tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-158069222008-11-18T12:53:13.748-08:00Hammock Musichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17088868263757212387noreply@blogger.comBlogger73125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15806922.post-6410189829711242782008-09-29T17:19:00.001-07:002008-09-29T17:21:05.318-07:00ok, so we got this from tim. (see below) we're happy to be a very small part of the sigur ros show...<br /><br />peace,<br />marc<br /><br />"I saw Sigur Ros in Denver on Saturday night at Red Rocks. The show was amazing, of course. What I wasn't expecting to hear that caught my attention was the music being played on the loudspeakers during the time between the opening band and Sigur Ros. Who was it? Our beloved Hammock! They had "84,000 Hymns" on repeat." TimHammock Musichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17088868263757212387noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15806922.post-68235098379523766302008-04-16T19:05:00.000-07:002008-04-16T19:11:37.477-07:00www.maybetheywillsingforustomorrow.com<br /><br />this site gives you the story behind our new record... taking music written for a live situation and turning it into an actual record, etc. etc...<br /><br />Hope you enjoy it.<br /><br />Thank you for listening.<br /><br />Peace,<br /><br />HammockHammock Musichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17088868263757212387noreply@blogger.com15tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15806922.post-79100332016364901752008-04-15T08:24:00.000-07:002008-04-15T08:35:37.014-07:00Hi, friends. Just some quick news...<br /><br />If you would like to purchase a copy of our new record, "Maybe They Will Sing for Us Tomorrow", Darla has made it available via mail order only as of (April 14) at www.darla.com (on May 6, the record will be at all the usual retail and digital outlets, like Amazon and Itunes. Amazon is far too expensive for our tastes, but that's another topic). We now have CDs ourselves and are offering them for sale at www.hammockmusic.com/store if you would like to order it there.<br /><br />We've changed the look of the MySpace page and have loaded in two full songs from the new record: City in the Dust on My Window and Mono No Aware. Hope you like them.<br /><br />As we've mentioned before, we're launching a brand-new hammockmusic.com page on May 6. But we're creating a story page for the new album at www.maybetheywillsingforustomorrow.com to hold us over until then. So that may set a record for the longest domain ever, but hey, there will be some stuff there that you might find interesting including a nice bit of prose from our friend Chuck Dodson telling the story of this record, some photographs, and more. So please check it out.<br /><br />As always, thank you for listening. And thank you for all of the kind messages we've been getting lately.<br /><br />Peace, <br /><br />HammockHammock Musichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17088868263757212387noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15806922.post-22220568996529439552008-03-31T09:34:00.000-07:002008-04-01T17:39:27.395-07:00Hi, everyone. <br /><br />We've been invited to do a live performance for the syndicated Public Radio International program Echoes as part of their "Living Room" Concert series. The performance/interview will be taped on May 6th and then broadcast sometime after. Over 130 radio stations carry Echoes, so chances are that no matter where you live in the US, you'll be able to hear it on the night it airs. For all of our friends who don't have Echoes in their listening area and for any who miss the actual radio broadcast, you'll be able to stream the show online at www.echoes.org. We'll make sure to send you the exact details as they come. Echoes has been especially supportive of Hammock since we launched the project in 2005. Were excited to follow some artists that we really love like Album Leaf, Air, Harold Budd, Michael Hedges, Jeff Pearce, Robert Rich, Will Ackerman, and Yo-Yo Ma, who have all done Echoes Living Room performances.<br /><br />We have an official "available" date for Maybe They Will Sing for Us Tomorrow: May 5, 2008, and it will most likely appear digitally a week or so before that. And if you happen to be attending our performance with Stars of the Lid in DC on May 4, we'll have CDs available at the show. <br /><br />In our last newsletter we announced that Jonsi and Alex had finished the artwork, and we wanted to share some of it with you. You can see two of the six panels that make up the CD package. Go to our myspace page and look under blog. Click on the links/images at the end of the blog to download a high res copy of the artwork. Hope you like what you see! <br /><br />That's it for now. Thank you for listening.