Audial Forensics

THE BEAST HAS ARISEN

2008-06-03T18:01:00.000-07:00

Hello, intrepid music lovers. I've been horribly remiss in my duties here. But I return once more, hopefully this time for good. As Derek and the Dominos plays, and my Vodka is chilly, I think I'll re-begin this blog with something that links up to where we began......

When Charles Gocher Jr. passed last year the world lost a Speaker, a Mystic, a Madman, and one hell of a DRUMMER. Alan and Richard Bishop recently embarked on a tour to honour there fallen brother/sister/drummer.

Touring as "The Brothers Unconnected", they pressed a limited CD "Alan Bishop And Richard Bishop Present: The Brothers Unconnected, A Tribute to Charles Gocher Jr. and The Sun City Girls" Offering Up a hodge-podge of Classic SCG's performances re-imagined as acoustic guitar duets.

Download this! Beautiful, Exotic, Foul, Hilarious, It truly embodies everythiing the Girls were about. A fitting Coda to the legacy that is Sun City Girls.

Over the next week I'll work on getting a Re-Up post together, focusing primarily on those things that were requested in comments during my absence. So check back soon. The NBA FINALS are here, that provides me with a perfect opportunity to do the dull work.

Theoretical Static

2008-01-28T15:49:00.000-08:00

Glenn Branca - Songs '77-'79

BEATNIK POSER

2008-01-12T17:38:00.000-08:00

Bob Dylan - Stealin'

Side one:
Can you please crawl out your window
It takes a lot to laugh
Love - 0/no limit
She belongs to me
It's all over now, Baby Blue
That's all right Mama
Hard times in New York town *
Stealin' *

Side two:
I was young when I left home
Percy's song (take 2) **
Corrina Corrina ***
In the evening
Long John
Down in the flood *

Kicks Joy Darkness - A Kerouac Tribute

1.	Kerouac - Morphine
2.	Bowery Blues - Lydia Lunch
3.	My Gang - Michael Stipe
4.	Dream: "Us Kids Swim off a Gray Pier..." - Steven Tyler
5.	Letter to William S. Burroughs & Ode to Jack Hunter S. Thompson - Hunter S. Thompson
6.	Skid Row Wine - The Spitters, Maggie Estep
7.	America's New Trinity of Love: Dean, Brando, Presley - Richard Lewis
8.	Dream: "On a Sunny Afternoon..." - Lawrence Ferlinghetti
9.	MacDougal Street Blues - Joe Strummer, Jack Kerouac
10.	The Brooklyn Bridge Blues - Allen Ginsberg
11.	Hymn - Sadie 7, Eddie Vedder, Campbell 2000
12.	Old Western Movies - Tomandandy, William S. Burroughs
13.	Silly Goofball Poems - Juliana Hatfield
14.	The Moon - John Cale
15.	Madroad Driving - Come, Johnny Depp
16.	Have You Ever Seen Anyone Like Cody Pomeray? - Robert Hunter
17.	Letter to John Clellon Holmes - Lee Ranaldo, Dana Colley
18.	Pome on Doctor Sax - Anna Domino
19.	Mexico Rooftop - Dan Chauvin, Robert Buck
20.	The Last Hotel - Lenny Kaye, Thurston Moore, Patti Smith
21.	Running Through-Chinese Poem Song - Michael Wolff, Warren Zevon
22.	Woman - Jim Carroll, Lenny Kaye, Anton Sanko, Lee Ranaldo
23.	Loneliness, Mexican - Joey Altruda, Matt Dillon, Joe Gonzalez, Pablo Calogero
24.	Angel Mine - Inger Lorre, Jeff Buckley
25.	The Brooklyn Bridge Blues - Eric Andersen

Great White Wonder

2008-01-09T19:56:00.000-08:00

No, it's not white supremacist black metal......

Great White Wonder - John Birch Society Blues

One of the original rock bootlegs, this is culled from the basement archives of my youth, soon to be followed by, Great White Wonder (Double LP bootleg), and Stealin'.

Side One
Mixed Up Confusion
East Laredo
I'll Keep It With Mine
John Birch Society Blues
Who Killed Davy Moore?
Eternal Circle
Ramblin' Gamblin' Willie

Side Two
I Was Young When I Left Home
Percy's Song
Corrina Corrina
In The Evening
Long John

Motors

2008-01-05T16:45:00.000-08:00

Just received this LP as a holiday gift from my future Aunt-in-Law. Using some form of hand built motors Ambarchi creates passages on cymbals and guitars. A very enjoyable listen. Fans of Sunn O))), Nels Cline, and most of the other stuff I've posted on here should enjoy this.

Two Lightboxes

2007-12-30T08:55:00.000-08:00

Two Lightboxes

A Side
The Peter Brotzmann Tentet (+2)
Old Town school Of Folk Music, Chicago on July 5, 2000

Jeb Bishop - Trombone

Peter Brotzmann - Reeds
Roy Campbell - Trumpet
Hamid Drake - Drums
Mats Gustafsson - Reeds
Kent Kessler - Bass
Fred Lonberg-Holm - Lightbox Operator
Joe McPhee - Valve Trombone
William Parker - Bass
Ken Vandermark - Reeds
Mars Williams - Reeds
Michael Zerang - Drums

B Side
The Come Sunday ensemble
Einstein, Munich on April 2, 2000 Come Sunday 2 "Chicago Diary"
Jum Baker - Keyboard
Jeb Bishop - Trombone
Mats Gustafsson - Reeds
Kent Kessler - Bass
Fred Lonberg-Holm - Lightbox Operator
Lou Mallozzi - Turntables, CDS, Tapes, & Microphones
Tim Mulvenna - Drums
Sebi Tramontana - Trombone
Ken Vandermark - Reeds
Michael Zerang - Drums

Spiritual Journey's

2007-12-15T10:32:00.000-08:00

Sam Cooke With The Soul Stirrers

"Sam Cooke (January 22, 1931 – December 11, 1964) was a popular and influential American gospel, R&B, soul, pop singer, songwriter, and entrepreneur. Musicians and critics today recognize him as one of the founders of soul music, and as one of the most important singers in soul music history.^[1] He has been called "the king of soul" by many, and while some may dispute this title, Sam Cooke's legacy is an extensive one and his impact on soul music is undeniable. He had 29 Top 40 hits in the U.S. between 1957 and 1965. He is therefore seen by many as "the creator" of the genre. Major hits like "You Send Me", "Chain Gang", "Wonderful World" and "Bring It on Home to Me" are some of his most popular songs.

Cooke was also among the first modern black performers and composers to attend to the business side of his musical career.^[1] He founded both a record label and a publishing company as an extension of his careers as a singer and composer. He also took an active part in the Civil Rights Movement,^[1] using his musical ability to bridge gaps between black and white audiences."

-From WikiPedia

The Original Tenor that gave birth to R&B, Soul, Otis Redding, Joe Tex, Solomon Burke, The Reverend Al Green, Marvin Gaye, and the Entire Lineage of Classic Black Tenors. Here are his beginnings Pious and beautiful Gospel recordings that sent teenage church going girls to their knees. Highly recommended download.

Improvised Glory

2007-12-06T17:10:00.000-08:00

Duke Ellington - The Second Sacred Concert

The Skatalites - Hi Bop Ska The 30th Anniversary Recording (with David Murray)

Nels Cline, Rod Poole, and Jim Mcauley

Three barely related albums that have been on my mind a lot lately. As the Holidays are here, Ellington's "Second Sacred Concert" always finds it's way through the speakers. A Celebration of spirituality, (as I read it), and love. Hi Bop Ska is the 30th anniversary album of the mighty Skatalites! In which they invited many of there favorite musicians, (DAVID MURRAY!!!!) to perform some of the classics in their amazing blend of ska/reggae/jazz/world music that is the Skatalites. And Finally, The Acoustic Guitar Trio. Nels Cline, Rod Poole and Jim Mcauley in serene and thought provoking inter-changes on the acoustic 6 stringers. Improvised Glory.

