SQUIDCO/SQUIDSEAR NEWS
January 6, 2006
IN THIS ISSUE
News & Update at a Glance
Recent Additions
NEWS & UPDATE AT A GLANCE
Happy New Years to all! It's been a crazy holiday season, at least for us here at Squidco, and we thank the many customers who made this year a special listening season! For those interested we've listed our top sellers of 2005, which you can see on our site:
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Finishing out 2005 and entering 2006 we present 89 new titles for your listening and reading pleasure. Here are some of the hilites:
Jazz & Improv fans: Tim Brady and Danielle Roger each have new releases on the Ambiances Magnetiques label; we've added a new section of Ned Rothenberg titles, including his excellent Double Band releases; 4 new improv relelases from Portugal's Creative Sources label; Otomo Yoshihide's amazing New Jazz Orchestra has 2 releases on the Doubtmusic label; we add some new and old Hatology releases, including a new Ellery Eskelin CD; Kontrans releases 2 great Jaap Blonk releases collaborating with electronic artists; a host of No Label releases of NY jazz artists; Screwgun issues Tim Bernes' latest; new Cyro Baptista, Buckethead, Electric Masada and John Zorn releases on the Tzadik label; Cor Fuhlers' Cortet and Yannis Kyriakides come to us from The Netherlands.
Rock/Prog/RIO fans: Landmark reissue of This Heat's first CD remastered and well packaged; Skeleton Crew is finally properly reissued and remastered as a double CD with bonus tracks; Massacre's amazing Killing Time is also reissued/remastered with bonus tracks; new Ad Hoc Records releases start with NIMBY, bringing together 5uu's and Motor Totemist personnel; Jackie-O-Motherfucker's Flags is an intensely beautiful rock record; Simpson's creator Matt Groening curates a VA release including Sonic Youth's cover of The Simpson's theme song; Cantaloupe adds Dominic Frasca's innovative solo guitar release; and Bing Selfish and collaborators have a new set of songs.
Other: Cassetteboy's plunderphonics trounce Harry Potter and anyone else in their way; Seeland releases Twink's incredibly obsessive collection of deconstructed children's records; Resonance releases Big Ears, a great radio project follwing Charles' Fitzgerald manifesto about decency and communication on the radio; Robert Ashley's Perfect Lives gets a makeover in a beautifully packaged release; undersung hero Julius Eastman's works are collected on a New World release (and we finally add Jason Hwang's Chinatown Story to our selection of New World Releases); Plexifilm releases a Lee Ranaldo & Leah Singer DVD; Tod Dockstader issues part 2 of his Aerial/shortwave series. Notable reissues include Brian Eno & Harold Budd's beautiful release "The Pearl"; Ennio Morricone selects Volume 1 of his favorite soundtrack works; Hafler Trio's Thirsty Fish is properly reissued in beautiful packaging; The Residents Mark of the Mole trilogy is lovingly released in two book style packages.
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Recent New Additions at Squidco: 1/5/2006
LABEL: A-Musik
Schmickler, Marcus & Tilbury, John: Variety - (A-Musik)
Marcus Schmickler / John Tilbury Slowly unfolding soundwork from two experimenters using piano and computers with gentle and unfolding beauty. This is tranquil music that weaves assuredly in a 41 minute work of Feldman-esque beauty.-.95
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LABEL: Ace Fu
Acid Mothers Temple & The Cosmic Inferno: Iao Chant from The Cosmic Inferno - (Ace Fu)
Tabata Mitsuru-bass, chant, mara tab / Higashi Hiroshi-electronics, dancin' king / Shimura Koji-drums, latino cool / Okano Futoshi-drums, godspeed / Kawabata Makoto-guitar, chant, hurdy-gurdy, speed guru Composed by COIT (Company Opera Invisible Tibet), dedicated to Pierre Moerlen (1952-2005)-.95
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LABEL: Ad Hoc Records
NIMBY: Songs for Adults - (Ad Hoc Records)
Jerry Wheeler-lead vocals, trombone, harmonica, whistling / James Grigsby-guitar, organ, voice / Bob Drake-vocals, bass guitar, korg ms20, guitar, violin, banjo / Dave Kerman-drums, percussion, voice "Wheeler, Grigsby, Drake and Kerman are best known for their long-time and influential careers as denizens of the American "Rock in Opposition" school of music. Here they offer up what is arguably the first logical extension of the forgotten art of "Parlor Songs" in decades, recorded in a few short days in the South of France. These gems, which are clearly not relatable by adolescent ears, deal with the band members' impending mid-life crisis, and run the gamut from soft-shoe to hard drock. For fans of Slapp Happy, 5uu's, VRIL, U-Totem, Sonny & Cher"-from the overlap card-.95
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LABEL: Alien8 Recordings
Shalabi Effect: Unfortunately - (Alien8 Recordings)
Sam Shalabi / Alexandre St. Onge / Anthony Seck / Will Eizlini "Shalabi Effect is the most difficult band to characterize in the Montreal's vibrant music scene. Since their inception in the late 90's, the band, consisting of Sam Shalabi, Alexandre St. Onge, Anthony Seck and Will Eizlini, has managed to keep their sound fresh and exciting. They rarely play previously released material and they never repeat themselves live, giving each performance an unpredictable edge. This fourth and latest offering was recorded over three consecutive evenings during the band's recent residency at the Montreal Arts Interculturels institute in Montreal, Quebec. The band practiced throughout the day and recorded each evening's performance in front of a live audience. They then harvested a selection of the best material to create an album of unbelievable improv. The result is a record that truly represents the band's appetite for experimentation and their desire to keep things interesting for t
heir loyal following as well as for themselves."-Alien8-.95
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LABEL: Ambiances Magnetiques
Brady, Tim: Three Cities in the Life of Dr. Norman Bethune - (Ambiances Magnetiques)
Michael Donovan-baritone / Bradyworks: Pierre Simard-conductor / Tim Brady-electric guitar / Phillip Hornsey-percussion / Pamela Reimer-piano / Isabelle Choquette-saxophones / Nadia Francavilla-violin / Clemens Merkel-violin / Stephanie Bozzini-viola / James Darling-cello "This chamber opera for voice, electric guitar, piano, percussion, saxophones, string quartet and tape has been performed in Montreal (2003) and Toronto (2005). It tells the life of the Canadian doctor and humanitarian Norman Bethune (1890-1939).Interweaving extracts from Bethune's own letters with poetry of the 1930s, Three Cities in the Life of Dr. Norman Bethune explores the psychological and social elements that propelled Bethune to leave his comfortable life in Montreal to fight with the Republican International Brigade in Spain in 1936, and finally to join the Chinese Army in early 1938. The work follows Bethune through three cities over the course of 5 years in one of the most turbulent eras of 20th c
entury history as he seeks to make sense of the world, to fight for what he believes in, and to confront his own mortality."-Ambiances Magnetiques-.95