<br /><br />Peace, <br /><br />HammockHammock Musichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17088868263757212387noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15806922.post-36271805749289641532008-03-04T07:38:00.000-08:002008-03-04T07:45:12.133-08:00Hi, friends. Just wanted to share a little more information with you on the new record and tell you about some other plans. <br /><br />This is really early notice on this one, but we wanted to go ahead and let you all know that Hammock will be opening for Stars of the Lid on Sunday, May 4 in Washington DC at IOTA Club. <br /><br />This is the first Stars of the Lid tour of North American tour in six years, and they've been a huge inspiration to us, so we're really excited to be performing with them. We'll be playing a short set of all new music from the upcoming record, "Maybe They Will Sing for Us Tomorrow."<br /><br />Also, Auburn Lull, our label mates on Darla Records, recently extended us an invitation to perform together for a few dates this year, which we look forward to doing whenever possible (check out Auburn Lull's new album if you get a chance). We're planning an album-release performance in Nashville in early summer, and there will be more news to come on this in the next few weeks. <br /><br />Jonsi and Alex sent along the final artwork for the record recently and it's beautiful! The setup and manufacture of this package is much more involved this time around and there are a few other factors that look to be pushing our release into mid/late April. But the music and art masters have all been delivered and things are really starting to move forward now. We're happy to announce that we'll again be working with Darla Records on this release. The song titles follow below:<br /><br />1. Gold Star Mothers<br />2. City in the Dust on My Window<br />3. This Kind of Life Keeps Breaking Your Heart<br />4. Mono No Aware<br />5. Three Sisters<br />6. Maybe They Will Sing for Us Tomorrow<br />7. Elm<br />8. Razorback Drug Town<br />9. Eighty-Four Thousand Hymns<br />10. We Will Say Goodbye to Everyone<br />11. All of Your Children Are Addicts<br /><br />We'll be launching a brand-new website alongside the new record. It will have a brighter look and a more user-friendly navigation and lots of exclusive content like songs from the new record, video, a blog/diary, and more. <br /><br />As always, thank you for listening, and <br /><br />Peace, <br />HammockHammock Musichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17088868263757212387noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15806922.post-50741492366511685042008-01-19T11:25:00.000-08:002008-01-19T11:38:05.952-08:00Hi, friends, and happy new year! <br /><br />Hammock has made a new record called "Maybe They Will Sing for Us Tomorrow". As some of you might remember, Hammock performed live for the first time ever in Hot Springs last summer for the US debut art exhibition of Riceboy Sleeps. Maybe They Will Sing for Us Tomorrow is a studio recording of the sound installation that we wrote and performed for that event. Actually, studio performance is a better way to put it (more on that below). The title of the record comes from a Riceboy Sleeps painting that we love. Theres still a lot of work going on behind the scenes, but we hope to have it out sometime in March. <br /><br />Were really happy to announce that the front and back cover artwork will be created by Riceboy Sleeps (Jonsi Birgisson, lead singer/guitarist of Sigur Ros and Alex Somers of Parachutes). The six-panel, cardstock CD package will also include contributions by Chuck Dodson (words) and Thomas Petillo (photographs of the band, a first for us). <br /><br />Being so connected to this music means its difficult for us to describe it, but we feel like this might be our most personal and focused record to date. Its definitely our most ambient release so far, it contains no beats. The guitar parts for these eleven new pieces were recorded live in the studio with very little use of a click track. We recorded these songs exactly as we performed them, so hopefully theres a spontaneity and vulnerability to the music that shines through. The string parts were added in later by our friend Matt Slocum. Working this way was a new experience for us, and we feel like this approach gives this record its own unique personality. <br /><br />An even bigger challenge than making the recording itself was writing the music. All of these songs had to be written keeping in mind that we would be reproducing it onstage using nothing more than two guitars. The question was, Given the limitations, could we write music that was moving and interesting? Those limitations were really self-imposed, and thats the philosophy behind this record. Some of the visual artists that we admire the most will deliberately limit themselves to working within one particular medium, and we took a similar approach for this recording. <br /><br />We hope you like the music, and as always, thank you for listening. We will be performing live in 2008, and there will be more news to come on that in the coming months. Hope to see some of you in person this year. <br /><br />Peace, <br /><br />HammockHammock Musichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17088868263757212387noreply@blogger.com18tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15806922.post-79930197095789347582007-11-15T06:27:00.000-08:002007-11-15T06:34:14.722-08:00The