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CPicard
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Posted: September 08 2009 at 08:28 |
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For those who like Xhohx, Tigrova Mast, Combat Astronomy and their ilk (as I do):
Alboth! http://www.alboth.ch/indexset.html (there are samples to listen to there)
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One of my favourite bands. I discovered them when I was a student and managed to find 3 albums in a local record store: Liebefeld (1992); Ali (1995); amor fati (1997). The fans of Painkiller could like it.
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Posted: September 09 2009 at 13:39 |
I did just get A Sophisticated Face, and that was great. I'll have to remember this for my next Wayside order.
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Posted: September 09 2009 at 15:26 |
Padraic wrote:
I did just get A Sophisticated Face, and that was great. I'll have to remember this for my next Wayside order.
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Cool, I have it along with two other albums. I'll probably end up getting Sift as well. By the way, it appears YOLK will release a new album; there are new tracks on their myspace. This is right in time for their RIO festival appearance: http://www.myspace.com/yolk2006
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Posted: September 09 2009 at 15:44 |
Padraic wrote:
I did just get A Sophisticated Face, and that was great. I'll have to remember this for my next Wayside order.
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I downloaded it from emusic recently and listened to it on the way to work this morning. If you liked Altrastrata you should love this; Henry Cow style RIO for the 3rd millennium, dark, dense and sometimes insanely complex.
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'Like so many of you I've got my doubts about how much to contribute to the already rich among us...' Robert Wyatt, Gloria Gloom
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Posted: September 09 2009 at 15:47 |
Syzygy wrote:
Padraic wrote:
I did just get A Sophisticated Face, and that was great. I'll have to remember this for my next Wayside order.
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I downloaded it from emusic recently and listened to it on the way to work this morning. If you liked Altrastrata you should love this; Henry Cow style RIO for the 3rd millennium, dark, dense and sometimes insanely complex. |
Ah! I shall grab it from emusic then. Cheers.
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Posted: September 10 2009 at 10:50 |
CPicard wrote:
avestin wrote:
For those who like Xhohx, Tigrova Mast, Combat Astronomy and their ilk (as I do):
Alboth! http://www.alboth.ch/indexset.html (there are samples to listen to there)
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One of my favourite bands. I discovered them when I was a student and managed to find 3 albums in a local record store: Liebefeld (1992); Ali (1995); amor fati (1997). The fans of Painkiller could like it.
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I'll see if I can find any of their cd's, I liked what I heard. What about Steamboat Switzerland? Do you know them?
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Posted: September 15 2009 at 06:58 |
Any of you good people planing to be at the RIO Festival this week end? Be sure to come and say hello - it would be nice to meet you in person. Udi
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Posted: September 15 2009 at 13:59 |
avestin wrote:
CPicard wrote:
avestin wrote:
For those who like Xhohx, Tigrova Mast, Combat Astronomy and their ilk (as I do):
Alboth! http://www.alboth.ch/indexset.html (there are samples to listen to there)
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One of my favourite bands. I discovered them when I was a student and managed to find 3 albums in a local record store: Liebefeld (1992); Ali (1995); amor fati (1997). The fans of Painkiller could like it.
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I'll see if I can find any of their cd's, I liked what I heard.
What about Steamboat Switzerland? Do you know them?
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Never heard of them... My knowledge of Swiss rock is very limited. About the Alboth! CD: since the labels releasing their music all seem to have stopped their activities, maybe you should contact the band's musicians through their site to get their records.
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Posted: September 15 2009 at 14:27 |
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Any of you good people planing to be at the RIO Festival this week end? Be sure to come and say hello - it would be nice to meet you in person. Udi |
Well, I am going! Haven't been very active on here for quite a while, although I've still been reading this thread. It would certainly be exceedingly cool to meet Udi!
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Posted: September 15 2009 at 17:06 |
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Any of you good people planing to be at the RIO Festival this week end? Be sure to come and say hello - it would be nice to meet you in person. Udi
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see you at the breakfast ΰ l'auberge! There will be quite a few PA members...
