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Hi,

Please note that because of the Thanksgiving holiday (and the fact that I am working really hard trying to get out all the Cuneiform royalty statements), there may NOT be a new update next Monday. Then again, depending on how the week goes, maybe there will be one. Basically, I don't know! New titles will be added to the site as we can. Thanks and have a great holiday!

Here's what has come in in the last week - either new releases or restockings of items that have been unavailable:

Franck Balestracci-Existences Invisibles $18.00
"I've heard Balestracci's second release, Existences Invisibles. He is a solo artist, playing everything himself; keyboards, drums, percussion, voices and sound effects. How to describe this music? This is the sound of one hand clapping ... this is the sound of a tree falling in the forest when nobody is there to hear it ... this is the sound of Grand Central Station after eating too many pot brownies. In other words, this is the sound of something you never thought you would hear, but now you do. Although this music bears some resemblences to the tribal percussion experimentation of Alquimia or Peter Gabriel, to the symphonic dreamscapes of Vangelis or the visceral electronic textures of Michael Stearns, it also has parts that break into Brufordian fusion or Hermeto Pascoalish jazz while also managing to maintain the vaguely spiritual air of Clearlight. All this you should imagine being phased directly into your brain from a parallel dimension. Really. This is very cool stuff. Balestracci claims "no programations" which I assume means everything is played rather than sequenced. I must admit my first listen to this CD didn't reveal its charms to me. It took a few listens before I started liking it, but now I think it's just amazing. I highly recommend this one to fans of the spacey prog realms."-Fred Trafton/Gibraltar Encyclopaedia of Progressive Rock [Carbon 7]
http://www.waysidemusic.com/ProductInfo.aspx?productid=00/CARBON%207-064

Bella Band-Bella Band $18.00
Back in stock and worth picking up! Performed by Riccardo Cioni-clavinet, Fender piano, Omni Arp, Arp 2600, Roberto Buoni-flute, saxophone, electric clarinet, Luigi Fiorentino-guitar, Mauro Sarti-drums & Tonino Camiscioni-bass, this is the first-ever reissue of a 1978 fusion album on Cramps and comes in a nice digi-pack.
"These Italian guys were playing a really awesome jazz fusion on their one and only album. Excellent musicianship with lots of (reeds) and a fantastic guitar playing. All tracks on this unfortunately rather short album (well it has still been in the vinyl era!) are just brilliant. This completely unknown Italian band with a name, from which you wouldn't expect anything interesting created with their only album a really excellent one I'd like to recommend to anyone liking jazz and intricate but accessible jazz-fusion with an awesome musicianship! This little lost gem is absolutely worth 4,5 stars!"-ProgArchives.com [Cramps]
http://www.waysidemusic.com/ProductInfo.aspx?productid=09/CRAMPS%200169252

Black Mirror: Reflections in Global Music $17.00
"Recordings made between 1918 and 1955 assembled and annotated by Ian Nagoski. This compilation contains 24 tracks from Bali, Burma, Cameroon, China, England, Germany, Greece, India, Japan, Java, Laos, Poland, Portugal, Scotland, Spain, Sweden, Syria, Thailand, Turkey, Ukraine, Vietnam, and Yugoslavia all newly transferred and mastered from 78 rpm discs. At least 18 tracks appear on compact disc for the first time with all but one never having been previously reissued in the U.S. Influenced by Pete Whelan's Origin Jazz Library, Pat Conte's Secret Museum of Mankind, Harry Smith's Anthology of American Folk Music, Henry Cowell's Music of the World's People, Alan Bishop and Hisham Mayet's Sublime Frequencies label, Lance Ledbetter's Goodbye, Babylon, Michael Snow's The Last LP and much more. Sounds like zamr, naa phaat piphat, gong kebyar, Northumbrian piping, periya melam, rhumba, Carpathian weddings, Rulin opera, Uilleann piping, Bollywood, dan bau, Handel, rembetika, gusle, tembang sunds, flamenco, fado, prayer, djanger, kabuki and yien pwe." [Dust to Digital]
http://www.waysidemusic.com/ProductInfo.aspx?productid=05/DTD%20010

Breitband- Fadu Und Der Unterschied $8.00
"Along with Electric Orange, Breitband were one of two German bands on Delerium. Very much in the tradition of Kraftwerk, Harmonia, early Tangerine Dream, Cluster and other Krautrock pioneers this sole CD by the band features cosmic Space/Kraut Rock excursions from this late '90's German duo. The CD contains two long ambient tracks, clocking in at between 30 and 40 minutes each, exploring fantastical and surreal audio landscapes." [Delirium]
http://www.waysidemusic.com/ProductInfo.aspx?productid=23/DE%200072

Peter Brotzmann/Mats Gustafsson/Paal Nilssen-Love-The Fat is Gone $19.00
"Recorded live at Molde International Jazz Festival in 2006. The meeting between the godfather of free-jazz & the innovators of the modern free-jazz scene in Scandinavia, Mats Gustafsson & Paal Nilssen-Love, resulted in this mastodon of an album. This is the European free-jazz underground at its best. A devastating, blasting, raw, ferocious sonic assault on all senses. And beautiful, painfully beautiful." [Smalltown Superjazz]
http://www.waysidemusic.com/ProductInfo.aspx?productid=05/STSJ%20138

David Buchbinder-Odessa/Havana $13.00
"Trumpeter, composer, long-time leader of the Flying Bulgar Klezmer Band and founder of the famed Ashkenaz festival of New Yiddish Culture teams with award winning pianist/composer Hilario Duran to explore the exciting nexus of Cuban/Klezmer fusion. Inspired by the Jewish mambo craze of the 1950’s, the music here moves from Bulgar to Bembé, Sher to Son Montuno, Hora to Habanero. A brilliant blend of two cultures, this is an exciting release by a band that will appeal to fans of latin, jazz and Jewish music alike." [Tzadik]
http://www.waysidemusic.com/ProductInfo.aspx?productid=TZ%208121

François Faton Cahen-Great Winds $10.00 (special)
"While not being consistently unified, the stylistics of this album is more than unique and can't be compared either to Cahen's old band Zao, nor to anything ever created under the banner of Music's Muse. The first five compositions on the album I consider uncommon pearls of Progressive. What's especially interesting is that different soloing instruments play a prominent role on each of these compositions. Trade Wind (track 1) is benefited by the piano. A Froggy Day (track 2) is the only composition on the album in which the powerful and very diverse parts of the real drums are on the forefront of the arrangements. Oriental Wind (track 3) is in all senses the hour of triumph of Miroslav Vitous, who, by the way, plays the contrabass with the bow throughout the album. Spirit of the Wind (track 5) is a festival of percussion instruments, while the parts of piano and contrabass sound like they are being performed in the distance. While there are no percussion instruments, with the exception of cymbals, on Zephir (track 4), they, in my view, play a very significant role. Well, it's time to tell you about the musical and stylistic characteristics of these and both of the remaining tracks on the album. First off, it should be clear to anyone that the Great Winds never blow randomly. All their capfuls, blasts, and even hurricanes can only seem to be created impromptu and, thus, the real improvisations aren't their cup of tea. The same characteristics have all the musical incarnations of the Great Winds that are featured on this album. While the overall stylistics of it can be defined as a unique blend of Classic Symphonic Art-Rock and Jazz-Fusion, most tracks on the album, being examined separately, turn out to be rather different amongst themselves. Both the jazzy improvisation-like solos feature three of them, - Trade Wind, A Froggy Day, and Chapel of the Wind, - and symphonic passages of the piano and contrabass, which, as you already know, sounds like a violin here. While all four of the remaining tracks still contain some elements of Jazz-Fusion, for the most part they consist of symphonic structures. As I've already mentioned above, the first five compositions on the album are masterpieces. All of them are filled with diverse and intensive arrangements consisting of highly virtuosi and intriguing interplay between the piano and contrabass, which for the most part sounds like a magical three-voice violin (tenor, baritone, and bass). Especially impressive, though, is Oriental Wind (track 3), which is just filled with a wide variety of wonderful Eastern colours. Here, Vitous plays his contrabass with such diversity and virtuosity as Subramaniam plays his real violin.... Highly recommended to the experienced lovers of both the Classic Jazz-Fusion and Art-Rock genres."-progressor.net [Musea]
http://www.waysidemusic.com/ProductInfo.aspx?productid=01/MUSEA%203101

Camel-Moondances NTSC (all region) DVD $27.00
"It has been a long and frustrating search, but we were finally successful in tracking down a visual recording of Camel performing in 1976. It has been bootlegged mercilessly over the years. We had managed to get a copy on VHS back in 1993, but the recording was so poor, you couldn't recognise the band members. If you didn't know the music intimately, you wouldn't know it was Camel. It was touted as having been filmed in Spain but, in actual fact, it was recorded at the Hammersmith Odeon on 14th April 1976. The original line up of Andrew, Andy Ward and Doug Ferguson, with the late Peter Bardens, were on tour with their new release, Moonmadness. It's a rather dark recording, with the original audio, but an excellent performance. It's a wonder that the record company still had any form of it in the archives and, while it still has its gremlins, it's a fabulous piece of history. We decided to combine this short performance with the complete 1977 BBC recording at the Hippodrome during the Raindances tour (editor's note: for me, this is Camel's finest hour ever). Originally, we were only able to get permission to release specific time frames of this show, as licenses are charged per minute of usage. Now, through the generosity of the BBC, we were granted a special license to release all of the show. Together, they make a nice window to the past. A very special bonus is that we have included two audio recordings Decca Records (and the band, for that matter) had virtually forgotten about. Long ago, in a faraway galaxy known as Someplace in London, Andrew, Andy, Doug and Peter recorded two songs titled Autumn and Riverman. They weren't considered quite good enough for an album, but what makes these recordings so special to my ears is that they are the zygotes of what would become Camel's signature. They are hindsight in perfection, allowing us to look back to where so many songs originated, a bit like the river's source. I think they also have a certain innocence about them, too. We couldn't see them being released on a Camel album of today as they are too juxtaposed, both in structure and sound. I personally felt they were too unique to be included in that way, and needed something special. When our video producer, David Minasian, suggested we put them on the DVD as an audio bonus, we knew we'd found their place. Dave included an excellent slide show of still images to accompany the music."
Track Listing 1976 show:
White Rider
Lunar Sea
Preparations
Dunkirk
Another Night
Lady Fantasy
Track Listing (1977)
First Light
Metrognome
Unevensong
Rhayader
RhayaderGTT
Skylines
Highways of the Sun
Lunar Sea
Rain Dances
Never Let Go
One of These Days I'll Get an Early Night [Camel]
http://www.waysidemusic.com/ProductInfo.aspx?productid=23/CP%20810

Cheer-Accident-Variations on a Goddamn Old Man (2002) $12.00
"The Series! Documents of aural episodes (voyeuristic glimpses into the psyche of Cheer-Accident) made at home and on the road." [Pravda]
http://www.waysidemusic.com/ProductInfo.aspx?productid=PRAVDA%206376

Cheer-Accident-Variations on a Goddamn Old Man (2005) $12.00
"The Series! Documents of aural episodes (voyeuristic glimpses into the psyche of Cheer-Accident) made at home and on the road." [Pravda]
http://www.waysidemusic.com/ProductInfo.aspx?productid=PRAVDA%206381

Cheer-Accident-What Sequel? $12.00
"The long-awaited (by whom?) follow-up to 1994’s seminal The Why Album. Just as long on tunefulness and even longer on ambition than its predecessor, this collection of pop gems is a satisfying listen both for folks who like a catchy tune and those who crave a bit more compositional intricacy." [Pravda]
http://www.waysidemusic.com/ProductInfo.aspx?productid=PRAVDA%206386

Thanso Chrysakis-Klage $9.00
"Thanos Chrysakis  is a London-based composer/vibraphonist/ installation-artist. His musical output consists of microacousmatic and instrumental compositions, as well as sound installations/ environments. His music and sound work has appeared on various independent labels and events in various countries. His work Inscape 5 was amongst the selected works at the International Competition de Musique et d'Art Sonore Electroacoustiques de Bourges 2005 in the category œuvre d'art sonore électroacoustique, while Nekyomanteion received an honorary mention at the 7th International Electroacoustic Competition Musica Viva in Lisbon. Klage contains compositions based on a relatively wide range of timbral, rhythmic and melodic material, aiming to achieve a confluence between its structuring forces; acoustic instruments and electronic sounds. It is preferable to be listened to not as separate tracks but as an aural manifold of different distances/proximities, and contours; at times creating a sense of hovering, suspending time, while at others a more directional trajectory."
"Greek born, London based composer Thanos Chrysakis expresses admiration for Olivier Messiaen, and there are echoes of the French composer’s harmonic procedures throughout Klage, not only in 'Immanent Distance', an improvisation by Chrysakis on vibraphone and Dario Bernal Villegas on piano, and the interlocking all-interval tetrachords of 'Isabelle'. But unlike Messiaen, Chrysakis creates music with no discernible foreground or background, but made up of interpenetrating layers creating a network of cross-connections; the result has more in common with post-Lachenmann New Complexity than with the spacey, SuperCollider-esque laptoppery it superficially resembles. Bowed and struck percussion provide much of the source material for Chrysakis’s electronic transformations, from the singing bowls of 'What Lasts Is What You Start With' and the tubular bells of 'Downstream Prism' to the mildly disturbing shuffles, thuds, and gasps on the closing 'Childhood’s Vertigo', also sourced from an improvisation with Villegas. The appearance of a memorable spoken quotation from Lar’s Von Trier’s Europa towards the end of the album’s most substantial and accomplished track, 'Nekyomanteion', comes as something of a surprise, and yet it’s entirely in keeping with the poetic mystery of the music’s ghostly, subaquatic assemblage of crackles, moans and delicate chimes. The album title puns on German and Greek, meaning both profound grief and the clang of clashing swords in battle, and there’s a sense of both throughout this arresting and powerful work."-Dan Warburton, The Wire #283 [Aural Terrains]
http://www.waysidemusic.com/ProductInfo.aspx?productid=TRRN%200101