2007-12-02T12:53:00.001-08:00

"Few musicians possess as imaginative and inclusive a cosmology as William Parker. In Parker’s pantheon Sitting Bull and Harriet Tubman ride a soaring sun chariot with the Incan king Pachacuti, musical tones correspond to rainbow colors and the pinions of time and space are regularly subverted by sound. The origins of his belief system lie in the far-flung thoughts of a lonely black boy reading voraciously in a Brooklyn public library. Kaleidoscopic and tenaciously optimistic, it’s sometimes difficult for the agnostic outsider to take it all seriously. But Parker seems both sincere and devout in the face of doubt, an anchor to a musico-cultural community that continues to flourish in Manhattan.

Long Hidden: The Olmec Sessions honors a specific branch of Parker’s mythos that encompasses the indigenous forefathers of Middle America. The first ten tracks alternate improvisations for solo bass and doson ngoni (a harp-like instrument) with ensemble performances that find Parker, bassist Todd Nicholson and saxophonist Dave Sewelson in the company of a merengue quartet made up of two percussionists, accordion and alto sax. On these latter numbers, Parker bequeaths bass-playing duties to Nicholson and turns his attention to other instruments.

The stark contrasts of Parker alone on pieces like the improvisatory rendering of “There is a Balm in Gilead,” where bulbous bass notes float and reverberate in somber sound space, with more brightly-hued and busy band numbers like the percolating percussion carnival “Pok-a-Tok,” gives the album a large emotional range. The spirits of Wilbur Ware and Jimmy Garrison weigh prominently in his pulsating and suspirating bass lines, while doson ngoni pieces like “Long Hidden, Part Three” are well-designed to dissolve listener stress. And for the arco lovers there’s the stunning concert-culled “Cathedral of Light” rife with resplendent harmonics, and a solo bowed version of his venerable “Compassion Seizes Bed-Stuy.”

For their parts, the merengue musicians are uncommonly sympathetic. Whirring and wheezing in Tango-tinged loops on the bustling “Codex,” accordionist Luis Ramirez creates a güiro and bongo topiary pruned beautifully by Omar Payano and Gabriel Nunez. Sewelson’s alto sputters and whinnies against the robustly breathing rhythm, flanked by the alto of Isaiah Parker and the keening strains of the leader’s overdubbed bombard. The disc concludes with a solo live bonus cut, the epic hornet’s nest “In Case of Accident” borrowed from the cassette-released Painter’s Autumn on Parker’s own Centering imprint. Parker’s written musings offer revelations right alongside the music and are packed with numerous anecdotes that clearly delineate the history and intentions of the project. They leave but one burning question: how long will the wait be for the next Olmec installment?

By Derek Taylor"
- From Dusted

Exposure

2007-12-02T10:44:00.000-08:00

By Request: Robert Fripp's Exposure.

Robert Fripp, guitars, Frippertronics; with Barry Andrews, keyboards; Phil Collins, drums; Brian Eno, synthesizer, voice; Peter Gabriel, vocal, piano; Daryl Hall, vocal; Peter Hammill, vocal; Tony Levin, bass; Jerry Marotta, drums; Sid McGuinniss, guitar; Terre Roche, vocal; Narada Michael Walden, drums; Joanna Walton, lyricist; J.G. Bennett, voice

Tracklist:
1. Preface — 1:15
2. You Burn Me Up I'm a Cigarette — 2:23
3. Breathless — 4:39
4. Disengage — 2:52
5. North Star — 3:12
6. Chicago — 2:11
7. NY3 — 2:17
8. Mary — 2:10
9. Exposure — 4:26
10. Haaden Two — 1:56
11. Urban Landscape — 2:35
12. I May Not Have Had Enough of Me But I've Had Enough of You — 3:38
13. First Inaugural Address to I.A.C.E. Sherborne House — 0:04
14. Water Music I — 1:19
15. Here Comes the Flood — 3:52
16. Water Music II — 3:52
17. Postscript — 0:38

total time 49:43

This album definitely illustrates directions to come. League Of Gentlemen, League of Crafty Guitarists, Crimsons Mark III(Discipline Band my personal Favorite) through Mark VI (is that where he's at now?) to the soundscapes series(if anyone's interested I could probably dig some of that up). Fripps first "SOLO" album, partially an homage to his guru, partially a full fledged discussion on Frippertronics, partially a Pop-Album.

Oh, gentle reader, on this rainy December day, your wish is my command.

Bike Thieving motherfuckers

2007-11-25T13:34:00.004-08:00

A Month ago someone stole my beloved bicycle.

yesterday I put together a new one.

Told ya I was Back

2007-11-25T12:34:00.000-08:00

Per Mission -A Ritual Loop

Jason Noble (Rodan, Shipping news, Rachel's) solo electronic project, a mesmerizing blend of recorded dialogue, field recordings, and instrumentation, blended via laptop into a strange soundscape, part dub, part dance, pointing to the directions Rachel's took on Selenography, and Systems/Layers.

Vitriol

Ben Christian Green, a frequent Godflesh colaborator moved to the welsh country side and put together this album of ambient dubscapes. Dark, Haunting, spiritual, and soothing, If you liked the Techno Animal, you'll love this.

When It Rains

2007-11-25T07:13:00.000-08:00

It fucking pours.

This blog is still very much active, at least in my head. The real world went a little insane a few weeks ago, and there have been lots of things to be tended to. Unfortunately they were pretty much all work related so not exciting, or necessarily adventurous.

The near future promises more Nels Cline, Robert Fripp, and Charles Brotzman. Work stress however has kept me in a pretty metal mood.

Bestial Warlust - Blood And Valour

Australian war metal from 1995. Bring on the nihil.

Blood Upon The Alter

2007-10-28T12:38:00.000-07:00

This is a photo of the truntable I use to record all the vinyl that ends up on here, and Old AR given to me by my adopted father, it sat in his basement for 20 years, but he bought it brand new in 1972.

Blasphemy - God's Of War/Blood Upon The Alter

Canadian black metal legends Blasphemy. God's Of War/Blood Upon the alter is pure blistering twisted thrashy black metal. A Samhain special to say the least. Raining Hellfire upon all mankind!

Scrabbling At The Locks

2007-10-28T12:23:00.001-07:00

Hallelujah, Anyway -Remembering Tom Cora
It's A Brand New Day - Tom Cora Live At The Knitting Factory

Two Separate Links!!!!
Inspired by our good friend over at Infinite Machine, here are 2 Tom Cora albums, the first really a tribute, though Mr. Cora is involved in some of the songs. The second live recordings from the Knitting Factory. An evocative spirit on the Cello, and a curious mainstay on the Downtown Scene, Cora crossed boundaries with rare ease and beauty.

Struck Down by cancer in '98, these are his 2 primary post-humous releases.

Tribute

2007-10-23T19:02:00.000-07:00

Just what they appear to be, The Gil Evans Orchestra (Featuring the GREAT Billy Harper) playing jimi Hendrix, and George Benson (a criminally underrated Jazz Guitarist, thanks in large part to his totally bizarre turn as a Pop R&B Singer) performing songs by the Beatles.

Last Of The Hipmen

2007-10-23T18:53:00.000-07:00

David Murray Quartet
LAST OF THE HIPMEN

Red Records VPA 129 (Italy)(LP - 1979)
Recorded live in Rouen, France, January 30, 1978
David Murray (ts), Lawrence "Butch" Morris (tp), Johnny Dyani (b), George Brown (d, perc)

1. Monk's Notice (James Newton) 21:41
2. Patricia (Murray) 13:17
3. Last Of The Hipmen (Murray) 10:34

The GIANT of the Tenor. Live in '78. This motherfucker was HARD to find. Very suggestive of the New York Loft Scene from which it came. Recorded from the original vinyl. My birthday present to myself.

Magic Alphabet

2007-10-20T08:01:00.001-07:00

In 2004, Ian MacKaye used his new small-run label "Northern Liberties", to release this cd by Daniel Higgs. Magic alphabet is a collection of solo Jews Harp Improvisations. If you're familiar with the vast Lungfish Catalogue, you have an idea of what to expect. Strange Mythic drones, shamanistic ditties. Higgs is a true modern original. At times, you feel as if you're sitting on the front porch, a pint of bourbon passing back and forth. Others, you have been transported to that ethereal realm to which only Higgs seems to hold the keys.