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Posted: September 17 2009 at 22:28 |
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New music from Far Corner for free download:
Far Corner is offering five previously unreleased tunes for free download. Visit Myspace.com/farcornerband or far-corner.com to download the tracks today! These tracks were recorded both live and in the studio, and are being offered under the album title "Intermission." We hope you will enjoy some new music as we work on completing our third studio album.
Phat Corner (4:18)
Previously Undisturbed (5:59)
The Unleashing (7:37)
The Knives of November (21:30)
Do Something! (5:03)
------------- danielmaske.com far-corner.com myspace.com/danmaske myspace.com/farcornerband
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Thanks for the heads up!
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Posted: September 18 2009 at 15:39 |
Aranis released a new album, Songs From Mirage
Aranis 2009 'Songs from mirage'
Order (15 euro)
Ouverture
Fresia
Chamber rock
Reprise
Lullaby
Airesym
Aynu
Lever in plakjes
Jelimena
Keria
Out ama
Enjuminenna
Ilah
Finale http://www.aranis.be/eng/cd/index.html
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Posted: September 19 2009 at 03:08 |
Excellent news! I shall be acquiring this as soon as possible.
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Posted: September 19 2009 at 10:23 |
I'd like to mention this and how much I'm enjoying it:
moonjune wrote:
MoonJune Records announces new release:MORAINE - 'Manifest Density'
You
could describe the output of this towering electric string
quartet-plus-drums as heavy chamber music. With its several writers
and full complement of ace instrumentalists, arrayed in striking
combination, Moraine achieves
a coherent sound while drawing on forms ranging from math-rock to
fractured bebop to Chinese folk music to unleashed, plugged-in power
jazz, and more. Led by the axeman and guitar innovator Dennis Rea, the
much-praised veteran has deployed fierce, elusive imagination to build
on decades of engagement with countless musical styles of multiple
regions of the globe. He creates a dynamic, lyrical, enigmatic blend of
modern jazz, boundary-pushing rock, experimental music, and world
musical traditions. In other contexts stay tuned for his next
MoonJune Records release, Views from Chicheng Precipice
his output reflects the three years he spent in the two Chinas, where
he was among the first wave of Western creative musicians to venture
behind the tattered curtain of the devastating Cultural Revolution. (He
is the author, in addition, of the fascinating Live at the Forbidden City: Musical Encounters in China.) On the bands debut CD Manifest Density,
Rea enjoys ideal support from all quarters in what is truly a
collaborative endeavor of composition and performance: Ruth Davidsons
cello and Alicia Allens violin slash and singe with uncanny unity of
purpose and design. Bassist Kevin Millard and drummer Jay Jaskot boast
drive and thrust ideally suited to the task. All that begins to explain
why Moraine has been embraced by audiences ranging from jazz
aficionados to metalheads. The band squalls, sears, soars, and lilts
over a novel musical terrain.
From Seattle to the world, and beyond....
Moraine: Moraine
is an omnivorous Seattle-based instrumental quintet led by guitarist
Dennis Rea, whose past collaborators include Jeff Greinke (LAND), K.
Leimer (Savant), Earthstar, Stackpole, Hector Zazou, Han Bennink,
Stuart Dempster, Chinese rock megastar Cui Jian, Klaus Schulze, Amy
Denio, Wally Shoup, and Bill Horist, as well as members of King
Crimson, R.E.M., Pearl Jam, Soundgarden, Ministry, the Sun Ra Arkestra,
and many of the most important figures in contemporary Chinese music.
