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From: Felix Buebl <[e-mail]>
Subject: tape beatles
Date: 01 Aug 1996 01:59:49 -2200 (MET DST)

dear dictionary,

can you recommend the tape beatles?

I want to book them as "support act" for christian marclay.

[e-mail]


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From: Steven Tupper <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: MERZBOW/AUBE
Date: 01 Aug 1996 10:24:53 -0700


>The new Merzbow CD on Staalplaat, "Magnesia Nova", is out and available
>from Soleilmoon for $16.99 ...
>

Very limited, too.  Only 250 available in North America.  Perhaps not a bad
thing, considering...
>This being even newer, of course, than "Electric Salad" & "Rainbow
>Electronics II".  It never ends!
>

We have a standing joke around here about the "Merzbow release du jour."
Um, is there such a thing as overexposure?

>And a question ... Anyone know when Aube's "Dazzle Reflection" CD is due
>out on Releasing Eskimo, the Swedish label that brought us "Noisembryo"???
>

No, but Mr. Releasing Eskimo owes us nearly $6000, so you know whose  money
he's using to put it out.  I wonder why he doesn't answer our mail?

Steve / Subterranean Records
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From: Manny <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: tape beatles
Date: 01 Aug 1996 14:43:30 -0400 (EDT)



On Thu, 1 Aug 1996, Felix Buebl wrote:

> dear dictionary,
>
> can you recommend the tape beatles?
>
> I want to book them as "support act" for christian marclay.
>
> [e-mail]
>

doubtful that tape beatles exist as a live act at this point.
Lloyd Dunn is still in Iowa City, the rest are scattered across country.
Perhaps you could contact Lloyd though.

-manny


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From: [e-mail] (rich)
Subject: unsubscribe
Date: 01 Aug 1996 14:25:15 +0200

It's been fun...but I wanna jump off now--no more lists.



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From: [e-mail] (Benton Yoshida)
Subject: Re: MERZBOW/AUBE
Date: 01 Aug 1996 16:15:40 -0800

>Hi all,
>
>The new Merzbow CD on Staalplaat, "Magnesia Nova", is out and available
>from Soleilmoon for $16.99 ...
>
>This being even newer, of course, than "Electric Salad" & "Rainbow
>Electronics II".  It never ends!
>
>And a question ... Anyone know when Aube's "Dazzle Reflection" CD is due
>out on Releasing Eskimo, the Swedish label that brought us "Noisembryo"???
>
>
>-Patrick


:Can anyone give a brief review of The above 'bow items?  The last thing
:I've heard is "Noisembryo" which I didn't like as much as "Venereology".
:And one more thing, where is the best (read cheapest) place to get these
:discs?  Thanks y'all, b------
:



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From: "Joseph Zitt" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Robert Ashley: Automatic Writing
Date: 01 Aug 1996 22:13:34 +0000

Does anyone know if Lovely Music has released the CD of Robert
Ashley's "Automatic Writing" that it had scheduled for April/May? I
haven't seen it anywhere, and the Lovely Music site is kinda.. uh...
quiet.
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From: The Evolution Control Committee <[e-mail]>
Subject: Dead Can Dance Review / ECC Lost Mail / re: tape beatles?
Date: 01 Aug 1996 19:37:26 PDT

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DEAD CAN DANCE, LAKEWOOD AUDITORIUM, CLEVELAND 7/23/96
======================================================
    A pilgrimage. I guess you could call it that. Somehow I've managed
to miss every Dead Can Dance opportunity for the last decade or however
long they've been performing... not hard actually; the closest they
would usually get to Columbus would be Chicago usually (a six hour
drive). I've liked Dead Can Dance a lot, but not enough to spend half a
day in a speeding box to see them.
    But now I heard that this would be the last tour. Brendan Perry and
Lisa Gerrard had divorced, they were mainly doing this tour out of
contractual obligation. It was now or never, so I plunked down $25 plus
$3 service for my L-row ticket.
    The Lakewood Auditorium actually is a high school auditorium, but my
high school never had it so plush... comfy seats; nice place. No legroom,
but I'll manage. Assigned seating, so we arrived with about 10-15
minutes to spare. Dead Can Dance doesn't like opening bands, so you
don't want to arrive late.
    The crowd was interesting, mainly in its elements of blandness.
Mixed betwixt hordes of the expected goth types were a grab bag of new
agers, aging hippies, and otherwise totally normal looking folk. Made
for a funny combination, but it worked somehow. After all, it's Dead Can
Dance, so nobody was exactly in a head-cracking mood or anything.
    The lights dimmed and people applauded in anticipation. And in a
moment, there they were on stage: Lisa Gerrard, angelic in a white gown
and creatively braided hair; Brendan Perry, clean-shaven and short-
haired in a black t-shirt and black jeans, and seven nameless musicians to
handle everything those two didn't. Apart from keyboards, this would
mostly be percussion instruments: every drum imaginable, from African
talking drums to timpani to other percussion instruments (maracas,
shakers, and so on).
    I confess, I haven't heard much of their recent stuff. Ever since
they became John De Liberto's fave "discovery" for endless NPR Echoes
airplay, I've been wary. I knew that their recent material focused more
on African rhythms and tribal drumming, so that didn't surprise me. It
was interesting to hear this mixed with the familiar sound of Lisa's
eerie wailing and Brendan's increasingly mainstream-sounding vocals.
    Speaking of mainstreaming, two things about the modern Brendan
Perry: 1) He sounds too much like Neil Diamond (I've heard this
complaint from multiple sources by now), and 2) I swear he looks like Al
Bundy now. Hair loss, distending belly, I'm just waiting for him to stick
his hand in his pants.
    Almost all of their material was the recent stuff. This makes some
sense, because when they did perform a couple of older songs that were
more string-based, they had to resort to playing sampled strings on
keyboard while all the percussionists sat out the song off-stage.
The live strings would've been better, although the sampled strings
still sounded great. Best of all, those songs usually had Lisa singing
during them, which I prefer vastly over Brendan's singing.
    Lisa Gerrard's voice is from another planet, or maybe just another
plane of existance. I can't help but compare her a bit to Yma Sumac
since I've been listening to Yma a bit lately: definitely no comparison
on the range of pitch (Yma outclasses all competitors, bejeweled hands
down), but Lisa wins for expressiveness. Both involve some very exotic
ethnicities behind their vocal styles, but Lisa uses a lot of texture in
her style, going between muted and open singing and always locked onto
pitch. Beyond just the technical nature of it, it's gorgeous -- one solo
song she performed simply melted the entire audience into a puddle. At
once, the audience was mesmerized and seemed perfectly content to let
her sing for as long as she liked... band? What band? Her voice, naked
and alone, seduced everyone who heard it. And I'm talkin' banshee style,
fucker.
    It was obvious through the show that Lisa and Brendan are going in
different directions. Certain songs seemed to be either from Lisa's or
Brendan's inspiration, and you could really tell. Lisa seems to want to
maintain a sense of mystery about the whole thing, whereas I suspect
Brendan really _does_ want to be Neil Diamond... one song featuring his
singing with 3-4 guitars and no percussion sounded almost (yes, I'll say
it:) COUNTRY. He even yelped an "Oh yeah". Times are a-changin'.
    I don't know how long they played for, but as they left the stage
they got an instant standing ovation, and constant applause for about
five minutes brought them back for the first of three encores. They kind
of pushed the crowd for the encores, but the crowd was more than willing
to be pushed. Talking to people aftewards, many took the experience
almost religiously, or at least very emotionally -- many women were
visibly touched by the show, their voices a bit hoarse when I asked them
how they liked it. Even a number of men were really taken by it too.
    For most that I talked to (and myself), Lisa Gerrard stole the show.
She had this poise -- this presence -- that couldn't be denied. It was a
presence that tore right through your flesh and touched you inside. She
had such great beauty surrounding her, and with such dignity... her
white-robed angelic look was no accident. Nor undeserved.

