I recently ordered the new instrumental album from former Cynic bassis Sean
Malone called "Gordian Knot." The album features former Cynic drummer Sean
Reinert (who also played on the previosly mentioned DEATH album), Trey Gunn
(Warr guitar - King Crimson), Ron Jarzombek (guitar - Watchtower, Spastic
Ink) and John Myung (Dream Theater - plays chapman stick on two songs). I
am still waiting for it to arrive and will send a message with a brief
review when it does.
I've heard it and I love it. It can get a little mechanical sounding, but
then a human element pops up and surprises you. Some of it is reminiscent
of Peter Gabriel's Last Temptation Score.
JK
hijk@gateway.net
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Date: Mon, 08 Feb 1999 13:24:57 -0500
From: Mark Saleski <marks@foliage.com>
Subject: Re: Trash Davis etc etc
>
> I used to be a lot more into Corea than I am now. ( His work of late
> strikes me mostly as mindless chops on parade) but his earlier work is
> deffinatly worth checking out.
>
> Some of my favorites:
>
> _Now He Sings, Now He Sobs_
> _The Song of Singinging_
> _Return to Forever_ (The original album with Arto, Flora, Stan Clarke,
> and Joe Farrell)
> _Voyage_ (Duets with Steve Kujala)
> His works w/ Mike Longo (sp?) and Gary Burton are also other albums you
> might want to check out.
>
> - -
>
i've got a tape of a Corea lp. called A.R.C which was done with Barry Altshul & Dave Holland.
lots of really cool kinda-free stuff.
unfortunately, i don't think it ever made it to cd.
i'd love to be wrong about this.
- --
Mark Saleski - marks@foliage.com "Everything you can imagine is real." -- Picasso
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Date: Mon, 8 Feb 1999 13:29:21 -0400
From: Greg Smith <greg@cnotes.com>
Subject: Re: Meshuggah
>I've heard it and I love it. It can get a little mechanical sounding, but
>then a human element pops up and surprises you. Some of it is reminiscent
>of Peter Gabriel's Last Temptation Score.
Speaking of which, I just got "Passion Sources" in the mail today, which is the original music that inspired Passion (one of my all time favorite albums!).
Greg
http://www.unchain.com/
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Date: Mon, 08 Feb 1999 19:57:20 +0200
From: Blind <lb@skynet-bg.com>
Subject: Fred Frith - 'Allies' techniques
Recently played with some algorithmic compositional software
and found out interesting resemblance between (for example)
random probabilities note treatment and some parts of this album.
Don't want to involve computers here;
it just looks like some kind of atonal technique.
Any opinions or reviews found on this?
L.B.
(Maybe it's just a wrong parallel i've drawn.)
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Date: Mon, 08 Feb 1999 20:58:10 +0200
From: Blind <lb@skynet-bg.com>
Subject: Fred Frith - 'Allies' techniques
Recently played with some algorithmic compositional software
and found out interesting resemblance between (for example)
random probabilities note treatment and some parts of this album.
Don't want to involve computers here;
it just looks like some kind of atonal technique.
Any opinions or reviews found on this?
L.B.
(Maybe it's just a wrong parallel i've drawn.)
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Date: Mon, 8 Feb 1999 20:18:47 +0100
From: "Artur Nowak" <arno@silesia.top.pl>
Subject: RE: Krzysztof Komeda
> Anyone familiar with his recorded work? Artur, you
> must have some, no?
I used to have vinyls some time ago, but at the moment I heard Zorn I
got rid of it ;-) Sorry Bjoern...
Komeda's "opera omnia" was curently re-issued by Power Bros Records
www.powerbros.com.pl (this server is not responding at the time I'm
writing it). All os these CD-reissues were "authorised" by his wife
Zofia, so this series should be a kind of final reference.
Komeda's music is very popular in Poland and in Europe at the moment,
thanks to one of the best polish jazz musicians Tomasz Stanko (tp).
His "Litania" CD was one of the best-sellers of past year in Europe in
jazz cathegory. He was a member of Komeda's band, and the music on
this CD is re-work of the old tunes he played with Komeda about 30
years ago.
More Zorn-oriented content now: the tune from "Rosmary's Baby", called
"Sleep Safe and Warm" was played by Naked City but never released
(Patrice please correct me if I'm wrong). I have a CDR bootleg with a
show from Bremen, Germany form 3th of October 1989 with Naked City's
version. It's a straight-forward version comparing to Stanko's version
of Komeda tunes. My friend (the second polish member of this list...)
drove Fred Frith to Bydgoszcz recently, where Fred played improv show,
they were listening to the recording of this concert, and Fred said
"this was pretty good evening, play it louder!"
