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From: owner-zorn-list-digest@lists.xmission.com (Zorn List Digest)
To: zorn-list-digest@lists.xmission.com
Subject: Zorn List Digest V3 #674
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Zorn List Digest Monday, January 7 2002 Volume 03 : Number 674
In this issue:
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Re: Esquivel/Easy Listening/Exotica/Lounge
esquivel
Re: Esquivel/Easy Listening/Exotica/Lounge
Re: Esquivel/Easy Listening/Exotica/Lounge
RE: Esquivel/Easy Listening/Exotica/Lounge
Re: Esquivel/Easy Listening/Exotica/Lounge
Re: Arto Lindsay movies
Wanted: Synth
Re: Zorn List Digest V3 #673
Re: Esquivel/Easy Listening/Exotica/Lounge (reading)
Amok Books (was Esquivel)
Re: Amok Books (was Esquivel)
Re: Esquivel/Easy Listening/Exotica/Lounge (reading)
Re: Amok Books (was Esquivel)
Re: Amok Books (was Esquivel)
The breakthrough theory of the day
Naked City live
Japanese Zorn and Others
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Date: Sun, 6 Jan 2002 05:50:56 +0100
From: =?Windows-1252?Q?Efr=E9n_del_Valle?= <efrendv@yahoo.es>
Subject: Re: Esquivel/Easy Listening/Exotica/Lounge
Hi,
Neil H. Enet wrote:
> I was checking out a collection of albums titled "ULTRA LOUNGE" which are
> divided in categories as "Film Music", "Swinging", "Mambo", etc. Has
anyone
> listened to this records? Which one do you recommend? What other
compilatons
> or artists/albums do you recommend for this type of music?
I loved one volume titled "Mondo Exotica" which would be perfect for what
you seem to be looking for. Lots of Martin Denny material if my memory
serves. I like almost everything I've listened from the Ultra-Lounge series
which are, at least in Spain, really really cheap Cds with a very
good-looking design.
> NP. FAITH NO MORE - album of the year
A very disappointing goodbye by FNM, IMHO. I was expecting a better
follow-up for "King for a Day", one of my favorite records.
> NV. TWIN PEAKS - First Season DVD (Excellent Box)
It seems one can't go wrong with Lynch. I'm not sure if the first season in
the US coincides with the messy broadcasts in my country, but it is surely
the best, at least until Lynch took back the control in the last episode.
(or was it the last but one?). For me, the best TV series ever.
Best regards,
EfrΘn
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Date: Sun, 6 Jan 2002 15:49:33 EST
From: Acousticlv@aol.com
Subject: esquivel
In a message dated 1/3/02 7:23:19 PM,
owner-zorn-list-digest@lists.xmission.com writes:
<< what other compilation or albums do you recommend? Thanks
> Neil H. Enet >>
hi neil
esquivel is/was a mexican bandleader who had fun in the studio
much as the piano-duoists ferrante and teicher, also once
thought to have been mere mood music or kitsch at best,
used cleverness and a wee touch of technology to MSG up the
music. in mexico exists tons of his original rca mexico Cds,
usually at midprice, as well as fullprice anthologies.
other folks there know the american compliations better.
i enjoy a 2LP on one CD "juan garcia esquivel" rca mexico
cdc 743213223322, 24 cuts rec from 1954-62.
the sounds are brassy with mexican background singers
much as youd find with american 50s and 60s white pop 'cool'
vocal groups- many of whom used the same latin rhythms.
nifty bent guitar stuff- tho more hawaii than tronzo, not _that_
much more so- the whole stuff is a blast.
steve koenig
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Date: Sun, 06 Jan 2002 20:26:48 +0000
From: "thomas chatterton" <chatterton23@hotmail.com>
Subject: Re: Esquivel/Easy Listening/Exotica/Lounge
>From: "Neil H. Enet" <nilugo@usa.net>
>Hello list,
>
>
>I was checking out a collection of albums titled "ULTRA LOUNGE" which are
>divided in categories as "Film Music", "Swinging", "Mambo", etc. Has
>anyone
>listened to this records? Which one do you recommend? What other
>compilatons
>or artists/albums do you recommend for this type of music?
