Forthcoming releases of note

[Yii]

Phosphor II
Burkhard Beins (percussion, objects, small electrics), Axel D rner (trumpet, electronics),
Robin Hayward (tuba), Annette Krebs (guitar, objects, electronics, tape),
Andrea Neumann (inside-piano, mixing board),
Michael Renkel (prepared acoustic nylon string guitar via computer),
Ignaz Schick (turntable, objects, bows).
Recorded at Berlin in september 2006. (Potlatch P109)

Phosphor (first CD released in 2002 on Potlatch too) is a Berliner septet, one of the rare groups of this size to be specialized in sparse improvisation mixing acoustic and electronic sounds.

Finally …

[free math]

that the neil box is for hardcore fans only is kind of a given -- it's a 10-disc box set, and not even aiming to be a career overview. i've only heard the CD content, but what it seems they're trying to do is present a mix of album tracks and unreleased/alternate/live versions, balancing the period's best material, some curiosity pieces, and some representative live shows. personally, i'm almost never going to listen to harvest from front to back anymore, but there is some good, even great stuff there that belongs in the scope of the period. there is some pretty bad music in there, but neil has long been a warts-and-all kinda guy. the sound quality even on the cd version is a boon, and i didn't spend $300 on it but from an audio only preview it seems well done. and honestly, i can't see myself sitting down in front of the TV to listen to music.

[jcg]

Phosphor II
Burkhard Beins (percussion, objects, small electrics), Axel D rner (trumpet, electronics),
Robin Hayward (tuba), Annette Krebs (guitar, objects, electronics, tape),
Andrea Neumann (inside-piano, mixing board),
Michael Renkel (prepared acoustic nylon string guitar via computer),
Ignaz Schick (turntable, objects, bows).
Recorded at Berlin in september 2006. (Potlatch P109)

Phosphor (first CD released in 2002 on Potlatch too) is a Berliner septet, one of the rare groups of this size to be specialized in sparse improvisation mixing acoustic and electronic sounds.

Finally …

Listening to that RIGHT NOW! Collective improv at its best, focused, nuanced, well-paced, in a word: EXCELLENT!

[jon abbey]

I have to admit that I'm looking forward way more to the discs which cover the period after Harvest as it's undoubtably his most interesting output. Especially what he digs up from around Tonight's the Night - the greatest album ever made!

that should be out around 2022 at this pace.

[Yii]

two reissues of japanese free jazz records from doubt music

Itaru Oki / Phantom Note

Itaru Oki (trumpet), Yoshiaki Fujikawa (alto sax), Keiki Midorikawa (cello, bass, piano), Gozo Yoshimasu (ptery reading on 5).

We are very glad to inform that a long time out of printed OFF BEAT label LP is reprinted on CD. Itaru Oki visited Paris, France in the 70s and when he came back to Japan temporarily in '75, he organized a elite free jazz troop and recorded in studio. "Phantom Note" is his 3rd album, more straight, heavier and flamed out free jazz than experimental music part of his 1st "Satsujin Kyoshitsu (Murder Class)" or 2nd "Shirasagi (Egret)". Especially, the tune called 'Kodai Tenmondai (Ancient Observatory)' which Gozo Yoshimasu read his poet has a vigorous voice and playing, and it will move your heart surely. The masterpiece on '75 in Japan

1. A Black Iron Cat Mask (4:25)
2. The Cats of Rue Saint Denis (9:59)
3. Escargot (8:10)
4. Smily Nanri-san (6:32)
5. Kodai-tenmondai -- Ancient Observatory (9:12)
6. Caesar and Capone (5:57)


Keiki Midorikawa / Complete Grüne Revolution

Keiki Midorikawa（cello, bass）、Masahiko Togashi（percussion, drums）、Masayuki Takayanagi（guitar）、Masahiko Sato（piano）.
recorded on January 16, 1976 at Nichi-futsu kaikan, Tokyo
concert produced by Teruto Soejima, Keiki Midorikawa
"Beyond description", 4th date of 'Inspiration & Power vol.2'

The original LP of this work has duo with Takayanagi on A side and duo with Sato on B side. But in the concert, Midorikawa played duo with Togashi about 40 minutes, afterward he played duo with Takayanagi and with Sato both about 20 minutes actually. It didn't include Togashi duo on the original LP. This time doubtmusic found a tape of Midorikawa - Togashi duo, 2CD set convey all performance that day as a complete version. The tapes which are used on those CDs are different from the original master tape, and we re-mastered them, so the quality is higher than the original LP.
Midorikawa's free improvisation that playing duo with each Togashi, Takayanagi, Sato is inventive and in consequence, each music is very beautiful. Those music are prime free-jazz that quietness and intensity seem like spindrift.

disc 1
1. Midorikawa - Togashi duo (previously unreleased) / Dichorragia nesimachus (41:00)

disc 2
1. Midorikawa - Takayanagi duo / An die Prinzessin die aus dem Maulbeerbaum geboren wurde (19:15)
2. Midorikawa - Sato duo / Der Todeskampf am Maderospatch (20:25)

[Salty Swift]

I have to admit that I'm looking forward way more to the discs which cover the period after Harvest as it's undoubtably his most interesting output. Especially what he digs up from around Tonight's the Night - the greatest album ever made!

