background of this document and events that led to the war require no elaboration, because the history is being told every day. A particular narrative has become part and parcel of the official discourse. But what needs to be reminded is the text itself on two counts, what was promised and what was the source of the courage and conviction of the founders of the country. The latter is more pertinent today as the nation celebrates the 49th anniversary of the victory of the war of independence while the very fundamental premise of this declaration has been hollowed out. The mandate that the document refers to was earned through the election of 1970, an inclusive process which was elusive until then in Pakistan. The promise of the inclusivity laid out in this document was codified in the Constitution as democracy, as one of the state principles.
But unfortunately, in the past decade, not only has the country moved further away from the principle of democracy, but the trajectory is also quite alarming. The gradual erosion of the quality of democracy has turned into backsliding over time, leading to the establishment of a hybrid regime. The pathway was paved over a long time and in an incremental manner.
In the first two decades after independence, democratic practices were trampled by political and military leaders, as the country experienced one-party state and military rule. However, the 1990s offered hope that the country has begun to move in the right direction. After the downfall of an autocratic ruler, there was a high degree of optimism. Citizens expected that a new era would usher in. Some of the essential features of electoral democracy—a competitive, multiparty political system, universal suffrage, regularly contested free and fair elections and significant public access of major political parties to the electorate through the media and through generally open political campaigning—became the defining features of the Bangladeshi polity.
The electoral democracy was deficient in many ways. The independence of the judiciary and respect for civil rights were the most palpable although all political parties repeatedly expressed their firm commitment to these. Two major parties, the Awami League (AL) and the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), conveniently forgot their pledge to the people when they assumed power, but it was expected that the country will gradually build the institutions which consolidate democracy. A culture of forbearance will emerge, and democratic norms will be adhered to. Instead, the nation witnessed the erosion of democracy as power became concentrated in the hands of the Prime Minister—through constitutional and extra-constitutional measures; although the parliamentary system was restored after 16 years, parliament became a dysfunctional institution; and partyarchy—that is partisan control of all institutions of governance from administration to law enforcement to judiciary, became the practice. Politicisation of existing state institutions permeated society and civil society organisations.
By the middle of the decade, political parties were hardly vocal about their commitment to civil liberties and independent judiciary as their ideals. Instead, rhetorical acceptance of the principles of democracy with limited space for the opposition and media became the defining features. The institutions which would have allowed democracy to thrive were deliberately stunted while power of the individuals grew. These are markers of semi-authoritarianism. Questioning the legitimacy and patriotism of the opponents and allowing the attempts to physically annihilate the rival created an environment where all competitions were viewed as existential struggles. The pernicious polarisation based on exaggerated notions of differences and contrived schisms betrayed democracy. Irony lies here that such divisions were created in the name of nation and democracy.
The facade of democracy continued until its inherent flaws gave way to the events of 2007-08. The promissory coup, a term coined by eminent political scientist Nancy Bermeo to describe military intervention claiming to restore democracy, didn't succeed in achieving its pronounced objectives. One can provide a long list of factors which shortened the life of the military-backed government, but at the heart of it was the lack of a mandate to govern, let alone lead the nation. Post-2008 could have been different had the ruling Awami League adopted a vision to democratise instead of trying to ensure a system which will allow them to remain in power in perpetuity. The hybrid system of governance, that is an alloy of democratic and authoritarian traits, was in the making well before the 2007 soft coup, but the pace of it accelerated after 2010, when the caretaker system was scrapped unceremoniously. The ruling AL increasingly became dependent on the coercive apparatuses and the partisan state institutions. As it happens with any hybrid regime, election became a mere ritual to gain juridico-legal power; the question of inclusivity and democracy, gaining a mandate through a transparent process, became the obvious casualty. The engineered elections held in 2014 and 2018 are the most obvious examples of abandonment of the most fundamental element of democracy. Election by itself is not democracy, but there is no path to democracy without free and inclusive elections to acquire a mandate to govern.
The question then is, what structural issues have pushed Bangladesh towards a hybrid regime instead of liberal democracy or continuing a fragile democratic system? Deficiencies such as the absence of respect for civil and political rights notwithstanding, four structural weaknesses contributed to the backsliding. These are the absence of a balance of power, a lack of an accountability mechanism, a lack of consensus on the regime transition process, and an independent judiciary.
When the country reinstated the parliamentary system in 1991, it packed the power of presidency and the prime minister together in the office of the Prime Minister; thus the office became all-powerful with little oversight and almost non-existent accountability. This was the source of the rise of a de facto Prime Ministerial system. Coupled with the constitutional provision which preclude the Members of the Parliament to vote against their own party and the PM also holding the party chief position, the rise of constitutional authoritarianism was only a matter of time. The executive branch had amassed power and used the legislature as merely the rubber stamp. The temptation to rig the election to ensure a super majority lies here. For a viable and functioning democracy there are three kinds of accountability—vertical, horizontal, and societal. Vertical accountability is the election system, while horizontal accountability of the government comes from a network of relatively autonomous powers, which are often the constitutionally mandated organisations such as the anti-corruption bodies; societal accountability is to the citizens' associations. While elections were held regularly, none of the other accountability mechanisms were present. The civil society organisations were either politicised or vilified as the enemy, thus gradually losing their ability to hold the political elites and the government institutions accountable. An effective regime transition process requires trust among the stakeholders—the citizens, the political parties, the electoral commission, and the civil service. But the fraudulent elections held until 1990 had created a deep distrust about the electoral commission and the incumbent government. The acrimony between political parties after 1990 accentuated the distrust.