If you've enjoyed the Tabata, Sir Richard Bishop, or Cambodian posts, this will be a must have.

Showing My Age

2007-10-13T11:04:00.000-07:00

Last night, went to see Nipponese Metal/Drone power house Boris. This band is a truly amazing experience live. Right up there with The Ex, as best rock experiences ever. This was my third time seeing them. I will see every show they ever play here in my hometown.

But, that's not the point of this post.

at one point I noticed that more people in the crowd seemed to be Text Messaging, Taking photo's, and or talking on there fucking cell phones, then there were just watching the band. This isn't so bad in and of itself, except these people were right up near the front, instead of in the back of the club, obstructing people's view, taking up floor space. One "Man" spent 10 minutes texting someone, and when I tried to get next to my Lady, he attempted to elbow me back behind him. Another "Man" Kept reaching around me with his Trio to take photos, which he was then sending to people. Someone actually answered there phone in the middle of Boris' set. Why do you people bother coming to the shows? Are you there to experience the band? Or just to log some evidence that you can be cool? I don't know, I guess that sounds overly dismissive. It just frustrates me too no end, when I'm watching Wata wail on her Les Paul, and the next thing I know I've got a fucking cell phone in my face.

WAHHHH

My ears are totally blown.

Frippertronic

2007-10-10T20:28:00.000-07:00

The League Of Gentlemen

(No Pussyfooting)

Ethnic Minority Music Of Northeast Cambodia

2007-10-08T19:37:00.000-07:00

"For the first time, here is a recording that documents the ceremonial animist music from the mysterious tribal villages of Northeast Cambodia. The Tampoans, Krungs, kavets, Braos, and Jaraîs of Ratanakiri Province and the Phnongs in Mondolkiri Province have been living amidst each other in this region for centuries preserving and expanding their unique cultural heritage, sometimes at peace and other times in conflict with one another or with foreign invaders. The music includes hypnotic gong ensembles, guitar ballads, bamboo flute, and unique local instrumentation such as the “Gungteng” and the “Mum”. The superb singing styles and vocals present throughout are absolutely mesmerizing. These tracks sound like nothing you’ve heard before, all magnificently documented transporting the listener into the heart of each performance. Recorded on location by Laurent Jeanneau over a 2-year period from 2003-2005 with his revealing liner notes and a detailed tracklist included within."

Alan Bishop (Sun City Girls) label Sublime frequencies released this wonderful document. Check out his site and buy some records, and, or DVDs. You'll be happy that you did.

Deceit, Your Name Is Love

2007-10-01T19:42:00.000-07:00

Vond is the 'dark side' of Mortiis, so to speak. On the debut album Selvmord, the musical styles of Vond were very similar to early Era 1 Mortiis, but on the The Dark River album, it features samplers and a from other Mortiis works quite different melody structure. The final album Green Eyed Demon is almost only made up from samples from movies such as The Texas Chain Saw Massacre and Deranged, accompanied by a dismal, droning music line.

It is unknown if Mortiis plans to release anything under Vond again, so the project's status should be categorised as "On hold". However, Mortiis has spoken of how the direction Vond was going would eventually end up being the style of His Era 3 work - that being aggressive, loud industrial rock.

A 10" entitled "AIDS to the people" was supposed to be released in 1996, however this never happened. Probably parts of that were used for The Dark River.

The Selvmord album was rereleased under the name "Slipp Sorgen L�s" in the US with different artwork, due to the theme being so "aggressive" (Selvmord is Norwegian for Suicide)."

Land Of The Rising Sun Pt. 3

2007-09-30T07:59:00.000-07:00

Zeni Geva - Maximum Love+Fuck

K.K. Null & Bill Horist split 10"

A Collection of K.K. Null 7"

A little Null fanboy-ism for ya here, Zeni Geva from '88, an atmospheric/electronic/guitar manipulation 10" with Bill Horist. AND a small collection of KK Null 7"s, including the Null/Lull split 7", a Zeni Geva 7", and more. All recorded from the original vinyl. Most having been released on Nux Orginization (Null's old label). Listening to it all again in the recording process and I'm stil,l blown away by the breadth of this mans artistry. (Infinite Machine, you should have already gotten the 7" Collection from the PRF)

Land Of The Rising Sun Pt. 2

2007-09-29T14:33:00.001-07:00

YBO2 - Pale Skin, Pale Face

I've told the story behind the YBO2 records in my collection. You've downloaded, listened, and hopefully LOVED "Alienation". Here's the only other one that I have, "Pale Skin, Pale Face", a double LP that traverses many styles before it's over. KK Null is gone by this point, putting together some of the early Zeni Geva (Stay TUNED). This record's fucking rad, kind of in that Post-Modern John Zorn '80's way.

The Land Of The Rising Sun Pt. 1

2007-09-29T11:50:00.000-07:00

SO. I've been contemplating this for a while, and since the most downloaded things seem to be from my Nippon collection, I think the next few days are basically just going to be that. Things have been kinda sporadic, and random over here, I know.

First off....

Mitsura Tabata - Brainsville

Tabata, second guitar in Zeni Geva, currently member of various Acid Mothers Temple line-ups, put out this solo album in '98. Made up almost exclusively of multi-tracked guitar pieces, at times similar to certain Six Organs of Admittance pieces, can be trance like, but rarely melodic, and never harsh. I highly recommend this release.

Tomorrow is the first day of the rest of my life

2007-09-26T19:35:00.001-07:00

"An obscure late 60s rock opera -- but a pretty great one too, and a set with some rougher, more soulful moments than Hair, Oh Calcutta, or any of its contemporaries! The instrumentation here is really great -- almost in a Melvin Van Peebles mode at times, with basslines that step around in odd, almost skittish rhythms -- and guitar bits and keyboards that get funky, but often in a way that's kind of quirky. Vocals are by both the authors, as well as actor Joe Morton and Yolande Bavan -- the latter of whom makes one of her few rare appearances on record after working with Dave Lambert and Jon Hendricks! Tracks themselves have a definite Hair influence -- slightly hippieish, but a bit more soulful -- and produced here by Nik Venet with a style that lets in plenty of the "space" that made similar contemporaneous projects at Capitol so great. Titles include "Salvation", "1001", "Honest Confession Is Good For The Soul", "Ballin", "For Ever", "Deadalus", "Let's Get Lost In Now", "Back To Genesis", and the hit "If You Let Me Make Love To You Then Why Can't I Touch You"."
-From Dusty Groove AmericaWhen I was 12, a woman moved into the house next door to us. With her, eventually, came her son, and daughter, 20 and 17 respectively. "Rose" and her children were definitely bizarre for this suburban neighborhood. She practiced Raiki healing, wrote music, and poetry, landscaped her entire yard as a Japanese topiary garden. Her daughter dressed in all black, spray painted her car flat back in the local K-Mart parking lot, wallpapering the inside with images from the weekly world news. (It's true I had a pretty massive teenage crush on her) The son ran around long haired, and filthy, playing guitar, doing LSD, reading comic books, and riding his bike all over the place, day and night. They also opened their house to a slightly troubled and extremely misplaced youth, offering a safe place to read, write, talk, and play music.

Basically they were a clan of hippies and punk-rockers. They are partially responsible for me finishing High School. The ex-husband of "Rose", and father of her 2 children was an asshole, and songwriter/actor. He wrote the book, and performed in this ridiculous post Hair rock musical, Salvation. An off-broadway production about drugs, god, war, sex and abortion.

An interesting snapshot of some of the underground going's on in the Hippy Scene, I just rediscovered this in the stacks, and felt it may be worth some renewed investigation.

I know, I know, I'm sorry but, well, you know what Fuck It!

2007-09-26T17:22:00.000-07:00

Well, It's 1989 or 1990, and I'm in the front seat of a 1986 Buick Sedan
on my way to another one of my little brothers goddamned baseball games, the RCA cassette/"stereo" rests between my Converse, offering up the only solace I hope to find this afternoon, in the guise of a TDK 90, with these albums dubbed, one to a side.