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Roger, Danielle Palardy: Bruiducoeur, prieres des infideles - (Ambiances Magnetiques)
Danielle Palardy Roger-percussion / DB Boyko / Christine Duncan / Patrick Graham / Jean Martin / Dani鑜e Panneton / Jacques Piperni / VivaVoce "An account of a man's last agonizing moments, Danielle Palardy Roger's Bruiduc渦r is a secular ritual involving three characters: Him, who is dying; Her, the ironic observer; the Choir and Soloists, empathic and omnipresent. Written for a 13-voice mixed choir (conducted from the inside), two speakers, two soloists, and two percussionists, this satirical elegy in 13 tableaux follows the oratorio form and brings together sung, proclaimed and chanted poetry, composition and improvisation. Sitting at the heart of this work, phonetic articulation and vocalism carry the meanings and express the feelings."-Ambiances Magnetiques-.95
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LABEL: Animul
Rothenberg, Ned: Intervals: Solo Work for Woodwinds, 2001 - (Animul)
Ned Rothenberg- shakuhachi, clarinet, bass clarinet (Disc 1) and alto saxophone (Disc 2) "Intervals is an impressive statement by a fully matured multi-instrumentalist whose stock is strangely undervalued" - Bill Shoemaker, The Wire-.95
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Sync: Harbinger - (Animul)
Ned Rothenberg- clarinet, bass clarinet, alto saxophone and shakuhachi / Samir Chatterjee- tabla / Jerome Harris- acoustic steel-string guitar and acoustic bass guitar .95
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LABEL: antiopic
Lucier, Alvin: Anthony Burr/Charles Curtis - (antiopic)
Charles Curtis-cello / Anthony Burr-clarinet "Alvin Lucier finds two extremely sympathetic interpreters of his approach in Charles Curtis and Anthony Burr. This collection of compositions spread over two CDs, including a new piece, titled 'Charles Curtis' and written by Lucier for this project, elicits an intense physical reaction - a testament to Lucier's poetic and scientific focus, as well as the deftness of technique with which Curtis and Burr execute these rigorously transcendent compositions. Packaged in a deluxe matte varnished fold-out digipak including a 20 page booklet of illustrations and writings by Alvin Lucier, Hermann Helmholtz and others."-Antiopic-.95
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LABEL: Astralwerks
Eno, Brian & Budd, Harold: The Pearl - (Astralwerks)
Brian Eno / Harld Budd Two artists infinitely capable of melodic and transcendent music came together in 1984, near the birth of Eno's ambient movement, to create this gem. Virgin/Astralwerks have rereleased it as part of their Original Masters series-.95
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LABEL: ATP Recordings
Jackie-O Motherfucker: Flags of the Sacred Harp - (ATP Recordings )
Themba Lewis-double bass / Stevie DePaoloa-cello / Josh Stevenson-guitar, synth / Adam Forkner-guitar / Lewi Longmire-pedal steel guitar / Honey Owens-guitar, vox, keyboard / Theo Angell-vox, sceptor / Jessie Carrot-percussion / Nester Bucket-vox, reeds / Danny Sasaki-percussion / Warren Lee-keyboard / Tara Jane O'Neil-guitar / T Greenwod-vox, guitar, turntable "Over a year in the making, Flags of the Sacred Harp displays the group's patient and evolved songwriting style with historic references to American blues and hymns. One of the most focused and sublime releases from Jackie-O Motherfucker, the release contains songs that are all manifestations, mutations and re-interpretations of old blues and gospel, specifically from an old hymnal called "The Sacred Harp." Three lush, beautiful vocal arrangements on each side of a 17-minute soaring instrumental making a total of 7 songs unfolding over 70+ minutes. Flags of the Sacred Harp is an epic recording documenting the group's m
aturing skills in writing, arranging and production and is a timeless de-construction of American music."-ATP-.95
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Various Artists: All Tomorrow's Parties: 3.1 (Matt Groening) - (ATP Recordings )
Sonic Youth, Iggy and The Stooges, The Magic Band, Spoon, The Shins, Modest Mouse, Elliott Smith, Daniel Johnston, The American Analog Set, Electrelane, Deerhoof and Jackie-O Motherfucker Matt Groening, creator of Life in Hell and The Simpsons, and a former music critic for L.A. Reader, edits this excellent compilation CD, showing great taste and enthusiasm for modern rock. Starting with Sonic Youth's rendition of The Simpson's theme and ending with Jackie-O Motherfucker, this is an excellent set of tunes, a reflection of his 2003 All Tomorrow's Parties music festival. Cover art and a pull-out poster by Groening himself.-.95
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LABEL: Barry's Bootlegs
Cassetteboy: Dead Horse - (Barry's Bootlegs)
Cut and paste mayhem from the British duo of "Mike" and "Simon". They painstakingly assembled these 60 tracks from (at least) hundreds of sources. The works are extremely well timed and have a lot to say - certainly a lot of is consists of rude gags, but much is pointed satire and topical jabs at popular and political figures. "The government wants you to stay inside. The government is working to make sure you're unconcious. The government is a threat to life." Elsewhere Harry Potter fans may be alarmed at the extension of the story explaining his recent, er, growth spurts... It's relentlessly good fun - not a CD to play for your conservative friends, but a great set of assemblages that will no doubt make most laugh at the same time as they stop to think. Lowbrow art of the highest order.-.95
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LABEL: Cadence Jazz Records (CIMP)
Horner, Lindsey: Don't Count on Glory - (Cadence Jazz Records (CIMP))
Lindsey Horner-bass, baritone sax, bass clarinet, low whistle, tin whistle / Jeff Berman-percussion / Uri Caine-electric piano / Jim DiSpirito-congas, percussion / Marty Ehrlich-alto sax / Colter Harper-guitar / Neal Kirkwood-piano / Brian Lynch-trumpet / Pet McCann-classical guitar, guitar / Allison Miller-drums, djembe / Ben Opie-alto sax / Bobby Previte-drums / Lou Stellute-tenor sax / Eric Susoeff-guitar / Dave Throckmorton-drums / Lieven Venken-drums Lindsey Horner's little big-band of impressive players in a rollicking set of 8 long works.-.95
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Wallenstein, Barry: Pandemonium - (Cadence Jazz Records (CIMP))
Barry Wallenstein-voice / John Hicks-piano / Curtis Lundy-bass / Vincent Chancey-french horn / Daniel Carter-sax, trumpet / Serge Pesce-guitare accommod閑 New York City poet Barry Wallenstein has authored five collections of poetry and appeared in over 100 journals. He performs his poetry in collaboration with jazz artis, having performed in such places has London, Dublin, Cape Town, Prague and Paris. Here he is joined by a strong set of players in 13 works, including alternate versions of 2 of those pieces. "Dedicated to Jean-Jacques Boin and the inspiring spirit of Le Monastere, Saorge"-.95
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LABEL: Cantaloupe
Frasca, Dominic: Deviations - (Cantaloupe)
