mercoledì 31 agosto 2016

Matana Roberts (2011) Coin Coin Chapter One: Gens De Couleur Libres


9 luglio 2010, Montreal (Canada): un pubblico che non supera le trenta unità per la performance di Matana Roberts, sassofonista nata a Chicago (Illinois) protagonista di una rinascita culturale dell'arte dell'improvvisazione e punta di diamante del jazz moderno.
Evocando la forza e l'energia di John Coltrane, Anthony Braxton e Don Cherry e altresì accogliendo le pulsioni contemporanee dei Godspeed You! Black Emperor, l'artista ha evoluto forme e tecniche sperimentali superando le perplessità suscitate dall'esordio "Chicago Project".

Anni di ricerca e studi sul rapporto culturale tra musica e storia della creatività umana, attraverso oggetti e racconti capaci di edificare una storia geologica e antropologica degli africani in America, rendono "Coin Coin Charter One: Les Gens De Coleur Libres" l'album più interessante e intenso della sua carriera discografica.
Matana Roberts ha impresso nelle otto tracce tutte le ambizioni musicali e narrative, realizzando un album spirituale che amplifica il concetto di world music finora conosciuto.

Storie e personaggi che animano un impressionante viaggio liberatorio, la musica si evolve dalla rabbia di "Rise" alla consapevolezza di "I Am", forgiando nuovi canti di libertà ("Libation For Mr. Brown: Bid Em In...") e coscienza sociale ("How Much Would You Cost?").
Musica priva di compromessi, un linguaggio sonoro apparentemente asciutto e ostico, che si trasforma in un racconto intimo e sofferente nella tormentata nenia vocale di "Lulla/bye" e sfronda la prevedibilità di molta musica free-jazz nella già citata e superba "Rise".

Matana Roberts è affascinata non solo dalle tracce reali di una storia, ma anche dai fantasmi che ne evocano il tono leggendario, ancestrale e magico. "Kersaia" non è solo una celebrazione della storia e della cultura africana; mentre le ossessive e deliziose trame sonore si diluiscono con malsano torpore, le voci sembrano sbucare dal passato, come anime che si raccolgono sulla terra per raccontarci una verità troppo presto dimenticata.

Storie di dolore espresse con dignità ("Song For Eulalie"), ma anche con disperazione in "Pov Piti", uno straziante jazz-blues torturato dal violino, con il sax che racconta lo sgomento di un orfano che ha perso i genitori per colpa della febbre gialla.
Matana Roberts realizza il suo grande sogno di musicista, ovvero rappresentare l'antropologia del dolore e della breve felicità che accompagna la storia di un popolo schiavizzato. La musica di "Coin Coin Charter One: Les Gens De Coleur Libres" è solo a tratti prevedibile e consueta, lo spirito e la forza narrativa contengono tracce rilevanti di inventiva, conoscenza, rabbia e vulnerabilità umana con un gusto che nessun altro album del genere saprà darvi.
Lode alla Costellation per aver impresso coraggio e innovazione alla musica jazz con alcune opere (Colin Stetson) capaci di riconciliare il pubblico della musica con un genere spesso considerato solo per addetti.

Recensione di Gianfranco Marmoro del 29/06/2011

Artist: Matana Roberts
Title: Coin Coin Chapter One: Gens De Couleur Libres
Label: Constellation - CST079-2
Format: CD, Album
Country: Canada
Released: 10 May 2011
Genre: Jazz, Rock, World Music, Folk
Style: Free jazz, Avant-garde Jazz

Songs:
1. rise
2. pov piti
3. song for eulalie
4. kersaia
5. libation for Mr. Brown: Bid em in...
6. lulla/bye
7. i am
8. how much would you cost?

Credits:
Matana Roberts: reeds/voice
Gitanjali Jain: voice
David Ryshpan: piano/organ
Nicolas Caloia: cello
Ellwood Epps: trumpet
Brian Lipson: bass trumpet
Fred Bazil: tenor sax
Jason Sharp: baritone sax
Hraïr Hratchian: doudouk
Xarah Dion: prepared guitar
Marie Davidson: violin
Josh Zubot: violin
Lisa Gamble: musical saw
Thierry Amar: bass
Jonah Fortune: bass
David Payant: drums/vibes

Note:
Recorded in front of a live audience at the Hotel2Tango studio in Montreal, 9 July 2010.
Recorded and mixed by Radwan Moumneh. Mastered by Harris Newman.