Richard Crandall-Spring Steel $13.00
An unique take on minimalism/modern composition; this is a winner!
"Another remarkable recording by the quirky Oregon composer/performer Richard Crandell, whose first delightful CD for Tzadik Mbira Magic hit several Best Ten lists for 2004. Adapting and retuning traditional Shona instruments, Crandell draws upon the work of Steve Reich, Terry Riley and John Fahey to create a hypnotic minimalist world through the use of repetition, variation and phasing. Charming and original, this is beautiful and subtle music from a recently rediscovered maverick composer out of the early days of west coast minimalism." [Tzadik]
http://www.waysidemusic.com/ProductInfo.aspx?productid=TZ%208041

Robin Crutchfield-For Our Friends in the Enchanted Otherworld $14.00
"Robin co-founded the experimental no-wave art band, DNA, and later collaborated with varied artists (including Steven Brown of Tuxedomoon and filmmaker Jim Jarmusch) in the guise of his Dark Day project. His new solo explorations have been described by Devendra Banhart as 'beguiling, powerful, hypnotic, mesmerizing, commanding, delicately unnerving, lilting, mellow,' and 'tense as hell.' A tiny treasure box from a lost garden, this album finds Robin further exploring his unique world; one of delicate harp compositions, glissando & deep drones. Soundscapes for daydreamers of this & other worlds." [Hand/Eye]
http://www.waysidemusic.com/ProductInfo.aspx?productid=05/HE%20032

Envisible Orkestra-Forge the Triangle $8.00
"This is the second album by an obscure underground space/jazz rock band who released their music on their own label in the mid to late '90s. This album features  songs with a jazzy edge accomplished musicianship with guitars (electric and acoustic), keyboards, and drum/bass that in places is reminiscent of Alan Holdsworth and John Scofield." [Maysonic]
http://www.waysidemusic.com/ProductInfo.aspx?productid=23/MAYSONIC%20006

Free Fall-The Point in a Line $19.00
"Smalltown Superjazz is proud to present the brand new studio album from the Free Fall trio consisting of Havard Wiik, Ken Vandermark & Ingebrigt Haker Flaten. With clarinets, piano & bass Free Fall creates magical moods and brings the heritage of Jimmy Giuffres' legendary '60s trio with Paul Bley & Steve Swallow into the new millennium. The Point In A Line is the perfect meeting between the innovative jazz scenes in Oslo & Chicago. It's melancholic, dark, moody but also melodic. The album was recorded in Chicago by Jason Ward & the post production was done by Ward, Vandermark & Bob Weston (Shellac)." [Smalltown Superjazz]
http://www.waysidemusic.com/ProductInfo.aspx?productid=05/STSJ%20142

Fuzz: The Sound That Revolutionized the World NTSC (all region) DVD $17.00
"Fuzz... the sound that changed the world. The fuzz box: that tiny little box between the electric guitar and the amp...what on earth does it do? Clif Taylor explores this insane industry of noise making, from the geeky backyard "boutique" engineers building prized and "instantly collectible" clones of terribly scarce "vintage" psychedelic circuits to professional Wah Wah men, electronic gurus, capable of pitching that monster tone into a circuit bent chaos, so filthy with angst even your parents would loose control if over-exposed. Filled with hysterical drama and outlandish controversy, these mad genius rockers fight to the end of the Internet and back again for their right to create the perfect circuit. Guitar God Billy Gibbons along with Jon Spencer, J.Mascis and Chris Ross from Wolfmother, weigh in with their own insight into baddest boxes and rattiest fuzztones. Internet forums ,"gear oriented" chat rooms and electronic product conventions have become the battlefield where these master box builders meet... the ensuing trade is anything but free!" [Brink]
http://www.waysidemusic.com/ProductInfo.aspx?productid=21/BRINK%200069

Egberto Gismonti-Em Familia $18.00
I wrote about this title and then didn't put it in the online store. Sorry. Here it is again and this time you can actually BUY it...
"During the 80s, Gismonti used to record for ECM and also for a Brazilian label. When his son was born he was recording Sanfona/Solo for ECM and decided to release a Brazilian version of it in homage to his son (who, incidentally, is playing with him nowadays). The result is Em Familia, a very hard to find Lp, originally released in a white vinyl. Now, several years later it is 1st time available on CD. It brings 3 compositions that appeared on the ECM release, BUT these are different recordings and arrangements. The side B of the Lp is completely different and only available here. It has Sanfona, one of the most beautiful tracks he ever wrote and also a completely different version from the ECM recording and 2 more quiet tracks. It finishes with some tunes he wrote for his son and in the last one he plays piano and his son "sings" with him. Besides this last tune with his son, all the rest of this CD is absolutely great. Don´t miss it if you like Egberto´s music."-Doctor Rocks [EMI]
http://www.waysidemusic.com/ProductInfo.aspx?productid=RDM/EMI1118

Goblin-Fantastic Journey: The Best Of Goblin Volume  1  : 2 x CDs $22.00
Back in stock! Goblin were a instrumental quartet of keyboards, guitar, bass & drums who are known for their soundtracks to some seriously scary 70's horror films by Dario Argento. Their music is sorta like a demented, evil Pink Floyd, but they really just sound like Goblin. This set is one full CD of their legendary contributions to the horror films of Argento and a 2nd CD of a live concert from 1979; the first ever release of a live Goblin show, with the band performing some of their classic works! The tape is a soundboard tape; it's not perfect, & there are some audible flaws but it's certainly good enough! [Cinevox]
http://www.waysidemusic.com/ProductInfo.aspx?productid=09/Cinevox%20MDF%20336

Michael Harrison-Revlation: Music in Pure Intonation $20.00
Wonderful, just intonated, 24 tones per octave piano music, very reminiscent of LaMonte Young's well tuned piano works, which isn't surprising, as Harrision studied with Young for many years. If you like this sort of sound, this is really great.
"A protégé of new music pioneer La Monte Young, composer-pianist Michael Harrison has developed one the most distinctive voices of our time, informed by his study of North Indian classical ragas and Middle Eastern rhythms. In Revelation (2001), his hypnotic seventy-minute work for solo piano, he employs the principles of harmonic resonance and just intonation to forge a remarkable new sound for the instrument, based on unfamiliar tunings and scales. Live performances of this strangely beautiful work have been praised for delivering 'heaping doses of old-fashioned, jaw-dropping virtuosity' (Los Angeles Times) and for generating 'pulsating shimmering walls of sound.'"-The Wire [Cantaloupe]
http://www.waysidemusic.com/ProductInfo.aspx?productid=05/CA%2021043

Heru Avenger-New Aeon $8.00
"This mysterious (American ?) band recorded three albums before disappearing. This first from 1998 is a stunning piece of occult influenced space rock that sounds so authentic it could easily have been part of the early 70's German rock scene. The overall feel is of mid period Ash Ra Tempel. Four long tracks loaded with improvised space rock trippyness, iced with electronic effects and wrapped in beautiful Egyptian style sleeve art. Alternately funky, trippy and trancey, this evokes visions of Gods and Pharoahs riding the great cosmic void to the land of the Sun! Brilliant!" [Initiates International]
http://www.waysidemusic.com/ProductInfo.aspx?productid=23/II%20001

Bert Jansch/John Renbourn-Pentangle Family 2 x CDs $11.00
"Excellent 1965-1972 overview. This is a marvelous budget-priced collection of the original Transatlantic recordings from Bert Jansch and John Renbourn between 1965 and 1972 as solo artists, as a duet, and in a group format with their ground-breaking band Pentangle. Purists may look down their nose at this two-hour-plus collection, preferring instead the original albums. But if you're looking for a solid overview of these two influential guitarists, there is much to enjoy here. Highlights include "Goodbye Pork Pie Hat," "Pentangling," "Sweet Child" and "Sylvie." Jansch and Renbourn are pillars of the British folk scene, while Pentangle blurred the lines between folk, blues, jazz and rock. The songs are presented in (mostly) chronological order, beginning with "Lucky Thirteen" from Jansch's 1965 album It Don't Bother Me, through "Shake Shake Mama" from Renbourn's 1972 album, Faro Annie. "Light Flight," which closes disc two, was a Top 40 British hit in 1969 but not included on a Pentangle album. This is essential listening for fans of British folk. Highly recommended."-Steve Vrana
" The music of Bert Jansch and John Renbourn, as well as their group project Pentangle, was an emotional and intellectual inspiration to me during my early adult years. This collection, sampling from most of the releases the three acts produced for Transatlantic Records over the period 1965 through 1972, provides a wonderful reminder of the quality of their vision. The two-CD format makes it possible to make really intelligent decisions as to what to include and what to exclude; importantly, the choices made here omit some of the artists' best known material (e.g., Jansch's 'I Am Lonely,' 'Angie,' and 'Reynardine,' and Pentangle's 'When I Get Home' and 'Cruel Sister')--available elsewhere--only to substitute equally interesting but less frequently heard works (e.g., Jansch's 'My Lover,' 'Promised Land,' and 'Sylvie', and Pentangle's 'Hole in the Coal' and 'Helping Hand'). I'd especially like to thank the organizers for their inclusion of Jansch's 'Sylvie,' which for me represents the very zenith of the art of guitar accompaniment--an incredible instrumental realization of the drama and pathos of lost love, that. Congratulations to all involved--an excellent survey!"-C.H. Smith [Castle]
http://www.waysidemusic.com/ProductInfo.aspx?productid=23/CASTLE%20931

Eyvind Kang-The Yelm Sessions $13.00
"Another important piece of the elusive and hermetic Eyvind Kang puzzle. This newest studio project from one of the most consistently interesting young composer/performers working today is instantly Kang’s most adventurous, varied and ambitious recordings to date. Featuring many of his most illustrious musical associates as well as several orchestral ensembles from around the world, this new CD brings Kang’s exuberant gift for orchestration and lyricism together with a keen sense of the miraculous. Kang’s star is rightfully on the rise." [Tzadik]
http://www.waysidemusic.com/ProductInfo.aspx?productid=TZ%208042

Toshinori Kondo-Silent Melodies $17.00
"Toshinori Kondo, a highly-acclaimed Japanese electric trumpeter, has been playing and recording all over the world with musicians as diverse as Bill Laswell (bass), John Zorn (saxophone), Derek Bailey (guitar), Herbie Hancock (keyboard), Peter Brötzmann (saxophone), DJ Krush, Hotei Taizo (guitar) and Eishiba (the greatest Japanese samisen player), to name but a few. In 1984, he formed a band called IMA (International Music Activities) in Japan and went on a world tour. The band's sound, fusing all sorts of musical elements such as rock 'n roll, jazz and DJing, gained great attention and was used for several commercial spots in Japan. He disbanded IMA in 1993 and moved to Amsterdam. He has been pursuing and sharpening his own musical style since then and started a project called Blow The Earth, playing electric trumpet in outdoor natural environments. In 2001, Kondo was requested by the 14th Dalai Lama to produce one part of the international peace festival called "The World Festival of Sacred Music" held in Hiroshima, Japan. In 2003 he was awarded Kikaku-sho (Best Project) at the 45th Japan Record Award and in 2005 he started the "Pikadon Project" for the 60th anniversary of the dropping of the atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Since 2006, he has been based in Amsterdam and Tokyo, and is always enthusiastic about collaborating with many different artists, regardless of artistic genre, in search of new sounds. Silent Melodies is a collection of songs using only his electric trumpet and nothing else. There are no overdubs and no other instruments but his breathing power, some effects and his fantastic playing technique."
You can hear his music here: http://www.myspace.com/toshinorikondo [Off]
http://www.waysidemusic.com/ProductInfo.aspx?productid=05/OFF%20001

Labradford-Prazision $14.00
"Labradford gradually developed their ambient rock excursions throughout the ’90s, growing from a duo to a trio and bringing more instrumentation to the mix. This is, to a certain extent, what all bands and artists must do to maintain relevance – further refine the technique, explore an influence, unlock potential through collaboration. If the process described as such seems rote and predictable, the acceptable rebuttal is that one is guided through it by the muse, rather than self-aware calculation. However, as the process develops a rhythm of its own, what previously appeared as natural begins to become inevitable. Comfort zones are sooner explored than the outside world, the spark of the new is gone, and technique, rather than revelation, is celebrated. Like peer Robert Hampson, Labradford eventually painted themselves into a corner, with Carter Brown disappearing and Mark Nelson's later Pan American project, for all of its richness of texture and conceptual rigor, paling in comparison to the earlier work. This is not meant to be harsh. The larger point is that we can only lament something that is lost, and that, if glory doesn't fade, it at least transmutes. Pan American and later Main releases continue to be absolutely astounding, records to admire for their well-worn intelligence and commitment, but, if one listens back to the first Labradford and Main releases, or Hampson's prior work with Loop, the lost possibilities become painfully apparent: what if Hampson continued to explore the trance, rather than the mechanics, of psychedelia? To ask the question, one needs to back up to the fork. To ask the question honestly, you have to be thankful that the road you're traveling on is interesting enough to even have a fork. To say the least, Labradford's Prazision LP stands before the fork (1993), and its accomplishment is that it hints at so many possibilities without feeling disjointed or inconsistent. So many seemingly disparate artists are currently mining this territory, and with such comparatively dismal results. Album closer "Skyward with Motion" is as stubborn as Mike Shiflet, but could Shiflet even come close to pulling off a track like "Soft Return," easily the most sublime pop song Labradford produced? Some of the City Centre Offices or Morr Music folks might attempt the shimmering Laurie Anderson-isms of "Disremembering" or the glacial atmospherics of "C. of People," but the Jarboe-era Swans acoustic stomp of "Sliding Glass"? Not a chance. The album makes both noiseniks and electronic shoegazers look foolish. Prazision LP's reissue could not come at a better time. This is where No Fun and Type Records meet, and it's more interesting and inspired than what either has been producing of late. Singularity of purpose can be effective, but at least a passing acknowledgement of the bigger and brighter things in the world is necessary; otherwise, it's just vanity. Prazision LP sounds as if it has been places. Here, there are songs beneath the haze, substance and feeling beneath the surface. If Labradford and its members chose a path, chalk it up to inevitability. On their debut, the possibilities were endless."-Brad LaBonte/Dusted [Kranky]
http://www.waysidemusic.com/ProductInfo.aspx?productid=05/KRANKY%20001