Dominic Frasca-guitar "Named Guitar Hero Of 2005 by Guitar Player Magazine, Dominic Frasca is blasting open the guitar world with his outrageous virtuosity. His recent breakthrough Nonesuch recording of Steve Reich's "Electric Guitar Phase" brought him to the public ear. Now with his first solo disc, Frasca redefines the technique and brings the guitar into an entirely new universe. Deviations finds Frasca sounding like an orchestra of sonic guitars, his complex, intricate, and beautiful music is made completely live. (You won't believe that there are no overdubs!) As he taps, picks, and pulls the strings, hitting blocks of wood against the guitar body Frasca never ceases to reinvent the instrument. Released in conjunction with Serious Music."-Cantaloupe-.95
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LABEL: Consumers Research & Development Label
Signaldrift: Set Design - (Consumers Research & Development Label)
Franz Buchholtz Signaldrift (a.k.a. Franz Buchholtz) is a one-man hardware unit from Milwaukee, Wisconsin, a refugee from an analogue era. Stuck between the psychic walls erected by early '80s sci-fi films, shoegazer pop, sweeping ambient textures, and Italian discotheques of yore, Signaldrift creates a sound that is both warm and cinematic, rhythmic and reflective.-.95
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LABEL: Creative Sources
A閞ea: I Treni Inerti - (Creative Sources)
Alfredo Costa Monteiro-accordion / Ruth Barber醤-trumpet .95
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Nordzucker, Ulher / Scherzberg / Maierhof: 500 gr - (Creative Sources)
Birgit Ulher-trumpet / Lars Scherzberg-saxophone / Michael Maierhof-cello .95
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Theriault / Eubanks: Big Clouds in the Sky Today - (Creative Sources)
Doug Theriault-Sensor Guitar controlling live electronics / Bryan Eubanks-Open Circuit Electronics .95
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Werchowska / Pontevia / Boubaker: Glotosifre - (Creative Sources)
Nush Werchowska-piano / Mathias Pont鑦ia-drums / Heddy Boubaker-alto saophone .95
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LABEL: Dagored
Morricone, Ennio: The Library Vol. 1 (Musiche Composte Per Il Cinema) - (Dagored)
Definitive collection of film music selected by Morricone himself, this first volume presents soundtracks from the films: Un Uomo Da Rispettare (1972) / La Smagliatura (1975) / Un Genio, Due Compari, Un Pollo (1975) / Rene La Canne (1977)-.95
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LABEL: Defrag Sound Processing
Chartier, Richard: Re'Post'Postfabricated - (Defrag Sound Processing)
Richard Chartier / Coh / Vend / Asmus Tietchens / Frank Bretschneider / Goem / Taylor Deupree / Alva Noto / Freiband / Sogar / Byetone / Matmos / Steve Roden D.C.-based Richard Chartier is a minimal sound artist/composer and graphic designer who explores the relationship between sound, silence and the act of listening. Re'Post'Postfabricated is a reformed/remastered version of Postfabricated, which was Chartier's third full length CD, and was recorded between 1998 and 1999 via analog connections to Minidisc and afterwards mastered at a studio. The Minidisc compression, combined with a studio engineer not accustomed to this type of recorded material compromised the details of the sounds. In the words of Chartier himself, "Noting this difference upon listening to the source files, I began to reconstruct the entire work digitally, utilizing the original components. Originally all the tracks were recorded in real time with no overdubs following a score for each piece arranged in
advance. For this rerecording, having lost many of these notations, I diagrammed each arrangement and have replicated the pieces as closely as possible." Postfabricated was originally released in 1999 on Microwave/Staalplaat as a CD-R edition of 222. Re'Post'Postfabricated then, is a reconstruction of how Postfabricated was intended to sound. The artists on CD2 that were given sound source files to create new works (remixes/reworkings) out of the Postfabricated material include: Coh, Vend, Asmus Tietchens, Frank Bretschneider, Goem, Taylor Deupree, Alva Noto, Freiband, Sogar, Byetone, Matmos and Steve Roden.-.95
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LABEL: Doubtmusic
Yoshihide, Otomo New Jazz Orchestra: ONJO - (Doubtmusic)
Otomo Yoshihde-guitar, turntable, conductor / Axel Dorner-trumpet, slide trumpet / Aoki Taisei-trombone, bamboo flute / Tsugami Kenta-alto sax, soprano sax / Okura Masahiko-alto sax & tubes / Alfred Harth-tenor sax, bass clarinet, trumpet, misc / Mats Gustafsson-baritone sax / Ishikawa Ko-sho / Sachiko M-sinewaves, contact mic / Unami Takui-computer / Takara Kumiko-vibraphone / Cor Fuhler-piano, inside piano / Mizutani Hiroaki-bass / Yoshigaki Yasuhiro-drums, percussion, trumpet / Nananan Kiriko-bombo, a-shi-ta / Otsu Makoto-drums samples / Kahimi Karie-vocals / Hamada Mariko-vocals Otomo's first orchestral work for an amazing band, covering works by Ornette Coleman, Charles Mingus and Jim O'Rourke, along with Otomo compositions and collaborations. An impressive achievement.-.95
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Yoshihide, Otomo New Jazz Orchestra: plays Eric Dolphy's "Out to Lunch" - (Doubtmusic)
Otomo Yoshihde-guitar, conductor / Axel Dorner-trumpet, slide trumpet / Aoki Taisei-trombone, bamboo flute / Tsugami Kenta-alto sax, soprano sax / Okura Masahiko-alto sax & tubes / Alfred Harth-tenor sax, bass clarinet, trumpet, misc / Mats Gustafsson-baritone sax / Ishikawa Ko-sho / Sachiko M-sinewaves, contact mic / Nakamura Toshimaru-no-input mixing board / Unami Takui-computer / Takara Kumiko-vibraphone / Cor Fuhler-piano, inside piano / Mizutani Hiroaki-bass / Yoshigaki Yasuhiro-drums, percussion, trumpet Otomo's supergroup takes on the music of Eric Dolphy - essential. - - Note: this is item is temporarily out of stock but expected back by the middle of January, 2006-.95
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LABEL: El Frenzy Productions
Selfish, Bing and The Ideals: Calling All Dionysians - (El Frenzy Productions)
Simon Templar-guitar, drums / Thoth-guitar, keyboards, vocals / Jeff Clarke-bass / Chris Cornetto-melodica, congoes / Guests: Sylvia Hallett-violin, serengi, harp, vocals / Clive Bell-khene, accordion, shakvhach, vocals / Jon Fell-bass / Rachel Gardner-vocals / Barri Krishna-ambisonics Another set of intellectually and socially charged songs from Selfish and gang. How many rock songs can you name that provide a biography of Charles Baudelaire? A truly unique singer/song writer. Guests include Clive Bell and Sylvia Hallett.-.95
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LABEL: ESP
Waters, Patty: The Complete ESP-Disk' Recordings - (ESP)
Patty Waters / Burton Greene / Steve Tintweiss / Tom Price / Ran Blake / Shelly Rusten / Guiseppi Logan / Dave Burrell / Perry Lind and Scobe Stroman Before retiring to raise a son Patty Waters had a bried recording career in the mid 60's as a singer and songwriter. Hailed by the avant-garde and brought to ESP by Albert Ayler, Waters extended her vocal range with contorted shrieking and wailing, bringing praise from the likes of Diamanda Galas and Yoko Ono. This CD reissues her complete ESP recordings, 2 LPs: "College Tour" and "Sings", digitally remastered.-.95
