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Music and Media => The Jazz Circle => Topic started by: andolink on 29 Oct 2017, 01:53 pm

Title: What Avant-garde music or Free Improvisation Are You Currently Listening To?
Post by: andolink on 29 Oct 2017, 01:53 pm
I frequently listen to music of this sort which doesn't really fit into any of the pre-existing music categories here so I decided to just start this new thread.  The music posted here can include everything from free jazz/collective improvisation and electro-acoustic improv to things even further out into the avant-garde.  So to lead things off--

Chris Burn EnsembleHorizontals White (2001)

(https://www.israbox.one/uploads/posts/2017-07/1499503766_mi0002072037.jpg)
Title: Re: What Avant-garde music or Free Improvisation Are You Currently Listening To?
Post by: LesterSleepsIn on 29 Oct 2017, 02:57 pm
Oh, that’s very funny, Andolink, you crack me up.
My friends accuse me of audio schizophrenia because of the strong collection of free jazz
mixed in with the dominant collection of classical. In the 90s I went heavily into the Dutch and British. Happily I’ve been to the Bim Huis and live close enough to make the occasional NYC concert and never miss the Guelph Jazz festival, well worth the travel. Big Chis Burn fan. Big ICP fan. Seen both several times.

Japan, Japon,
Misha Mengelberg and Icp Orchestra


(http://www.audiocircle.com/image.php?id=170458)
Title: Re: What Avant-garde music or Free Improvisation Are You Currently Listening To?
Post by: andolink on 29 Oct 2017, 03:16 pm
Oh, that’s very funny, Andolink, you crack me up.
My friends accuse me of audio schizophrenia because of the strong collection of free jazz
mixed in with the dominant collection of classical. In the 90s I went heavily into the Dutch and British. Happily I’ve been to the Bim Huis and live close enough to make the occasional NYC concert and never miss the Guelph Jazz festival, well worth the travel. Big Chis Burn fan. Big ICP fan. Seen both several times.

Japan, Japon,
Misha Mengelberg and Icp Orchestra


(http://www.audiocircle.com/image.php?id=170458)

Yes Lester it seems our musical trajectories have been on very similar timelines.  I've been into European free improv since the late 80's with the likes of Evan Parker, Derek Bailey, Alexander von Schlippenbach, Han Bennink, et. al. and all the electro-acoustic stuff that came around then and up to the present.
Title: Re: What Avant-garde music or Free Improvisation Are You Currently Listening To?
Post by: simoon on 29 Oct 2017, 05:34 pm
I don't listen to free jazz very often, but when the mood strikes, there are no substitutes.

I have a pretty sizable collection.

Not sure how Tomasz Stanko eluded me for so long, but I recently discovered him.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZbY5omy-Ce0 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZbY5omy-Ce0)

 
Title: Re: What Avant-garde music or Free Improvisation Are You Currently Listening To?
Post by: FullRangeMan on 29 Oct 2017, 05:49 pm
Ligeti is always good to listen.
Other nice works are Low Symphony, Heroes-Philip Glass, Subotnik, Walter Carlos, also this great movie>
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yUTzW51a2_w
Title: Re: What Avant-garde music or Free Improvisation Are You Currently Listening To?
Post by: Johnny2Bad on 29 Oct 2017, 06:18 pm
Not sure if these are "avant garde" enough, but ...

Brian Eno
King Crimson
John Cale
Primus
Captain Beefheart
Title: Re: What Avant-garde music or Free Improvisation Are You Currently Listening To?
Post by: LesterSleepsIn on 29 Oct 2017, 06:31 pm
I’m not a Canadian (yet) but I’d like to send a shout out to the Guelph Int’l (improvisational) Jazz Festival held during the 2nd week in September. I’ve been going since the late 90s and I think this is a very special event indeed. The town of Guelph is a joy to visit, the town folk are friendly and inviting and there’s always a great selection of innovative/experimental Canadian
artists mixing with the international artists. I hope the festival returns to its original venue plan of having concerts in Guelph churches - a special treat - and more concerts in the wonderful Guelph Youth Centre.

Anyway, if you can make it, you’ll enjoy it. Just take a look at this year’s line-up:
https://guelphjazzfestival.com/2017artists/

And if like me you like to read about music almost as you do listening to it, you might enjoy Kevin Whitehead’s
New Dutch Swing (highly recommended) as well as:

(http://www.audiocircle.com/image.php?id=170474)


(http://www.audiocircle.com/image.php?id=170475)


(http://www.audiocircle.com/image.php?id=170476)




Title: Re: What Avant-garde music or Free Improvisation Are You Currently Listening To?
Post by: cfisher835 on 29 Oct 2017, 09:19 pm
Thanks for starting this thread. I was just about to start a similar one on CA. I look forward to seeing what people are listening to. Here's what I have on at the moment:


(http://www.audiocircle.com/image.php?id=170482)
Title: Re: What Avant-garde music or Free Improvisation Are You Currently Listening To?
Post by: cfisher835 on 30 Oct 2017, 01:42 pm
And now Amir ElSaffar is sounding pretty good:


(http://www.audiocircle.com/image.php?id=170501)
Title: Re: What Avant-garde music or Free Improvisation Are You Currently Listening To?
Post by: cfisher835 on 30 Oct 2017, 02:38 pm

(http://www.audiocircle.com/image.php?id=170503)
Title: Re: What Avant-garde music or Free Improvisation Are You Currently Listening To?
Post by: Mr Peabody on 31 Oct 2017, 12:36 am
I'm not so familiar with this genre but I picked up Esperanza Spalding, Speria and like it real well.  If you like more Avant her later albums you might like better.  She recently put together her latest album on Facebook Live, recorded direct and no prior writing or material, that's about as free as it gets.  That album has a limited number being pressed.
Title: Re: What Avant-garde music or Free Improvisation Are You Currently Listening To?
Post by: andolink on 1 Nov 2017, 12:41 pm
(https://img.discogs.com/u2XsyrfEswkxRXGDBt2nQtWTKpo=/fit-in/597x600/filters:strip_icc():format(jpeg):mode_rgb():quality(90)/discogs-images/R-412430-1405798185-9960.jpeg.jpg)
(Recorded live at the Kitchen, September 18, 1981.)


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(John Russell, acoustic plectrum guitar & Roger Turner, drumset and percussion)
Title: Re: What Avant-garde music or Free Improvisation Are You Currently Listening To?
Post by: LesterSleepsIn on 2 Nov 2017, 12:36 am

(http://www.audiocircle.com/image.php?id=170615)

Ah, the trusted Emanem label
Title: Re: What Avant-garde music or Free Improvisation Are You Currently Listening To?
Post by: FullRangeMan on 2 Nov 2017, 12:50 am
The late New Albion Records from SF/Castro recorded only avantgarde and modern music:
http://www.newalbion.com/
SAMPLES-scrool downhttp://www.newalbion.com/contact.html (http://www.newalbion.com/contact.html)
(http://www.newalbion.com/uploads/7/7/4/2/77427988/published/black-logo.jpg?1486491034)
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Post by: andolink on 2 Nov 2017, 02:49 pm
(http://www.burkhardbeins.de/releases/cover/peripherique.jpg)

ignaz schick - electronics
jörg maria zeger - electric guitar
burkhard beins - percussion

peripherique I 43:50
peripherique II 13:09

rec. live at instants chavires, paris, 12/2000

zarek CD, zarek 07, d 2001
Title: Re: What Avant-garde music or Free Improvisation Are You Currently Listening To?
Post by: FullRangeMan on 2 Nov 2017, 05:31 pm
An of the best composers that walk between art rock and classical music is Glenn Branca, here in the 13º Symphony for 100 e-guitars:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eiJ--uM4FXw
Title: Re: What Avant-garde music or Free Improvisation Are You Currently Listening To?
Post by: andolink on 4 Nov 2017, 07:03 am
Cremaster w/ Angharad Davies, violin

(https://img.discogs.com/_sC1ER1TtdIh3Gls_w5OqHRwt7U=/fit-in/600x543/filters:strip_icc():format(jpeg):mode_rgb():quality(90)/discogs-images/R-4055156-1353749963-6505.jpeg.jpg)

Cremaster are--
Alfredo Costa Monteiro:  electro-acoustic devices, speakers, electric guitar
Ferran Fages:  feedback mixing board, electro-acoustic devices

Title: Re: What Avant-garde music or Free Improvisation Are You Currently Listening To?
Post by: LesterSleepsIn on 4 Nov 2017, 12:55 pm

(http://www.audiocircle.com/image.php?id=170750)

AMM
From A Strange Place PSFD-80 CD JAPAN

Dedicated AMM fan here. I once sat in a church pew next to Eddie Prevost during an Evan Parker concert and I asked him what the abbreviation AMM stood for and he replied “Ain’t Much Money”.
Title: Re: What Avant-garde music or Free Improvisation Are You Currently Listening To?
Post by: andolink on 4 Nov 2017, 01:53 pm
(http://www.audiocircle.com/image.php?id=170750)

AMM
From A Strange Place PSFD-80 CD JAPAN

Dedicated AMM fan here. I once sat in a church pew next to Eddie Prevost during an Evan Parker concert and I asked him what the abbreviation AMM stood for and he replied “Ain’t Much Money”.

I'll be getting to my 2 AMM discs by an by--

The Inexhaustible Document
(https://www.cafeoto.co.uk/media/thumbnails/uploads/mrcd13_page_image.jpg)

and

(https://img.discogs.com/3Tn929n2uUTyKfkgmlWJ8s3XbgU=/fit-in/600x582/filters:strip_icc():format(jpeg):mode_rgb():quality(90)/discogs-images/R-893827-1170118609.jpeg.jpg)
Title: Re: What Avant-garde music or Free Improvisation Are You Currently Listening To?
Post by: LesterSleepsIn on 4 Nov 2017, 09:07 pm

(http://www.audiocircle.com/image.php?id=170770)

My favorite AMM, like a lost radio signal from the 1950s being broadcast from Antartica, or perhaps from Newfoundland.
Title: Re: What Avant-garde music or Free Improvisation Are You Currently Listening To?
Post by: FullRangeMan on 4 Nov 2017, 10:25 pm
Minimalist music:
AMM ‎- Before Driving To The Chapel We Took Coffee With Rick And Jennifer Reed
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VwedqfNijGI
Title: Re: What Avant-garde music or Free Improvisation Are You Currently Listening To?
Post by: FullRangeMan on 4 Nov 2017, 10:45 pm
(http://www.audiocircle.com/image.php?id=170770)

My favorite AMM, like a lost radio signal from the 1950s being broadcast from Antartica, or perhaps from Newfoundland.
SAMPLE: http://allmusicworld.net/music/newfoundland/e696693
Title: Re: What Avant-garde music or Free Improvisation Are You Currently Listening To?
Post by: LesterSleepsIn on 5 Nov 2017, 12:24 am
(http://www.audiocircle.com/image.php?id=170774)

AMM
Laminal
Title: Re: What Avant-garde music or Free Improvisation Are You Currently Listening To?
Post by: andolink on 5 Nov 2017, 12:40 am
(http://www.audiocircle.com/image.php?id=170774)

AMM
Laminal

Love all the instantly recognizable Keith Rowe cover art!
Title: Re: What Avant-garde music or Free Improvisation Are You Currently Listening To?
Post by: andolink on 5 Nov 2017, 12:46 pm
Track 1:  Glen Feshie (20:12)

Personnel:
Alexander von Schlippenbach, piano
Evan Parker, tenor and soprano saxophones
Peter Kowald, bass
Paul Lovens, percussion
(rec. 9/10/75 @ Sendesaal Radio Bremen, Bremen Germany)

