secret records of the year.

jon abbey · Post by **jon abbey** » Sat Jan 06, 2007 4:20 pm

tadk wrote:Rhodri Davies / Ko Ishikawa "Compositions for harp and sho" [Hibari]

that barely even came out in 2006, dude.

Hubajube · Post by **Hubajube** » Sat Jan 06, 2007 4:24 pm

A few that I haven't heard mentioned much around here:

Of - The Awful Cloud (darker and thicker than most Loren Chasse stuff)

AlasNoAxis - Dogs of Great Indifference (to me, it sounds closer to that last Pachora disk than it does to the AlasNoAxis back catalog)

Bonus - On Earth (the first track especially. It's quite active for something so solidly in the drone camp.)

Logan Sama - The War Report (a good summary of decent recent grime)

Zaika - Il Corral (my favorite of the recent Marcia Bassett output)

Sinking Infinities - Thousand-Year Reich (This is actually 2005 and is in heavy rotation for me right now. Just cello and electronics playing off each other with an ear towards the early minimalists. I just received their new CD but it hasn't sunk in yet.)

user_710 · Post by **user_710** » Sat Jan 06, 2007 7:26 pm

Vikki Jackman - Of Beauty Reminiscing

GORGEOUS.

tadk · Post by **tadk** » Sat Jan 06, 2007 7:58 pm

jon abbey wrote:
tadk wrote:Rhodri Davies / Ko Ishikawa "Compositions for harp and sho" [Hibari]
that barely even came out in 2006, dude.

the release date (according to japanimprov.com) is december 2006
check: http://www.japanimprov.com/indies/hibar ... rpsho.html

yes, i ordered it in january 2007, but it seems to be a 2006's disc.

Richard Pinnell · Post by **Richard Pinnell** » Sat Jan 06, 2007 8:07 pm

tadk wrote:
jon abbey wrote:
tadk wrote:Rhodri Davies / Ko Ishikawa "Compositions for harp and sho" [Hibari]
that barely even came out in 2006, dude.
the release date (according to japanimprov.com) is december 2006
check: http://www.japanimprov.com/indies/hibar ... rpsho.html

yes, i ordered it in january 2007, but it seems to be a 2006's disc.

Its definitely 2006. I got a copy from Rhodri on the day he received them from Japan, and that was December 15th

I think what Jon meant though was that it hasn't really had a chance to be a secret yet!

Richard Pinnell · Post by **Richard Pinnell** » Sat Jan 06, 2007 8:08 pm

Oh and its a great disc. A tough one to listen to and get to grips with, but worth the effort.

jon abbey · Post by **jon abbey** » Sat Jan 06, 2007 8:16 pm

yeah, we haven't even gotten our distribution copies yet, pretty sure it doesn't qualify as a "secret".

_duif · Post by **_duif** » Sat Jan 13, 2007 8:11 am

is this a secret record?

Alles 3 - I know how you frown [2006 Kwan Yin]
Toshimaru Nakamura & Nicholas Bussmann

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has anyone heard it?

user_140 · Post by **user_140** » Sat Jan 13, 2007 6:36 pm

grisha wrote:
Gone wrote:for me, hands down it goes to the amazing HARVEY MILK album "Special Wishes"...best of the year by far. Put it here cause I'm not sure how many of you would have heard it...I know theres a handfull of us who like heavier music....

I love bands that get lumped into a particular genre of music then put out album after album that defies that genres conventions. Harvey Milk always get lumped into the Doom Metal genre...now, some of their songs definately fall into that skull crushing category (I've Got A Love from the newest for example.). But this release more than any has some gut wrenching songs...love songs about the american flag, songs about divorce and what it takes to be a man. I've had the album for months now and it's pretty much lived in my car ever since.

"Dedicated to Mother Earth, Sweet Sweet Music and Male Confidence"
i don't have a car, and my copy is on blood red vinyl. and i don't rank albums this year. but these are exactly my feelings about this album. simply the most moving metal album this year. and the last side of the record (old glory/mother's day) is some of the greatest music i ever heard.

Yep - this disc is a monster

. It has a passionate, almost spiritual feel that definitely transcends any consideration of genre. Not that genre should be much of a consideration anyway

.

jkudler · Post by **jkudler** » Tue Jan 16, 2007 3:19 am

duif wrote:is this a secret record?

Alles 3 - I know how you frown [2006 Kwan Yin]
Toshimaru Nakamura & Nicholas Bussmann

http://www.myspace.com/alles3" onclick= "window.open(this.href);return false;

has anyone heard it?

those clips are nice. glitch meets noise? not too "improv-y" sounding.

i think being released on a chinese label qualifies it as being secret (to us westerners. . .).

