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Porcelain Bridge

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About Me

a collection of works. unfinished preludes and compositions. inspired by places, windows, films, people. old recordings and collaborations.

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 4/19/2007
Influences: eastern/western european. persian. turkish. hindustani. arabic. armenian. north african. balkan. romanie. gypsy. hip hop. film scores. jazz. beat. folk. dub.ali jihad racy. antibalas afrobeat orchestra. amadou & mariam. amon tobin. art blakey. baba zula. balkan beat box. the beatles. beethovan. beth gibbons. bonobo. charlie parker. cheb i sabbah. chopin. coleman hawkins. debussy. devendra banhart. dj cam. dj krush. django reinhardt. dr subramanian. erdal erzincan. erik satie. erykah badu. ethiopiques. fairuz. fink. the fugees. gil scott heron. gurdjieff. hindi zahra. john cage. john coltrane. kayhan kalhor. le gooster. manu chao. massive attack. miles davis. mozart. mr scruff. mulatu astatqe. natacha atlas. nawal. nick drake. nusrat fateh ali khan. orishas. oum kalthoum. portishead. rachel's. rahim alhaj. rajamani. ram narayan. ravi shankar. richard hagopian. roni size. saul williams. simon shaheen. a tribe called quest. talib kweli. thelonius monk. tinariwen. the walkmen. william orbit. wyclef jean. yann tiersen. yo yo ma. zero 7.
Sounds Like: almond bookshelf garden spice window olive tree street rain stair sky city apricot night music.
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

Impressions

I arrived at the campus gates around 10:30 pm. One of the guards gave me a handful of seeds, which they were all eating. The street is covered with husks. They gesture for me to wait, though for what ...
Posted by Porcelain Bridge on Fri, 14 Sep 2007 01:58:00 PST

Lancaster, England

Today as I walked home from the town centre with a loaf of bread I passed an old music shop. Even the door and its handle had the sense of being old; it was nice and light and opened easily, unlike th...
Posted by Porcelain Bridge on Mon, 13 Aug 2007 03:23:00 PST

Edinburgh, Scotland

I'm staying in a nice big empty house with an amazing garden. There are snails everywhere and lots of nice pianos and accordions, plus a few cats who act as if I've known them for years.It's grey and ...
Posted by Porcelain Bridge on Mon, 06 Aug 2007 07:46:00 PST