The unique solution to this was the introduction of the Caretaker Government (CTG) system in 1996 and holding elections under its supervision. This also offered an acceptable mechanism of vertical accountability. But the annulment of the CTG system, in a single stroke, removed the two things—the only system of accountability and a peaceful system of power transition. This was a serious blow to the fragile democracy and pushed governance in a complete reversal. The independence of judiciary is the sine a qua non for the rule of law, protecting the citizens from the excesses of the executives. Also, it would serve as a check on other co-equal branches of the state—legislature and the executive. Without these the democratisation process failed to achieve success, instead the country moved from electoral democracy to a hybrid regime, which belies the essence of the proclamation of independence.
Ali Riaz is a Distinguished Professor of political science at the Illinois State University, a nonresident Senior Fellow of the Atlantic Council and the President of the American Institute of Bangladesh Studies (AIBS).
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1) Natasha's Dance: A Cultural History of Russia – Orlando Figes
Picador | 2003 | MOBI, PDF
Beginning in the eighteenth century with the building of St. Petersburg and culminating with the Soviet regime, Figes examines how writers, artists, and musicians grappled with the idea of Russia itself — its character, spiritual essence, and destiny. Skillfully interweaving the great works — by Dostoevsky, Stravinsky, and Chagall — with folk embroidery, peasant songs, religious icons, and all the customs of daily life, Figes reveals the spirit of "Russianness" as rich and uplifting, complex and contradictory — and more lasting than any Russian ruler or state.
2) Former People: The Final Days of the Russian Aristocracy – Douglas Smith
Picador | 2013 | EPUB
The riveting and harrowing story of the Russian nobility caught in the upheaval of the Revolution
Winner of the Pushkin House Russian Book Prize
Named a Best Book of the Year by The Kansas City Star and Salon
Epic in scope, precise in detail, and heartbreaking in its human drama, Former People is the first book to recount the history of the aristocracy caught up in the maelstrom of the Bolshevik Revolution and the creation of Stalin's Russia. It is the story of how a centuries-old elite, famous for its glittering wealth, its service to the tsar and empire, and its promotion of the arts and culture, was dispossessed and destroyed along with the rest of old Russia. Chronicling the fate of two great aristocratic families―the Sheremetevs and the Golitsyns―it reveals how even in the darkest depths of the terror, daily life went on.
Told with sensitivity and nuance by acclaimed historian Douglas Smith, Former People is the dramatic portrait of two of Russia's most powerful aristocratic families and a sweeping account of their homeland in violent transition.
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I'm out of sorts. I did my first weekly grocery run to the Kroger in the Heights now that the Hillcrest Kroger is out of commission for nine months. Habits die hard. Nothing was where it was supposed to be. Too much distance to cover for the same stuff. Grump.
But ... I did pick up some political gossip over by the frozen salmon.
A well-known Washington insider has been telling Arkies this weekend that the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee is trying to talk Sen. Blanche Lincoln out of running for re-election.
That would open the door for a Wes Clark candidacy. And U.S. Rep. Mike Ross would be in the race in a heartbeat. Then comes a deluge of candidates in the 4th District. Forget for a moment what a Boozman candidacy does for the House of Dominoes on the Republican side from Senate down.
If true, I have to wonder if the Democratic apparatus would apply the same pressure to a male candidate with the same, actually worse, voting record? Say a Mark Pryor. Just wondering. Whatever else may be true or false, campaign speculation is at hysteria level.
My thought: With $5 million or so in campaign cash, chairmanship of the Senate Ag commitee, two terms in office and an as yet unknown and potentially wack-o opponent, Lincoln seems a long-shot for quitting.


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Philippe Petit - A Modern Atlantis Down Under A Wave Of Greed
electronic / experimental
A Modern Atlantis Down Under A Wave Of Greed by Philippe Petit
Truthtable
Since the early 2000s Philippe Petit has been performing and playing on festivals all over the world. We could see him in action at the electronic music festival AntennA in Belgium just before the outbreak of the Covid crisis in 2020. We know the Frenchman best as a member of the crazy avant-garde ensemble Strings Of Consciousness and for his collaborations with Murcof, Lydia Lunch, Stephen O'Malley, Scanner, Machinefabriek and many many more.
