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Last Updated: 11/18/2009

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Sunday, February 22, 2009 

Current mood:  animated
Category: Podcast
Friday, December 05, 2008 

Current mood:  determined
Category: Music

After two years in development, Japanese artist toy company Presspop Gallery have now unveiled their new Raymond Scott 100th Anniversary vinyl figurine & CD set. The deluxe limited edition package, designed by renowned musician & artist, Archer Prewitt (Coctails / The Sea & Cake), & developed in association with me (Jeff Winner), features a miniature replica of Scott's CLAVIVOX, his patented 1950s keyboard synthesizer invention, & includes an exclusive CD collection with rare, unreleased tracks from the RS Archives. Presspop have produced only a small batch of these unique high-quality sets, so order now (Presspop's Bob Moog figurine sold out completely): RaymondScott.com is proud to be the exclusive US retailer. In-stock & shipping now!
>>> ORDER: HERE
Thursday, October 09, 2008 

Current mood:EGOesque
Category: Music


From EgoPlum.com: "We are celebrating the 100th birthday of Mad Genius composer/inventor Raymond Scott with a radio special dedicated to his work. Including rare tracks, amazing covers, and an interview with chairman of the Raymond Scott preservation committee, Mr. Jeff Winner."

Radio host Ego Plum is the composer of the musical score for Nickelodeon's newest animated TV series, the strange and hilariously bleak, "MAKING FIENDS."

>>> Listen here: EgoPlum.com
Friday, July 25, 2008 

Current mood:Sweet
Category: Art and Photography
Painter Mark Ryden has made his first film, a collaboration with Marion Peck, that is set to the music of Raymond Scott from 1959 -- "And The Dish Ran Away With The Spoon" . . .

Currently listening:
The Unexpected
By Raymond Scott & The Secret Seven
Release date: 2004-05-04
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Wednesday, June 04, 2008 

Current mood:  contemplative
Category: Music
Raymond Scott, born in 1908, never truly understood Rock & Roll. But he did know Bo — with whom he shared a mutual affinity for home-made musical instruments.

Ray met Bo Diddley (a/k/a Ellas McDaniel) when Scott was A&R Director for Everest Records. A surviving tape in the Scott archives from 1958 is a fascinating aural artifact of what may have been an audition; Scott twirls knobs and adjusts levels while Bo runs through several of what were, at the time, new Diddley tunes that have since become classics. Eventually Scott joins him on piano for an impromptu version of "Stormy Weather."

Bo Diddley died yesterday at age 79, during the 100th anniversary of Scott's birth. The world of music will miss them both.

In 2005, Neil Strauss wrote a feature about Diddley for ROLLING STONE, and mentioned the encounter with Raymond Scott:


There is a bootleg tape floating around of Raymond Scott, an inventive musical genius in his own right from the swing era, auditioning Bo Diddley for Everest Records. To hear it is to understand the challenge that Diddley was up against: Scott wanted Diddley to play guitar normally. But that wasn't how Diddley played. His music was all jittery high-end rhythm -- from the tremolo-drenched guitar to the constant hailstorm of maracas. The music Diddley was playing didn't swing or boogie-woogie. It was all about the guitar -- played with fat, clumsy thumbs and tuned to an open E. It wasn't commercial. It was strange.

"I couldn't play like other people wanted me to," Diddley says, with some pride. "I played backwards. You can't change my stuff. I am me."


Read entire article here.


thanks,
--Jeff E. Winner
THE RAYMOND SCOTT ARCHIVES
http://RaymondScott.com
Monday, June 02, 2008 

Current mood:  stoked
Category: Music
Paul D. Miller, a.k.a. DJ SPOOKY that Subliminal Kid, has compiled a new book & CD set titled SOUND UNBOUND: Sampling Digital Music and Culture, published by MIT Press. Included in the text is a chapter exploring Raymond Scott's pioneering electronic instruments & music written by me (Jeff Winner), an introduction from Steve Reich, forward by Cory Doctorow, plus contributions from Chuck D (Public Enemy), Moby, Scanner (a.k.a. Robin Rimbaud), Brian Eno, Pierre Boulez, Douglas Kahn, & many others.

On the accompanying CD (which is also available separately), SPOOKY weaves 3 examples from the Raymond Scott Manhattan Reseach Inc. collection into his mega-mix along with Sonic Youth, John Cage, Phillip Glass, Aphex Twin, Einsturzende Neubauten, Iannis Xenakis, Terry Riley, Sun Ra, Marcel Duchamp, Morton Subotnick, William S. Buroughs, & Iggy Pop.

