five favorite ersts (2012)

[fslmy]

I kind of want to play this game, but I shouldn't.

since your personal taste drives the label i don't see why this would be a problem

[schiksalgemeinschaft]

Toshimaru Nakamura/English (Joe Foster/Bonnie Jones) - One Day

aargh, how could I possibly overlook this one...

yeah, kinda strange it isn't listed in other lists. but then again, competion is tough.

[Dohol]

I can't name just five, but my first would be dach....

[mono tony]

i've attempted to trade in soba to bara (for credit) at my local record shop a couple times, with no luck. I've got the idea in my head that i'll send it to a lost friend as an indirect, bitter/spiteful gesture.. it's one of the most grating things in my collection, but the absurdity of it makes me laugh. i should give it another go

[grisha]

soba to bara is intense. i love it, even though i can't remember when was the last time i listened to it.

[jon abbey]

it's such a strong statement that Ami is just starting to get back to performing again now, four years later. maybe the single disc Erst I'm most proud of, just so intense, as Grisha says.

[Steven Reynolds]

I love lists

for me I havn't heard the new Lescalleet but I am sure I will order a package soon as it has been too long...

For me the top of the list is the "Inaccessible Document" aka:

EL005 Keith Rowe/Sachiko M/Toshimaru Nakamura/Otomo Yoshihide

then choose from:

4G : Cloud - disc 1
Burkhard Stangl/Christof Kurzmann: Schnee
Greg Kelley/Jason Lescalleet: Forlorn Green
and maybe....Rowe/Beins Live

close but not quite: Good Morning Good Night, Too Beautiful to Burn, Duos for Doris, A View From The Window, Eh, Lidingo, Hands of Caravaggio, Between, One Day, Wrapped Islands, Poire Z+, Schnee Live

[john williams]

Keith Rowe / Axel Dörner / Franz Hautzinger : A View From the Window
Keith Rowe / Toshimaru Nakamura : Weather Sky
poire_z : +
Greg Kelley / Jason Lescalleet : Forlorn Green
Keith Rowe / Sachiko M / Toshimaru Nakamura / Otomo Yoshihide : Erstlive 005

[Dan Warburton]

Is that the first time the poire_z has appeared here? Funny, listened to that a week or so ago and was rather underwhelmed. But threads like this are useful in that they make me want to go back again and see what other people saw (hear what other people heard.. or try to). Nice to see A View From The Window getting another possing. Looking forward to going back to that one before long.

[fslmy]

Here's a tally so far since i'm bored at work

9 picks:
058: Annette Krebs/Taku Unami motubachii

8 picks:
EL005-3 (triple CD): Keith Rowe/Sachiko M/Toshimaru Nakamura/Otomo Yoshihide

5 picks:
041: Keith Rowe/Axel Dörner/Franz Hautzinger A View From the Window
055: Radu Malfatti/Klaus Filip imaoto

4 picks:
050-2 (double CD): Keith Rowe/Toshimaru Nakamura between
052: Graham Lambkin/Jason Lescalleet The Breadwinner

3 picks:
008: Burkhard Stangl/Christof Kurzmann Schnee
019: Greg Kelley/Jason Lescalleet Forlorn Green
021: MIMEO/John Tilbury The Hands Of Caravaggio
030-2 (double CD): Keith Rowe/John Tilbury Duos for Doris
032: Matt Davis/Phil Durrant/Mark Wastell open
046-2 4g cloud
066-2 (double CD): Michael Pisaro/Toshiya Tsunoda crosshatches
EL011: Keith Rowe September

2 picks:
005: Keith Rowe/Günter Müller/Taku Sugimoto The World Turned Upside Down
014: Phil Durrant/Thomas Lehn/Radu Malfatti dach
023: Polwechsel/Fennesz Wrapped Islands
025: Burkhard Stangl/Dieb13 eh
042-2 (double CD): Sachiko M/Toshimaru Nakamura/Otomo Yoshihide Good Morning Good Night
054-2 (double CD): Keith Rowe/Sachiko M contact
059: Graham Lambkin/Jason Lescalleet Air Supply
060-3 (triple CD): Radu Malfatti/Keith Rowe Φ
061: Michael Pisaro/Taku Sugimoto 2 seconds / b minor / wave
EL001: Keith Rowe/Burkhard Beins
EL003: Burkhard Stangl/Christof Kurzmann - schnee_live

[jon abbey]

interesting, kind of shocking to not see more Duos for Doris mentions, I thought that was the general consensus fave Erst.

[_duif]

If I had allowed multiple discs, it would have been in mine, as would Good Morning Good Night and Erstlive 005.
Just didn't seem fair to the rest...

[Adrian]

If I were to pick just one it would be Malfatti/Filip - Imaoto, but I see what you mean about Duos for Doris, Jon. It is generally loved I think.

[bryan]

fav fsivx:

Axel Dörner/Kevin Drumm
Keith Rowe/Toshimaru Nakamura - Weather Sky
Sachiko M/Toshimaru Nakamura/Otomo Yoshihide - Good Morning Good Night
Keith Rowe/Toshimaru Nakamura - between
Keith Rowe/Sachiko M/Toshimaru Nakamura/Otomo Yoshihide - ErstLive 005-3 (triple CD)
Keith Rowe/Toshimaru Nakamura - ErstLive 008

[Dan Warburton]

interesting, kind of shocking to not see more Duos for Doris mentions, I thought that was the general consensus fave Erst.

Your fault for releasing so much good shit!

[presquepartout]

interesting, kind of shocking to not see more Duos for Doris mentions, I thought that was the general consensus fave Erst.

Your fault for releasing so much good shit!

yeah, what an asshole!

[Joda]

I gave this a shot off the top of my head, although there are at least 10 new(ish) releases on my 'to buy' list that would have been contenders, I imagine. (Also, I had to choose six):

Greg Kelley/Jason Lescalleet - Forlorn Green
Cosmos - Tears
Keith Rowe/John Tilbury - Duos for Doris
Radu Malfatti/Klaus Filip - imaoto
Burkhard Stangl/Kai Fagaschinski - Musik Ein Porträt in Sehnsucht
Jason Lescalleet - Songs About Nothing

[This is PRE]

Probably these five:
Otomo Yoshihide/Voice Crack Bits, Bots & Signs
Axel Dörner/Kevin Drumm
Keith Rowe/Thomas Lehn/Marcus Schmickler Rabbit Run
Günter Müller/Otomo Yoshihide Time Travel
R/S (Peter Rehberg/Marcus Schmickler) One (Snow Mud Rain)

Also super excited about the John Wall coming up, I bet that one displaces something in the above.

[jon abbey]

Also super excited about the John Wall coming up, I bet that one displaces something in the above.

heh, coincidentally this was cancelled earlier today, sorry.

[This is PRE]

Oh no! That's a shame.