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Zorn List Digest      Tuesday, September 28 1999      Volume 02 : Number 761



In this issue:
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       New Otomo....
       Prelapse
       Re: Prelapse
       FA - Tzadik, Downtown, Improv
       Re: New Otomo....
       otomo videos
       New Music in RealAudio
       Four recent gems
       Re: Four recent gems
       Re: Four recent gems
       Re[2]: Four recent gems
       LMC in Realaudio, weekly
       tom's birthday gig(?)

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Date: Sun, 26 Sep 1999 14:15:56 -0400
From: "Jason J. Tar" <[e-mail]>
Subject: New Otomo....

>I picked up the CD today (haven't listened to it yet)
>but held off from buying the 12" for fear that it was
>just material from the CD. Does anyone know if the 12"
>is exclusive material or not?

According to ForcedExposure's update, yes it does feature one track not on
the CD (plus 2 that are on the CD).  But at $16....
How is the new CD?  I'm not overly thrilled with the new minimal trend he's
on, but the list of artists on this new one make me think it'll be
something much different.  ??

JJTar.

- ---
Peace Hugs and Unity,
Jason J. Tar
        W. W. J. D?  -- DIH!
        Released on !ooT,eviLnaCskcuD Records.
           MiniDisc w/ Ceramic Pig Sold Out.
           Available now in CD-R format only.

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Date: Sun, 26 Sep 1999 14:35:02 -0400 (EDT)
From: William York <[e-mail]>
Subject: Prelapse

>As for the sax player in Prelapse sounds a lot like
>Zorn, I remember seeing that he was a "special guest".
> So, maybe there's a REASON he sounds a lot like Zorn.
>:)

You're right, he is a 'special guest', but only on half of it, the ones he
wrote.  Both sax players are on those, but Zorn isn't on the Prlapse
originals unless I'm mistaken or forgetting an exception or two.  So there
still is a reason, just not that one, although that would have explained
it pretty well.

WY



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Date: Sun, 26 Sep 1999 14:09:48 -0600
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Re: Prelapse

William York wrote:
>
> >As for the sax player in Prelapse sounds a lot like
> >Zorn, I remember seeing that he was a "special guest".
> > So, maybe there's a REASON he sounds a lot like Zorn.
> >:)
>
> You're right, he is a 'special guest', but only on half of it, the ones he
> wrote.  Both sax players are on those, but Zorn isn't on the Prlapse
> originals unless I'm mistaken or forgetting an exception or two.  So there
> still is a reason, just not that one, although that would have explained
> it pretty well.
>


Can anyone tell me if there is any recordings of prelapse on there own.
And also, do you all think that taboo and exile will be made up of,
music romance 1, naked city like songs.that prelapse performed.
thanks Nick


> WY
>
>
> -

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Date: Sun, 26 Sep 1999 17:15:45 EDT
From: [e-mail]
Subject: FA - Tzadik, Downtown, Improv

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JOHN LENNON and YOKO ONO Two Virgins Apple LP
NO SAFETY Zeena Parkins Chris Cochrane
TIM BRADY Imaginary guitars RENE LUSSIER
PETER ZUMMO cd JON GIBSON ARTHUR RUSSELL
NICOLAS COLLINS cd Tom Cora David Moss Ben Neill
ENNIO MORRICONE Film Music Vol 1 Tape
LIVE AT KNITTING FACTORY Vol 3 tape- Negativland, Zorn, Sharp, Dr Nerve
GUY KLUCEVSEK Solo Tape on Zoar
MIKEL ROUSE Dennis Cleveland Opera cd
ARTO LINDSAY Ambitious Lovers - Envy Tape
JOHN ZORN & DEREK BAILEY Yankees Cd
DEREK BAILEY & HENRY KAISER Guitar Duets CD
Henry Kaiser, Charles K. Noyes, Sang Won Park Tape
HENRY KAISER & DAVID LINDLEY in Norway tape
JON Tzadik cd - Japanese child singer/organist
DAVID SHEA Tzadik cd- Zorn, Mark Ribot
MAMORU FUJIEDA Tzadik CD
KEIJI HAINO Tzadik CD
KEIJI HAINO Hard-y Guide-y Man CD
JC & the MICROTONES LP
BRIAN ENO Music For Films - German Polydor LP
BRIAN ENO Before And After Science Jem LP
BRIAN ENO Set of 4 tapes - Fripp/Eno, Jon Hassell, Music For Films 3, Neroli
HUGO LARGO Drum LP Prod by MICHAEL STIPE
Quartertones LP IVES, TEO MACERO
Patrick Moraz and Bill Bruford - music for Piano And Drums