    An unexpected comparison I found myself making after the show was to
the band I'd seen nearby the week before: Crash Worship. Both bands now
do African-based tribal drumming, but approach it from diametrically
opposite ends: Crash Worship tries to set the stage for a messy
Dionysian orgy, whereas Dead Can Dance approaches it with rigid Western
professionalism. With DCD you sit in your assigned seat and think about
the music; with CW you get the hell out of your assigned seat, get off
yo' ass and JAM. Personally I like CW's approach better, but who knows?
Maybe DCD fans will get double-dog-dared to go beyond DCD and kick back
at the next CW show. And that would be great, because then I could throw
things at all the Echoes-heads and they would nervously laugh and think
it's part of the show.

-=-=-=-=-

It's no accident that Felix Buebl subconsciously emulated Charo by saying:
> can you recommend the tape beatles?

    For a job? A date? A candle-stick maker?

> I want to book them as "support act" for christian marclay.

    Ah. Is that in Germany, and are you willing to pay their airfare?
I'd say do it; probably no better match for Christian Marclay, except
that they're not as artsy. Good luck...

- Mark G., O.P.  [Original Prankster]

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From: "Joseph Zitt" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Jacques Bekaert
Date: 01 Aug 1996 22:30:45 +0000

(as you may guess, I'm on a Lovely Music binge this evening :-])

I'm listening to Jacques Bekaert's "Summer Music 1970" and wondering
what else he's done. His bio on the Lovely page mentions soundtracks
released in Europe but little else, other than that he's a
correspondent living in Bangkok.

These pieces are quite beautiful, and have brief verbal scores, such
as

"7 for Sari Dienes

   Play or sing one sound as long as you can. If there is more than
one performer, it is not necessary to start together. Try to play or
sing a beautiful sound. You may repeat the sound,changing one aspect
of it."
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From: Manny <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: MERZBOW/AUBE
Date: 02 Aug 1996 06:04:45 -0400 (EDT)


Best & cheapest places to get Merzbow stuff would probably be:
1) Anomalous
2) RRR
3) Soleilmoon
4) maybe Subterranean too but they're always running out of stock on
  the Jap stuff

-manny


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From: [e-mail] (Patrick Carey)
Subject: Subscription info ???
Date: 02 Aug 1996 04:36:18 -0500

Hi,

I just checked and I seem to have lost my info for
subscribing/unsubscribing to this list.  Could someone please post it or
email it to me.

Thanks


-Patrick
[e-mail]



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From: [e-mail] (Mason Jones)
Subject: Re: MERZBOW/AUBE
Date: 02 Aug 1996 09:07:35 -0700 (PDT)


> From: Steven Tupper <[e-mail]>
>
> >The new Merzbow CD on Staalplaat, "Magnesia Nova", is out and available
> >from Soleilmoon for $16.99 ...
>
> Very limited, too.  Only 250 available in North America.  Perhaps not a bad
> thing, considering...
>
> We have a standing joke around here about the "Merzbow release du jour."
> Um, is there such a thing as overexposure?

Yeah, there definitely is. I've completely stopped hunting down Merzbow
releases. It takes an extremely strong recommendation from someone for
me to pick one up these days. The fact is that given how many I already
have, I don't particularly need any more unless it's something unusual
or different for Masami. Sort of the same thing that was happening last
year with Illusion of Safety and Controlled Bleeding.

