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zorn-list Digest           Monday, 5 August 1996       Volume 02 : Number 007

In this issue:

    Re: new traditions in east asian bar bands
    Re: Hideki Kato
    Re: David Cronenberg and Zorn
    Re: new traditions in east asian bar bands
    Re: zorn-list Digest V2 #6
    Rollins/Ali/Gayle
    Don Byron
    arto
    Idiotic Belated Recognition
    Re: masada questions
    Re: Rollins/Ali/Gayle
    Re: arto
    human feel
    Re: Ruins
    New Tzadik Releases
    Re: Don Byron
    Re: New Tzadik Releases

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From: "Patrice L. Roussel" <[e-mail]>
Date: Fri, 02 Aug 1996 08:58:49 -0700
Subject: Re: new traditions in east asian bar bands

On Fri, 2 Aug 1996 12:32:01 +0200 (METDST)  Torsten Nielsen wrote:
>
> Could somebody explain to me what the "New Traditions In East Asian Bar Bands"
> is? All I know is the following lineups from the Zornfest. I saw that there
> is a "NTIEABB" cd to be released on Avant, I hope this is also the lineup for
> it, 'cause it looks great.
>
> Sunday-Monday, September 19-20: New Traditions in East Asian Bar Bands
>
>   HU DIE (1986)
>      * Vivian Hoang: Chinese narration (text by Arto Lindsay)
>      * Fred Frith, Bill Frisell: guitars
>
>   HWANG CHIN-EE (1990)
>      * Soo Ja Kim: Korean narration (text by Kathy Acker)
>      * Samm Bennett, Joey Baron: percussionists
>
>   QUE TRAN (1988)
>      * Anh Tran: Vietnamese narration (text by Lyn Hejinian)
>      * Mark Degliantoni, Wayne Horvitz: keyboards

Ed Price put Zorn's comments concerning this project when reviewing the ZornFest
event during September 1993. I remember that they are game pieces for a very
small set of players (duo, trio, etc as opposed to Cobra).

    Patrice.

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From: "Patrice L. Roussel" <[e-mail]>
Date: Fri, 02 Aug 1996 09:01:01 -0700
Subject: Re: Hideki Kato

On Fri, 2 Aug 1996 12:31:12 +0200 (METDST)  Torsten Nielsen wrote:
>
> "From NYC comes XCD-036 HIDEKI KATO  "Hope and Despair". This includes such
> luminaries as John Zorn and Zeena Parkins.  A touch of the avant garde mixed
> with that NYC sound as seen from Japan."
>
> I found this in the Extreme newsletter. Has any of you heard it?

Unfortunately not yet. Anyway, some people might be interested to know who
plays on it:

- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------

198 - HOPE AND DESPAIR: Kato Hideki

    1/ Hope And Despair                         (Kato, Bowne, Tada)      4:55
    2/ Your Angry Face                          (Kato)                   2:59
    3/ Tolerance                                (KH,TK,ZP)               2:18
    4/ Double Drum                              (Kato, Zorn)             6:04
    5/ Fatigue                                  (Kato, Parkins)          1:30
    6/ Song For A Scavenger                     (Kato, Kono)             5:21
    7/ Watching The Sleeping Lover              (Kato, Parkins)          4:34
    8/ Savage                                   (Kato, Kono)             3:36
    9/ Tale Of A Sanke                          (KH,KM,OG,TM)            6:00
    10/ Against The Sky                         (Kato, Bowne, Kono)      7:08

  Kato Hideki: bass, bowed and slide guitar, angklung (bamboo percussion);
  Kono Masahiko: trombone; Zeena Parkins: harp; Douglas Bowne: drums; Ogimi
  Gen: percussion; Tanaka Michiaki: percussion; Tada Makio (1): sampler;
  Terasaki Keitar (3): piano; John Zorn (4): piano.

    1996 - Extreme (Australia), XCD 036 (CD)

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As you see, Zorn's involvement is fairly limited.

    Patrice.

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From: "Patrice L. Roussel" <[e-mail]>
Date: Fri, 02 Aug 1996 09:31:34 -0700
Subject: Re: David Cronenberg and Zorn

On Fri, 2 Aug 1996 10:39:38 -0400 (EDT)  "Yeah-shure, Nah...er...ve'-so'n" wrote:
>
>
>
> Well, i don't know what the relation between zorn and cronenberg
> is...perhaps zorn did some some work for the latest cronenberg movie
> 'crash', based on the infamous j.g.ballard book of the same name.  Rumour
> has it that it's the most extreme movie he's ever done, so i'd say zorn
> would be a perfect choice for the soundtrack :)

And didn't Ballard prefaced the Research reissue of TORTURE GARDEN (LE JARDIN
DES SUPPLICES) by French writer Octave Mirbeau? Another possible remote
indirect connection :-)

    Patrice.