Petit specializes in multi-channel diffusion, also known as acousmatic spatialization and modular synthesis. A Modern Atlantis Down Under A Wave Of Greed is the French sound artist's sixth release this year and fully reflects a modern form of Music Concréte. Petit cuts deep sonic sound structures with eerie reflections using various music technologies, modular systems, digital signal processing tools and mythical electronic instruments (Buchla and Synthi). He constructs menacing vibrations that merge with deceptive sirens of synthetic mermaids and likes to mislead the listener with his crazy approach to modulism, which he created the very first platform to promote this genre.
The electronically generated waves are manipulated using various effect processors, as well as general sound effects. Petit likes to be an undertaker of sound by burying its resonances, letting them rot and digging them back to the surface. He reconstructs these remains into new acousmatic pulses, fragmented vibes and kazoe voices. A Modern Atlantis Down Under A Wave Of Greed is an avant-garde interpretation of how Western greed is causing its own decline and the deeper sinking of our modern society. This album cuts all traditional electronic standards to pieces with new insights, improvisations and the experimental use of technology.
This album may sound brutal and sharp without producing loud noise and will be left out by the conservative electronica fans. We can only support the attitude and the innovative results of the implementations of Philippe Petit's latest work. This musical travel agent (as he likes to be addressed)is confrontational, freewheeling, viscous and provocative like Frank Zappa was with rock music. A Modern Atlantis Down Under A Wave Of Greed is the beginning of a new path in the experimental electronic music genre. We are completely ready for this!
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Black to Comm - Oocyte Oil & Stolen Androgens
Oocyte Oil & Stolen Androgens by BLACK TO COMM
The German Marc Richter has been enchanting us for years with his detailed ambient and drone fabrics under the name Black to Comm. Richter also works under other aliases such as Mouchoir Étanche and Jemh Circs. On his previous album Seven Horses for Seven Kings, Richter focused more on dark places where fragments of deafening noise and sinister drones squeeze between the soaring ambient. On Oocyte Oil & Stolen Androgens the demons seem to be dissolved.
The title track, which lasts more than seventeen minutes, contains deep emotional fragments of melancholy that are amplified with acoustic-sounding effects and thin piano touches. The experimental interweaving of samples in the layered ambient structures is (back) performed with German thoroughness.
Richter uses vocal fragments, complex percussion, loops and rustles, resulting in mystical and challenging tunes. Every sound structure and added connotations have been put together with a high level of finesse on this edition. On his sound carpets, Richter does not just flirt with minimalism, he is always looking for innovation with experimental manipulations that blossom out of his transpiring creativity.
Oocyte Oil & Stolen Androgens produces a captivating and deep listening journey with dreamlike sound tissues that have a hypnotic effect. With this subtle release, Richter once again proves that he is a permanent fixture as a unique voice of innovative music with a relatively low accessibility limit.
Brieviews Special - Sound In Silence (chapter 2)
In June 2018 I wrote a series of Brieviews ("brief reviews") for Greek label Sound In Silence. This was one of the the first specials we did and several others have followed. Now, after a hiatus in review writing, I noticed that the label has released six interesting releases available on their bandcamp page. So, this looks like the perfect opportunity to compose six new Brieviews to guide you through the magical world of Sound In Silence.
Memory Drawings - Phantom Lights
electronic / ambient / post rock
Phantom Lights by Memory Drawings
Sound In Silence
Released in November 2019, 'Phantom Lights' is a gentle and playful six track EP by Anglo-American act Memory Drawings. The band is the brainchild of Joel Hanson and features guitarist/multi-instrumentalist Richard Adams, violinist Sarah Kemp, pianist Gareth S Brown and multi-instrumentalist Chris Cole.
The music moves between ambient, folk, classical music and post rock. It never gets heavy, intense or dark but always remains on a blissful, shimmering level. That's what makes this album such a pleasure to listen to. Tunes like 'Two Rooms' and 'The Final Curtain' can easily bring a smile to your face, even in these weird times.
I don't really know if I can draw references to other bands. Perhaps fans of Tortoise, Dakota Suite or Do May Say Think or Bark Psychosis. Fact remains, this is a nice album, destined to light up the gloomy days in your life.
Astatine - Global Exposure
Global Exposure by Astatine
Hailing from Paris, France, Astatine is the solo project of Stéphane Recrosio, known from the post rock / slowcore band Acetate Zero. On his first album for Sound In Silence, Astatine delivers no less than twenty tracks, varying from gloomy ambient pieces to gritty minimal rock songs.
I think it's safe to say that this is not the easiest S.I.S. album to digest. With fuzzed out guitars, mumbles, distorted vocals and processed sounds, Astatine creates the atmosphere of many bedroom acts. There is a sense of loneliness here, laced with fear, anger and a constant urge to experiment.
Some of the songs are downright ugly, like grunge tunes without drums or bass, while others reveal the ramblings of a mad mind. In all, it's clear that this is not for everyone but fans of the experimental and avant garde will definitely enjoy these odd tunes.
worriedaboutsatan - Crystalline
ambient / electronic / post rock / downtempo
Crystalline by worriedaboutsatan
worriedaboutsatan is probably one of my favorite bands from the last decennium. I've seen them a few times at Dunk! festival where their magical sounds filled the forest and got hooked immediately. So, seeing this act appear on one of my favorite labels from the last decennium surely fills my ambient heart with joy.