> >And a question ... Anyone know when Aube's "Dazzle Reflection" CD is due
> >out on Releasing Eskimo, the Swedish label that brought us "Noisembryo"???
>
> No, but Mr. Releasing Eskimo owes us nearly $6000, so you know whose  money
> he's using to put it out.  I wonder why he doesn't answer our mail?

He seems to be paying the artists, though, since Masami hasn't said
anything bad about him. Hard to tell. I've avoided dealing with the
guy, though. Wish I'd done the same with Semantic Distribution in France.
Any of you with labels, stay away...


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From: [e-mail] (Patrick Carey)
Subject: C.C.C.C.
Date: 08 Aug 1996 05:49:14 -0500

Hi,

Can anyone tell me about a new CD by C.C.C.C. called "Flash"? ... like what
label it's on, if it's a full-length etc ...  I saw a listing for it in the
back of this month's Wire.  I'm assuming it's newer than "Love & Noise".

Thanks in advance ...


-Patrick



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Subject: NSK/Laibach List
Date: 09 Aug 1996 19:17:02 -0700

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From: [e-mail] (Patrick Carey)
Subject: Rockit Mail-Order in LA
Date: 14 Aug 1996 17:17:33 -0500

Hi,

I was wondering if anyone out there who is familiar with a mail-order place
in the Los Angeles area called ROCKIT, that specializes in Japanese
imports, could email me some info on how to contact them ... i.e. a
phone/fax number, address, email address etc.  I called information for the
LA area (213, 310 & 818 area codes) and came up with two places with that
name, neither of which dealt with anything music related.

Any information would be much appreciated.

Thanks


-Patrick



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From: [e-mail] (Patrick Carey)
Subject: MERZBOW/MASONNA Fill In The Blanks Please ...
Date: 15 Aug 1996 01:58:39 -0500

Hi,

Could someone possibly fill in the blanks in the MERZBOW/MASONNA tourlist
below?  I'm specifically wondering if there will be a Chicago date, and if
the rest of the info is correct, of course ... Thanks.

-Patrick

---------------
Sat, Oct.5th-San Francisco @ Bottom of the Hill (w/Bastard Noise & MX-80)
Sun, Oct.6th-Oakland @ 379 40th St. (w/Noisegate, F.A.G.G.O.T., & Seeth)
Mon, Oct.7th-???
Tues,Oct.8th-Los Angeles @ Spaceland (w/Speculum Flight & Subarachnoid Space)
Wed, Oct.9th-Los Angeles @ Jabberjaw (w/Bastard Noise & Crom???)
Thurs, Oct.10th-???
Fri, Oct.11th-Cleveland @ The Pieta (w/Macronympha)
Sat, Oct.12th-???
Sun, Oct.13th-New York @ Alterknit Theater (w/Borbetomagus??? & ???)



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From: [e-mail] (Patrick Carey)
Subject: Seed Mouth New CD ???
Date: 15 Aug 1996 01:59:01 -0500

Hi,

Anyone have info on the new Seed Mouth CD? ... i.e. label, title, whether
it's a full-length, sound??

Thanks in advance ...


-Patrick



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From: "J. Exby" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Fushitsusha ideas?
Date: 15 Aug 1996 10:40:54 -0600 (MDT)



Dear Fellow Citi-zens-


I'm specifically writting because I am interested in hearing/knowing about
Fushitsusha.  Sure I have a vague idea what they do, I own one cd with no
labelling, and darkdark blue cd cover with an angel or something on it?
Anyways, I dug it out and relistened to it and became more intrigued...

I guess I'm interested in finding "Purple Trap" or something on cd
which is of high quality and density.
I prefer the underbelly of growling, droning noises.  That's not to say it
has to be harsh harsh.
Show me your wit and your recommendations, and I'll attempt to mailorder
some stuff and enlighten myself further.

::j


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From: [e-mail] (Matt Colonnese)
Subject: Re: Fushitsusha ideas?
Date: 15 Aug 1996 15:02:31 -0400 (EDT)


>I'm specifically writting because I am interested in hearing/knowing about
>Fushitsusha.  Sure I have a vague idea what they do, I own one cd with no
>labelling, and darkdark blue cd cover with an angel or something on it?
>Anyways, I dug it out and relistened to it and became more intrigued...

Is this a Fushitsusha album?  I've never seen it (though I'm no expert);
the only Kenji Haino disk I've seen like that was a Nijimu (sp?) album
which is his more traditional acoustic trio (?).

For recomendations I would say go through the trouble to track down the
double live cd on PSF if it is still in print.  You get more music for one,
over the Purple trap, the packaging in nicer, and I really don't want to
know the names of the songs if he's gonna call them goofy things like
"beauty so great I might go insane" or whatnot.  Mostly though the music is
great on the PSF disk and really runs the complete gamut of the trio's
abilities, from slow, pretty drones, to full on power rock with screaming.
Really beautiful in places, repetitive pounding in others.  I guess that
describes the Blast First album too, but well, I think the PSF does it
better.  If you want straight up intensity buy the DSA disk (A challenge to
Fate?? or A Caution appears, I forget. One is a solo disk, one Fushitsusha)
which is all intense screaming guitar.  Too much for me for one sitting,
but really excellent in small doses.
I haven't heard any of the other PSF Fushitsusha disks so I don't know how
they stack up.


------
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From: Miles Egan <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: Fushitsusha ideas?
Date: 15 Aug 1996 12:31:09 -0700 (PDT)

On Thu, 15 Aug 1996, Matt Colonnese wrote:

> double live cd on PSF if it is still in print.  You get more music for one,
> over the Purple trap, the packaging in nicer, and I really don't want to
> know the names of the songs if he's gonna call them goofy things like
> "beauty so great I might go insane" or whatnot.