And you know what, I don't care what anyone says. Deep Purple could fucking ROCK. Highway Star, and Space Truckin' are two of the greatest rock songs EVER!!!!!!!!!

Recorded from 35-40 year old vinyl(oh, yeah, it fuckin' clicks and pops baby, this ain't no "High Quality" super Deluxe archival site y'know)but it don't skip,Packaged as ONE, SUPER SAVER, "TDK 90" .RAR FILE!

You gotta problem with that?

I AM THE WARGOD

2007-09-22T09:26:00.000-07:00

Fleet Street Scandal

2007-09-18T21:44:00.000-07:00

Cool art print site a buddy sent me links about.

Golden Filth

2007-09-15T20:07:00.000-07:00

The Fugs. I dunno, I don't even particularly care for this record, comedy protest act in the Zappa vein, but without the musical talent? Sophomoric, crass hippy shit, and yet I'm posting it. Why? why? It holds some place in the history of rock I suppose, they were one of the first acts on ESP records, it's better than fellow New Yorkers the Velvet Underground (just had to get a dig in Josh). Whatever. Download it, give it a whirl, let me know what you think.

Elektronika Demonika

2007-09-15T12:04:00.001-07:00

Sir Richard Bishop - Elektronika Demonika

There is no guitar on this album. Limited to 666 vinyl copies released on 6/6/06, SRB's sonic manipulations. A trip into darkness and melancholy. Sir Bishop, formerly of The Sun City Girls, has been gaining quite a bit of acclaim as of late in the 'Freak Folk" scene (I despise that label so freaking much), and while this is nice for him, I must admit it can leave me a little nonplussed, but, seeing him perform solo versions of Horsecock Pfephner to bewildered groups of hipsters will never get old. Now if He'll only come up with an arrangement of "Highway Star" or "Space Truckin'" Click the smoker for his web-site!

Rest In Peace - Charles Gaucher Jr.

Sabbatical Satanichrist Slaughter

2007-09-09T14:14:00.000-07:00

4 Sabbat E.P.'s

I'm gonna keep pushing this band, even though hardly anyone seems interested (or are you). Nipponese Metal Legends Sabbat are such a glorious brood of evil insanity, and these four E.P.'s epitomize this. There are splits with the bands Gorgon, Asbestos, and best of all Ironfist. Also, the triple 6" box set (that's right 666) Sabbatical Satanichrist Slaughter.

The Chosen Legacy

2007-09-06T19:07:00.001-07:00

THE CHOSEN LEGACY
A COMPILATION
09-06-07

Dossier

2007-09-04T19:50:00.001-07:00

Dossier

Compilation from 1986 on German noise/electronic label Dossier. Chrome, Controlled Bleeding, KK Null, Elliott Sharp, z'ev, and others. This definitely shows some of the facets of industrial/noise in the '80's. Side one is very song oriented, in that somewhat noisy/gothy realm, while side two is much closer to pure noise.

Murder Ballads

2007-09-04T17:31:00.000-07:00

Ambient Folk Death I suppose, MJ Harris and Martyn Bates join up to unleash a selection of classic British Murder Ballads. Harris however kind of dons his LULL robes. Gelatinous sound scape envelopes Martyn Bates' trembly warble through these tales of lust, incest and revenge. These are three separate albums. Click each image for download.

JACULA

2007-09-03T20:40:00.000-07:00

Jacula

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Jacula is a progressive rock Italian band from the early 1970s, born mainly from as an experiment of occultist duette Antonio Bartoccetti-Doris Norton, organist Charles Tiring and medium Franz Porthenzy. It was founded by Bartoccetti in Milan in 1968.

Jacula's music was quite innovative in the progressive circles of those years, and is considered very rare by most fans and analysts of this kind of music, especially in an era which saw the development of groups such as Pink Floyd, Genesis or Gentle Giant, which were the basis of the new progressive rock scene. Jacula can be compared with Devil Doll, which was as rare as Jacula.

Their discography is not very large because the band was experimental and had even been tagged by founder Antonio Bartoccetti (who both composed and performed with lots of other musicians from the Italian progressive rock scene in the 1970s) as a youth mistake.

Nevertheless, the two albums the group conceived are albeit complete: In Cauda Semper Stat Venenum (1969) which has a superposition of organ, piano and other dark sound effects; Tardo Pede In Magiam Versus (1973) which features Doris Norton's vocals, with a sound much more influenced by bands of the Italian underground scene such as Le Orme."

Pipe Organ, Buzzing Black Metal Guitars, Creepy Italian Monlogues, Clattering Drums, The soundtrack to an imaginary Vampire Flick. Truly one of the coolest things EVER.

Coming soon....

2007-09-02T09:19:00.000-07:00

If I can keep my shit rolling here, hopefully by the end of the week I'll post....

Dossiers - A noise comp from '86 w/ Z'ev, Null, E#, and more.
Oliver Lake's Jump Up
The Fugs
Jacula
M.J. Harris & Martyn Bates - The Murder Ballads
and
Another YBO2 Record

this is dependent solely on this....

More Broadrick

2007-09-02T09:11:00.000-07:00

Techno Animal was Justin Broadrick & Kevin Martin dark hip hop/dub project. He may still be active in this regard, though it seems that the focus has definitely shifted to Jesu and Final. Radio hades is a remix project of tracks that appeared on various compilations. Twisted and dark. To see what Broadrick's up to now, visit AVALANCHE.

Television

2007-08-30T20:52:00.000-07:00

The Grateful Dead of the CBGB's set. My favorite guitar players from this whole scene. Television. The only band who could play guitar solos in the late '70's without coming off as posers (Heavy Metal Excluded). Extremely limited from Rhino Handmade, this captivating set showcases the band between Marquee Moon, and Adventure. Check out the killer jam on "Satisfaction".

Justin Broadrick's Past

2007-08-28T18:29:00.000-07:00

"Head Of David was one of several bands that at one time featured Justin Broadrick of Godflesh (here, as a drummer). The group's best-known album, Dustbowl, might be thought of as a more noisy, experimental version of early Godflesh, sometimes a bit too unstructured but occasionally quite interesting. Broadrick left soon after to form Godflesh -- the band carried on, eventually releasing the more techno-pop flavored Seed State, before disappearing for good."

12" of alternate mixes. Check it out.

Our Band Could Be Your Life

2007-08-26T12:35:00.000-07:00

Track Listing (LP):

Side One:
Sparkalepsy-King of the Hill
Seam-This Ain't No Picnic
Hazel-Storm in my House
Oswald Five-O-Tony Gets Wasted in Pedro
The 3M Company-Search
Ethan James & Cindy Albon-Themselves
Tsunami-Courage
Crackerbash-The World According to Nouns
Nels Cline Trio-Self-Referenced/West Germany

Side Two:
Dos-Do You Want New Wave Or Do You Want the Truth?
Experimental Pollen #68-Games
Free Kitten-Party with Me Punker
Jawbox-It's Expected I'm Gone
Thurston Moore-Shit You Hear at Parties
Joe Baiza-9:30 May 2
Kaia-Stories
Unwound-Plight
The Meices-Political Song for Michael Jackson to Sing
Nuzzle-Futurism Restated
Corduroy-Cut
Lou Barlow-Black Sheep
D Boon Interview
Minutemen (live)-Badges

Released December 1994.

CD: not limited.

LP: first pressing?1000, second pressing?1000.

Various artists paying tribute to D Boon and the Minutemen. Over two-and-a-half years in the making. 74 minute-long CD or 50 minute-long LP.

If you enjoy this, a recording of the LP release, you should order the CD. I plan on as I had no clue that it had more songs on it. Order here..... LITTLE BROTHER RECORDS.

Max Roach Quartet Very Rare!!!

2007-08-24T21:58:00.001-07:00

Kill Everyone Now!

2007-08-24T21:07:00.001-07:00

A compilation of odds'n'ends from NoMeansNo's Wright Brothers, including rarities, outttakes, and alternative versions; featuring recordings from Hanson Brothers, Swell prod., Mr. Wrong as well as NoMeansNo. Pay close attention to the cover of the Kink's "Victoria", and the song "CANADA IS PISSED!". For those of you who downloaded "MAMA", and liked it, there are some tunes on here from the same time period.

