Atrium Musicae de Madrid / Gregorio Paniagua

what was this guy's loony deal

where is the Atrium Musicae box set

can anyone point me towards any helpful writing longer than 1.5 paragraphs long

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This is not recommendable to, as they say, those of a nervous disposition, nor to early-music purists. But those with a taste for the unusual, for music that is effectively beyond all normal categories, will find much to intrigue them here.

http://www.musicweb-international.com/classrev/2006/Jun06/La_Folia_HMA1951050.htm

Website reproducing the original liner notes of 'La Folia' omitted from CD version (scroll down)

DEMENTIA PRAECOX ANGELORUM Follias de Españia. Mss. Bibl. Nac. Madrid M 2810 (once variaciones). Anónimos. Musica para Salterio, Clave y Orquesta. folios 11, 12,13 y 14

http://www.folias.nl/htmlrecommended.html

just going through his record with Rita Marley now. lyrics in Latin, English, Basque & Esperanto, all further description = unhelpful

Rita Marley / Nacho Schola / Gregorio Paniagua "Spectacles For Tribuffalos", 1995 - the third track, 'Navigation', has the most impact when you listen to the album in sequence, as in you will really wonder where in the world this music could be coming from. most of the 80's hybrid / fusion music admittedly sounded studio-bound, hired musicians filling the concept or playing overdubs. 'Tribuffalos' sounds played by people who were in the same room together instead of collaged & sampled, and as such it is just keeps wrenching your brain further and further open to accommodate the results

I might not argue starting there but it's amazing to me that this work isn't more widely known. late 60's / early 70's were the pioneering age of many Medieval / Renaissance ensembles like Tallis Scholars, Hilliard Ensemble, Early Music Consort of London with Hogwood & David Munrow. The latter's curated LPs got all the props for attitude & punk energy but absolutely none of those compare to the ambition & breadth of scale of Atrium Musicae de Madrid. There's a tightrope to walk, with learned respect for the 600-2000 year old history of the music you're playing on the one side and actually playing it today as if it's still music on the other, all the while with microphones pointed at you in a studio to capture a stereo recording, and somehow Paniagua's ensembles walk and play that balancing act effortlessly

Many discs of medieval music demand a good grasp on the period and style but this one really stands out as being of no specific time or place. I’m not even sure whether it still is medieval music any longer. It is some sort of UFO landed in our musical world and as such should be considered either a must own or a complete aberration.

http://www.6moons.com/musicreviews/2009_november/lafolia.html

thank u as always, very intriguing

opening track well known by this point as the opening theme to Chris Cutler's Probes podcast

https://www.allmusic.com/album/greece-musique-de-la-grece-antique-mw0000271758

AllMusic Review by Eugene Chadbourne

Portions of the music included may remind listeners of very early classical music such as Gregorian chant, whereas other pieces will certainly cause an astonished reaction as they sound unlike any other music recorded. Some is sparse, floating, the melodic ideas developing very slowly. A few of the old-world Greek percussion instruments wind up sounding quite a bit like new-world electronic music.