Continuo’s weblog was launched in September 2007 inspired by rare and forgotten music posted on obscure blogs all over the world. During the January 2009 re-vamping, the blog lost its original tagline: ‘Reassessed aural delicacies’, though I’ve stayed true to the motto ever since. By reassessing I mean informative and argumented writing helping re-acquaint the reader with the original context when+where the work was originaly issued.
In November 2007 I started documenting Tellus tapes, offering sound files and information on the legendary series. During the following month I was contacted by an UbuWeb editor who offered to archive the series on Ubu, adding their own rips as well. From that point on, Ubu took the habit of hosting some of my posts on their UbuWeb Sound section – sometimes failing to mention the original writer, though ;)
Continuo was quoted in The Wire magazine’s January 2009 issue, admitedly in the readers letters’ section. At the same time, the blog was included in Simon Reynolds‘ favorite blogs list – he’s the music critic who launched the ‘post-rock’ tag in the 1990s, no less. Generally speaking, I’m pretty happy with the blog’s feedback. Many bloggers re-post or mirror my own posts, helping increase the audience and credibility.
The green photograph in the header is from Erwin Redl’s installation Matrix II, Los Angeles, 2005.