Aurora

2007-08-24T20:50:00.000-07:00

KK NULL & James Plotkin - Aurora

AURORA REMIXES

Null and Plotkin. This could definitely live under the heading Ambient Isolationist. Soundscapes that just kind exist. a few years back a, a roomates sister was in town, and I went to sleep with this on. The next morning she asked "What the fuck WAS that? It's not even music!" I agreed. a must for fans of Khanate. The remixes disc was bought form Plotkin himself at a Khanate show in PDX a few years back. Remixers include DJ Spooky, Mick Harris (as SCORN) and Plotkin himself.

HOMAGE

2007-08-23T19:32:00.000-07:00

Ray Drummond , bass · Wayne Horvitz , piano · Bobby Previte , drums · John Zorn , alto saxophone
The Sonny Clark Memorial Quartet - Voodoo

Change of Season -The Music Of Herbie Nichols

Heavy Motherf***in' Water

2007-08-21T21:18:00.000-07:00

Zeni Geva - Last Nano Second LiveIn Geneva 2002.

KK Null's Zeni Geva, Limited to 666 copies. a masterful combination of prog, noise, metal, and punk. A live recording from what up to this point is there last Tour. The opening salvo of "10,000 light years" is so brutally mind-numbing.

Ruins - Mandala 2000 - Live At Kichijoji Mandala II.

Yoshida Tatsuya's Ruins. The great prog jazz freak out duo. More Time/tempo changes in 30 seconds than any other live band since Zorn's Naked City. Includes The Classical Medley, Classic Rock Medley, and ProgRock Medley.

So... There's actually a very specific reason behind these 2 albums sharing a post. Last summer, my Girlfriend had the opportunity to spend 5 weeks in Tokyo studying communications design through her school. as a bit of a Nipponese Outsider Rock freak, I sent her away with a small wish list. Mostly things that I'd only heard of existing, but never heard. Finding them on-line, let alone in the shops was next to impossible. I didn't expect much coming back. The very top of this list was a band that KK Null, and Yoshida had been in for a period in the early '80's, called YBO2. (KK Null, since my first exposure, is one of my 5 favorite guitarist ever, his combination of metal's brutality, with Fripp/Early-Floyd style expressionism, and pure noise enthralled me immediately, and continue to bring me nothing but pleasure.) In her time off from her studies, she roamed Tokyo, asking after record stores, ending up taking a train 45 minutes outside of Tokyo, landing in a small neighborhood. Unfortunately she was in the wrong place. A long walk and a tram ride later she found her neighborhood, but not the record store. A smoking student, reading F. Scott Fitzgerald, and a young woman helped her find her way, to a record store. A small flag hanging out of a second story window announced the store's name. Upstairs was a 12X8 room, walls lined floor to ceiling with vinyl and cd's. Room enough for 3 people, two of whom worked in the store. In her limited Japanese she inquired about the music on my wish list. A record was found. The employee responded, "Your boyfriend like's this? Nobody here listens to this." When she returned to the states, there were more records and cd's than I dreamed she'd find. The Crown Jewel of which was this...

YBO2 - ALIENATION

Naturally, I've asked this woman to marry me.

Zonin' out

2007-08-19T14:36:00.000-07:00

Green Milk From The Planet Orange
Birth Of The Neo Trip

Niponese Prog/Noise. Zeni Geva meets AMT & Boris. Spaced out long songs. This is recent shit, and you should check them out when they come through your town (and they probably will). Thank You Brennan

Record Shopping

2007-08-19T09:26:00.000-07:00

Had a post planned for today. Then, yesterday, I head out to get my haircut, and swing into one of the local record store's just to goof off before my barber appointment.
This is not up for download, just to highlight. Available through John Zorn's Tzadik,
this is Asmodeus - Book Of Angels Volume 7. "Asmodeus, also known as Ashmadia, most likely originated from the Persian Aeshma-deva ("demon of wrath").

The apocryphal Book of Tobit describes an instance where Raguel's daughter, Sarah, was tormented by the demon. She was married to seven times, each time the Asmodeus killed off the husband before they could have intercourse. Sarah, was about to hang herself in grief, but decided against it after thinking about the shame it would cause her father. She then prayed to God for death.

God answered her prayer by sending the angel, Raphael, to her aid. He instructed Tobiah to place fish liver and heart on the embers for incense. Asmodeus was repelled by the odor:"

Marc Ribot, Trevor Dunn, & G. Calvin Weston. This is a fucking POWER-TRIO in the truest sense. Talkin' Hendrix, Cream, Sonny Sharrock, James Blood Ulmer here. BUY this motherfucking record.

Now I'll share with y'all.....

Well, Elliot Sharp and Merzbow collaborating. I called a friend after getting this (Decapod Claw to be exact), asking if he'd ever heard this, his exact reply was "What the FUCK? NO, but I want to" That's basically how I felt when I saw this in the shelves. Masami Akita is of course one of the godfathers of noise. E#, a unique talent on both the guitar, and composing. Notorious for building instruments to suit the complex pieces he writes sometimes based off of mathematical algorithms. The first two tracks are composed by Merzbow, based off of raw material submitted by E#. The third and fourth compositions by Sharp based off of raw materials from Merzbow.

Enjoy a Sunday morning noise fest.

Also check out the movie "You're Gonna Miss Me" about Roky Erickson if you haven't already.

Six Pianos

2007-08-15T11:46:00.000-07:00

Steve Reich - Six Pianos

This is a recording of the LP. A Study in phase and tonality, as amazing as '18 Musicians" is, this performance is probably my favorite. My first hearings of this definitely confirmed my thoughts about the Drone, and overtones, through phase.

EVOKE SKEPTICISM

2007-08-14T21:41:00.001-07:00

Skepticism - Stormcrowfleet
Plodding Funereal DOOM. Everything proceeds at a GLACIAL pace here, with bellowing "vokills". Think Khanate, but less of an art project, more of an expression of sheer existential terror of the truth of living.

Nipponese Black Metal. Sabbat's Evoke, is so raw and thundering I can't express how it leaves me. Not cold, like Skepticism. Just furious, guitars leaving blisters, Pseudo-ambient Intros, that shift into punishment immediately. Find more of them if you can. This is not the same band from the earlier "History Lesson" Post.

Ooh Crikey! (Taking The Piss!)

2007-08-14T08:48:00.001-07:00

I guess that that's the theme for the day. Started off with Sensational, and now I offer up this...

"How many times can you bounce up and down on Satan's Big Ol' Trampoline?"

Originally known as SCRAWM with a line-up of Dogg Bower (vocals / guitar), Dudd Hallam (bass) and drummer Chris Flint, this Mansfield based group released the 1987 demo 'Demented Genius'. SCRAWM then changed the name to LAWNMOWER DETH, with the premise that putting the fun into Thrash and Death Metal music with a madcap slant was the way to fame and fortune.

As a 16 year old comic book loving, metal head, punk dork, this album was an absolute godsend, ridiculous songs, about invading alien lawnmowers, Sumo Rabbit, Fat Bastards, and all sorts, of childish innuendo. Enter the world of the Apocalyptic Lawnmower!

Corner The Market

2007-08-14T08:35:00.000-07:00

BAHHHH. This is up here by request. Sensational - Corner The Market. Chunka Bliss. CHunky buds ROllin', chunky buds smokin'. Totally, wacked out homeless hop. Beats so retarded you fall in love with them. STUPID, and an absolute classic. Sorry, it's so dumb, it's perfect.

Rise, Pumpkin, RISE!

2007-08-12T20:35:00.000-07:00

Nels Cline & Devin Sarno
Rise, Pumpkin, Rise!

Along the lines of the Cline/Moore - "In-Store". Cline and Sarno improvise low-end heavy noise scapes, guitar and bass, run through multiple effects processors. This is the first of 3 albums, and out of print. Recorded from the original vinyl. I highly recommend checking out the other 2 recordings of this duo, "Edible Flowers", and "Buried At Bunker Hill".

I'm gonna do some looking around, "Edible Flowers" may have gone out of print. If so I'll post it if there's interest.