The group began as a collaboration between Rea and cellist Ruth
Davidson and eventually coalesced into the simpatico lineup heard on
Manifest Density, featuring violinist Alicia Allen, drummer Jay Jaskot,
and bassist/baliset player Kevin Millard. Moraines expansive original
repertoire spans avant-rock, modern jazz, deconstructed Chinese
traditional music, and the unclassifiable. In a typical Moraine
performance, haunting melodies cohabit with crushing riffs, lush
textures, propulsive swing, and explosive improvisation to create a
galvanizing listening experience. Dennis Rea: Dennis
Rea's adventurous guitar playing blends modern jazz, creative rock,
experimental music, and world musical traditions into an approach that
is uniquely his own, encompassing haunting lyricism, enigmatic
textures, agile improvisation, and the raw dynamism of rock. He has
performed on three continents at such prestigious venues as the WOMAD
Festival, Beijing International Jazz Festival, Sichuan-China
International TV Festival, Bumbershoot Arts Festival, Columbia Gorge
Amphitheater, Northwest Folklife Festival, Earshot Jazz Festival, On
the Boards, Seattle Art Museum, and Henry Art Museum. Over the years
Dennis has led or been a key contributor to numerous innovative groups,
including Moraine, Land, Stackpole, Axolotl, Savant, Earthstar, Fred,
Catabatics, the Vagaries, Color Anxiety, Ink, Identity Crisis, the Gang
of Formosa, Chekov, and Ting Bu Dong. He has performed or recorded with
such prominent creative musicians as European free jazz legend Han
Bennink, Chinese rock megastar Cui Jian, acclaimed French composer
Hector Zazou, German electronic music pioneer Klaus Schulze, and
trombone virtuoso Stuart Dempster, as well as members of King Crimson,
R.E.M., Pearl Jam, Soundgarden, Ministry, and the Sun Ra Arkestra. His
activities have spanned film, theater, radio, and modern dance, and he
has appeared on more than two-dozen recordings to date.Dennis' music
career began in the early 1970s when he formed the eccentric
progressive rock group Zuir in his hometown of Utica, New York. In the
late 1970s he made a series of albums in Germany with Craig Wuest's
proto-electronica group Earthstar. In the early 1980s he collaborated
with composer K. Leimer in the acclaimed Seattle-based experimental
music group Savant. In 1983 he moved to New York City, where he was
involved with the downtown new-music community. Since returning to
Seattle in the late 1980s, he has performed or recorded with such
innovative musicians as Jeff Greinke, Fred Chalenor, Wally Shoup, Eric
Apoe, Gregg Keplinger, Bill Horist, Lesli Dalaba, India Cooke, Trey
Gunn, Lori Carson, Toshi Makihara, Elizabeth Falconer, Amy Denio,
Tucker Martine, Bill Rieflin, Roland Barker, Michael Monhart, James
Whiton, Jessica Lurie, Eyvind Kang, Craig Flory, Jim Knodle, Geoff
Harper, Lynette Westendorf, and Olli Klomp.Between 1989 and 1996 Dennis
spent several years living in China and Taiwan, where he gave more than
100 concerts at cultural centers, universities, music conservatories,
and clubs, on radio and television, and in sports arenas with the
Chinese pop star Zhang Xing. His 1990 solo album for the China Record
Company, Shadow in Dreams, sold 40,000 copies and was cited among the
year's best releases by China Youth Daily. While abroad he organized
three of the earliest unofficial concert tours of China by Western
bands, comprising more than 40 concerts in Beijing, Chengdu, Chongqing,
Kunming, Guangzhou, Hong Kong, and Macau, as well as a performance at
the 1991 Sichuan China International TV Festival that was viewed by a
television audience numbering in the hundreds of millions. He has
performed with such influential Chinese musicians as Cui Jian, Wang
Yong, Liu Yuan, Liang Heping, He Yong, ADO, and Cobra. He also
presented lectures on jazz and guitar technique at Sichuan Music
Conservatory and has written extensively about Chinese music in various
popular and academic publications. In 2005 he returned to Taiwan for a
two-week concert tour with the international bands Jetlegrs and Chekov;
in 2008 he again traveled to Taiwan for reunion concerts with his early
1990s Taiwan-based band Identity Crisis and subsequent performances