Liliental-Liliental $17.00
Back in stock after shooting out of here; First time ever on legitimate CD from master tapes for this Brain title!
"Electronic music pioneer Dieter Moebius (Cluster, Harmonia) wanted to record an album together with his musical soul-mates, Okko Bekker and Asmus Tietchens, at Conny Plank’s studio in 1976. In the event, Plank himself even participated in the recordings as a musician. Two other musicians also joined the fold: bassist Helmut Hattler and saxophonist Johannes Pappert (both from Kraan) had just finished working on an album and were happy to stay on at the studio. Suddenly, there were six musicians with six different personalities who had never worked together before. But what could easily have gone wrong turned into a great document of electronic music, which was rather atypical for its time and conveyed a certain lightness, revealing complex structures on closer inspection."
"A supergroup project that bought together some amazing talents, namely Dieter Moebius from Cluster, top engineer Conny Plank, Kraan musicians: Johannes Pappert and Helmut Hattler, and a couple of free radicals: Asmus Tietchens and Okko Bekker. An odd combination indeed! Dieter had worked with Okko and Asmus on the Cluster & Eno album, Conny's involvement was also logical, but the Kraan connection dates back to their previous collaborations with Cluster on the Mani Neumeier and Ax Genrich projects a couple of years earlier. Such a meeting of varied talents resulted in an extraordinarily odd cosmic album, beyond Harmonia's "Sehr Kosmische", kind of betwixt early Cluster and The Cosmic Jokers, but with a couple of very different twists added by the strange jazziness from the ex-Kraan duo and also Asmus' rummagings inside pianos! Industrial space music indeed! Full of weirdness and innovation. Dieter Moebius (ARP, guitar, percussion), Asmus Tietchens (Moog, piano), Okko Bekker (ARP, keyboards, percussion, vocals, guitar), Conny Plank (ARP, guitar, vocals), Johannes Pappert (alto sax, drums, bass, flute), Helmut Hattler (bass)"-The Crack in the Cosmic Egg [SPV]
http://www.waysidemusic.com/ProductInfo.aspx?productid=17/SPV%2049862

Jose Maceda-Drone and Melody $13.00
"This is the second Tzadik release of music by one of the most original and under-appreciated composers of the twentieth century. With his passing in 2004, several of his most passionate musical collaborators have been continuing Maceda’s legacy and they come together here to present his most ambitious and greatest large scale work—Strata. Beautifully recorded In Manila at the University of the Philippines directed by Maceda’s long-time collaborator Ramôn Santos and Mills College colleague Chris Brown, this is a long awaited follow-up to the seminal Gongs and Bamboo release from 2001. Also included are two beautifully recorded pieces for western instruments from Maceda’s last decade—Sujeichonfor five pianos based largely on Korean court music, and Music for Two Pianos and Four Percussion Groups. Another essential release by this maverick compositional master." [Tzadik]
http://www.waysidemusic.com/ProductInfo.aspx?productid=TZ%208043

Magma-Concert Bobino 1981 2 x CDs $28.00
What I said: This period was Magma's nadir, but even so, there is some decent to good stuff on here and a few really good players (Benoit Widemann, Jean-Luc Cheavlier, Dominique Bertram, etc.) all wearing amazing, ridiculous, new wave/sci-fi costumes. Think of it as an official bootleg, which is actually what it is, and know that the money goes to the band rather than some creep, and you might feel better about the whole thing. I can't exactly 'recommend' this, but I enjoyed parts of it more than I thought I would.
What Chris Cutler said: "A live concert performance, studio quality recording. This is the post-classic Magma, for me, with more pyrotechnics and jazz-funk, and less Stravinsky and Coltrane-lyricism than the earlier works. There are still stunning moments and some quintessential Vander stretches that Magma afficianados will treasure. As well as a lot of otherwise unavailable pieces." [Seventh]
http://www.waysidemusic.com/ProductInfo.aspx?productid=SEVENTH%20AKT%20V

Man-Do You Like It Now, Are You Settling In? (expanded/remastered) $18.00
Man's second classic album for Liberty/UA - now 24-bit re-mastered from the original master tapes with previously unreleased bonus tracks. Man's importance in the history of Welsh rock music cannot be understated. Fusing the worlds of Psychedelia, Blues, Rock and Roll and West Coast inspired rock, they were simply one of Britain's most original groups of the 1970's. Recording a series of Classic albums for Liberty / United Artists, man, along with labelmates Hawkwind, were true champions of the "Underground" spirit. This reissue is expanded by 35 minutes featuring 3 previously unreleased live bonus tracks from 1971 and liner notes exclusively penned by Man guitarist and raconteur Deke Leonard." [Esoteric]
http://www.waysidemusic.com/ProductInfo.aspx?productid=23/ESOTERIC%202013

Man-Live at the Padget Rooms, Penarth (expanded/remastered) 2 x CDs $22.00
"Man's debut live album for Liberty / UA - now remixed from the original 8-track tapes & expanded to include the entire concert. Man's importance in the history of welsh rock music cannot be understated. Fusing the worlds of Psychedelia, Blues, Rock and Roll and West Coast inspired Rock, they were simply one of Britain's most original groups of the 1970's. Recording a series of classic albums for Liberty / United Artists, Man, along with label-mates Hawkwind, were true champions of the "Underground" spirit. This reissue of their first live album was originally released in September 1972. This expanded reissue features the entire concert over two cds at a special price and liner notes exclusively penned by Man guitarist and raconteur Deke Leonard." [Esoteric]
http://www.waysidemusic.com/ProductInfo.aspx?productid=23/ESOTERIC%202014

Man-Man (expanded/remastered) $18.00
"Man's first classic album for Liberty/UA  - now 24-bit re-mastered from the original master tapes with previously unreleased bonus track. Man's importance in the history of welsh rock music cannot be understated. Fusing the worlds of Psychedelia, Blues, Rock and Roll and west coast inspired Rock, Man were simply one of Britain's most original groups of the 1970's. Recording a series of classic albums for Liberty / United Artists, Man, along with label-mates Hawkwind, were true champions of the "underground" spirit. This reissue features a previously unreleased 17 minute bonus track and liner notes exclusively penned by Man guitarist and raconteur Deke Leonard." [Esoteric]
http://www.waysidemusic.com/ProductInfo.aspx?productid=23/ESOTERIC%202012

Melodii Tuvi: Throat Songs and Folk Tune from Tuva $17.00
"Single CD featuring recordings of Tuvan folk music and throat-singing from 1969 with liner notes by noted world music scholar Dr. Pekka Gronow of the University of Helsinki. With the advent of the folk music revival in the 1960s, a new interest in Tuvan music swept through Asia and Eastern Europe. Capitalizing on this appeal, these 16 recordings were issued in 1969 in the Soviet Union. Dust-to-Digital is proud to reissue for the first time on compact disc these traditional performances including several khoomei songs plus one modern take on the classic Tuvan sound. In khoomei, the singer simultaneously produces two more distinct musical notes: a low, sustained bass note and a flute-like higher note. Tuvan sheep herders often practice khoomei in an effort to calm animals and appease spirits. The effect is hypnotic, eerie, and drone-like, unlike any sound you've ever heard come out of a cowboy."
"A few seconds of listening to the unnerving, eerie tones of the Throat Singers of Tuva is all it takes to prove that, while technology makes the world seem small, some places are still indeed far away." - The New York Times
"It is a sound once heard, never forgotten. A sound with the power to rearrange your mind and transform your life." - The Los Angeles Times
"...the sound you'd expect if a set of Scottish bagpipes could chant like a Gregorian monk." - The Washington Post [Dust to Digital]
http://www.waysidemusic.com/ProductInfo.aspx?productid=05/DTD%20009

Nektar-Door To The Future $12.00
Subtitled "The Light Show Tapes, Volume 1", this is the first official bootleg from Nektar. Recorded live on February 3rd, 1974 and June 12th, 1974, when the band were at their absolute pinnacle of success, with a number one album in Germany for Remember The Future. This features five previously unheard compositions, and very different versions of known tracks. The sound quality is very good for a 'bootleg series', and if you are a big fan of the band, this is a very enjoyable thing. [Dream Nebula]
http://www.waysidemusic.com/ProductInfo.aspx?productid=23/DREAM%20NEBULA%20121

Paladin-Paladin $18.00 (remastered)
"Released in the Spring of 1971, "Paladin" was the debut album from this creative band. Formed the previous year by Keith Webb and Pete Solley (both ex-members of Terry Reid's band), Paladin encompassed all that was experimental in early 70's rock. Fusing the worlds of jazz, rock and ethnic Cuban music, Paladin's debut album was both powerful and rhythmic, in places echoing excursions by bands such as Traffic, Manfred Mann's Chapter Three and Ginger Baker's Airforce (editor's note: Also Santana big time!). One of the first signings to Bronze records, Paladin shared a home with Uriah Heep, Colosseum, etc. and were highly regarded. With this 24-bit remastered edition, Paladin's debut release has never sounded better." [Esoteric]
http://www.waysidemusic.com/ProductInfo.aspx?productid=23/ESOTERIC%202005

Palo Alto-Transe Plan $10.00
"Palo Alto is a group of variable composition who take their inspiration from the Residents and Pascal Comelade as well as from masters of new music such as Univers Zero, Art Zoyd, Lars Hollmer and Ensemble Nimbus. Today they are at the very forefront of current music. After three very eclectic, melodic and inventive albums, the group has released "Transe Plan" on Gazul, which finds them at the peak of their musical form. Check this one out!" [Gazul]
http://www.waysidemusic.com/ProductInfo.aspx?productid=01/GAZUL%208617

Sleeping People-Growing $15.00
I just saw this great, great, great band last night (11/15) and they were great great great, so I wanted to re-list this here to AFFIRM that they are of interest...
I found out about this band when I was doing early prepatory work for our Upsilon Acrux album and saw them compared to this group. Sleeping People are an instrumental dual guitar, bass and drums band from San Diego and this is their second album. Lots of mathrock and King Crimson influences abound and this is another pretty great release; recommended!
"Growing advances Sleeping People as a band in every way. It's faster, more aggressive, more thoughtful and more dynamic than their debut. Engineered by Ben Moore (Hot Snakes, The Black Heart Procession), the songs are pushed to extremes, sparking an addictive adrenaline high that is ultimately eased by Rob Crow's surprise appearance at the conclusion of the album, his saccharine vocals providing a perfect, blissful freefall. Growing is Sleeping People at their most inspired. It is a document of a sometimes frantic, always fearless band who sounds best when they're only pretending to be in control. Like the band itself, Growing embraces change with an improvisational flair that is both confounding and consuming."  [Temporary Residence]
You can hear their music here: http://myspace.com/sleepingpeople
http://www.waysidemusic.com/ProductInfo.aspx?productid=28/TRR%20123

Jeff Tarlton-Astral Years $8.00
"American singer songwriter and bohemian folk troubadour Jeff Tarlton made two wonderful albums for Delerium in the late 1990's that were criminally overlooked at a time when folk was terminally unfashionable. Forget and all the nu folk pretenders, Jeff Tarlton was making incredible bewitching loner acid folk music and plying his trade in the secret venues of Europe long before this kind of music was promoting mobile phones. A good ten years ahead of it's time this little known masterpiece was made in 1997 by Jeff Tarlton an American who has led a hobo-gypsy lifestyle in Eastern Europe, recording with various musicians as he has travelled. With a voice that soars with the melodious grace of Tim Buckley but is possessed with the dark mystery of Nick Drake, Jeff crafted this amazing album. It's a singer song writer voyage that reinvented folk before nu-folk existed, with acoustic and electric instruments weaving a kind of beatnik bohemian folk psych tapestry that is hard to categorise yet magically rewarding. On one track Jeff plays the spokes of a bicycle wheel! In twenty years this album will be worshipped!" [Delirium]
http://www.waysidemusic.com/ProductInfo.aspx?productid=23/DE%200062

Jeff Tarlton-Dragin' Spring $8.00
"American singer songwriter and bohemian folk troubadour Jeff Tarlton made two wonderful albums for Delerium in the late 1990's that were criminally overlooked at a time when folk was terminally unfashionable. Forget and all the nu folk pretenders, Jeff Tarlton was making incredible bewitching loner acid folk music and plying his trade in the secret venues of Europe long before this kind of music was promoting mobile phones. Jeff's second album from 2000 is a further expansion of his unique style, and with a host of friends he creates a beautiful mixture of folk and rock that has a haunting otherworldly quality, haunting the borderland between gritty urban sprawl and dank and mysterious wilderness. Anyone who ever loved the intensity of Nick Drake or early John Martin whilst enjoying the contemporary, Espers, Devendra Banhart and other contemporary folk artists will find much to enjoy here." [Delirium]
http://www.waysidemusic.com/ProductInfo.aspx?productid=23/DE%200075

Matthew Welch/Craig Coloruso-Rusted Breath Quiet Hands $9.00
Nice, noisey/ambient album of soundscapes for alto sax and electric guitar. Two long tracks. Saxist Welch's compositions, "range from traditional-like bagpipe tunes to electronic pieces, improvisation strategies and fully notated works for solo instruments, chamber ensembles and orchestra. He has also taken part in a number of compositional collaborations with Indonesian Gamelan composer-performers in Bali and Java, performed in free improvisation contexts with numerable New York City improvisers, and played with art rockers in the Brooklyn underground. Dream Tigers (2005), a recording of his most recent compositions, was released on Tzadik Records' Composer Series." "After touring the US tirelessly in bands such as China Pig, Olive Grain and Diving Bell, guitarist Craig Colorusso found himself in one too
many bars..."
"One of the best things about the age in which we now live is the keen synthesis of various artistic forms. The proliferation of mixed-media work, music video, performance art and formalist theater in this decade is a testament to the willingness of mass culture to embrace a forward momentum in art. Music too has benefited from this collective thirst for “newness” as demonstrated by the electronic/folk/minimal work of Sufjan Stevens and the glitchy/ambient/avant garde/pop of Dan Deacon. These artists combine styles to create new voices and new musical perspectives while inviting the listener along for the ride. It is a great time indeed to be a fan of modern music. When listening to “Rusted Breath Quiet Hands,” the project of Matthew Welch (on saxophone) and Craig Colorusso (on guitar), I am reminded of just far music has come in the last decade. The two long tracks on this disc are spacious yet offer enough subtle melody to impart some meaning. This music is most certainly modern, and the diverse and impressive backgrounds of Craig and Matthew are injected into the tracks as they draw on their collective past experiences and produce music that creates tension without disturbing the delicate, meandering compositional balance. In a sentence, this music is gentle, rolling guitar drones with subdued saxophone improvisations. Although the songs are long and rambling, the duo manages to stay on the message of each track. As they move around telling the story, the sax narration will occasionally digress, or expound but always returning to advance the intended plot. While music is progressing in unpredictably amazing ways and what is acceptable by the mainstream is expanding beyond what anyone could have predicted, artists are finding voices by forging their own paths and creating their own spaces in which to exist. Matthew and Craig are certainly working hard to deliver ambient music that would fit right in at an art galley opening or in the classroom as research material for minimalist composers."-Curt Seiss/FoxyDigitalis.com (22 August, 2007) [MUUD]
http://www.waysidemusic.com/ProductInfo.aspx?productid=MUUD%20002