that should be out around 2022 at this pace.

lol.....as a Canadian, I find this kind of commentary highly offensive

[Yii]

http://www.ftarri.com/ftarrilabel/999/index.html

[tadk]

Bureau B will reissue 20 SKY albums
http://www.bureau-b.com/

[tadk]

should be out next week
http://www.honestjons.com/shop.php?pid=34157

[hatta]

http://www.ftarri.com/ftarrilabel/999/index.html

Hurm, a wavering tone and a repeated single guitar note. We can only hope that persist for the entire 37'. I think I'd retract the horns. Based on these (admittedly short and mere mp3 quality) samples I think the Hitorri release sounds more promising:

Naoaki Miyamoto Me no Tawamure
http://www.ftarri.com/hitorri/999/index.html

Some nice bits of bell like feedback there.

[jon abbey]

I'm hoping to bring those two IMJ titles back with me next week, we'll see.

[tadk]

Almost out

http://www.japanimprov.com/indies/alche ... dan30.html

The releasing of a 30-cd set is an idea I can hardly comprehend. Is anybody able to listen to it properly?

[jcg]

Almost out

http://www.japanimprov.com/indies/alche ... dan30.html

The releasing of a 30-cd set is an idea I can hardly comprehend. Is anybody able to listen to it properly?

Obviously this is not for "anybody" (i.e. the casual fan) but still you're right, a 30-CD box is quite something...

I think it has to do with the more or less recent tendency toward trying to make available "definitive archive material". You know when you feel safe and confortable, owning the "must have", the "real deal", the "good stuff": crucial, rare, previously unreleased and/or of better sound quality that those losy files on blogs. Also the sense of "music history" associated with attractive packaging and the pressure to buy it fast (that's a 500 copies edition after all) apparently make compelling consumer goods...

It only took a few months for the Incapacitants box to sell out at the source (still available through many distros) and I overheard that Lasse Marhaug was planning to release another massive box documenting 90's cassette works by Government Alpha (possibly a rumour). Really curious to see how fast this Hijokaidan thing goes... Merzbox excepted I can't think of a larger box set. It even beats Sun Ra's Complete Detroit Jazz Center Residency (28-CD)!!!

Maybe Mr. Skrobek is thinking of buying this monster? If so please write something about it!

[Jacques Oger]

polwechsel tilbury

two short extracts can be listened there :
http://grisli.canalblog.com/

[marsop]

Hi,

Phosphor II is highly recommanded by le son du grisli, the review by Guillaume Tarche to be published soon.

Then, have an ear too at the second "le son du grisli sampler", download it for free here :
http://grisli.canalblog.com/archives/20 ... 99219.html

thanks / cheers

[jkudler]

It only took a few months for the Incapacitants box to sell out at the source (still available through many distros) and I overheard that Lasse Marhaug was planning to release another massive box documenting 90's cassette works by Government Alpha (possibly a rumour). Really curious to see how fast this Hijokaidan thing goes... Merzbox excepted I can't think of a larger box set. It even beats Sun Ra's Complete Detroit Jazz Center Residency (28-CD)!!

dude, tv pow put out a 50-cd spindle. they even sold a few, i heard!

[jcg]

It only took a few months for the Incapacitants box to sell out at the source (still available through many distros) and I overheard that Lasse Marhaug was planning to release another massive box documenting 90's cassette works by Government Alpha (possibly a rumour). Really curious to see how fast this Hijokaidan thing goes... Merzbox excepted I can't think of a larger box set. It even beats Sun Ra's Complete Detroit Jazz Center Residency (28-CD)!!

dude, tv pow put out a 50-cd spindle. they even sold a few, i heard!

Wow, I didn't know that. I thought those kinds of crazy boxes were mostly intended to classical music maniacs. For example the complete works of Bach is a 155 CD box set... Mozart is... 170!!!

Pretty cheap at less than a dollar per CD : http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000BLI3K2/

[AlbionMoonlight]

The issue with those composed music boxsets (Mozart, Bach, etc) is you are buying 100 CDs of one particular conductor/arranger and it could be really hit-and-miss. For me, it has been better to fill in collections with performances I enjoy rather than throwing collections on the shelf wholesale. There are a few exceptions (Fitzwilliam Quartet's recording of the Shostakovich string quartets comes to mind), but most are scattershot compendiums--in my experience, particularly when Bach is represented.

[hatta]

The issue with those composed music boxsets (Mozart, Bach, etc) is you are buying 100 CDs of one particular conductor/arranger and it could be really hit-and-miss.

Actually this is almost never the case. Usually a budget label gets access to a catalog from one or more labels and they cobble together a complete set. They'll do some recordings if they need to, and some will focus on things like Bach's Cantatas and such with one ensemble, and perhaps they'll group things like symphonies or string quartets from one ensemble if they can, but for the most part that are a hodgepodge.

[AlbionMoonlight]

The collections I've come in contact with at university libraries (They usually have these sets to fill in collection gaps) have been fairly disappointing. Comparing a "Complete Bach Cantata" set selection to any Cantata by a conductor such as Philippe Herreweghe, and one realizes that quantity pales to quality. Perhaps I should have merely stated that one searches out his/her favorite renditions as opposed to letting a massive box-set do it for you.