exciting news that I referred to recently is that Hammock will be releasing TWO records in 2008, the first of which will be the sound installation that we wrote and performed to celebrate the Riceboy Sleeps exhibition in Hot Springs. So for all of you who missed the show, you'll be able to hear it for yourself. We hope to release this in late February or so, and it will be titled after a Riceboy Sleeps painting that Andrew and I saw at the exhibition and loved. There are still tons of details to iron out over the next few weeks, but I wanted to let you in on the story so far. We definitely have something great developing with this particular record. We'll share this news with you shortly. More to come...<br /><br />lost in space,<br />marcHammock Musichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17088868263757212387noreply@blogger.com20tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15806922.post-37056865889102530652007-11-06T07:39:00.001-08:002007-11-06T07:52:25.029-08:00we'll be sharing some exciting news with everyone very soon...<br /><br />lost in space,<br />MarcHammock Musichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17088868263757212387noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15806922.post-71789615253119257642007-11-06T07:39:00.000-08:002007-11-06T07:40:15.254-08:00we'll be sharing some exciting news with everyone very soon...<br /><br />lost in space,<br />MarcHammock Musichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17088868263757212387noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15806922.post-42258550462641375142007-10-16T20:33:00.000-07:002007-10-16T20:36:43.478-07:00It's a bit late but I'm sorry to anounce that Madeleine L'Engle died on September 6th, 2007. She was an amazing writer and she inspired me to achieve excellence in art. She will be missed...<br /><br />peace,<br />MarcHammock Musichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17088868263757212387noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15806922.post-34933988252027352282007-08-28T09:03:00.000-07:002007-08-28T09:09:10.738-07:00A couple of new videos:<br /><br />Raising Your Voice....Trying To Stop an Echo<br /><br /><object width="325" height="253"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/sKbkJmmmd-E"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/sKbkJmmmd-E" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="325" height="253"></embed></object><br /><br /><br />When the Sky Pours Down Like A Fountain<br /><br /><object width="325" height="253"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/ZiaQ7NK0EnE"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/ZiaQ7NK0EnE" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="325" height="253"></embed></object>Hammock Musichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17088868263757212387noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15806922.post-58021626392651428062007-07-30T07:07:00.000-07:002007-07-30T07:27:37.933-07:00Ingmar Bergman died today. He was a genius filmaker and artist. My favorite filmmaker for sure. We payed homage to Bergman when we named three of the titles on Kenotic after his film trilogy: "Through a Glass Darkly", "Winter Light" and "the Silence". We also included a piece of dialogue from the film, Winter Light in the song, "You May Emerge From This More Dead than Alive." <br /><br />Do yourself a favor and check out some of his films. Some of my favorites are:<br />the Seventh Seal<br />Winter Light<br />Wild Strawberries<br />the Virgin Spring<br />Fanny and Alexander<br /><br />...just to name a few... <br /><br />peace,<br />MarcHammock Musichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17088868263757212387noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15806922.post-84388069136096437632007-07-05T10:29:00.000-07:002007-07-05T10:31:57.308-07:00Hello, friends. Andrew and I will be performing for the first time ever on August 3. The way this came together is a very long story, but we'll be performing at a private after party in the presence of two of our artistic heroes, Jon Thor Birgisson (lead singer and guitarist of Sigur Ros) and Alex Somers (graphic designer and member of the band Parachutes). Yeah...no pressure, right? For any of you interested in how this came about, I'll try to keep it short.<br /><br />Jonsi and Alex's art collaboration is called Riceboy Sleeps. We absolutely love their work and I just sent an email to them one day saying how much I liked what they're doing, never expecting to hear back. Jonsi went to the Hammock MySpace site and sent us this note:<br /><br />Hey .. . <br /><br />I listened to your songs on myspace .. twice .. . and they sound so good .. .. <br /><br />You know the secret .. . good soundscapes and good melodies .. . . <br /><br />best thing i have heard on myspace .. . . <br /><br />hugs jonsi<br /><br />We've been told since that it was the first time he's ever sent anything like this outside of Sigur Ros's immediate circle of friends, which blows us away.