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Date: Sun, 26 Sep 1999 17:35:31 -0700 (PDT)
From: Tom Pratt <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: New Otomo....

- --- "Jason J. Tar" <[e-mail]> wrote:
> How is the new CD?  I'm not overly thrilled with the
> new minimal trend he's
> on, but the list of artists on this new one make me
> think it'll be
> something much different.  ??

Well, you're right about it being much different! The
disc is Otomo's take on Takeo Yamashita's music for
Japanese cartoons and TV-shows, so there are pop
tunes, swinging theme-songs, etc... I've only had the
chance to listen to it once or twice, but it's really
nothing like anything I've ever heard him do before.
It should really throw most Otomo fans at first.

Personally, I really like it, and I think it says a
lot about Otomo's talents that his projects are so
eclectic and also (for the most part) so successful.

     -Tom Pratt

listening to: Loren MazzaCane Connors - Evangeline
(Road Cone). My own personal MazzaCane fest continues...
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Date: Sun, 26 Sep 1999 23:03:25 EDT
From: [e-mail]
Subject: otomo videos

does anyone know how i can get a copy of either of these videos? i tried
finding "bum film" & "trigram" on the net...but no luck.

- -Otomo, Yoshihide. Turntables Solo. Videocassette. BUM Film, BUM-01, 1992.
- -Otomo, Yoshihide. Memory Disorder. Videocassette. Trigram, TR-P 901, 1993.

if anyone has a copy of otomo videos or somewhat hard to find
audiocassettes/cds please contact me privately. thanks. jason t.

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Date: Mon, 27 Sep 1999 00:21:48 -0600
From: Herb Levy <[e-mail]>
Subject: New Music in RealAudio

Hi folks,

This week's Mappings, available all week at
<http://www.antennaradio.com/avant/mappings/index.htm>, features
electro-acoustic works using digital samplers by Alvin Curran, Hildegard
Westerkamp, Henry Gwiazda, Maggi Payne, and David Weinstein.

Last week's show, which you may have missed cause Antenna's server was down
for a few days, featured Ingram Marshall & Eleanor Hovda & it's available
from the link to the archive on the page listed above.

Hope y'all'll check these out.

Bests,

Herb


Herb Levy
NEW MAILING ADDRESS:  P O Box 9369  Forth Wort, TX  76147
NEW PHONE: [phone]
same old e-mail: [e-mail]



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Date: Mon, 27 Sep 1999 13:35:47 -0400
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Four recent gems

     Four recent purchases of extraordinary quality:

     Muller/O'Rourke    Weighting               For 4 Ears

     I know, it's been around for a while, but I just got to it. Brilliant,
     imaginative duo improvs with O'Rourke in a relatively melodic mood and
     Muller unafraid to develop "regular" rhythms. No ironic asides from
     JO, just great communication and listening while developing rich,
     powerful sonic landscapes.