(https://img.discogs.com/m5P6U4eh8nccnFF4fZ7beoMyoS4=/fit-in/600x593/filters:strip_icc():format(jpeg):mode_rgb():quality(90)/discogs-images/R-933731-1440698826-9216.jpeg.jpg)
Title: Re: What Avant-garde music or Free Improvisation Are You Currently Listening To?
Post by: FullRangeMan on 8 Nov 2017, 02:39 am
Impressive soundtrack, relaxing and epic most enjoyable orchestral music>
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LAPrA3tUz2E
Title: Re: What Avant-garde music or Free Improvisation Are You Currently Listening To?
Post by: andolink on 8 Nov 2017, 04:27 am
Impressive soundtrack, relaxing and epic most enjoyable orchestral music>
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LAPrA3tUz2E

Sorry, I don't see what this has to do with the thread topic??
Title: Re: What Avant-garde music or Free Improvisation Are You Currently Listening To?
Post by: FullRangeMan on 8 Nov 2017, 04:42 am
Sorry, I don't see what this has to do with the thread topic??
Sorry for it dont feel enough avantgarde, smooth or modern at your ears, maybe too british.
Title: Re: What Avant-garde music or Free Improvisation Are You Currently Listening To?
Post by: LesterSleepsIn on 8 Nov 2017, 06:48 pm

(http://www.audiocircle.com/image.php?id=171080)


Ikue Mori

One Hundred Aspects of the Moon

First time I saw her was in 1979 with DNA. I much prefer this direction.
Title: Re: What Avant-garde music or Free Improvisation Are You Currently Listening To?
Post by: LesterSleepsIn on 9 Nov 2017, 12:09 am

(http://www.audiocircle.com/image.php?id=171109)
Title: Re: What Avant-garde music or Free Improvisation Are You Currently Listening To?
Post by: andolink on 11 Nov 2017, 12:27 pm
The Sealed Knot: Surface/Plane
Burkhard Beins: percussion
Rhodri Davies: harp, preparations
Mark Wastell: violoncello, preparations
(rec. Sept. 27-28th, 2001)

(http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-e3C38WhghAk/TeUIW5zjY7I/AAAAAAAAAFM/l4dc0ZNuZXs/s1600/surfplan1.jpg)
Title: Re: What Avant-garde music or Free Improvisation Are You Currently Listening To?
Post by: andolink on 11 Nov 2017, 01:44 pm
Butcher/Lehn/Tilbury: Exta
John Butcher / saxophones
Thomas Lehn / synthesizers
John Tilbury / piano
(Recorded by Rick Campion at City University Music Studios on 25 June 2012.)

(https://www.cafeoto.co.uk/media/thumbnails/uploads/coverfataka7_page_image.jpg)
Title: Re: What Avant-garde music or Free Improvisation Are You Currently Listening To?
Post by: LesterSleepsIn on 11 Nov 2017, 10:48 pm
Just a heads-up ... Free Wire magazines ...

For anyone in CONUS interested in the recent avant-garde, I have a couple of years of older WIRE magazines that I’m giving away on the Karma Circle. I’ll post that this evening.

This from this afternoon:


(http://www.audiocircle.com/image.php?id=171196)
Title: Re: What Avant-garde music or Free Improvisation Are You Currently Listening To?
Post by: andolink on 12 Nov 2017, 11:29 am
Rabbit Run
Keith Rowe: tabletop guitar, electronics
Thomas Lehn: analogue synthesizer
Marcus Schmickler: digital synth, computer, edit, mix
(rec. June 19th-20th 2002 at Piethopraxis, Cologne)

(https://img.discogs.com/r4SUhJJyquIM05G8mmKzquBimaU=/fit-in/600x587/filters:strip_icc():format(jpeg):mode_rgb():quality(90)/discogs-images/R-191393-1214868428.jpeg.jpg)
Title: Re: What Avant-garde music or Free Improvisation Are You Currently Listening To?
Post by: LesterSleepsIn on 12 Nov 2017, 03:33 pm

(http://www.audiocircle.com/image.php?id=171207)
Title: Re: What Avant-garde music or Free Improvisation Are You Currently Listening To?
Post by: FullRangeMan on 12 Nov 2017, 07:08 pm
Larry Fast - Synergy: Computer Experiments Vol.1 - 1981
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1e_503KioHI
(https://www.audiophileusa.com/covers400water/45985.jpg)
Title: Re: What Avant-garde music or Free Improvisation Are You Currently Listening To?
Post by: Larkston Zinaspic on 13 Nov 2017, 12:12 am
Listening to King Crimson's Starless Box right now and the show in Volkshaus, Zurich.

"The Law of Maximum Distress" is quite an interesting 13 minute improv that morphs into what became known as "The Mincer" then derails into something else as the band realizes the tape ran out. It then concludes almost exactly as it began. Really something. Here is the tail end of it from an audience source:
https://youtu.be/jxIvMK77-_U (https://youtu.be/jxIvMK77-_U)

It took a while for the idea to catch on that if musicians were up and flying, burning, spraying, they weren't going to watch a clock telling them it was time to stop for a reel change. So, bound by the Law of Maximum Distress, reels are more likely to run-out in a feeble take than a hummer. But they will run out.
~Fripp


Title: Re: What Avant-garde music or Free Improvisation Are You Currently Listening To?
Post by: LostInPA on 13 Nov 2017, 03:29 am
Olaf Rupp, guitar!!

Here with drummer Rudi Fischerlehner

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4z_pFiKH1RQ
Title: Re: What Avant-garde music or Free Improvisation Are You Currently Listening To?
Post by: andolink on 13 Nov 2017, 11:06 am
i treni inertiura
Ruth Barberán trumpet
Matt Davis trumpet
Alfredo Costa Monteiro accordion

Total Time 56:18 © 2003

Recorded on July 2002 at Estudi 84, Barcelona

(http://res.electrocd.com/couv/cs_006.jpg)
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Post by: LesterSleepsIn on 15 Nov 2017, 01:58 am

(http://www.audiocircle.com/image.php?id=171334)
Title: Re: What Avant-garde music or Free Improvisation Are You Currently Listening To?
Post by: andolink on 16 Nov 2017, 12:04 pm
Abdul Moimême & Ricardo Guerreiro: Khettahu
Abdul Moimême - 2 prepared electric guitars
Ricardo Guerreiro - electronics
(rec. at Namouche Studios, Lisbon, 19th June 2010)

(https://img.discogs.com/YenhxodeZ_w4co0C0whM3yMA1vg=/fit-in/497x500/filters:strip_icc():format(jpeg):mode_rgb():quality(90)/discogs-images/R-2875123-1436956369-3191.jpeg.jpg)
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Post by: andolink on 17 Nov 2017, 04:24 am
Alfredo Costa Monteiro & Miguel A. Garcia : Aq'Ab'Al
Alfredo Costa Monteiro electronics
Miguel A. Garcia electronics
(released March 31, 2017)
MIKROTON CD 57

(http://mikroton.net/recordings/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/Mikroton_CD_57_Cover-512x457.jpg)

https://mikroton.bandcamp.com/album/aqabal?from=embed
Title: Re: What Avant-garde music or Free Improvisation Are You Currently Listening To?
Post by: andolink on 17 Nov 2017, 07:47 am
Serge Baghdassarians/Boris Baltschun/Burkhard Beins: Future Perfect
Baghdassarians // mixing desk, delays, electric guitar
Baltschun // computer, sampler
Beins // percussion, zither
(released March 21, 2016)
MIKROTON CD 49

(https://img.discogs.com/USOowc1--oes4Rb3l4oMQGthLzo=/fit-in/600x535/filters:strip_icc():format(jpeg):mode_rgb():quality(90)/discogs-images/R-8163793-1456334329-7972.jpeg.jpg)

https://mikroton.bandcamp.com/album/future-perfect?from=embed
Title: Re: What Avant-garde music or Free Improvisation Are You Currently Listening To?
Post by: andolink on 18 Nov 2017, 12:05 pm
Lehn/Schmickler: NEUE BILDER
Thomas Lehn // analogue synthesizer
Marcus Schmickler // computer
Recorded at KWL-Museum Münster (Feb. 12th 2016) and Schlachthof Wels (Nov. 9th 2013)

(https://img.discogs.com/mGpKV0ZHQn7azkgH5Tlp7h4pd0g=/fit-in/600x556/filters:strip_icc():format(jpeg):mode_rgb():quality(90)/discogs-images/R-11050859-1508935561-6989.png.jpg)

https://mikroton.bandcamp.com/track/12022016
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Post by: andolink on 18 Nov 2017, 12:50 pm
Raphaël Cendo: Rokh I,II & III for flute, violin, cello and piano (2011-2012)
Ensemble Alternance
Frédéric Baldarrare, cello
Jean-Marie Cottte, piano
Jacques Ghestem, violin
Jean-Luc Menet, flutes and artistic direction

(https://media.senscritique.com/media/000013391413/source_big/Rokh.jpg)
Title: Re: What Avant-garde music or Free Improvisation Are You Currently Listening To?
Post by: LesterSleepsIn on 18 Nov 2017, 03:02 pm
Thomas Lehn
Gerry Hemingway

Tom and Gerry
(http://www.audiocircle.com/image.php?id=171511)
Title: Re: What Avant-garde music or Free Improvisation Are You Currently Listening To?
Post by: andolink on 19 Nov 2017, 08:08 am
Raphaël Cendo (*1975)
Introduction Aux Ténèbres (39:54)
to three texts of the Apocalypse
for bass-baritone solo, double bass solo, 13 players and live electronics (2009)
Romain Bischoff, bass baritone · Nicolas Crosse, double bass
Ictus Ensemble · Georges-Elie Octors, conductor
Grégory Beller, music computing (Ircam Centre Pompidou)
Alexandre Fostier, sound director

(https://img.discogs.com/lzt2me3bpSuOPP_pskKBuDMAJO0=/fit-in/600x540/filters:strip_icc():format(jpeg):mode_rgb():quality(90)/discogs-images/R-5134995-1385442778-4802.jpeg.jpg)
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Post by: PA on 19 Nov 2017, 11:35 am
Saw them live last month. Impressive interplay, lots of structure  but also freedom.
(https://healthymusicobsession.files.wordpress.com/2016/06/phronesis.jpg)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ygliHqCqSzQ (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ygliHqCqSzQ)
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Post by: LesterSleepsIn on 19 Nov 2017, 01:09 pm

(http://www.audiocircle.com/image.php?id=171565)

“In the wake of his masterpieces "Nature Morte" (LEO #310) and "Master And Margarita" (LEO #322323), Simon Nabatov comes up with another magnificent project based on the works of yet another Russian literary colossus, Daniil Kharms. However, this time the ensemble is larger than the previous works by Simon Nabatov: Phil Minton, Frank Gratkowsky, Nils Wogram, Ernst Reijseger, Matt Penman, Michael Sarin and Cor Fuhler. The range of Nabatov's music is remarkable in mood as well as style. It is a daunting task to set the texts by Brodsky, Bulgakov or Kharms to music, but such is the depth of Nabatov's music that he comes out of it with flying colors.”
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Post by: andolink on 25 Nov 2017, 02:22 pm
I posted this in the classical music listening thread but it's definitely also appropriate for this thread--

Earle Brown: Event Synergy for two ensembles (1967-68)
The San Francisco Contemporary Music Players conducted by Earle Brown and Stephen I. Mosko

(https://img.discogs.com/mx_d2rTYZBrxCS0tq5VuieOouTI=/fit-in/600x600/filters:strip_icc():format(jpeg):mode_rgb():quality(90)/discogs-images/R-9004755-1504319542-7858.jpeg.jpg)
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Post by: LesterSleepsIn on 25 Nov 2017, 02:29 pm
I posted this in the classical music listening thread but it's definitely also appropriate for this thread--

Earle Brown: Event Synergy for two ensembles (1967-68)
The San Francisco Contemporary Music Players conducted by Earle Brown and Stephen I. Mosko

(https://img.discogs.com/mx_d2rTYZBrxCS0tq5VuieOouTI=/fit-in/600x600/filters:strip_icc():format(jpeg):mode_rgb():quality(90)/discogs-images/R-9004755-1504319542-7858.jpeg.jpg)

Wow!