Downtown Lullaby

2007-08-12T16:08:00.001-07:00

Zorn, Horvitz, Previte, Sharp. In studio improv, with each tune named after the address of a different NYC loft-studio from the 70's (apparently). Not the freak out noise set that you may expect from these four. Downtown Lullaby, is actually restrained, and groove oriented, much of it centered around Previte's drum patterns. Horvitz and Sharp sharing the pocket, as each takes turn vamping and soloing. At times atmospheric, and suggestive of Downtown soundscapes. Zorn bleating out the occasional traffic noise squeal. I love this album, primarily for the interplay between Sharp and Horvitz, at times it becomes difficult to tell which is the keyboard, and which the guitar, as they build processed signals on top of processed signals.

Be Strong, Be Wrong

2007-08-11T01:48:00.000-07:00

This post will be up for a very short duration. It has recently come to my attention that the entire early catologue of NoMeansNo has gone out of print. This is quite possibly the greatest travesty in the history of underground music (hyperbole, but not by much). One of the most under appreciated "Punk Rock Bands" of all time. This collection of the early recordings, many of which were done in the basement of the Wright brother's parent's house, represents, the earliest recordings of this prolific, dark, existential (in the most philosophical way), Prog-Punk band.

Mosquito Dream

2007-08-11T01:44:00.000-07:00

"James Plotkin and Brent Gutzeit met in Japan in 1994. Plotkin was touring with Scorn, Gutzeit was living in Tokyo. They began a collaborative project. Plotkin recorded a guitar track, Gutzeit destroyed it and rebuilt it. Gutzeit used handmade instruments, boom box, stereo and four-track tape deck to create 5 different tracks. Plotkin remixed those tracks and sent Gutzeit 40 minutes of music. Gutzeit did another round of mixes, burned them to CDR and sent them to Plotkin. By that time Gutzeit had moved to Chicago. Plotkin mixed more tracks. The final round of mixes ended up in Kranky's hands in the fall of 1998. Each "remix" that became Mosquito Dream took a year to complete. Mosquito Dream is expansive yet attentive to details, reverberant but granular."

Lame As A Motherfucker

2007-08-10T01:11:00.001-07:00

Coupons

2007-08-10T00:29:00.000-07:00

The Coupons - Self Titled EP

This is Rex. Once he lit my cigarette with a Tiki Torch. He was there the day I met the love of my life. He used to make music as The Coupons. Now he performs as MATTRESS. He's slightly unhinged. A truly good human being. Also on FOXSPACE.

Uploaded with permission.

The Indestructible Songs Of The Humpback Whale

2007-08-10T00:13:00.000-07:00

King G & The J Krew

Well, shit. How to explain this. First off read the "File Under Indie rock" post. I've got no pretty picture for this. It's Jason Noble And Jeff Mueller (Rodan, June Of '44, Rachel's, Shipping News, Per Mission) right around the time they were finishing high school (supposedly), and VERY into hip-hop. I dunno, think 2 goofy ass white kids from Louisville heavily into Public Enemy. It's a rap record, I suppose. You can here where they end up, where they're going. It's fun. It's a riot.

ABSOLUTE INDESTRUCTIBLE SONIC COMPACT DOOMSDAY SUPERCONDUCTER (RICE, BEANS, AND CAFEINE EP)

Forgotten Rebels

2007-08-09T00:38:00.000-07:00

It's been a day, I know I posted a bunch of shit this morning, but the old ladies asleep, and I just got off work, so here's one more post.

The Forgotten Rebels - In Love With The System
"Warning: This biography was directly ripped off from UBL's biography on the Forgotten Rebels and is rife with errors.

Derivative but entertaining, Ontario's Forgotten Rebels delivered trashy glam-punk with the snottiness of the Sex Pistols, the dopey humor of the Ramones, and the big hooks of Gary Glitter and T. Rex. The group got its start with a 1978 demo entitled Burning the Flag, which was followed with an independent EP, Tomorrow Belongs to Us (both were later collected on a 1997 reissue titled after the latter). The original lineup featured vocalist Mickey DeSadist (b. Mickey Gerlecki), guitarist Tony Madelina, drummer Angela Madelina, and bassist Carl "Chris Suicide" Johnson, and like most of the Forgotten Rebels' lineups, it was short-lived, as new drummer Pete "Treason" Latimer joined in between recordings and left just as quickly.

For the band's 1980 debut album, In Love With the System , a new lineup coalesced around DeSadist: guitarist Alan "Al McCombo" Smolak, bassist Chris "Pogo Au Go Go" Houston, and drummer Larry Electrician. In Love sported a harder-edged punk sound than either previous or subsequent records; following its release, Houston left to form a backing band called the Sex Machine, with whom he recorded an album in 1986. For that matter, the remainder of the band left as well, leaving DeSadist to recruit an all-new lineup of Mike "Taster" Mirabella (guitar), John Welton (bass), and Robert Allan (drums). This unit recorded the glammed-up This Ain't Hollywood... (1983), which featured covers of "Save the Last Dance for Me," "Eve of Destruction," and Gary Glitter's "Hello Hello (I'm Back Again)," plus one of the group's signature songs, "Surfin' on Heroin." 1985's The Pride and the Disgrace found DeSadist and Mirabella matched with a new rhythm section of bassist Mike "Spike" Lumen and drummer Dave McGhire. 1988's Surfin' on Heroin was mostly a collection of newly recorded versions of previously released songs, with Mike Szykowny temporarily replacing Lumen. Lumen was back in the fold for 1989's Forgotten Rebels (also known as Untitled ), which also featured McGhire, new guitarist Jeffrey Dee Campbell, and an inexplicable new spelling for DeSadest's last name.

A long hiatus ensued, but the Rebels regrouped in 1994 with a surprisingly similar lineup -- DeSadest, Campbell, McGhire, and bassist Chaz Butcher -- and a new LP, Criminal Zero . In addition to the Tomorrow Belongs to Us compilation, 1997 also saw the release of Executive Outcomes , which welded early demos onto a 1990 live perfomance. Butcher soon left the group in favor of Steve Mahon.
Steve Huey, All-Music Guide "

Basically amateur, immature, purposefully offensive Punk from the late '70's. Ripped from the original vinyl. Ridiculous, and glorious.

Decapod Claw

2007-08-08T12:50:00.000-07:00

This is a friend of mine. Decapod Claw is sonic attack!

DEATH TO SISSYTRONICA!

Live CD From Tonic Lounge, PDX OR 8-11-04

Synth Methods:

decapod claw uses:

advanced additive synthesis via: Kawai K5000S; digital analog modeling synthesis via: Korg MS2000R; samples of individual drum hits, created on K5k,MS2k & Yamaha CS5,or captured from Sequential TOM,Roland606 & CR5 drum machines-filtered & chopped w/ EMU ESI-4000 sampler; sequenced w/ Qbase 2.0 on Atari 1040ST. Distorted,verbed,modulated,EQ'd,compressed w/ DOD & Boss pedals; Quadraverb,DBX & Barringer boxes.

Vocals:either sung or synthesized (using K5k or voice synthesis software) vocoded w/ MS2k. Dialog & screaming captured from horror & documentary films or video games. Additional production executed in Sound Forge, Qbase SX,& Cool Edit Pro 2.

decapod claw never samples other peoples beats, melodies, riffs, etc.

Uploaded with permission.

2007-08-08T12:26:00.001-07:00

COLTRANE - LIVE IN PARIS

John Coltrane Quartet Live in Paris, France, October 1962.

1. Naima - 7:08
2. Impressions - 11:25
3. Blue Valse (Part 1) - 15:07
4. Blue Valse (Part 2) - 7:40
5. Afro Blue - 10:58

John Coltrane - Tenor & Soprano Saxophones
McCoy Tyner - Piano
Jimmy Garrison - Bass
Elvin Jones - Drums

I am happy, I am singing, and a 1,2,3,4

2007-08-08T12:19:00.001-07:00

Jim O'Rourke, Live laptop manipulations in Japan. NOT a huge fan of this man's music. But this disc, with it's Reichian metronome excursions, is quite entertaining, and wonderful on a heated bike ride.