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From: john shiurba <[e-mail]>
Date: Fri, 02 Aug 1996 13:30:08 +0000
Subject: Re: new traditions in east asian bar bands

> >   HU DIE (1986)
> >      * Vivian Hoang: Chinese narration (text by Arto Lindsay)
> >      * Fred Frith, Bill Frisell: guitars
> >
> >   HWANG CHIN-EE (1990)
> >      * Soo Ja Kim: Korean narration (text by Kathy Acker)
> >      * Samm Bennett, Joey Baron: percussionists
> >
> >   QUE TRAN (1988)
> >      * Anh Tran: Vietnamese narration (text by Lyn Hejinian)
> >      * Mark Degliantoni, Wayne Horvitz: keyboards

i saw this during the 93 festival and wasn't really into it. it was surely my
least favorite thing in the festival, then again if i remember correctly, it
came the day after four straight nights of naked city (2 sets/night) so
exhaustion may explain my relative lack of zeal.

shiurba
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http://www.sfo.com/~shiurba

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From: "John E. Young" <[e-mail]>
Date: Fri, 2 Aug 1996 16:00:48 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: Re: zorn-list Digest V2 #6

>Can anyone suggest any of Roberts' other CDs that shine?

i've got two of his discs.  "hank roberts & birds of prey" (1990, JMT)
doesn't do much for me--a bit too pop.  "black pastels" (1988, JMT, w/ tim
berne, ray anderson, robin eubanks, dave taylor, mark dresser, frisell &
baron) is about half great.  some of the tracks are fantastic, but others
suffer a lot when roberts starts to sing.  i program my way around the stuff
that annoys me.



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From: [e-mail]
Date: Fri, 2 Aug 1996 22:15:01 -0400
Subject: Rollins/Ali/Gayle

This isn't directly related to Zorn & Co. but Henry Rollins' new audio book
Everything features music from Rashied Ali and Charles Gayle.  It's on
2.13.61, dist by Thirsty Ear.  I haven't listened to it yet but if anybody's
interested i'll post a description later.

Lang Thompson
http://members.aol.com/wlt4/index.htm

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From: [e-mail] (david m rothbaum)
Date: Fri, 2 Aug 1996 20:00:32 -0700
Subject: Don Byron

does anyone know of any collaborations between him and zorn?  or anything
other than the classic guide to strategy where zorn plays clarinet?

david



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From: "Mary T. Ho" <[e-mail]>
Date: Sat, 3 Aug 96 12:41:03 EDT
Subject: arto

i may be way off but i thought i had spotted arto lindsay in the new
budwiser commercial. It's the one where there's a guy in the parking
lot and he's calling for help and demanding people to call 911, etc.
because his beer is locked inside his boiling temperature car.  well,
in a brief second, this maniac grabs this skinny guy that resembles
arto (same hair, glasses, but a wee bit shorter than i imagine arto
to be) and starts yelling and then the arto look alike takes off
running.  It's real breif but i could have sworn it was him.  and
also, doesn't arto already have connections with budweiser through
the ambitious lovers tune that was featured in one of their
commercials---patrice, is that correct?  that connection may be why
i'm jumping to conclusions.  it doesn't seem very likely that arto
would take off time to do a beer commercial, but has anyone else seen
it?

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From: "D.J. Toman" <[e-mail]>
Date: Sun, 4 Aug 1996 01:37:23 GMT
Subject: Idiotic Belated Recognition

In the latest issue of Down Beat, there's a critic's poll.  Under the
"Electric Jazz Group, Talent Deserving Wider Recognition" category, behind
Medeski, Martin & Wood and the Charlie Hunter Trio, the number three group,
with 36 votes, is "John Zorn's Naked City."

Hmmm, Naked City played their last gig in Sept. 1993.  Think we should alert
the critics or let them continue their slumber?

At first I thought it was simply a case of a data entry error, and that they
meant "John Zorn's Masada," as Masada is pretty well thought of by the
jazzbo critics.

But Masada is an acoustic group.

I knew Down Beat sucked.