Yesterday's Heroes-1979 $18.00
Yesterday's Heroes is Haco (voice, vocoder, effects) and Ground Thaemlitz (instruments, effects).
"The voice of Haco is found admirably encased in this flexible and synthetic case, where the electro-sounds of the vocoder and rhythms of the casio recall Laurie Anderson, Brian Eno, Gary Numan, Kraftwerk, Yellow Magic Orchestra and O.M.D. Much more than parody, but still interesting and amusing by two impossible to circumvent new music artists, this disc is the beautiful surprise of the re-entry of 1980s electro-wave, bursting with freshness and pop inventiveness. Limited and numbered edition which is accompanied by a superb kitsch poster." [La Louche]
http://www.waysidemusic.com/ProductInfo.aspx?productid=00/LA%20LOUCHE%20001

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Recent reviews of Cuneiform artists and titles (in English only):

CLAUDIA QUINTET
http://www.musiquemachine.com/reviews/reviews_template.php?id=1408

FOREVER EINSTEIN
http://people.cs.uu.nl/jur/reviews/racketscience.html

ALEC K. REDFEARN and THE EYESORES
http://www.musiquemachine.com/reviews/reviews_template.php?id=1412

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You can always see which of our artists are on tour and get the links to the venues at:
http://www.cuneiformrecords.com/tours.html
or
http://my.calendars.net/cuneiform/
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BIRDSONGS OF THE MESOZOIC
Monday, December 31 - Emmanuel Church, Boston, MA 6 & 7:45pm (Free with First Night button) (Extreme Spirituals: Oral Moses with Birdsongs of the Mesozoic Atlanta-based African-American spiritual singer Oral Moses will travel to Boston in late December for a rare live performance of this unusual collaboration with Birdsongs of the Mesozoic.)

CLAUDIA QUINTET
March 13 - 18 - European tour (lots of time to get this information, but just so you know!

FAR CORNER
December 8 - Vnuks - 5036 S. Packard Avenue - Cudahy, WI (414)481-1655 - 7:30 PM (with Might Could and von Frickle)

FORGAS BAND PHENOMENA
November 15 - Les Triton - 11 bis, rue du Coq Français - 93260 Les Lilas (Paris) - France) (métro: Mairie des Lilas) (with a new 7-piece line-up!)

HUGH HOPPER
with SOFT MACHINE LEGACY
January 31 - Festival Jazz en Nord - Lille, France

with THE DELTA SAX QUARTET
December 10 - Kingston University, London, UK

December 12 - Jubilee Hall - Chagford, Devon, UK

December 13 - Bristol, UK

THE MICROSCOPIC SEPTET (yes, they broke up in 1992, but we did such a good job with The History of the Micros, Volume 1 and Volume 2 that they have resurrected themselves - at least for a little bit - for touring fun and maybe we can figure out a way to record all their never-recorded compositions and make another album. Maybe)

December 1 - Jazzmeile Thuringen - Ilmenau, Germany

December 3- Steintor - Halle Germany

December 4 - A-Trane - Berlin, Germany

December 5 - Enercity Expo Café - Hannover, Germany

December 6 - live broadcast over Radio Bremen - Bremen, Germany

December 7 - Bimhuis - Amsterdam, Holland

December 8 - Porgy and Bess - Vienna, Austria

Thursday, December 13 - Sweet Rhythm - West Village, NYC, NY : two sets 8 & 10 PM

ED PALERMO BIG BAND
December 7 - live radio broadcast on WBGO - FM (New York CIty) - performing the music of Paul Butterfield and Mike Bloomfield

December 12 - Iridium - 1650 Broadway (at 51st Street) - NYC, NY 10019 (212) 582 2121 - performing the music of Frank Zappa

ALEC K. REDFEARN European tour (NOTE: This is a SOLO tour - not an Eyesores tour - but Alec is playing Alec's music, which means lots of Eyesores material)

November 20 - tba - Ljubliana, Slovenia

November 21 - tba - Murska Sobota, Slovenia

November 22 - Club Satchmo - Maribor, Slovenia

November 23 - Club A3 - Knin, Croatia

November 24 - Treci Svijet - Kastel Novi, Croatia

November 25 - Orlando - Dubrovnik, Croatia

November 26 - Galerija Mala - Mostar, Bosnia / Herzegovina

November 27 - tba - Banjalukak, Bosnia / Herzegovinia

November 28 - tba - Belgrade, Serbia

November 29 - tba - Skopje - Macedonia

November 30 - tba - Thessaloniki - Greece

December 1 - Small Music Theatre - Athens, Greece

TIME OF ORCHIDS
Saturday, November 24 - The Stone ("Namesake Caution" to be played in its entirety) - Avenue C @ East 2nd Street - NYC, NY 10009 - 10:00 pm

Saturday, December 29 - The Annex - 152 Orchard St. - NYC, NY 10002

UPSILON ACRUX
December, 1 - Showcase Theatre - 683 South Main St, - Corona, California (with the Locust, Sleeping People, Yip Yip) Cost : $10.00

December, 2 - Knitting Factory - 7021 Hollywood Blvd - Hollywood, California (with the Locust, Sleeping People, Yip Yip) Cost : $10.00


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To see Artist News by musicians who have recorded for Cuneiform - provided to us by the musicians themselves and updated every four months, go to:
http://www.cuneiformrecords.com/artistnews.html


Thank you!

-Coming Soon (or not soon, but eventually, so please be patient!)-
(For updates of new items in stock, watch these mailings or check the NEW ARRIVALS section!) :
BUSSONET/BUIRE/IMPERATO -BBI (Philippe Bussonet's pre-One shot power trio with the ex-Offering drummer on Soleil Zeuhl)
Amydala-second album (with Daniel Jeand'heur from One Shot on drums - on Soleil Zeuhl!)
BEAT CIRCUS-Dreamland (Led by singer/songwriter Brian Carpenter, Beat Circus combine modern compositional forms with a very twisted spin on 'old-timey' Americana. Narrative songs of haunted Deadwood saloons and brothels, Old West gunslingers, gangsters from The Bowery, Coney Island sideshows, and the legend of the Santa Fe Railway are set to a soundtrack of dark carnival music.)
CARLA BLEY-The Lost Chords Find Paolo Fresu
BRAIN CATALOG: to be released by SPV/REVISITED, which means we can expect them to do the fine job they have already done with the Popol Vuh and Klaus Schulze catalog!
CAVEMAN SHOESTORE-Frankensongs (Fred Chalenor confirms it is all finished and just waiting to go in....)
CLEARFRAME-Clearframe (debut release from the improvising quartet of Charles Hayward, Hugh Hopper, Lol Coxhill and Robert Wyatt)
COSMOLOGIC-as yet untitled fourth album (amazingly good Southern California quartet of alto sax, trombone, bass and drums, performing swinging free-jazz with excellent heads and tunes)
DEUS EX MACHINA-Imparis (new studio CD + live DVD  (the studio CD will be about 1 hour containing an half hour of new songs + an half hour
of older songs revisited - the dvd contains 60 minutes of a 2006 concert in Paris dolby surround + extras: interviews + Paris backstage + Fabrizio plays + excerpts from Manresa [Spain 2002] + excerpts from Chapel Hill [USA 1996] + excerpts from italian TV [1996] total time of DVD is aproximately 2 hours)
FRED FRITH-Back To Life
HOLDING PATTERN-Breaking the Silence (very good reunion album)
LARS HOLLMER-Viandra (nice new album with Michel Berckmans, Santiago Jimenz,, etc)
KULTIVATOR-Barndomens Stigar (finally a reissue of this Swedish *classic* with never before heard bonus material! On Mellotronen!)
MAGMA-Mythes et Legendes Volume 4 DVD (recorded at Le Triton in Paris, summer 2005)
MATS/MORGAN BAND-Heat Beats CD/DVD
BENNIE MAUPIN-The Jewel and the Lotus (FINALLY on CD for the first time)
CHRIS McGREGOR's BROTHERHOOD OF BREATH-Eclipse at Dawn (live at Berliner Jazztage, November, 1971)
MIRAGE-Now You See It (first time on CD - with bonus material!)
MIRIODOR-Avanti! (not soon, so hold your horses)
OCTOBER EQUUS-second album
MIKE OSBORNE-Force of Nature (unreleased fantastic recordings! 'nuff said!!)
PLANETA IMAGINARIO-Biomasa (terrific 8 piece jazz/rock ensemble from Spain who know how to write a good tune and to play around said tune release a second album sure to please Canterbury-style jazz-rock fans)
PRESENT-new album (mostly recorded now. probably out in 2008 and to be released by Ad Hoc! Go Dave Go!!)
RIALZU-(reissue of legendary French zeuhl album from 1977 with bonus material)
RAY RUSSELL-Turn Circle (debut release by the great UK jazz/rock/out guitarist. Never before on CD!)
SAGA-Saga (ex-November bassist's band)
SECRET CHIEFS 3-Xaphan: Book of Angels, Volume 9
SLOCHE-FINALLY a legit release for these Canadian monsters!
KEITH TIPPETT-A Loose Kite Floating in the Wind (reissue of a great album from Ogun)
U.K.-U.K.
       -Danger Money
       -Night After Night  (all remastered with bonus tracks!)
JOHN ZORN-Filmworks XIX


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Here's what has come in in the last week - either new releases or restockings of items that have been unavailable:

Rez Abbasi-Third Ear $6.00
Third Ear was recorded in 1991 and 1992 and released on the Ozone label in 1995. Despite its slightly dated content, the disc demonstrates that nearly a decade ago, Abbasi was already a player and composer to be reckoned with. He also knew all the right people—saxophonists Billy Drewes and Bob Mintzer; pianists Russ Lossing, Kenny Werner, and Marc Copland; bassists Scott Colley and Marc Johnson; drummers Ben Perowsky and Peter Erskine, and percussionists Jamey Haddad and Satoshi Takeishi.
While Abbasi’s current release, Modern Memory, flirts with avant-garde and free jazz, this one bears some of the marks of late 80s-early 90s fusion. Abbasi sprinkles guitar synthesizer here and there. Copland lays down sustained synth pillows on three tracks. “Resonance,” the opener, is a bit heavy on the Berkleeisms and finds Perowsky sounding surprisingly like Dave Weckl. There’s a faint whiff of the Metheny Group on the ballad “Memorial Daze”; sparkling solos by Drewes and Werner give it a much-needed edge. But despite some of the dated and derivative elements, an unfailing sense of swing prevails. Copland brims with passion on acoustic piano during the waltz “Mood Sketch,” while the leader solos with particular brilliance on “Sheets of Rain,” phrasing a lot like Metheny but employing a much brighter tone and a harder attack. His acoustic guitar lights up the winding melody of “Prana” and his solo on the closer, “A Passage for You,” which strongly recalls John Scofield’s “Still Warm” (Gramavision, 1986). Mintzer gets busy on soprano during the double-time portion of “Third Ear” and plays tenor on “Mood Sketch.” Erskine spices up “For the Birds and the Bees” with a cool, unorthodox groove. The title track, “Third Ear,” is a bit more “inside” than the version that appears on Modern Memory. Whereas the later version features multiple horns on the melody, here Abbasi uses a harmonized guitar synth patch to create an analogous effect. Listening to both takes back to back, one can gain insight into what Abbasi was going for back in 1992, and how he pulled it off in 1998. It does Abbasi justice all around, showcasing not only his playing and writing, but also his artistic development over the course of the 90s.-David Adler/allaboutjazz.com [Ozone]
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Aranis-II $24.00
Back in stock at a better price (still expensive - sorry)
For a very small country, Belgium certainly has a easily identifiable sounding style of new music, and Aranis, a septet of fantastic young players, fits right into the chamber-rock sound that we all know from fellow country-groups like Louise Avenue, Cro Magnon, Julverne and Univers Zero, as well as other European bands such as DAAU, Lars Hollmer's various ensembles, Noetra, Silence IV, Penguin Cafe Orchestra and Gatto Marte. The band consists of 2 violinists, accordion, piano, guitar, flute and double bass. For fans of this sound, this will will thrill and amaze. This is even better than their quite good debut and compares very favorably with the ensembles I have compared them to earlier in this paragraph. It was self-released on a tiny label in Antwerp and is difficult to get, hence the price.
"Classical music and rock are growing towards one another. An evolution we can only be pleased about."-Focus Knack
"Two violins, a double bass, accordion, piano, flute, guitar and almost no voice: it is quite clear that Aranis wants to make music you do not hear just anywhere."-De Standaard
"Aranis is a young and promising Flemish band with a unique sound. Its seven musicians explore every possible and impossible sound and technique on their instruments, which results in a cocktail of muted minimalism with a post-rock drive. Their ‘Acoustic Chamber Rock’, with its high rock content and references to folk and contemporary classical music has taken the classical world by surprise."
You can hear their music here: http://myspace.com/aranis [Aranis]
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v\u003cwbr /\>\u003d3WfoccRna6I\u003c/a\>\u003cbr /\>\u003cbr /\>Atila-Intencion $22.00\u003cbr /\>"Intención, the sensational second lp recorded by Atila, has never fetched the high amounts their debut album The Beginning of the End does, but it is still a mega-rare lp hardly seen below the 400 euros tag, and is considered by many to be better than their previous output. At the time of recording this album, the band was already considered one of the top stage acts from Spain, which led to their signing for the BASF label, where they had access to a better production, which not only resulted in a better sound but also in a much more visually attractive full color gatefold sleeve, which this Wah Wah reissue reproduces to perfection and includes a gorgeous 16-page booklet full of info on the band. Originally issued in 1976, Intención is the perfect follow-up to The Beginning of the End, with Atila offering further pieces led by the strong guitar licks of Eduardo Niebla, Benet Nogué\'s organ & Moog, and Joan Punyet\'s drums melting in top progressive freakouts, plus the addition of wordless vocal parts and even some Catalan sung parts, besides adding a symphonic edge to the general sound. Side A offers three killer tracks in that vein, while the B-side is a new recording of the bands\' signature theme \'El Principio Del Fin,\' with updated overtones, Moog passages and a much better recorded sound than the one appearing on their debut LP. In addition to the original Intención lp this CD edition features one bonus track recorded back in 1999, the year of the band\'s first comeback after they disbanded in the late \'70s."\u003cbr /\>"Atila was a band formed around 1973 in Spain, they actually started as a power trio that became more of a typical four-piece later on. They had 3 albums in their short carrer, but a lot of gigs in and around Spain, this one being the second and a definitive must in any serious collector of progressive music Music based on vintage keys with particular used of the moog, with a very strong rythm and guitar interplay that will not clone anybody on its explorations...very unique, and that IMO is what makes this band great. Loooong symphonic jams, and solos that will make you drool; mostly (90%) instrumental but when vocals used are very well melted in the context of the music. For me a fantastic discovery of recent years. Personally I like the next better, still this one deserve 5 stars. Superb!!!"-Jose Gabriel/Progarchives.com [Wah Wah]\u003cbr /\>",1] ); //--> they are http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3WfoccRna6I