_Pathetique_ on PSF is also great, but I agree that the double live is
the place to start.  From the few translations I've read of his lyrics,
I think I'm better off understanding so little of what he's saying.  Like
Zeni Geva, it comes off as bad teenage heavy-metal "poetry."  Perhaps it
just doesn't tranlate well?

I also really dig the Fushitsusha on Avant (title escapes me).  It's much
more restrained than the PSF shit, but restraint suits them surpirisngly
well.  It sounds a bit like a darker expressionistic take on the early
Felt sound in places.  The recording is sharper but not too clean.  I have
a harder time with Haino solo.

BTW, are there other Gate records as good as _The Dew Line_?

PPS. Any dis/recommendations of the Rome album?


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From: Steven Tupper <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: Fushitsusha ideas?
Date: 15 Aug 1996 19:39:26 -0700

At 10:40 AM 8/15/96 -0600, you wrote:
>
>
>Dear Fellow Citi-zens-
>
>
>I'm specifically writting because I am interested in hearing/knowing about
>Fushitsusha.  Sure I have a vague idea what they do, I own one cd with no
>labelling, and darkdark blue cd cover with an angel or something on it?

That's Nijiumu "Era of Sad Wings," another Haino project, not Fushitsusha.
And not to be confused with the Haino solo CD, titled "Nijiumu."

>Anyways, I dug it out and relistened to it and became more intrigued...

That's actually one of my favorites.  Better than most of the rest of
Haino's output, IMHO.

>
>I guess I'm interested in finding "Purple Trap" or something on cd
>which is of high quality and density.

Well, the double live Fushitsusha CD "Live II" is probably the best of
Fushitsusha proper.  "Hisou" (sometimes called "Pathetique" or "Pathetic")
would be a somewhat distant 2nd as far as keeping up interesting sound
textures goes.  These are all on PSF and readily available.  I couldn't
recommend the Avant CD in comparison, and the others are just simply bad &
boring.

There's alot of Haino solo and collaboration stuff, too, which range from
pretty good  (perhaps "Watashi Dake" or "Solo Electric Hard-y Guide-y" or
"Ama No Gawa") to snooze-inducing to "turn that damn thing down/off" (the
4-CD box set).

I haven't yet heard his new collaboration disc with Barre Phillipps, but
supposedly Haino just sings and Phillipps just plays bass.

Steve / Subterranean Records
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From: [e-mail] (Greg Heiman)
Subject: Re: MERZBOW/MASONNA Fill In The Blanks Please ...
Date: 15 Aug 1996 23:16:06 -0700

>Hi,
>
>Could someone possibly fill in the blanks in the MERZBOW/MASONNA tourlist
>below?  I'm specifically wondering if there will be a Chicago date, and if
>the rest of the info is correct, of course ... Thanks.
>
>-Patrick
>
>---------------
>Sat, Oct.5th-San Francisco @ Bottom of the Hill (w/Bastard Noise & MX-80)
>Sun, Oct.6th-Oakland @ 379 40th St. (w/Noisegate, F.A.G.G.O.T., & Seeth)
>Mon, Oct.7th-???
>Tues,Oct.8th-Los Angeles @ Spaceland (w/Speculum Flight & Subarachnoid Space)
>Wed, Oct.9th-Los Angeles @ Jabberjaw (w/Bastard Noise & Crom???)
>Thurs, Oct.10th-???
>Fri, Oct.11th-Cleveland @ The Pieta (w/Macronympha)
>Sat, Oct.12th-???
>Sun, Oct.13th-New York @ Alterknit Theater (w/Borbetomagus??? & ???)

Seattle shows are Oct.2nd & 3rd.

Portland show is Oct.4th

Chicago show is Oct.17th

Boston show Oct.14th, or maybe 15th

the 7th, 10th, 12th & 16th are travel days.

rock on.



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From: [e-mail] (Patrick Carey)
Subject: Bass Army (Otomo/Hideki etc.)
Date: 16 Aug 1996 02:32:15 -0500

Hi,

Just wondering if anyone's heard the "Bass Army" CD on Trigram (Japan) by
Otomo Yoshihide, Kato Hideki et al.  If so, could someone please comment on
how it sounds, if it's woth picking up etc ...

Thanks in advance.


-Patrick



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From: [e-mail] (Koji Tano)
Subject: Re: Seed Mouth New CD ???
Date: 16 Aug 1996 18:59:25 +0900 (JST)

At  1:59 AM 96.8.15 -0500, Patrick Carey wrote:
>Hi,
>
>Anyone have info on the new Seed Mouth CD? ... i.e. label, title, whether
>it's a full-length, sound??
>
Seed Mouth CD is from his label Seed Records and it's full length CD.
Sounds are misterious electronics with nice constructive work.
It's not harsh but very heavy noise like MB.  The theme of this CD is
"TITANIC"!!!!
I recommend any fan of noise music this CD.
Please let me know if you have more questions.

koji@msbr


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From: "Patrice L. Roussel" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: Bass Army (Otomo/Hideki etc.)
Date: 16 Aug 1996 07:28:46 -0700


On Fri, 16 Aug 1996 02:32:15 -0500  Patrick Carey wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> Just wondering if anyone's heard the "Bass Army" CD on Trigram (Japan) by
> Otomo Yoshihide, Kato Hideki et al.  If so, could someone please comment on
> how it sounds, if it's woth picking up etc ...