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LABEL: God/Korm Plastics
Hafler Trio, The: A Thirsty Fish - (God/Korm Plastics)
Andrew McKenzie Re-release of what is in many ways Hafler Trio's finest moments. Sonically enhanced with restored artwork, beautifully packaged including 2 CDs, a booklet, a poster and a postcard all in transparent overlay paper, cover photo by Genesis P-Oriridge. This is important audio work from Andrew McKenzie working solo: "Rather than using any field recording that he thought sounded interesting, McKenzie focused on recordings from sacred sites, weaving the recordings together with his electronics. It's a busy effect, with sounds coming from everywhere, sometimes lasting only a few seconds before disappearing into the mix. The intent was "to confuse people until they couldn't think anymore, so they'd have to feel. It was conjuring. The idea was - and still is to a certain extent - watch this hand while the other hand goes into the pockets. The stuff that everybody sees is not actually the whole point. People can't see the whole point because it's like this covert actio
n."-Scott Lewis/Brainwashed-.95
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LABEL: Hatology
Bang, Billy / Charles, Dennis : Bangception, Willisau 1982 - (Hatology)
Billy Bang-violin / Dennis Charles-drums "Billy Bang is the focal point of this performance, and the tough fibre of his phrasing - sometimes audacious, sometimes eloquent - is always articulate. In his hands the violin becomes one of the most impressive instruments of the New Music - or any music"-Art Lange-.95
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D'Agaro, Daniele: Chicago Overtones - (Hatology)
Daniele D'Agaro-tenor saxophne and clarinet / Jeb Bishop-trombone / Kent Kessler-double bass / Robert Barry-drums "For a couple of years, D'Agaro has been regularly boarding planes destined for Chicago - thanks to John Corbett and Art Lange, whose good offices have sprouted collaborations between European musicians and exponents of the Chicago scene, which for about a decade has been bursting with new activities... It was Fred Anderson who drew D'Agaro's attention to drummer Robert Barry... The other members of D'Agaro's quartet, trombonist Jeb Bishop and bassist Kent Kessler, are among the heavyweights of the Chicago scene.":-Tom Gsteiger-.95
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Eskelin, Ellery / Parkins, Andrea / Black, Jim: The Secret Museum - (Hatology)
Ellery Eskelin-tenor saxophone / Andrea Parkins-accordion and sampler / Jim Black-percussion "The Secret Museum refers to both individuals and collective experiences that all of us carry around in our daily lives. We are each a secret museum of experiences and remembrances of events gone by, places that have since changed, people that are no longer with us. Music can be an excellent medium by which to express these lost times and places and bring us to new places as well. It's been very rewarding to present the strange and sometimes conflicting elements of my musical psyche to listeners around the world, opening the door to my own secret museum of the past, present and future"-Ellery Eskelin-.95
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Liebman, David: The Distance Runner - (Hatology)
David Liebman-soprano & tenor saxophone, wooden flute "Here's Dave Liebman with his saxophones and a wooden flute in his very first concert of unaccompanied solos. It didn't happen until his fourth decade as a working jazz artist, even though he had recorded four solo albums down through the years. Once again we hear his brilliant sound and technique, and there are his devotion to spontaneity combined with his high instinct to shape improvisations. What Liebman offers most of all is a personal quality of adventure, the result of his endless musical curiosity. This music has so much vitality"-John Litweiler-.95
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Mengis, Manuel Gruppe 6: Into The Barn - (Hatology)
Manuel Mengis-trumpet / Achim Escher-alto saxophone / Christoph Erb-tenor saxophone / Flo Stoffner-electric guitar / Marcel Stalder-electric bass / Linonel Friedli-drums "Born in the Swiss canton Wallis in 1972, trumpeter and part-time mountain guide Mengis probably is virtually unknown to most people. It thus comes as a surprise that his first release is for a label that has not pledged itself to promote and encourage local young talents but to track down adventurous and ambitious music of our time. Which, however, is another sign that the world of jazz has been undergoing fundamental changes for the past couple of years. Whoever still believes that New York is the hub of the jazz world is on the wrong track. Unfortunately many influential CD producers, festival organisers and music critics are still barking up this wrong tree (even in Europe), thus it will take some time for innovative impulses from regions which so far have been regarded as the periphery to be duly rec
ognised. Globalisation, which has often been demonised, could turn out to be a truly positive force in this respect."-Tom Gsteiger-.95
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LABEL: Hometapes
Duncan, Paul: Be Careful What You Call Home - (Hometapes)
Paul Duncan-guitar, bass, piano, electronics, cello, drums, &c. "A mental score. A geographical response. The architecture of this record belongs almost anywhere, but it found itself at the source: "I began by wanting to hear and experience things that might take me out of a small town mentality þand I realized that small town experience is something that makes me exist," Paul said. Like "To An Ambient Hollywood," his 2003 debut, Be Careful What You Call Home is homemade with a range of musical ingredients. Self-taught, Paul utilizes guitar, bass, piano, electronics, cello, drums, etc. His move to New York reunited him with longtime friends/musicians and introduced him to new ones, enabling him to establish an ensemble for live performance and for accompaniment on recordings. This shared translation that has added a dimension to Paul's entire process þhe seems more confident to follow an idea be it avant or pop."-Home Tapes-.95
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LABEL: Intuition
Sync: Port of Entry - (Intuition)
Ned Rothenberg / Jerome Harris / Samir Chatterjee .95
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LABEL: Jazz from Rant
Lambert, Michael: Le Passant - (Jazz from Rant)
Michael Lambert / Dominic Duval / Ellery Eskelin / Malcolm Goldstein + Orchestra "Michel Lambert began working on the music on Le Passant (The Wanderer) in 1992. Time, however, brought about changes. He reduced his original symphonic work to its current instrumentation. He calls it a meeting of the two forces and a confrontation between music that is through-composed and freely improvised. The latter is seen in complete detail on the last seven pieces, which are improv-based. The first five (together comprising "Le Passant") have the improvisers and the orchestra meeting and finding their means of expression together. ...Lambert filters the power of his orchestrations and lets the improvisers find their own space to dwell. They do, making this wanderer an often times startling one."-Jerry D'Souza/AAJ-.95