- -- David in Taipei


_____________________________________________________________
Taipei, Taiwan                   <[e-mail]>
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 ..."we advocate the independence of the Taiwanese nationality."
- -- Sun Yatsen (1925)

 "Every damn one of them ought to be in jail. I'd like to live
  to see the day they are."
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From: [e-mail]
Date: Sat, 3 Aug 1996 14:40:19 -0400
Subject: Re: masada questions

I was thinking about the different lineups of Masada.  Here is a list of all
the people that I know of who've played with Masada.  Some were actual
members, but some just sat in for a gig, or just a couple of tunes.

Zorn
Dave Douglas
Greg Cohen
Joey Baron
Kenny Wollenson
Ben Goldgerg
Sebastian Steinberg
Mike Sareen
Marc Ribot
John Medeski
Billy Martin
Chris Wood
John Lurie
Bill Frisell
Anthony Coleman

Any more?

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From: "Patrice L. Roussel" <[e-mail]>
Date: Sat, 03 Aug 1996 14:20:58 -0700
Subject: Re: Rollins/Ali/Gayle

On Fri, 2 Aug 1996 22:15:01 -0400  [e-mail] wrote:
>
> This isn't directly related to Zorn & Co. but Henry Rollins' new audio book
> Everything features music from Rashied Ali and Charles Gayle.  It's on
> 2.13.61, dist by Thirsty Ear.  I haven't listened to it yet but if anybody's
> interested i'll post a description later.

Do it!

    Thanks for mentioning it,

    Patrice.
>
> Lang Thompson
> http://members.aol.com/wlt4/index.htm
>


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From: "Patrice L. Roussel" <[e-mail]>
Date: Sat, 03 Aug 1996 14:28:55 -0700
Subject: Re: arto

On Sat, 3 Aug 96 12:41:03 EDT  "Mary T. Ho" wrote:
>
> i may be way off but i thought i had spotted arto lindsay in the new
> budwiser commercial. It's the one where there's a guy in the parking
> lot and he's calling for help and demanding people to call 911, etc.
> because his beer is locked inside his boiling temperature car.  well,
> in a brief second, this maniac grabs this skinny guy that resembles
> arto (same hair, glasses, but a wee bit shorter than i imagine arto
> to be) and starts yelling and then the arto look alike takes off
> running.  It's real breif but i could have sworn it was him.  and
> also, doesn't arto already have connections with budweiser through
> the ambitious lovers tune that was featured in one of their
> commercials---patrice, is that correct?  that connection may be why

Yes, you are correct.

Around 1989-1991, there was on radio a Budweiser ad with The Ambitious
Lovers' music (I verified with Arto Lindsay that it was really the A.L.
(although I never doubted it was them :-)).

> i'm jumping to conclusions.  it doesn't seem very likely that arto
> would take off time to do a beer commercial, but has anyone else seen
> it?

Because of the older ad, what you say falls in the realm of the possible.
I will try to check with the man.

    Patrice (with a good reason to get a TV :-).

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From: "Mary T. Ho" <[e-mail]>
Date: Sun, 4 Aug 96 17:55:27 EDT
Subject: human feel

>
> can anyone give me the low down on Human Feel---what they are all
> about--who's in it.  I've heard some good things about them, but
> nothing concrete.
>

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From: [e-mail] (Allan Horrocks)
Date: Sun, 4 Aug 1996 18:47:35 -0700
Subject: Re: Ruins

Heather wrote:
>Can anyone provide any information on Ruins?  I have Burning Stone,
>Ruins, Early Works (which has JZ on sax on 3 tracks...much to my surprise
>when I got that one home...) and Hyderomastgroningem (on
>Tzadik)...but I've heard of others.  Anyone got a complete
>discography or any more information they could share with me?

I certainly can [provide information on Ruins]...seeing as how their music
is an obsession beyond all bounds with me, more important than food, drink,
or fleshly pleasures...well, I exaggerate.  But the Ruins are about the
only band my love of which would compell me to laboriously type up a
discography of in answer to your question...so I began this a week or two
ago, have been away, and now return to finish it, as follows:

        Ruins 7" (Trans) 1986
        Ruins II 12" (Trans) 1987
        First Gig cassette (Magibutsu) 1987 - never have I seen any of these
        Japan Tour 1988 videotape (Magibutsu) 1988 - the digital special
video effects get annoying (I want to see what the heck they're doing, for
crisssake) but worth it for rare performances of early songs with the first
bassist, Kawamoto.  Two shows, and footage of stone shrines.
        Ruins III lp (Trans) 1988 - or this.
        *Stonehenge lp & cd (Shimmy Disc) 1990 - the original cd version of
this includes a ton of bonus tracks, but when it was recently rereleased on
Shimmy, they simply put the lp onto a disc, elimnating the extra tracks and
using crummier graphics (well, a hideously colored cover - the little
picture of the Ruins on the back is cool).  I'd avoid this version - get
the original issue used if you can, or pick up the even more recent
Magaibutsu reissue.
        Early Works: Live & Unreleased Tracks cd (Bloody Butterfly) 1991 -
would seem to include the First Gig cassette.  John Zorn plays sax on three
songs. The first two Ruins bassists (Hideki Kawamoto and Kazuyoshi Kimoto)
both appear on this compilation.
        *Burning Stone cd (Shimmy Disc) 1992 - Masuda's debut, and probably
my favorite Ruins album to date.  Includes their hit "Grubandgo".
        Ruins 7" (Public Bath) 1992 - Essential Logic, Acid Blue and
another...David Hopkins liner notes are great, with info about things like
how Masuda was in a big reggae band prior to Ruins (which explains the
Greatful Dead shirt he wore at the Chameleon, as documented in the Live In
West Coast video below - and in fact he is a Deadhead of sorts).
        *0'33" 7" (H.G. Fact) 1993 - An incredible ten-song live record,
which comes with the musical notation for all the songs (not just the
lyrics as on Burning Stone).  I think this is the only place you're going
to hear "Orta Makhur" - am I right?
        Live In West Coast videotape (Magaibutsu) 1993 - Live in
California.  Includes some performances by the Tairikuotoko Special Unit
(Sato Hal on guitar, Yoshida on bass and Masuda on drums!  Masuda is/was
not in the regular version of Tairiku Otoko vs. Sanmyaku Onna tho.)
        Ruins II & 19 Numbers cd (SSE) 1993 - Reissue of the Trans 12" plus
rehersal stuff, I think this includes the first selftitled Ruins ep on
Trans as well.
        Infect cd (SSE) 1993 - I think this was once Ruins III.  Most of
these tracks were bonus tracks on the first issue of the Stonehenge disc.
Each song appears on this disc in two different mixes, the first being a
lot fuzzier and distorted than the other.  The four songs you won't find as
bonus tracks on the first Shimmy Stonehenge cd are: "Government",
"Hallelujah", "Grudge", and "Komorebi".
        Graviyaunosch cd (NG) 1993 Great title track, live material ("Acid
Blue", from the PB 7", "Big Head" and a wonderful extended psychededlic
"B.U.G."), and studio versions (poorly recorded by Steve Albini) of some
songs otherwise only available on the 0'33" 7".
        Ruins/Dawson split 7" (H.G. Fact) 1993 - The Ruins side is the
title song from Graviyaunosch.
        Ruins cassette (FMN) 19?? - never seen this one, I'd imagine it's live.
        Ruins + Kazutoki Umezu cassette (FMN) 1994 - this is fantastic, a
Ruins show with saxophonist Umezu improvising along.
        Tien 'A' Ment Live Series 01 cassette (?) 1991? - another one that
I know nothing about, except that it's live on December 23rd, 1990.
        Best of Ruins cassette (Bio-tape Org.) 199? - this one's a
compilation tape, on an Italian tape label.  The only very "rare" song on
it is "Hallelujah", I think.
        Ruins/Schlong split 7" (H.G. Fact) 1994? - Don't have this one,
I've only heard it once, I think there's like three new Ruins tracks on
here unavailable elsewhere (further info, and a dub, appreciated...).
        *Hyderomastgroningem cd (Tzadik) 1995 - their most recent full
album, very "live" sounding, as part of Zorn's label's "New Japan" series.
It includes a new version of the John Cage scribble-scored tribute 0'33"
song.  Hyderomastgroningem also has the distinction of being the first
Ruins album with songs not entirely composed by Yoshida, as Masuda wrote
"Ordinary People In Idaho" I believe, and some other pieces were
collaborations.  Oh, actually, Early Works has a song from Yoshida's days
in YBO2, "Dry Lungs", that was written by him, KK Null and
Kitamura...anyway, whatever.  A fine disc.
        Stonehenge cd (Magaibutsu) 1995?
        Burning Stone cd (Magaibutsu) 1995? - both of these were recently
reissued on Yoshida's label with the graphics the way he wanted them.  I
haven't heard either, so I don't know if the sound is any different.  Each
has bonus tracks taken from either the Public Bath or H.G. Fact 7" records,
but again, I don't know which songs appear - so anyone who's got these,
please let me know.