Are you talking about:


028 - KARADA WA OTO O DASU MONO: Bass Army

    1/ Crossfire                                (Hideki)
    2/ Karada Wa Oto O Dasu Mono                (Hideki)
    3/ Infliction                               (Masahiro)
    4/ Politics of Hate                         (Hideki)
    5/ Sneak Attack                             (Hideki)
    6/ Himitsu Keisatsu/Sorekara                (Hideki)
    7/ Skirmish                                 (Hideki, Kazuyoshi, Masahiro)
    8/ Implosion                                (Hideki, Kazuyoshi, Masahiro)
    9/ Vanishing Point                          (Hideki)
    10/ National Front                          (Kazuyoshi)
    11/ Uwatte Inai Koto Ga Aru                 (Hideki)
    12/ Ashes to Ashes                          (Hideki)

  Kato Hideki: bass, voice, noise; Kimoto Kazuyoshi: bass, voice; Uemura
  Masahiro: drums, voice, bass; Otomo Yoshihide (2,6): turntables.

    1994 (?) - Trigram (Japan), TR-P 907 (CD)


or a new one you just saw?

    Patrice.

PS: I don't know KARADA WA OTO O DASU MONO, unfortunately.


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From: [e-mail] (Patrick Carey)
Subject: Re: Bass Army (Otomo/Hideki etc.)
Date: 17 Aug 1996 03:50:13 -0500

>>Just wondering if anyone's heard the "Bass Army" CD on Trigram (Japan) by
>>Otomo Yoshihide, Kato Hideki et al.  If so, could someone please comment on
>>how it sounds, if it's woth picking up etc ...

>Are you talking about:

>------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
>028 - KARADA WA OTO O DASU MONO: Bass Army
>
>    1/ Crossfire                                (Hideki)
>    2/ Karada Wa Oto O Dasu Mono                (Hideki)
>    3/ Infliction                               (Masahiro)
>    4/ Politics of Hate                         (Hideki)
>    5/ Sneak Attack                             (Hideki)
>    6/ Himitsu Keisatsu/Sorekara                (Hideki)
>    7/ Skirmish                                 (Hideki, Kazuyoshi, Masahiro)
>    8/ Implosion                                (Hideki, Kazuyoshi, Masahiro)
>    9/ Vanishing Point                          (Hideki)
>    10/ National Front                          (Kazuyoshi)
>    11/ Uwatte Inai Koto Ga Aru                 (Hideki)
>    12/ Ashes to Ashes                          (Hideki)
>
>  Kato Hideki: bass, voice, noise; Kimoto Kazuyoshi: bass, voice; Uemura
>  Masahiro: drums, voice, bass; Otomo Yoshihide (2,6): turntables.
>
>    1994 (?) - Trigram (Japan), TR-P 907 (CD)
>
>------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Yes, this is the CD I was referring to.  I've been considering picking it
up for quite some time now.  Have you heard it?  It sounds quite
interesting with 3 bassists (Hideki from the s/t Ground Zero CD, Kazuyoshi
from "Null & Void", and Masahiro, drummer on this + all three GZ records,
also playing bass) & Otomo on turntables.  Sounds like it could be a noisy
record, but then again, who knows.  I'm a big fan of Otomo Yoshihide's solo
material, his work with Hideki as GZ, and Hideki's basswork on Death
Ambient.  I have yet to pick up Hideki's new "Hope & Despair" CD (on
Extreme) that features Zorn & Zeena Perkins, among others.

While we're on the subject of Hideki, I recently posted the following
message to the ambient list.  If you or anyone else on the nm & diff-l
lists has any info, please don't hesitate to pass it on ...

----------
Could someone who has heard Kato Hideki's new solo release, "Hope &
Despair", on Extreme (featuring John Zorn & Zeena Perkins), briefly comment
on how it sounds?  Specifically, is his basswork (he is a bassist, I'm
assuming he plays bass here) anything like the parts he contributed to
"Death Ambient"?  I'm pretty sure I can rule out it sounding anything like
his work with Ground Zero, but then again ...
----------

Thanks in advance ...


-Patrick



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From: Miles Egan <[e-mail]>
Subject: New ZF album?
Date: 18 Aug 1996 02:04:07 -0700

>ZOVIET FRANCE Digilogue LP
>     The first new recordings in more than two years, available only on this numbered
>     limited edition clear virgin vinyl record, with handmade artpaper cover.$14.99

This is quoted from the Soleilmoon web site.  What is this?  Is it any
good?  Will it get a larger release?


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From: [e-mail] (Brett Luker)
Subject: Re: New ZF album?
Date: 18 Aug 1996 19:30:13 +1000

Miles Egan <[e-mail]> wrote:

>>ZOVIET FRANCE Digilogue LP
>>     The first new recordings in more than two years, available only on
this numbered
>>     limited edition clear virgin vinyl record, with handmade artpaper
cover.$14.99
>
>This is quoted from the Soleilmoon web site.  What is this?  Is it any
>good?  Will it get a larger release?

Probably not; none of the other Soleilmoon vinyl LP releases (such as Daniel
Menche & Nocturnal Emissions) have been re-released in a more user-friendly
package.

BTW, what is the current line-up of ZF?  Are the guys from Rapoon & DVOA
still in it?