<br /><br />About this time, Josh Varnedore's Gallery 801 in Hot Springs, Arkansas was chosen to be the site of Riceboy Sleeps's first-ever exhibition outside of Iceland, and our good friend Chuck Dodson (thanks, Chuck) mentioned to Josh that Hammock might be a good fit to perform at the exhibition after party. They talked it over with Riceboy Sleeps, and when Josh expressed to us how much Jonsi and Alex wanted us to do it, we knew we couldn't pass this opportunity up. We'll be performing for the first-time ever on August 3 at Chuck Dodson's gallery, The Gallery@404B, which is hosting the Riceboy Sleeps after party.<br /><br />We're sorry that this first performance is going to be at a private event...that part was out of our control (if you're a member of the press, the gallery might be holding some passes back for you). But this opportunity, and preparing for it, has really opened us up to the idea of performing this music live on a regular basis. For the Riceboy Sleeps show, it will be just the two of us on guitars doing kind of a sound installation, but for the future, we're envisioning performing with a full version of Hammock. Hope you can be with us then.<br /><br />As always, thank you for listening.<br /><br />Peace,<br /><br />HammockHammock Musichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17088868263757212387noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15806922.post-32696443650090140572007-07-01T10:07:00.000-07:002007-07-01T10:11:08.388-07:00The Verve are back together! One of my all time favorite bands... According to their site they've been recording new material with the original lineup. They'll be playing some shows in November. Hopefully, they can keep it together and see it through!<br />We've also got some exciting hammock news to tell you. We'll keep you posted.<br /><br />lost in space,<br />MarcHammock Musichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17088868263757212387noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15806922.post-88386908600488679932007-05-17T13:46:00.000-07:002007-05-17T13:54:23.704-07:00Hey everyone,<br /><br />Someone made a video for the song, "God Send Us a Signal." <br /><br />Check it out:<br /><br />http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C__IUbV08-0<br /><br />If the link doesn't work, go to youtube.com and type in--God Send Us a Signal.<br /><br />lost in space,<br />MarcHammock Musichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17088868263757212387noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15806922.post-19419536808722792872007-04-07T13:08:00.000-07:002007-04-07T13:12:08.641-07:00blonde redhead's video-<br />http://www.spinner.com/2007/04/06/video-premiere-blonde-redhead-23/<br /><br />stars of the lid video-<br />http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/download/41807-stars-of-the-lid-apreludes-in-c-sharp-major<br /><br />or <br /><br />http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendID=58822051Hammock Musichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17088868263757212387noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15806922.post-17625572498325976902007-04-07T12:46:00.000-07:002007-04-07T12:50:44.243-07:00So,<br /><br />I'm wondering what everyone thinks of the new Stars of the Lid??? I think it's a masterpiece, stunning! Also, has anyone listened to the the three tracks posted on Blonde Redhead's MySpace page?? I've got mine pre-ordered. Another great album on 4AD! Thoughts??? Happy Easter!<br /><br />peace,<br />MarcHammock Musichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17088868263757212387noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15806922.post-67233842626945130902007-03-16T09:46:00.000-07:002007-03-16T09:51:22.330-07:00Hello,<br /><br /> I'm just wondering what you guys think of the new "Explosions" record? Also, remember that Stars of the Lid have a new record coming out on April 2nd. You can pre-order it from Kranky.net if you so desire.<br /><br />gone to Rome,<br />MarcHammock Musichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17088868263757212387noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15806922.post-32006104782799135802007-03-16T09:39:00.001-07:002007-03-16T09:46:01.927-07:00Hey everyone,<br /><br />Christy and I are leaving for Rome tomorrow. I'm failing miserably at learning Italian. Anyway, I just wanted to say hello and goodbye. I'm needing a break. A friend that I grew up with overdosed two weeks ago so I'm ready for a vacation to get my mind off things. Tragic--if you think about it, send some thoughts and prayers to his family. Thanks.<br /><br />peace,<br />MarcHammock Musichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17088868263757212387noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15806922.post-21148273050940014892007-03-06T08:47:00.000-08:002007-03-06T08:52:14.318-08:00Check out the new full length by Eluvium. It's called "Copia." It's different from his other records but still amazing.