Selected, significant Ruins-related releases:

        Dead Tech 3 cd (Charnel House) 1992 - compilation of Japanese
bands, put together by KK Null.  Ruins do "Dharskrive."
        Ruins-Hatoba cd (Charnel Music) 1994 - Omoide Hatoba/Ruins
collaboration, including some "adaptations" of ordinary Ruins tunes.
There's also apparently a limited edition specially-packaged version of
this cd released on Yoshida's Magaibutsu label, and also a videotape
released of the live stuff.
        *The Hundred Sights of Koenji cd (God Mountain) 1994 - Yoshida on
drums, Masuda on guitar, plus a bassist and vocalist/keyboard player Aki
(of Bondage Fruit).  This album I highly recommend, it's kind of a Magma
tribute (moreso than regular Ruins) but extremely energetic and powerful,
with great operatic vocals.  There should be a second album coming out
eventually, also on God Mountain, with a new guitarist.
        Derek & the Ruins "Saisoro" cd (Tzadik) 1995 - fairly free-form
collaboration with British improv guitarist Derek Bailey, which has been
discussed on this list a bit recently.
        The Miracle of Levitation cd (Gentle Giant) 1995 - a compilation of
US and Japanese weirdness, including besides Ruins: Ground Zero, US Maple,
James Plotkin, Altered States, etc...  Ruins do "Still Life", which I
recall them playing very entertainingly live - Yoshida mimes playing the
drums as Masuda makes percussive noises with his bass, then they go into a
catchy riff thing.  They said the title is some joke on a Van der Graff
Generator song??

There's some collaborative cd released betwixt Ruins and Jason Willet of
Megaphone, correct?  And I thought they recorded something with the Sun
City Girls, but nothing's been released, right?  furthermore, there's I'm
sure many other compiliation releases I missed - I think a 1986 NG release,
etc.

(some) Yoshida solo & other projects:

        Solo Works cassette (Magaibutsu) 1988
        Solo Works II cassette (Magaibutsu) 1989
        *Magaibutsu cd (Review/Recommended No Man's Land) 1992 - this is an
incredible studio disc.
        Live Performance videotape (Magaibutsu) 1993 - live solo in Japan.
Again, insane is the word to describe this.  It comes with a little diagram
of his set-up: drums, keys, bass pedals, headphone vocal mic and effects,
guitar or bass on lap...
        Come Again II cd (Furnace) 1993 - noise compilation, Yoshida's
track is "Abdrushin".
        Devil From the East cd (Bloody Butterfly) 1994 - collection of
tracks from bands Yoshida has played in, inluding solo and Ruins cuts.
Most of the material is live, and the number and variety of bands is
astounding.  There's a track from the first Zeni Geva cd release, Maximum
Money Monster - Yoshida plays drums and sings on about half of that disc.
        Tatsuya Yoshida & Ron Anderson "First Meeting" cd (Commercial
Failure) 1995 - Yoshida jamming with Ron from the Molecules, not essential.
        *Tairikuotoko vs. Sanmyakuonna "Perfect Hell" cd (SSE) 1994 -
meaning Continental Men Vs. The Mountain Women. This large ensemble
features Yoshida on bass, playing mostly his compositions.  Other members
include Tsuyama Atsushin, bassist of Omoide Hatoba, and Katsui Yuji (now of
Black Stage and Bondage Fruit).  Keiji Haino, Masahi Kitamura (YBO2) and
Tetsuo Furdate are among the guests.  A beautiful, insane album.
        Akaten "Red Heaven" cd ep (Magaibutsu) 1994/95? - Yoshida and
Tsuyama of Omoide Hatoba, more or less improvising in a studio.  Akaten is
a resturant in Koenji, it means Red Heaven.
        Drums, Guitar, Keyboards and Voice cd (Magaibutsu) 1995 - solo live
album, some stuff from the "Magaibutsu" cd and a lot of improvised material
too.
        Musica Transonic I cd (PSF) 1995 - actually both this and the one
below have greek titles, so I'll just call them I and II...this band is a
supergroup composed of Yoshida (drums), Nanjo of High Rise (bass) and
Kawamoto of Toho Sara (guitar) playing "contemporary heavy improvised
psychedelic music."
        Musica Transonic II cd (PSF) 1996 - if anything, better than the first.