Regards,
Brett
~~~~~
          (C) 1996 Brett Luker                   _--_|\
              Sydney  Australia                 /      \
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From: SUGAR in their vitamins? <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: New ZF album?
Date: 18 Aug 1996 10:56:28 -0700 (PDT)

On Sun, 18 Aug 1996, Brett Luker wrote:

> BTW, what is the current line-up of ZF?  Are the guys from Rapoon & DVOA
> still in it?

it's just Ben Ponten now.

hasta.

Yes.  Beautiful, wonderful nature.  Hear it sing to us: *snap*  Yes.  natURE.


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From: Katherine B Martineau <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: Fushitsusha ideas?
Date: 19 Aug 1996 02:47:33 -0400 (EDT)




On Thu, 15 Aug 1996, Steven Tupper wrote:

> There's alot of Haino solo and collaboration stuff, too, which range from
> pretty good  (perhaps "Watashi Dake" or "Solo Electric Hard-y Guide-y" or
> "Ama No Gawa") to snooze-inducing to "turn that damn thing down/off" (the
> 4-CD box set).
>
> I haven't yet heard his new collaboration disc with Barre Phillipps, but
> supposedly Haino just sings and Phillipps just plays bass.
>

The duo with barre philips is not for the fait of heart.  In my opinion
it is


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From: [e-mail] (Mason Jones)
Subject: Fushitsusha ideas?
Date: 19 Aug 1996 14:52:44 -0700

>From: "J. Exby" <[e-mail]>
>
>I'm specifically writting because I am interested in hearing/knowing about
>Fushitsusha.  Sure I have a vague idea what they do, I own one cd with no
>labelling, and darkdark blue cd cover with an angel or something on it?
>Anyways, I dug it out and relistened to it and became more intrigued...
>
>I guess I'm interested in finding "Purple Trap" or something on cd
>which is of high quality and density.

Since nobody else really said much about "Purple Trap" I'll spout my
opinion, which is that it's as good and potentially even better than
the infamous double-live CD. I might say start with the double-live
(from PSF), but "Purple Trap" is quite awesome and beautiful. I think
it's one of the best releases I've bought yet this year.

"The Caution Appears," from Les Disques du Soleil et l'Acier in France,
is pretty intense and amazing, but is almost purely a guitar orgy. It's
excellent and worth owning, but it's not the place to go first for
Fushitsusha material.

The one you've got is probably "Hisou" (aka Pathetique).

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From: [e-mail]
Subject: Pierre Schaeffer tape trade
Date: 19 Aug 1996 21:39:57 -0400

I've been trying to find some of Pierre Schaeffer's work at Tower, at the
library, etc, with no luck, and I don't want to buy the four disc set without
having heard some of his material.  Basically, I'd like to get a tape or two
(or even the four disc set taped by some brave soul), if possible. I can tape
various material in exchange, or pay for the tapes, postage, and time.

much thanks in advance,
Mike


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From: SUGAR in their vitamins? <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: Fushitsusha ideas?
Date: 19 Aug 1996 22:35:06 -0700 (PDT)

On Mon, 19 Aug 1996, Mason Jones wrote:

> (from PSF), but "Purple Trap" is quite awesome and beautiful. I think
> it's one of the best releases I've bought yet this year.

i'll second that.

and, if it makes any difference, Amoeba
still has copies of "Purple Trap" available.

hasta.

Yes.  Beautiful, wonderful nature.  Hear it sing to us: *snap*  Yes.  natURE.


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From: Felix Buebl <[e-mail]>
Subject: nm-list rules!
Date: 20 Aug 1996 20:54:14 +0200 (MET DST)

hi!

I just wanted to thank everyone on this list who helped me getting
in contact with various artists or who recommended me some artist.

you will find many of your hints in our winter-programm
(sorry for use of german):

Jazzkeller Sauschdall (ulm, south germany) Programm

fr. 30. 8.  tortoise : post-rock im wiley club
fr. 13. 9.  bewegungsgruppe:
            elektronik+schallplatten: naughty + toellis
sa. 21. 9.  charlemange palestine : mitbegruender der minimal music
            * exklusiv in deutschland *
so  22. 9.  fred frith / tom cora / miya masaoka : weltklasse string-combo
mi  25. 9.  Metaminke Intervention Cell:
            Jerome Noetinger und zwei filmprojektoren
            * exklusiv in sueddeutschland *
fr. 27. 9.  jazzkartell-bewegungsgruppe:
            live-elektronik: stock, hausen & walkman
                  ambient-industrial-techno-house trip-hop, electro, jungle
            live-elektronik: curt duca
                  ambient, house, techno
            schallplatten: dj b.kaemaerach (das unbekannte tier)
so  29. 9.  christian marclay & chris cutler:
            schallplattenverfremder und kultdrummer
            * exklusiv in deutschland *
mo  30. 9.  carl stone & min xiao fen: samplemagier & saengerin
            * exklusiv in deutschland *
            paul schutze & simon hopkins: ambientpionier
            * exklusiv in deutschland *
di   1.10.  jim o'rourke & keiji haino : solo & duo gitarrenkult
            * exklusiv in europa *
mi   9.10.  kletka red: knueppel-in-die-ohren
fr. 11.10.  bewegungsgruppe: ein abend mit clear records
so  13.10.  ikue mori und shelley hirsch
            drum-elektronik und stimme
fr. 18.10.  Martin Weiss: Sinti Swing
mi  23.10.  japan psychedelic festival:
            5 bands: Musica Transsonic, Okami No Jikan, Toho Sara,
            Mainliner, Tatsya Yoshida
            * exklusiv in sueddeutschland *
do  24.10.  bewegungsgruppe:
            live-elektronik: DJ Spooky : knitting factory ambient
fr. 25.10.  bewegungsgruppe: ego express+dj hans nieswand
mi  30.10.  Another World : lyrischer jazz
mi   6.11.  sauschdallphonics festival:
            Jon Rose, David Shea, Sugarconnection
fr.  8.11.  bewegungsgruppe:
            live-elektronik: Atom Heart und Drome
            schallplatten: b.kaemaerach (unbekanntes tier)
so  10.11.  David Thomas & The 2 Pale Boys: Mr. Pere Ubu
sa  16.11.  Alchmie: filmverfremdung & konkrete musik
            * exklusiv in sueddeutschland *
so  24.11.  schlippenbach trio: drei free jazz legenden
sa  30.11.  Embryo: urvater der weltmusik
fr. 22.11.  bewegungsgruppe:le hammond infero
sa  23.11.  Ed Shullers Force: Modern Jazz
sa  7. 12.  La Quan Ninh & Gunther Muller: midi-schlagwerkduo
            * exklusiv in deutschland *
fr. 13.12.  bewegungsgruppe: being+synapsenmassage-dj`s (hamburg)
sa  21.12.  Grotzinger: performance
fr. 27.12.  bewegungsgruppe
fr. 10. 1.  bewegungsgruppe
sa  18. 1.  Armageddon massiv::entartet klang- & bildsystem
            * eigenproduktion *

...most of my knowledge comes from this list - thanx!

[e-mail]


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From: Jeffrey Reid <[e-mail]>
Subject: list administration
Date: 20 Aug 1996 12:31:25 -0700 (PDT)

I'm sorry to clutter the list like this, but could someone tell me why
'nm-list' is unknown to the [e-mail]?  I need to
unsubscribe, but this is impossible since the majordomo doesn't think that
this list exists.  Is the list now being administered from a different
site?

Jeffrey G Reid                   [e-mail]
"O holy mathematics, may I for the rest of my days be consoled
 by perpetual intercourse with you, consoled for the wickedness
 of man and the injustice of the Almighty!"  -- Isidore Ducasse



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From: SUGAR in their vitamins? <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: Film Works
Date: 20 Aug 1996 16:33:33 -0700 (PDT)

On Tue, 20 Aug 1996, Yeah-shure, Nah...er...ve'-so'n wrote:

> I'd buy the first one first, since it's longer, has zorn playing on it,
> has more variety, and is more in line with zorn's jump-cut insanity.

true. however, the first is really a
compilation of a number of soundtracks,
which accounts for the changes and styles.
whereas, the second is a single soundtrack
for a single film.

hasta.

Yes.  Beautiful, wonderful nature.  Hear it sing to us: *snap*  Yes.  natURE.


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From: [e-mail] (Patrick Carey)
Subject: Borbetomagus homepage ...
Date: 21 Aug 1996 02:01:06 -0500

Hi all,

Borbetomagus now have a homepage at:

http://www.j51.com/~borbeto

Go check it out!


-Patrick



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From: Mason Jones <[e-mail]>
Subject: shows, Bay Area and elsewhere
Date: 23 Aug 1996 09:32:47 -0700


This Saturday, Aug 24:
    Coprolingus, SubArachnoid Space, Strawberry Girl
    @ Ptomaine Temple, 3915 San Leandro, Oakland (nr Fruitvale)
    cheap ($3?), starts around 9:00
    Coprolingus are heavy, tribal/noisy stuff from Austin; SAS are
    improv experimental psych; SG are improv craziness

Coming up:
    Smegma, down from Portland with their unique experimentalisms
    9/24: Hotel Utah's Dark Circle Lounge (SF, Bryant/4th St)
    9/25: Chameleon Club (SF, Valencia/20th St)

At the end of Sept, SubArachnoid Space will be embarking on a two-week
tour, doing their improvised spacey-experimental psychedelic work:
    9/26    San Diego, Casbah (with Physics)
    9/28    Tucson, Luna Loca (with Not Breathing)
    9/30    Austin, ?
    10/1    Houston, Emo's
    10/2    Dallas, ?
    10/4    Albuquerque, ?
    10/5    Phoenix, ?
    10/6    Phoenix, Metropophobia (with Not Breathing)
    10/7    Las Vegas, Fremont St Club (with Not Breathing)
    10/8    L.A., Spaceland (with Merzbow, Masonna, Speculum Fight)

A number of shows are still being worked out, but details should follow
soon. If anyone's got suggestions to help book anything, of course
contact me! Hope to meet people out there...


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From: "Alan Blattberg" <[e-mail]>
Subject:       Duduk/Armenian music (8/27)
Date: 27 Aug 1996 00:00:30 +0000

To ev'ryone in the NYC listening area:

Tomorrow night (8/27) on New Sounds -- 11:00 pm on WNYC-FM (93.9 FM),
the show will feature one hour of  music for the Duduk, the
traditional Armenian instrument, somewhat related to the oboe, I
guess.  This is a beautiful instrument, excruciatingly mournful in
tone and timbre.  It is one of the touchstones of traditional Armenian
music, and one of the most powerful and evocative acoustic
instruments in the world (says I).

There will be music by a group called the "Duduk Quintet" and, of
course, there'll be some music from the "Passion" soundtrack.  It'd be
cool if Mr. Schaefer plays Einsturzende Neubauten's "Armenische
Bitter," or one of the many variants thereof.

I believe that the following night, New Sounds'll be featuring
(among other things) K. Leimer's way-out-of-print but extremely
phenomenal and not-to-be-missed-if-you-haven't-heard-it, post-Eno yet
proto-ambient LP "Land of Look Behind," as well as David
Byrne's "Music for the Knee Plays" and Aksak Maboul's "Onze Danses."

Real "worth checking out."  And anyone within listening range who does
not regularly avail themselves of this nightly radio TREASURE (New
Sounds) is limiting their musical horizons in profound and
unfortunate ways.

Enjoy,

     Alan Blattberg
     [e-mail]
     nycnycnycnycnyc

     http://www.panix.com/~alanb/ab.shtml


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From: Miles Egan <[e-mail]>
Subject: Crumb Duck
Date: 29 Aug 1996 16:50:03 -0700

I've just started seeing copies of the NWW/Stereolab collaboration CD
around.  This is older material that's just made it onto CD, right?
Would anyone care to scribble a brief description of this?  I can imagin
a record of real genius or something slightly embarassing for everyone
involved.

By the way, where the *HELL* is the CD issue of NWW's _Spiral Insana_?


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From: SUGAR in their vitamins? <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: Crumb Duck