     Such               The Issue at Hand       Matchless

     Such is John Tilbury, Eddie Prevost and shakuhachi master Yoshikazu
     Iwamoto. With Iwamoto on board, the music takes on a decidedly
     Japanese quality as his playing stays largely within the bounds of
     traditional shakuhachi music. Tilbury continues in his gorgeous
     post-Feldman style and the result is 150 minutes of expansive,
     unhurried, subtle and beautiful, quietly improvised music. Highly
     recommended. Thanks to Eric O., Jon and Tom for pointing me here.


     VHF                Extracts                Erstwhile

     Our own Jon Abbey gets his label off to a wonderful start with this
     release! VHF is Simon Fell (bass), Graham Halliwell (alto, percussion)
     and Simon Vincent (drums, tone generator). I'm guessing the seven
     pieces are all free improv, though I wonder if Fell had his hands on
     the tiller a bit. They tend towards the quiet side, with very rich and
     dark undertones. For example, the first piece opens with heavily
     plucked bass notes that reminded me a bit of early Malachi Favors and
     the hushed, pensive mood of the remainder of the piece can stand
     alongside some early AEC work in the 'People in Sorrow'
     mode.(Incidentally, the disc is recorded finely enough that Fell's
     deep bass playing had me momentarily concerned about my speakers.)
     Very different from the other Fell I've heard (the three 'Compilation'
     albums), though perhaps that has to do with the equivalency of the
     other members' contributions; his previous bent towards serialist
     absolutism is, happily, absent here. One of the best things I've heard
     this year.

     He Baoquan/Sun Wenyan     Guzheng          King (World Music Library)

     I have to assume that there exists, somewhere, a non-excellent release
     on this label, but I've yet to run across it. This release contains 15
     solo performances (split between the two performers) on the guzheng,
     kind of a Chinese antecedent to the koto, made up of traditional
     repertoire, some dating from as far back as the seventh century.
     Wonderful stuff. If you've enjoyed (and you should) Min Xiao-Fen's
     pipa work on Zorn's music and labels, this is right up your alley.

     Brian Olewnick


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Date: Mon, 27 Sep 1999 21:45:03 -0700 (PDT)
From: Tom Pratt <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: Four recent gems

- --- [e-mail] wrote:
>      Four recent purchases of extraordinary quality:
>
>      Muller/O'Rourke    Weighting               For
> 4 Ears

Yeah, this is a great disc - very different in feel
from their louder/noisier first record 'Slow Motion'.

>      Such               The Issue at Hand
> Matchless

Another great one indeed. Does anyone know when hatNOW
is actually going to release Tilbury's complete solo
piano works of Morton Feldman? I'm pretty eager.

>      VHF                Extracts
> Erstwhile
>
>      Our own Jon Abbey gets his label off to a
> wonderful start with this
>      release!

This is a pretty amazing CD. Very quiet, subtle improv
and really beautiful. I feel the same way as Brian:
this is one of the best things I've heard this year.

      -Tom Pratt

listening to: Loren MazzaCane Connors - In Pittsburgh
(Dexter's Cigar). I've listened to so much MazzaCane...
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Date: Tue, 28 Sep 1999 00:59:32 EDT
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Re: Four recent gems

In a message dated 9/28/99 12:38:17 AM, [e-mail] writes:

<< Does anyone know when hatNOW
is actually going to release Tilbury's complete solo
piano works of Morton Feldman? >>

I don't think this was a hatNow project. some other European label was doing
it, but I don't remember who. I'm waiting for one too, though.

besides the three FMPs that are en route soon, that I posted about recently,
I believe there are also two full CDs of Derek Bailey and Han Bennink coming
in the near future from Incus.

anyone in the NYC area should go way out of their way to see Polwechsel
tomorrow night at Galapagos in Brooklyn. press release enclosed below.
they're actually under the name Plus/Minus tomorrow, because they're doing
Gene Coleman pieces primarily. they played tonight as Polwechsel (a quintet
of Coleman, Burkhard Stangl, Michael Moser, Werner Dafeldecker and special
guest Christoph Kurzmann) at the Flea Theatre in downtown Manhattan, and
played a remarkable set of subtle electro-acoustic improv.