''A nice antidote to the usual way music history is often categorized. From RAYMOND SCOTT to the hidden racism in digital circuitry to a history of easy listening, there is enough inspiring weirdness here to fuel some musical fires for a good while.''
--DAVID BYRNE

''A marvelous collection! The essays criss-cross over many aspects of sound -- cosmic, chemical, political, economic. Plus you get to meet fascinating characters like Alex Steinweiss and synthesizer pioneer RAYMOND SCOTT. I love this book!''
--LAURIE ANDERSON


>> More info: MIT Press

>> More info: SoundUnbound.com

>> Order book/CD: Amazon.com

>> Order CD: Amazon.com


thanks,
--Jeff E. Winner
THE RAYMOND SCOTT ARCHIVES
http://RaymondScott.com
Thursday, April 17, 2008 

Current mood:REMIXy
Category: Music

Recently, Bill Murphy interviewed Irwin Chusid & me for his new Raymond Scott feature, published in the current issue of REMIX magazine (M83, a.k.a. Anthony Gonzalez on cover). The print copy is attractively designed with vintage photographs, so check out REMIX's tribute to the old, old, old school in a store near you, or read the online version here:

http://remixmag.com/artists/electronic/remix_raymond_scott/

thanks,
-Jeff Winner
THE RAYMOND SCOTT ARCHIVES



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Tuesday, February 12, 2008 

Current mood:ghostleeeeEEEOOOOoooo...
Category: Music

"ECTOPLASM"
The Raymond Scott Quintet
1948-1949


>> Llisten to 6 audio previews here:
>> http://RaymondScott.com/ectoplasm.html


The first CD to kick off the Raymond Scott centennial celebration is the spooky-titled ECTOPLASM. This collection spotlights Scott's 2nd six-man "quintet," whose brief existence spanned less than a year (late-1948 to mid-1949). Like its groundbreaking 1937-'39 predecessor, this "quintet" had six members, but unlike the original RSQ, this band didn't create music destined for cartoons.

The 1948-49 band sounds like classic Raymond Scott, but it did not resort to a nostalgic aping of the first RSQ. The usual Scott trademarks abound: wit, sophistication, and a touch of eccentricity. The style could be termed "parlor jazz," or "chamber swing" — breezy and cerebral. Like the first, the second RSQ is complex and hyperactive, with an undercurrent of wry mischief, befitting the band's namesake. Both RSQ's were known for swirling horns, muted trumpet, and daredevil tempos.

On a compositional level, Scott had moved away from his quirky novelties of the late 1930s and progressed in a more challenging direction. The unusual album title refers to a spooky Scott musical portrait of a "voice from the beyond." Other Scott originals on the album are "Street Corner in Paris," "Snake Woman," "Bird Life in the Bronx," "Good Listening," "Curley Cue," and "Question Mark." In addition, Scott goes lunar with his visionary opus "Dedicatory Piece to the Crew and Passengers of the First Experimental Rocket Express to the Moon."



Currently listening:
Ectoplasm
By Raymond Scott
Release date: 12 February, 2008
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Monday, December 31, 2007 

Current mood:  animated
Category: Music
Raymond Scott's 1937 tune, "NEW YEAR'S EVE IN A HAUNTED HOUSE," is now downloadable in the music player... Happy 2008!



Raymond Scott was born in 1908, and we'll celebrate the 100th anniversary of his birth in 2008. We plan to honor this pioneering musician, composer, inventor, and visionary in a multi-media way...

Raymond accomplished so much during his lifetime, and through those he inspired his music lives on in ever more imaginative forms. In 2008, we kick off the second century of Raymond Scott's musical legacy. Stay 'tooned...

-Jeff E. Winner
THE RAYMOND SCOTT ARCHIVES

http://RaymondScott.com/News.html
Sunday, December 23, 2007 

Current mood:Christmassy
Category: Music
Download a recording of Raymond Scott's first hit tune, written in 1934, "CHRISTMAS NIGHT IN HARLEM" from the MySpace music player...

enjoy,
-Jeff E. Winner
THE RAYMOND SCOTT ARCHIVES
http://RaymondScott.com

Currently listening:
Raymond Scott: Chesterfield Arrangements 1937-1938
By Metropole Orchestra & Beau Hunks Saxtette
Release date: 16 November, 1999
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