Recent purchases redux

[mudd]

this were directly from jeph? looks great.

m

[tristan]

Yeah, ordered it right from Jeph. Sounds really good too! I need to look more into Tom Cox (a.k.a. TAC) to find out what he does.

Also, Jeph not long ago added a few more releases:

space weather - a long time in coming, part of a series of manipulated recordings of radio from space.
sound 7 - interior spaces of art museums, churches and tombs in oaxaca mexico.
assemblages - re-release of an old cassette, one long improvisation using hand-built instruments.
barnes daniell jerman meehan live - a great couple of sets from our '04 tour, soundlab buffalo ny.
naau/trunk space - live recordings from portland and phoenix in 2007

That Barnes / Daniell / Jerman / Meehan sounds promising. Did anyone from here attend any of those concerts?

[jon abbey]

That Barnes / Daniell / Jerman / Meehan sounds promising. Did anyone from here attend any of those concerts?

yep, the NYC one was actually what inspired the first ErstQuake, later that year. I'm pretty sure people wrote about it here at the time.

[mudd]

i just emailed him about that whole pile. fun fun!

m

[jon abbey]

here you go, tristan:

http://ihatemusic.noquam.com/viewtopic. ... n&start=40

[tristan]

i just emailed him about that whole pile. fun fun!

Very nice. Looks to be a nice and varied bunch.
EDIT: By the way Mark, don't forget he's going to be playing in NYC, so you might not get a response for a bit.

here you go, tristan: viewtopic.php?f=3&t=216&hilit=jerman&start=40

Thanks Jon. Sounds as though that CDr is worth checking out then, especially if it's cherry-picked sets.

[grisha]

[tristan]

Nice one. That opener always kills me whenever I put this on.


I've got a heaping pile of music coming from MMS and Weirdo. Awaiting it with excitement. Photos potentially of me drowning among it all to follow.

[Yii]

DAVID PAPAPOSTOLOU/ DANIEL JONES/ PAUL KHIMASIA MORGAN: st
(The Slightly Off Kilter Label, 2009)

ordered @ sound 323

[grisha]

[MRS]

Just got in a small order from Jeph Jerman of the following:

Outside/Inside
Sound 3
If/When (collaboration with Tom Cox)

This last one is pretty special I think. First of all, I'm listening to it right now and it sounds really great. Fantastic fidelity on a number of the tracks. Great variety of textures and sounds. Wonderful stuff. Second! The packaging is kind of lovely. This is what Jeph says on his news page: "if/when" includes a 4 track CD-R in a hand-made cardstock sleeve or box with a mushroom spore print on it. this is housed inside a wooden box with hand-printed graphic along with various bits of found detritus. this will be available in a limited edition of 37 only." Here are some photos I took of it, as I felt the need to as soon as I began to open the box:



There was a CDr in there too (folded in the cardstock), ha, though I doubt I'll put it back for fear of it getting detritus-y again.

I count bradford pear flowers, thyme and a few fossils. Haven't listened to the disc yet but a cool sawbuck well spent.

[schiksalgemeinschaft]

yesterday I've received a bunch of the Fugazi live series, later period shows (1997 and on). excellent, well worth exploring if you're a fan. the soundquality of everything I've heard is good, and the price is a no brainer as well, 10$ for double albums.

http://www.dischord.com/band/fugazi

[grisha]

[will]

i just emailed him about that whole pile. fun fun!

Very nice. Looks to be a nice and varied bunch.
EDIT: By the way Mark, don't forget he's going to be playing in NYC, so you might not get a response for a bit.

here you go, tristan: viewtopic.php?f=3&t=216&hilit=jerman&start=40

Thanks Jon. Sounds as though that CDr is worth checking out then, especially if it's cherry-picked sets.

Metal Drift, Space Weather, and the Barnes / Daniell / Jerman / Meehan are all great.

[Dohol]

More $1-$2 vinyl from "Pops Resale.."













Yeah..I know..

It's mostly fuzak and/or hippie crap, but what the hell...


I'm astonished by the Holdsworth disc..It almost sounds like an 80's porno soundtrack..

[Chaney]

Derek Bailey
Lot74
Previously released on vinyl only.
Recorded Spring 1974. Digitally remastered,now available on compact disc.
Derek Bailey, solo guitar.