Crystalline is worriedaboutsatan's sixth full-length album and judging from the label's bandcamp page one of the most successful releases on Sound In Silence. To me this comes as no surprise. The act already has a loyal following, which is one reason. But, there is also the simple fact that 'Crystalline' is a brilliant album.
Once again combining elements from downtempo electronics, post rock and ambient, this album contains eight tracks. 'Open The Door' pretty much serves as an intro, luring the listener with sweet soundscapes. 'Steps Inside' places worriedaboutsatan right next to acts like Boards Of Canada, Plaid and Biosphere. This tune is a downtempo delight. 'Cali' is a beautiful guitar base ambient loop and 'Mirrors' perfectly combines these worlds. Oh well, let's just face it, this is a perfect worriedaboutsatan album, one I recommend to every self respecting slow music fan...
Test Card - Music For The Towers
ambient / electronic / shoegaze
Music For The Towers by Test Card
Vancouver based solo project Test Card is the brainchild of Lee Nicholson. He returns for his third fill-length, his second on Sound In Silence. 'Music For The Towers' contains eight tracks and combines soothing ambient with gentle post rock. This is one of those albums to enjoy with your eyes closed. It's warm, calm and relaxing. What else could an ambient fan possibly desire?
Here the focus lies on hazy electronics, playful guitar loops and soft soundscapes, created with field recordings, synths and here and there some glitchy electronic noises. The result is something fans of Biosphere, Carbon Based Lifeforms and so on. Music for the soul...
Endless Melancholy - A Perception Of Everything
A Perception Of Everything by Endless Melancholy
This is already the seventh album by Ukrainian act Endless Melancholy, although it's his Sound In Silence debut. Fans of the project already know what to expect, namely exactly what the bandname promises. Soundscapes, synths and a gloomy atmosphere create an absolute beauty.
'A Perception Of Everything' contains nine tracks in which piano, field recordings and synths attempt to guide the listener on a journey through him/herself. Of these, 'Immersion' is probably my favorite but that's a tough decision to make. The whole album tells an interesting story, sometimes calm, sometimes experimental but always worth your attention.
Halftribe - Archipelago
Archipelago by Halftribe
I'm afraid that this edition of Brieviews specials is becoming an endless repetition of words like "soundscapes", "beautiful", "atmosphere", "drones", and so on. Like most other releases on this edition, this album by Manchester residing act Halftribe is a sweet and soothing ambient album, containing everything fans like about this genre.
The album, another S.I.S. debut but already Halftribe's fifth, contains eleven tracks. Some of them remind me of acts like Stars Of The Lid while in others the sounds of Tim Hecker and Fennesz seem to have been an inspiration. Perfect music for a lazy and hazy Sunday afternoon, or any moment of any day for that matter.
Divus - 2
electronic / experimental / jazz
DIVUS - 2 by Boring Machines
I guess I'm really into the somewhat stranger side of the musical spectrum today, which is a perfect opportunity to plug this odd little gem. As some of you will know, Boring Machines is known to release somewhat unusual records and this one is definitively no exception.
Divus is a duo from Rome, comprised of electronic musician and techno producer Luciano Lamanna and saxophone player Luca T. Mai, of world-renowned band ZU. In 2018 they released their debut, now followed by this vinyl in which they expand their experimental spectrum. The result is an awe-inspiring brood of electronics, free-jazz saxophones and grainy dance tunes.
It took me the whole four and a half minutes of opener 'C1' to get into the music Divus creates. There was ambient, but also saxophone sounds, so it had to be moving into the dark jazz direction, no? At one moment I thought, "Bohren und der Club of LSD". I'm still not sure if that is a compliment. 'C2' quickly made me forget about the confusion caused 'C1' and 'C3' completely blew my socks of. Remember Speedy J's 'A Shocking Hobby' album? Well, combine that with dark jazz saxophone sounds and you'll have Divus. Besides, 'C4' is a neat ambient jazz tune, much more minimal than its colleagues.
Now, before you go thinking that this is another nice dark jazz album, remember the beats and breaks. From lazy dance inspired percussion to breakcore-vibes, Lamanna throws it all into the mix. It's not all easy digestible, or danceable, or understandable but it's unique and impressive. 'D2', for instance, is something from a dystopian movie soundtrack, driving on heavy beats and dreamy sax. This is my personal favorite. The trouble is, who to recommend this thing to? Jazz freaks? Not really. Dance fans? Oh no, certainly not. People who enjoy the weirder side of life and thus their music collection? Probably. Just check it out. You won't believe your ears...
Of Blood and Mercury - Strangers
electronic / dreampop / new wave
Strangers by Of Blood and Mercury
Consouling Sounds
When Michelle shared the video of Strangers with me, I quickly got convinced that this album could get me out of this semi-permanent writer's block. As you can read here, I was a huge fan of her previous work with Batsheba.