with the international jazz-rock quartet Ting Bu Dong.He has been
awarded grants for his musical activities by the Arts International
Fund for U.S. Artists Abroad, Seattle Arts Commission, King County Arts
Commission, Malcolm S. Morse Foundation, and Jack Straw Foundation, and
has received funding and/or encouragement from the Washington State
China Relations Council, European Foundation for Chinese Music
Research, and New York's China Institute to conduct research for Live
at the Forbidden City, a book-length account of his groundbreaking
experiences playing music in Asia. He has been interviewed by National
Public Radio and other nationally syndicated radio programs, by
national research foundation the Urban Institute, and by numerous
publications, and has acted as a panelist or consultant for the
Experience Music Project, Seattle Art Museum, Seattle Asian Art Museum,
and the Seattle Center ArtsEdge Festival. He has also presented dozens
of the world's finest experimental and improvising musicians to
Northwest audiences as a former co-producer of the 25-year-old Seattle
Improvised Music Festival and of Seattle's Other Sounds new-music
concert series. From 1997-2001 he was co-editor of the Tentacle journal
of Northwest creative music.Dennis' current and recent projects include
the electric string quartet-plus-drums Moraine, explosive
improvisational jazz-rock quintet Chollima (formerly Iron Kim Style),
processed thumb piano trio Tempered Steel (with Ffej and Frank Junk),
and Ting Bu Dong (with Atze Ton, Volker Wiedersheim, and Olli Klomp),
an international jazz-rock quintet that has performed in Taiwan and
Germany.
Upcoming releases:
HOLDSWORTH, PASQUA, HASLIP, WACKERMAN - Blues For Tony (2cd) BEPPE CROVELLA - Whats Rattlin On The Moon? - A Personal Re-Interpretation Of The Music Of Mike Ratledge DOUBT feat. ALEX MAGUIRE, MICHEL DELVILLE, TONY BIANCO with special guests - There Is No Doubt ELTON DEAN - Welcomet (for the first time on the cd! originally released on LP & cassette in 1986) DENNIS REA - Views from Chicheng Precipice
Yours in Music Leonardo/MoonJune
The latest interviews with Leonardo/MoonJune
Jazzuality:
Innerviews:
"One
thing is for sure: Leonardo Pavkovics label does not release records
that a reviewer can easily dismiss with a couple of sentences and throw
back in the heap. This stuff must be listened carefully before
releasing any judgement; sometimes, precious diamonds might be found in
the thickest mud." - Massimo Ricci, Temporary Fault
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Posted: September 19 2009 at 11:13 |
Hello guys and gals ! I'll probably be popping into this thread much more often in the future, since I have a slew of RIO/Avant stuff to review for ProgressoR. Just now I'm listening to Runaway Totem's latest album, Manu Menes.... Crazy stuff, really good, though not easy listening by any means. Never knew Italy had its very own Zeuhl band.
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Posted: September 19 2009 at 11:41 |
Italy also has Universal Totem Orchestra....don't know what the fascination of RIO groups with totems are, but anyway.
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Posted: September 19 2009 at 11:47 |
Padraic wrote:
Italy also has Universal Totem Orchestra....don't know what the fascination of RIO groups with totems are, but anyway.
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Easily said.... They are ramifications of the same band, as far as I have been able to gather from various reviews. They share at least one member, bassist Giuseppe 'Dauno' Buttiglione, and probably others.
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Posted: September 19 2009 at 11:58 |
@ Assaf: I'm also really enjoying the Moraine record, currently trying to get them added here (although under Eclectic might be the more appropriate)
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Posted: September 19 2009 at 15:13 |
Excerpts from the new UZ album due in early 2010 called Clivages: http://univers-zero.com/albums/clivages.htm
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Warriors 1.2 mb
Saubressaut 1.5 mb
Straight Edge 1 mb
Retour de foire 1 mb
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