Jon
www.erstwhilerecords.com

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
*************************

At 8:00 pm on Tuesday, September 28th at Galapagos

New Music on North Sixth presents Plus-Minus:

Michael Moser[cello], Burkhard Stangl[guitar], Werner Dafeldecker[double
bass and live electronics] and Gene Coleman [bass clarinet], with special
guest Christof Kurzmann[G-3 computer and live electronics]

Program:
Gene Coleman: Fiat (1998) [bass clarinet/ cello/ double bass]
                          Ether Lift (1997) [version for guitar/cello/double
bass/ bass clarinet]
                          Nebulae/Staub (1999) [version for bass
clarinet/guitar/cello/
                               live electronics]
John Cage: Variations II (1961) [guitar/bass clarinet/live electronics]

Take three members of the Viennese experimental music ensemble Polwechsel;
add Chicago-based composer/performer Gene Coleman to the mix and the result
is
Plus-Minus. With one foot in new music and the other in improvisation, this
ensemble produces tense compositions of uncanny detail and precision.  Their
New York debut concert at Galapagos will feature original works by Gene
Coleman, hailed by the Chicago Tribune as "intellectually rigorous and
bristlingly theatrical".  Drawing inspiration from the philosophies of John
Cage (whose music is also represented in this program), his compositions
create extreme sonic landscapes that are at once delicate and aggressive,
playful and sharply focussed.

Galapagos
70 North 6th Street
Brooklyn, NY (Williamsburg)

To get to Galapagos, take the L train to Bedford Avenue.  Take the Bedford
exit, walk down to North Sixth and turn right.  Galapagos is only four blocks
from the subway.  For inquiries call 718-782-5188.

Admission: $10.00 or $5.00 for students and seniors

****************
New Music on North Sixth will start off its second season at Galapagos on
Tuesday, September 28th with the New York debut of Plus-Minus.  This rare
opportunity to hear key figures of the Chicago and Viennese avant-garde in
one of Williamsburg's most inspiring spaces is not to be missed!

Gene Coleman (based in Chicago) and the Viennese ensemble Polwechsel share a
considerable history.  Their collaborations began in 1997 with concerts in
Chicago, followed by programs in Vienna.  In August 1997, Coleman performed
in the premiere of Burkhard Stangl's opera "Der Venusmond", on the top of the
Empire State Building in New York City.  In April 1998 the group played an
entire concert of Coleman's compositions at Vienna's Echoraum.  Shortly
thereafter, the group embarked on a North American tour, playing this same
program at the Vancouver Jazz Festival, the Arts Club of Chicago, Roulette in
New York and Areo Space in Seattle.  In October 1998, they also performed at
the festival in Ulrichsberg, Austria.

Burkhard Stangl studied cultural anthropolgy, musicology, classical guitar
and later electric guitar.  He is the founder of the jazz ensemble TON.ART
and the contemporary chamber ensemble MAXIXE, and has performed and recorded
with Robert Dick, Franz Kogelmann, Steve Lacy and Siankho Namtchylak.

Michael Moser studied cello at the Universities of Graz and Vienna.  He has
made performances for live electronics and worked with Heiner Goebbels, Vinko
Globokar, Helmut Lachenmann, Tony Oxley, TON.ART and Klangforum Wien.

Werner Dafeldecker's projects have included Polwechsel and Shabotinski.  He
has worked with Eugene Chadbourne, Radu Malfatti, Franz Kogelmann, Jim
O'Rourke, Elliot Sharp and Klangforum Wien.  He founded the avant-garde label
Durian Records in 1995 and has released CDs for Hat Art, Random Acoustics,
Plagdich dich nicht and Extraplatte.