In Store

2007-08-08T12:04:00.000-07:00

On their way to record the guitar duet album "Pillow Wand", Nels Cline and Thurston Moore played an instore improv, based off of some of the sketches they were taking into the studio. The recording that came out of this, in my opinion FAR superior to the excellent "Pillow Wand", is full of sweeping atmospheres, plenty of plink plonk noise., and moments of truly sublime beauty.

There are times, like listening to this album, when I wish Sonic Youth would stop. I love what Lee does away from the band, Kim, is well, Kim, the goddess of the breathy monotone, and slinky bass line. Thurston can be such a massive disappointment, because we've seen what he CAN do, and sometimes it just seems the record collector fan boy rules the day way to much. Anyway, I really love this record, and hope you enjoy it as well.

WSQ

2007-08-07T00:59:00.000-07:00

WORLD SAXOPHONE QUARTET - W.S.Q.

Julius Hemphill, Hamiet Bluiett, David Murray, and Oliver Lake.

The Quartet. WSQ. JULIUS. The power of 4 human beings, with only their lungs, and hunks of brass, to transcend the limitations of existence, and create a spiritual journey. This is what music is all about. Jazz performed at it's finest. Also, proof that Wynton Marsalis was full of SHIT when he claimed nothing good was coming out of the Avant Garde.

History Lesson Pt. 2

2007-08-07T00:46:00.000-07:00

Sabbat - Blood For The Blood God

Flexi Disc, of the U.K. War Metal Band (NOT the Japanese Black Metal band, who will get they're own post soon). Loosely associated with the Warhammer RPG, much like the great Bolt Thrower.

West Coast Modern Day Punk Rock Orchestra

Nels Cline, Mike Watt, and others performing 2 songs of noisy, improvisational, punk rock bliss.

Small - 2 Seven Inches

2 45's by Chapel Hill, NC's Small. Idiosyncratic early '90's indie, With 2 guys named Eric. Lemme know what YOU think, but I've always sworn this was an Archer's of Loaf precursor band.

Ten Four - 7" and Cassette

Crazy little PDX "TRIO", from '94/'95. It was all about the live show, as they invited anyone and everyone up on stage to play instruments. Beer bottles getting broken by drumsticks almost always ensued. Also featured on Dishwasher Pete's "DISHWASHER!" Compilation 7"/Zine. Plus the Bass Player was a super cute punk-rock girl.

Bassically Yours

2007-08-06T10:00:00.000-07:00

World Bass Violin ensemble - Basically Yours - Phil Bowler, Greg Maker, Rufus Reid, Bob Cunningham, Brian Smith, Musical Director Fred Hopkins. Black Saint records 1984

The mid to late seventies saw an upswell in the formation of combo's based around a single instrument, and the complexities within. Exploring the rhythmic, tonal, micro-tonal, harmonic, and melodic possibilities of said intrument. My personal favorite is the World Saxaphone Quartet. This offshoot, as all of these players have been involved with WSQ members throught the years, is a very interesting sidenote in this peculiar sub-genre of jazz. Pictured is Fred Hopkins, one of the most free flowing and dynamic bassists of his generation. He has sadly passed on.

Saturday Afternoon Black Metal

2007-08-04T16:37:00.000-07:00

ANUBI - Lithuanian Black Metal
"Written by Egregius on November 7th, 2003

Weird, freaky, bizarre. The few reviews I've read of Anubi's Kai Pilnaties all say the same. And when I was thinking about how I would review this album I was forced to come to the same thing: saying how truly bizarre and weird this album is.

Another red line in reviews are failed attempts to classify this album, and what often struck me was reviewers were calling it 'black metal with too many weird influences' or saying Anubi tried to mix all genres and failed at it. What a weird thing to do, especially with Anubi. The one thing that signifies Anubi to me is the fact it falls outside all known genres (in my opinion).

One of Anubi's previous releases, the Mirtis Metafora tape, *did* have black metal elements in it. But that was 40%; the other 40% was dark ambient and 20% pure Anubi. What remains of the black metal elements on Kai Pilnaties are the weird black metal vocals. They sound spacious, not terribly harsh (not a raunchy scream) and are used in between the clean vocals (like Rakoth, but very different). The vocals have a 'native' feel to it, in that it reminds of some other Russian/East European bands using clean vocals, but only remotely so.

One thing about Anubi is that they seem to go against all conventions. Some may feel this to be pretentious, and for a lot of people, this album does little for that reason. Straight from the intro track with bizarre organ sounds, Anubi uses disharmony and dissonance as intruments on their own to create subtle meta-harmonies. I wish I had the knowledge of music-composition and technical terms necessary to explain what exactly Anubi is doing, but I believe that even with that knowledge I would have a hard time understanding Anubi entirely as they seem defy most of the rules on purpose. For example, on the second track, early on, you can hear chaotic piano-sounds over which a bass-line is put. The piano sounds spontaneous, unrehearsed...chaotic. As if it were replacing a carefully planned piano piece at the last minute. Yet, it wouldn't sound as good any other way.

It's like that all over the cd. Where there isn't a minimalistic riff droning onward to create a vast song-superstructure, there are purposely mistimed and misplayed notes it seems used as struts for this very same structure, or perhaps some other. I really don't know, and I don't care, as this album sounds just perfect to me in all it's bizarrity and oddness.
I have to note that the album isn't tightly-packed with musical rule-breaking or somesuch. Often enough, there are just unconventionalisms used, or even *gasp* a perfectly understandable songstructure! But you know what? It still sounds original. There is no cookie-cutterness here. Be it on the dark ambient parts (track 7, with it's droning lulling minimalist guitarriff; or the last track with the most bizarre use of saxophones I've ever heard, namely interspersing occasionally with a sort of 'weep') or the deceptively straightforward starting track 6.

I realize though, that many a review conveyed the notion that it was too bizarre for it's own good. But after listening to it many times, coming to love it, surrendering to it as it releases a wide array of emotions in me, I'd be defying my conscience if I gave this album a score less than 95. Just don't listen to this album with any preconceptions!"(Taken From the Encyclopaediea Metallum Review)

The True Mayhem's Deathcrush. The First Release. Primitive, dark, and oh so true.

Broken ankles

2007-08-03T10:47:00.000-07:00

Him split 12" with the Dylan Group and Bundy K. Brown

Summer 2000. Two single and rootless 25 year olds, are sitting on a porch in SE PDX, drinking dirty martinis. trying to decide if we should go check out this band HIM, playing at E.J.'s that night. Getting pretty drunk we hop on our bikes, and head for the show.

A quarter of the way to the club, we hop off a curb, and hear a crack. My buddy's bike is no longer working. It's really dark, we're admittedly drunk and a little bit stoned. We can't figure out what's wrong with the bike. we decided to walk the next 3 miles. as we near the club, my friend realizes his ankle is throbbing. Under a street light we realize he has fractured his ankle on the bikes rear derailer, also breaking the derailer.

I buy him a beer at the club, and he decides he'll head home in a few, while the busses are still running. Then Fred Erskine walks up to the microphone, bottle of beer in hand and states "Hi, we're Him, we're from Chicago, and this is music" Two drums start playing, the whole 6 piece band begins going crazy. Indie rockers are DANCING! In PORTLAND!!!!! Sexxy women sweating and moving, everyone goes nuts.

2 hour's later, sitting under a neon PAINT sign, smoking. we have no clue what we just saw, but it was amazing.

The next morning we eat bagels and mix Mint Juleps. Nursing our hangovers, and my friends broken ankle.

Tom Snyder has passed away.

2007-08-01T12:03:00.000-07:00

Amusing guy, pretty good interviewer. but really his passing is just an excuse to share this particularly disturbing file.

1981 interview with the one and only Charles Manson. Strange, perplexing, at moments disturbing, most definitely surreal.

File under Indie-Rock?

2007-07-30T23:33:00.000-07:00

It's 11:34. 11 & 1/2 hours of baking bread under my belt today. My fiance is asleep in bed. I'm exhausted, but also charged with way too much adrenaline and caffeine .