(http://www.audiocircle.com/image.php?id=171806)
Title: Re: What Avant-garde music or Free Improvisation Are You Currently Listening To?
Post by: andolink on 26 Nov 2017, 02:12 pm
Chris Burn's Ensemble at Musica Genera 2002
John Butcher, tenor and soprano saxophones; Xavier Charles, clarinet; Rhodri Davies, harp; Matt Hutchinson, synthesizer, electronics; Nikos Veliotis, cello.
     1.  zaczac (06.51)
     2.  rotacja (09.52)
     3.  qpdbqp (08.26)
     4.  strach na wróble (09.18)
     5.  kontynuowac (05.22)
     6.  konczyc (07.57)
Recorded in 2002 at the Musica Genera festival, Poland.

(https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-pIV6bZpFj1o/WPCzRBZi7WI/AAAAAAAABxs/bp9ey9eLOaAer9ieQrO4G-dIxEgYatiqgCEw/s1600/R-546574-1129904312.jpeg.jpg)
Title: Re: What Avant-garde music or Free Improvisation Are You Currently Listening To?
Post by: LesterSleepsIn on 30 Nov 2017, 04:48 am

(http://www.audiocircle.com/image.php?id=172081)
Title: Re: What Avant-garde music or Free Improvisation Are You Currently Listening To?
Post by: andolink on 1 Dec 2017, 11:20 am
Assumed Possibilities: Still Point

Chris Burn: piano, toy pianos
Rhodri Davies: harp
Phil Durrant: violin
Mark Wastell: cello

Recorded at Gateway Studios, London, January 7, 2001
(Rossbin Production, RS007) (Italy) (CD)

(http://digilander.libero.it/rossbinweb/assumed_big.jpg)
Title: Re: What Avant-garde music or Free Improvisation Are You Currently Listening To?
Post by: andolink on 1 Dec 2017, 11:51 am
Raphaël Cendo: String Quartet No. 2 'Substance'

(https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/ZJsAAOSw2gxYwwIT/s-l1600.jpg)
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Post by: andolink on 2 Dec 2017, 06:40 am
JOHN BUTCHER soprano saxophone, tenor saxophone
PHIL DURRANT violin
JOHN RUSSELL guitar

1 - HEAVY MERGE - 19:51
2 - BELAYED - 13:10
3 - BUFFET BALLS - 4:55
4 - BEYOND HEADLINES - 6:57
5 - CLIMATE CHANGE - 22:02

Digital concert recordings:

1-4 by STUDIO CCAM: François Cacic and François Dietz
Vandoeuvre-les-Nancy (Centre Culturel Andre Malraux)
1998 May 22 at MUSIQUE ACTION '98 (15th season)


5 by EMANEM: Martin Davidson London (Red Rose)
1998 March 15 at a MOPOMOSO monthly concert


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Post by: LesterSleepsIn on 2 Dec 2017, 01:11 pm

(http://www.audiocircle.com/image.php?id=172175)


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Post by: LesterSleepsIn on 2 Dec 2017, 03:18 pm

(http://www.audiocircle.com/image.php?id=172192)
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Post by: andolink on 2 Dec 2017, 03:45 pm
(http://www.audiocircle.com/image.php?id=172192)

Can't decipher the cover info on the disc on the right Lester.  What is it?
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Post by: FullRangeMan on 2 Dec 2017, 07:00 pm
(http://www.audiocircle.com/image.php?id=172192)
Can't decipher the cover info on the disc on the right Lester.  What is it?
Post CD photos with no album/artist name is worthless to music fans.
I get read Tony Malaby 5 or seems.
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Post by: LesterSleepsIn on 2 Dec 2017, 07:31 pm
Mea culpa. Sorry about the above, my photography skills leave much to be desired. Plus I was in a hurry. Plus I’m lazy.

The green cd is Jim Black ‘Splay’ with Hilmar Jennson, Chris Speed (yay!) and Skuli Sverrison on bass and “ black box with glowing screen and attachables”. I really like Black’s work and the Winter & Winter label.

The other is Tony Malaby with Willam Paker, Nasheet Waits and Wadada Leo Smith. I bought this directly from Tony and it’s his home made effort and I don’t know how widely distributed it was.


(http://www.audiocircle.com/image.php?id=172202)
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Post by: andolink on 4 Dec 2017, 03:29 pm
Lines in Australia
Personnel: Axel Dörner – Trumpet; Jim Denley – Flutes, Alto Saxophone; Philipp Wachsmann – Violin, Electronics; Marcio Mattos – Cello, Electronics; Martin Blume – Percussion.


(https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/JREAAOSwWkJY8mku/s-l500.jpg)
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Post by: andolink on 7 Dec 2017, 02:09 pm
Werner Dafeldecker/ Franz Hautzinger/ Sachiko_M/ John Tilbury - Absinth (12.2002)

(https://img.discogs.com/kDrpFd-blFUBIQzCqQvpP84WoHs=/fit-in/600x543/filters:strip_icc():format(jpeg):mode_rgb():quality(90)/discogs-images/R-519986-1302897415.jpeg.jpg)
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Post by: andolink on 9 Dec 2017, 02:19 pm
Dafeldecker/Kurzmann/Fennesz/O'Rourke/Drumm/Siewert
Werner Dafeldecker, electronics, bass; Christof Kurzmann, G3, clarinet, theremin; Christian Fennesz, G3; Jim O'Rourke, G3 (track 1); Kevin Drumm, guitar (tracks 2, 3, 4); Martin Siewert, guitar (track 5).


Graz (09.55)
Wels (11.48)
Nickelsdorf 1 (13.16)
Nickelsdorf 2 (19.52)
Bern (18.56)

Recorded live in 1998 at the locations indicated.

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Post by: andolink on 14 Dec 2017, 11:22 am
THE SEALED KNOT: TREMBLING SHADE
(confront collectors series ccs 63)
Burkhard Beins : percussion
Rhodri Davies : harp
Mark Wastell : double bass

1. Trembling (26.36)
2. Shade (31.59)

Recorded live at Exploratorium, Berlin on 19 March 2015 by Johannes von Wrochem.

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Post by: andolink on 14 Dec 2017, 02:23 pm
Polwechsel/Fennesz: Wrapped Islands
John Butcher, tenor and soprano saxophones, feedback tenor (tracks 2 and 6)
Burkhard Stangl, acoustic and electric guitar, electronics
Michael Moser, cello, computer
Werner Dafeldecker, double bass, acoustic guitar, computer
Christian Fennesz, computer, acoustic guitar, synthesizer

recorded 7 to 9 January 2002 at Amann Studios, Vienna by Christoph Amann.

(https://img.discogs.com/phc3ep4Uyd-zQAaeJsqbdaP7yR0=/fit-in/600x599/filters:strip_icc():format(jpeg):mode_rgb():quality(90)/discogs-images/R-92638-1248547711.jpeg.jpg)
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Post by: LesterSleepsIn on 14 Dec 2017, 10:56 pm

(http://www.audiocircle.com/image.php?id=172768)
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Post by: andolink on 21 Dec 2017, 04:18 pm
From Between
Michel Doneda: sopranino and soprano saxophones
Jack Wright: soprano and alto saxophones
Tatsuya Nakatani: percussion

(Includes the poem "The Orators (II)," by Jerome Rothenberg)


Hands behind Hands (30:12)
Of Pipes and Roots (13:37)
...Open this Surface to Clouds (10:56)

(https://www.soundohm.com/albums/covers/5e9d646fb6ca5177c2f845c85df473ad.jpg)
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Post by: andolink on 30 Dec 2017, 12:58 pm
Roman Haubenstock-Ramati: Tenebrae (1990/91)
Carol Morgan, piano

(https://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_500/MI0001/042/MI0001042986.jpg?partner=allrovi.com)
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Post by: andolink on 2 Jan 2018, 04:08 pm
IST - LONDON: CONWAY HALL

(confront collectors series ccs 34)

Rhodri Davies : harp
Simon H. fell : double bass
Mark Wastell : violoncello

Recorded live at Freedom of the City Festival, Conway Hall, London 5th May 2003

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Post by: andolink on 4 Jan 2018, 06:20 am
IST - BERLIN
(confront collectors series ccs 18)

Rhodri Davies : harp
Simon H. Fell : double bass
Mark Wastell : violoncello

Recorded at Total Music Meeting, Podewil, Berlin in 2001

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Post by: LesterSleepsIn on 10 Jan 2018, 11:20 pm


(http://www.audiocircle.com/image.php?id=174282)
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Post by: andolink on 11 Jan 2018, 01:14 am

(http://www.audiocircle.com/image.php?id=174282)

Interesting cover.  What is it?
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Post by: LesterSleepsIn on 11 Jan 2018, 01:49 am
Interesting cover.  What is it?

Blackstar, Bowie’s surprising last hurrah as a paen to the avante-garde and free jazz with Donny McCaslin honking out his best Ken Vandermark and Bowie adding so many layers it’s dizzying. I know some may disagree but they’d be wrong to dismiss it. This is the only Bowie I own and one of only a few records from the rock side of things.

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Post by: Pete Schumacher on 11 Jan 2018, 08:00 am
Take Five.