After months and months of struggling with practical problems, she, her lover Olivier, Jonas and David got the physical album ready just in time for the release show in Tilburg, which was planned today. Then Covid19 came. "We try to make the best of the situation," Michelle tells me. "In one way or another, all of this bad luck perfectly fits with the album."
Theme of 'Strangers' is feeling like a stranger in this world. Both Olivier and Michelle are strangers to the genres of this album too, both being deeply rooted in the extreme metal scene. In the intro you can hear that transformation, with dreamy post-rock-ish guitars blending into electronics, a blend that will remain throughout the album. Already at this point, we can hear the broad spectrum of Michelle's vocals. To quote myself (is that allowed?): "She's got it all in her Swiss army knife: haunting whispers, angry cries, howls of despair, imploring & demonic chants, but of course also that unmistakably heart-piercing, versatile alto that we know from Bathsheba's earlier work." No grunts or screams on 'Strangers' though, but keep a look on your heart because it shall be pierced.
Musically, it's quite hard for me to put 'Strangers' in a genre box. There's dreamy guitarscapes, sound effects, noises, drums and other percussion, but some of the songs are pure 80's new wave, very danceable. Shoegaze, dreampop perhaps? "Pleasing ghosts with music," the band calls it ghostpop. There's warmth and coldness, melancholy and hope, blood and mercury - "something from space and something from earth." Yes, I agree. It feels organic and spacey at the same time.
Let's try comparable bands. Dead Can Dance, Cocteau Twins. Dare I say Pink Floyd? Yes I dare. The sound quality is superb, the songwriting is ingenious, there's enough variation. With every listen I become more and more enthusiastic. I really can't believe this is a debut... I hope we can see Of Blood and Mercury live one day!
This album contains strange music for strange people in strange times.
Onsturicheit – Neurotisch Verslapte Aandacht
LAR002 - Live At The PostX [EM/Modular Psychedelic Soundscapes] (Distribution//Littl'AntennA Rec.) by Onsturicheit
Belgian Neu Musik
At the end of 2018, the five CD box of Onsturicheit entitled Wanneer De Herder Doolt, Zo Dolen De Schapen was released on the Wool-E label. Since that release, Peter Moorkens has been a regularly requested artist at electronic music festivals in Belgium. This also gave him the opportunity to provide the old (Post X) post building with a dashing set of electronic excesses. This captivating performance is the second official live release from the Littl 'Antenna Records label.
Neurotisch Verslapte Aandacht slowly starts with an experimental ambient piece made up of samples and modular synth structures. Moorkens likes to mislead his audience by incorporating all kinds of crazy improvisation pieces into his compositions. A bouquet of undulating soundscapes is squeezed out of the modular modules with guitar and voice, before being kneaded into new sonic confirmation with otherworldly sound transitions. Psychedelics and mysticism are electronically amplified with floating waves that bubble up transcendental feelings.
Hearing and seeing Onsturicheit is like entering a sonic spaceship that converts unknown signals into our Earth's sound dimensions. With elaborate electronics, once hovering than pulsating, Moorkens' hallucinatory sound world is presented layer by layer to unexpectedly take new electronically controlled roads. Humour is also injected into the sound waves with funny samples and field recordings that linger paradoxically as recognizable islands in the Onsturicheit dimension.
Neurotisch Verslapte Aandacht is a neurotic electronic masterpiece in which the attention never weakens. The Adventure Paths of Onsturicheit have addictive and hallucinatory side effects which we welcome of course. We are devoted to this stunning (live) release.
This Littl 'Antenna Records release is distributed under the wings of Wool-E Discs.
Jacaszek - Music For Film
ambient / soundtrack
Music for Film by Jacaszek
Perhaps some artists don't like to read this, but over the years I found some of my favorite albums in the sales-bin at record shops. Quite often, those albums are slightly different than most releases, a bit off-beat and experimental. That is also where I discovered Polish composer Jacaszek. His 2012 album 'Glimmer' was on sale, along with several other ambient and downtempo electronic releases. I spent quite some money that day and I went home with a backpack filled with CDs. From that batch, 'Glimmer' has become one of my favorites and since then several other Jacaszek releases have been added to my collection. Now, 'Music For Film' will join them.
So, Michal Jacaszek is no stranger in this household. His approach here, a mix of gloomy electronics, ambient, classical music and often glitchy soundscapes feels otherworldly yet soothing. On 'Music For Film', a collection of soundtrack compositions, that trademark is still present, although sometimes it does feel like Jacaszek had a slightly different audience in mind while working on these pieces of music: the movie critics. Most tracks on 'Music For Film' are listener friendly, pushing the strangeness of some earlier releases somewhat to the back.
Which does not mean that this is a sweet, easy listening album. Opener '49' explores the piano in a melancholic and nostalgic way, aided by mild strings. 'The Iron Bridge', second in line, is one of the weirder tunes. Although it contains a certain rhythm it might be best to categorize these sounds as "musique concrete". 'November Early' feels like a piece of classical music written for dark jazz fans. That being said, I'm one of those dark jazz fans and I absolutely adore this track. 'Twelve Years' is a slow and gloomy piece of work, driving on a sluggish beat and lingering strings.