Around 1997 or '98 a baker at the restaurant I was working at, gave me a tape. On this tape was The Sea and The Bells by Rachel's. At this point I was very heavily into modern classical, avant garde jazz, and growing somewhat tired with punk-rock, getting into some "Indie-Rock" bands. The Rachel's were a godsend.

I began digging.

I had already heard some June Of '44, and Hoover. I owned 2 Lungfish albums, but they still went over my head (not the case today, thank Higgs). I delved deep into this sound. What was it? Were was this coming from?
Jeff Mueller solo album. stark, droning, check out, in particular track 5 "Safe and Sound". An extremely motivational song, for a very difficult period.
The picture didn't come out quit how I wanted it..... This is Shawn Meadows "Everlasting the Way", brief sketches composed after a trip through Spain. not songs, per se, but fragments of thought, feelings based on place.

more to come soon. Including Per Mission, King G and the J Crew, and HIM>

They were The Only Band That Mattered

2007-07-30T08:52:00.000-07:00

The Clash. I find it difficult to even express my love and admiration for this band. The politics, the style, the MUSIC, the MUSIC. I spent a large chunk of my twenties hunting down everything Clash related that I could. When Strummer came out of Retirement, I went to the Mescalaros show in Portland, and his solo acoustic in-store earlier that day. I actually cried the day that he passed.

In my opinion, the last great honest to god Pop Band, in the mold of The Beatles, Stones, Kinks and Who. But when they all went there seperate ways..... oh boy did it get ugly, and kinda wierd.

These are some of the avenues they explored. It's not all good, but, it's not all that bad either.

Topper Headon - Waking Up - "the Human Drum Machine" Topper descended into a horrid life of heroin and poverty after The Clash (honestly he'd already been there). This album was his one attempt at getting mack into music, Lot's of Big Band (read Gene Krupa) kinda stuff, with r&b elements.

Only Joe and Paul remain. Rumour holds that they had both abandoned the project before it was finished, and this hack job was completed by Bernie Rhodes, The Clash's Manager.
Paul trying to cash in on the success of "Should I Stay Or Should I Go" being used in a Levi's commercial. Dub re-mixes of Guns Of Brixton.

Paul forms a motorcycle gang, travels America, releases "Rockabilly" album. Soon after quits music to return to painting. Google his paintings, some of them are awesome.

Joe Strummer - Earthquake Weather. So, Joe did some movies, (check out Mystery Train), scored some soundtracks, played with The Pogues, and kinda floated around. I think this record is actually really good, in a strange, kinda amatuerish '80's world rock way. But, hey, he'd been working on this sound since London Calling.

Sunday mornin'

2007-07-29T11:27:00.000-07:00

yeah, so, this got me outta bed this mornin'. it's in print but this is a recording of the original vinyl, from a few years back when this was impossible to find.

HISTORY LESSON

2007-07-28T11:28:00.000-07:00

A few years back I recorded and compiled all of my seven inches, and those of a friend. This turned into a 6 cd mp3 archive known as the History Lesson. Here's an installment.

A.P.P.L.E. - Disintegrate The Church and State

Peace punk Hardcore.

Nels Cline Trio

2 7 inches here, Beardism, and Pants.

Mr. Wrong Fights The System

Rob Wright of Nomeansno, solo bass and vocals.

The Detonators - Billion Dollar Nazi's

One of Oregon's longest standing Hardcore bands, truley awesome guys, great dirty punkrock.

Golden and rhythm beat jazz

Instrumental funky "post-rock" with Fred erskine and others.

Gentle Giant

2007-07-27T10:24:00.001-07:00

Canterburry Prog, Circa 1975, It's odd, yet enjoyable.

ENOUGH of the Blah Blah

2007-07-27T09:20:00.000-07:00

let's get back to music, so, today I have three bootlegs. They kinda represent an artistic ARC, if you will.......

1975

Patti Smith - Let's Deodorize The Night - Live At The Bottom Line 1975

1979

Iggy Pop -Heroin Hates You - Live at the Stardust Ballroom, LA 1979

1995
Polly Jean Harvey - My Life - Various recordings from 1995 - ("Glastonbury Festival", "Evening Session", "Later Show")

My history

2007-07-25T11:03:00.000-07:00

Before I get to carried away, here I should give a little insight into what can be expected. Around 10 or 11 years of age ('85 or '86) I was spending every other weekend with my adopted father, who worked a rotating shift at a local factory, some weekends he had to work graveyard, and or swing shift, while my brother and I were over. He would obviously then sleep most of the day, or have to go to work shortly after lunch. My brother was happy to play his video games and watch TV. I was not. As a bizarre rite of passage, I was led into the basement and shown the records, taught how to use the Turntable, clean the vinyl, and record it onto TDK 90's. The next 4 years are a blur. Every other weekend I would descend into the basement and come up with a stack of possible material.

It all started fairly orthodox, The Beatles, The Stones, The Doors, Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelin, Black Sabbath, Neil Young, and Dylan. At the same time, back home in my full time life, I was hearing Minor Threat, Crass, The Dead Kennedy's, The Clash. I started playing guitar, and the neighbor who was teaching me played me Hendrix, Robert Johnson, Willy Dixon, and Miles Davis.

As we entered the early '90's discoveries were everywhere. "Alternative", More Punk Rock, Death Metal, grindcore, Hip Hop. And back in the basement every other weekend I found the world of Prog. King Crimson, Yes, EGG, Gentle Giant.

I met my biological father in 1994. a Jazz "Head" to the highest degree, he too opened his 30 years of collecting up to me. All of the sudden there was David Murray, John Zorn, Coltrane, and Coleman. Parliament, and THE MG's, Isaac Hayes, Sun Ra, oh jesus, just too many to list.

Needless to say, I was obsessed. And I've never really looked back. Never having been able to dismiss any of the music I once loved, (with the exception of The Doors, what trite crap), It all just grew together. My friends refer to it as an archive, not a collection. and I think this is fitting. On occasion I'll be sharing some. It may go all over the place. But, then, so does my taste.

YIND

2007-07-25T10:51:00.000-07:00

YIND

It's 97 or 98,am going to an Unwound show with Paul Newman, and some group called YIND opening up. 5 guys set up on stage, 3 guitars, bass, and drums. No Microphones. Nothing. shuffling around the stage, the drummer begins to bang a stacatto rhythm, a bass line kinda swells in and out, and then washes of atmospheric guitar fill the room. Shoegazer? Post-Rock? Instrumental Noise? Dunno.... Bought the ten inch that night. 2 months later they're back. 5 guys from Sweden. They're amps were breaking down, the guitarists were pissed. Smoked cigarettes on the bumper of the van, they gave me a 7" and posters, when I bought a t-shirt. Every one else had left after the Helio Sequence finished there set. Literally 4 people stayed for there set, My Girlfriend, best friend, his old lady, and myself. Very mid-90's. They never returned, Punk in My Vitamins may still have the LP, I've got it around here somewhere. Enjoy.

ELD (FIRE)

2007-07-25T09:28:00.001-07:00

Enslaved. Black Metal, Viking Metal, whatever, a truly intense experience of extreme music dating back to 96/97. Literally translated as FIRE, this is a celebration of pre-christian times in Norway. Both entrancing, and punishing.

Number One

2007-07-25T09:16:00.000-07:00

A group collaboration between three of the "outside"/Noise world's longest standing visionaries. A melding of manipulated field recordings, null-sonic, and various forms of fractured electronics, evoking serene days in nature, and total chaos.

Number One

Fucked Up

2007-07-24T22:21:00.000-07:00

Fucked Up - Epics In Minutes

Think. A bunch of kids from Toronto listening to Black Flag and Prog Rock (it's in there, I swear). Mind blowing musicians playing classic North American Hardcore. Sounds kinda Fucked UP. This here is a collection of the cacaphonous singles they've released over the last few years.

OMOIDE HATOBA

2007-07-24T21:17:00.000-07:00

Omoide Hatoba

Growing out of the infamous Boredomes comes Omoide Hatoba. Seiichi Yamamoto plays guitar and produces these two Niponese masterpieces, Vuoy and Osaka Ra. combining electronica, indie rock, surf guitar, Avant Garde, hip-hop, and noise into an intense kaleidoscope of sound.