Panzer Ballet

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jM4W3qaNfng
Title: Re: What Avant-garde music or Free Improvisation Are You Currently Listening To?
Post by: LesterSleepsIn on 11 Jan 2018, 01:40 pm

(http://www.audiocircle.com/image.php?id=174300)
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Post by: LesterSleepsIn on 13 Jan 2018, 07:05 pm

(http://www.audiocircle.com/image.php?id=174464)
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Post by: LesterSleepsIn on 13 Jan 2018, 11:43 pm

(http://www.audiocircle.com/image.php?id=174479)
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Post by: restrav on 13 Jan 2018, 11:53 pm
secret chiefs 3

recommended
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Post by: andolink on 4 Feb 2018, 12:12 pm
Lehn/Schmickler: Neue Bilder

Thomas Lehn // analogue synthesizer
Marcus Schmickler // computer
Recorded at KWL-Museum Münster (Feb. 12th 2016) and Schlachthof Wels (Nov. 9th 2013)

(https://img.discogs.com/mGpKV0ZHQn7azkgH5Tlp7h4pd0g=/fit-in/600x556/filters:strip_icc():format(jpeg):mode_rgb():quality(90)/discogs-images/R-11050859-1508935561-6989.png.jpg)

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Post by: LesterSleepsIn on 7 Feb 2018, 02:47 am

(http://www.audiocircle.com/image.php?id=175729)
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Post by: LesterSleepsIn on 7 Feb 2018, 03:51 am

(http://www.audiocircle.com/image.php?id=175731)
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Post by: LesterSleepsIn on 7 Feb 2018, 11:33 pm

(http://www.audiocircle.com/image.php?id=175765)
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Post by: LesterSleepsIn on 8 Feb 2018, 02:19 pm

(http://www.audiocircle.com/image.php?id=175802)
Title: Re: What Avant-garde music or Free Improvisation Are You Currently Listening To?
Post by: andolink on 8 Feb 2018, 03:18 pm
MujucianPoem about the Hero
Paul Dunmall-saxes
Tony Levin-drums
Paul Rogers-7 string A.L.L. double bass
Keith Tippett-piano

(https://f4.bcbits.com/img/a0719759833_10.jpg)
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Post by: LesterSleepsIn on 8 Feb 2018, 08:22 pm

(http://www.audiocircle.com/image.php?id=175806)
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Post by: LesterSleepsIn on 9 Feb 2018, 02:25 pm

(http://www.audiocircle.com/image.php?id=175835)
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Post by: LesterSleepsIn on 10 Feb 2018, 06:52 pm

(http://www.audiocircle.com/image.php?id=175887)
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Post by: LesterSleepsIn on 21 Feb 2018, 05:42 pm

(http://www.audiocircle.com/image.php?id=176475)
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Post by: tjhendry on 21 Feb 2018, 07:34 pm

(http://www.audiocircle.com/image.php?id=176489)
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Post by: LesterSleepsIn on 22 Feb 2018, 01:16 am
Justin Haynes (defretted guitar), Jean Martin (drums), Nick Fraser (drums), Ryan Driver (street sweeper bristle bass) and Tania Gill (melodica)

(http://www.audiocircle.com/image.php?id=176518)
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Post by: LesterSleepsIn on 22 Feb 2018, 04:26 pm

(http://www.audiocircle.com/image.php?id=176524)
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Post by: LesterSleepsIn on 22 Feb 2018, 07:54 pm

(http://www.audiocircle.com/image.php?id=176530)

Michael Moore - alto saxophone, clarinet, bass clarinet, melodica
Ernst Reijseger - ‘cello
Danny Petrow - guitars
Nick Kirgo - guitars
James “Sprocket” Royer - bass
Michael Vatcher - drums
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Post by: LesterSleepsIn on 23 Feb 2018, 09:37 pm


(http://www.audiocircle.com/image.php?id=176564)


(http://www.audiocircle.com/image.php?id=176566)


LINE 16
 
dearness
 
Fred Frith, guitar, voice
Anne Bourne, cello, voice
John Oswald, saxophone, voice
Title: Re: What Avant-garde music or Free Improvisation Are You Currently Listening To?
Post by: LesterSleepsIn on 24 Feb 2018, 09:33 pm

(http://www.audiocircle.com/image.php?id=176604)
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Post by: LesterSleepsIn on 10 Mar 2018, 04:17 pm
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v3O9vNi-dkA&sns=em


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Post by: LesterSleepsIn on 10 Mar 2018, 11:40 pm

(http://www.audiocircle.com/image.php?id=177331)

Ken Vandermark And Co.
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Post by: LesterSleepsIn on 27 Mar 2018, 07:30 pm

Finding Shore
Tom Rogerson with Brian Eno (Artist)


(http://www.audiocircle.com/image.php?id=178036)
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Post by: simoon on 27 Mar 2018, 08:57 pm
Well, not jazz, but avant garde nonetheless.


Thinking Plague - Behold the Man


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p1ewvzOKqgM


(https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/41678XX42KL.jpg)
Title: Re: What Avant-garde music or Free Improvisation Are You Currently Listening To?
Post by: andolink on 6 Apr 2018, 04:34 am
RIP Cecil Taylor (1929-2018)

(https://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_400/MI0002/860/MI0002860304.jpg?partner=allrovi.com)  (https://i.ytimg.com/vi/z6SMunxtg8c/hqdefault.jpg)
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Post by: LesterSleepsIn on 7 Apr 2018, 07:30 pm

(http://www.audiocircle.com/image.php?id=178467)
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Post by: LesterSleepsIn on 7 Apr 2018, 08:20 pm
With Jimmy Lyons and Rashid Bakr on drums and Wiliam Parker on bass.

(http://www.audiocircle.com/image.php?id=178472)
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Post by: andolink on 13 May 2018, 11:15 am
Scorch Trio is:

Raoul Bjørkenheim - guitars
Ingebrigt Håker Flaten - bass
Paal Nilssen-Love - drums

(https://discourse-cdn-sjc1.com/business4/uploads/psaudio/optimized/2X/e/e425cb15423d75c12bec12b9d397d16cd7e88c68_1_496x500.jpg)
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Post by: LesterSleepsIn on 1 Jun 2018, 02:04 pm
The new cds arrived! The new cds arrived!

Priming myself for the Guelph festival, especially Konk Pack (Tim Hodgkinson, Thomas Lehn & Roger Turner) (UK/Germany).


(https://www.audiocircle.com/image.php?id=180788)
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Post by: LesterSleepsIn on 1 Jun 2018, 06:07 pm

(https://www.audiocircle.com/image.php?id=180797)
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Post by: LesterSleepsIn on 3 Jun 2018, 05:09 pm

(https://www.audiocircle.com/image.php?id=180850)
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Post by: S Clark on 3 Jun 2018, 05:55 pm
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=13d5d6LVEpU
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Post by: LesterSleepsIn on 3 Jun 2018, 10:19 pm
 Cosmic Lieder by Darius Jones & Matthew Shipp


(https://www.audiocircle.com/image.php?id=180864)
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Post by: LesterSleepsIn on 4 Jun 2018, 12:27 am

(https://www.audiocircle.com/image.php?id=180875)
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Post by: LesterSleepsIn on 4 Jun 2018, 05:59 pm

(https://www.audiocircle.com/image.php?id=180901)
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Post by: LesterSleepsIn on 4 Jun 2018, 09:26 pm
Will see these gentlemen in concert tonight:


(https://www.audiocircle.com/image.php?id=180915)


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Post by: LesterSleepsIn on 7 Jun 2018, 07:24 pm

ErstLive 002 is from the quartet of Keith Rowe, Toshimaru Nakamura, Thomas Lehn and Marcus Schmickler

(https://www.audiocircle.com/image.php?id=180995)
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Post by: LesterSleepsIn on 7 Jun 2018, 11:08 pm

(https://www.audiocircle.com/image.php?id=181016)
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Post by: andolink on 7 Jun 2018, 11:17 pm
John Butcher - saxophones
Thomas Lehn - synthesizers
John Tilbury - piano

(https://discourse-cdn-sjc1.com/business4/uploads/psaudio/optimized/2X/1/123a99a9999d91b73ef0dbe1c98e0faa1f92eb70_1_500x500.jpg)
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Post by: LesterSleepsIn on 8 Jun 2018, 05:01 pm

(https://www.audiocircle.com/image.php?id=181034)
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Post by: LesterSleepsIn on 8 Jun 2018, 08:21 pm

(https://www.audiocircle.com/image.php?id=181049)
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Post by: LesterSleepsIn on 9 Jun 2018, 01:41 pm

(https://www.audiocircle.com/image.php?id=181075)
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Post by: LesterSleepsIn on 9 Jun 2018, 07:19 pm

(https://www.audiocircle.com/image.php?id=181086)


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Post by: LesterSleepsIn on 10 Jun 2018, 01:24 am

(https://www.audiocircle.com/image.php?id=181088)
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Post by: andolink on 10 Jun 2018, 12:45 pm
(https://d27t0qkxhe4r68.cloudfront.net/t_900/5023363018326.jpg?1401982549)

ELISION
CIKADA
Deborah Kayser mezzo-soprano
Carl Rosman clarinets
Daryl Buckley electric guitar
Christian Eggen conductor

DARK MATTER, scored for an ensemble of 19 performers (including soprano, electric guitar and a vast array of percussion) plus live and pre-recorded electronics, sets secret Egyptian texts carved on the walls of sarcophagi in the pyramids of 2400 BC - possibly the oldest known religious texts in the world - alongside fragments from Lucretius and other Greek writers on the nature of matter, the stars and other worlds and ending with Samuel Beckett’s ‘Sounds’.
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Post by: LesterSleepsIn on 10 Jun 2018, 02:09 pm
Myra Melford's "Same River Twice" band featuring Dave Douglas, Erik Friedlander and Chris Speed.

Perhaps more Pullen than Taylor here.

(https://www.audiocircle.com/image.php?id=181102)
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Post by: LesterSleepsIn on 10 Jun 2018, 04:56 pm

(https://www.audiocircle.com/image.php?id=181103)
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Post by: LesterSleepsIn on 10 Jun 2018, 08:16 pm

(https://www.audiocircle.com/image.php?id=181110)
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Post by: LesterSleepsIn on 10 Jun 2018, 10:24 pm

Maarten Altena Ensemble, Quotl, on the Hat Art label.

(https://www.audiocircle.com/image.php?id=181112)
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Post by: LesterSleepsIn on 13 Jun 2018, 08:29 pm

Saw the trio of Blaser/Marc Ducret/Peter Brunn last night in concert. Terrific!


(https://www.audiocircle.com/image.php?id=181330)
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Post by: LesterSleepsIn on 17 Jun 2018, 07:34 pm

(https://www.audiocircle.com/image.php?id=181556)


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Post by: LesterSleepsIn on 17 Jun 2018, 10:00 pm

(https://www.audiocircle.com/image.php?id=181564)


“Because we are not God, our narration of another’s life is a pretense of knowledge.”

(https://www.audiocircle.com/image.php?id=181565)
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Post by: andolink on 7 Jul 2018, 01:56 pm
(https://discourse-cdn-sjc1.com/business4/uploads/psaudio/optimized/2X/4/413abd715b479d8e8dbfbe0f4ee94f0b6426a44f_1_500x500.jpg)
Title: Re: What Avant-garde music or Free Improvisation Are You Currently Listening To?
Post by: LesterSleepsIn on 14 Jul 2018, 03:03 am

(https://www.audiocircle.com/image.php?id=182428)

dach                      2001 | CD
by Phil Durrant and Thomas Lehn

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Post by: LesterSleepsIn on 14 Jul 2018, 12:24 pm

(https://www.audiocircle.com/image.php?id=182440)

The Hands of Caravaggio
MIMEO / John Tilbury
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Post by: LesterSleepsIn on 14 Jul 2018, 06:42 pm

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Post by: LesterSleepsIn on 14 Jul 2018, 10:14 pm

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Title: Re: What Avant-garde music or Free Improvisation Are You Currently Listening To?
Post by: LesterSleepsIn on 16 Jul 2018, 09:33 pm

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Post by: LesterSleepsIn on 19 Jul 2018, 07:12 pm

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Post by: andolink on 1 Aug 2018, 03:19 pm
AMM: Before Driving To The Chapel We Took Coffee With Rick And Jennifer Reed
Keith Rowe / guitar
John Tilbury / piano
Eddie Prévost / drums

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Post by: LesterSleepsIn on 19 Aug 2018, 08:31 pm
If, like me, you like your Dave Holland best in the avant-garde end of the spectrum, this is highly recommended. Terrific!

With the great Evan Parker on tenor saxophone; Craig Taborn on keyboards and electronics and Ches Smith on drums, percussion, and vibraphone.

(https://www.audiocircle.com/image.php?id=183535)
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Post by: andolink on 19 Aug 2018, 10:48 pm
Thanks for the tip Lester.

Bought it.

P.S.