'Dance' combines mild noise with a chamber orchestra, so it seems, and 'Christ Blood Theme' takes us to dark monasteries. 'Liina' excels in minimalism while, another one of my favorites here, 'Encounter Me in The Orchard' visits mystical lands and biospheres. For the last two tracks, I'll have to repeat the words dark jazz and classical music. Yet, don't worry, they're equally enchanting and interesting as the rest if this album.
So, this is 'Music For Film', not only an excellent album but also a great argument when stating that Michal Jacaszek can easily compete with the Zimmers and Elfmans of this world. He can, believe me. 'Music For Film' contains pieces from Rainer Sarnet's 2017 black-and-white fantasy drama November and the 2019 documentary He Dreams of Giants, among others. If you're a fan of either ambient, dark jazz, gloomy electronics or classical music, you need to check this out.
Hyperkube – Remnants
electronic / ambient / Berlin School
LAR001 - Remnants [EM/Ambient/Berlin School] (Distribution//Littl'AntennA Rec.) by Hyperkube
Belgian NeuMusik
The brand new label Littl' Antenna Records is the result of the live sessions of Littl' Antenna that take place in an old post office (PostX)in Merelbeke near Ghent Belgium. The Belgian electronic music world has a brand new music label, on which Hyperkube's PostX try-out set was released both digitally and on CD under the title Remnants.
Hyperkube is the project of bedroom artist Tom Coppens who mainly focuses on producing electronic sounds treated in the Berlin School style. Remnants shows a collection of cosmic sound structures fed by sequencers and pulsating synths. The atmosphere on this live recording is affectionate, cheerful and has dreamy structures. However, we cannot speak of real floaty ambient here because of the emphatic penetration of the used sequencers.
The organizer of the PostX sessions (Alain Kinet) saw Tom Coppens at work during an atmospheric performance in the church of Herent and asked to perform this set again in the old post office. The unknown Tom Coppens apparently left a strong impression with his slightly dramatically boosted electronic tones. Hyperkube took the inspiration of greats such as Vangelis, Tangerine Dream and Klaus Schulze. With this legacy a brave, rippling mix of electronic music was molded.
The distribution of the Littl' Antenna Records releases (there will be more) is done under the wings of the Wool-E Discs label.
Keelrider – Sun / Too Far Gone
grunge / stoner rock
Sun by Keelrider
Iceland's scene is very likely one of the strongest worldwide as we are talking about a country with roughly 360,000 inhabitants and yet we all know so many bands from Iceland pushing the brim for modern music further and further. Keelrider is another one of those, although they most likely will not see as much attention as Sigur Ros, Björk or the whole Icelandic black metal scene because they are Stoner Grungers with a twist. In 2018 they published their debut album "North" and last year they published two singles from their upcoming album "Second Wind". While "Too Far Gone" is in parts a very nice melange of Alice in Chains-vocals and Soundgarden-stoner riffs, "Sun" is much more interesting because the band some a little more variety when it comes to time signatures and giving the guitar lines more space to breathe. If you are into stoner rock and grunge, this band is something right for you!
Calendula – De Brevitatis
Hiveminds - De Brevitate Vitae by Calendula
Post-Metal from Italy. Most foreigners automatically associate it with Postvorta but some, a little deeper in and a little longer might remember the name Calendula, the sextet from Parma, which released an EP (2011) and a full-length (2012) a while ago. After some changes concerning line-up and musical direction, they released a 25-minute-song in November which definitely doesn't fit to the title "De Brevitate Vitae" - it's not brevis (brief) at all. It is quite a monster with a lot of dynamic changes and oscillates between dynamic driving drums and some really clever, counteracting guitar-work following the long intro, which sometimes hints at a bit of Tool. The vocals are pretty good, they also use some samples to give it a more differentiated sonic outline. Something that can be criticized is the sound as the partially trashy Lo-Fi sound doesn't really fit a record as ambitious as this one, although on the other side it fits to the proclaimed role models – 90s post-rock bands such as Slint (noticeable in the very effective guitar motif after the first real break). If the guys follow this path, we might have two Italian associations with the term Post-Metal.
A Heart Beats – Dazes the Mind
Dazes the Mind by A Heart Beats
Svart Records is one of the finest labels when it comes to hard, harsh music, most people know about that. Most people do not know that they also have an electronic sub-label – Svartronix which again is very open-minded. A few weeks ago they released the debut song by A Heart Beats "Dazes the Mind" which is pop music that fits perfectly in any 80s mix of songs by some tropical house producer. This songs purvey a kind of Caribbean calypso feeling but their sex-appeal derives to a large extent from the intriguing vocals of Paile who once was a member of Beastmilk. His delivery is very nice and especially the chorus is so funky that one automatically feels his feet moving, but the line also has some depth "It dazes the mind / and numbs the tongue". The beats produced by Tuuki are layered with some space basslines in the sense of some more synth-driven Daft Punk and the beat itself is shuffling a bit, so that the sunny, opening sounds give the song a holiday feeling without the stupidity. A promising debut song, let's hope A Heart Beats and Svartronix has some more servings.
