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Hi,
Before we go any further, I think it's important to note the death of an extremely significant figure in avant-garde music and rock who died on December 17 after a very long illness. Don Vliet, aka Don Van Vliet aka Captain Beefheart died of complications from multiple sclerosis at a hospital in Northern California. He leaves behind an extremely significant body of work which will be influencial and avant-garde for many years to come, I think. 45 years after his first recordings, no one *really* sounds like him. Rest in Peace, Captain Beefheart. You will be remembered by many. Here's what has come in in the last week - either new releases or restockings of items that have been unavailable: Daevid Allen/Divided Alien Playbax-Live at the Mistake, Volume 1 $9.00 (special) I saw Daevid on this tour and it was really great. When the new wave of rock had pretty much killed off the styles of music he had done previously, using tape loops and playing live guitar and singing over it, he pulled a fresh rabbit out of his hat. It's a bit rough-hewn and DIY-ish and also pretty excellent overall. This is a live document of that tour. Limited edition of 1,000 copies! [Voiceprint] http://www.waysidemusic.com/ Daevid Allen/Divided Alien Playbax-Live at the Mistake, Volume 2 $9.00 (special) I saw Daevid on this tour and it was really great. When the new wave of rock had pretty much killed off the styles of music he had done previously, using tape loops and playing live guitar and singing over it, he pulled a fresh rabbit out of his hat. It's a bit rough-hewn and DIY-ish and also pretty excellent overall. This is a live document of that tour. Limited edition of 1,000 copies! [Voiceprint] http://www.waysidemusic.com/ Various Artists-Angola Soundtrack: The Unique Sound Of Luanda 1968-1976 $24.00 "The nascent Angolan music scene was set on fire by a small group of intrepid singers, backed by an array of super-tight bands and led by extraordinary guitarists who revolutionized the musical and the political panorama of the '60s and '70s. A powerful confluence of traditional rhythms from Luanda's islands, psychedelic guitar sounds imported from neighboring Congo, Latin grooves, old school Caribbean merengue and the hard beat of the Angolan carnival bands conspired to create the modern music of Angola. These sounds were immortalized by two excellent recording companies -- Fadiang (Fábrica De Discos Angolano) and Valentim de Carvalho. The great electric bands of Angola were a well-kept secret until the late '90s when France-based music label Buda Musique released a short-lived series of Angolan music compiled by Ariel de Bigault. Inspired and taken aback, the releases proved to be a pivotal juncture for Analog Africa's founder Samy Ben Redjeb. From the nine Analog Africa releases thus far, Angola Soundtrack has been the most difficult to create. The travel visa was in itself a struggle and logistically and financially, Luanda is a nightmare. After two unsuccessful years, Samy eventually found shelter at a home in Prenda, a musseque (township) outside of the capital. With the support of Zé Keno, the legendary guitarist of Jovens Do Prenda, he managed to meet most of the composers of the tunes presented here. The anecdotes they provided are numerous. Boto Trindade, guitarist of Os Bongos, abandoned his dream of becoming a football player to support his brother's family by earning money as a musician. A very young Zé Keno went to see his favorite guitarist Marito performing with Os Kiezos and consequently built a three-stringed guitar only to become one of the most sought-after guitarists in the country a mere few years later. Those are just an appetizing dose of the anecdotes presented in the 44-page booklet that comes with this compilation. Angolan music is truly unique and stands on its own as a sound that can only be found in that part of the world. Rhythms such rebita, kazucuta, semba and merengue, all of which are presented in this latest compilation, might be unfamiliar, but they are superbly melodic, highly danceable, hypnotic, raw and quintessentially beautiful and totally addictive." [Analog Africa] http://waysidemusic.com/Music- Arrigo Barnabe-Arrigo Barnabe & Orquestra a Base de Sopro de Curitiba NTSC (all region) DVD $20.00 Well, I must've been awfully good this year for Santa to have brought me this! Arrigo Barnabe is a Brazilian bandleader and composer who released 3-4 real classic out-rock albums in the 1980s that were comparable in some ways to Albert Marcoeur's first four. They were reissued on CD a few years ago, but are now long out of print as the label went bust. We've carried his stuff as we can, but he's woefully obscure outside of Brazil and probably woefully obscure within Brazil as well. So, finding a professionally filmed, great sounding DVD featuring a 16 piece band with conductor, 3 female vocalists and Arrigo himself doing vocals is beyond an amazing treat for me. Like Albert, if you don't speak the language, you are obviously missing a lot and unlike Albert and French, I can't even pretend to speak Portugese. But the unbelievable musicianship all comes through, even if you can't quite understand what he is saying while the three singers shimmy and prance around in their heels and respond to his cajoling (I should also note that like Albert, he really can't 'sing', but his vocalizing is completely integral to the music). This is just amazing; it even includes some of his best work (including Clara Crocodilo). Recommended as strongly as it is possible for me to do... [DPR] http://www.waysidemusic.com/ Chick Corea Elektric Band-Live at Montreux 2004 PAL (all region) DVD $8.00 (special) "Chick Corea has been the most important Jazz Musician since Miles Davis, and this DVD shows that he still is just that. Joining Chick are all 4 original members of the Elektric Band. Each memeber of the Elektric band is quite possibly the best performer at his instrument. Eric Marienthal is a great sax player and performs at a top level during this whole set. John Patitucci is an amazing bass player. His standard fingering bass technique is nothing short of greatness; His phrasing and playing on this show that. Dave Weckl is one of the best drummers on the planet and has been for decades. His playing on this DVD is a must hear for drummers. He has taken his virtuosity to a new level. Frank Gambale is one of the best Fusion guitarists alive. His sweep picking technique has been a major influence on guitarists since the mid 1980's and he is spellbinding to hear. Together, they are the most talented group of musicians touring together on the planet. I have never seen a better band.(Some on the same level, but none better) During the 80's/90s this group recorded 4 great Cds together and I saw all of those tours. The decade between those cds and "To The Stars" didn't do anything to their compositions, telepathic interplay, virtuosity or live performance. This DVD captures the band at their most incredible state yet.The DVD is quality with good camera work and sound. The performance totals over 2 1/2 hours! The concert is in two parts. The first part is a live version of the "Two The Stars" CD. Like all other CCEB tours, the music is taken to greater heights. The band improvises greatly and on "Check Blast", "Mistress Luck", and "The Long Passage" the band takes turns amazing the audience and each other. All members of the band applaud for each other and Chick has a smile that shows he knows that something special happens when he is playing with these guys. They even do an extended acoustic version of "Alan Corday" which is amazing. I found "To The Stars" to be a good but not great Corea effort. This version is as amazing as anything that they have ever done. The band then takes a break. As great as the first part of the concert is, the second part is unreal. The band performs music from their 80's/90's tours. "CTA" is a Jimmy Heath song that the CCEB have been covering for years and have played during these last reunion tours nightly. This song is unbelievable. Each member of the band takes a solo spot. It is during this set that Dave Weckl takes his drumming to a new level. "Eternal Child" is from the "Eye of the Beholder" Cd. Once again, the band takes a compostion that I found to be good on Cd and make it great live. The whole band improvises again, and Gambale, Patitucci, and Marienthal are all incredible. ("Not shabby" in the words of Corea) 'Got A Match?' has always been a concert favorite and this version is awe inspiring. Chick starts out by trading be-bop lines with the audience. Then a great be-bop/jazz incluenced melody is played and improvised over. The whole band's virtuosity is taken to new levels. Most notable is John Patitucci's bass work. He never stops his "walking" bass and his solo is incredible. I am glad that Chick was able to get him for this gig. Chick, Marienthal and Gambale all add their own solos and then Chick trades fours with Dave Weckl. There has always been a special level of interplay between these two. They team up, yet again, to inspire each other and the audience. There is a flurry of unison lines by all and then the song ends. This tune is JAZZ fusion and an acoustic version would be amazing. All of Chick's years studying be-bop and jazz come out on this masterpiece. The DVD price is paid in full by this song alone. The first encore is "Spain". "Spain" has been a Corea concert staple for decades. The intro, based on the adagio movement from the "concierto de aranjuez"(Rodrigo), is improvised by both Corea and Patitucci. There are definite classical overtones during this part of the song. During the actual song, Marienthal and Gambale provide solos that are short, well phrased and virtuostic. Weckl closes it out with his typical brilliance. "Blue Miles" is the closer and the band shows some bluesy influences in the main theme. All performers do their thing again and then the show is over. To sum it up; This is the DVD that Fusion fans have been dreaming of and is now a reality. You will never buy a better Jazz/Rock/Fusion DVD based on Talent of the band. If you are a fan of any of these 5, then you'll want this immediately. As individuals, each member is an absolute revelation on his instrument and as a group this is a truly timeless perfomance. Buy it now."