A composer, bass clarinetist and visual artist, Gene Coleman is artistic
director of the Chicago-based Ensemble Noamnesia and runs the monthly new
music series Face the Music at HotHouse.  Currently working on a CD of his
compositions to be released by Durian Records in Vienna, Coleman has
performed with many great improvisers, including Derek Bailey, Roscoe
Mitchell, Evan Parker, Radu Malfatti and William Winant.  He has worked with
many new music ensembles in Europe and collaborated on projects with such
composers as Vinko Globokar and Helmut Lachenmann.

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Date: Tue, 28 Sep 1999 07:57:31 -0400
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Re[2]: Four recent gems

><< Does anyone know when hatNOW
>is actually going to release Tilbury's complete solo
>piano works of Morton Feldman? >>

>I don't think this was a hatNow project. some other European label was doing
>it, but I don't remember who. I'm waiting for one too, though.

The label is London Hall. A couple of months back, I e-mailed the guy who runs
the (or, a) Feldman site that lists this--a four CD set--in its upcoming
releases section but he had no idea when it was coming out. Originally supposed
to be  Fall, '98.

Brian Olewnick



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Date: Tue, 28 Sep 1999 12:55:50 GMT
From: "Scott Handley" <[e-mail]>
Subject: LMC in Realaudio, weekly

The free-format independent radio station WFMU (NYC, I believe) is
broadcasting weekly (?) London Musicians Collective performances, featuring
Alan Wilkinson and other great people.  Try their site: www.wfmu.org, or go
to the LMC site (sorry, don't have it on me; check the Euro Free Improv
Site).  Thought this would be of interest to some.  I'm sorry I can't
provide more info; my server is acting really funny.

- ------s

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Date: Tue, 28 Sep 99 10:53:14 -0500
From: [e-mail]
Subject: tom's birthday gig(?)

This may have gone out already (I always feel so behind being on the digest --
maybe I oughta switch), but the big news of last night's nyc waits show was, as
speculated here, the waits/ribot/cohen trio. they were both brought up for some
of the many encores (I lost count, but the show was just under three hours) for
"The House Where Nobody Lives." Unfortunately a little feedback that seemed to
be coming from Greg's bass hampered his playing, and he was too quiet. But Greg
& Marc also joined the ensemble (which also included guest John Hammond on
guitar and harmonica) for Heartattack & Vine and 16 shells (full band treatment,
unlike Fri according to Jason's review). Anyway, pretty cool cameos for our fave
string players, especially since Elvis Costello and Keith Richard(s) were also
in attendance, but weren't called up. (Marc and Elvis were sitting next to each
other about 12 rows back during the show). Carol Kane, Willem Dafoe, Hal Wilner
and I believe it was David Sansborn were also all there, for all you stargazers.

I disagree a little with Jason's assessment of guitarist Smokey Hormel. While it
was weird to see him play Ribot's lines, especially with Ribot in the audience
(before he had taken the stage), Hormel was just playing the songs as everyone
knows him. At other times, he wasn't so "rooted in Ribot" and was fairly
diverse, doing the blues and percussive bits required and some nice jazz
voicings through Straight to the Top.

So many songs I couldn't begin (not going to many rock shows anymore, it's weird
to me how the music stops and everyone claps every three minutes instead of 10
or 15, or 40). But faves of mine made the list (Innocent When You Dream, I'll
Shoot the Moon, Cemetery Polka (solo piano), Tango Till They're Sore) as well as
a heavily restructured Gun Street Girl. Pony shone, where on the album I'd
barely noticed it. Also one new song, something about goldfish in the jail
house. From the titles Jason mentioned, it seemed there was a fair bit of
variety between nights (though few might actually know that, given the Beacon's
policy of only allowing you to buy 4 tix at a time, all must be same night and
same row -- hell with that!).

OK, I'll stop. Coupla questions though, while I'm off the topic. Does anyone
know of a cast recording of Black Rider or a cast or Waits recording of Alice?
And what do we know about Kathleen Brennan? I've long wondered.



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