Atila-Intencion $22.00
"Intención, the sensational second lp recorded by Atila, has never fetched the high amounts their debut album The Beginning of the End does, but it is still a mega-rare lp hardly seen below the 400 euros tag, and is considered by many to be better than their previous output. At the time of recording this album, the band was already considered one of the top stage acts from Spain, which led to their signing for the BASF label, where they had access to a better production, which not only resulted in a better sound but also in a much more visually attractive full color gatefold sleeve, which this Wah Wah reissue reproduces to perfection and includes a gorgeous 16-page booklet full of info on the band. Originally issued in 1976, Intención is the perfect follow-up to The Beginning of the End, with Atila offering further pieces led by the strong guitar licks of Eduardo Niebla, Benet Nogué's organ & Moog, and Joan Punyet's drums melting in top progressive freakouts, plus the addition of wordless vocal parts and even some Catalan sung parts, besides adding a symphonic edge to the general sound. Side A offers three killer tracks in that vein, while the B-side is a new recording of the bands' signature theme 'El Principio Del Fin,' with updated overtones, Moog passages and a much better recorded sound than the one appearing on their debut LP. In addition to the original Intención lp this CD edition features one bonus track recorded back in 1999, the year of the band's first comeback after they disbanded in the late '70s."
"Atila was a band formed around 1973 in Spain, they actually started as a power trio that became more of a typical four-piece later on. They had 3 albums in their short carrer, but a lot of gigs in and around Spain, this one being the second and a definitive must in any serious collector of progressive music Music based on vintage keys with particular used of the moog, with a very strong rythm and guitar interplay that will not clone anybody on its explorations...very unique, and that IMO is what makes this band great. Loooong symphonic jams, and solos that will make you drool; mostly (90%) instrumental but when vocals used are very well melted in the context of the music. For me a fantastic discovery of recent years. Personally I like the next better, still this one deserve 5 stars. Superb!!!"-Jose Gabriel/Progarchives.com [Wah Wah]
http://www.waysidemusic.com\u003cwbr /\>/ProductInfo.aspx?productid\u003d05\u003cwbr /\>/WAH%20WAH%20008\u003c/a\>\u003cbr /\>\u003cbr /\>Eric Carbonara-Exodus Bulldornadius $15.00\u003cbr /\>"Exodus Bulldornadius is Philly multi-instrumentalist Eric Carbonara’s contribution to locust music’s ongoing Wooden Guitar series. Carbonara\'s playing draws on the rich musical styles from Andalusian Roma-Flamenco to Hindustani & North African folk to form a kind of exalted pidgin style of playing that covers a wide emotional terrain from mediatative calm to restless unease." [Locust]\u003cbr /\>\u003ca onclick\u003d\"return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)\" href\u003d\"http://www.waysidemusic.com/ProductInfo.aspx?productid\u003d05/LOCUST%20104\" target\u003d_blank\>http://www.waysidemusic.com\u003cwbr /\>/ProductInfo.aspx?productid\u003d05\u003cwbr /\>/LOCUST%20104\u003c/a\>\u003cbr /\>\u003cbr /\>Cluster-Box Set part two 5 CD box set (very limited edition) $120.00\u003cbr /\>"Includes five titles (Cluster & Eno, Eno-Moebius-Roedelius "After the Heat", Moebius + Roedelius "Apropos Cluster", Cluster "One House", Moebius & Plank "En Route") with special outer box and a goofy cut out Moebius paper-doll thingy.All reissued with elaborate miniature paper sleeves of the original LP. 2007 digital remaster versions." [Captain Trip]\u003cbr /\>\u003ca onclick\u003d\"return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)\" href\u003d\"http://www.waysidemusic.com/ProductInfo.aspx?productid\u003dCAPTAIN%20TRIP%20603-607\" target\u003d_blank\>http://www.waysidemusic.com\u003cwbr /\>/ProductInfo.aspx?productid\u003cwbr /\>\u003dCAPTAIN%20TRIP%20603-607\u003c/a\>\u003cbr /\>\u003cbr /\>Cluster-Box Set part two 5 CD box set (very limited edition) (price outside of USA) $125.00\u003cbr /\>"Includes five titles (Cluster & Eno, Eno-Moebius-Roedelius "After the Heat", Moebius + Roedelius "Apropos Cluster", Cluster "One House", Moebius & Plank "En Route") with special outer box and a goofy cut out Moebius paper-doll thingy.All reissued with elaborate miniature paper sleeves of the original LP. 2007 digital remaster versions." [Captain Trip]\u003cbr /\>",1] ); //--> http://www.waysidemusic.com/ProductInfo.aspx?productid=05/WAH%20WAH%20008

Eric Carbonara-Exodus Bulldornadius $15.00
"Exodus Bulldornadius is Philly multi-instrumentalist Eric Carbonara’s contribution to locust music’s ongoing Wooden Guitar series. Carbonara's playing draws on the rich musical styles from Andalusian Roma-Flamenco to Hindustani & North African folk to form a kind of exalted pidgin style of playing that covers a wide emotional terrain from mediatative calm to restless unease." [Locust]
http://www.waysidemusic.com/ProductInfo.aspx?productid=05/LOCUST%20104

Cluster-Box Set part two 5 CD box set (very limited edition) $120.00
"Includes five titles (Cluster & Eno, Eno-Moebius-Roedelius "After the Heat", Moebius + Roedelius "Apropos Cluster", Cluster "One House", Moebius & Plank "En Route") with special outer box and a goofy cut out Moebius paper-doll thingy.All reissued with elaborate miniature paper sleeves of the original LP. 2007 digital remaster versions." [Captain Trip]
http://www.waysidemusic.com/ProductInfo.aspx?productid=CAPTAIN%20TRIP%20603-607

Cluster-Box Set part two 5 CD box set (very limited edition) (price outside of USA) $125.00
"Includes five titles (Cluster & Eno, Eno-Moebius-Roedelius "After the Heat", Moebius + Roedelius "Apropos Cluster", Cluster "One House", Moebius & Plank "En Route") with special outer box and a goofy cut out Moebius paper-doll thingy.All reissued with elaborate miniature paper sleeves of the original LP. 2007 digital remaster versions." [Captain Trip]
http://www.waysidemusic.com\u003cwbr /\>/ProductInfo.aspx?productid\u003cwbr /\>\u003dCAPTAIN%20TRIP%20597-602E\u003c/a\>\u003cbr /\>\u003cbr /\>Cluster-One Hour (limited mini-lp sleeve) $20.00\u003cbr /\>In 1994, a few years before the resurgence of interest in all things Krautrock and kling-klang, this album was released in the USA on a tiny label. It marked the beginning of Moebius and Roedelius working together again after a number of years off. Recorded live in the studio. [Captain Trip]\u003cbr /\>\u003ca onclick\u003d\"return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)\" href\u003d\"http://www.waysidemusic.com/ProductInfo.aspx?productid\u003dCAPTAIN%20TRIP%20606\" target\u003d_blank\>http://www.waysidemusic.com\u003cwbr /\>/ProductInfo.aspx?productid\u003cwbr /\>\u003dCAPTAIN%20TRIP%20606\u003c/a\>\u003cbr /\>\u003cbr /\>Cluster & Eno-Cluster & Eno (limited mini-lp sleeve) $20.00\u003cbr /\>This was the first collaboration, recorded when Eno\'s star was at its zenith, between him and the great German electronic duo. Really a classic of its time and type and a lovely release. I remember my first record store job, around 1978, when this nice housewife-type lady came in. She was looking for something \'pretty\' and said she didn\'t mind if there wasn\'t singing on it. I said to her, "I don\'t know if this is what you are looking for, but *I* think it\'s pretty", and played this for her. She loved it and bought it immediately and actually came into the store at least once more, to tell me what a great record it was to do the dishes to! I wonder if her family ever forgave me... [Captain Trip]\u003cbr /\>\u003ca onclick\u003d\"return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)\" href\u003d\"http://www.waysidemusic.com/ProductInfo.aspx?productid\u003dCAPTAIN%20TRIP%20603\" target\u003d_blank\>http://www.waysidemusic.com\u003cwbr /\>/ProductInfo.aspx?productid\u003cwbr /\>\u003dCAPTAIN%20TRIP%20603\u003c/a\>\u003cbr /\>\u003cbr /\>Dzyan-Time Machine/Electric Silence $20.00\u003cbr /\>Two great albums which were legitimately released seperately, but have been out of print for a long time, now repackaged in a high-quality pirate edition. An underservedly obscure German psychedelic jazz/rock band. By the time of these, their 2nd and 3rd albums from the mid 70s, the well known lineup of Eddy Marron (guitars, sitar, zaz, tambura, mellotron, voice), Reinhard Karwatky (bass, superstring, mellotron, synthesizer) & Peter Giger (drums, percussion) came together for this one. Long, trippy tracks featuring Eastern/middle Eastern motifs, jazz fusion power & psychedelic mind expansion. Highly recommended.\u003cbr /\>",1] ); //--> http://www.waysidemusic.com/ProductInfo.aspx?productid=CAPTAIN%20TRIP%20597-602E

Cluster-One Hour (limited mini-lp sleeve) $20.00
In 1994, a few years before the resurgence of interest in all things Krautrock and kling-klang, this album was released in the USA on a tiny label. It marked the beginning of Moebius and Roedelius working together again after a number of years off. Recorded live in the studio. [Captain Trip]
http://www.waysidemusic.com/ProductInfo.aspx?productid=CAPTAIN%20TRIP%20606

Cluster & Eno-Cluster & Eno (limited mini-lp sleeve) $20.00
This was the first collaboration, recorded when Eno's star was at its zenith, between him and the great German electronic duo. Really a classic of its time and type and a lovely release. I remember my first record store job, around 1978, when this nice housewife-type lady came in. She was looking for something 'pretty' and said she didn't mind if there wasn't singing on it. I said to her, "I don't know if this is what you are looking for, but *I* think it's pretty", and played this for her. She loved it and bought it immediately and actually came into the store at least once more, to tell me what a great record it was to do the dishes to! I wonder if her family ever forgave me... [Captain Trip]
http://www.waysidemusic.com/ProductInfo.aspx?productid=CAPTAIN%20TRIP%20603

Dzyan-Time Machine/Electric Silence $20.00
Two great albums which were legitimately released seperately, but have been out of print for a long time, now repackaged in a high-quality pirate edition. An underservedly obscure German psychedelic jazz/rock band. By the time of these, their 2nd and 3rd albums from the mid 70s, the well known lineup of Eddy Marron (guitars, sitar, zaz, tambura, mellotron, voice), Reinhard Karwatky (bass, superstring, mellotron, synthesizer) & Peter Giger (drums, percussion) came together for this one. Long, trippy tracks featuring Eastern/middle Eastern motifs, jazz fusion power & psychedelic mind expansion. Highly recommended.
"When the [original] Dzyan eventually disintegrated, Reinhard Karwatky was the only member remaining. So, he drafted in jazzers Eddy Marron (ex-Jochen Brauer Sextet and Vita Nova) and drummer Lothar Scharf (from Virgo), who didn't stay long, and was in turn replaced by the much more original percussionist Peter Giger. On Time Machine [1973] they played, to quote Eddy Marron: 'in the Kriegel-Doldinger-Association-Et Cetera jazz-rock style,' a very inventive fusion, the spirit of Kraut rock in a radical jazz-fusion. While Peter Giger worked on other commitments as a session musician for ECM and on tour with Eberhard Weber, ex-Dave Pike Set drummer Marc Hellmann filled in. By the time Giger returned, the Dzyan sound had changed considerably, as both Reinhard and Eddy had been experimenting with ethnic musics and a wider range of instruments. Mellotrons, sitar, and the mysterious 'Super String' were added. The third album Electric Silence [1974] was even more out on a limb, bringing weird avant-garde elements together with jazz, rock and various ethnic musics; all together in an extreme melting pot of styles, ideas and fertile imagination. Running from free-jazz through medieval cum raga-rock (cf. Third Ear Band) and intense rock improvisation it is indeed one of the landmarks in experimental rock."-The Crack In The Cosmic Egg [Germanofon]
http://www.waysidemusic.com/ProductInfo.aspx?productid=05/GERMANOFON%20941150