-Jeff Arenson [Eagle] http://www.waysidemusic.com/ Wolfgang Dauner/Et Cetera-Knirsch $16.00 Finally, finally, FINALLY back in stock! This is the first time that this long unavailable album, originally released in 1972 has been released on CD. It's really quite a supergroup of (mostly German) jazz and jazz/rock personnel: Wolfgang Dauner-keyboards, electronics, Larry Coryell-guitar, Günter Lenz-bass, Jon Hiseman-drums and Fred Braceful-drums. There's a lot of that early fusion sound, but there's also that typical 'out' thang that only the Germans seemed to be able to do. Fans of 70s jazz/rock and also of the more jazz/rock aspects of the German/Krautrock scene need to hear this! [HGBS] http://www.waysidemusic.com/ Al Di Meola/Jean-Luc Ponty/Stanley Clarke-Live At Montreaux 1994 PAL (all region) DVD $8.00 (special) Monster price on this document of a true 'monsters of fusion' summit meeting! "Stars in their own right, Al, Stanley and Jean-Luc reach new levels of virtuosity as a trio. The concert features highlights from their individual careers plus many tracks that would feature on the trios The Rite of Strings album released the following year." [Eagle] http://www.waysidemusic.com/ Nick Drake-Family Tree $6.00 (special) Very posthumous release by this genuis folkie with the wonderful voice and great guitarwork. Nick was possibly the greatest of the many great modern folkies who worked with Joe Boyd/Witchseason Productions/Island Records (John Martyn, Richard Thompson, etc). He released 3 really great albums and then he died (of probable, but not definite suicide) in 1974. Every great artist will eventually get a 'bits and bobs and scraps' album after they die and Nick was undoubtably a great artist and he left us with such a small catalog that anything is welcome. Having said that, this is very early material and is mostly covers of folk material written by other artists and recorded very early, before he had a 'career', or even his own voice, in 1967/68 and is for the already commited. Not so familiar with him? Start with Pink Moon or Bryter Later. Already know his work and love it? This is for you. Good notes and etc. included. [Island] http://www.waysidemusic.com/ Gila-Gila $24.00 "2010 repress on CD. Reissue of the first (of two) LPs by this Krautrock group, featuring Conny Veit (pre-Popol Vuh). New digipak edition, with small fold-out poster inside of what is sometimes referred to as the Free Electric Sound album. Drifty, blasted psychedelic rock with electronic effects, tabla, and Eastern exotica piled on. Recorded in Cologne in 1971 (released by BASF), and certainly superior to their follow up from '73, Bury My Heart At Wounded Knee, which was more of Popol Vuh-offshoot. This is one of the classic Krautrock albums, a flowing, conceptual masterpiece.""2010 repress on CD. Reissue of the first (of two) LPs by this Krautrock group, featuring Conny Veit (pre-Popol Vuh). New digipak edition, with small fold-out poster inside of what is sometimes referred to as the Free Electric Sound album. Drifty, blasted psychedelic rock with electronic effects, tabla, and Eastern exotica piled on. Recorded in Cologne in 1971 (released by BASF), and certainly superior to their follow up from '73, Bury My Heart At Wounded Knee, which was more of Popol Vuh-offshoot. This is one of the classic Krautrock albums, a flowing, conceptual masterpiece." [Second Battle] http://waysidemusic.com/Music- The Jimi Hendrix Experience-Electric Ladyland (remastered) CD + NTSC (all region) DVD $8.00 (special) The Experience may have gone out in a mess, but their final release was also Jimi's last basically perfect studio work (and also the last he finished while alive). Electric Ladyland is a huge, sprawling ambitious work which covers a lot of stylistic ground...and it all works! There are a number of reasons why, 40 years after his death, he is still remembered as a master. And here is one of them! This has the original, conmplete double album, remastered by Eddie Kramer and George Marino as well as a very good 'making of' documentary about the album and about Jimi, all packaged in a gorgeous double digipack with a booklet that includes notes and a number of great photos. It also has a pretty big cut through the package, which won't stop you from enjoying this unbelievably great set. [Experience Hendrix] http://www.waysidemusic.com/ Grannie-Grannie $21.00 "One of the least-heard but most beguiling albums to emerge from the British progressive rock era, the sole, self-titled LP by East London band Grannie was recorded at a demo studio in late 1971 and then issued on vinyl in a total pressing of just 99 copies. Feverishly sought-after by genre aficionados since its belated discovery in the early 1990s (Record Collector magazine included it in their list of the '100 Most Valuable Records of All Time'), Grannie now gains its first-ever official reissue. With quotes from drummer John Clark and keyboardist John Stevenson that tell the story of both band and album for the first time, this is the definitive release of one of the most valuable jewels of the early 1970s British progressive rock scene." [Wooden Hill] http://waysidemusic.com/Music- Kaizers Orchkestra-Ompa Til Du Dor $9.00 (special) Great, unique and pretty damn cool Norwegian group who are apparently quite well known and loved in their own country and pretty well unknown outside of it. They use elements of Eastern European music along with Beefhearty rhythms (as later borrowed and interpreted by Tom Waits) and a sonic pallete that includes instrumentaiton like vocals, guitar, bass and drums but that also heavily features pump organ & accordion). The final result is like a Tom Waits-influenced Hory Kone/ Alamaailman Vasarat. This was their first album, but their sound is firmly in place even here. My favorite quote about them was this one: "Lead singer Janove Ottesen sounds like the Cramps' Lux Interior devouring Cab Calloway". [National] http://www.waysidemusic.com/ Kaizers Orchkestra-Evig Pint $9.00 (special) Great, unique and pretty damn cool Norwegian group who are apparently quite well known and loved in their own country and pretty well unknown outside of it. They use elements of Eastern European music along with Beefhearty rhythms (as later borrowed and interpreted by Tom Waits) and a sonic pallete that includes instrumentaiton like vocals, guitar, bass and drums but that also heavily features pump organ & accordion). The final result is like a Tom Waits-influenced Hory Kone/ Alamaailman Vasarat. This was their second album. "Norwegian sextet Kaizers Orchestra reside in the gray area between Scandinavian death metal, traditional folk, and Tom Waits-inspired Tin Pan Alley pop. Their second full-length, Evig Pint, is the soundtrack to a nightmarish carousel that refuses to let off its 12 terrified children. Those 12 tracks are fueled by a sinister pump organ, alley-can drums, and a brutal horn section that sound like a klezmer group on the banks of the river Styx. Vocalist Janove Ottesen sounds like a man possessed. His ability to go from a gentle Thom Yorke whisper to a full-throated Apache war cry is jarring -- you can hear the spit flying from his jowls on the terrific opener "Di Grind." Kaizers Orchestra, renowned for their cathartic live shows, have managed to create a record that balances the production with the off-the-cuff intensity that so many bands fail to capture in the studio. Each time the organ begins to pulse it's the air in-between the notes that sets your hairs on end, a trick that's used frequently but effectively on Evig Pint. When the band tones down the cacophony, like on the hypnotic "Min Kvite Russer," it's not so much a reduction in fury as it is a beast in a different body. That all of the lyrics are in Norwegian matters little, as Ottesen's inflections are more than successful at getting his point across, resulting in a record that should have no problem connecting to -- and will most likely succeed in converting -- the masses on a global level."-James Christopher Monger/All Music Guide [Farmens] http://www.waysidemusic.com/ Jean Louis-Morse $17.00 The second album by this great, surprising, energetic, unknown and totally great French trio. Why did they choose the name "Jean Louis", when no one in the band has that name? I can't tell you. I can tell you that the band consists of Aymeric Avice : trumpet, slide trumpet, Joachim Florent : double bass, guitar, Francesco Pastacaldi : drums, and Aymeric uses many boxes and devices on his horn, giving him a sound way, way beyond a trumpet/bass/drums trio sound - veering into smeary electronics with tasteful noise elements added, while Joachim and and Francesco play a hard-driving beat that still remains 'jazz'. Is it jazz? Is it jazz-rock? Is it electronica-jazz? I dunno, but it stomps and rocks and swings and takes no prisoners and you should definitely check it out. Their first album was one of the great 'out of nowhere' releases of the last few years and this second is possibly even better and adds some new elements to the mix. This comes in a great package; a little, silk-screened metal film cannister, ala PIL's "Metal Box", but CD-sized! Highly recommended. You can hear their music here:http://www.myspace.com/ http://www.waysidemusic.com/ Getachew Mekuria/The Ex & Guests-Moa Anbessa $17.00 Getachew is *the* sax voice of Ethiopian music of the 70s. His collaboration with art-punkers The Ex is everything you would hope for it to be. This album is the ultimate in hyped up, smeary art rock meets the great, swinging sound of Ethiopian music from the 70s. Highly recommended personally; the great parts of this are so great it makes me hurt! "73-year old Ethiopian tenor saxophone legend steps out with Dutch avant-punks with new arrangements of classic Ethiopian tunes. Fiery stuff as he records for the first time in years and The Ex trod some new ground too with guest horn section. Smokin'!" "Background: The Ex heard Getachew on a re-issue disc of Ethiopian music and loved his sound. So for their 25th anniversary concert, they contacted him to see if he would participate. Getachew, though in his 70's agreed without hesitation to come from Ethiopia to Holland. From there, the collaboration resulted in this album which is a mix of studio and live tracks. I saw this group at Lincoln Center Outdoors in NYC and it was a very mixed crowd. There were obviously people from two distinct camps - those that love Ethiopian and "world" (as stupid as that term is) music and those that hail from a punk/alternative camp. But when the group played, everyone responded immediately in their own way. For good reason - it's a surprisingly successful blend of styles. Most of the melodies are Getachew's with some help from The Ex. But The Ex (with guests) bring a VERY European punk/avant-jazz sensibility to the table and prove themselves equals in the bargain. The melodies are at once stomping, blusterly, joyous, wistful, searching, and triumphant. They are buoyed by a group that is clearly inspired and respectful of working with such a legend. You get the sense that no one wants to own the spotlight and that the song is real master. Every song has such a rollicking, propulsive feel to it, they are incredibly memorable. I feel lucky to have seen them live. We are all lucky to have this record of their incredible collaboration."