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LABEL: Justguitar Records
Poole, Rod / Bogdanowitsch, Sasha: Mind's Island - (Justguitar Records)
Rod Poole-guitar / Sasha Bogdanowitsch-voice "Spontaneous compositions in just intonations for guitar & voice"-from the back cover - "Los Angeles, California - Mind's Island features Rod Poole's just intoned acoustic guitar with the remarkable vocal talents of Sasha Bogdanowitsch whose wordless vocal and beautiful melodic sense work both with, and against, Poole's more grittier sounding harmonic washes and minimalist guitar playing. The use of "just intonation" or "pure tuning" was paramount to the success of this project. The magnitude of the overtones and resonance in abundance in this tuning allow the musicians to produce sounds simply not possible with instruments in the 12-tone idiom from the last few centuries. Both Poole and Bogdanowitsch are long-time practitioners of just intoned music and Mind's Island is an advanced example of the melodic and harmonic possibilities that can be created using alternative tuning systems. "-JustGuitar-.95
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LABEL: Kontrans
Blonk, Jaap & Fuhler, Cor: Pre-Zoic Cellways - (Kontrans)
Jaap Blonk-voice, powerbook, effects / Cor Fuhler-EMS synthi-AKS, turntable "Since 1990 Jaap Blonk and Cor Fuhler have been collaborating in several groups in Dutch improvised music, as well as in a pair of experimental radio plays. This is their first available recording as a duo.-.95
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Ratkje, Maja Blonk, Jaap: Post-Human Identities - (Kontrans)
Maja Solveig Kjelstrup Ratkje-voice, samplers, effects, dictaphone / Jaap Blonk-voice, powerbook, samplers, effects "Maja Ratkje and Jaap Blonk have been performing and recording together since 2001. Their first release was a CD of acoustic voice duets."-.95
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LABEL: Leo
Namchylak, Sainkho / Ned Rothenberg: Amulet - (Leo)
Sainkho Namchylak- voice / Ned Rothenberg- alto saxophone, bass clarinet and shakuhacki .95
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Rothenberg, Ned: The Crux: Selected Solo Wind Works (1989-1992) - (Leo)
Ned Rothenberg- alto saxophone, shakuhachi, and bass clarinet Excellent solo release demonstrating the complexity and beauty of Rothenberg's style. " The Crux is an appetizer, a signpost in the life America's most intimate composer and improviser. "-Thom Jurek, AMG-.95
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Rothenberg, Ned / Evan Parker: Monkey Puzzle - (Leo)
Ned Rothenberg- bass clarinet & saxophones / Evan Parker- soprano & tenor saxophones .95
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LABEL: Lorna
West, Brodie + Bennink, Han: Brodie + Han - (Lorna)
Brodie West-sax / Han Bennink-drums Playful and expressive duo improv work, the ever-clever Bennink propelling the music in exciting and spirited ways while Brodie improvises with melodic character and interesting phrases and figures. What's not to like?-.95
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LABEL: Lovely Music
Ashley, Robert: Perfect Lives - (Lovely Music)
Robert Ashley-solo voice / Jill Kroesen and David Van Tieghem-chorus / "Blue" Gene Tyranny-keyboards / David Van Tieghem-non-keyboard percussion / Peter Gordon-music producer / Paul Shorr-soundtrack producer "Perfect Lives has been called "the most influential music/theater/literary work of the 1980s." At its center is the hypnotic voice of Robert Ashley. His continuous song narrates the events of the story and describes a 1980's update of the mythology of small town America. Perfect Lives is populated with myriad characters revolving around two musicians - "R", the singer of myth and legend, and his friend, Buddy, "The World's Greatest Piano Player". They have come to a small town in the Midwest to entertain at the Perfect Lives Lounge. As Robert Ashley describes in the opera synopsis, "they fall in with two locals to commit the perfect crime, a metaphor for something philosophical: in this case, to remove a sizable about of money from The Bank for one day (and one day only)
and let the whole world know that it was missing." The eloping couple, Ed and Gwyn, the old people at the home, the sheriff and his wife (Will and Ida) who finally unravel the mystery, and Isolde who watches the celebration of the changing of the light at sundown from the doorway of her mother's house are some of the characters who journey through the seven episodes of the opera. Derived from a colloquial idiom, Perfect Lives transforms familiar material into an elaborate metaphor for the rebirth of the human soul. It has been called a comic opera about reincarnation."-Lovely Music-.95
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LABEL: Mode Records
Adams, John Luther: Strange and Sacred Noise - (Mode Records)
Percussion Group Cincinnati "John Luther Adams is an Alaskan composer. For Adams, Alaska is not a catalog of ideas and sounds, instead, Alaska is a provocation. For all of its enormity, Alaska leans inward towards essential qualities and purified forces. In Adams' music we find this same sense of space and the same tendency inward towards the purified. His is an intimate and focused music that reverberates in a large space. Strange and Sacred Noise is a monumental work for percussion quartet in nine movements."-Mode-.45
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Xenakis, Iannis: Music for Strings - (Mode Records)
Ensemble Resonanz with Johannes Kalitzke, conductor "Syrmos" (1959, for 18 strings); "Aroura" (1971, for 12 strings); "Analogique A+B" (1958, for 9 strings & tape); "Voile" (1995, for 20 strings); "Ittidra" (1996, for string sextet); "Theraps" (1975-76, for solo contrabass). "This CD brings together all of Xenakis' chamber music for strings for the first time (with the exception of the string quartets). The music spans almost 30 years. Many first recordings. These visceral, sonically bold works explore the many possibilities of writing for strings, including dramatic glissandi and extended techniques."-Mode-.45
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LABEL: Moers Music
Rothenberg, Ned Double Band: Overlays - (Moers Music)
Ned Rothenberg- alto sax / Thomas Chapin- alto sax / Jerome Harris- electric bass and electric guitar / Kermit Driscoll- electric bass / Billy Martin- drums / Adam Rudolph- congas & electronic percussion. .95
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Rothenberg, Ned Double Band: Parting - (Moers Music)
Ned Rothenberg- alto & soprano saxophones / Thomas Chapin- alto & soprano saxophones / Jerome Harris- electric guitar & bass / Tony Scherr- electric & acoustic bass / Michael Sarin- drums / Samm Bennet- drums The 3rd Double Band CD, featuring the late great Thomas Chapin.-.95
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Rothenberg, Ned Double Band: Real and Imagined Time - (Moers Music)
Ned Rothenberg- alto saxophone & flute / Thomas Chapin- alto, soprano saxophone and flute / Jerome Harris- electric bass and electric guitar / Billy Martin- drums / Chris Wood- electric bass / Jim Black- drums .95