Intaglio – The Memory of Death
doom / death metal
The Memory Of Death (Single) by Intaglio
Russian death doom act Intaglio released a demo version of a new track at the end of last year and in some way, the beauty lies in the rhythm. Many voices will now scream that the rhythm is nothing particular new to the genre, as the slow, dragging rhythm of the song is really quite normal, but the way that the strings connect to it, support it in certain passages, yeah, even form it from time to time, that is really breathtaking – the Gothic attitude it brings to the song turns it into a remarkable one. The lyrics, speaking about the overwhelming character of a memory of death which overshadows everything else, are delivered in regular death metal style. Another standout feature is the use of the use of an upright bass that is tuned so well, that you can hear each tap and each ring.
In some way, three pretty singular metal genres are amalgamated into one pretty dense net of emotions that will leave no open ear without imprinting a memory of itself on the listener. If this is a first sign of a new album then one might keep Intaglio in mind.
American Nightmare – Life Support
Life Support by American Nightmare
Everything about this 7" screams "Old school! Old school!", the cover (seemingly a reverse from the classic Minor Threat discography cover that also was adopted by Rancid several years ago), the cover b-side, the black-white style, the sound, everything! But first things first: The revived band released a good album in 2018 and last December followed with this 7" out on Heartworm Press. The title track is a new shotgun blast somewhere between Zeke, MC5, The Clash, Turbonegro and Black Flag (although one must say, that only the vocals sometimes hint at Rollins) – definitely a good track. The b-side is a well-made cover of "Left for Dead" by The Lemonheads another one of these late 80s punk bands that turned more and more to indie-rock. The cover is good and shows a different side to American Nightmare. However, there is one thing that is lacking in this release and that is the teenage angst that made AN famous. The despair, the sadness, the melancholy – not there. On the other hand, that might drive the listener to despair and achieves the same effect.
Tuatha – The Lore of Place
avant garde / folk
the lore of place by TUATHA
Dog Tunnel Records
There are genres that seemingly are so heavily steeped in tradition and customs that it is hard to imagine to hear a new sound in them. Take Irish Folk for example; most of us at first might associate it with pub nights somewhere between the Dubliners and Christy Moore (at best) or Michael Flatley and Enya (at worst). But to combine the traditional folk instruments bodhran, flute, violin, and guitar with a wall of sound, lots of spoken word (not cheerfully and rhythmically, but rather intimidating and fierceful) is something rarely heard before. Tuatha is a fierce project that will leave some of us open-mouthed. Formed in early 2019 and already a rising star on the scene, the septet uses old Irish tales from the Middle Ages and Gaelic Dindsenchas (short poems describing certain places) to deepen their already impressive style. In parts, their unrelentless approach reminds one of the approach Archive and SubRosa took in totally different musical landscapes. This here is unique, bewitching and typical Irish yet also totally un-Irish. Folks, give Tuatha a listen!
Mosara – Demo 2019
sludge / doom
Mosara Demo 2019 by Mosara
A quartet from Phoenix, Arizona with a very grainy, heavy sound, Mosara released their debut demo last November. It shall be a prelude to a record which is in the making and should see the light of day before the end of the year; of course the demo should also draw interest from labels and I think it might: The musical soundscape is strongly influenced by a lot of proto-metal like Sabbath, Blue Cheer, but also by classic doom bands like Electric Wizard or Cough – that means, you get what you expect, low-tuned, richly-distorted, grainy, a bit lofi-ish doom sounds with a tinge of sludge influences (most audible on the second track "Clay and Iron"). Sometimes the howls and growls could be a bit fiercer and less despaired because, sometimes, Tony Gallegos (ex-Twingiant) is a bit too clear. Nevertheless the sound is great, as if someone mated Fu Manchu with Sabbath and their offspring was left in the desert with a guitar as the only means of communication. The riffs are dragging, the bass is dominant, the drums are supportive – all good in the Arizona desert.
Ploughshare – Tellurian Insurgency
death metal / black metal / doom / noise / grindcore
Tellurian Insurgency by PLOUGHSHARE
Brilliant Emperor Records
Noise bastard? Yeah. Death metal? Sometimes. Grindcore? For sure. Doomy Gloom? You bet. All of that and more is "Tellurian Insurgency" by Ploughshare. With their third release in as many years (after 2017's "Literature of Piss" and 2018's acclaimed "In Offal, Salvation") the quartet from Australia's capital Canberra once again proves that the bar is always too low for them. Excellent musicians with a highly complex understanding of how music works they show that extreme metal must also rely on atmosphere that sometimes exists between the chords and blastbeasts. A great deal of the attraction of this band is the vocals, which never sound cheesy but quite on point. This EP also features a remix of their standout song, the title track of "In Offal, Salvation", which shows that it is even possible to give this dark nightmare of a song an even more desperate twist. One thing that becomes clear throughout the record is how important good drumming is for such a kind of music as it must set the tone for everyone. If the guys can keep up their productivity we should await a new heir to the extreme metal throne in 2020.
