Toronto's David Sait just curated a really Intriguing compilation of sixty sixty-second solo improvs by an array of improvisers from all over the place.
I posted about it here on my anti-World Music blog http://endofworldmusic.blogspot.com/201 ... conds.html, with some sound samples. Includes everyone from John Butcher to Helena Espvall of Espers to John Oswald to Susan Alcorn to Ignatz, as well as some lesser-known people like Toronto's Araz Salek who does free improv as well as Classical Iranian music straight up, on the tar.
Check it out. The post contains links to the full info and places to purchase it!
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two fresh books on improv written by improvisers, sadly only in french:
Le Quan Ninh: Improviser librement - Abécédaire d'une éxpérience
72 pages
Michel Doneda: Miettes
54 pages
http://www.momeludies.com
Le Quan Ninh: Improviser librement - Abécédaire d'une éxpérience
72 pages
Michel Doneda: Miettes
54 pages
http://www.momeludies.com
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Matt Wuethrich
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The latest Tochnit Aleph mailorder update included this brief mention in the fine print at the end about upcoming releases:
Marchetti 4CD/5LP-Box (Alga Marghen)
Sounds phenomenal but I'm afraid to find out the price. Anyone know more?
Marchetti 4CD/5LP-Box (Alga Marghen)
Sounds phenomenal but I'm afraid to find out the price. Anyone know more?
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W A L T E R M A R C H E T T I
"De musica inversa"
(cat No. plana-M 30NMN.076-1/4)
4CD + Book Box Set
Edition limited to 400 copies
alga marghen very proudly presents the only authorized reissue of all Walter Marchetti original recordings previously released by Cramps Records. An LP sized 4CD box set including “La caccia”, “In terram utopicam”, “Per la sete dell’orecchio”, “Natura morta” and “Vandalia”. Also included is the new book by Walter Marchetti titled “De musica inversa”, an instruction manual of both theory and practice for the proper and improper use of music. A method for perfecting oneself in composition annotated and commented upon by Gabriele Bonomo.
“The most amazing thing about music is its exterior aspect. High, vertical, translucent, almost turgid, maybe a bit too monolithic. One should, in any case, give a lot of attention to the large number of interstices which lead to the centre of the ear, wherefrom sounds spread out through a dense network leading to more circuits which direct these same and their relationships directly to the brain, in a logic of musical articulation which is nothing less than frightening. Even if, to attentive listening, dominating all is the eye of silence”.
CD1, titled “La caccia”, includes “La caccia” (1965), “Adversus” (Home-made electric music) (1966) and “Osmanthus fragrans” (Home-made electric music) (1973). The 16 page booklet presents the orginal scores, photos of both the 1965 ZAJ performances and of Marchetti recording “La caccia” in the 1970s, photos of the concert at Galleria Multhipla in 1974, and the reproduction of the original “La caccia” LP layout.
CD2, titled “In terram utopican”, includes “J’aimerais jouer avec un piano qui aurait une grosse queue” (1974/75) and “Per la sete dell’orecchio” (1981). The 16 page booklet presents the original score of “J’aimerais jouer”, photos of the performances in Milano and at the Venice Biennale, and the reproduction of the original “In terram utopicam” LP layout.
CD3, titled “Natura Morta”, includes the piece with the same title from 1980. The 8 page booklet reproduces original photos of the performance at Milanopoesia in 1988, as well as the text titled “In my music”.
CD4, titled “Vandalia”, includes “Perpetuum mobile” (1981), “Song for John Cage” (1985) and “Le secche del delirio” (1989). The 8 page booklet presents the photo of the “Perpetuum mobile” performance at Musicalia in 1981, the score of “Song for John Cage”, the photos of two “Musica da camera” installations, as well as the reproduction of the original “Vandalia” CD layout.
The 180 page “De musica inversa” book and all the texts included in the CD booklets are published in both English and Italian.
“Too true: in all music there are, in effect, a lot of sounds henceforth…more than that, too many; everything that we listen to has become heavy beyond measure, completely unbearable. Rather than chasing it we should look for how to escape from music. Everything in it is monolithic, frozen, and the notes of music which slowly, more or less, are thickening around the listeners wrap them all in dripping blankets of death.”
CD edition limited to 400 copies.