-Benjamin Reid [Terp] http://www.waysidemusic.com/ My Solid Ground - My Solid Ground $24.00 "2010 repress on CD. First legit reissue of this 1971 Krautrock album, recorded in Köln and issued on Bacillus at the time. Includes 6 bonus rehearsal tracks from 1970 plus an unreleased 25 minute version of "Flash". A couple of tracks like the massive 13-minute opening "Dirty Yellow Mist" and "The Executioner" reveal the secrets of early 70s psych/rock as well as anything to be named, w/ monotonous, spacey riffing grinding into the third mind zone. "My Solid Ground's first and only record presented the full atmosphere of psychedelia -- sometimes aggressive, sometimes melancholy. Superb guitars, hypnotical voices and classical keyboards recall Pink Floyd or Group 1850 at its best." [Second Battle] http://waysidemusic.com/Music- Omar Rodriguez-Lopez-Si Dice Bisonte No Bufalo $6.00 (special) Third solo album by the instrumental force behind Mars Volta, this is the most 'band-sounding' solo album he's done so far, with most of Mars Volta appearing on it somewhere. "...Rodriguez-Lopez occasionally leaves the major label budget behind for some home recordings like the ones on his latest solo offering, Se Dice Bisonte, No Bùfalo, one of four albums recorded while visiting Amsterdam in 2005. Fortunately handed-over with no over-arching themes or alienating concepts or questionable Mars Volta artwork (other than the once again possibility of being a soundtrack), his third album under solely his name is an intriguing affair of mid-fi Latin-jazz-grounded psyche-rock that vastly improves on the foundation laid with A Manual Dexterity. The regular cast of characters remains involved: Cedric Bixler-Zavala’s high-pitched croon is utilized on three of the tracks (exceptionally on “Rapid Fire Tollbooth,” haphazardly on “La Tirania de la Tradiciòn”), Volta contributors Juan Alderete de la Peña, Marcel Rodriguez-Lopez and Jon Theodore all chip in, and of course the now expected two-cents from John Frusciante and Money Mark. All the musicians involved sound very much attuned to each other and provide ample palettes for Omar to riff and wail and rip over with his so ably proficient electric guitar. After two doodling ambient pieces (the kind that made up the majority of A Manual Dexterity), the first proper tune is “Rapid Fire Tollbooth,” a patient psyche-funk number narrated by Bixler-Zavala that should have been what the Mars Volta was doing all this time. With Bixler-Zavala’s unearthly, echoing yelps undercut by drowned soprano sax flourishes, Rodriguez-Lopez first riffs with consciously sloppy wah-wah funk before releasing the kind of finger-bleeding solo that has instigated so many Santana parallels. A slightly more developed ambient piece bridges into the title track, a slowly blossoming song of Latin-jazz piano, mindedly eased electric guitar and un-enunciated vocals from Bixler-Zavala. It mostly sounds like a Tremulant cast-off, which is absolutely a compliment. Another continuously developed ambient number (a pattern is appearing) before we get to the original studio version of “Please Heat This Eventually,” a limited-edition 12-inch collaboration with Can’s Damo Suzuki from earlier this year. Though Suzuki’s growling vocals aren’t included on this version, Money Mark’s Joe Zawinul impression accentuating the urgent, exuberant piece certainly takes it to a new, welcomed dimension. In between the culmination of this every-other-track-pattern of slow-burning, ambient pieces, “Lurking About in a Cold Sweat (Held Together by Venom),” and the questionable psychedelic-punk of “La Tirania de la Tradiciòn,” is my favorite number, “Boiling Death Request a Body to Rest Its Head On.” Like a b-side to Love Devotion Surrender, Rodriguez-Lopez submerges his guitar in watery effects-pedals and lets Adrian Terrazas Gonzales wail on an equally recordingly-restrained soprano saxophone in a Pharoah Sanders-spiritual-jazz manner. With the light percussion and just right marriage of pedals and distortion, it’s the Latin-psyche-jazz excursion I have always hoped for from Rodriguez-Lopez."-Audiversity. http://www.waysidemusic.com/ Satanique Samba Trio-Bad Trip Simulator #2 $17.00 Third album by this wild Brazilian band who jump across multiple genres as if they were cracks in the sidewalk of Naked City. Pretty impressive. Note that this album is short, but there's enough going on in the music that you won't feel cheated! "Bad Trip Simulator #2 is the third CD by the brazilian quintet Satanique Samba Trio. Their line up is made of guitar, cavaquinho (a small acoustic guitar, typical of samba), bass, drums and trumpet with additional instruments and some guests. Satanique Samba Trio comes back with their mix of brazilian music with metal, rock and avant-garde jazz, creating a surreal new music. I imagined them as the brazilian version of Naked City, having short compositions with a huge amount of styles, where all are put together with very high doses of energy." [SST] http://www.waysidemusic.com/ Bob Smith-The Visit $18.00 "Recorded in Los Angeles over four months in 1970, this double album is one of the most personal and involving statements to have emerged from California's psychedelic underground. Backed by a fine band including Daryl Dragon (later to find fame as half of The Captain & Tennille) and Frank Zappa sideman Don Preston, Smith shows himself to have been a remarkably wide-ranging and appealing songwriter. This timely CD reissue comes complete with liner notes, filling in the background to the album." [Relics] http://waysidemusic.com/Music- John Sund & Acoustic Sense-Absorbtion $17.00 Classy, interesting and even beautiful release by Danish guitarist and composer Sund. Jazz/world music is a great idea and genre filled with some really lame groups doing pretty much new age prettiness with little real content. Acoustic Sense are one of the best of the genre that I can think of. Conditionally highly recommended. "Acoustic Sense has thrilled many audiences far and wide with their atmospheric, imaginative and colourful music, and the orchestra do also stand apart with their uncommon line-up, consisting of a world/jazz guitarist, a classical cellist (who is a genuine improviser), a jazz bassist and an African percussionist. John Sund formed Acoustic Sense in 2001, together with cello player John Ehde, bassist Morten Lundsby and percussionist Ayi Solomon. Acoustic Sense' music can be difficult to attach with a label, but to categorize it as World/Jazz, would properly be the closest one gets, but even better would it be, to describe it as original music, with its own personal and unique style, emerging from composer John Sund’s lifelong experience with all kinds of musical styles and combinations." [Gateway Music] http://www.waysidemusic.com/ Uz Jsme Doma/Psi Vojaci/MCH Band/Pavel Fajt-10 Days That Shook Japan PAL (all region) DVD $18.00 There's this thing that Uz Jsme Doma like to do called "Czech Music on the Road". What that means is that they like tour with other, usually (much) lesser known Czech acts in countries outside of eastern Europe, to expose the public to the music of the Czech Republic. In December, 2008, UJD and 3 other acts (including the legendary MCH Band and doubly legendary experimental percussionist Pavel) toured Japan for 10 days. This DVD is actually two DVDs in one. There is a 40' documentary film with English subtitles about the tour and the idea of Czech Music on the Road in Japan; what the musicians we thinking and feeling during this tour and was the Japanese reaction to these musicians. More importantly for most of the people we hope to sell this to, there is two hours of live footage, recorded live in Tokyo, including a great UJD set (but they are always great, aren't they?). [Indies] http://www.waysidemusic.com/ Doc Watson-At Gerdes Folk City $6.00 (special) Doc Watson with just an acoustic guitar and his voice, captured very early in his career in 1962-63. This is great American roots music, pure and simple. "In recent years Doc Watson, whose contributions to American roots music have few equals, has often sounded tired and distracted, his infrequent latter-day recordings hardly among his most inspired. But if Watson's best work appears to be in his past, this marvelous disc documents what a glorious past that was. Here, at the initiation of his career as a solo artist, Watson is bursting with energy and high spirits as he tears into songs, ballads, blues, and instrumentals, all of which he makes distinctly his own. His picking is clean and warm, his vocals clear and affecting. He takes on, in order, such varied material as the comic folk song "Sing Song Kitty," the gothic Child ballad "The House Carpenter," and the rip-roaring fiddle tune "Liberty" and does justice to each. Clearly, long before he became a star of the folk revival, Watson was a natural-born performer. If Ralph Stanley has eclipsed him as the most visible and revered exponent of traditional Appalachian music, this splendid CD shows us that, when he is at his best, Watson is every bit as good."-Jerome Clark [Vanguard] http://www.waysidemusic.com/ ------------------------------ Please note: If there are no quotes around the description, that means that we wrote it and you should not use this description without attribution. If there are quotes without attribution, that means that we took the description from the hypesheet/publicity for the release. All other quoted descriptions are attributed. You can order these & many many other items from our on-line store at: http://www.waysidemusic.com You can also fax in your order : (301) 589-1819 or mail in your order to: Wayside Music - P.O. Box 8427 - Silver Spring, MD 20907 - USA We accept cash, checks/moneyorders (as long as they are in US funds payable through a US bank), Discover, Visa and MasterCard credit cards as well as PayPal. ------ Recent reviews (or recently *discovered* reviews) of Cuneiform artists and titles (in English only): MICROSCOPIC SEPTET It's not a review, but we are proud and happy to report that The Micros' "Friday the Thirteenth" album is the #3 jazz album in the USA according to the CMJ jazz charts! ------ You can always see which of our artists are on tour and get the links to the venues at: http://www.cuneiformrecords. or http://my.calendars.net/ ------ AHLEUCHATISTAS December 18 - Sinister Noise - Rome, Italy December 19 - Centro di Aggregazione - Catanzaro, Italy December 21 - vintola18 - bolzano, italy December 22 - Clandestino - Faenza, Italy ALGERNON March 18 - Empty Bottle - 1035 North Western Ave - Chicago, IL (with Roomate) BIRDSONGS OF THE MESOZOIC March 22 - David Friend Recital Hall - Berklee School of Music - 921 Boylston Street - Boston, MA LED BIB February 28 - Purcell Room - London, UK (record release show) March 2 - The Harley - Sheffield, UK March 3 - The Spin Off - Leeds, UK March 4 – The Kazimier - Liverpool, UK March 5 - Voodoo Rooms - Edinburgh, UK March 6 - Centre for Contemporary Arts - Glasgow, Scotland, UK March 9 - Dempsey's - Cardiff, Wales, UK March 26 - Gateshead Jazz Festival - UK RICHARD PINHAS February 8 - Renne, France POSITIVE CATASTROPHE January 16 - Jazz Gallery - 290 Hudson St. - NYC, NY - 3:30 pm workshop, 5:00 pm open rehearsal, 7:30 pm performance January 21 - Issue Project Room - 232 Third Street, Third Floor - Brooklyn, NY - 8:30 pm February 19 - Jazz Gallery - 290 Hudson St. - NYC, NY - 3:30 pm workshop, 5:00 pm open rehearsal, 9:00 and 10:30 pm performance ZEVIOUS huge entire USA tour (well, they may have to skip Boise) - mid March - mid April, 2011. watch for more info here as we get it CUNEIFORM CURATES THE STONE I was very, very pleased to be contacted by John Zorn and offered the opportunity to book his amazing music space "The Stone" for two weeks in November. The Stone is a great listening space with good sound, comfortable chairs and great music six nights per week (they are closed on Mondays). There are two separate shows per night with a different act at each show and a separate admission to each show. Every cent of your admission money goes to the artists. Watch this space for updates to the schedule: The Stone - 16 Avenue C (the corner of Avenue C and Second Street) - NYC, NY 10009 So far confirmed are: Jason Adasiewicz's Rolldown, The Claudia Quintet, Gutbucket, Hamster Theatre, Radio Massacre International, Thinking Plague; more to be added! ------ To see Artist News by musicians who have recorded for Cuneiform - provided to us by the musicians themselves and updated every four months, go to: http://www.cuneiformrecords. ------ Rest in Peace: James Moody (great saxist - one of the last of the original beboppers, whose music moved all the way into the present day) Wooly Wolstenholme (the original member and the mellotron player for Barclay James Harvest; an architect of their sound) ------ Thank you! -Coming Soon (or not soon, but eventually, so please be patient!)