Matana Roberts (2011) Coin Coin Chapter One: Gens De Couleur Libres

sabato 27 agosto 2016

Iwase Shunji & Haga Takao (1980) Kaiki


Artist: Iwase Shunji & Haga Takao
Title: Kaiki
Label: Not On Label - THIS-0100
Format: Vinyl, LP
Country: Japan
Released: 1980
Genre: Jazz, Non-Music
Style: Free Jazz, Free Improvisation

Songs:
A1 Part 1 23:32
B1 Part 2 24:19

Members:
Iwase Shunji - Upright Piano, Pianica
Takao Haga - Alto Saxophone, Soprano Saxophone, Clarinet, Recorders, Harmonica, Bells

Note:
Recorded at Goodman by Yukio Kojima on March 24, 1979

Manufactured by Kojima Recordings, Inc. - LM-1131

Edition of 100 copies

Iwase Shunji & Haga Takao (1980) Kaiki

Takao Haga & Osamu Yamaguchi (1977) Tidal Wave


Artist: Takao Haga & Osamu Yamaguchi
Title: Tidal Wave
Label: Mide Records - Mide 001
Format: Vinyl, LP
Country: Japan
Released: 1977
Genre: Jazz
Style: Free Improvisation

Songs:
A Tidal Wave (Part 1) 29:30
B Tidal Wave (Part 2) 29:30

Members:
Takao Haga - Alto Saxophone
Osamu Yamaguchi - Drums, Bells

Note:
Recorded 20 November 1977.

Manufactured by Kojima Recordings, Inc. - LM-1069

Photography by Tetsuo Takahashi

Takao Haga & Osamu Yamaguchi (1977) Tidal Wave

mercoledì 24 agosto 2016

Mal Waldron (1970) Spanish Bitch


Artist: Mal Waldron
Title: Spanish Bitch
Label: Globe - SMJX-10113
Format: Vinyl, LP, Album
Country: Japan
Released: 1970
Genre: Jazz
Style: Post Bop, Modal

Songs:
A1 Spanish Bitch [13:45]
A2 Eleanor Rigby [6:32] (written by Lennon - McCartney)
B1 Black Chant [10:39]
B2 All That Funk [10:32]

Members:
Isla Eckinger - Bass
Fred Braceful - Drums
Mal Waldron - Piano

Note:
Kurt Rapp - Engineer
Manfred Eicher - Producer

Recorded in Ludwigsburg, West Germany, September 18, 1970.

Recorded for ECM, but only released in Japan on Globe label.
Comes in a gatefold cover with obi strip, and insert.

Manufactured By Victor Company Of Japan, Ltd.


Mal Waldron (1970) Spanish Bitch

mercoledì 17 agosto 2016

Sonic Youth / Jim O'Rourke (1998) Invito Al Cielo [EP, SYR 3]


Artist: Sonic Youth / Jim O'Rourke
Title: Invito Al Ĉielo
Label: Sonic Youth RecordsSYR 3
Series: Perspectives Musicales - SYR 3
Format: CD, EP
Country: US
Released: 02 Mar 1998
Genre: Rock
Style: Noise, Avantgarde, Experimental

Songs:
1 Invito Al Ĉielo [20:54]
2 Hungara Vivo [6:17]
3 Radio-Amatoroj [29:21]

Info:
The third SYR release documents Sonic Youth's first collaboration with Jim O'Rourke.

Sonic Youth / Jim O'Rourke (1998) Invito Al Ĉielo [EP, SYR 3]

martedì 16 agosto 2016

Bitch Magnet (2011) Bitch Magnet [Box 3 CD]


Temporary Residence Ltd. is proud to present the remastered and repackaged reissue of the legendary Bitch Magnet's seminal and critically acclaimed three albums - Star Booty, Umber, andBen Hur. The deluxe 3xLP or 3xCD package include all three albums, plus more than a half dozen rare and previously unreleased tracks, a total of 34 songs, remastered from the original, restored analog master tapes. Bitch Magnet was formed at Oberlin College in 1986. Immediately following the release of its debut Star Booty in 1988, the band garnered rapturous reviews and established itself among the top-tier of America's independent music underground. The band's reputation continued to grow with tours of the US and Europe, and the subsequent releases of Umber (prominently included by Mojo on its list of "Lost Albums You Must Own") in 1989 and Ben Hur in 1990. The latter two have been frequently cited as a key inspiration for what would become known as "post-rock," a term that baffled and amused the members of Bitch Magnet when it first surfaced, and still does today. Along with their contemporaries in Slint, in the years following their breakup, Bitch Magnet has been recognized as a significant influence on generations of aggressive and musically complex bands, including Don Caballero, Mogwai, Rodan, June of 44 and Battles.