Keeping up with the LesterSleepsIn's
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Post by: andolink on 1 Sep 2018, 05:50 am
Listening per Lester's rec.--

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Post by: firedog on 1 Sep 2018, 07:19 am
Does the latest Steve Coleman count?
Title: Re: What Avant-garde music or Free Improvisation Are You Currently Listening To?
Post by: LesterSleepsIn on 3 Sep 2018, 07:40 pm

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Kris Davis Duopoly
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Post by: LesterSleepsIn on 3 Sep 2018, 11:13 pm
(https://www.audiocircle.com/image.php?id=184043)

This has been playing in the car all week. Love it.
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Post by: andolink on 8 Sep 2018, 11:15 am
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Post by: LesterSleepsIn on 8 Sep 2018, 09:21 pm
(https://www.audiocircle.com/image.php?id=184242)

Dial: Log by Keith Rowe & Jeffrey Morgan (1999-08-02)
Keith Rowe & Jeffrey Morgan
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Post by: LesterSleepsIn on 9 Sep 2018, 02:43 am

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Post by: LesterSleepsIn on 14 Sep 2018, 09:05 pm

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https://matt-mitchell.bandcamp.com/album/a-pouting-grimace
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Post by: LesterSleepsIn on 15 Sep 2018, 01:27 am

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Post by: LesterSleepsIn on 15 Sep 2018, 02:15 am

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The Sublime And
Tim Berne

“For over two decades, Berne has been one of the most fiercely independent, original, and consistently engaging saxophonists and composers in jazz. The playing on this record is fiery and idiosyncratic, machine-tight yet totally open. Marc Ducret attacks his guitar like a man possessed, Craig Taborn's textural synth-work feels 100% at home inside Berne's unique compositional style, and Tom Rainey steers the ship with quirky grace. Each time the band settles into a groove, he twists the rhythm into surprisingly logical new shapes.”
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Post by: LesterSleepsIn on 15 Sep 2018, 09:31 am
MÅTT MITCHELŁ(TÌM BERNĘ) FØRAGE

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“Matt Mitchell plays Tim Berne: førage
The compositions of iconic saxophonist/bandleader Tim Berne have earned renown for their intensely kinetic, dizzyingly intricate quality as performed around the world by his various groups over the past four decades. With the album førage – available digitally and on CD from Screwgun – listeners have the chance to experience Berne’s music as never before, in versions for solo piano. Virtuoso pianist Matt Mitchell, a member of Berne’s hit band Snakeoil, has explored the full range of the composer’s songbook. In fact, Berne says: “No one knows my music better than Matt.” On førage, Mitchell devises mash-ups of multiple compositions, improvises new angles off the music, and often slows it down to reveal heretofore hidden beauties – limpid harmonies and ruminative melodies, like dark pearls unspooled. Studio maestro David Torn – a longtime sonic co-conspirator with Berne, as well as producer of Mitchell’s past two albums – helmed the recording of førage. The cover artwork and distinctive CD package is by Steven Byram, who has worked hand in glove with Berne for decades (including the recent Screwgun publication of their joint art book, Spare).
credits
released March 31, 2017

MÅTT MITCHELŁ(TÌM BERNĘ) FØRAGE

https://mattmitchell-timberne.bandcamp.com/album/f-rage
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Post by: LesterSleepsIn on 15 Sep 2018, 11:45 am

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Post by: LesterSleepsIn on 15 Sep 2018, 04:12 pm

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Post by: LesterSleepsIn on 15 Sep 2018, 06:23 pm
Oh, if only my two favorite Berne keyboardists played together on the same recording ... oh, wait a minute.

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Dan Weiss (drums, compositions)
Ben Monder (guitars)
Trevor Dunn (electric bass)
Craig Taborn (keyboards, piano)
Matt Mitchell (keyboards, piano)

https://danweiss.bandcamp.com/album/starebaby
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Post by: LesterSleepsIn on 15 Sep 2018, 07:45 pm

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Junk Magic by Craig Taborn

“there is no doubt that Craig Taborn will be on the improv A-list --one final note

Craig Taborn has consistently tugged thirsty ears his way in the ensembles of high profile leaders Dave Douglas, Tim Berne and James Carter. His work has been so remarkable that some very big expectations have ensued. Here, Taborn pulls off the trick of living up to them all, while, to those of us who have been following along, serving up virtually none within the music itself.

Light Made Lighter presented Taborn's version of the futuristic piano trio concept, in his own words "staying true to certain conventions, discard[ing] others..." exploiting the ensemble identity by creative use of space and dimension. Taborn's first electric record is energizingly convention-free, yet it's also free of the new-millenium Rhodes work he's exhibited with Hard Cell , or the spooky booty-shaking organ we've heard with Carter or Gerald Cleaver .

It's as though Taborn has self-edited his obvious first couple of electric records, leap-frogging even himself. Here, he's recruited three participants of equally staggering futuristic potential: Bad Plus drummer and fellow Minneapole Dave King, legato microtonal violist Mat Maneri, and the voracious young tenorist Aaron Stewart, whose stunning efforts with Fieldwork foreshadow his work here.

Taborn's music, the sound itself , is so virulent with enigma, it becomes impossible not to follow along. So it is that we track the apparently endless counterpoint of Rhodes triads, viola and sax that begins "Junk Magic" and become confronted with the first of many looped beats that are vague in origin. Where Taborn's sequences end and King's work begins is often indistinguishable and soon rendered inconsequential. The redundancy in the foremost loops yields only rewards in the subtleties of the piece's evolution.

I'd suggest "Mystero" as the sample track from the disc. The soundscape is bony and gaunt, eerily exquisite, with King's loops propelled by dub synth-bass, Maneri's wraithlike phrasing prompting Stewart's unison. King bashes through as synth pads penetrate a disturbing chaos, a glistening electric piano rejoinder signaling a second theme stated by unison sax and viola (which provide a surprisingly comfortable texture in combination). Say it with me, people: Tension-Comma-Release.

Taborn has pulled us through thus far as rapt automatons, thinking this is some new jazztronica aesthetic growing further out of the Blue Series manifesto. More rewards await, rich and replete. "Shining Through," suggests textural dimension, a nirvana-inducing combination of Enoesque ambient leanings combined with truly modern serial classicism, complete with big bells. Remember, Taborn attended UMichigan because its faculty included prize-winning contemporary composers William Bolcom and William Albright . Sure, he's a bitchin' keyboard player, but how many leaders show they can completely jettison the "chops" side of their persona and still move us so deeply?

Back to the big expectations- the disc comes with a sticker quoting CMJ-"Craig Taborn-the Future of Jazz." While Thisty Ear may be setting itself up for a bit of backlash concerning that bold statement, I'll vouch for its accuracy. Perhaps more precise, though, to have placed an exclamation point after the word "Future." --All About Jazz.”
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Post by: LesterSleepsIn on 16 Sep 2018, 12:58 am

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Post by: LesterSleepsIn on 22 Sep 2018, 07:31 pm
The new book has arrived and a well-played cd is spinning.


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Keith Rowe: The Room Extended
by Brian Olewnick

AMM ‎– From A Strange Place (Dedicated To The Tokuoka Family)
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Post by: LesterSleepsIn on 23 Sep 2018, 02:17 am

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Post by: LesterSleepsIn on 23 Sep 2018, 09:05 pm

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Post by: LesterSleepsIn on 29 Sep 2018, 08:20 pm
The new cds arrived! Noisy heaven.


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Science Fiction and Tim Berne

Disc 1 - Original Science Fiction 2001 studio recording

Disc 2 & 3 - Recorded live in Winterthur, Switzerland on April 12 2003. Engineered by Ron Kurz for Swiss Radio DRS2. Mixed and mastered by DT/Splattercell. Produced by Peter Burli for Swiss Radio DRS2. Executive producer Peter Gordon.


Tim Berne - alto saxophone
Marc Ducret - guitar
Craig Taborn - Fender Rhodes, laptop, organ
Tom Rainey - drums
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Post by: LesterSleepsIn on 30 Sep 2018, 01:53 am

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Post by: richidoo on 6 Oct 2018, 01:08 am
You won't see me here very often, I'm more of a straight ahead kinda guy.

But occasionally something less organized sneaks up and surprises me...

Harmony never releases, but time loosens now and then, to great effect

New in Tidal Masters, on ECM

Tord Gustavsen's "The Other Side"
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Post by: LesterSleepsIn on 6 Oct 2018, 02:08 am
(https://www.audiocircle.com/image.php?id=185194)

Tim Berne with Paraphrase
Pre-Emptive Denial
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Post by: LesterSleepsIn on 6 Oct 2018, 05:37 pm

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Post by: LesterSleepsIn on 12 Oct 2018, 01:35 am
And so it continues ...

Tim Berne, Jim Black and Nels Cline.

The Veil

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Everyone is off the leash and in fine voice.


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Post by: LesterSleepsIn on 13 Oct 2018, 10:41 pm

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The Sevens
Tim Berne, Marc Ducret, David Torn

Phew! ... dancing about architecture ...

“The Sevens is Tim Berne’s most explicitly "compositional" statement in some time. The album’s core, a pair of through-composed movements performed by the ARTE saxophone quartet, could serve as an apotheosis of Tim Berne’s chamber writing. "Repulsion" features four melodies (or is it one melody in four voices?), variously in dialogue or in chorus. Moving through a range of tonal colors, the piece reflects both Berne’s fondness for friction and his less-celebrated sensitivity. In fact, certain sections sound almost wistful, as Berne cloaks his dissonances in subtle shadows.

In "Quicksand," the centerpiece of the album, the ARTE Quartett is joined by Berne and Marc Ducret, both of whom provide improvised commentary above and around what’s on the page. Here, in one piece, is a fulfillment of the yin-yang ethos inherent in Berne’s work, the tensile balance between composition and improvisation.

On The Sevens, the process of interpretation assumes several different shapes. First, there’s the conventional notion of improvisation on a theme. Then there’s the subtler way in which Ducret personalizes the solo miniatures "Sequel Why" and "Sequel Ex"—two fairly divergent takes of the same hauntingly pretty song. Finally, there’s the more radical manner of interpretation seen in "Reversion" and "Tonguefarmer"—both of which are the product of studio manipulation at the hands of guitarist/programmer David Torn. This last procedure, a collaborative effort, stretches the bounds of "composition" in clearly contemporary ways. "Reversion," the first of these pieces, is essentially a remix of "Repulsion," with significant modifications. "Tonguefarmer," the second of Torn’s remixes, is essentially a palimpsest consisting of successive layers of exposition.

For Berne, The Sevens, with its various interpretive assignations, was "probably the hardest one to make, of records I’ve made, in a long time." For an artist steeped in self-jurisdiction, surrendering even a portion of the product can be a terrifying prospect. Which is exactly why he did it. "Whatever the thing is that I’m least secure with, I tend to want to expose that and face it, in a way." Accordingly, The Sevens ultimately resembles neither his eighties albums nor the live recordings of the nineties—instead defining a new Tim Berne paradigm, an uncertain but surprisingly smooth continuum expressing what the composer calls "unity through contrast."
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Post by: timind on 13 Oct 2018, 11:34 pm
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As close as I get
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Post by: LesterSleepsIn on 14 Oct 2018, 02:57 pm
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As close as I get

Yeah! Such a great album. Azar Lawerence really shines here. His early work with Tyner was supposed to launch him into the stratosphere of the greats but that didn’t happen, he moved into a different direction.
Still a great player but more mainstream.
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Post by: LesterSleepsIn on 20 Oct 2018, 07:54 pm

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Big Satan
Marc Ducret Tom Rainey Tim Berne
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Post by: andolink on 26 Oct 2018, 02:14 pm
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2002 - Chris Burn's Ensemble
Musica Genera MG006

Chris Burn: piano
John Butcher: tenor or soprano saxophone
Matchew Hutchinson: synth
Rhodri Davies: harph
Nikos Veliotis: cello
Xavier Charles: clarinet
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Post by: beeah on 26 Oct 2018, 03:18 pm
Lester - your recent posts are all in my wheelhouse!  I've seen Snakeoil a couple times.