W A L T E R M A R C H E T T I
"Il divano dell’orecchio"
(cat No. plana-M 34NMN.083-1/5)
5LP Box set
Edition limited to 350 copies
[so the same thing on 5 LPs]
"De musica inversa"
(cat No. plana-M 30NMN.076-1/4)
4CD + Book Box Set
Edition limited to 400 copies
alga marghen very proudly presents the only authorized reissue of all Walter Marchetti original recordings previously released by Cramps Records. An LP sized 4CD box set including “La caccia”, “In terram utopicam”, “Per la sete dell’orecchio”, “Natura morta” and “Vandalia”. Also included is the new book by Walter Marchetti titled “De musica inversa”, an instruction manual of both theory and practice for the proper and improper use of music. A method for perfecting oneself in composition annotated and commented upon by Gabriele Bonomo.
“The most amazing thing about music is its exterior aspect. High, vertical, translucent, almost turgid, maybe a bit too monolithic. One should, in any case, give a lot of attention to the large number of interstices which lead to the centre of the ear, wherefrom sounds spread out through a dense network leading to more circuits which direct these same and their relationships directly to the brain, in a logic of musical articulation which is nothing less than frightening. Even if, to attentive listening, dominating all is the eye of silence”.
CD1, titled “La caccia”, includes “La caccia” (1965), “Adversus” (Home-made electric music) (1966) and “Osmanthus fragrans” (Home-made electric music) (1973). The 16 page booklet presents the orginal scores, photos of both the 1965 ZAJ performances and of Marchetti recording “La caccia” in the 1970s, photos of the concert at Galleria Multhipla in 1974, and the reproduction of the original “La caccia” LP layout.
CD2, titled “In terram utopican”, includes “J’aimerais jouer avec un piano qui aurait une grosse queue” (1974/75) and “Per la sete dell’orecchio” (1981). The 16 page booklet presents the original score of “J’aimerais jouer”, photos of the performances in Milano and at the Venice Biennale, and the reproduction of the original “In terram utopicam” LP layout.
CD3, titled “Natura Morta”, includes the piece with the same title from 1980. The 8 page booklet reproduces original photos of the performance at Milanopoesia in 1988, as well as the text titled “In my music”.
CD4, titled “Vandalia”, includes “Perpetuum mobile” (1981), “Song for John Cage” (1985) and “Le secche del delirio” (1989). The 8 page booklet presents the photo of the “Perpetuum mobile” performance at Musicalia in 1981, the score of “Song for John Cage”, the photos of two “Musica da camera” installations, as well as the reproduction of the original “Vandalia” CD layout.
The 180 page “De musica inversa” book and all the texts included in the CD booklets are published in both English and Italian.
“Too true: in all music there are, in effect, a lot of sounds henceforth…more than that, too many; everything that we listen to has become heavy beyond measure, completely unbearable. Rather than chasing it we should look for how to escape from music. Everything in it is monolithic, frozen, and the notes of music which slowly, more or less, are thickening around the listeners wrap them all in dripping blankets of death.”
CD edition limited to 400 copies.
W A L T E R M A R C H E T T I
"Il divano dell’orecchio"
(cat No. plana-M 34NMN.083-1/5)
5LP Box set
Edition limited to 350 copies
[so the same thing on 5 LPs]
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Matt Wuethrich
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Thanks for the info! However, this morning I realized I had posted that thinking Lionel Marchetti, not Walter. That said, the above sounds comprehensive, to say the least.
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4CD: €75
5LP: €85
5LP: €85
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i've spotted this on recent Vital Weekly. There is no info on label's website yet so maybe someone knows more ..
CORNELIUS CARDEW - WORKS 1960-1970 (CD by +3Db Records)
MICHAEL FRANCIS DUCH - EDGES (CD by +3Db Records)
LEMUR - AIGEAN (CD by +3Db Records)
To review classical music, as I noted before, is not really my cup of tea. Not because I don't like it, but simply because I am not qualified to say anything useful about it, and although I could pretend, but that doesn't seem like a good idea. Cornelius Cardew was a politically inspired composer from the sixties and seventies who died in a hit and run accident some (almost) three decades ago. His best known work is 'The Great Learning' and the visual score 'Treatise'. There is an excerpt of 'Treatise' on this CD of works from the sixties, as performed by John Tilbury (piano, who was in AMM, in which Cardew also participated for a while in the sixties), Michael Duch (doublebass) and Rhodri Davies (harp). Here the pieces from the sixties are played, when Cardew was more of a composer of avant-garde music. Lots of piano, and a little bit less of doublebass and the harp only seems to be largely present in 'Unintended Piano Music', which also seems to be an entirely different piece fromthe sixties, moving towards the music of the seventies. I must admit two things: I played this very early on the day, much more earlier than anything else in a long time and that I quite enjoyed it. Maybe it was because I am tired, or otherwise a bit distracted, but to me it was some nice music. Highly modern classical and maybe something I didn't fully understand, but very pleasant.