I don't know if they're specificly part of the Ultra Lounge series but EMI
has 2 double disc sets of exotica sounds from the masters, Martin Denny and
Les Baxter, both have the U.L. tiki idol artwork and well chosen selection
of tunes...
np: Laibach 'Nova Akropola'
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Date: Sun, 06 Jan 2002 10:46:51 -0800
From: Skip Heller <velaires@earthlink.net>
Subject: Re: Esquivel/Easy Listening/Exotica/Lounge
> Hello list,
>
> the last CD I bought in 2001 was an ESQUIVEL compilation titled SPACE-AGE
> BACHELOR PAD MUSIC. I've read a lot about him and his music and the
> rebirth/interest it gained in the 90's. Anyway, I was very surprised to see
> John Zorn mentioned in the liner notes and how he's considered somekind of a
> "pop avant-gardist". Well, the lounge/exotica interest has grown in me and
> I was checking out a collection of albums titled "ULTRA LOUNGE" which are
> divided in categories as "Film Music", "Swinging", "Mambo", etc. Has anyone
> listened to this records? Which one do you recommend? What other compilatons
> or artists/albums do you recommend for this type of music?
>
Les Baxter -- Ritual Of The Savage
Robert Drasnin -- Voodoo
Martin Denny -- Exotica Vols 1,2,3
Creed Taylor -- Shock Music In Hi-Fi/In Stereo (music by Kenyon Hopkins)
Leo Diamond -- Skin Divers Suite
Frank Hunter -- White Goddess
Yma Sumac -- Voice Of The Xtabay
The Ernie Kovacs Record Collection (my fav comp of the stuff)
The Ultra Lounge series is okay, but it tends toward the surfacy stuff and
hits, so the overview you get is limitied. RHAPSODESIA is the best one in
the series.
The same guy who did UL did a Les Baxter package called EXOTIC MOODS OF LES
BAXTER, but it left off a lot of what Les considered his best work. Still,
it's pretty okay and is easy to find.
skip heller
http://www.skipheller.com
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Date: Sun, 6 Jan 2002 17:19:24 -0500
From: "josephneff" <jneff@visuallink.com>
Subject: RE: Esquivel/Easy Listening/Exotica/Lounge
Hello,
....since we're on the subject and his name came up, I'd recommend
"Exotica! The Best of Martin Denny" which I'm guessing should still be in
print from Rhino records. Rhino comps often range in quality, but I thought
this one was well done. This stuff lacks the stereophonic wildness of
Esquivel (and the "ZuZuZu" vocalizings, which are so much fun),yet plenty of
unexpected things happen. There are changes toward the end of "Stone God"
that come so abruptly that they remind me of tape splices. The rhythms are
insanely solid and uh, exotic (ya get shakers, bongos, vibes, plucked and
rubbed strings, and lots of keyboards to go with the animal sounds, train
whistles, etc.). He even takes on Duke's "Caravan". I first heard about this
stuff because indusrialists like Throbbing Gristle and Boyd Rice talked it
up, and the notes of the above CD were penned by the publishers of Amok
press, which I think is now defunct. I haven't reread them to check, but I
remember them as being well done. Probably the best decision Rhino made was
focusing only on stuff Denny did in the '50's, instead of opting for a
career spanning retrospective type deal. If lounge and exotica are genre's
that fall into yr bag, than this disc should satisfy.
A friend recently lent me a rediculously kitschy and thoroughly, achingly
enjoyable Billy May album titled "Today!" that any fan of Esquivel should
snatch up if they find it. I mean, it actually gave me gooseflesh and made
me blush while listening to it....by myself.