Eno, Moebius, Roedelius-After The Heat (limited mini-lp sleeve) $20.00
Hmmmm...Eno, Moebius & Roedelius...that would make this.... The second of two releases by Cluster and Eno, released in 1978, this follows onward from their classic first album and was recorded when Eno's star was at its Zenith.
"It consists of repeated  patterns and sustained guitar in the ambient style familiar from Eno's collaborations with Robert Fripp and albums of his own...." [Captain Trip]
http://www.waysidemusic.com\u003cwbr /\>/ProductInfo.aspx?productid\u003cwbr /\>\u003dCAPTAIN%20TRIP%20604\u003c/a\>\u003cbr /\>\u003cbr /\>David Eyges-Wood $4.00\u003cbr /\>"The non-tempered moaning, keening, wailing sound from David Eyges\' cello has more in common with Lightnin\' Hopkins and John Lee Hooker than it does with celebrated cellists M. Rostropvich and Yo Yo Ma. With soulful conviction he strikes directly to the heart of the blues on Wood, his first ever solo outting."-Bill Milkowski.\u003cbr /\>Further on in the notes, David speaks of seeing and being amazed by shows he saw in the mid 60\'s by Hooker, Hopkins, Muddy Waters, as well as absorbing the work by Ornette and Mingus and eventually coming up with his own thing. So, these influences make for a unique solo cello concert. [Midlantic]\u003cbr /\>\u003ca onclick\u003d\"return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)\" href\u003d\"http://www.waysidemusic.com/ProductInfo.aspx?productid\u003dMidlantic%20102\" target\u003d_blank\>http://www.waysidemusic.com\u003cwbr /\>/ProductInfo.aspx?productid\u003cwbr /\>\u003dMidlantic%20102\u003c/a\>\u003cbr /\>\u003cbr /\>Jad Fair & Jason Willett-Honey Bee $7.00\u003cbr /\>"Jad and Jason evoke "Loud" era Half-Jap, your ears bleed but you need it. Jad Fair, vocal, drums, guitar, bass; Jason Willett, drums, guitar, bass, piano, organ, trumpet, electronics, other. Recorded between 1995 and 1997." [Dr. Jim]\u003cbr /\>\u003ca onclick\u003d\"return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)\" href\u003d\"http://www.waysidemusic.com/ProductInfo.aspx?productid\u003d28/ECM%201788\" target\u003d_blank\>http://www.waysidemusic.com\u003cwbr /\>/ProductInfo.aspx?productid\u003d28\u003cwbr /\>/ECM%201788\u003c/a\>\u003cbr /\>\u003cbr /\>The Flying Luttenbachers-Incarceration by Abstraction $15.00\u003cbr /\>The latest by the Flying Luttenbachers is actually a Weasel Walter album in disguise. Originally planned to be performed by a full band version of the group, including guitarists Mick Barr and Ed Rodriguez, like their incredible, amazing and unfortunately out of print last album Catalclysm, except that those musicians weren\'t available. Not being someone who likes to dwell on past works, Weasel documented the material he had created for the group, playing (quite well) all the tracks himself on guitars, basses, mellotron, organ, clarinet, electronics and drums. I hear elements of Western Culture Henry Cow, Magma, Ruins, The Work, Orthrelm and more, but with the pedal really pushing to the metal. Really good, really agressive, really loud and really impressive. Limited edition of only 500 copies made!\u003cbr /\>",1] ); //--> http://www.waysidemusic.com/ProductInfo.aspx?productid=CAPTAIN%20TRIP%20604

David Eyges-Wood $4.00
"The non-tempered moaning, keening, wailing sound from David Eyges' cello has more in common with Lightnin' Hopkins and John Lee Hooker than it does with celebrated cellists M. Rostropvich and Yo Yo Ma. With soulful conviction he strikes directly to the heart of the blues on Wood, his first ever solo outting."-Bill Milkowski.
Further on in the notes, David speaks of seeing and being amazed by shows he saw in the mid 60's by Hooker, Hopkins, Muddy Waters, as well as absorbing the work by Ornette and Mingus and eventually coming up with his own thing. So, these influences make for a unique solo cello concert. [Midlantic]
http://www.waysidemusic.com/ProductInfo.aspx?productid=Midlantic%20102

Jad Fair & Jason Willett-Honey Bee $7.00
"Jad and Jason evoke "Loud" era Half-Jap, your ears bleed but you need it. Jad Fair, vocal, drums, guitar, bass; Jason Willett, drums, guitar, bass, piano, organ, trumpet, electronics, other. Recorded between 1995 and 1997." [Dr. Jim]
http://www.waysidemusic.com/ProductInfo.aspx?productid=28/ECM%201788

The Flying Luttenbachers-Incarceration by Abstraction $15.00
The latest by the Flying Luttenbachers is actually a Weasel Walter album in disguise. Originally planned to be performed by a full band version of the group, including guitarists Mick Barr and Ed Rodriguez, like their incredible, amazing and unfortunately out of print last album Catalclysm, except that those musicians weren't available. Not being someone who likes to dwell on past works, Weasel documented the material he had created for the group, playing (quite well) all the tracks himself on guitars, basses, mellotron, organ, clarinet, electronics and drums. I hear elements of Western Culture Henry Cow, Magma, Ruins, The Work, Orthrelm and more, but with the pedal really pushing to the metal. Really good, really agressive, really loud and really impressive. Limited edition of only 500 copies made!
"Pushing all limits of structure, dissonance and energy . . . 8 brand new compositions of staggering power and complexity. Could this be the final chapter in the saga???? Those who want their "prog" brutal will not be disappointed. Incarcerated By Abstraction may prove to be the final Flying Luttenbachers album and it is a singular landmark in the field dissonant, modern rock complexity. Melding the approaches and innovations of previous releases like Infection and Decline, Systems Emerge, The Void and Cataclysm, this release reaches a highpoint of deadly rhythmic thrust, alien harmony and structural density. There is little more to be said - this album must be experienced to be believed...like Cataclysm, this disc may never be re-pressed, so don't be an idiot: support the band and buy this release before it's too late. Join the Flying Luttenbachers army today and prepare for infinity."-Weasel's very own hype [UGExplode]
http://www.waysidemusic.com/ProductInfo.aspx?productid=UGEXPLODE%2023

The Flying Luttenbachers-The Void $7.00
"Stark, minimalistic power trio angularity by an all-star version of the group featuring members of Gorge Trio and Burmese. A musical puzzle waiting to be deciphered. The debut offering by the latest Flying Luttenbachers line-up featuring guitar virtuoso Ed Rodriguez (also Gorge Trio, ex-Colossamite, ex-Iceburn), bassist Mike Green (also Burmese) and Weasel Walter back on the drum throne. The Void, is both an eight movement suite and a musical riddle (If you have ears, you'll figure it out.) Hearkening back (vaguely) to the concrete, bludgeoning power-trio structures of the classic 1996 Revenge album, the new group sprints urgently down the razor sharp edge between control and chaos with new-found subtlety and expert precision. In a deliberate reaction against current trends in Pro-Tooled turd-polishing of indulgent incompetence, The Void was recorded live in the studio on one day and mixed on another in order to retain the stark purity of the performances. This is intelligent, modernistic instrumental rock music delivered without compromise and with big, big balls." [UgExplode]
http://www.waysidemusic.com\u003cwbr /\>/ProductInfo.aspx?productid\u003cwbr /\>\u003dUGEXPLODE%2017\u003c/a\>\u003cbr /\>\u003cbr /\>Jan Garbarek/Anouar Brahem/Shaukat Hussain-Madar $17.00\u003cbr /\>Jan Garbarek-tenor and soprano saxophones, Anouar Brahem-oud, Ustad Shaukat Hussain-tabla\u003cbr /\>"This is another of the Norwegian Jan Garbarek\'s international stylistic fusion projects, this time combining his saxophone work with the oud playing of Brahem and the tablas of Hussain. Such beautifully elegant, yet dramatic music! Brahem\'s playing in particular is sensational (for those who have not heard the oud played, this is a stringed instrument with a sound something like a dulled lute). The music itself is rather serious, even sombre-sounding at times, but out of this rather dark North African ambience regularly emerge flashes of focussed energy that will, as they say, knock your socks off. A strangely ignored album that deserves much more attention than it has received."-C.H. Smith [ECM]\u003cbr /\>\u003ca onclick\u003d\"return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)\" href\u003d\"http://www.waysidemusic.com/ProductInfo.aspx?productid\u003d28/ECM%201515\" target\u003d_blank\>http://www.waysidemusic.com\u003cwbr /\>/ProductInfo.aspx?productid\u003d28\u003cwbr /\>/ECM%201515\u003c/a\>\u003cbr /\>\u003cbr /\>Jan Garbarek/Charlie Haden/Egberto Gismonti-Folk Songs $17.00\u003cbr /\>"It would be easy to dismiss this album as newage mush, but it\'s far from that. Yes, the melodies are beautiful, but you know, that\'s OK with me. Throughout the hsitory of music, the great masters have been able to write a pretty tune when the moment called for it. Sometimes music wants to dress up a bit and be lovely, and she chose Garbarek, Gismonti and Haden as her vehicles on this occasion. These are three world class players who make music with integrity, depth and passion. There\'s good chemistry between the steely Norwegian saxophone master Garbarek, the earthy tones of American bassist Haden, and the emotionally charged, nuanced imagination of Brazilian guitar virtuoso Gismonti. This is not the most challenging work of any of these three musicians, but neither is it mindless ear candy. Relax and enjoy."-Paul Carr [ECM]\u003cbr /\>",1] ); //--> http://www.waysidemusic.com/ProductInfo.aspx?productid=UGEXPLODE%2017

Jan Garbarek/Anouar Brahem/Shaukat Hussain-Madar $17.00
Jan Garbarek-tenor and soprano saxophones, Anouar Brahem-oud, Ustad Shaukat Hussain-tabla
"This is another of the Norwegian Jan Garbarek's international stylistic fusion projects, this time combining his saxophone work with the oud playing of Brahem and the tablas of Hussain. Such beautifully elegant, yet dramatic music! Brahem's playing in particular is sensational (for those who have not heard the oud played, this is a stringed instrument with a sound something like a dulled lute). The music itself is rather serious, even sombre-sounding at times, but out of this rather dark North African ambience regularly emerge flashes of focussed energy that will, as they say, knock your socks off. A strangely ignored album that deserves much more attention than it has received."-C.H. Smith [ECM]
http://www.waysidemusic.com/ProductInfo.aspx?productid=28/ECM%201515

Jan Garbarek/Charlie Haden/Egberto Gismonti-Folk Songs $17.00
"It would be easy to dismiss this album as newage mush, but it's far from that. Yes, the melodies are beautiful, but you know, that's OK with me. Throughout the hsitory of music, the great masters have been able to write a pretty tune when the moment called for it. Sometimes music wants to dress up a bit and be lovely, and she chose Garbarek, Gismonti and Haden as her vehicles on this occasion. These are three world class players who make music with integrity, depth and passion. There's good chemistry between the steely Norwegian saxophone master Garbarek, the earthy tones of American bassist Haden, and the emotionally charged, nuanced imagination of Brazilian guitar virtuoso Gismonti. This is not the most challenging work of any of these three musicians, but neither is it mindless ear candy. Relax and enjoy."-Paul Carr [ECM]
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Patrick Gauthier-Bebe Godzilla (limited mini-lp sleeve) $20.00
Out of print now world-wide except for this version! An early 80's release by this keyboardist who rightly made a name for himself playing with Magma, Heldon & Weidorje! This crosses the sound of Magma & Heldon. Players include Richard Pinhas, David Rose, Bernard Paganotti, Christian Vander, Didier Batard, Jean-Pierre Fouquey & more! [Captain Trip]
http://www.waysidemusic.com/ProductInfo.aspx?productid=CAPTAIN%20TRIP%20593

Burton Greene-Bloom in the Commune $15.00
Also known as "Burton Greene Quartet".
"Reissue of the 1st Burton Greene album on ESP-Disk, recorded 12/18/65. New title, new cover art, with approx 20 minutes of audio interviews with the artist (& Bernard Stollman). Featuring Burton Greene (piano, piano harp, percussion), Marion Brown (alto saxophone), Henry Grimes (bass), Dave Grant (percussion), Frank Smith (tenor), Tom Price (percussion)."
"A typical ESP blowout, this CD reissue has the only recording of tenor saxophonist Frank Smith (who sounds quite intense during his lone appearance on "Taking It Out of the Ground") and features strong playing from pianist Burton Greene, long-lost bassist Henry Grimes, and either Dave Grant or Tom Price on drums. However, this set's main value is the improvising of altoist Marion Brown, who manages to sound both lyrical and very exploratory on the four Greene originals. Invigorating music from the free-jazz era."-Scott Yanow/All Music Guide [ESP]
http://www.waysidemusic.com/ProductInfo.aspx?productid=05/ESP%204038

John Handy-Musical Dreamland $8.00
"One of the better East-meets-West ventures  - Not quite on a par with my very favorite examples of jazz/East Indian discs (I feel John Wubbenhorst's Facing Beloved and Martin Speake's The Journey surpass it), this is nevertheless a very fine example of world jazz. The key is that all parties to the proceedings (leader John Handy, alto sax; Pandit Prakash Maharaj, tabla; Vikash Haharaj, sarod; Gunther Paust, tanpura; and David Friesen, bass) have wide experience in both East Indian and jazz stylings. Thus, they have no trouble combining the sensibilities of these related but quite different musics and coming up with, not just a patched together tapestry, but a genuinely new-sounding soundscape that both retains and expands the best of each sensibility while at the same time staking out virgin territory. ****1/2."-J. Dennis [Kin]
http://www.waysidemusic.com/ProductInfo.aspx?productid=KIN%202601