Lament Cityscape – The New Wet
The New Wet by Lament Cityscape
Describing this Oakland, CA, quartet is not that easy and not that difficult at the same time. Their sound relies heavily on synths, samples but also on guitar, bass and drums. They cross constantly between electronic noise (aka industrial) and post-punk'ish avantgarde sounds. Initiated in 2013 and having independently released already a bunch of records, Lament Cityscape set out to publish three EPs in 2020, each following some red thread and yet also standing out on its own. Something that they share with some of the pioneers of this kind of sonic assault (Godflesh, Killing Joke, Author & Punisher) are the harsh sounds that sometimes remind one of buoys warning the oncoming ships of the nearby rocks and sandbanks which here are symbolized by the rough drum attacks. In parts, this is a good record for those who like Godflesh's Streetcleaner a bit less polished and a bit more straightforward. Partially, one is left behind by a lack of surprise, but fans of industrial noises and harsh synth-driven drums will really like this.
Blood Spore – Fungal Warfare Upon All Life
Fungal Warfare Upon All Life by Blood Spore
Blood Harvest
At first, the band's name might sound like a nice pun on 80s karate flic "Bloodsport" (with the amazing multiple Academy Award winning actor Jean-Claude van Shakespeare) but when listening to this new face on renown Swedish Meta label Blood Harvest it becomes clear that the idea of a fungi which sits parasitically on its host and feeds of it before finally killing it works perfectly within the black metal community. It also works nicely because the record to it is really good and leaves one's ears with an immediate wish to press replay because of its clever changes in mood, dynamics and tempi. The record (especially the second track "Cede to the Saprophyte") is like a nice blend of groove metal and black metal with the emphasis, of course, on the latter. Thematically, the record presents the idea of the fungal mass on this planet slowly but certainly taking over and destroying all other organisms, a new take on the apocalyptic visions presented by bands like Botanist or Arx Atrata. For a band that only came together in 2018, this is really somewhat impressive.
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KK Null – Great Attractor
electronic / avantgarde
Great Attractor by KK NULL
There are a few artists out there whose productivity and oeuvre are really hard to grasp in its utter madness. Zappa released more than 60 records, there are probably more than 200 Pearl Jam live-archive records released by the band itself, Bach composed way too many works for anybody to fully understand it, and then there are the noise artists of the last 30 to 40 years. And then there is KK Null.
An artist who has worked on several important records and projects, Zeni Geva probably being his most well-known band, KK Null by now has worked on more 150 releases – either his solo work or the work with his band projects. For 2019 alone, discogs lists 16 albums and several smaller works! Talk about a restless person; nevertheless, if you look at his personal FB page you will see a man who is at peace with himself and who seeks peace. However, if you listen to his work, you will get a totally different feeling – one of unrest, of distress, of disharmonic chaos.
Interestingly, he performs the music for himself rather than for anybody else. You can't cope with it? Your problem. Need any kind of information what he sounds like? Take Aphex Twin's noisy snippets that jump in from the side and then flirr upwards into nothingness, only to come back down even noisier; take Atari Teenage Riots industrial drums but speed them up until they are merely one line on the oscilloscope; take the guitar riffs used by bands like Boris but take out the doom and turn it into gut-wrenching miniscule attacks on each of your nerves. Take all of this and take your time.
Because, KK Null's work needs time. On short listen to "Great Attractor" exemplifies all of this: You cannot grasp the "beauty" of it if you do not sit down and let the sounds wash over you. There is so much to absorb in this sound-verse that either you immerse yourself subconsciously into it until your heart stops trying to follow any form of drum pattern and you just feel it. Or you try to sit down and analyze everything that is happening – albeit, the latter is definitely the road to madness. The beats on the two tracks (one 22 minutes, the other 29 minutes!!!) do not remain steady they overlap each over; the noise elements do not connect to a larger unity, they separate themselves because they are loners. Only our mind and soul can bring all of this together. A hell of a work, a hell of a reward.


The Fellowship of Meditation is a Christian–based organisation, whose members use a particular method to make space for stillness in their lives, in order to be open to God in regular contemplative meditation.
It began in 1932 when weekly meetings for meditation were held in London, which included teaching from its founder, Marian Dunlop – see "History". The most recent centre for the Fellowship, Marian Dunlop House in Dorchester, was purchased in 1974.
The Fellowship's method of meditation centres on the use of sentences, containing Words of Life, which are based on eternal truths and teaching in the Bible. They help to focus attention on God.
At present there are 23 groups, mostly in Great Britain, which meet together regularly for meditation. These meetings last about 45 minutes and include sections of teaching on a particular sentence read aloud by the leader. They include an opportunity of Meditating for and with Others.
From its earliest days, the Fellowship has arranged "Gatherings" when people come together from different parts of the country to spend time in meditation.