Amongst new reactions to this type of stuff, I always kinda dug the 1st
Combustable Edison on Sub Pop, titled "I, Swinger". I won't mount an
elaborate defense of it if anyone attacks it, but their cover of Rota's
"Cadillac" made it worth snatching from the used bin from whence it came.
While we're on the subject, anyone want to speak up or down re: Perrey and
Kingsley's "The In Sound From Way Out"?
Watching my area's 1st snowfall of the year out my window....
I remain...
Joseph
NP: Traffic S/T CD
NR: William Faulkner "As I Lay Dying"
Sound Collector #7
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Date: Sun, 06 Jan 2002 15:56:26 -0800
From: Skip Heller <velaires@earthlink.net>
Subject: Re: Esquivel/Easy Listening/Exotica/Lounge
The Denny Rhino comp is indeed excellent. AMOK Books, by the way, is
still happening, and they also have a CD out.
skip h
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Date: Sun, 6 Jan 2002 17:35:24 -0700
From: malczewski@earthlink.net (Frank Malczewski)
Subject: Re: Arto Lindsay movies
I was scouring upcoming dvd releases for anything of interest, and
there's one with him in it supposed to come out in June called
"Downtown 81".
dvdplanet.com has a description (which I was not able to cut/paste...)
That blurb doesn't mention Arto, but this one does (from allmovie.com):
Originally shot in 1980-81, this film, directed by Edo Bertoglio, is a
rare real-life snapshot of ultra-hip subculture of post-punk
era Manhattan. Starring renowned artist Jean Michel Basquiat (who
died in 1988 at age 27) and featuring such early Village
hipsters as Melle Mel, John Lurie, and Lydia Lunch, the film is a
bizarre elliptical urban fairytale. The film opens with Jean
(Basquiat) in the hospital with an undisclosed ailment. After
checking out, he happens upon an enigmatic woman, Beatrice
(Anna Schroeder), who drives around in a convertible. He arrives at
his apartment only to discover that his landlord is evicting
him. Later, while trying to sell his art work, he meets up with
musician Arto Lindsay and his band DNA. Jean eventually does
manage to sell some of his art work to a rich middle-aged woman who
is interested in more than just his art, but she pays with a
check. As the film progresses, he wanders the streets of New York,
looking for Beatrice. He happens upon a bag lady (Debbie
Harry) who turns into a princess when he kisses her. As a reward, she
gives him a stack of cash. Abandoned in the mid-'80s
due to financial problems, producer Maripol Fauque rediscovered the
film and cleaned it up in 1999. It was screened at the 2000
Cannes Film Festival. -- Jonathan Crow
I'd never seen or heard of it before.
- --Frank
- -
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Date: Sun, 06 Jan 2002 19:28:21 -0600 (CST)
From: kasra@ou.edu
Subject: Wanted: Synth
Hey Everybody, I'm sure we've got plenty of gearheads on the list (myself
included). So I was wanting to see if anybody could recommend some of the
better Digital synths that employ analog features. I'm particlarly interested
in bass output and overall lower frequency issues. I have already been to
www.sonicstate.com and found it to be quite usefull. I just wanted to see if
anybody has had any really good and realy bad experiences. Please share...
much peace,
kasra george ahmadi
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Date: Sun, 06 Jan 2002 22:20:46 -0500
From: Glenn Lea <glennlea@mediaone.net>
Subject: Re: Zorn List Digest V3 #673
It's new recordings of Melodien, Chamber Concerto, Piano Concerto and
Mysteries of the Macabre (a premiere). Pierre-Laurent Aimard Piano,
Shoenberg and Asko Ensembles. it's on Teldec/New Line. They're picking up
where the aborted Sony series dropped off, apparently. Ligeti and Aimard
wrote the liner notes.