LOT 74 Derek Bailey solo guitar
Thinking about Lot 74 brought back lots of memories, which I decided to write down.
Martin Davidson (2008)
In 1974, when Derek Bailey was planning his second solo LP on Incus, he decided to include a side-long solo using his stereo electro-acoustic set-up. Unfortunately, he never seemed to have a 20-minute stretch of time free of interruptions in his home, so he asked if he could record it at my place. After a fairly lengthy drive across London on the arranged date, he discovered that he had brought all his gear except the actual guitar. So he had a cup of tea and a chat, then drove home again.
He came again about a week later, on May 13th, this time with everything. I set the level too high for the first two takes, not quite allowing for his enormous dynamic range (which really was not suitable for analogue recording and reproduction equipment). The result was too much distortion for his liking. The level was corrected for the third take which was the one used as the title track on the LP, even though he preferred the music on the earlier takes.
All but one of the short pieces on the second side of the LP were recorded by Bob Woolford around the same time, probably at Derek’s home.. [The exception, “Improvisation 104(b)”, was recorded the previous year and originally released on one of the Incus TAPs - mini reel-to-reel tapes that were an attempt to bypass the technical problems of going from tape to vinyl. They were reissued by Organ of Corti]. “Pain in the Chest” and “In Joke (Take 2)” feature the unamplified 19-string (approx) guitar, which was probably the only instrument that Derek modified – he otherwise used standard guitars.
There was a shortage of good vinyl at the time, making it difficult to get decent pressings. (The original pressing of the solo Steve Lacy Emanem LP sounded as though it had been recorded in a hail-storm.) We were recommended to go to a pressing plant that specialised in ‘classical’ music. (At the same time that Derek was trying to get “ Lot 74” pressed, I was also working on his duo album with Anthony Braxton.)
The first test pressing of “ Lot 74” was very muffled, and we discovered that the cutting engineer had played the tape up-side-down, so that the music had been filtered through the tape backing (used on professional tapes to reduce print-through). The cutting was subsequently redone correctly, resulting in an acceptable test pressing. However, the plant manager was completely incredulous and perplexed, as he was used to checking pressings using his library of scores of Beethoven sonatas and the like. How could he tell if the vocal and feedback howls at the start of side two (“Together”) were correct?
Over thirty years later, advances in technology have eliminated most of the technical problems we had then, so that this magnificent music can be heard sounding better than ever. Every so often, I get someone asking me to issue things on vinyl – my response is usually not very polite.
Martin Davidson (2008)

http://www.incusrecords.force9.co.uk/

Biography of Derek Bailey
by Carol Dallaire
PDF format. 1716 pages. (Linked from the Incus site.)

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=ZI1DE2A1

An extensive portrait of Derek Bailey's musical activities and development comprising reviews, interviews,discography and visual archive by French Canadian musician and visual artist Carol Dallaire. An enormous resource with over 1,000 pages.

[tristan]

Metal Drift, Space Weather, and the Barnes / Daniell / Jerman / Meehan are all great.

Thanks for the heads-up, Will.

Received my orders to MMS and Weirdo for the following:

John Wiese / C. Spencer Yeh - Cincinnati (CD) -- Drone Disco (2009)
Richard Garet / Brendan Murray - Of Distance (CD) -- Unframed (2009)
Oneohtrix Point Never - Betrayed in the Octagon (LP) -- No Fun (2009)
Chris Corsano - The Young Cricketer (LP) -- Family Vineyard (2008)
Burning Star Core - Challenger (LP) -- Plastic (2008)
Michel Chion - Requiem (LP) -- Sub Rosa (2007)
Jason Lescalleet's Due Process - Combines XIX XX (LP) -- We Break More Records (2003)

Graham Lambkin / Jason Lescalleet - The Breadwinner (CD) -- Erstwhile (2008)
Idea Fire Company - The Island of Taste (LP) -- Swill Radio (2008)
Charlemagne Palestine / Christoph Heemann - Saiten in Flammen (LP) -- Streamline (2009)


Some of the used bargains:
Pumice - Yeahnahvienna (CD) -- Soft Abuse (2006)
Elliott Smith - Elliott Smith (CD) -- Kill Rock Stars (1995)
Elliott Smith - Either/Or (CD) -- Kill Rock Stars (1997)
Tim Feeney / Vic Rawlings - In Six Parts (CD) -- Sedimental (2007)
Ignaz Schick / Dawid Szczesny - The View Underneath (CD) -- Nonvisualobjects (2008)
Josephine Foster - This Coming Gladness (CD) -- Bo'Weavil (2008)
The Great Groups (Doo Wop compilation) (LP) -- Buddah (1971)
David Rosenboom - Future Travel (CD) -- New World (2007)
Of - The Sun & Earth Together (CD) -- Gel (2007)


Yep, this should keep me busy for quite a while, especially given that almost everything I've heard so far has been really great.

[Yii]

matt davis / matt milton / bechir saade - dun (another timbre, 2008)
tomas korber / utah kawasaki - pocket size solationism (esquilo, 2008) cd-r
rebecca - variation no 12 (esquilo, 2008) cd-r

recently paypal transactions for these recordings

[jkudler]

Biography of Derek Bailey
by Carol Dallaire
PDF format. 1716 pages. (Linked from the Incus site.)

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=ZI1DE2A1

An extensive portrait of Derek Bailey's musical activities and development comprising reviews, interviews,discography and visual archive by French Canadian musician and visual artist Carol Dallaire. An enormous resource with over 1,000 pages.

has anyone dared grapple with this? i read the dominic lash piece on the website - nice.

-jesse

[Dan Warburton]

Biography of Derek Bailey
by Carol Dallaire
PDF format. 1716 pages. (Linked from the Incus site.)

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=ZI1DE2A1

An extensive portrait of Derek Bailey's musical activities and development comprising reviews, interviews,discography and visual archive by French Canadian musician and visual artist Carol Dallaire. An enormous resource with over 1,000 pages.

has anyone dared grapple with this? i read the dominic lash piece on the website - nice.

-jesse

Thanks for the link - I didn't know about this. 1716 pages! Jaysus.. well, it can't be worse than Ben Watson's, so maybe I'll have a look