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LABEL: Mute
Residents, The: Mark of the Mole/Intermission - (Mute)
The Mole Trilogy is a massive concept record from the mysterious Residents, released through the early 80's. "Mark of the Mole" is the story of two fictional races, the Moles and the Chubs. Heavily electronic, the music is a creative soundwork as it presents musical illustrations describing each race. The first CD presents "Mark of the Mole", while the second disc reissues "Intermission," extraneous music from the Mole Show. Essential work from a band that has pushed the concept of electronic music into uncharted and unexpected territory.-.45
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Residents, The: The Tunes of Two Cities / The Big Bubble - (Mute)
The Residents massive concept "The Mole Trilogy" is complete with this beautifully packaged reissue, combining "The Tunes of Two Cities" and "The Big Bubble" in a 2 CD set with a thick booklet. 'Two Cities' focuses on ritualistic music of a primitive society, similar to their previous Eskimo release. "The Big Bubble" completes the trilogy with a tale of an epic battle between the Moles and the Chubbs. Essential Residents material lovingly reissued.-.45
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LABEL: New World Records
Douglas, Dave: In Our Lifetime - (New World Records)
Dave Douglas / Chris Speed / Josh Roseman / Uri Caine / James Genus / Joey Baron / Marty Ehrlich .95
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Eastman, Julius: Unjust Malaise - (New World Records)
Members of Creative Associates: Jodi Beder / Sarah Carter / Barry Gold / Julie Green / Christine Gummere / Maureen Hynes / Chase Morrison / Abby Newton / Larry Rawdon / David Sabee / cellos: Frank Ferko / Janet Kattas / Patricia Martin / pianos: Julius Eastman-piano, voice, conductor "Born in New York, [Eastman] graduated from the Curtis Institute in composition and was discovered by Lukas Foss, who conducted his music, including Stay On It (1973), one of the first works to introduce pop tonal progressions and free improvisation in an art contextþApplying minimalism's additive process to the building of sections, he developed a composing technique he called "organic music," a cumulatively overlapping process in which each section of a work contains, simultaneously, all the sections which preceded it. The pieces he wrote in this style often had intentionally provocative titles intended to reinterpret the minorities Eastman belonged to in a positive light: for example, Evil N
igger, Crazy Nigger, and Gay Guerrilla (all circa 1980). These three pieces, all scored for multiple pianos, build up immense emotive power through the incessant repetition of rhythmic figures."-New World-.95
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Hwang, Jason Kao: The Floating Box: A Story In Chinatown - (New World Records)
Sandia Ang / soprano: Ryu-Kyung Kim / mezzo-soprano: Zheng Zhou / baritone: Min Xiao Fen / pipa: Diana Herold / vibraphone / percussion: Patti Monson / piccolo / flute / alto flute: William Schimmel / accordion: Michiyo Suzuki / B flat clarinet / bass clarinet: Satoshi Takeishi / percussion: Tomas Ulrich / cello: Wang Guowei / gaohu / erhu / zhonghu: Juan Carlos Rivas / conductor "The Floating Box is an original story inspired by the oral histories of Chinese-Americans living in Chinatown. The story of Eva/Yee-Wa, a young Chinese-American woman living with her mother, is the story of many diasporic peoples who have sought a better life in new, often harsh surroundings. The poetry of Filloux's libretto fuses perfectly with Hwang's eclectic score, beautifully capturing the complex, intimate relationships among these three characters. The opera employs both Chinese and Western instruments in an ensemble of eight players: piccolo/flute/alto flute; Bb clarinet/bass clarinet; vib
raphone; pipa (Chinese lute); accordion; percussion, including Tibetan chimes and singing bowls, whirling air tubes, Chinese tom toms, and a Buddhist fan drum; erhu/gaohu/zhonghu (a family of two-stringed Chinese violins categorized as huqin); and cello. In Hwang's skilled hands, these instruments together forge a rich amalgam of sound-in the composer's words, "complex suspensions rather than homogenous solutions.""-New World-.95
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LABEL: No Labels
Shurdut / Carter / Barker / Padmanabha: Peace Prize for Freedom: Lessons in Morals, Values, and Mutual Respect through Free Music - (No Labels)
Jeffrey Hayden Shurdut-grand piano / Daniel Carter-all things that shine / Andrew Barker-cello / Ravi Padmanabha-drums .95
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Shurdut / Gianni / Thomas / Fortune: The Rap - (No Labels)
Luther Thomas-alto saxophone / Jeffrey Hayden Shurdut-piano / Nick Gianni-soproano saxophone, upright bass / Mike Fortune-drums .95
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Shurdut / Levin / Carter / Krall / Balgochian: Internet Annie - (No Labels)
Elliot Levin-tenor / Daniel Carter-all things that shine / Jackson Krall-percussion / Albey Balgochian-bass / Jeffrey Hayden Shurdut-guitar amplifier .95
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Shurdut / Oliva / Shimizu / Carter / James / Gianni: Jeffrey Hayden Shurdut's Downtrodden Mass - (No Labels)
Enrico Oliva-alto / Motoko Shimizu-voice, toys, recorder, tiny drums / Daniel Carter-trumpet, flute, clarinet, tenor, alto / Jerome James-percussion, voice, chanting / Nick Gianni-flute, other various instruments / Jeffrey Hayden Shurdut-guitar amplifier, whistling .95
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Shurdut / Siwula / Oliva / Dorr / Gianni / Siwula / Forbes: Jeffrey Hayden Shurdut's American Holocaust - (No Labels)
Blaise Siwula-tenor and other assorted reeds / Enrico Oliva-alto / Welf Dorr-alto / Nick Gianni-flute, violin, and tenor / Robyn Siqula-viola / Chris Forbes-keyboard / Jeffrey Hayden Shurdut-guitar amplifier .95
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Shurdut / Swell / Connell / Carter / Mateen: Jeffrey Hayden Shurdut's A Cost Effective Orchestra for The American Way of Life - (No Labels)
Steve Swill-trombone / Will Connell Jr.-alto saxophone, flute, bass clarinet / Jeff Shurdut-guitar amplifier, piano, computer composition / Daniel Carter-trumpet, tenor saxophone / Sabir Mateen-tenor saxophone .95
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Shurdut, Jeffrey Hayden / McIntyre, Kalaparusha Maurice: Jeffrey Hayden Shurdut's Prisoners of Hope - (No Labels)
Jeffrey Hayden Shurdut-guitar and all its parts, amplifier and (as always) no pedals, violin sound, computer / Kalaparusha Maurice McIntyre-tenor saxophone .95
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Spin-17 with Jeffrey Shurdut and Ravi Padmanabha: 21st Century Folk Music Vol. 3 - (No Labels)
Ed Chang (Spin 17)-saxophone, percussion, shortwave / Motoko Shimizu-voice, toys, turntables / Jeffrey Shurdut-guitar / Ravi Padmanabha-percussion "Free soul improvisations - this incarnation of Spin-17 (with special sauces Jeffrey Shurdut & Ravi Padmanabha) takes the best parts of free improv folk-skronk and ladles it over an epiphany-prone drone-groove rhythm section resulting in a full-flavored creative music casserole"-From the back cover-.95