One more Polanski/Komeda recommendation: "Knife in the water" is THE
movie. You have to see it if you like "Rosemary's Baby".
www.silesia.top.pl/~arno/default.htm - Discography of Bill Frisell
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Date: Mon, 8 Feb 1999 14:01:44 -0600 (CST)
From: "Joseph S. Zitt" <jzitt@humansystems.com>
Subject: Re: trash davis etc etc
On Mon, 8 Feb 1999, Doug Tapia wrote:
> >Speaking of Corea, between "Black Beauty" and Pete (La Roca) Sims'
> >"Turkish Women @ the Bath" (excellent CD, & cheap too), he's been
> >impressing me a lot lately. What's some other good Corea worth picking
> >up?
> >
> I used to be a lot more into Corea than I am now. ( His work of late
> strikes me mostly as mindless chops on parade) but his earlier work is
> deffinatly worth checking out.
One of definitely interest to out-music listeners: "Circle: Paris
Concert", with Corea, Anthony Braxton, Dave Holland, and Barry Altschul.
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Date: Mon, 08 Feb 1999 13:29:11 -0800
From: <sheepherder@uswest.net>
Subject: Re: trash davis etc
Marcin Gokieli wrote:
> Oh! i forgot! one more - absolutely off topic- thing. Does anybody know
> where can i get ANY Zappa videos?
>
my friend whom i turned on to ZAppa sends me concerts he gets off the interent
on zip disc. check there
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Date: Mon, 08 Feb 1999 17:30:08 -0500
From: Peter Risser <risser@goodnews.net>
Subject: Zornies
Well, sorry it's been so long, but I don't know what to do with the
responses I got.
I didn't get enough material for overlap, so in many categories, I've got
ten individual nominations, which is too much for a voting public, plus
many are pretty obscure. In other categories, I've got one or two items
with duplicates, but that's still not enough to weed out the individuals
and come up with four or five items to vote on.
So, the Zornies have sort of died a hesitant death, unless I can get more
nominations. Maybe next year.
In the meantime, if you want a copy of the results, I can mail you an XL
spreadsheet.
Also, I'm thinking of allowing seconded nominations. That means, you can
go through the list and increase someone's count by 1 if you think they
deserve it. Maybe, something like that.
Anyway, here's a sum of the categories that did have a few multiple answers:
==============================================
Best solo performer:
Marc Ribot had two nominations. TONS of other people had one.
Best group of performers (two or more, who consistently play together as a
group):
Masada and Masada Chamber Ensemble topped with two. Again, lots had one.
Best meeting of performers (two or more, playing together, but not as a
consistent group):
Several individuals, but no duplicates
Best New Artist (someone who recently came into critical acclaim in '98
though they could have been working in the industry previously):
Air had two, but I think that's because two Air fans turned in results.
Best Album of 1998:
Circle Maker by Zorn hands down with four nominations, Air second with
two. :)
Best Song of 1998:
Not the best category. A few entries.
Best Reissued Album:
Quincy Jones' Big Band Bossa Nova had two, plus a few other people who
couldn't agree.
Best Reissued Box Set (multiple albums):
Coltrane's Village Vanguard sessions, the Painkiller Box, the Miles
Bitches Brew sessions and the Rhino Bacharach set, all clocked in with two.
Best Retrospective (Single Artist Compilation):
Two entries.
Best Various Artist Compilation:
The Marc Bolan/TRex tribute on Tzadik had two, plus a few others.
(PS: I thought this album was very weak BTW, especially compared to the
Serge)
Best Packaging:
A handful of entries.
Best Liner Notes:
Another disparate handful.
(The following categories include both new albums and reissues for 1998)
Best DnB/Techno/Dance:
Not many here. I thought there'd be more.
Best Improvisational:
A few more than dance, but not many.
Best Free Jazz:
David S Ware: Go See the World with 2.
Best Standard Jazz:
Scofield with Scofield a GoGo and Frisell/Hersch with Songs We Know, both
with two.
Best Soundtrack:
Filmworks 8 hands down with 3 nominations, but people couldn't decide
which movie they liked better. Should that be two different soundtrack
nominations?
Best Classical:
A smattering
Best Electro-Acoustic or Computer (non-dance):
A slightly larger smattering
Best Pop, Rock, or Rock-Based:
Again, the only dupe was Air
Best Spoken Word:
A few
Best Noise:
No winners, although Aube and Sonic Youth both show up twice for
different albums
Best Ambient:
A few more
Best Remix (album or song):
four.
(The following are for Live Performances in 1998. Please attempt to
include approximate date and venue.)
The live stuff was interesting. Mostly rock/pop and improv, naturally.
But again, no common threads. :(
(The following are meant to honor artists that had releases, re-releases or
tours in 1998, preferably artists that performed consistently well
throughout the year.)
Best Sax Player:
Zorn, go figure, (with 5) and Joe McPhee (with 2)
Best Brass Player:
Dave Douglas (with 5)
Best Drummer:
Joey Baron (with 8)
Best Guitarist:
Bill Frisell (4), Derek Bailey (2) and Marc Ribot (6)
Best Piano/Keyboard:
Anthony Coleman (3), Uri Caine (4) and John Medeski (3)
Best Bass Player:
Mark Dresser, Greg Cohen and Trevor Dunn (each with 2)
Best Sampler/Turnables:
no agreement
Best Vocals:
Mike Patton (2)
Best Remixer:
No agreement
Notice a pattern in the artist section? Sounds like people were really
digging on Masada this year. Go figure!