<br /><br />peace,<br />MarcHammock Musichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17088868263757212387noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15806922.post-36503530410645501932007-02-14T17:47:00.000-08:002007-02-15T06:55:51.742-08:00Hey Space Heads,<br /><br />Thomas Petillo will be featuring Twelve Big Prints at the FAMILY WASH on Sunday, February 8th. Each year or so Thomas and I try to take a trip together to photograph certain places for Hammock's artwork. I'm no photrapher, I just go to offer some inspiration and to learn. Anyway, some photos from our last trip will be featured in Thomas' exhibit this Sunday, including the cover photo of "Raising Your Voice... Trying to Stop an Echo." Thomas is a dear friend and an amazing talent so if you live in Nashville or will be in Nashville you should stop by and check it out. The reception will last from 4-6pm. <br /><br />happy valentine's day,<br />MarcHammock Musichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17088868263757212387noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15806922.post-1168991267149759412007-01-16T15:37:00.000-08:002007-01-26T07:14:16.786-08:00Hey<br /><br />Just wanted to let everyone know that there's a new interview up online. I put links to a couple of older ones as well.<br /><br />peace,<br />Marc <br /><br /><a href="http://pressplayrecord.blogspot.com/2007/01/hammock.html">Press, Play, Record</a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.erasingclouds.com/wk2606hammock.html">Erasing Clouds</a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.somewherecold.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=Sections&file=index&req=viewarticle&artid=165&page=1">SomeWhereCold</a>Hammock Musichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17088868263757212387noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15806922.post-1168648052600575062007-01-12T16:15:00.000-08:002007-01-12T16:29:27.513-08:00OK<br /><br />Seriously, we kinda hate the concept, "battle of the bands" and we know we've asked you to vote before but here it goes--If you have some time, maybe you could go vote in the Silent Ballet "battle of the bands." We'd be thankful to anyone who decides to cast a vote for us, but we're mentioning this mainly because we think that this site might be of interest to many of you post-rock/instrumental music fans and also because they have been especially supportive of us since Kenotic. Just take a look at their top 50 Instrumental Releases of 2006 list and you'll see that they have us at #2. <br /><br />http://thesilentballet.com/dnn/ (click on the Cat)<br /><br />thanks everyone,<br />Marc (hammock)Hammock Musichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17088868263757212387noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15806922.post-1168238585728706782007-01-07T21:22:00.000-08:002007-01-24T12:12:35.946-08:00OK<br /><br />These aren't in order. I would say that the first 15 are close to being in order but who knows.<br /><br />Jeremy Enigk--World Waits<br />Helios--Eingya<br />Tim Hecker--Harmony in Ultraviolet<br />Idaho--the Lone Gunman<br />Clint Mansell (featuring the Kronos Quartet and Mogwai)--the Fountain Soundtrack<br />Eluvium--When I Live By the Garden and the Sea<br />Richard Butler--Richard Butler<br />Belong--October Language<br />Max Richter--Songs From Before<br />Robin Guthrie--Waiting For Dawn and Everlasting EP (tie)<br />South--Adventures in the Underground Journey to the Stars<br />Manual--Bajamar<br />William Basinski--Variations for Piano and Tape<br />the Church--Uninvited Like the Clouds<br />Arvo Part--Da Pacem<br />Chris Herbert--Mezzotint<br />Mew--And the Glass Handed Kites<br />Mogwai--Zidane (soundtrack)<br />White Rainbow--Box<br />Greg Kowalsky--Through the Cardinal Window<br />TV on the Radio--Return to Cookie Mountain<br />Boards of Canada--Trans Canada Highway<br />Mark Kozelek--Little Drummer Boy<br />Twilight Singers--Powder Burns<br />Album Leaf--Into the Blue Again<br />Guster--Ganging Up on the Sun<br />Connectivity--Mahogany<br />Sonic Youth--Rather Ripped<br />Growing--Color Wheel <br />the Roots--Game Theory (love the song, "In the Music")<br /><br />honorable mentions:<br />Editors--the Back Room<br />Muse--Black Holes and Revelations<br />Gregor Samsa--55:12<br />Thom Yorke--the Eraser <br />Yo La Tengo--I Am Not Afraid of You and I Will Beat Your Ass<br />Laura--Radio Swan is Down AND Jakob--Solace (it's a tie)<br /><br /><br />That's it for now...<br /><br />still lost in space,<br />MarcHammock Musichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17088868263757212387noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15806922.post-1167769532868407122007-01-02T12:21:00.000-08:002007-01-02T18:38:45.323-08:00We only have two reviews up on Amazon and one of them is negative. If you guys have any time it would be great to have some more feedback listed on amazon. Thanks for taking the time to do this and as always thanks for listening!<br /><br />peace,<br />Marc<br /><br />I'm working on my list!Hammock Musichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17088868263757212387noreply@blogger.com3