- (For updates of new items in stock, watch these mailings or check the NEW ARRIVALS section!) : PETER BAUMAN- Romance '76 -Transharmonic Nights (available again for the 1st time in many, many years) SERGE BRINGOLF/STRAVE-Strave (great, fairly obscure zeuhl/jazz-rock album from 1980 from France by a large ensemble. I consider this one of the treasures of French zeuhl and it's really underknown and appreciated. Being reissued by Soleil Zeuhl, of course and if you don't know this one, you are really in for a treat!) CALOMITO-Cane di Schiena CASSIBER (box set with a live DVD as well as unreleased material on CD along with the four albums we already know and love) CHEER-ACCIDENT-No Ifs, Ands or Dogs (album #17 - what more need be said?) FACTOR BURZACO-II (new album on AltrOck) FAR CORNER #3 GÖSTA BERLINGS SAGA (album #3) GUTBUCKET-Flock (album #5) LED BIB-Bring Your Own (album #5) THE MUFFINS-Palindrome (3rd new studio album since their 90s reformation!) RICHARD PINHAS + MERZBOW-Rhizome Live in the USA PLANETA IMAGINARIO-Optical Delusions (wonderfull 3rd album by this great Catalan jazz/rock band. Warm melodies, Canterbury-styled jazz/rock rhythm section and tasteful large band arrangements, all recorded by Bob Drake for a great, live ensemble feel and sound. Religiious de Frederico-Faskner (odd name, but amazing band from Brazil) WADADA LEO SMITH/ORGANIC-Heart's Reflection (new studio album by Wadada's extraordinary 4 guitar band!) SOFT MACHINE LEGACY-Relegation of Pluto/Live in Germany JOHN SURMAN-Flashpoint: NDR Jazz Workshop 1969 CD + DVD (amazing, clear and crisp, black and white footage of John Surman with a ten piece band (Malcolm Griffiths, Alan Jackson, Erich Kleinschuster , Harry Miller, Mike Osborne, Fritz Pauer, Ronnie Scott, Alan Skidmore, Kenny Wheeler)in April, 1969. One of the most amazing documents of Brit jazz in its late 60s prime ever! This will blow minds.) VAN DER GRAAF GENERATOR-A Grounding in Numbers (3rd album since their 00's reformation!) IF you'd like to view previous New In stock Announcements, they can be found here: http://ymlp102.net/archive_ |
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Below are five new Cuneiform releases as well as a reprint of a classic title that has been unavailable for a number of years, which are not going to be generally released for another 5 weeks, but which you can buy directly from us now. Our releases are available from us to our direct mail customers several weeks before they are generally released or available from other sources. We spend a small fortune on our releases and your direct purchase from us via Wayside Music helps us tremendously and is *extremely* important to our being able to continue our work and our release schedule. Thank you for your interest and support of our work. Carlo De Rosa's Cross-Fade-Brain Dance $15.00 "I liked what I heard. Great writing and ensemble playing. Deep thoughtful solos." – Jack DeJohnette. Proficient, creative, a first-call, in-demand bassist, Carlo De Rosa has earned a reputation of very high standards. As a composer and band-leader of the quartet Cross-Fade, he also has very high standards, but outside of New York City clubs, this work has not been widely recognized. Brain Dance is set to remedy that situation! Cross-Fade is a band of top-drawer musicians. In addition to Carlos' work on bass, the band features the constantly inventive saxophone work of Mark Shim, who released three albums on Blue Note and who plays here with a an amazing fire and fervor, playing fast and intricate melodic lines as if cutting butter. Drummer Justin Brown is the youngest member of the group and the least known at this time, but his playing here is agile, assured and quite mind-boggling. Pianist Vijay Iyer should need no introduction; he is the rising young piano star of jazz today. Iyer was named the 2010 Musician of the Year by the Jazz Journalists Association and he is up for a Grammy in February for 'best instrumental jazz album'. These are obviously all great players, but great players deserve great material and one of the notable things about Brain Dance is the writing. The compositions give the players malleable material with which to work with; there's plenty of thematic material, but also plenty of room for them to add their individuality. The end result is greater than even the sum of their musical talents and the compositions. The music constantly moves between the modern, avant-garde and electric jazz worlds, never standing still, but taking the most interesting and attractive elements of these worlds and combining them into a new whole. For the listener who appreciates modern, cutting-edge jazz as well as cutting-edge jazz/rock, this album will be a hugely enjoyable musical revelation! You can hear a track from the album here: http://www.cuneiformrecords. http://www.waysidemusic.com/ Gutbucket-Flock $15.00 “Forcing a conversation between punk, funk and free jazz for saxophone, guitar, bass and drums.” - The New York Times “A classic case of a band that defies categorization.” – The Washington Post What happens when you take four highly opinionated, strong-willed and creative composer/musicians and put them in a band together? You might have a volatile problem on your hand...or else you have Gutbucket. From the beginning Gutbucket has had no single bandleader; the result has been an expansive yet unified and recognizable group sound. With Flock, the group's fifth release, the twelve year-old Brooklyn-based quartet push their composer-driven, art-rock-tainted chamber jazz into new terrain. The group attacks their jazz with the ferocity usually reserved for punk. Their music is filled with layers of mature arrangements and a full-throttle blend of energy, chops, melody, intricacy and noise. From the beginning, Gutbucket’s music challenged New York’s downtown norm – “a no-holds-barred approach to the jazz-rock paradigm” (The New York Times, 2010) – bringing a completely unique, road-tested performance and a sound that tilted much further towards rock than many of its jazz contemporaries. Gutbucket’s brand of jazz continues to have its signature biting edge, cunning sense of humor and appreciation for the loud and theatrical. Improvisations are woven seamlessly and sometimes unexpectedly into the band’s growing repertoire, and each composer in the group has developed an individual voice that simultaneously supports the collective. Flock cements Gutbucket’s sound – still wearing the indie rock influences on its sleeve, but delving deeply into all four members’ work as individual composers, assimilating contemporary classical, free jazz, mathy art rock, and more. Audibly, Gutbucket learned from its decade of record-making and has produced its most ambitious disc yet. The band has produced a CD that is hard-hitting yet nuanced, with a new sonic and compositional breadth. Gutbucket’s imagination is in full bloom on Flock; the band sounds exactly like itself: immediate, ferocious, ambitious and inviting. During their dozen year ride, Gutbucket has brought its “impressive balance of passionate lyricism and pummeling angularity” (Time Out New York) to festivals, clubs and concert halls in 33 US states and 19 countries. All of this work and energy and power has been harnessed on Flock, the latest in their series of impressive albums! You can hear a track from the album here: http://www.cuneiformrecords. [Cuneiform] http://www.waysidemusic.com/ Led Bib-Bring Your Own $15.00 "This is the sound of a band having fun… like a hot chainsaw through butter." – The Wire "One of the UK’s most adventurous groups" – Jazzwise "You’ll be hard pressed to keep the lid on this explosive tour de force of ensemble intelligence" – The Independent "Rarely have two saxes, keyboard, bass and drums sounded so dangerous yet so compelling" – Observer Music Monthly "It’s exuberant, intense, varied and exciting." – BBC Music Magazine " …a masterpiece of musical foreboding" – The Metro "...like a gale of fresh air" -– The Guardian A tremendously popular act at home in the UK, their last album, Sensible Shoes (their first with Cuneiform) was a 2009 'Album of the Year' winner with the prestigious Mercury Prize. They regularly play large-scale festivals and concert halls in the UK as well as festivals and shows elsewhere in Europe. So, in the wake of the huge press attention lavished on them due to the Mercury, and having appeared on UK's Channel 4 News, performing their version of the theme music to literally millions in front of the telly, did the mighty Bib decide to tone it down? Turn it back a notch? Definitely not. If anything, Bring Your Own contains some of their hardest rocking material to date, mixing the full throated cry of the dual saxes over loudly amplified Fender Rhodes and heavy bass and drums. Those familiar with the Led Bib sound will recognize the trademark hooky melodies and idiosyncratic improvisation on this album. The raw energy and style remains, but it has never sounded so confident or accomplished, so genre-crossing and definition-defying. Here eastern melodies tumble into rock and roll grooves, there jazz phrases open up pastoral overtures, and elsewhere crescendos rise and disappear into whirring kraut-rock wormholes. I don't want to play up the association too much because Led Bib absolutely have their own sound, but their alto sax/Fender Rhodes/bass/drums sound will bring to mind the classic Soft Machine sound updated 40 years and with a big dollop of punk/jazz. The group has been playing together for over 7 years – and it shows. There’s an electricity here, a ‘group mind’ built out of a confidence in each of the member’s playing that means risks can be taken and their unique sound world cracked open and reassembled time and time again. The band has come a long way from their humble beginnings as Holub’s college music project! Led Bib were formed in 2003 and have had the same formation since their beginnings; Mark Holub, drums; Liran Donin, bass; Toby McLaren; Rhodes and Chris Williams and Pete Grogan, alto sax. You can hear a track from the album here: http://www.cuneiformrecords. http://www.waysidemusic.com/ Planeta Imaginario-Optical Delusions $15.00 As long-time fans of the 'Canterbury School' style of jazz/rock, a very appealing, very English, sometimes slightly whimsical blend of electric jazz with complex rock have sadly learned, this style and sound is rarely invoked nowadays. Planeta Imaginario are a creative and extraordinary six piece Spanish jazz/rock band that take some of the best influences from Canterbury School music and blend it with an original, very Mediterranean feel for a music that is strongly their own but that is also redolent of 40 years of creative work in bringing jazz and rock together. To get an idea of what Optical Delusions has to offer, think of a great rhythm section of keyboards (Hammond organ, Fender Rhodes piano, acoustic piano, synths), electric bass and drums, influenced by creative rock bands like The Muffins, Hatfield, Caravan, National Health. Be sure to make note of the fact that the keyboardist is a excellent writer and arranger. Now add three fine jazz musicians on trombone, trumpet and alto, soprano and baritone saxophones, as well as guests on additional saxes, flute and French horn. Give all the musicians great tunes to play and don't forget to throw in a little dollop of weirdness to keep everything just a little bit off the (well) beaten track. This scenario is what you have on Optical Delusions. I would not have expected that best current exponents of that great Canterbury sound would be a group of musicians from Barcelona, the heart of Spain's Catalan region, but expectations are made to be destroyed and Optical Delusions will utterly destroy you! "From this album's earliest jittery unison lines and rocked up beats, this Spanish post fusion band sets