Peter
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Date: Mon, 08 Feb 1999 21:43:38 -0500
From: Meta <golgi@sympatico.ca>
Subject: CDs for sale-- no Zorn content (oops!)
Hi everyone,
Just thought this might be of interest to some members of the list....
This coming spring Trevor Dunn (of Mr. Bungle) will have a new CD
released (one of his many side projects), but I happen to have 5 copies
to sell right NOW. The CD is titled _Debutantes and Centipedes_. It's
a trio consisting of bass (Trevor of course), guitar (Adam Levy) and
percussion (Kenny Wollesen). It is Trevor's original compositions-- 9
songs and self-produced. I hate trying to describe music... so you'll
just have to take my word for it when I say that it's really quite
impressive.
*The CDs are $15, US funds.
*If any Canadians are interested, since I am living in Canada I will
take Canadian funds (although I would prefer US currency)-- the price is
$23 CAN.
If anyone is interested, feel free to email me privately:
golgi@sympatico.ca
thanks--
m.
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Date: Tue, 09 Feb 1999 00:20:11 -0500
From: Steve Smith <ssmith36@sprynet.com>
Subject: Corea A.R.C. [was Re: Trash Davis etc etc]
Mark Saleski wrote:
> i've got a tape of a Corea lp. called A.R.C which was done with Barry Altshul & Dave Holland.
> lots of really cool kinda-free stuff. unfortunately, i don't think it ever made it to cd. i'd
> love to be wrong about this.
You'll be happy to know that you are wrong. Currently in print on ECM, catalog number
78118-21009-2
And everything on ECM can now be ordered from their website, even if it's not available
domestically where you live. http://www.ecmrecords.com
Other Corea in this vein is heard on the ECM double-album by Circle aleady mentioned in this
thread, which added Anthony Braxton on reeds with the trio that made A.R.C., and the Blue Note CD
"Early Circle" by same, which may well be out of print but could probably be found with some
effort. The usenet group rec.music.bluenote was buzzing about the impending reissue of other
material by Circle last year, but I don't know that this ever happened.
Steve Smith
ssmith36@sprynet.com
NP - American Music Club, "The Hopes and Dreams of Heaven's 10,000 Whores," _Mercury_
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Date: Tue, 9 Feb 1999 01:08:03 -0400
From: Greg Smith <greg@cnotes.com>
Subject: Re: Meshuggah
>I like City alot too but the additional production and "slower" songs
>make it less appealing to me.
I love the "slower" songs. I think they are as heavy as the faster material... and you are going to be hard pressed to find a much faster or more intense song than "Home Nucleonics."
Greg
http://www.unchain.com/
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Date: Tue, 09 Feb 1999 01:17:54 -0500
From: Steve Smith <ssmith36@sprynet.com>
Subject: Soul Coughing [was Re: Jim Thirwell]
Rick Lopez wrote:
> recently I bought the three Soul Coughing CDs, then discovered that they
> all had connections to the Knit and environs. Anyone out there able to
> expand on who these guys are, where they came from, other recordings any of
> them have appeared on, etc.?
Keyboardist Mark De Gli Antoni is a composer and was a member of the collective
Rough Assemblage (with Norman Yamada and the late Eric Qin), which released an
album on Avant. He contributed to, but did not play on, David Shea's "Hsi-Yu
Chi" (Tzadik), Ikue Mori's "Hex Kitchen" (Tzadik) and Zeena Parkins's
"Isabelle" (Avant). I remember reading that he had a Composers Series release
under his own name coming from Tzadik, but don't know if it's out yet.
Bassist Sebastian Steinberg played on Suzanne Vega's "Nine Objects of Desire"
(A&M). But, more to the point, he played on percussionist Samm Bennett's "The
Big Off" (Knitting Factory) and Marc Ribot's "Shrek" (Avant). And he's on Cibo
Matto's excellent debut EP.
Drummer Yuval Gabay also played on "Nine Objects of Desire," but longtime
Knitting Factory followers will know him better for having been the drummer for
Samm Bennett's group Bosho (hey, even after so many years, "Yuval Gabay" is one
hell of a hard name to forget!), and also having played on Hassan Hakmoun's
"Zahar."
Vocalist M Doughty used to be a music critic and the doorman at the old
Knitting Factory...
All of the above (aside from Gabay) appear in some capacity or another on the
Knitting Factory compilation of Zorn's "Cobra." And I'm sure there's more I
couldn't find or have forgotten. (Patrice?)
I don't own any Soul Coughing records, but the one time I heard them play at
the Knit during my tenure there, I was rather impressed.
This evening's entertainment has been brought to you courtesy of my vague