Date: 29 Aug 1996 17:54:48 -0700 (PDT)

On Thu, 29 Aug 1996, Miles Egan wrote:

> around.  This is older material that's just made it onto CD, right?

yup.

> Would anyone care to scribble a brief description of this?

the CD compiles two of the three Clawfist
limited edition NWW recordings (the third
is available on a compilation CD put out
by Shock Records):

NWW Steel Dream March of the Metal Men 7"
1.Steel Dream March of the Metal Men
2.The Dadda's Intoxication

NWW/Stereolab Crumb Duck 10"
3. Exploding Head Movie
4. Animal Or Vegetable (a wonderful wooden reason)

and adds in a remix of the track "A New Dress"
that was previously available in a
different version on the "A Bead To A Small Mouth"
compilation put out by Barooni.

since i was unable to get either of the
Clawfist releases, this is excellent.

> By the way, where the *HELL* is the CD issue of NWW's _Spiral Insana_?

still in the works. NWW will have a new
LP out in November, however.

i'm still interested in knowing if the
promised 3xCD "Automating" series (volumes 1, 2 and 3)
will ever be completed.

hasta.

Yes.  Beautiful, wonderful nature.  Hear it sing to us: *snap*  Yes.  natURE.


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From: [e-mail] (Benton Yoshida)
Subject: How to subscribe?
Date: 31 Aug 1996 05:01:22 -0800

Could someone privately email me the directions for subscribing to this
list?  I have a couple friends who want to join but I no longer have the
subscription info.  BTW, were the list serve problems if they existed ever
get sorted out?  TIA, benton-------

YbOeSnHtIoDnA



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From: "david d." <[e-mail]>
Subject: spread the word, please (fwd)
Date: 31 Aug 1996 10:02:21 -0400 (EDT)

I think there are probably some peole on these lists that might find this=
=20
interesting...

-- david daniell
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> 7, 8 and 9 November 1996
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> John Fahey
> Gastr del Sol
> Bruce Gilbert
> Bernhard Guenter
> Keiji Haino and Fushitsusha
> Loren Mazzacane Connors
> Jim O=92Rourke
> Special Guests
>=20
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From: [e-mail]
Subject: Foetus "Boil" review
Date: 31 Aug 1996 13:19:58 -0400

I got Boil last week (new Foetus live CD on Cleopatra).  Here are my
thoughts.

First of all, really ugly cover design.  Red, White and Blue "FOETUS" on a
pink background.

The song list is

Take It Outside Godboy
Clothes Hoist
Verklemmt
I'll Meet You in Poland Baby
I am the Walrus
They are Not so True
Hot Horse
Mortgage
Mighty Whity
Elected
Sonic Reducer
Hello There.

So there is some nice music lineup changes:  4 covers, "I am the Walrus" and
"Sonic Reducer" sound great (although, the first half of "I am the Walrus" is
placed under "I'll Meet You in Poland Baby," so when the CD player hits track
5, you are already into the song).

The first half of the CD is marred by bad recording -- Take it Outside and
Clothes Hoist sound very thin, vocals go in and out.  It becomes more full as
the CD goes on, that is, until you listen close with headphones; the
recording value still isn't great.

As for the performance, it is also spotty.  Some songs come off great:  as I
mentioned, "I am the Walrus" and the Dead Boys "Sonic Reducer."  "Mighty
Whity" is also tighter than the studio version.  Compared to "Male," though,
much of the older material sounds sloppy (like "Clothes Hoist") and not as
complex.  For instance, on "I'll Meet You in Poland Baby," guitar is used to
simulate the flute section, and it doesn't work.  Basically I think Thirwell
needs to rethink the material for his live recordings:  if he isn't going to
get the best recordings, then he should perform more covers and place those
on the live CDs (as with "Boil") and/or cull some of this other older
material and play it live.  I mean, how *many* times do you want to hear "Hot
Horse"?  Personally, I'd like to hear "Satan's Place" or "DI-1 9026."

To summarize, ok because of the covers, but "Male" is still his best live
release.

mike


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From: Miles Egan <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: Crumb Duck
Date: 31 Aug 1996 13:24:22 -0700

SUGAR in their vitamins? wrote:

> the CD compiles two of the three Clawfist
> limited edition NWW recordings (the third
> is available on a compilation CD put out
> by Shock Records):

Thanks for the info.  I take it that you like these?  I'll probably just
pick it up, but I'm still wondering what it might sound like.  Do you
know anything else about the _Spiral Insana_ re-issue?  What about the
new NWW album?  I heard all of the _Yagga Blues_ ep will be included.

> i'm still interested in knowing if the
> promised 3xCD "Automating" series (volumes 1, 2 and 3)
> will ever be completed.

This is essential stuff.  I certainly hope so.  NWW is unique.


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From: SUGAR in their vitamins? <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: Crumb Duck
Date: 31 Aug 1996 14:15:21 -0700 (PDT)

On Sat, 31 Aug 1996, Miles Egan wrote:

> Thanks for the info.  I take it that you like these?

yes.

> pick it up, but I'm still wondering what it might sound like.

the Stereolab/NWW collab tracks shouldn't
really be much of a stretch to imagine.
the material from the "Steel Dream March"
7" gives a clue by the titles.

> Do you know anything else about the _Spiral Insana_ re-issue?

no word from the World Serpent folks.

> What about the new NWW album?

release date was switched from June of this
year to November.

> I heard all of the _Yagga Blues_ ep will be included.

since it's a single, i suspect that
only the "album version" of the title
track will appear on the LP.

hasta.

Yes.  Beautiful, wonderful nature.  Hear it sing to us: *snap*  Yes.  natURE.