the genre clock back to the 70's. Funny thing is, with its ensemble moxie and personal peculiarities, Planeta Imaginario wins expressive points in a style we might have given up for dead or irrelevant. The charm is in the details and the quirks.... It reminds us of what was lacking in much fusion of old: a sense of humour on the cultural playground. Could it be that fusion is ripe for a renaissance? Maybe musical models such as this one-from unexpected corners, globally and stylistically, will hasten a reconsideration of fusion's early demise." – Josef Woodard, Jazziz, July/August 2008. You can hear a track from the album here: http://www.cuneiformrecords. [Cuneiform] http://www.waysidemusic.com/ John Surman-Flashpoint: NDR Jazz Workshop – April, '69 CD + NSTC (all region) DVD $21.00 For nearly 45 years, John Surman has been one of England's best known modern jazz musicians. His career began in the late 60s as both a sideman and a leader with such notable greats as John McLaughlin, Chris McGregor's Brotherhood of Breath, Terje Rypdal, Mike Westbrook, Chick Corea and many others. He began working with the ECM label in the late 1970s where he has released a string of fine work to this day. Every period of his career is filled with highlights, which is why Cuneiform is exceedingly proud to release for the first time ever this amazing document of the late 60s 'Brit-jazz' scene. The NDR Jazz Workshop was a weekly show featuring all manner of jazzmen of the day. The taping of this NDR show was around the same time as Surman was recording his second album as a leader, How Many Clouds Can You See, so this is a unique chance to get an expanded view of his formative work as a leader and also at the early work of his musical compatriots who appear with him here. For this occasion, Surman led a ten-piece ensemble featuring the cream of modern British jazz players: John Surman - soprano and baritone sax, Kenny Wheeler - trumpet and flugelhorn, Alan Skidmore - tenor sax and flute, Ronnie Scott - tenor sax, Mike Osborne - alto sax, Malcolm Griffiths - trombone, Harry Miller - bass and Alan Jackson - drums, as well as two Austrian musicians, Fritz Pauer - piano and Erich Kleinschuster - trombone. Heard and seen on Flashpoint for the very first time since the original broadcast over 40 years ago are five great peformances, including two excellent Surman compositions that he never recorded elsewhere. High quality audio recordings from these musicians from this period are quite rare and video footage is basically non-existent. Captured in crisp, clear black and white footage and in excellent mono sound, this release is a exceptional and hugely important document that will blow the minds of Brit-jazz fans and will open the ears, eyes and minds of those who don't know the great and distinctive work of these fine musicians! You can hear a track from the album here: http://www.cuneiformrecords. [Cuneiform] http://www.waysidemusic.com/ Richard Pinhas-L'Ethique $15.00 During a fairly incredible 7 year run that began in the mid 1970s, Richard Pinhas released a large string of influencial albums; 7 by Heldon and 5 under his own name, all of which attempted in one way or another to meld (avant-garde) rock music with electronics. L'Ethique was his final release of that 12, recorded in 1981 and originally released in 1982. It was his final solo album before his musical retirement throughout the 1980s and it's one of his great 'classic period' works. It also features the only studio recordings by the short-lived Richard Pinhas Band. This group featured a great cast of musicians who had all previously played in Magma: Clement Bailly (drums), Patrick Gauthier (synthesizer) (also of Heldon and Weidorje), Bernard Paganotti (bass) (also of Weidorje) and Richard on electronics, synthesizers and guitar. L'Ethique has been unavailable on CD for several years and with the huge interest in analog electronics and the early days of synthesis, Richard's career in general and the music of Magma, it was definitely time to make this available again. You can hear a track from the album here: http://www.cuneiformrecords. http://www.waysidemusic.com/ If you want to buy all five of our new releases, you can save $10.00 by buying them all at once in a bundle For the USA/Canada http://www.waysidemusic.com/ For outside the USA/Canada http://www.waysidemusic.com/ ------ Here's what has come in in the last week - either new releases or restockings of items that have been unavailable: The entire AMBIANCES MAGNETIQUES label is on sale! 40% off! The prices shown are the sale prices. While they last. http://www.waysidemusic.com/ Daevid Allen-Weird Biscuit Teatime $9.00 (special) "Weird Biscuit Teatime was recorded by a quartet featuring Gong' s Daevid Allen, Spirits Burning/Spaceship Eyes' Don Falcone, Michael Clare (of University of Errors) & Trey Sabetelli. A combination of instrumentals and songs, the first track, 'DJ Herbal Extract' an instrumental that features some great guitar work and sounds not unlike Daevid's work with University Of Errors. The album also includes the tracks Fashion Victim, Lavender and 'O Dear'. The mixture of songs and instrumentals gives the album a varied although consistent feel and is another album that will appeal to many fans of Daevid Allen." [Voiceprint] http://www.waysidemusic.com/ Pete Brown & the Interoceters-Live $8.00 (special) "I've been out of touch with Pete since his Harvest days. Didn't think he was around anymore. So, I was surprised to see this release. I bought it with minimum expectations and was amazed at how good he sounds. Pete's voice, singing, and style has really matured. The whole band is tight, and lively. The recording is excellent, having an intimate bar setting to it. With song selection, there are a few oldies (1000s on a raft, white room, politician, theme from...), but most seem newer. The music is bluesy, like Mick Abrahams, but much better! A must own cd from a still talented old codger."-Joseph L. Kolb [Mystic] http://www.waysidemusic.com/ Roger Chapman-One More Time for Peace (special) $8.00 "I'm rather surprised that I'm the first one to review and even rate this record. It has been the weekly tip on a large German newspaper about 3 months ago. They were really enthusiastic about it, and - against normal operation - I can confirm their judgement this time. This may well be Roger Chapman's best solo album, only slightly topped by his work with Family in the sixties on a few spots. Covers a big area of musical influences from folk, country, rock, and even contains a nice cover version of the traditional "Jerusalem". Roger Chapman's voice is not as exalted as it was in the past, but is nevertheless very much recognizable from it's unique sound. This record is definitly too good to get neglected the way it seems to be."-rateyourmusic.com "2007 studio album from one of the most powerful vocalists in Rock music. Chapman is best-known for his work with Family and the '70s R&B band Streetwalkers. In the pre-Punk era, Roger was an enormous cult figure on the British Rock scene, famed for his spectacular showmanship and soaring vibrato. John Peel, the evergreen Radio 1 DJ, vowed that he'd travel colossal distances to catch a Chapman gig. But in the late '70s/early '80s when '60s musicians were being indiscriminately pensioned off in this country, Roger poured his energies into performing abroad and thus becoming a Rock exile. Through talent and resilience, he rebuilt his career in Germany during the '80s, packing out venues, promoting a spate of successful albums..." [Mystic] http://www.waysidemusic.com/ Gordon Giltrap-Shining Morn $9.00 (special) As of this writing (12/2010), which is Gordon's brand new album, available in limited quantities at this special price. Many people rave about guitarists like Steve Hackett, Steve Howe and Anthony Phillips, but I think Gordon Giltrap is one of the most underrated British guitar players around. His technique on the acoustic guitar is quite unique and is probably of an even higher caliber as these aforementioned musicians together. During the seventies Giltrap stood in the spotlights of people who loved progressive rock music. I considered albums as Visionary (1976), Perilous Journey (1977), Fear Of The Dark (1978) and Peacock Party (1979) to be musical highlights on which he displayed his talents on both the electric and the acoustic guitar. The mostly instrumental tracks also contained some very tasteful keyboard work that was a treat for my ears. His music never got boring and the instrumental piece Heartsong from Perilous Journey even gave him a hit single in the U.K. However, owing to the rise of punk and new wave, many artists from that era fell into oblivion. Shining Morn is a brand new album that confirms anew why he’s an underrated musician. The 24 instrumental tracks show a real master on the electric and acoustic guitar. In the booklet it’s said that he used ten different guitars. Furthermore, of all performed songs a detailed story has been written by Mr. Giltrap himself. The music on Shining Morn is very interesting even if the pieces are mellow and slow. Thanks to the help of his musical friends he succeeds in keeping you focused on the music. The contribution of musicians on flute and violin lifts the music to an even higher level. Especially, the songs that contain flute playing made me think of the acoustic albums of Steve Hackett recorded with his brother John Hackett. Good examples are Simply Margaret and Joy Ride. On the final track, Giltrap plays together with Rick Wakeman who performs on the additional and extended version of the title track some acoustic piano. For people familiar with Giltrap’s older material it’s nice to know that he rearranged an old piece from his Peacock Party-album. He played Dodo’s Dream for years during live performances, so a new version of this piece is a perfect vehicle for trying some new devices like a Boss loop station and a Boss ME50 guitar effect device. Giltrap stated that he used no synthesizers on this track, but on some tracks he used a guitar synthesizer to get a richer sound. I found Shining Morn a very relaxing album which you should play to forget all about your daily stress. Just sit down on the couch with your partner, light some candles, enjoy a fine glass of wine and let the music do the rest. What else do we need…!"-Background [Floating World] http://www.waysidemusic.com/ The Gourishankar-2nd Hands $9.00 (special) "The Gourishankar are definitely a unique find. Hailing from the Ural Mountain region of Russia, this augmented quartet has produced what I consider a nearly overly ambitious release. For true prog fans, this disc has it all. Complex, shifting time signatures, long instrumental passages, and musical variety. Actually, there is so much musical variety that the band nearly loses their audience at times. They combine just about all the prog sub-genre's including fusion jazz, psychedelia, symphonic, art rock, folk, and a few others that probably haven't been defined yet. There is even a little synth pop mixed in with some occasional prog-metal riffs (very short lived for those that fear heavy minerals). However, they aren't just using a variety of styles just for the challenge of it. There is a purpose to their design to which the musical execution more than carries through. At times they can sound a little like Spock's Beard and at other times they can sound like Tiles, especially on 'Querr Forest'. Yet, even then, they mix in some synchopated reggae vocals (4min point). All in all, this is very adventurous progressive rock music. If you have an affinity for complex music, you'll greatly appreciate this release. There is enough variety to reward any prog rock fan and enough musical talent to reward any decerning music afficiado!"