Anyhow...  Last night:
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Currently in the car CD player:
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Post by: LesterSleepsIn on 26 Oct 2018, 09:52 pm
cheers beeah! Yup, I’ve seen him a whole buncha times and it would be very hard to choose a favorite grouping live but perhaps it was
Bloodcount (Berne, Ducret, Speed, Formanek and Jim Black! ... good lord.) Looking forward to seeing Snakeoil.

Take care.

LesterSleepsin


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PoisonedMinds: The Paris Concert
Tim Berne’s Bloodcount


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Post by: LesterSleepsIn on 27 Oct 2018, 09:59 pm

(https://www.audiocircle.com/image.php?id=186021)

Tim Berne/Bloodcount: Unwound

Tim Berne and friends play way way outside the lines with Jim Black as a 3 armed drummer thrashing about as if one arm is broken. Most exciting.

https://www.discogs.com/Bloodcount-Unwound/release/1222038?ev=rr
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Post by: LesterSleepsIn on 7 Nov 2018, 07:54 pm

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Post by: andolink on 9 Nov 2018, 03:40 pm
AMM: The Inexhaustible Document

Eddie Prévost / percussion
Keith Rowe / guitar, electronics
John Tilbury / piano
Rohan de Saram / cello

Recorded at the Union Chapel, Islington, London by Ray Beckett on 10th January 1987. Front cover artwork: ‘Rousillon - The Other One’ by Malcolm LeGrice.

(https://www.cafeoto.co.uk/media/thumbnails/uploads/mrcd13_page_image.jpg)
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Post by: LesterSleepsIn on 14 Nov 2018, 01:35 am

(https://www.audiocircle.com/image.php?id=186755)
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Post by: andolink on 17 Nov 2018, 12:55 pm
The perfect recording for integrating a new sub into your system as I’m doing this morning. Lots of different creative uses of infra-sonic sounds in these tracks

John Wall: Constructions I-IV
1999. Compositions by John Wall using sounds from John Edwards, double bass; Mark Sanders, percussion; Andrew Sparling, clarinet; Mark Wastell, cello; Axel Dörner, trumpet.

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Post by: Larkston Zinaspic on 18 Nov 2018, 10:31 pm
Stomu Yamash'ta & Masahiko Satō - Metempsychosis
(http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-gnLvBUpsTvU/VR55s2Rq_VI/AAAAAAAAF_E/_4fZqWznVs4/w1200-h630-p-k-no-nu/Front.jpg)

https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x25egte (https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x25egte)
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Post by: andolink on 22 Nov 2018, 05:26 am
Keith Rowe: tabletop guitar, electronics
Thomas Lehn: analogue synthesizer
Marcus Schmickler: digital synthesizer, computer

recorded at Peithopraxis Tonstudio, Cologne on 19/20 June 2002

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Post by: andolink on 23 Nov 2018, 12:28 pm
Richard Barrett / electronics

Paul Obermayer / electronics

(https://www.cafeoto.co.uk/media/thumbnails/uploads/mrcd50_page_image.jpg)
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Post by: andolink on 23 Nov 2018, 01:55 pm
Michael Renkel-electric guitar fx processor and laptop

(http://www.sands-zine.com/img_articoli/renkel_solo_A.jpg)
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Post by: andolink on 2 Dec 2018, 06:51 am
Asmus Tietchens + Thomas Köner

First in a series of live recordings by Kontakt der Jünglinge. This one features their very first performance which took place in the ‘Lagerhaus’ Bremen/Germany on the 17th December 1999.

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Post by: andolink on 2 Dec 2018, 02:30 pm
Zirkadia:
Dieb 13 > laptop
Tomas Korber > guitar, electronics
Jason Kahn > laptop
Recorded April 14, 2004 at Werkstatt für Improvisierte Musik, Zürich, Switzerland.


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(1.8)sec 003
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Post by: andolink on 9 Dec 2018, 01:29 pm
no furniture

Boris Baltschun - sampler
Axel Dörner - computer, trumpet
Kai Fagaschinski - clarinet

(https://img.discogs.com/vBXHQBfSrsdox3s2FwfI06vgBEs=/fit-in/600x597/filters:strip_icc():format(jpeg):mode_rgb():quality(90)/discogs-images/R-547086-1518722895-7996.jpeg.jpg)

Label: Creative Sources
Recorded, mixed and mastered between November 2002 and October 2003 in Berlin
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Post by: LesterSleepsIn on 14 Dec 2018, 04:08 pm

I was able to see Air (Threadgill/Hopkins/McCall) several times in the mid-70s. I’ve had a deep appreciation for all things Threadgill ever since.

This is especially good.

(https://www.audiocircle.com/image.php?id=187951)
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Post by: LesterSleepsIn on 14 Dec 2018, 07:35 pm

(https://www.audiocircle.com/image.php?id=187954)
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Post by: LesterSleepsIn on 15 Dec 2018, 12:54 am

(https://www.audiocircle.com/image.php?id=187959)

What fun!
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Post by: LesterSleepsIn on 15 Dec 2018, 03:00 am

(https://www.audiocircle.com/image.php?id=187964)
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Post by: LesterSleepsIn on 16 Dec 2018, 02:42 am

(https://www.audiocircle.com/image.php?id=188016)
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Post by: andolink on 20 Dec 2018, 04:32 am
FURT: Sense
Richard Barrett and Paul Obermayer (electronics)

(https://www.musicworks.ca/sites/default/files/styles/feature_full_thumbnail/public/107r_CD_FURT_sense.jpg?itok=KWC8YdWj)

The duo of Richard Barrett and Paul Obermayer in 12 studio tracks of semi-composed electronics, and a live improvised tribute to Karlheinz Stockhausen.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-5eI9g5jTNg
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Post by: andolink on 21 Dec 2018, 11:11 am
Mathias Spahlinger: Farben Der Frühe, for seven pianos [2005]
Ensemble SurPlus/James Avery

(https://neos-music.com/images/various/7_Pianos_500x145.jpg)

(https://img.discogs.com/jwsgZ-Zpm4uhBZtdYEkYr1xzyoo=/fit-in/598x539/filters:strip_icc():format(jpeg):mode_rgb():quality(90)/discogs-images/R-1981827-1324466042.jpeg.jpg)
Recorded live March 20, 2007 in the Carl-Orff-Saal, Gasteig, München
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Post by: andolink on 21 Dec 2018, 03:28 pm
(https://www.audiocircle.com/image.php?id=188211)
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Post by: andolink on 22 Dec 2018, 09:30 am
John Wall:  computer editing/arrangement and composition.
Mark Durgan:  modular synthesizer and signal processing

This work was compiled from free improvisations recorded in Utterpsalm studios between 2012-15

(https://www.audiocircle.com/image.php?id=188238)
released August 1, 2017

and

Six untitled pieces compiled from improvisations
recorded 2–3 July 2011 at the Utterpsalm studio.

John Wall:  computer-generated sounds, severe editing

Mark Durgan:  modular and pressure-sensitive synthesizer

(https://www.audiocircle.com/image.php?id=188239)
Originally released on the Entr'acte label in 2012
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Post by: LesterSleepsIn on 24 Dec 2018, 10:59 pm
(https://www.audiocircle.com/image.php?id=188319)

https://trostrecords.bandcamp.com/album/sparrow-nights
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Post by: S Clark on 24 Dec 2018, 11:11 pm
Is Mathias Spahlinger: Farben Der Frühe atonal throughout?  I  didn't listen to more than a minute. 
What are its characteristics that are appealing?  I realize it's hard to explain why we like a piece, but I'm curious.   
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Post by: LesterSleepsIn on 25 Dec 2018, 10:59 pm

(https://www.audiocircle.com/image.php?id=188332)

I’m no longer certain where the mainstream ends and avant-garde begins.
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Post by: LesterSleepsIn on 26 Dec 2018, 12:45 am

(https://www.audiocircle.com/image.php?id=188333)

Four for Trane

Reggie Workman Archie Shepp  Format: Audio CD
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Post by: andolink on 26 Dec 2018, 04:11 am
Is Mathias Spahlinger: Farben Der Frühe atonal throughout?  I  didn't listen to more than a minute. 
What are its characteristics that are appealing?  I realize it's hard to explain why we like a piece, but I'm curious.   

Yes it's atonal throughout though there are points at which it parodies or alludes to tonal procedures.

I appreciate your curiosity.  This is music that will always appeal to a very limited audience because it's not about tunes that lodge in the memory, the harmonies are frequently harsh sounding and the rhythms, disjunct or aperiodic.

What appeals to me about Farben Der Frühe is the vast range of textures and techniques (both compositional and performamative) employed.  The piece moves through areas of tremendous complexity into other areas of great delicacy and simplicity and it fascinates me to hear the processes involved in arriving at these different musical spaces and how they relate to one another.

Not the least interesting thing about this kind of music is the amazing virtuosity on display by the performers (and the composer).  You might argue that errors in performance would be undetectable but, if you listen carefully, you can hear how exactly coordinated all the various parameters of the music are with each other (rhythms being the easiest of these to perceive) and how precisely interlocked together, through the most forbiddingly intricate structures, the performers are.
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Post by: LesterSleepsIn on 28 Dec 2018, 11:29 pm
Free improvisation doesn’t have to be hard-edged or stratospheric.

One of my favorites.


(https://www.audiocircle.com/image.php?id=188422)

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Post by: andolink on 1 Jan 2019, 04:29 pm
(https://www.audiocircle.com/image.php?id=188541)
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Post by: andolink on 3 Jan 2019, 05:05 pm
(https://www.audiocircle.com/image.php?id=188604)
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Post by: LesterSleepsIn on 30 Jan 2019, 11:13 pm

(https://www.audiocircle.com/image.php?id=189724)
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Post by: andolink on 31 Jan 2019, 12:49 am
(https://www.audiocircle.com/image.php?id=189724)

One of my favorites!
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Post by: LesterSleepsIn on 31 Jan 2019, 03:15 am

(https://www.audiocircle.com/image.php?id=189733)
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Post by: andolink on 31 Jan 2019, 05:56 am
(https://www.audiocircle.com/image.php?id=189733)

Hey!  It's like you're pulling CD's from right off the shelf behind where I'm sitting here in my office.
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Post by: LesterSleepsIn on 31 Jan 2019, 08:34 am
Hey!  It's like you're pulling CD's from right off the shelf behind where I'm sitting here in my office.

I was just going to reply “But I am pulling CDs from the shelf behind you”  ... but then realized how creepy that sounded, in an M. Night Shyamalan sort of way.
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Post by: andolink on 31 Jan 2019, 01:47 pm
I was just going to reply “But I am pulling CDs from the shelf behind you”  ... but then realized how creepy that sounded, in an M. Night Shyamalan sort of way.

Yeah, would have made the hair on the back of my neck stand up.
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Post by: LesterSleepsIn on 31 Jan 2019, 07:50 pm
Yeah, would have made the hair on the back of my neck stand up.

No worries there mate. Oh, by the way, nice office art.

Just kidding, just kidding!