Artist: Bitch Magnet
Title: Bitch Magnet
Label: Temporary Residence LimitedTRR150
Format: 3 × CD, Remastered, Compilation
Country: US
Released: 2011
Genre: Rock
Style: Post Rock, Math Rock, Indie Rock

TRACK LISTING:

CD 1 - STAR BOOTY +:

01. Punch and Judy (Alternate Version)
02. Joan of Arc (Alternate Version)
03. Big Pining (Alternate Version)
04. Joyless Street (Alternate Version)
05. Sadie (Alternate Version)
06. Carnation
07. C Word
08. Sea of Pearls
09. Hatpins
10. Knucklehead
11. Circle K
12. Polio
13. Cantaloupe

CD 2 - UMBER +:

01. Motor
02. Navajo Ace
03. Clay
04. Joan of Arc
05. Douglas Leader
06. Goat-Legged Country God
07. Big Pining
08. Joyless Street
09. Punch and Judy
10. Americruiser
11. Motor (Alternate Mix)

CD 3 - BEN HUR +:

01. Dragoon
02. Valmead
03. Ducks and Drakes
04. Mesentery
05. Lookin' At The Devil
06. Gator
07, Spite y Malice
08. Crescent
09. White Piece of Bread
10. Sadie

Members:
David Galt - guitar
David Grubbs - guitar (Bastro, Bitch Magnet, Boxhead Ensemble, Codeine, Gastr Del Sol, Parallax Ensemble, Red Krayola, Squirrel Bait, Wingdale Community Singers)
Jon Fine - guitar
Orestes Delatorre - drums
Orestes Morfin - drums
Sooyoung Park - bass, vocals

Notes:
Nel Box i 3 CD sono messi nell'ordine Ben Hur / Umber / Star Booty, che personalmente lo trovo un ordine completamente errato, quindi ho preferito inserirli nell'ordine cronologico d'uscita dei tre titoli.




lunedì 15 agosto 2016

David Grubbs (2016) Prismrose


Artist: David Grubbs
Title: Prismrose
Label: Blue Chopsticks - BC28
Format: CD, Album
Country: US
Released: 13 May 2016
Genre: Jazz, Rock
Style: Free Improvisation, Indie Rock

Songs:
1 How To Hear What's Less Than Meets The Ear [11:03]
2 Cheery Eh [1:15]
3 Learned Astronomer [1:43]
4 Manifesto In Clear Language [8:30]
5 Nightfall In The Covered Cage [5:06]
6 The Bonsai Waterfall [3:58]

Note:
Drums, Percussion – Eli Keszler (tracks: 1, 2, 6)
Electric Guitar – David Grubbs (Bastro, Bitch Magnet, Boxhead Ensemble, Codeine, Gastr Del Sol, Parallax Ensemble, Red Krayola, Squirrel Bait, Wingdale Community Singers)
Recorded at the Seaside Lounge, Brooklyn November 2014 - July 2015.
"Cheery Eh" is from Guillame de Machhaut's Messe de Nostre Dame.
Lyrics for "Learned Astronomer" adapted from " When I Heard The Learn'd Astronomer" by Walt Whitman.


David Grubbs (2016) Prismrose

mercoledì 10 agosto 2016


World's End Girlfriend (2002) Dream's End Come True


Artist: World's End Girlfriend
Title: Dream's End Come True
Label: Midi Creative / Noble - CXCA-1118
Format: CD, Album
Country: Japan
Released: 05 Dec 2002
Genre: Electronic
Style: Abstract, Downtempo

Songs:
1 Singing Under The Rainbow [8:52]
2 Caroling Hellwalker [8:46]
3 All Imperfect Love Song [25:35]
4 Wonderland Falling Tomorrow [7:08]


World's End Girlfriend (2002) Dream's End Come True

lunedì 8 agosto 2016

The Ex (1991) The 6 Series [Box Set]


Artist: The Ex & Brader Mûsîkî & Various With Herr Seele & Kamagurka
Title: The 6 Series: 6.1 - 6.6
Label: Ex Records - 6.1/6.2/6.3/6.4/6.5/6.6
Series: The Ex 6 Series - 6.1/6.2/6.3/6.4/6.5/6.6 [Box Set]
Format: Box Set 6 × Vinyl, 7", 45 RPM, Single
Vinyl, 12", 45 RPM, EP
Country: Netherlands
Released: 1991
Genre: Rock
Style: Punk, Avantgarde

Songs:
6.1
A Slimy Toad    
B Jake's Cake    
6.2
C Millîtan    
D Çemê Rynê    
6.3
E Hidegen Fujnák A Szelek   
F1 She Said    
F2 She Said (Live)    
6.4 - Bimhuis 29/06/91: 6.4¹ & 6.4²
G A Pretty Cattle Office    
H Shopping Street    
I Wolter 'n' Andy    
J Kat 'n' Ab    
6.5: This Song Is In English
K This Song Is In English
L Dit Lied Is In 't Engels
6.6
M Euroconfusion    
N A Bird In The Hand    


The Ex (1991) The 6 Series