From: Stephen Fruitman <stephen.fruitman@idehist.umu.se>
Subject: Seeking Merzbow Burn
Has anyone got a copy of Merzbow & Christoph Heeman, _Sleeper Awakes on the
Edge of the Abyss_ (Streamline 10003 CD) from 1993 that they could make a
CDr of for me? Your efforts will be richly rewarded....
All the best, Stephen
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Date: Sun, 6 Aug 2000 10:35:40 EDT
From: JonAbbey2@aol.com
Subject: Re: Seeking Merzbow Burn
hi, Stephen.
<< Has anyone got a copy of Merzbow & Christoph Heeman, _Sleeper Awakes on the
Edge of the Abyss_ (Streamline 10003 CD) from 1993 that they could make a
CDr of for me? Your efforts will be richly rewarded.... >>
I have this, and I could make you a copy, but if you're basing this on David
Keenan's ludicrous description of this in the new Wire as not only the best
Merzbow record, but also the best Heemann record, you're almost definitely
going to be sadly disappointed. it's one of the least consequential records
from the first wave of Streamlines (many of which are essential, the two
Intersystems and the Morphogenesis come to mind first), before Anomalous took
over the label. it tries to be atmospheric and ambient, but I've never
thought it added up to much. I played it again after reading Keenan's review,
but my opinion still holds, and I even talked to some other Merzbow and/or
Heemann fans (both of which I'd consider myself, to varying degrees). no one
has any idea what he's talking about. anyway, if you're still interested,
contact me offlist.
Jon
www.erstwhilerecords.com
P.S. the best Merzbow CDs, not even mentioned in Keenan's top 10, are the two
volumes of Music For Bondage Performance (Extreme).
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Date: Sun, 06 Aug 2000 13:43:59 -0400
From: Matt Laferty <bg60009@binghamton.edu>
Subject: Re: recent purchases
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I would add that NBI:RS is also the Kirk album that Zorn cites in the notorious
Radio Show cd. I've been enjoying "Blacknuss" myself lately, and
have got my eye on the Mercury box set. I've really listened to the
Dog Years box more than any other Kirk...and have heard the Warner Brothers
compilation and the Mercury "two-fer" of "Don't You Cry Beautiful Edith..."
but not much else.
<p>Any nice and obscure Kirk references out there?
<p>Matt
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<p>Julian wrote:
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Root Strata", which features Kirk playing nearly everything himself (with
no overdubs, that is) and playing all sorts of horns at once, plus a lot
of percussion. Towards the end it gets a bit stale, but it's certainly
an interesting CD, and a great bonus for "Dog Years..."</font></font><font face="Arial"><font size=-1><a href="http://www.hartingdale.com.au/~jcurwin"></a></font></font> </blockquote>
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Date: Sun, 06 Aug 2000 14:08:05 -0400
From: Brian Olewnick <olewnik@idt.net>
Subject: Re: recent purchases
Matt Laferty wrote:
> Any nice and obscure Kirk references out there?
Just to add that NBI:RS has always been my favorite Rahsaan record and I
was pleasantly surprised that the track Zorn plays on the Radio Hour
disc is "Black Root", is one of my single favorite pieces of music ever.
As is another of his selections, the Mantler/Sanders collaboration,
'Preview'.
Brian Olewnick
NP: Jon Gibson, Two Solo Pieces
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Date: Sun, 06 Aug 2000 18:21:09 GMT
From: "Arthur Gadney" <a_gadney@hotmail.com>
Subject: Big Gundown
Hey!
Somebody mentioned that he got his hands on a prerelease version of "The Big
Gundown 15th Aniversary". Could you enlighten us with a bit more information
about the bonustracks? Apparently they are newly recorded. Titles?