(https://www.audiocircle.com/image.php?id=189774)

Chris Jonas The Sun Spits Cherries
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Post by: andolink on 2 Feb 2019, 01:26 pm
(https://img.discogs.com/VjgIskBlROBEwq9yx1g6yuA-LGs=/fit-in/596x600/filters:strip_icc():format(jpeg):mode_rgb():quality(90)/discogs-images/R-411554-1158824394.jpeg.jpg)
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Post by: etcarroll on 3 Feb 2019, 02:17 am

Wayne Shorter ‎– Speak No Evil


(https://www.audiocircle.com/image.php?id=189918)
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Post by: andolink on 3 Feb 2019, 04:12 pm
Wayne Shorter ‎– Speak No Evil


(https://www.audiocircle.com/image.php?id=189918)

An excellent disc but more appropriate on the "What Jazz Album are you listening to?" thread:

https://www.audiocircle.com/index.php?topic=87426.msg1726889;topicseen#new
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Post by: etcarroll on 3 Feb 2019, 05:30 pm
Dammit - I wondered where that post went, my bad.

I'll have to throw an Ornette Coleman on the table and post to undo my mistake.  :wink:
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Post by: LesterSleepsIn on 10 Mar 2019, 02:45 am

(https://www.audiocircle.com/image.php?id=191824)

First by Dawn of Midi

" Perverse in a good way " - The New York Times
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Post by: LesterSleepsIn on 22 Mar 2019, 08:25 pm

(https://www.audiocircle.com/image.php?id=192384)

Not the best Cowell, not the best Burn
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Post by: LesterSleepsIn on 22 Mar 2019, 08:48 pm
Following Henry Cowell, it’s time for a Henry Cow marathon! (Andy, plz let me know if inappropriate for here.)


(https://www.audiocircle.com/image.php?id=192386)
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Post by: LesterSleepsIn on 22 Mar 2019, 11:02 pm

(https://www.audiocircle.com/image.php?id=192391)
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Post by: LesterSleepsIn on 23 Mar 2019, 02:09 am

(https://www.audiocircle.com/image.php?id=192401)
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Post by: LesterSleepsIn on 23 Mar 2019, 03:02 am

(https://www.audiocircle.com/image.php?id=192402)
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Post by: andolink on 23 Mar 2019, 03:02 am
Following Henry Cowell, it’s time for a Henry Cow marathon! (Andy, plz let me know if inappropriate for here.)


(https://www.audiocircle.com/image.php?id=192386)

Henry Cow is pretty avant-garde I'd say.  A good, interesting addition to this thread.
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Post by: LesterSleepsIn on 23 Mar 2019, 12:13 pm
Henry Cow is pretty avant-garde I'd say.  A good, interesting addition to this thread.

Oh great. Now my weekend is shot to hell.


(https://www.audiocircle.com/image.php?id=192403)

Vinyl
In Praise of Learning
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Post by: LesterSleepsIn on 23 Mar 2019, 02:49 pm
(https://www.audiocircle.com/image.php?id=192410)

Vinyl, 2lp set.
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Post by: andolink on 23 Mar 2019, 03:15 pm
Rebecca Saunders : Miniata for accordion, piano, chorus and orchestra (2004)
Nicolas Hodges, piano
Teodoro Anzellotti, accordion
SWR Vokalensemble Stuttgart
SWR Sinfonieorchester Baden-Baden Und Freiburg/Hans Zender

(https://img.discogs.com/u2qb6wy0JK6q29Hs8RGUsx__dWw=/fit-in/600x536/filters:strip_icc():format(jpeg):mode_rgb():quality(90)/discogs-images/R-5492149-1394779843-2251.jpeg.jpg)
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Post by: LesterSleepsIn on 23 Mar 2019, 03:47 pm

(https://www.audiocircle.com/image.php?id=192420)
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Post by: LesterSleepsIn on 23 Mar 2019, 07:45 pm
(https://www.audiocircle.com/image.php?id=192432)

Henry Cow Leg End
Vinyl
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Post by: LesterSleepsIn on 23 Mar 2019, 10:05 pm

(https://www.audiocircle.com/image.php?id=192450)

Western Culture
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Post by: LesterSleepsIn on 23 Mar 2019, 10:56 pm

(https://www.audiocircle.com/image.php?id=192451)
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Post by: LesterSleepsIn on 24 Mar 2019, 02:41 am

(https://www.audiocircle.com/image.php?id=192455)
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Post by: LesterSleepsIn on 24 Mar 2019, 01:49 pm

(https://www.audiocircle.com/image.php?id=192474)


Unrest, remastered

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Post by: LesterSleepsIn on 24 Mar 2019, 07:05 pm

(https://www.audiocircle.com/image.php?id=192500)

Art Bears Hopes and Fears

I bought the post-Cow Art Bears lp when first released in 1978 but I never encountered anyone who had anything but small appreciation for it. Later I purchased the remastered and enhanced cd version. Then today I discovered that in 2013, while I was apparently sleeping, Ralph Records released a double cd tribute recording, Hopes and Fears Revisited which I just ordered. Somehow I feel chastised and vindicated at the same time.

https://www.amazon.com/Revisited-Art-Bears/dp/B000253VGI/ref=sr_1_7?keywords=Art+bears+box&qid=1553453501&s=music&sr=1-7
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Post by: LesterSleepsIn on 24 Mar 2019, 08:30 pm
The last of the Cow stuff for now.

(https://www.audiocircle.com/image.php?id=192502)


Lindsay Cooper (England; bassoon, alto saxophone), Sally Potter (England; vocals), Elvira Plenar (Croatia/Germany; piano, synthesizer), Alfred Harth (Germany; tenor saxophone, clarinet), Phil Minton (England; trumpet, vocals), Hugh Hopper (England; bass guitar), Marilyn Mazur (Denmark; drums), Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, (United States, megaphone).
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Post by: audioengr on 24 Mar 2019, 09:19 pm
These are nice, and amazing bass:

https://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=Yello+Kiss+in+Blue&&view=detail&mid=CCE8A56999AD56327A82CCE8A56999AD56327A82&&FORM=VRDGAR

https://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=Yello+Touch+Yello+%27You+Better+Hide%27+Extract+Of&&view=detail&mid=B98DB997CA4A7BCB75CBB98DB997CA4A7BCB75CB&&FORM=VRDGAR

Test your subwoofers:

https://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=Yello+music+takla+makan&&view=detail&mid=C3F272E88E34E1374D02C3F272E88E34E1374D02&&FORM=VRDGAR
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Post by: firedog on 25 Mar 2019, 07:04 am
Steve Coleman
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Post by: LesterSleepsIn on 13 Apr 2019, 08:58 pm
I feel ... an Ikue ... Mori ... marathon ... coming ... on
I fear ... an Ikue ... Mori ... marathon ... coming ... on

(https://www.audiocircle.com/image.php?id=193257)

Highsmith
Craig Taborn and Ikue Mori
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Post by: LesterSleepsIn on 14 Apr 2019, 11:37 am

(https://www.audiocircle.com/image.php?id=193275)
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Post by: LesterSleepsIn on 14 Apr 2019, 01:19 pm

(https://www.audiocircle.com/image.php?id=193280)
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Post by: LesterSleepsIn on 14 Apr 2019, 04:56 pm

(https://www.audiocircle.com/image.php?id=193281)
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Post by: LesterSleepsIn on 14 Apr 2019, 06:49 pm


(https://www.audiocircle.com/image.php?id=193285)

One Hundred Aspects of the Moon
Ikue Mori (Artist), Theo Bleckmann (Artist)
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Post by: LesterSleepsIn on 15 Apr 2019, 12:46 am
(https://www.audiocircle.com/image.php?id=193324)

Ikue Mori solo
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Post by: andolink on 15 Apr 2019, 06:27 pm
Thermal

Andy Moor - guitar
Thomas Lehn - synthesizer
John Butcher - tenor saxophone, alto saxophone

Recorded in 2001 at Studio One at OT301, Steim, Amsterdam.

Unsounds, U04, 2003

released January 1, 2003

(http://unsounds.com/shop/image/data/Unsounds/04U-cover.jpg)
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Post by: doorman on 15 Apr 2019, 11:21 pm
David Torn “Sun of Goldfinger”
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Post by: LesterSleepsIn on 20 Apr 2019, 03:44 pm

(https://www.audiocircle.com/image.php?id=193646)
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Post by: andolink on 7 May 2019, 02:24 am
zur stabilen stützung eines körpers ist es notwendig, daß er mindestens drei auflagepunkte hat, die nicht in einer geraden liegen

serge baghdassarians - reotrop
boris baltschun - sampler
burkhard beins - percussion

recorded in berlin by rainer robben in august 2005

(http://staalplaat.com/sites/default/files/product/20420.jpg)



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Post by: Kalali on 12 May 2019, 07:32 pm
Patricia Barber, "Cafe Blue'.
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Post by: musicdre on 16 May 2019, 03:01 am
Patricia Barber, "Cafe Blue'.

is ms barber avant-garde or free improv?   :evil:
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Post by: andolink on 16 May 2019, 07:17 pm
Punctual Trio

Lou Mallozzi: turntables, CDs, Microphones, Oscillator
Fred Lonberg-Holm: Cello
Carlos Zingaro: Violin

(http://www.rossbin.com/puctual_big.jpg)

Recorded by Pete Wenger at Experimental Sound Studio, Chicago, 28 May 2003.
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Post by: LesterSleepsIn on 17 May 2019, 12:07 am
ERR28: Ayumi Paul / Achim Mohné - Sketches for violin and vinyl


(https://www.audiocircle.com/image.php?id=194573)
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Post by: LesterSleepsIn on 18 May 2019, 12:06 am

(https://www.audiocircle.com/image.php?id=194591)
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Post by: musicdre on 18 May 2019, 12:03 pm

(https://www.audiocircle.com/image.php?id=194600)

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Post by: LesterSleepsIn on 18 May 2019, 12:14 pm
(https://www.audiocircle.com/image.php?id=194600)

Ooohh, terrific record, one of my favorites. (And how great is Hugh Ragin?)

This was on the stack from last night, on vinyl, original pressing.


(https://www.audiocircle.com/image.php?id=194603)
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Post by: andolink on 29 May 2019, 12:43 pm
(https://img.discogs.com/SJ6-jTPppiyZ7KOoGqeI5qPWAOw=/fit-in/600x593/filters:strip_icc():format(jpeg):mode_rgb():quality(90)/discogs-images/R-1416852-1305890314.jpeg.jpg)
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Post by: doorman on 29 May 2019, 06:12 pm
David Torn - “Sun of Goldfinger”
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Post by: musicdre on 30 May 2019, 02:47 am
David Torn - “Sun of Goldfinger”

how would you describe this album?
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Post by: andolink on 1 Jun 2019, 01:40 pm
(https://img.discogs.com/zs351V783Mo-W5h0J-L9lBYiNUY=/fit-in/600x590/filters:strip_icc():format(jpeg):mode_rgb():quality(90)/discogs-images/R-1327900-1497704545-8995.jpeg.jpg)

CHRIS BURN piano (& percussion)
JOHN BUTCHER soprano & tenor saxophones
RHODRI DAVIES harp
JOHN EDWARDS double bass
(rec. in May and September of 2000)
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Post by: LesterSleepsIn on 1 Jun 2019, 05:17 pm
how would you describe this album?

If you like your Tim Berne with more lively electronics and a healthy dollop of noise, then you’ll like Son of Goldfinger, as well as Torn’s Prezen. But if you’re expecting this will sound like Torn’s work with Sonar, or his solo work like ‘Sky’ or ‘Mercury’ then you might be disappointed. Goldfinger is not Tim’s outing but his strong presence is certainly there. I wasn’t disappointed in any of the above.