-D. Tonya [Unicorn] http://www.waysidemusic.com/ The Gouishankar-Close Grip $9.00 (special) "The music of the Gourishankar - is the music of northerners, who are living on the joint of Europe and Asia, near the Ural Mountains. The musicians of the band call their music "The music for mystical dancing in the opium saloons", Up to this day, the creativity of the Gourishankar is based on the progressive rock basis. The musicians experience life through unexpected enlightenments, reflection and meditation, spontaneous insights. In their music The Gourishankar are trying to unite the rationality and evolutionism of the West and Eastern mysticism and Spontaneity." [Unicorn] http://www.waysidemusic.com/ Hamadryad-Live in France 2006 $9.00 (special) "Hamadryad is a group of musicians all driven by the same passion: musical creation. Their music tastefully blends progressive and classic rock, with a touch of cinematic vision, taking the listener on a musical adventure. (In classical mythology, the Hamadryad was a wood nymph fabled to live and die with a tree to which she was attached. Her mission was to be the link between the mortal and immortal entities.) Hamadryad’s musical mission is to take their audience on a journey that transcends passing trends. In June 2007, Hamadryad released their first live album, the much anticipated “Live in France”. All the songs on this album were performed and recorded in August 2006, at the Crescendo festival in St-Palais-Sur-Mer, France." [Unicorn] http://www.waysidemusic.com/ Karcius-Kaleidoscope $9.00 (special) Their second album. "Karcius is an instrumental group aiming at playing a mix of progressive rock and fusion jazz music. Four instrumentalists created the band at spring 2001: Dominique Blouin on bass, Thomas Brodeur on drums, Simon L’Espérance on guitars and Mingan Sauriol on keyboards. The group objective is to develop different musical ideas and explore styles to generate a surprising and diversified music. The improvisation and written music stand side by side generating a unique and particular musical concept. Karcius invites you in its universe of rhythms, colours, images, emotions and ambiances." [Unicorn] http://www.waysidemusic.com/ Karcius-Sphere $9.00 (special) Their first album. "Exciting new band from Montreal. Karcius are an instrumental quartet blending progressive rock and fusion with an emphasis on the former. The music tends to balance guitars and keyboards with a little bit of a tilt in the favor of some gorgeous guitarwork. The main keyboard parts are piano and Fender Rhodes making the electric guitar really pop out - in fact certain parts down right shred. The rhythm section plays with a lot of intensity - particularly the fretless bassist. If you took Liquid Tension Experiment and amped up the prog and jazz elements you've got a inkling of what Karcius are about. One of the surprise discs of 2004. Highly recommended."-Ken Golden [Unicorn] http://www.waysidemusic.com/ Kopecky-Blood $9.00 (special) "Blood. The title says it all. It suggests beauty and violence, passion and life itself. Harder-edged and more complex than their previous releases, Kopecky’s fifth CD Blood is undoubtedly their boldest musical statement to date. Eschewing keyboards and sitar this time around, the brothers have forged a lean and lethal sound with only bass, drums, and guitar. From the beautifully menacing explorations of dissonance in the disc opener "Garden of Immolation" to the viciously psychedelic closing track "Opium," Blood offers the listener seven mind-bending tracks that are sure to go down as some of the most challenging and enduring recordings in modern progressive rock." [Unicorn] http://www.waysidemusic.com/ Neu!-Neu! 86 $16.00 Back in stock! "There were three great beats in the 70 s: Fela Kuti s Afrobeat, James Brown s Funk, and Klaus Dinger's NEU!"-Brian Eno "NEU! 86 was recorded and mixed between October 1985 and April 1986 at Grandfunk Studio, Düsseldorf, Germany, Dinerland-Lilienthal Studio, Düsseldorf, Germany, and Michael Rother Studio, Forst, Germany. This was the first time Michael Rother and Klaus Dinger had entered a studio together since 1975. However the sessions were not completed and the planned album was abandoned. However, in early 2010 Michael Rother came to an agreement with Dinger's estate to completely rework the album from the original multi-track and master tapes to produce NEU! 86, which Rother has coined our fourth studio album. The album includes several tracks from the heavily bootlegged version, with a few new and remixed tracks." [Gronland] http://www.waysidemusic.com/ Nil-Nil Novo Sub Sole $9.00 (special) Fourth album by this very interesting and good symphonic rock band who add a lot of unique touches to their work in order to not just try to recreate what has come before. "Created by Benjamin Croizy (keyboards), David Maurin (guitars and flute), Samuel Maurin (basses and Stick) and Frank Niebel (drums), NIL was named like this in 1999. After two confidential CDs, the band reached a higher level with "Quarante jours sur le Sinaï (Fourty days on the Sinaï)", an ambitious concept-album, acclaimed by many reviewers, thus giving the band an international visibility. Till now mostly instrumental, Roselyne Berthet added her voice to NIL's music, before actually joining the band in 2002." [Unicorn] http://www.waysidemusic.com/ Nil-Quarante Jours Sur Le Sinai $9.00 (special) An excellent release from this French symphonic rock band; while this is their 3rd release, this is the first that I have ever heard of them. Additionally, they have personnel ties to Thork (whose CD we also carry). This is a concept album about Ancient Egypt and the music has that wonderfully typical dark symphonic French sound, ala Pulsar, the Crypto label, etc. etc. It ranges from heavy symphonic to a more peaceful style and then back again. Lots of organ and mellotron and guitars up front and pounding, flute taking the melodies and a good rhythm section. There are both male and female vocals and both are good singers. Then there are the guests on additional instrumentation: cello, saxes, harp and more. The CD is completed by 2 booklets, one of which gives the story and lyrics and both English and French (note that all singing is in French; as it should be!) An excellent symphonic rock release. [Unicorn] http://www.waysidemusic.com/ Nic Potter-Mountain Music & Sketches in Sound $9.00 (special) Nic Potter was the original bassist of Van der Graaf Generator and he has worked with Hammill a bit on and off since he left during the recording of H to HE, when he left because the music was creepy (or something like that). This is Potter's first two albums, from 1984 and 1986. Guests include Guy Evans, John Ellis Huw Lloyd Langton and others. [Zomart] http://www.waysidemusic.com/ Quiet Sun-Mainstream $15.00 This great album has been unavailable for nearly a year, but we were able to finally restock it. If you don't own this, you are missing a classic! Quiet Sun was the 1970 band of Phil Manzanera-guitar, Bill MacCormick-bass, Dave Jarrett-keyboards & Charles Hayward-drums & vocals. They played around & recorded demos, but the band died when Phil went to Roxy Music & Bill went to Matching Mole. Phil briefly reformed the band in 1975 to record some of their old material & the result is this scortcher with Jarrett's Canterbury-style Rhodes piano spurring on Phil's fuzzed-out leads & the monster rhythm section! This is the nicely mastered Expression release which includes cool photos and other documentation from Phil's archives (including all his 'no thank you letters" from various record labels! A highly recommended classic! [Expression] http://www.waysidemusic.com/ Retroheads-Introspective $9.00 (special) "Making contemporary progressive rock, using the instruments and sounds of the golden era in progressive music, was the main idea behind the Retroheads concept. It started out as one mans dream about a band that could tribute the free spirits of the past, not as copycats, but by adapting the way to think and make music without limits, borders, restrictions, expectations and commercial angles." "I had never heard of this band before. I decided to take a chance on this CD after reading some favorable reviews. I am GLAD I did! What a great piece of work this band has produced! I admit I had to listen to it a couple of times for it to creep into my brain, but now I can't stop listening! I am not crazy about the band's name but it doesn't matter. If you like the music of Genesis, Frank Zappa, Kayak, or Glass Hammer, you will find an interesting mix of these influences (at least those names came to mind at certain points during listening). Good lyrics, great musicianship, and the bonus of female backup singers. The guitarist sounds very similar to Steve Hackett. The keyboards are very Tony Banks influenced. There is even a brief nod to "Dance On A Volcano" hidden in the track "Living In A Bubble". Definitely check this band out!"-Russ Bellinger [Unicorn] http://www.waysidemusic.com/ Retroheads-Retrospective $9.00 (special) "Making contemporary progressive rock, using the instruments and sounds of the golden era in progressive music, was the main idea behind the Retroheads concept. It started out as one mans dream about a band that could tribute the free spirits of the past, not as copycats, but by adapting the way to think and make music without limits, borders, restrictions, expectations and commercial angles." "Despite the name, this is not really a retro release. There is organ and mellotron and bass pedals ala 70's prog, but the song structures are more complex and the production is pristine. One can hear echos of Genesis and Pink Floyd, but I found the whole to be very refreshing. There are extended instrumental passages and plenty of distorted guitar solos to offset the dreamy mellotron. The vocals are well done and the female harmony vocals add a nice touch. I can truthfully say it got more play time than any other CD I bought in 2005."-Wade Boring [Unicorn] http://www.waysidemusic.com/ Samla Mammas Manna/Gregory Allan Fitzpatrick-Snorungarnas Symfoni (remastered/Japanese mini-lp sleeve) $19.00 The 1976 colllaboration with composer Gregory Allan Fitzpatric. Thi is the hard-to-find missing piece in the Samla puzzle, finally available again! "Delightful cover and music. Composed by Gregory Allan Fitzpatrick and flawlessly played by Samla Mammas Manna, the extraordinary prog-dada-rock combo. Entrancing dances emerge from childhood poetry and occasionally Lars Hollmer scats over the groovy jazz-rocking passages. Not a single dull moment, proving how refined swedish fusion was."-rateyourmusic.com "Wonderfully played, instrumental piano-focused Swedish prog! This is a good SMM album and is a substantially good introduction for newbies to the RIO/Avant genre. however. This is a good album, but not the best from SMM. It is a good starting point for anyone who likes piano-driven instrumental compositions and for RIO in general, but it doesn't have the same masterpiece value of other SMM albums like Maltid or Knossa."-progarchives.com [Arcangelo] http://www.waysidemusic.com/ Spaced Out-Eponymus II $9.00 (special) "First album was good but this one totally smokes it! Burning fusion quartet showcasing prodigious instrumental chops and complex compositions, Good interplay between the musicans allows each member to show his stuff but not at the sake of the tune. One of the better fusion releases I've heard in quite awhile. Highly recommended."