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Date: Sat, 02 Jan 1904 18:03:14 +0100
> From: duncan youngerman <y-man@wanadoo.fr>
> Subject: Ligeti project
>
> A few people mentioned a "Ligeti project" among their Best of 2001 cd's.
>
> Could someone shed a light on what it consists of specifically: (Ligeti
> reworked by other musicians? A compilation of some of his works? New
> recordings of his complete oeuvre? What label? etc.)
> Thank you!
> DY
>
>
> - -
>
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Date: Sun, 6 Jan 2002 22:46:46 -0500
From: "Nirav Soni" <nirav@ink19.com>
Subject: Re: Esquivel/Easy Listening/Exotica/Lounge (reading)
I first heard about this
> stuff because indusrialists like Throbbing Gristle and Boyd Rice talked it
> up, and the notes of the above CD were penned by the publishers of Amok
> press, which I think is now defunct.
Didn't they do sort of Journal of strange things people do to themselves? I
remember browsing in a bookstore once and chancing upon a book by that
publisher. It had a wonderful article on trepanning, and lots of other
interesting stuff that I can't remember now. Damn, wish I'd picked up up.
I haven't reread them to check, but I
> remember them as being well done. Probably the best decision Rhino made
was
> focusing only on stuff Denny did in the '50's, instead of opting for a
> career spanning retrospective type deal. If lounge and exotica are genre's
> that fall into yr bag, than this disc should satisfy.
If you want to do some reading about the subject, you ought to check out
David Toop's book "Exotica". To be honest, I don't have a tremendous
interest in the music, but Toop is a fine, fine writer.
> NR: William Faulkner "As I Lay Dying"
As is Faulkner.
Nirav (still reeling from the outright failure of a film festival he was
part of organizing)
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NR- William Faulkner- Absalom, Absalom
"Wheeler: A game-legged old man and a drunk- that's all you've got?
Chance: That's *what* I've got" -from 'Rio Bravo'
- -
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Date: Sun, 06 Jan 2002 22:53:58 -0500
From: Lang Thompson <wlt4@mindspring.com>
Subject: Amok Books (was Esquivel)
>Didn't they do sort of Journal of strange things people do to themselves? I
I think Amok may be out of business since their website is down, phone
disconnected, email bounces and their distributor no longer has the books.
Anybody know for sure?
Thanks, LT
- -------------------------------------------
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Full Alert Film Review
http://wlt4.home.mindspring.com/fafr.htm
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Date: Sun, 06 Jan 2002 21:05:40 -0800
From: Skip Heller <velaires@earthlink.net>
Subject: Re: Amok Books (was Esquivel)
>> Didn't they do sort of Journal of strange things people do to themselves? I
>
> I think Amok may be out of business since their website is down, phone
> disconnected, email bounces and their distributor no longer has the books.
> Anybody know for sure?
>
> Thanks, LT
>
The store was sold, but Stuart Swezey -- one of the two original publishers
- -- has kept the imprint alive, and there's another John Gilmore book in the
works. I'm not sure what's up with the the website, however. Dionysus has
picked up the AMOK compact disc (a John Gilmore reading-with-music project).
Also, Stuart recently became a dad, and also holds a day job, and the combo
of the two is alleged to slow down even the most prolific guy. He did,
however, put some time aside to be in my wedding this past October.
skip heller
http://www.skipheller.com
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Date: Sun, 06 Jan 2002 21:08:49 -0800
From: Skip Heller <velaires@earthlink.net>
Subject: Re: Esquivel/Easy Listening/Exotica/Lounge (reading)
Probably the best decision Rhino made was focusing only on stuff Denny did
in the '50's, instead of opting for a career spanning retrospective type
deal.
Good thing, too. After about 1961, Bob Florence is the pianist and arranger
on most of the Martin Denny records. The bulk of the sxities ones were cut
in Hollywood, by local studio whiz kids. Gary Burton was even on one
session.