(https://www.audiocircle.com/image.php?id=195113)
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Post by: musicdre on 1 Jun 2019, 06:29 pm
If you like your Tim Berne with more lively electronics and a healthy dollop of noise, then you’ll like Son of Goldfinger, as well as Torn’s Prezen. But if you’re expecting this will sound like Torn’s work with Sonar, or his solo work like ‘Sky’ or ‘Mercury’ then you might be disappointed. Goldfinger is not Tim’s outing but his strong presence is certainly there. I wasn’t disappointed in any of the above.

thanks for the good info.  i'm no longer into the element of noise for some reason.  cause im gettin older?  another good records of note with berne is:  michael formanak's small places (ecm) [also with taborn and cleaver].
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Post by: LesterSleepsIn on 4 Jun 2019, 09:16 pm
thanks for the good info.  i'm no longer into the element of noise for some reason.  cause im gettin older?  another good records of note with berne is:  michael formanak's small places (ecm) [also with taborn and cleaver].

Thanks. Know Formanak well, saw him in small club settings several times. Always a delight.

Now, for this:
(https://www.audiocircle.com/image.php?id=195282)

Union

Paradoxical Frog (Artist), Tyshawn Sorey (Composer, Performer), Kris Davis (Composer, Performer), Ingrid Laubrock (Composer, Performer)
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Post by: LesterSleepsIn on 7 Jun 2019, 10:33 pm
(https://www.audiocircle.com/image.php?id=195333)

I already have my reservation to see Guillermo Gregorio at the Guelph Jazz Festival in September.
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Post by: andolink on 8 Jun 2019, 01:27 am
(https://www.audiocircle.com/image.php?id=195333)

I already have my reservation to see Guillermo Gregorio at the Guelph Kazz Festival in September.

Much appreciated Lester.

Your post has introduced me to a fascinating musician who'd flown completely off my radar until now.
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Post by: LesterSleepsIn on 8 Jun 2019, 09:01 pm
Much appreciated Lester.

Your post has introduced me to a fascinating musician who'd flown completely off my radar until now.

You’ve sent me on an all-afternoon Guillermo Gregorio bender, Andolink. The Hatology cds are my favorite.


(https://www.audiocircle.com/image.php?id=195370)


(https://www.audiocircle.com/image.php?id=195371)
Title: Re: What Avant-garde music or Free Improvisation Are You Currently Listening To?
Post by: andolink on 8 Jun 2019, 11:10 pm
You’ve sent me on an all-afternoon Guillermo Gregorio bender, Andolink. The Hatology cds are my favorite.

I put an order in for the New World recording entitled Coplanar with the MADI ensemble, et. al., based on some sound clip sampling.  The Hatology disc called Iconicity sounds intriguing too.

Wish I could attend the Guelph Festival :cry:.  It'd be a great way of getting out of the heat of Scottsdale.

Are you based in Canada? 
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Post by: LesterSleepsIn on 9 Jun 2019, 12:18 pm

Are you based in Canada?

No, not yet.  :wink: But I can see Canada from my house. Well, almost. I’m in Rochester.


(https://www.audiocircle.com/image.php?id=195377)


(https://www.audiocircle.com/image.php?id=195378)
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Post by: LesterSleepsIn on 9 Jun 2019, 07:31 pm

(https://www.audiocircle.com/image.php?id=195392)
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Post by: LesterSleepsIn on 10 Jun 2019, 01:53 am

(https://www.audiocircle.com/image.php?id=195407)
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Post by: LesterSleepsIn on 11 Jun 2019, 01:49 am

(https://www.audiocircle.com/image.php?id=195447)
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Post by: LesterSleepsIn on 12 Jun 2019, 03:27 am

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Post by: musicdre on 12 Jun 2019, 11:07 am
(https://www.audiocircle.com/image.php?id=195469)

if taborn is on something, i automatically want to hear it.
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Post by: LesterSleepsIn on 12 Jun 2019, 02:11 pm
if taborn is on something, i automatically want to hear it.

Ditto, daddy-o, ditto. I feel the same way about Tom Rainey.

And then there’s this.


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Post by: musicdre on 12 Jun 2019, 10:00 pm
chi.   with: liebman.  hamid.  rudolph.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=22s3TYM1SLU

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Post by: andolink on 15 Jun 2019, 06:30 am
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Post by: LesterSleepsIn on 15 Jun 2019, 07:59 pm
chi.   with: liebman.  hamid.  rudolph.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=22s3TYM1SLU

Thanks Dre. Since Hamid and Rudolph will be playing together at Guelph, I sent that link to the program organizers asking if they could arrange an additional festival concert with Gregorio joining Rudolph and Drake as a trio. That certainly would be something to see/hear.

I’m a big Liebman fan ever since he released his holy trinity: Lookout Farm, Sweet Hands and Drum Ode.

Moving on, this from Malcolm Goldstein, who will also be at Guelph.


(https://www.audiocircle.com/image.php?id=195576)

Goldstein: Soweto Stomp
MALCOLM GOLDSTEIN, RATCHET ORCHESTRA GOLDSTEIN (Artist)   Format: Audio CD
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Post by: LesterSleepsIn on 16 Jun 2019, 02:22 am

(https://www.audiocircle.com/image.php?id=195588)


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Post by: LesterSleepsIn on 16 Jun 2019, 12:13 pm

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I had forgotten about Jeff Tweedy’s participation in the Boxhead projects.

Boxhead Ensemble

“Review: Two Brothers (2001)

With Two Brothers a few things happen.  1) Some big names show up in the credits.  2) The songs are recorded in a studio rather than live in front of an audience.  3) From this point on things are never this good again.   

Two Brothers sounds like there is a little more direction happening from Krassner.  Themes or melodies may even be written out at this point and it may be the strongest album in the catalogue.  The second track "From This Point Onward" is a gorgeous and lumbering piece and again, it's Lonberg-Holm gluing all the necessary parts together with the happy surprise of Guillermo Gregorio playing alto sax and clarinet beautifully.  Two Brothers is meant to be a meditation on the American Civil War but the subject matter is generally useless to the listener.  If you've got a long drive across the midwest or southern U.S. and a relatively quiet car, listen to this.  It's perfect driving music.  Also, perfect for a quiet morning twilight, breakfast and a loved one. “

Musicians:
Jessica Billey
Ryan Hembrey
Glenn Kotche
Michael Krassner
Fred Lonberg-Holm
Scott Tuma
David Curry
Steve Dorocke
Gerald Dowd
Joe Ferguson
Guillermo Gregorio
Jeff Parker
Mick Turner
Jeff Tweedy
Jim White
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Post by: LesterSleepsIn on 9 Aug 2019, 07:36 pm

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One of the best Frith recordings, imho.
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Post by: Tyson on 9 Aug 2019, 08:27 pm
Does Coltrane count?  If so, then:

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Post by: andolink on 7 Sep 2019, 02:53 pm
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Post by: LesterSleepsIn on 10 Sep 2019, 07:55 pm
I don’t know where to put this, probably here but maybe Classical, or other? It’s a mixed bag but it’s a hip mixed bag I can assure you.

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Opalescence
LP (12" album, 33 rpm)
RODENKIRCHEN,NORBERT; ROBBIE LEE; JAMES ILGENFRITZ (Artist)  Format: Vinyl

https://norbertrodenkirchenrobbieleejamesilgenfritz.bandcamp.com/album/opalescence
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Post by: LesterSleepsIn on 19 Sep 2019, 08:16 pm
Dissonant Characters
Import
Eskelin, Ellery (Artist), Han Bennink (Artist) 


(https://www.audiocircle.com/image.php?id=198937)

Big fan of both these guys.
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Post by: LesterSleepsIn on 20 Sep 2019, 07:33 pm
Two take-aways from last week’s fabulous Guelph Jazz Festival, utter happiness.


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Post by: LesterSleepsIn on 21 Sep 2019, 08:28 pm

Two more take-aways from the Guelph Jazz festival:


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And Brodie West Quintet

(https://www.audiocircle.com/image.php?id=198986)
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Post by: LesterSleepsIn on 22 Sep 2019, 02:01 am

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Post by: LesterSleepsIn on 7 Oct 2019, 01:21 am
Had to double back to spin Ingrid and Tom again. They’re all I listened to this weekend - think Old and New Dreams era Dewey Redman and Ed Blackwell. Delicious.


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Post by: andolink on 10 Nov 2019, 12:36 pm
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Post by: LesterSleepsIn on 12 Nov 2019, 07:24 pm

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Post by: LesterSleepsIn on 12 Nov 2019, 11:00 pm

(https://www.audiocircle.com/image.php?id=200796)
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Post by: LesterSleepsIn on 19 Nov 2019, 10:46 pm
As Soon As Possible
Vincent Courtois with Sylvie Courvoisier, Ellery Eskelin


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Post by: musicdre on 20 Nov 2019, 12:44 am
(https://www.audiocircle.com/image.php?id=200796)

great cover art!
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Post by: LesterSleepsIn on 8 Dec 2019, 01:41 am

(https://www.audiocircle.com/image.php?id=201766)
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Post by: beeah on 8 Dec 2019, 02:00 am
(https://www.audiocircle.com/image.php?id=201767)

Just bought a bunch of hi-res(ish) stuff on Intakt.
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Post by: andolink on 26 Dec 2019, 03:51 pm
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Post by: Jazzman53 on 5 Jan 2020, 12:12 am
The Emie R Roussel Trio:

https://youtu.be/Gc7m4TVV_Pk
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Post by: LesterSleepsIn on 8 May 2020, 12:05 pm

Reverse vicariousness Andolinko


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Post by: LesterSleepsIn on 28 May 2020, 06:01 pm
For Andolink


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Post by: andolink on 28 May 2020, 08:56 pm
Reverse vicariousness Andolinko


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Y-tubing it.  Like it a lot.  Thanks Lester.
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Post by: andolink on 12 Aug 2022, 11:16 pm
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Jim Denley, flutes; John Butcher, tenor and soprano saxophones; Rhodri Davies, harp; Stevie Wishart, violin and hurdy gurdy; Phil Durrant, violin; Marcio Mattos, cello, double bass; John Russell, acoustic guitar; Chris Burn, piano; Matthew Hutchinson, synthesizer and electronics; Axel Dörner, trumpet; Mark Wastell, cello.

No stops, only commas (12.45)
Scarecrow analysis (10.39)
Sowari for ensemble (08.35)
Cropped rotation (13.38)
Towards trumpeting (02.44)
ohst (08.19)
Nothing lasts for ever (03.27)
Recorded at Gateway Studios, Kingston on 17/18 September 1997.
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Post by: musicdre on 13 Aug 2022, 05:10 pm
Y-tubing it.  Like it a lot.  Thanks Lester.

some great song titles there
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Post by: rowdyrobot on 14 May 2023, 04:01 am
Alvin Curran - Endangered Species
Merzbow - A taste of…
Bernard Parmegiani - La Roue Ferris (from 12cd set)
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Post by: dsockel on 16 May 2023, 02:51 pm
Karl Berger on ESP-Disk
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Post by: FullRangeMan on 16 May 2023, 04:24 pm
In the late 1990s I had listened live avant-garde music, very improvised everyday for various years as my neighbor upstairs retired and was learning to play the trumpet in his bathroom.

So Iam out of free jazz, the last CD I bought in this genre was Rova Saxophone Quartet on Foster Reed New Albion label.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vt5vc-qETKQ

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tFr95PZwYio


https://www.discogs.com/label/17097-New-Albion
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Post by: rowdyrobot on 3 Jun 2023, 04:31 am

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Post by: rowdyrobot on 28 Jun 2023, 04:05 am

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