'Music for one' is the name of a new series by +3DB Records, in which improvising musicians are presented with a solo work. Duch, who also played on the Cardew record, plays of course double bass on this solo record. Now this is music I understand much better. A very pleasant recording too, just like the previous, in which Duch shows us to be a great, capable player of the double bass and he offers a bunch of exciting improvisations, with some of the right amount of variations possible. From wild and vivid to quiet and introspective. Duch, throughout, plays his bass as it is supposed to be played and not always a big wooden box that happens to have a bunch of strings, but not exclusively. Duch knows his various ways to the instrument and shows that in a great way.
And more Duch is to be found on the second release by Lemur for +3Db, a quartet of Duch, and Bjørnar Habbestad (flutes), Hild Sofie Tafjord (french horn) and Lene Grenager (cello). The first release I reviewed was their first album on +3Db, in Vital Weekly 649, but there have been more albums. Just like the previous album (never a good point perhaps following a two year gap between this and the previous album, I wondered) we find this new album in what we could call traditionally improvised music. Still the various instruments do what they were once build for, to sound like flutes, bass, horn and cello and Lemur still have that chamber like musical quality. Perhaps its a pity that some of it may sound very much like their previous work, but Lemur exactly know what they are doing and they do it very well. They are not yet convinced to change their modus operandi and perhaps that's right: why should they?
http://plus3db.net
CORNELIUS CARDEW - WORKS 1960-1970 (CD by +3Db Records)
MICHAEL FRANCIS DUCH - EDGES (CD by +3Db Records)
LEMUR - AIGEAN (CD by +3Db Records)
To review classical music, as I noted before, is not really my cup of tea. Not because I don't like it, but simply because I am not qualified to say anything useful about it, and although I could pretend, but that doesn't seem like a good idea. Cornelius Cardew was a politically inspired composer from the sixties and seventies who died in a hit and run accident some (almost) three decades ago. His best known work is 'The Great Learning' and the visual score 'Treatise'. There is an excerpt of 'Treatise' on this CD of works from the sixties, as performed by John Tilbury (piano, who was in AMM, in which Cardew also participated for a while in the sixties), Michael Duch (doublebass) and Rhodri Davies (harp). Here the pieces from the sixties are played, when Cardew was more of a composer of avant-garde music. Lots of piano, and a little bit less of doublebass and the harp only seems to be largely present in 'Unintended Piano Music', which also seems to be an entirely different piece fromthe sixties, moving towards the music of the seventies. I must admit two things: I played this very early on the day, much more earlier than anything else in a long time and that I quite enjoyed it. Maybe it was because I am tired, or otherwise a bit distracted, but to me it was some nice music. Highly modern classical and maybe something I didn't fully understand, but very pleasant.
'Music for one' is the name of a new series by +3DB Records, in which improvising musicians are presented with a solo work. Duch, who also played on the Cardew record, plays of course double bass on this solo record. Now this is music I understand much better. A very pleasant recording too, just like the previous, in which Duch shows us to be a great, capable player of the double bass and he offers a bunch of exciting improvisations, with some of the right amount of variations possible. From wild and vivid to quiet and introspective. Duch, throughout, plays his bass as it is supposed to be played and not always a big wooden box that happens to have a bunch of strings, but not exclusively. Duch knows his various ways to the instrument and shows that in a great way.
