Finally, although its structures are admittedly fairly simplistic and it's
almost embarassingly confessional in its heart-on-sleeve spiritualism,
'A Love
Supreme' is for my money one of the signal achievements in all of music.
Few
albums have ever come more nakedly from the heart and soul of any musician.
Think I'll be on a Trane trip today...
Steve Smith
ssmith36@sprynet.com
NP - John Coltrane, "One Up, One Down," 'Dear Old Stockholm'
(Impulse!/GRP) -
the (first) classic quartet circa '65, with Roy Haynes subbing for Elvin Jones
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Date: 23 Aug 2000 06:49:38 -0700
From: Dan Given <dlgiven@altavista.com>
Subject: Re: Chadbourne
> From: "William York" <william_york@hotmail.com>
> Subject: Patton/Big Gundown/Chadbourne
>
> >NP Eugene Chadbourne & Paul Lovens (Leo Records)
> How is this? I saw it, but again, haven't had a chance to hear it.
This is a typical Chadbourne release -- which to me is always a bit disappointing. it is very hit and miss, there's some good stuff, and quite a bit of bad. And the sound on some of it is pretty poor. It probably would have made a really good single disc, but stretching it over 2 wasn't necessary. And Loven's doesn't come through the way I was hoping.
> Also, has anyone heard that CD "The Zu Side of
>Eugene Chadbourne" with that Italian
> band? If so, how is that one?
I like this one a lot. Loud, rockish, and fun.
I'd also like to put in a plug for a 'radio CD release party' for a new Chadbourne album next week. It is a Chadbourne/Vertrek Ensemble disc recorded last spring. Vertrek are coming into the studio with me, we'll be playing the disc, they're bringing instruments and will be playing, and we're hoping to get Chadbourne on the phone (which may be a problem, because he is in Sicily that night). Anyway, the station is broadcast over the web in quicktime, found at www.cjsr.com. Next Thursday, September 1 at 8pm Mountain time (10 eastern, 11 pacific, anyone else figure it out for yourself).
Also, if anyone wants the disc before the usual distributors get it, contact me and I'll pass the message on.
>Check out the following review from the Phoenix New Times if
Pretty funny. "Would you rather hear a jackhammer or a car crash?" Of course the correct answer is "Both, please." (At least this guy gave the albums plenty of space & description, enough that if I was still a teenager who'd never even heard of Coltrane or Coleman I'd immediately rush out and buy the albums.)
Lang
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Date: Wed, 23 Aug 2000 10:18:59 -0500
From: Steve Smith <ssmith36@sprynet.com>
Subject: Re: Chasin the Trane
wlt4@mindspring.com wrote:
> (At least this guy gave the albums plenty of space & description, enough that if I was still a teenager who'd never even heard of Coltrane or Coleman I'd immediately rush out and buy the albums.)
I hadn't thought of that. You're quite correct.
Steve
ssmith36@sprynet.com
NP - Miles Davis & John Coltrane, "On Green Dolphin Street," 'Live in Stockholm 1960' (Dragon)
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Date: Wed, 23 Aug 2000 11:33:28 EDT
From: JonAbbey2@aol.com
Subject: PROMO: Dean Roberts/Werner Dafeldecker-Aluminium
sorry for the promotional intrusion, and further apologies if you receive=20
more than one copy of this:
I'm proud to announce the release of the latest CD on my label:
Dean Roberts/Werner Dafeldecker-Aluminium (Erstwhile 009)
Dean Roberts and Werner Dafeldecker seem unlikely collaborators at first=20
glance.
Roberts, who originally hails from New Zealand, began his career delving int=
o=20
guitar drones and feedback, both in the trio Thela and on his own, under the=
=20
name White Winged Moth. He founded the label Formacentric Disk in order to=20
document a wider range of his work, and released four projects in two years.=
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In 1998, he began working with the influential German label Mille Plateaux,=20
who put out his much acclaimed All Cracked Medias, and earlier this year, An=
d=20
the Black Moths Play the Grand Cinema, on their more experimental sublabel=20
Ritornell.=20
Dafeldecker, a lifelong resident of Vienna, is probably best known for being=
=20
an integral member of the improv supergroup Polwechsel, as well as for=20
founding and running the influential label Durian. He's composed numerous=20
pieces for various classical ensembles, and also appears on two recent=20
notable CDs, Printer (Durian), and Martin Siewert's Komfort 2000 (Charhizma)=
.=20
Originally primarily a bassist, Dafeldecker has been working more with guita=
r=20
and electronics recently, both of which he plays to great effect on Aluminiu=
m.
Aluminium was recorded during a marathon studio session in Vienna in April,=20
and was brilliantly mastered by Tim Barnes. Both musicians play guitar and=20
electronics, along with occasional percussion on a hi-hat placed between=20
them. On the first track, Dafeldecker's sine wave electronics intersect with=
=20
Roberts' rough guitar textures, priming the listener's aural palette for the=
=20
marathon track which follows. This half hour long piece is a atmospheric=20
exploration fusing the legacy of AMM with the spirit of rock and roll.
"Roberts and Dafeldecker avoid flamboyant gestures as emphatically as a trus=
t=20
fund anarchist dodges the neighborhood Starbucks. They prefer to gradually=20
generate magnetic tension by parsimoniously deploying contrasting squeals,=20
scrapes, whines, and bell-like tolls like small objects on a vast, hushed=20
soundfield. The two men evoke a space where humans are heard but not seen,=20
crafting visions of a humming metalworks with nary a human in sight."--Bill=20
Meyer
personnel:
Dean Roberts-guitar, electronics and percussion=20
Werner Dafeldecker-guitar, electronics and percussion
track listing:
1. Rock and Roll Part 4-10:34
2. Rock and Roll Part 5-30:03
more info available at the following web sites, or contact Erstwhile Records=