-jesse

jon abbey · Post by **jon abbey** » Tue Jan 16, 2007 3:20 am

I don't think it's actually out yet, but I could be wrong.

mshiflet · Post by **mshiflet** » Fri Jan 26, 2007 11:42 pm

seeing him the other night (in person, not performance unfortunately) reminded me that tetsuya umeda's 'ocket' was a fine piece of work from 2006. think the disc definitely got some attention, being on IMJ and all, but not as much as it deserves. fans of tsunoda or joe colley - and esepecially fans of both - would dig this one.

know it's a little late for this thread, but thought i should plug him anyway.

tadk · Post by **tadk** » Sat Jan 27, 2007 1:50 am

two excellent discs released on polish labels (Vivo and Musica Genera):
- The Magic Carpathians & Lechistan's Electric Chair "Mirrors"
- Ingar Zach/Thomas Lehn/Ivar Grydeland "Szc zcz cze zec eci cin"

has anybody else heard of these two ?

cleanzero · Post by **cleanzero** » Sat Jan 27, 2007 11:35 am

Richard Pinnell wrote:
tadk wrote:
jon abbey wrote: that barely even came out in 2006, dude.
the release date (according to japanimprov.com) is december 2006
check: http://www.japanimprov.com/indies/hibar ... rpsho.html

yes, i ordered it in january 2007, but it seems to be a 2006's disc.
Its definitely 2006. I got a copy from Rhodri on the day he received them from Japan, and that was December 15th

I think what Jon meant though was that it hasn't really had a chance to be a secret yet!

Right, just December 2006 and a very nice record imo. The track credited to Antoine Beuger, with its expected silences is a real beauty.

An other record, that isn't that secret but maybe was underrated is "The Tone Garden" by Sei Miguel. Maybe it was too jazzy for much of the IHM people?

tadk · Post by **tadk** » Sat Jan 27, 2007 2:08 pm

cleanzero wrote: An other record, that isn't that secret but maybe was underrated is "The Tone Garden" by Sei Miguel. Maybe it was too jazzy for much of the IHM people?

"The Tone Garden" is a very good disc, but unfortunatelly it came out on Creative Sources. Some of the IHM people seem not to like this label and underrate all CS releases.

Post by **grisha** » Sat Jan 27, 2007 2:30 pm

tadk wrote:
cleanzero wrote: An other record, that isn't that secret but maybe was underrated is "The Tone Garden" by Sei Miguel. Maybe it was too jazzy for much of the IHM people?
"The Tone Garden" is a very good disc, but unfortunatelly it came out on Creative Sources. Some of the IHM people seem not to like this label and underrate all CS releases.

some IHM people just have no patience to dig through the vast amount of mediocre stuff they pop out. i liked Grundik's record, though.

fearandpanic · Post by **fearandpanic** » Sat Jan 27, 2007 2:37 pm

tadk wrote: "The Tone Garden" is a very good disc, but unfortunatelly it came out on Creative Sources. Some of the IHM people seem not to like this label and underrate all CS releases.

Most of the time this isn't based on any kind of experience with the recordings in question.

jon abbey · Post by **jon abbey** » Sat Jan 27, 2007 3:37 pm

fearandpanic wrote:
tadk wrote: "The Tone Garden" is a very good disc, but unfortunatelly it came out on Creative Sources. Some of the IHM people seem not to like this label and underrate all CS releases.
Most of the time this isn't based on any kind of experience with the recordings in question.

well, I've based my opinions on hearing at least 15-20 of them, if not more, and I still think the only two real keepers are the two Kai F. is on. I didn't get very far into The Tone Garden, I liked it more than Space, but that's really not saying much. I have a bunch of older Sei Miguel CDs also, not much of a fan. and I liked what I heard of Grundik K's disc, but I need to spend more time with that one sometime.

jon abbey · Post by **jon abbey** » Sat Jan 27, 2007 3:38 pm

so why don't you give us a list of the classic CS recordings that the rest of us are missing, ruairi? what are the ones you'll stand behind as being very good?

cleanzero · Post by **cleanzero** » Sat Jan 27, 2007 3:51 pm

CS records I like (not that I've heard very much from the label and yes , it suffers the fearsome Mattin syndrome

)

The recent one by Punck "A costant migration..." is nice.: between field recordings and cinematic laptop soundscapes.

"Rocca" by Agnes Palier and Olivier Toulemade: raw, sparse electroacoustics and stuttering, suffocated vocalizations.

"Bruit" by Pedro Chambel: something like the first Kevin Drumm . Very abstract and un-musical guitar gestures. Not a masterpiece but worth a few listenings. :