>
> If you want to do some reading about the subject, you ought to check out
> David Toop's book "Exotica". To be honest, I don't have a tremendous
> interest in the music, but Toop is a fine, fine writer.
>
Toop's book is really fantastic. He really GETS IT, big time.
skip heller
http://www.skipheller.com
np: Ellery Eskelin, The Sun Died (my fav record for Ribot)
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Date: Sun, 6 Jan 2002 21:05:35 -0800
From: "Rev. Floyd Errors" <keithmar@msn.com>
Subject: Re: Amok Books (was Esquivel)
>>>I think Amok may be out of business since their website is
down, phone
disconnected, email bounces and their distributor no longer has
the books.
Anybody know for sure?<<<
They are very much alive and well, through the looking-glass:
http://www.komabookstore.com/
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Date: Sun, 06 Jan 2002 21:14:59 -0800
From: Skip Heller <velaires@earthlink.net>
Subject: Re: Amok Books (was Esquivel)
>>>> I think Amok may be out of business since their website is
> down, phone
> disconnected, email bounces and their distributor no longer has
> the books.
> Anybody know for sure?<<<
>
> They are very much alive and well, through the looking-glass:
> http://www.komabookstore.com/
>
That's the guy Stuart sold the store to. Extremely knowledgable guy. The
landlord yanked the Vermont Av store and rented the space for megabucks to
that rarest of things -- a super-trendy Vermont Av clothing store (as if
this town didn;t have enough negative stereotype enforcement).
skip heller
http://www.skipheller.com
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Date: Mon, 7 Jan 2002 05:35:25 -0500
From: "Lev \"Ljova\" Zhurbin" <Ljova@Ljova.com>
Subject: The breakthrough theory of the day
It's fun to prophesize at 5am!
For the article, please visit:
http://ljova.com/bb/viewtopic.php?topic=6&forum=2&0
Your ideas and suggestions are very much encouraged and appreciated.
Thank you so much.
Warmest,
Ljova
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Date: Mon, 7 Jan 2002 04:14:23 -0800 (PST)
From: Andy Marks <andywmarks@yahoo.com>
Subject: Naked City live
Just received the following from an upcoming releases
email from www.ear-rational.com. Didn't think I'd
be seeing it this soon.
Naked City - Naked City Live Vol. 1: Knitting Factory
1989 [TZ7336:f]
Tzadik
"After over ten years, Tzadik is finally releasing an
exciting series of
live recordings by one of the most unique and infamous
bands ever: Naked
City. Featuring Bill Frisell, Fred Frith, Wayne
Horvitz and Joey Baron
this was a true downtown supergroup brought together
to realize John
Zorn's twisted compositional vision combining jazz,
movie soundtracks,
rock, rhythm and blues, hardcore punk, cartoon music,
country and western
and just about everything imaginable -- often all in
the same piece! This
first volume is a beautifully recorded document of the
band early on,
performing live at the club that served as home base
from their very first
concert series in 1988 to their very last in 1993.
Captured here
performing the repertory of their legendary first
recording many months
before they entered the studio, this is Naked City at
its gritty/fast
changing best. New solos, wilder improvisations and
some original
compositions and covers that never appeared on disc
make this an absolute
must for all the Naked City fans around the world."
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Date: Mon, 7 Jan 2002 13:53:13 +0100 (MET)
From: stephen.fruitman@idehist.umu.se (Stephen Fruitman)
Subject: Japanese Zorn and Others
Received the following promo the other day:
=46red Frith, Yoshisabu Toyazumi, Onnyk & John Zorn, _Ars Longa
Dens Brevis_ (Allelopathy)
It would seem to be live gallery performances from Japan. Not really my cup
of tea (noisy and squonky). If anybody is interested in trading for
specific items I am looking for, get in touch off list. All the best,
Stephen
Stephen Fruitman
Dept of Historical Studies
Ume=E5 University
SE-901 87 Ume=E5 Sweden
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