Hieronymus Firebrain-There $8.00
Jonathan Segel-guitar, voice, violin, mandolin, accordion, Fredericko Ordini-guitar, voice, Theodore Ellison-bass, Russ Blackmar-drums, Chris Davis-tenor sax, clarinet, bass clarinet, soprano sax, reeds, Dave Costanza-trumpet, Katl B. Traler-trombone. Includes versions of Can's Yoo Doo Right and (surprisingly) Skeleton Crew's "It's Fine".
"Led by ex-Camper Van Beethoven multi-instrumentalist Jonathan Segel, the free-form underground rock unit Hieronymus Firebrain was an extension of Segel's 1989 solo lp Storytelling, comprising many of the same musicians who played on the album. After issuing a self-titled 1991 debut record on the Delta label, however, Hieronymus Firebrain's roster underwent a series of fluctuations which left Segel as the sole remaining original member; a new lineup released the 1994 lps There and Here before disbanding. The crazed stylistic diversity which made Camper Van Beethoven so great lives on in Jonathan Segel's new project Hieronymus Firebrain -- "There" juggles everything from funk to Krautrock to ethnic music, sometimes even within the same song."-Jason Akeny/All Music Guide [Magnetic]
http://www.waysidemusic.com\u003cwbr /\>/ProductInfo.aspx?productid\u003cwbr /\>\u003dMAGNETIC%20001\u003c/a\>\u003cbr /\>\u003cbr /\>Hoosegow-Mighty $5.00\u003cbr /\>"Guitarist Elliott Sharp is most known for experimental outings that are characteristic of the late-20th century "downtown" New York scene, but he has also expressed a deep love for the blues. Even so, Hoosegow -- which features Sharp on guitars and Queen Esther on vocals -- will surprise much of his audience. Sharp may not have much street cred (or even name recognition) among the listeners that usually buy blues records, but there\'s no denying his impressive skills in the idiom. The songs, too, are interestingly offbeat, being more absorbed with a sort of spiritual, questing attitude than the more mundane cliches of much modern blues. Queen Esther and Sharp wrote all but one of the songs on their debut Mighty, which is rooted in the classic Chicago electric blues sound, although there is no instrumentation except for Sharp\'s guitars and Esther\'s vocals. Sharp proves himself to be quite the virtuoso on stinging blues guitar, and Esther a capable (though not thrilling) singer. The material is more restless and impressionistic than much contemporary blues, refusing to fall into good-timey cliches. It\'s just off-kilter enough to confuse traditional blues fans, and may be too traditional and accessible for Sharp\'s usual constituency. On top of that, it\'s being marketed by an alternative rock label, which means it could well fall between the cracks. That would be unfortunate, as it\'s a more interesting release than the usual contemporary blues fare, though hardly brilliant."-Richie Unterberger/All Music Guide [Homestead]\u003cbr /\>\u003ca onclick\u003d\"return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)\" href\u003d\"http://www.waysidemusic.com/ProductInfo.aspx?productid\u003dHMS%20232\" target\u003d_blank\>http://www.waysidemusic.com\u003cwbr /\>/ProductInfo.aspx?productid\u003cwbr /\>",1] ); //--> http://www.waysidemusic.com/ProductInfo.aspx?productid=MAGNETIC%20001

Hoosegow-Mighty $5.00
"Guitarist Elliott Sharp is most known for experimental outings that are characteristic of the late-20th century "downtown" New York scene, but he has also expressed a deep love for the blues. Even so, Hoosegow -- which features Sharp on guitars and Queen Esther on vocals -- will surprise much of his audience. Sharp may not have much street cred (or even name recognition) among the listeners that usually buy blues records, but there's no denying his impressive skills in the idiom. The songs, too, are interestingly offbeat, being more absorbed with a sort of spiritual, questing attitude than the more mundane cliches of much modern blues. Queen Esther and Sharp wrote all but one of the songs on their debut Mighty, which is rooted in the classic Chicago electric blues sound, although there is no instrumentation except for Sharp's guitars and Esther's vocals. Sharp proves himself to be quite the virtuoso on stinging blues guitar, and Esther a capable (though not thrilling) singer. The material is more restless and impressionistic than much contemporary blues, refusing to fall into good-timey cliches. It's just off-kilter enough to confuse traditional blues fans, and may be too traditional and accessible for Sharp's usual constituency. On top of that, it's being marketed by an alternative rock label, which means it could well fall between the cracks. That would be unfortunate, as it's a more interesting release than the usual contemporary blues fare, though hardly brilliant."-Richie Unterberger/All Music Guide [Homestead]
http://www.waysidemusic.com/ProductInfo.aspx?productid =HMS%20232

Kikuchi Art Quartet-Rearmed Flowers $8.00
With Masaaki Kikuchi-bass, Midori Tomohide-sax; Tetsuya Higashi-trombone and Naoki Saitoh, drums. The quote below, name-checking the New York Art Quartet (a great band that didn't last long enough, btw), is an excellent reference point; this Japanese free-bop quartet swing and cook in a nicely 'out' 60s fashion.
"The Kikuchi Art Quartet is led by the young talented double bassist Masaaki Kikuchi, a nephew of jazz pianist Masabumi Kikuchi who played with Gil Evans, Elvin Jones, Gary Peacock and many others. Masaaki himself also has a great career not only in jazz but in the breakbeats field. He has studied under Gary Peacock, played with Masabumi's new trio and with French turntablist DJ Cam. Inspired by the 60s New York Art Quartet on ESP, Masaaki moves between straight and free jazz."-Verge Music [Sun Out]
http://www.waysidemusic.com/ProductInfo.aspx?productid=SUN%20OUT%20008

Kraftwerk-Kraftwerk + Kraftwerk 2 : 2 x CDs $30.00
The great, lost, never to be properly reissued (why? ask the band and they won't tell you either) first and second albums by Kraftwerk, available in this high quality pirate edition. This features the artwork from the rare UK double-lp version of the release (which is the version I own), although it's not as rare as the original German single-disc versions.
"After disbanding Organisation (Tone Float, RCA UK-only release/1970) the duo Ralf Hütter und Florian Schneider adopted the name Kraftwerk (Power Plant). The album was recorded between July and August of 1970 in their new Düsseldorf studio. It was co-produced and engineered by Conrad Plank. When released in late 1970 the lp sleeve was designed by Ralf and showcased their adopted trademark -- the traffic cone. From the very opening notes of the lp, it is evident that the duo had put much of the meandering uncertainties of Tone Float behind them, arriving at a more disciplined form of music. Side one opens with 'Ruckzuck', a piece which was to become a live favorite of the duo. The 12 minute 'Stratovarius' follows and gives the impression of a more ordered structure than on the Tone Float lp. The tempo speeds up and slows down to various climaxes, ending with a plaintive violin and flute played over a minimal percussive beat. Side two opens with 'Megahertz' which begins with a low oscillating note slowly developing into waves of industrial sound. This finally gives way to a quiet passage which has an almost classical minimal tune, showing an early understanding of the sort of basic melody lines they were later to use to such effect. On the last track noise swoops from speaker to speaker, tension building as stabs of industrial sound are joined by a tribal drum beat. The intensity and direction of the duo was now clear as the track steps out of the shadows of their contemporaries as a portrayal of industrial sound. When the Kraftwerk 2 lp was released, Ralf and Florian had rejoined forces to continue Kraftwerk's music ideas. The lp was recorded at their own studio in Düsseldorf (KlingKlang) and the Star Music Studio in Hamburg. It was produced in just seven days between the 26th September and 1st of October 1971. It was co-produced by Conrad (Conny) Plank who once again played an important role. The Kraftwerk 2 album was originally released on the Philips label and is a musical extension of the first Kraftwerk lp. The lp is totally instrumental and Ralf is credited with rhythmusmashine (rhythm machine) as well as a host of other instruments. With no conventional drumming at all -- the first 17 minute track 'Klingklang' has an altogether softer sound than most of the first album. The track's constantly shifting tempo is due to the changing beat of the drum machine, giving the impression that it is a machine that is actually driving the music forward. This was in 1971 a totally new phenomenon and it is very much the 'Kraftwerk sound' being born." [Germanofon]
http://www.waysidemusic.com\u003cwbr /\>/ProductInfo.aspx?productid\u003d05\u003cwbr /\>/GERMANOFON%2094001-42\u003c/a\>\u003cbr /\>\u003cbr /\>Moebius & Plank-En Route (limited mini-lp sleeve) $20.00\u003cbr /\>This is a collaboration between Moebius (of Cluster and Harmonia fame) and Conny Plank, the great German engineer/producer. This was recorded in 1983, but not released until 1995. This includes 3 1995 remixes that I don\'t think were on the original album. [Captain Trip]\u003cbr /\>\u003ca onclick\u003d\"return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)\" href\u003d\"http://www.waysidemusic.com/ProductInfo.aspx?productid\u003dCAPTAIN%20TRIP%20607\" target\u003d_blank\>http://www.waysidemusic.com\u003cwbr /\>/ProductInfo.aspx?productid\u003cwbr /\>\u003dCAPTAIN%20TRIP%20607\u003c/a\>\u003cbr /\>\u003cbr /\>Moebius + Roedelius-Apropos Cluster (limited mini-lp sleeve) $20.00\u003cbr /\>"Moebius and Roedelius played together again after eight year interval. Recorded between 1989 and 1990. The original album was released on Curio Music in 1990. Reissue with special mini-LP paper sleeve. 2007 digital remaster version, limited 1,000 copies!" [Captain Trip]\u003cbr /\>\u003ca onclick\u003d\"return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)\" href\u003d\"http://www.waysidemusic.com/ProductInfo.aspx?productid\u003dCAPTAIN%20TRIP%20605\" target\u003d_blank\>http://www.waysidemusic.com\u003cwbr /\>/ProductInfo.aspx?productid\u003cwbr /\>\u003dCAPTAIN%20TRIP%20605\u003c/a\>\u003cbr /\>\u003cbr /\>Radio Massacre International-Blacker (band released CDR) $16.00\u003cbr /\>Back in stock! In addition to their many albums, RMI have also released a number of very limited edition CDRs. The musical and sound quality of these releases is excellent; as good as their regular releases, but do remember that these are CDRs.\u003cbr /\>Well...another fantastic album. Their 28th and a little bit of a departure from what I think of as a typical RMI release. The first 15 minutes or so are more abstract - closer to what I think of as, say, the \'kling/klang\' sound of Cluster II. But then, the sequencers kick in and it turns into another fantastic, spacious epic. Do you need 28 of their albums? Maybe if you are a huge fan. Do you need something by this band? Most definitely. And this is another fantastically great release of a sound that no one else seems to be able to do anymore, yet they do it amazingly well. [Northern Echo]\u003cbr /\>",1] ); //--> http://www.waysidemusic.com/ProductInfo.aspx?productid=05/GERMANOFON%2094001-42

Moebius & Plank-En Route (limited mini-lp sleeve) $20.00
This is a collaboration between Moebius (of Cluster and Harmonia fame) and Conny Plank, the great German engineer/producer. This was recorded in 1983, but not released until 1995. This includes 3 1995 remixes that I don't think were on the original album. [Captain Trip]
http://www.waysidemusic.com/ProductInfo.aspx?productid=CAPTAIN%20TRIP%20607

Moebius + Roedelius-Apropos Cluster (limited mini-lp sleeve) $20.00
"Moebius and Roedelius played together again after eight year interval. Recorded between 1989 and 1990. The original album was released on Curio Music in 1990. Reissue with special mini-LP paper sleeve. 2007 digital remaster version, limited 1,000 copies!" [Captain Trip]
http://www.waysidemusic.com/ProductInfo.aspx?productid=CAPTAIN%20TRIP%20605

Radio Massacre International-Blacker (band released CDR) $16.00
Back in stock! In addition to their many albums, RMI have also released a number of very limited edition CDRs. The musical and sound quality of these releases is excellent; as good as their regular releases, but do remember that these are CDRs.
Well...another fantastic album. Their 28th and a little bit of a departure from what I think of as a typical RMI release. The first 15 minutes or so are more abstract - closer to what I think of as, say, the 'kling/klang' sound of Cluster II. But then, the sequencers kick in and it turns into another fantastic, spacious epic. Do you need 28 of their albums? Maybe if you are a huge fan. Do you need something by this band? Most definitely. And this is another fantastically great release of a sound that no one else seems to be able to do anymore, yet they do it amazingly well. [Northern Echo]
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Achim Reichel/A.R. & Machines-AR3 $20.00
High-quality pirate edition of this never-reissed title by A.R. & Machines.
"Available again with improved mastering! For Achim Reichel's 1973 release, and first on his vanity label Zebra, the talented Okko Bekker and noted Krautrock producer Thomas Kuckuck were invited along with many others, with the results being a higher-level mix of echo-guitar excursions, imaginative ensemble playing and kosmische folk-blues. Essential A.R.!"
"A.R. 3 was released shortly after the masterpiece double LP, Echo. In this album, Achim Reichel was in the middle of his progressive rock phase and very much at the top of his game musically speaking. Compared to the previous two albums, A.R. 3 is generally jazzier and less experimental. Like always, it features the phenominal echo-styled guitar work of Achim Reichel, with the help of some other talented musicians. If this album wasn't made in Germany and entirely instrumental, one could easily mistake it as a "psychedelic/space rock" album, because it's made up of mostly kosmiche, spacey jams. It's the occassional vocal chants and keyboards which give it a nice Krautrock flavor. "The Owners of the World" is an extremely catchy song that could have easily become a radio hit during the '70s. Although this song is very out of place, it's still great nonetheless. A.R. 3 doesn't quite live up after the high standards set from the band's first two albums, but I still deeply adore it. What prevents this album from getting a perfect five stars is because it isn't as innovative as their previous works, and just not as exciting overall. That's being said in a very nitpicky, review-like mindset, however, for normal, listening standards this is a superb album with no major flaws. 4.25 stars on my scale, indeed an "excellent addition to any prog music collection." Especially recommended for fans of spacey and psychedelic music, and essential to Krautrock enthusiasts. I recommend discovering A.R. and the Machines chronologically, but you really can't go wrong with any of the first three albums (which is all I have at the moment). Another great journey, happy listening..."- progarchives.com [Germanofon]
http://www.waysidemusic.com/ProductInfo.aspx?productid=05/GERMANOFON%2094098