-Ken Golden [Unicorn] http://www.waysidemusic.com/ Spaced Out-Live at the Crescendo Festival $9.00 (special) "Recorded live in 2006 at the Crescendo Festival in France, this new Spaced Out Enhanced CD contains their memorable first concert in Europe during the Unstable Matter Tour in 2006. With 4 Studio albums, one live DVD, this new Live CD is a great way to feel the intensity of the Spaced Out live experience. Spaced Out offers a style of music where aspects such as rhythm, harmony and melody have been carefully thought out and composed with the goal of bringing this style to life. Through the well structured forms, the players are free to express their personality with improvised solos. In their repertoire, polyrhythmic games combined with modal colors form a unique music which is instantly recognizable. Influences from musicians such as Keith Emerson, Jan Hammer, Eddie Jobson, John Mclaughlin, Frank Zappa, Trevor Rabin, Igor Stravinsky, Sergey Prokofiev, Bélà Bartok, Philip Glass and many more have played a big part in the music created and produced by S O. The level of intensity produced by this instrumental music band is to such a high degree, that the listener is undoubtedly left spellbound." [Unicorn] http://www.waysidemusic.com/ Spaced Out-Slow Gin $9.00 (special) Quebecois rock/fusion outfit who knocked a lot of folks' socks off at Nearfest 2002. Led by monster bassist Antoine Fafard, this is a bit heavier than their last works, as the band have essentially turned into a power trio of guitar/bass/drums with a couple of guests here and there. While everyone plays well, it is the the mighty fretless basswork of Fafard that gives this band their distinctive sound. [Unicorn] http://www.waysidemusic.com/ Spaced Out-Unstable Matter $9.00 (special) Fourth album by this Quebecois rock/fusion outfit who knocked a lot of folks' socks off at Nearfest 2002. Led by monster bassist Antoine Fafard, this is a bit heavier than their earliest works, as the band have essentially turned into a power trio of guitar/bass/drums. While everyone plays well, it is the the mighty fretless basswork of Fafard that gives this band their distinctive sound. [Unicorn] http://www.waysidemusic.com/ Sympozion-Kundabuffer $9.00 (special) An Israeli band who have been working together for a number of years now and who have just released their debut album. They are a quintet of keyboards/recorder/vocals, dual guitars (one doubles on recorder), bass/vocals and drums. Their sound is generally busy, and includes a heavy influence from quick-moving minimalism, which they acknowledge. This is somewhere between avant-progressive and progressive rock; it should appeal to a pretty wide number of the people who read this catalog. "Many different musical universes came together in the music of Sympozion, and although the primary target was not to repeat anything the composers have heard before, there is an obvious connection to the traditions and achievements of some of the great musicians in the 20th century and earlier times. The main influences are Gentle Giant, Frank Zappa, Steve Reich, Philip Glass, Erik Satie, Olivier Messiaen, Igor Stravinsky, Yannis Xenakis, Pierre Boulez and many more. Ultimately, the sound and essence of the music is a fusion of the past with the unpredicted results of present experiments, going through the old traditions such as jazz, progressive rock, electronic music, classical, minimalism, computer games soundtracks and avant-garde, and eventually becoming a fresh and surprising entity..." Recorded, produced, mixed and mastered by Udi Koomran (Ahvak, Present, Guapo), this bears his unmistakable stamp, but it also doesn't really sound like any single influence, and instead mixes all their influences into a whole that is Sympozion's alone! "Among the Israeli bands I saw on stage, this one is the best"-Yehuda Kotton of Ahvak. [Unicorn] http://www.waysidemusic.com/ Talisma-Chromium $9.00 (special) "Second album by Canadian progressive rock trio contains songs of pure instrumental progressive rock. Nice fluid mellotron textured songs in odd time signatures. Originally formed by Donald Fleurent in 1993, Talisma quickly gained recognition as one of the most original and promising new bands." "I haven't heard Talisma's first album Corpus, but their new one Chromium has certainly lived up to the hype I read about their debut. A great instrumental band from Canada, Talisma is mainly led by Donald Fleurent who is not only the backbone of most of the songs, but he also produced the album and dominates almost the entire record with his fluid bass playing (and what an amazing playing at that!) using 4, 6, 7, and 12 string bass guitars. The music is very bass driven, often lending itself to jazz and fusion soundscapes. However, as a whole, Chromium is a progressive rock album with various overtones, including touches of funk, ethno-jazz, classical, and Latin. Twelve tracks span 42 minutes of music which kicks off with ethnic percussion work, great analog synths, powerful bass and instantly leads into a jazz break with sweeped arpeggios aplenty and more slap bass craze. I am truly impressed with the level of playing on this album, as each three musician has excelled in their instruments. Intense interplay between drums, bass, and guitars receives washes of Mellotron sounds and slowly segues into acoustic guitars on "Dementia" while the next track "Leviosa" is the diametric opposite of this song. Beginning with a Middle Eastern tone that is gone before you can place it, the trio delves into an insanely technical passage with exquisite drum fills functioning in a King Crimson meets Zappa-like context. Fleurent weaves quirky bass lines around Martin Vanier's exceptional guitar synths on "Nuclide" amidst a sea of dissonant notes playing in the background. The bass guitar sounds almost like Mr Bungle or perhaps any other avant garde project of Mike Patton, that is very funky playing. "Nebuleuse" is the soft synth break of the album, filled with symphonic elements, while the band explores some more acoustic driven songs backed up by thick shades of Mellotron through and through. The band finishes off with "Double", a Johann Sebastian Bach composition adapted for Fleurent's 7-string bass. Talisma is a very impressive instrumental trio in the field of prog rock that should appeal to many fans of the genre"-Murat Batmaz [Unicorn] http://www.waysidemusic.com/ Ukab Maerd-The Waiting Room $13.00 "[This] is an all instrumental electronic music excursion from Chuck Oken, Jr and Gayle Ellett of Djam Karet (recording) as Ukab Maerd. It is called “The Waiting Room” and draws it’s inspiration from that time and place during the journey of Rael in The Genesis album “The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway”. It also features guest musician Richard Pinhas on treated guitar drones. Cross the Djam Karet release “Suspension & Displacement” with mid 70’s Tangerine Dream and Heldon drone excursions and you are ready to begin." [HC Prod] http://www.waysidemusic.com/ Umphrey's McGhee-Mantis 2 x CDs $11.00 (special) This is the latest release by a band who has long been involved in the jam band scene, but who are crossing over into the progressive rock world in a major and soon to be very visible way (you'll see, he said with a grin). This is very, very progressive-rock sounding in a pleasing, contemporary way. You can hear elements of some of the best of the modern progressive bands such as Echolyn both instrumentally and vocally (yes, they can 'jam' and also sing!) and bits of jazz and rock float by in a pleasing, unbelievably well played way. Once again, there are plenty of things you can do with 'progressive rock' to keep it fresh, as long as you are not only concerned about sounding like 35 year old music...and U.M. do NOT sound old. This is the hard to find UK version which includes a second disc containing seven live tracks not found elsewhere. [Floating World] http://www.waysidemusic.com/ ------------------------------ Please note: If there are no quotes around the description, that means that we wrote it and you should not use this description without attribution. If there are quotes without attribution, that means that we took the description from the hypesheet/publicity for the release. All other quoted descriptions are attributed. You can order these & many many other items from our on-line store at: http://www.waysidemusic.com You can also fax in your order : (301) 589-1819 or mail in your order to: Wayside Music - P.O. Box 8427 - Silver Spring, MD 20907 - USA We accept cash, checks/moneyorders (as long as they are in US funds payable through a US bank), Discover, Visa and MasterCard credit cards as well as PayPal. ------ Recent reviews (or recently *discovered* reviews) of Cuneiform artists and titles (in English only): IDEAL BREAD http://thephoenix.com/Boston/ RICHARD PINHAS http://www.subba-cultcha.com/ ------ You can always see which of our artists are on tour and get the links to the venues at: http://www.cuneiformrecords. or http://my.calendars.net/ ------ ALGERNON March 18 - Empty Bottle - 1035 North Western Ave - Chicago, IL (with Roomate) BIRDSONGS OF THE MESOZOIC March 22 - David Friend Recital Hall - Berklee School of Music - 921 Boylston Street - Boston, MA CLAUDIA QUINTET January 9 - The Stone - 16 Avenue C (the corner of Avenue C and Second Street) - NYC, NY 10009 GUTBUCKET February 23 - Le Poisson Rouge - NYC, NY (NYC record release show!) - 7:00 pm April 7-21 – European CD release tour (dates to be added as confirmed) May 9 - Redcat - Los Angeles, CA (Gutbucket chamber orchestra) May 9-15 – West Coast USA CD release tour (dates to be added as confirmed) LED BIB February 28 - Purcell Room - London, UK (record release show) March 2 - The Harley - Sheffield, UK March 3 - The Spin Off - Leeds, UK March 4 – The Kazimier - Liverpool, UK March 5 - Voodoo Rooms - Edinburgh, UK March 6 - Centre for Contemporary Arts - Glasgow, Scotland, UK March 9 - Dempsey's - Cardiff, Wales, UK March 26 - Gateshead Jazz Festival - UK RICHARD PINHAS February 8 - Renne, France POSITIVE CATASTROPHE January 16 - Jazz Gallery - 290 Hudson St. - NYC, NY - 3:30 pm workshop, 5:00 pm open rehearsal, 7:30 pm performance January 21 - Issue Project Room - 232 Third Street, Third Floor - Brooklyn, NY - 8:30 pm February 19 - Jazz Gallery - 290 Hudson St. - NYC, NY - 3:30 pm workshop, 5:00 pm open rehearsal, 9:00 and 10:30 pm performance ZEVIOUS huge entire USA tour (well, they may have to skip Boise) - mid March - mid April, 2011. watch for more info here as we get it ------ To see Artist News by musicians who have recorded for Cuneiform - provided to us by the musicians themselves and updated every four months, go to: http://www.cuneiformrecords. ------ Rest in Peace: JACK TOWERS (audio engineer who famously recorded the Duke Ellington Orchestra in Fargo, ND in 1941, capturing the band at a peak and also did a fine job doing audio remastering of older jazz titles) ------ Thank you! -Coming Soon (or not soon, but eventually, so please be patient!)- (For updates of new items in stock, watch these mailings or check the NEW ARRIVALS section!) : PETER BAUMAN- Romance '76 -Transharmonic Nights (available again for the 1st time in many, many years) SERGE BRINGOLF/STRAVE-Strave (great, fairly obscure zeuhl/jazz-rock album from 1980 from France by a large ensemble. I consider this one of the treasures of French zeuhl and it's really underknown and appreciated. Being reissued by Soleil Zeuhl, of course and if you don't know this one, you are really in for a treat!) CALOMITO-Cane di Schiena CASSIBER (box set with a live DVD as well as unreleased material on CD along with the four albums we already know and love) CHEER-ACCIDENT-No Ifs, Ands or Dogs (album #17 - what more need be said?) FACTOR BURZACO-II (new album on AltrOck) FAR CORNER #3 GILGAMESH-Gilgamesh (new, remastered version of the first Gilgamesh album) GÖSTA BERLINGS SAGA-Glue Works (much anticipated 3rd album from instrumental progressive/post rock Swedes) THE MUFFINS-Palindrome (3rd new studio album since their 90s reformation!) RICHARD PINHAS + MERZBOW-Rhizome RELIGIOUS de FREDERICO-Faskner (odd name, but amazing band from Brazil) WADADA LEO SMITH/ORGANIC-Heart's Reflection (new studio album by Wadada's extraordinary 4 guitar band!) SOFT MACHINE LEGACY-Relegation of Pluto/Live in Germany THINKING PLAGUE-new album (studio album #6!) VAN DER GRAAF GENERATOR-A Grounding in Numbers (3rd album since their 00's reformation!) IF you'd like to view previous New In stock Announcements, they can be found here: http://ymlp44.net/archive_ |