And more Duch is to be found on the second release by Lemur for +3Db, a quartet of Duch, and Bjørnar Habbestad (flutes), Hild Sofie Tafjord (french horn) and Lene Grenager (cello). The first release I reviewed was their first album on +3Db, in Vital Weekly 649, but there have been more albums. Just like the previous album (never a good point perhaps following a two year gap between this and the previous album, I wondered) we find this new album in what we could call traditionally improvised music. Still the various instruments do what they were once build for, to sound like flutes, bass, horn and cello and Lemur still have that chamber like musical quality. Perhaps its a pity that some of it may sound very much like their previous work, but Lemur exactly know what they are doing and they do it very well. They are not yet convinced to change their modus operandi and perhaps that's right: why should they?
http://plus3db.net
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Those three are on the label's website now - including detailed descriptions. The problem, however, is how/where to get them at a reasonable price. Anyone?lukaz wrote:i've spotted this on recent Vital Weekly. There is no info on label's website yet so maybe someone knows more ..
CORNELIUS CARDEW - WORKS 1960-1970 (CD by +3Db Records)
MICHAEL FRANCIS DUCH - EDGES (CD by +3Db Records)
LEMUR - AIGEAN (CD by +3Db Records)
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new release by ANTBOY ...
ERNIE ALTHOFF
"CLOUR CHART"
Eighteen electrically-powered kinetic music machine solos
Antboy10 - Limited Edition CDR
Duration: 55' 32"
Limited edition, Ernie Althoff homemade cover, each different - 10 euros
I'm always aware that I hear a much richer sound-world from my music machines than a live audience does, due mainly to proximity and an often uninterrupted listening space. On this CD, I am trying to share that richness through careful, close-miked recordings of solo devices.
Most of the sounding materials (and the beaters) are home-made or simple found objects. Knurled rollers rotate inside the opposite ends of a horizontally suspended bamboo tube. Table-tennis balls spun by a rotating T-arm structure bash against tubular vertical aluminium tines. Plastic detergent bottles strike a table-tennis ball pendulum as they rotate on a turntable platter. Flexible leather discs strum the two wire strings of a large tambura-like instrument.
The machines fall into two categories: those powered by small, high- speed DC motors, and those using the AC motors in record players (and occasionally just their motors), cassette players and a muscle-relaxant vibrator. They can also be separated into those which play continual textural frequency bands, and those which play erratic and unpredictable 'melodies' of pitched material. With installations and in concert, the compositional challenge is deciding which melodies complement each other, and which textures can underpin them. In this context, each machine is allowed to reveal its individual sonic complexity.
For me, it's the resulting sound palette that is of primary interest. The mechanics is just a necessary means of getting there – master one, and you have access to the other.
Ernie Althoff - 2010
http://antboymusic.com/site.php?go=antboy10erniealthoff
PLEASE NOTE ANTBOY HAS VERY LIMITED COPIES OF THIS DISC, NO SALES TO DISTRIBUTORS, SORRY!
ERNIE ALTHOFF
"CLOUR CHART"
Eighteen electrically-powered kinetic music machine solos
Antboy10 - Limited Edition CDR
Duration: 55' 32"
Limited edition, Ernie Althoff homemade cover, each different - 10 euros
I'm always aware that I hear a much richer sound-world from my music machines than a live audience does, due mainly to proximity and an often uninterrupted listening space. On this CD, I am trying to share that richness through careful, close-miked recordings of solo devices.
Most of the sounding materials (and the beaters) are home-made or simple found objects. Knurled rollers rotate inside the opposite ends of a horizontally suspended bamboo tube. Table-tennis balls spun by a rotating T-arm structure bash against tubular vertical aluminium tines. Plastic detergent bottles strike a table-tennis ball pendulum as they rotate on a turntable platter. Flexible leather discs strum the two wire strings of a large tambura-like instrument.
The machines fall into two categories: those powered by small, high- speed DC motors, and those using the AC motors in record players (and occasionally just their motors), cassette players and a muscle-relaxant vibrator. They can also be separated into those which play continual textural frequency bands, and those which play erratic and unpredictable 'melodies' of pitched material. With installations and in concert, the compositional challenge is deciding which melodies complement each other, and which textures can underpin them. In this context, each machine is allowed to reveal its individual sonic complexity.
For me, it's the resulting sound palette that is of primary interest. The mechanics is just a necessary means of getting there – master one, and you have access to the other.
Ernie Althoff - 2010
http://antboymusic.com/site.php?go=antboy10erniealthoff
PLEASE NOTE ANTBOY HAS VERY LIMITED COPIES OF THIS DISC, NO SALES TO DISTRIBUTORS, SORRY!