OK, I'm going to stop there, but there's lots more I'm sure.  Hope this
helps.  My sources for this are 1) a discography printed in the August 1994
issue of Marquee magazine and 2) my own collection and recollection. (I'd
be interested in hearing from anyone with any corrections - I know I made
some mistakes - or additions!)

I've asterix'd the titles that I, IMO, deem essential Ruins(+) fare (i.e
get these first, get these Now).  For the uninitiated I'd recommend
"Burning Stone" to begin with.  (Heather, you wrote in your posting that
you have an album called "Ruins" - by that I think you mean "Stonehenge"??)

Any fellow Ruins freaks who want to further discuss the merits of any of
this please email me...(also, if you've got any live boots, radio shows,
etc.)  I'd actually like to assemble a truly complete discography,
including track listings (maybe for posting on my upcoming Hoe 'zine web
page...) - I've seen a huge list of Ruins songs that Yoshida had with him
on their last foreign tour, they'd pick from them every night...so maybe I
try to do a "Songography"...

And if all this seems super-anal I'm sorry, but the Ruins are definitely
the only band I'd even spend this much time thinking about.  Well, maybe
Black Sabbath too.


                                ---Allan Horrocks---
                                        ---Hoe 'zine---
                               [e-mail]---



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From: Andy Marks <[e-mail]>
Date: Mon,  5 Aug 96 08:21:12
Subject: New Tzadik Releases

Firstly, I understand that there is a new batch
of Tzadik releases to be released on
August 20. Has anyone out there heard
any previews? I would like to hear what
people think. I can't recall an specific
releases that I was interested, but I
am always interested in hearing about
any Tzadik release.

Secondly, I saw a couple new Avant releases
in a store recently. One featured Liu Sola doing
vocals and someone else on pipa, I believe. The
titel was "Chinese" something. The other release
was by Z'ev. Has anyone heard either of these
releases?

Thirdly, anyone know what Buckethead has been up
to lately? There was talk a while ago of a CD
release of the Giant Robot group cassette(not to
be confused with the Giant Robot album on Sony).
He was also supposed to be working on a Disney
album for Avant and possibly another Praxis album
on Submeta. Anyone know the status of these projects?

- -------------------------------------
E-mail: [e-mail]
Date: 8/5/96
Time: 8:21:12 AM

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From: Barry Gilbert <[e-mail]>
Date: Mon, 05 Aug 1996 06:33:08 -0500
Subject: Re: Don Byron

- -- [ From: Barry Gilbert * EMC.Ver #2.3 ] --

> Subject: Don Byron
>
> does anyone know of any collaborations between him and zorn?  or anything
> other than the classic guide to strategy where zorn plays clarinet?
>
I believe Zorn plays clarinet on Steve Beresford's CD Deadly Weapons.

Barry Gilbert

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From: [e-mail] (Jeff Spirer)
Date: Mon, 5 Aug 1996 06:31:15 -0700
Subject: Re: New Tzadik Releases

At 8:21 AM 8/5/96, Andy Marks wrote:

>Secondly, I saw a couple new Avant releases
>in a store recently. One featured Liu Sola doing
>vocals and someone else on pipa, I believe. The
>titel was "Chinese" something.

Sola & Wu Man: _China Collage_.  It's beautiful.  Supposedly, it is radical
interpretations of traditional Chinese music, but not being familiar in any
way with the structure of traditional Chinese music, I can't tell you what
has been changed/altered/modified.  Released at the same time as the Arcana
CD.

>Thirdly, anyone know what Buckethead has been up
>to lately? There was talk a while ago of a CD
>release of the Giant Robot group cassette(not to
>be confused with the Giant Robot album on Sony).
>He was also supposed to be working on a Disney
>album for Avant and possibly another Praxis album
>on Submeta. Anyone know the status of these projects?

As far as I know, the Giant Robot tape has not been released.  He told me
when I saw him a few months ago that he was almost done with the Disney
album, but that seems to have gone into the ether.  SubMeta is gone, for
now at least, so the Praxis album is being left in its unfinished state.
Unfortunately, Caroline did their best to not sell his solo album (_Day of
the Robot_).

Buckethead has been playing live a lot over the last few months, with
Praxis and with the Invisible Scratch Pickles, and as Giant Robot with
Brain.  He is on the Arcana 2 CD which should come out this fall on Axiom
and also has Tony WIlliams, Bayard Lancaster, Wayne Shorter, Pharoah
Sanders, Ornette Coleman (on sax and violin), Granham Haynes and Bill
Laswell.

Jeff
[e-mail]
http://www.hyperreal.com/axiom/



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