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LABEL: Plexifilm
Ranaldo, Lee & Singer, Leah: Drift - (Plexifilm)
Lee Ranaldo / Leah Singer "Drift is a collaboration started in 1991 between visual artist Leah Singer and musician and poet Lee Ranaldo. Drift is an immersive sonic/visual environment consisting of music, sounds and texts by Ranaldo in response to two 16mm analytical film projectors performed in real time by Singer. Much as a DJ scratches a vinyl record, Singer manipulates her films in a live improvisation with Ranaldo's guitar, poetry and soundscapes. Drift is presented with a 5.1 surround sound mix and is accompanied by a 112-page book of full-color images and poetry, a conversation with Ranaldo and Singer, and texts by experimental filmmaker Jonas Mekas, artists Sam Durant and Tom Leeser, writer/musician Alan Licht, curator Roland Spekle and 'Drift' exhibition curator Lea Rekow." 1.33:1; All-Region NTSC format DVD. International Customers please note - because of the size of this item we must manually add to the shipping cost of your order.-.98
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LABEL: Pogus
Margolis, Al / If, Bwana: Rex Xhu Ping - (Pogus)
Al Margolis-tapes, electronics, clarinet, and sundries / Laura Biagi-vocals / Dan Andreana-speaker, tapes / Detta Andreana-tapes, bowed cymbals / and Orchestre de Fou 6 compositions for tape, voice and acoustic instrumentation with titles like "Frog Field", "Tattooed Love Muffins" and "Cicada #5: Version Bohman". The first two pieces are by Margolis alone, the remaining are with various configurations of the artists listed. Deep textured works, often creepy, but always interesting constructions and compositions.-.95
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LABEL: Polarity
Skist: Ellipsis - (Polarity)
Samm Bennett & Haruna Ito: Electronics, percussion and voice The duo of Bennett & ito create non-linear songs of interesting rhythms, Ito's gentle voice, and unusual electronic elements. The tunes on Elipsis use impressionistic images driven by Bennett's oddly structured rhythms; "tongues untie, scream across the forehead of the storm, lightyears folding willful measures." Non-linear and unpredictable, Bennett explores the relationships of rhythmic elements within a minimal and compelling song world.-.95
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LABEL: PSF
Hasegawa-Shizuo: Gene Packs - (PSF)
Hirotomo Hasegawa / Shizuo Uchida "nition of a string balancing between various degrees of tension intensifies the auditory communication between both players who, at times, even touch upon ritualistic and ecstatic elements that rocket the music into the realms of an anarchic sound exploration with almost mystical overtones"-from the jewel tray overlay card. - "Debut album by a new improvisation group consisting of Hirotomo Hasegawa and Shizuo Uchida. Both have a leather-bound folder full of underground back-story - Hasegawa was the lead singer of seminal early eighties Japanese punk/hardcore group Aburadako (Greasy Octopus), while Uchida was a long-term member of Haino's Nijiumu medieval dream-drone unit. The group's instrumentation is highly unorthodox, placing Uchida's mysterious bass textures against the wet skirl of Hasegawa's hichiriki, an ancient double-reed wind instrument whose haunting upper register tones are an unmistakable feature of gagaku court music. " - Alan
Cummings-.95
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LABEL: Recommended Records
Massacre: Killing Time - (Recommended Records)
Fred Frith / Bill Laswell / Fred Maher The amazing downtown NY trio's first record was an amazing expedition of playing. "Fred Frith met Bill Laswell and Fred Maher (along with Michael Beinhorn) then known as the Zu Band, on the first day he arrived in New York in 1978. They were rehearsing his song Moeris Dancing in the basement of Giorgio Gomelsky's Zu Space. There was an instant rapport. Some time later, when Peter Blegvad was looking for an opening band for his Valentine's day concert at Soundscape, Frith invited Bill and Fred to join him in a power trio. The band was an instant success, and soon they were performing all over the city, in the Mudd Club, Danceteria, the Peppermint Lounge, Inroads, CBGB, Hurrah, and many others."-Recommended Records-.95
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Skeleton Crew: Learn to Talk and Country of Blinds - (Recommended Records)
Fred Frith / Tom Cora / Zeena Parkins "A timely reissue of two timeless classics. On the first CD it's just Fred Frith and Tom Cora, the legendary two man crew who somehow þin real time, not with endless overdubs - managed to play all their own instruments (cello, bass, electric guitar, violin, casio) and sing - as well as, between them, constructing the drum parts þdislocated into elements with each of them having bits of the kit. This made for some fantastic - and normally unplayable parts - most drummers having only one brain. No one sounded like Skeleton Crew, ever. Devious, complicated, brutally simple, always unexpected, turning on a dime, this was not just a pop band but a tocsin, a call to arms - and in a short recorded life it produced a catalogue of invention that is still breathtaking today. On the second album, the inspired addition of Zeena Parkins (keyboards, accordion, more drums, more vocals) led to some of the best music of the decade. The recording was raw
er, more urgent, the songs standing out in sharp relief; every part essential. And yet - it's a puzzle almost impossible to unravel: how on earth did they ever evolve those dislocated parts and still make them fit so perfectly together? Did I mention the texts? So much to the point, so good. And where are the Skeleton Crews today when we really need them? Both CDs are here, in full, re-mastered by Fred and with 10 extra tracks þeach as good as anything on the official albums"-Recommended Records-.95
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LABEL: &Records
Foodsoon: somelove - (&Records)
Bernard Falaise-guitar, bass, keyboards / Alexander Macween-drums, piano, kayboards, vocals / Fabrizio Gilardino-perpared tapes, electronics, vocals review forthcoming...-.95
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LABEL: REV-OLA
Cutler, Ivor: Life In A Scotch Sitting Room Vol. II - (REV-OLA)
Ivor Cutler-voice Ivor Cutler started life as a poet, story teller and singer in his 40's and worked his way into popular culture through association with The Beatles and Soft Machine, amongst other important figures. His work is both humorous and poignant, fascinating readings with a unique sense of oration and an odd viewpoint on the world. "Life in a Scotch Sitting Room Volume II" is a live performance at 3rd Eye Centre in Glasgow in the 1970's. This edition features additional artwork from Cutler.-.95
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LABEL: Screwgun
Paraphrase: Pre-Emptive Denial - (Screwgun)
