Charlemagne Palestine

porkmarras · 10.03.2006, 02:58 PM

Great website and you can listen to some of his beautiful music too on there:
http://www.charlemagnepalestine.org/intro1.swf

Glice · 10.03.2006, 03:12 PM

Oh, I so love you too much. He's my favourite of that little circle of 'minimalists'. La Monte Young is too difficult to get hold of, Terry Riley is a bit... meh... Reich and Glass are patchy (18 and Einstein are great though) and anyone who counts Part is an idiot (Part deserves some kind of God-hood). I've yet to hear anything I didn't like of Palestine.

I saw him last year doing this two piano thing... in all of my life I have never seen a more consumate performer - he did this little ad-hoc speech at the beginning, and he had all his little toys with him. Hilarious. And then did this most beautiful two steinway grand peice that was un-be-fucking-lievable.

Hip Priest · 10.03.2006, 03:57 PM

I wasn't familiar with him. Thanks.

Pookie · 10.03.2006, 05:03 PM

Thanks for this. He's been on my ever growing list of 'must-listen-to' for a while now.

Everyneurotic · 10.03.2006, 05:08 PM

awesome!! been meaning to check him out for a while.

wax · 10.04.2006, 10:47 AM

sounds really good.
i remember reading an article about him a few years ago and he sounded interesting, but never got round to him.
any recommendations for a first album to get?

Glice · 10.04.2006, 10:51 AM

Music for Big Ears is a lovely place to start. Or at least it's where I started.

Anyone have any idea how to pronounce his first name? I go for Shar-lee-man-ye, but I've no idea if this is right.

Savage Clone · 10.04.2006, 11:01 AM

I have always said "Shar-Le-Main," myself.

Pookie · 10.04.2006, 11:02 AM

That's how I would say it (Glice's way).

Weird really that you don't think about pronunciation until you have to say a word. My girlfriend said "What's that racket?" and that was the first time I had to actually say his name out loud.

Glice · 10.04.2006, 11:10 AM

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Originally Posted by Savage Clone

I have always said "Shar-Le-Main," myself.

Yeah, I changed my mind about this pronunciation for no decent reason a year or so ago.

My favourite one was pronouncing 'Unwound' [Un-wow-nd] as Un-woo-nd (like a cut). I still call Shostokovich Shos-toko-vich (rather than Shost-o-ko-vich)

Glice · 10.04.2006, 11:14 AM

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Originally Posted by porkmarras

That's the way it is said,yes.I chatted to a guy who was playing with him at the Festival Hall and that's the way he pronounced it so,yes,that's it.

Haha. I WIN! GET ME! HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH.

porkmarras · 10.04.2006, 11:16 AM

But then i think it might have to do with different accents too,dunno.

porkmarras · 10.04.2006, 11:16 AM

brownie Points!!!!brownie Points!!!!!eat Me Eat Me!yeah!

o o o · 10.06.2006, 07:14 PM

thank you, i have also been meaning to listen to his music someday...

i pronounce Charlemagne in the same way i pronounce Charlemagne when i want to talk about Carolus Magnus in French (does not happen that often, i'm afraid)... and i will probably always pronounce it that way, no matter what.

Iain · 10.06.2006, 07:50 PM

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Originally Posted by Savage Clone

I have always said "Shar-Le-Main," myself.

I would pronounce it this way as well. That must be the right way, despite what the man himself says. He didn't invent the name you know!

atsonicpark · 06.16.2009, 07:27 AM

Oh yeah, this guy rules.

batreleaser · 06.16.2009, 10:01 AM

ive got two of his records, i really like "three compositions for machines". im still a la monte guy in the minimalism canon though.

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wax the destroyed room Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: brum - england Posts: 554	sounds really good. i remember reading an article about him a few years ago and he sounded interesting, but never got round to him. any recommendations for a first album to get?
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Savage Clone invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 11,290	I have always said "Shar-Le-Main," myself.
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Pookie invito al cielo Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 9,877	That's how I would say it (Glice's way). Weird really that you don't think about pronunciation until you have to say a word. My girlfriend said "What's that racket?" and that was the first time I had to actually say his name out loud.
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o o o the destroyed room Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 613	thank you, i have also been meaning to listen to his music someday... i pronounce Charlemagne in the same way i pronounce Charlemagne when i want to talk about Carolus Magnus in French (does not happen that often, i'm afraid)... and i will probably always pronounce it that way, no matter what.
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batreleaser invito al cielo Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: New York, NY Posts: 5,155	ive got two of his records, i really like "three compositions for machines". im still a la monte guy in the minimalism canon though. __________________ listen to pink reason
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