Shankar-Pancha Nadai Pallavi $17.00
Shankar-double violin, vocals, Zakir Hussain-tabla, Vikku Vinayakram-ghatam, Caroline-talam, sruthi
"L. Shankar shows himself on this recording to be a master of both composition and his instrument -- a custom-made, double necked, 10-string violin capable of covering the range from violin to cello. Accompannied by Indian percussion masters Zakir Hussain on tabla and Vikku Vinayakram on ghatam, he takes the listener on an amazing, nearly 1-hour journey into the heart and soul of Indian classcal music. In his hands, the violin sings with the voice of divine inspiration, articulating more than a melody as it nudges and pulls our minds along on its journey. The effect of his vocalizing along with his instrument is absolutely transporting.0 Shankar's work with John McLaughlin's ensemble Shakti is legendary -- the interplay in that group between his violin and McLaughlin's unbelievable guitar outpourings was enough to take the listener's breath away. On this, as on his other recordings as a leader, his light shines brighter than ever. ECM's production and recording quality is at its usual high level here, letting nothing stand between this incredible music and the ears of the listener. Indian culture has a tradition of deep spirituality that goes back for thousands of years -- and their music has always played an integral role in their spiritual quest. There is a yearning in this music that comes from deep within the soul of the musician, reaching toward god, and, thankfully, touching us along the way."-Larry Looney [ECM]
http://www.waysidemusic.com/ProductInfo.aspx?productid=28/ECM%201407

Shankar-Song for Everyone $17.00
Shankar-10-string double violin, drum machine, Jan Garbarek-soprano and tenor saxophone, Zakir Hussain-tabla, congas, Trilok Gurtu-percussion
"Song For Everyone heralds the return of the groove in Shankar's East-West-minded music, with former Shakti colleague Zakir Hussain on tabla, Trilok Gurtu on percussion, and Shankar's own manipulation of a drum machine tending to the rhythms. The result is a brighter, more outgoing record than its predecessor Vision, veering between Western acoustic and electric grooves and the complex beats churned out by the tabla. Jan Garbarek again shines beams of light on soprano and tenor, engaging Shankar's 10-string double-necked electric violin in some complex interplay on the title track. Some tracks are driven entirely or partially by the drum machine; "Paper Nut" has a particularly infectious revolving pattern. But sometimes Shankar overdoes it; the lengthy "Watching You" has an overly mechanized feeling that can be either mesmerizing or infuriating, depending upon your mood. On another track, "I Know," the Western percussion is gradually swallowed up by the Indian tabla. Fascinating, free-thinking music, beautifully recorded as usual by ECM."-Richard S. Ginell/All Music Guide [ECM]
http://www.waysidemusic.com/ProductInfo.aspx?productid=28/ECM%201286

Thomasz Stanko Quartet-Soul of Things $17.00
Tomasz Stanko-trumpet, Marcin Wasilewski-piano, Slawomir Kurkiewicz-double-bass, Michal Miskiewicz-drums.
"This release is special. Why' Well Stanko's in the company of his working Polish band and that is unusual as his projects for ECM tend to be with international groups. Here it's with a trio led by pianist Marcin Wasilewski the force behind the Simple Acoustic Trio, currently Poland's top jazz group. The fare is typically Stanko of the 1990s; theme-heavy, poised but often, surprisingly for such abstract music, redolent of the blues. One of Stanko's earliest favourite musicians was Clifford Brown and Brownie's ghost sometimes hovers over this album particularly as it gets going. However, since Stanko is best known as an avantgarde pioneer it's not a case of his having mellowed to the point of absurdity. Instead, he has produced a deft, beautiful work and it's easy for me to claim that as a composer he is a natural and equal successor to the great Krzysztof Komeda."-Stephen Graham/Jazzwise (UK)
"Going from strength to strength over the past few years, veteran Polish trumpeter Tomasz Stanko presents this moody, textured suite of original tunes with his young road band as a follow-up to his recent ECM supergroup set From the Green Hill and his sublime tribute to film composer/band-leader Krzysztof Komeda, Litania. Stanko's quartet - the members of which have played with the leader since they were in their teens - performs his music with telepathic intimacy, and the trumpeter's lines have never been more subtly emotive. Although the album has its own, very European atmosphere, the Soul of Things vibe is reminiscent of Kind of Blue, with a common indigo hue to the motifs, a relaxed pace throughout, and a virtuosic economy of expression. Abetting Stanko's carefully groomed gestalt is the usual beautifully resonant ECM sound. Few jazz recordings, on either side of the Atlantic, are being made with this much poetry."-Bradley Bambarger/Billboard [ECM]
http://www.waysidemusic.com/ProductInfo.aspx?productid=28/ECM%201788

Weasel Walter Quartet and Double Trio-Firestorm $15.00
"Hot on the heels of 2006's "Revolt Music", this release goes even further into free jazz hell!!! Almost 80 minutes of smoldering, burning, raging free jazz featuring a cast of legendary east coast musicians including Sun Ra Arkestra leader Marshall Allen! Firestorm is an intense and musically assaultive release of killer, balls-out free jazz that will appeal to those who long for the most bombasic works of Broetzmann, Ayler, Takayanagi and Cecil Taylor! This release reveals many shades of intensity and mood while remaining frenzied and inventive at all times. Featuring Taylor alumni Marco Eneidi (alto), Marc Edwards (drums), Lisle Ellis (bass), Elliott Levin (tenor), Sun Ra Arkestra legend Marshall Allen (alto), bassist Damon Smith and manic Austrian reedist Mario Rechtern, Firestorm is a delerious concoction of new energy music that pushes beyond the stratosphere of sound!" [UgExplode]
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Michael Zentner-Present Time $7.00
Guitarist/violinist Michael Zentner was a founding member of The Muffins (he appears on Chronometers) and left before the best-known period of their work (when they went from a 5 piece to a 4 piece and added drummer Paul Sears). He did a bunch of musical work in the mid/late 1970s and found himself in NYC for a few years where he worked on this, his first solo album. Appearing on it is a pretty amazing cast of guests: Daevid Allen, Bill Bacon, George Bishop, Peter Blegvad, Carla Bley, Alan Braufman, Kenwood Denard, Fred Frith, John Greaves, Lisa Herman, Percy Jones, Hansford Rowe, Frank Wyatt and a few others. It's less than the sum of those amazing parts of course - if it was greater than the sum, then it would be the greatest album in the world!
".... How he managed to get chunks of Brand X and Henry Cow to play with him, hoom cares. The results speak for themselves: playful, toylike melodies twisted into strange and fantastical creations by some of the better warped minds in the business. Reminds me of Allen’s later adventures some of the time (“Parts,” “Chapter VII”), other times of Jean-Luc Ponty. The Ponty comparison is worth idling at, because both play the violin (Zentner also plays guitar) and both “compose” songs that take a simple theme and riff off it for a while. Present Time is more subversive than Ponty’s music, however, truer to the progressive spirit. And the music is also more complex; the interplay of “A Piece of Odd” for example yields richer results than Ponty’s later, hermetic recordings. So if you’re lingering over another Ponty purchase (mulling over an Individual Choice), consider expanding your world instead with Present Time. It’s better suited to the sonically adventurous (“The Case of the Stolen Riff”), the sort of folks who have at least one Van Der Graaf Generator album under their Van Allen belt..."- conellyco.com [Ozone]
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Recent reviews of Cuneiform artists and titles (in English only):

HEALING FORCE
http://www.eastbayexpress.com/music/the_best_music_of_2007/Content?oid=575294

STEVE LACY - ROSWELL RUDD QUARTET
http://www.paristransatlantic.com/magazine/monthly2007/10text.html#lacy

THE MAHAVISHNU PROJECT
http://blog.myspace.com/index .cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&FriendID=83862854&blogMonth=3&blogDay=5&blogYear=2007


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You can always see which of our artists are on tour and get the links to the venues at:
http://www.cuneiformrecords.com/tours.html
or
http://my.calendars.net/cuneiform/
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BIRDSONGS OF THE MESOZOIC
Monday, December 31 - Emmanuel Church, Boston, MA 6 & 7:45pm (Free with First Night button) (Extreme Spirituals: Oral Moses with Birdsongs of the Mesozoic Atlanta-based African-American spiritual singer Oral Moses will travel to Boston in late December for a rare live performance of this unusual collaboration with Birdsongs of the Mesozoic.)

CLAUDIA QUINTET
March 13 - 18 - European tour (lots of time to get this information, but just so you know!

FAR CORNER
December 8 - Vnuks - 5036 S. Packard Avenue - Cudahy, WI (414)481-1655 - 7:30 PM (with Might Could and von Frickle)

HUGH HOPPER
with SOFT MACHINE LEGACY
January 31 - Festival Jazz en Nord - Lille, France

with THE DELTA SAX QUARTET
December 10 - Kingston University, London, UK

December 12 - Jubilee Hall - Chagford, Devon, UK

December 13 - Bristol, UK

THE MICROSCOPIC SEPTET (yes, they broke up in 1992, but we did such a good job with The History of the Micros, Volume 1 and Volume 2 that they have resurrected themselves - at least for a little bit - for touring fun and maybe we can figure out a way to record all their never-recorded compositions and make another album. Maybe)

Monday, December 3- Steintor - Halle Germany

Tuesday, December 4 - A-Trane - Berlin, Germany

Wednesday, December 5 - Enercity Expo Café - Hannover, Germany

Thursday, December 6 - live broadcast over Radio Bremen - Bremen, Germany

Friday, December 7 - Bimhuis - Amsterdam, Holland

Sunday, December 9 - Porgy and Bess - Vienna, Austria

Thursday, December 13 - Sweet Rhythm - West Village, NYC, NY : two sets 8 & 10 PM

ED PALERMO BIG BAND
December 7 - live radio broadcast on WBGO - FM (New York CIty) - performing the music of Paul Butterfield and Mike Bloomfield

December 12 - Iridium - 1650 Broadway (at 51st Street) - NYC, NY 10019 (212) 582 2121 - performing the music of Frank Zappa

TIME OF ORCHIDS
Saturday, December 29 - The Annex - 152 Orchard St. - NYC, NY 10002


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To see Artist News by musicians who have recorded for Cuneiform - provided to us by the musicians themselves and updated every four months, go to:
http://www.cuneiformrecords.com/artistnews.html


Thank you!

-Coming Soon (or not soon, but eventually, so please be patient!)-
(For updates of new items in stock, watch these mailings or check the NEW ARRIVALS section!) :
BUSSONET/BUIRE/IMPERATO -BBI (Philippe Bussonet's pre-One shot power trio with the ex-Offering drummer on Soleil Zeuhl)
Amydala-second album (with Daniel Jeand'heur from One Shot on drums - on Soleil Zeuhl!)
BEAT CIRCUS-Dreamland (Led by singer/songwriter Brian Carpenter, Beat Circus combine modern compositional forms with a very twisted spin on 'old-timey' Americana. Narrative songs of haunted Deadwood saloons and brothels, Old West gunslingers, gangsters from The Bowery, Coney Island sideshows, and the legend of the Santa Fe Railway are set to a soundtrack of dark carnival music.)
CARLA BLEY-The Lost Chords Find Paolo Fresu
BRAIN CATALOG: to be released by SPV/REVISITED, which means we can expect them to do the fine job they have already done with the Popol Vuh and Klaus Schulze catalog!
CAVEMAN SHOESTORE-Frankensongs (Fred Chalenor confirms it is all finished and just waiting to go in....)
CLEARFRAME-Clearframe (debut release from the improvising quartet of Charles Hayward, Hugh Hopper, Lol Coxhill and Robert Wyatt)
COSMOLOGIC-Eyes in the Back of my Head (Cuneiform's latest signing - an amazingly good Southern California quartet of alto sax, trombone, bass and drums, performing swinging free-jazz with excellent heads and tunes)
DEUS EX MACHINA-Imparis (new studio CD + live DVD  (the studio CD will be about 1 hour containing an half hour of new songs + an half hour
of older songs revisited - the dvd contains 60 minutes of a 2006 concert in Paris dolby surround + extras: interviews + Paris backstage + Fabrizio plays + excerpts from Manresa [Spain 2002] + excerpts from Chapel Hill [USA 1996] + excerpts from italian TV [1996] total time of DVD is aproximately 2 hours) (lord knows if this is coming out in 2008...)
FRED FRITH-Back To Life
HERE & NOW-Coaxed Out From Oxford (limited edition of 1,000)
HOLDING PATTERN-Breaking the Silence (very good reunion album)
LARS HOLLMER-Viandra (nice new album with Michel Berckmans, Santiago Jimenz,, etc. Cuneiform is releasing this album for world-wide distribution OUTSIDE of Japan in MAY)
KULTIVATOR-Barndomens Stigar (finally a reissue of this Swedish *classic* with never before heard bonus material! On Mellotronen!)
MAGMA-Mythes et Legendes Volume 4 DVD (recorded at Le Triton in Paris, summer 2005)
MATS/MORGAN BAND-Heat Beats CD/DVD (see a preview trailer here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E9w8te3kapk
see a clip that we wanted to have on the DVD but couldn't because of the publisher of this fine tune's refusal to give us a license:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v =LjinwnyZgnE
BENNIE MAUPIN-The Jewel and the Lotus (FINALLY on CD for the first time)
CHRIS McGREGOR's BROTHERHOOD OF BREATH-Eclipse at Dawn (live at Berliner Jazztage, November, 1971)
MIRAGE-Now You See It (first time on CD - with bonus material!)
MIRIODOR-Avanti! (not soon, so hold your horses)
MPS: (all being reissued by SPV/Revisited! They are starting with: George Duke, Association P.C. + Jeremy Steig, Charlie Mariano, The Dave Pike Set, Wolfgang Dauner and Don 'Sugar Cane' Harris)
OCTOBER EQUUS-second album
MIKE OSBORNE-Force of Nature (unreleased fantastic recordings! 'nuff said!!)
PLANETA IMAGINARIO-Biomasa (terrific 8 piece jazz/rock ensemble from Spain who know how to write a good tune and to play around said tune release a second album sure to please Canterbury-style jazz-rock fans)
PRESENT-new album (mostly recorded now. probably out in 2008 and to be released by Ad Hoc! Go Dave Go!!)
RIALZU-(reissue of legendary French zeuhl album from 1977 with bonus material)
RAY RUSSELL-Turn Circle (debut release by the great UK jazz/rock/out guitarist. Never before on CD!)
SAGA-Saga (ex-November bassist's band)
SECRET CHIEFS 3-Xaphan: Book of Angels, Volume 9
SETNA-Cycle 1 (great debut by a new French Zeuhl band)
SLOCHE-FINALLY a legit release for these Canadian monsters!
KEITH TIPPETT-A Loose Kite Floating in the Wind (reissue of a great album from Ogun)
U.K.-U.K.
       -Danger Money
       -Night After Night  (all remastered with bonus tracks!)
JOHN ZORN-Filmworks XIX


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