Time Berne-saxophone / Drew Gress-bass / Tom Rainey-drums A May, 2005 show at John Zorn's The Stone club in New York is the source for Pre-Emptive Denial, an album of pure spontaneity that reveals how, even in a totally free context, the members of Paraphrase think compositionally. While the territory Paraphrase travels is diverse indeed, and its approach is not for the faint of heart, it does show that free music needn't lack purpose. It wouldn't work, of course, unless the musicians were in a constant state of readiness, with ears wide open and minds unencumbered. The two 25-minute pieces are remarkable in just how responsive each player is to his surroundings-at times subtle, elsewhere more direct. But Paraphrase's clear purpose is to build a collective something from nothing. Berne is capable of wilder flights, but is invariably found trying to develop thematically. The tiniest motif becomes a repeated and ever-evolving phrase that leads logically to the next. While ther
e's rarely a defined groove, neither does Rainey rely on his kit for solely textural purposes. "-John Kelman, AAJ-.95
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LABEL: Seeland
Twink: The Broken Record - 21 Musical Novelties - (Seeland)
Mike Langlie-record players, loops, programming & artwork Mike Langlie says that children's music is a magical, forgotten world. That couldn't be more true on this album, cut up from hundreds of children's records of countless and unlikely description. This is an extremely obsessive and weird album: driven by loops taken from the same records, Langlie pushes along silly themes and makes some very odd connections between disparate records, with little inside jokes everywhere. He's got great timing and it's hard not to smile hard at this stuff. And wonder, do any of us have any idea what our kids are listening to or where this stuff comes from??? Reference Tape Beatles/Public Matter, Negativland or Stock Hausen & Walkman; this is a great plunderphonics release.-.95
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LABEL: Semishigure
Grubbs, David: Two Soundtracks for Angela Bulloch - (Semishigure)
"David Grubbs (Bastro, Gastr Del Sol) new mini-album features two compositions commissioned by Angela Bulloch for two of her installation pieces. The two pieces on this CD accompany the works 'Z Point' and 'Horizontal Technicolour,' two major works that make use of - or, rather, are connected to - Antonioni's Zabriskie Point. 'Z Point' is based on original film material of the famous desert explosion from the final scenes, whereas 'Horizontal Technicolour' uses material filmed by the artist herself at Death Valley, a setting similar to the one used in the final scenes from Antonioni's film. The two pieces by David Grubbs are beautiful and intricate works in which the original Antonioni soundtrack, the translations of the film in other languages, and his own sound palette come together. They show yet another different approach to his diverse musical capacities and are maybe closest in spirit to his Thirty-Minute Raven mini-album on Rectangle. The CD comes with a 12-page book
let with previously unpublished stills from the Death Valley desert taken by Angela Bulloch."-Bottrop-.95
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Kubisch, Christina: Armonica - (Semishigure)
Christina Kubisch-glass harmonica "Completing the trilogy of Christina Kubisch releases on Semishigure, Armonica features another investigation into one specific sound source, which forms the basis of a one-hour composition. Kubisch's newest work is created by using the glass harmonica, an instrument from the 18th century, which isn't in use anymore. The glass harmonica, also known as armonica, was invented by Benjamin Franklin in 1763. This instrument consisted of a series of chromatically graded glass discs, which were moved by foot action. The sounds were produced by friction against the glass rims through wet fingers. The instrument was very much in vogue in the 18th century due to its mysterious sound, often compared to voices from higher spheres. Playing the glass harmonica caused serious nervous breakdowns in some of its, mostly female, players, which soon caused it to go out of fashion. The composition 'Armonica' consists exclusively of original recordings made using
an authentic glass harmonica from the museum of musical instruments in Berlin, Germany. The recording has not been altered artificially, making the distinctive sound of this instrument the foundation on which the recording rests."-Semishigure-.95
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LABEL: Sonic Arts Network
Big Ears: Fitzgerald's Manifesto - (Sonic Arts Network)
Tim Steiner / The Children's Choir Of Skranevatnet Skolekor / Otomo Yoshihide / Tim Steiner / Hugh Le Caine / Tim Steiner / The Mills Brothers / Ben Vautier / Unknown / Tim Steiner / The Beau Hunks / Tim Steiner / Halim El-Dahb / Frederic Chopin // Henri Chopin / Tim Steiner / Friedrich Jurgenson / Edward Kean / Nam June Paik / Tim Steiner / Sol Hoopii / Leon Theremin / Otomo Yoshihide / Tim Steiner / Harry Champion / Louis And Bebe Barron / Tim Steiner / Moses Aschsource / Schwimmer, Caine And Feldman / Philip Corner / Children's Ensemble Of The Moscow Union Of Drivers / Richard Nonas / Charles Bogart / Manuel Rocha Iturbide / Glenn Miller // Tim Steiner / The Rhythm Rats Vocal Group Charles Fitzgerald wrote a manifesto in 1931 that gave the principles concerned with radio broadcasts, to provide secure conveyance of information and to deal with the matters of decency and elegant conveyance - you can read it on the poster included with this release. Not your typical various
artist release, the CD is the result of 2003 and 2004 Resonance FM broadcasts of Sonic Art Network's concept: to ask a diverse set of artists to broadcast material that fit within the confines of Fitzgerald's manifesto. It's eccletic and elegant at the same time. When it's not being extremely weird. The aforementioned poster reprints the manifesto, which is quite complex and filled with archaic ideas of "decency" and competition. The booklet includes games, illustrates a set of cards for the artists, and provides historic information. Very nicely put together in a printed mailer, this is a recommended addition to any unusual collection of unlikely output from an excellent set of musicians.-.95
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LABEL: Soul Note
Blake, Ran: Indian Winter - (Soul Note)
Ran Blake-piano / David "Knife" Fabris-electric guitar "Like Alfred Hitchcock, the filmmaker he most admires, Ran Blake uses odd angles to shape the audience's view of his material. In Hitchcock the oddly framed scene can disorient viewers, causing discomfort though the subject is mundane. Blake does the same with the strains of the torch songs he favors. He darkens the harmonies, pushing them away from the tonality ever so slightly. He knows how to strip a melody to its emotional core. He swings, but with a certain diffidence. And though Blake would never be described as a virtuoso pianist, he employs a full palette of pianistic color. All this is on display on Indian Winter. Blake, along with guitarist David Fabris, recorded this during a European tour. Though they get equal billing, this is very much a Blake recording. Fabris appears on ten of the 23 tracks, the others spotlighting Blake's distinctive solo piano."-by David Dupont/One Final Note-.95
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