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splityourwig
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Re: Forthcoming releases of note
Organized Music from Thessaloniki:
This Autumn
Syndromes - Temporary Perspectives CD
Ferran Fages, Robin Hayward, Nikos Veliotis CD
AK 7''
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splityourwig wrote:Organized Music from Thessaloniki:
This Autumn
Syndromes - Temporary Perspectives CD
Ferran Fages, Robin Hayward, Nikos Veliotis CD
AK 7''
totally psyched about these
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mega ghost
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i believe no one has metioned this yet but the guy that used to run Qbico started a new label called Sagittarius A-Star and the first 3 releases seem very interesting (i was able to score a ultra-limited version of the Sun Ra LP):
FATHER YOD and THE SPIRIT OF '76 (SAGITTARIUS A-STAR #01) 180gr. black & silver vinyl, ltd ed 200 copies
THE PHILL MUSRA GROUP- The Creator is so far out (SAGITTARIUS A-STAR #02) 180gr. black vinyl, ltd ed 200 copies
SUN RA & his ETHNIC STRUCTURAL COSMO ARKESTRA- Live at Red Creek, Rochester, NY (SAGITTARIUS A-STAR #03) 180gr. black vinyl, with insert; ltd ed 200 copies
FATHER YOD and THE SPIRIT OF '76 (SAGITTARIUS A-STAR #01) 180gr. black & silver vinyl, ltd ed 200 copies
THE PHILL MUSRA GROUP- The Creator is so far out (SAGITTARIUS A-STAR #02) 180gr. black vinyl, ltd ed 200 copies
SUN RA & his ETHNIC STRUCTURAL COSMO ARKESTRA- Live at Red Creek, Rochester, NY (SAGITTARIUS A-STAR #03) 180gr. black vinyl, with insert; ltd ed 200 copies
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Huge Apple Records re-issue campaign starting October 25, including Badfinger, Billy Preston, Radha Krishna Temple, MJQ, John Tavener and a CD of all those weird singles that used to fascinate me when I read the Apple Discography when I was a kid. Finally I can get to hear what "The King of Fuh" sounds like, not to mention Hot Chocolate's version of "Give Peace A Chance". Yes, that Hot Chocolate.
http://www.applerecords.com
http://www.applerecords.com
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sin asunto | cs187
Jason Kahn - amplified percussion
Vincent Millioud - violin
Bo Wiget - cello
Christian Weber - contrabass
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on isounderscore:
upcoming:
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[iso_10] rale "some kissed charms that would not protect them" lp
[iso_11] oscillating innards "irretrievable: mmii-mmviii" 2x75cs
[iso_12] infinite body lp
[iso_13] nicholas szczepanik lp
[iso_15] concern lp
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upcoming:
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[iso_10] rale "some kissed charms that would not protect them" lp
[iso_11] oscillating innards "irretrievable: mmii-mmviii" 2x75cs
[iso_12] infinite body lp
[iso_13] nicholas szczepanik lp
[iso_15] concern lp
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on Ghost & Son:
GHOST2
Choi Joonyong "Burn Yoido Burn" mini cdr
edition of 72
http://www.ghostandson.com
GHOST2
Choi Joonyong "Burn Yoido Burn" mini cdr
edition of 72
http://www.ghostandson.com
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Hehe, that's a great title (Yoido is the financial district, and Joonyong works in banking...)
You, of all people, should understand
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Bill Dixon - The Complete Remastered Recordings on Black Saint & Soul Note (9-CD Box includes Bill Dixon in Italy 1 & 2, November 1981, Thoughts, Son of Sisyphus, Vade Mecum, Vade Mecum 2, Papyrus 1 & 2 )
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Jesus, despite having all of those on vinyl, I might have to spring for this.tadk wrote:Bill Dixon - The Complete Remastered Recordings on Black Saint & Soul Note (9-CD Box includes Bill Dixon in Italy 1 & 2, November 1981, Thoughts, Son of Sisyphus, Vade Mecum, Vade Mecum 2, Papyrus 1 & 2 )
http://crowwithnomouth.wordpress.com/
Experimental music should be something that suggests a way of organizing your thinking, your attitude toward the world, which suggests that the world could be different.
Christian Wolff 2014
Experimental music should be something that suggests a way of organizing your thinking, your attitude toward the world, which suggests that the world could be different.
Christian Wolff 2014