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Below are five new Cuneiform releases as well as a reprint of a classic title that has been unavailable for a number of years, which are not going to be generally released for another 5 weeks, but which you can buy directly from us now. Our releases are available from us to our direct mail customers several weeks before they are generally released or available from other sources. We spend a small fortune on our releases and your direct purchase from us via Wayside Music helps us tremendously and is *extremely* important to our being able to continue our work and our release schedule. Thank you for your interest and support of our work. Carlo De Rosa's Cross-Fade-Brain Dance $15.00 "I liked what I heard. Great writing and ensemble playing. Deep thoughtful solos." – Jack DeJohnette. Proficient, creative, a first-call, in-demand bassist, Carlo De Rosa has earned a reputation of very high standards. As a composer and band-leader of the quartet Cross-Fade, he also has very high standards, but outside of New York City clubs, this work has not been widely recognized. Brain Dance is set to remedy that situation! Cross-Fade is a band of top-drawer musicians. In addition to Carlos' work on bass, the band features the constantly inventive saxophone work of Mark Shim, who released three albums on Blue Note and who plays here with a an amazing fire and fervor, playing fast and intricate melodic lines as if cutting butter. Drummer Justin Brown is the youngest member of the group and the least known at this time, but his playing here is agile, assured and quite mind-boggling. Pianist Vijay Iyer should need no introduction; he is the rising young piano star of jazz today. Iyer was named the 2010 Musician of the Year by the Jazz Journalists Association and he is up for a Grammy in February for 'best instrumental jazz album'. These are obviously all great players, but great players deserve great material and one of the notable things about Brain Dance is the writing. The compositions give the players malleable material with which to work with; there's plenty of thematic material, but also plenty of room for them to add their individuality. The end result is greater than even the sum of their musical talents and the compositions. The music constantly moves between the modern, avant-garde and electric jazz worlds, never standing still, but taking the most interesting and attractive elements of these worlds and combining them into a new whole. For the listener who appreciates modern, cutting-edge jazz as well as cutting-edge jazz/rock, this album will be a hugely enjoyable musical revelation! You can hear a track from the album here: http://www.cuneiformrecords. http://www.waysidemusic.com/ Gutbucket-Flock $15.00 “Forcing a conversation between punk, funk and free jazz for saxophone, guitar, bass and drums.” - The New York Times “A classic case of a band that defies categorization.” – The Washington Post What happens when you take four highly opinionated, strong-willed and creative composer/musicians and put them in a band together? You might have a volatile problem on your hand...or else you have Gutbucket. From the beginning Gutbucket has had no single bandleader; the result has been an expansive yet unified and recognizable group sound. With Flock, the group's fifth release, the twelve year-old Brooklyn-based quartet push their composer-driven, art-rock-tainted chamber jazz into new terrain. The group attacks their jazz with the ferocity usually reserved for punk. Their music is filled with layers of mature arrangements and a full-throttle blend of energy, chops, melody, intricacy and noise. From the beginning, Gutbucket’s music challenged New York’s downtown norm – “a no-holds-barred approach to the jazz-rock paradigm” (The New York Times, 2010) – bringing a completely unique, road-tested performance and a sound that tilted much further towards rock than many of its jazz contemporaries. Gutbucket’s brand of jazz continues to have its signature biting edge, cunning sense of humor and appreciation for the loud and theatrical. Improvisations are woven seamlessly and sometimes unexpectedly into the band’s growing repertoire, and each composer in the group has developed an individual voice that simultaneously supports the collective. Flock cements Gutbucket’s sound – still wearing the indie rock influences on its sleeve, but delving deeply into all four members’ work as individual composers, assimilating contemporary classical, free jazz, mathy art rock, and more. Audibly, Gutbucket learned from its decade of record-making and has produced its most ambitious disc yet. The band has produced a CD that is hard-hitting yet nuanced, with a new sonic and compositional breadth. Gutbucket’s imagination is in full bloom on Flock; the band sounds exactly like itself: immediate, ferocious, ambitious and inviting. During their dozen year ride, Gutbucket has brought its “impressive balance of passionate lyricism and pummeling angularity” (Time Out New York) to festivals, clubs and concert halls in 33 US states and 19 countries. All of this work and energy and power has been harnessed on Flock, the latest in their series of impressive albums! You can hear a track from the album here: http://www.cuneiformrecords. [Cuneiform] http://www.waysidemusic.com/ Led Bib-Bring Your Own $15.00 "This is the sound of a band having fun… like a hot chainsaw through butter." – The Wire "One of the UK’s most adventurous groups" – Jazzwise "You’ll be hard pressed to keep the lid on this explosive tour de force of ensemble intelligence" – The Independent "Rarely have two saxes, keyboard, bass and drums sounded so dangerous yet so compelling" – Observer Music Monthly "It’s exuberant, intense, varied and exciting." – BBC Music Magazine " …a masterpiece of musical foreboding" – The Metro "...like a gale of fresh air" -– The Guardian A tremendously popular act at home in the UK, their last album, Sensible Shoes (their first with Cuneiform) was a 2009 'Album of the Year' winner with the prestigious Mercury Prize. They regularly play large-scale festivals and concert halls in the UK as well as festivals and shows elsewhere in Europe. So, in the wake of the huge press attention lavished on them due to the Mercury, and having appeared on UK's Channel 4 News, performing their version of the theme music to literally millions in front of the telly, did the mighty Bib decide to tone it down? Turn it back a notch? Definitely not. If anything, Bring Your Own contains some of their hardest rocking material to date, mixing the full throated cry of the dual saxes over loudly amplified Fender Rhodes and heavy bass and drums. Those familiar with the Led Bib sound will recognize the trademark hooky melodies and idiosyncratic improvisation on this album. The raw energy and style remains, but it has never sounded so confident or accomplished, so genre-crossing and definition-defying. Here eastern melodies tumble into rock and roll grooves, there jazz phrases open up pastoral overtures, and elsewhere crescendos rise and disappear into whirring kraut-rock wormholes. I don't want to play up the association too much because Led Bib absolutely have their own sound, but their alto sax/Fender Rhodes/bass/drums sound will bring to mind the classic Soft Machine sound updated 40 years and with a big dollop of punk/jazz. The group has been playing together for over 7 years – and it shows. There’s an electricity here, a ‘group mind’ built out of a confidence in each of the member’s playing that means risks can be taken and their unique sound world cracked open and reassembled time and time again. The band has come a long way from their humble beginnings as Holub’s college music project! Led Bib were formed in 2003 and have had the same formation since their beginnings; Mark Holub, drums; Liran Donin, bass; Toby McLaren; Rhodes and Chris Williams and Pete Grogan, alto sax. You can hear a track from the album here: http://www.cuneiformrecords. http://www.waysidemusic.com/ Planeta Imaginario-Optical Delusions $15.00 As long-time fans of the 'Canterbury School' style of jazz/rock, a very appealing, very English, sometimes slightly whimsical blend of electric jazz with complex rock have sadly learned, this style and sound is rarely invoked nowadays. Planeta Imaginario are a creative and extraordinary six piece Spanish jazz/rock band that take some of the best influences from Canterbury School music and blend it with an original, very Mediterranean feel for a music that is strongly their own but that is also redolent of 40 years of creative work in bringing jazz and rock together. To get an idea of what Optical Delusions has to offer, think of a great rhythm section of keyboards (Hammond organ, Fender Rhodes piano, acoustic piano, synths), electric bass and drums, influenced by creative rock bands like The Muffins, Hatfield, Caravan, National Health. Be sure to make note of the fact that the keyboardist is a excellent writer and arranger. Now add three fine jazz musicians on trombone, trumpet and alto, soprano and baritone saxophones, as well as guests on additional saxes, flute and French horn. Give all the musicians great tunes to play and don't forget to throw in a little dollop of weirdness to keep everything just a little bit off the (well) beaten track. This scenario is what you have on Optical Delusions. I would not have expected that best current exponents of that great Canterbury sound would be a group of musicians from Barcelona, the heart of Spain's Catalan region, but expectations are made to be destroyed and Optical Delusions will utterly destroy you! "From this album's earliest jittery unison lines and rocked up beats, this Spanish post fusion band sets the genre clock back to the 70's. Funny thing is, with its ensemble moxie and personal peculiarities, Planeta Imaginario wins expressive points in a style we might have given up for dead or irrelevant. The charm is in the details and the quirks.... It reminds us of what was lacking in much fusion of old: a sense of humour on the cultural playground. Could it be that fusion is ripe for a renaissance? Maybe musical models such as this one-from unexpected corners, globally and stylistically, will hasten a reconsideration of fusion's early demise." – Josef Woodard, Jazziz, July/August 2008. You can hear a track from the album here: http://www.cuneiformrecords. [Cuneiform] http://www.waysidemusic.com/ John Surman-Flashpoint: NDR Jazz Workshop – April, '69 CD + NSTC (all region) DVD $21.00 For nearly 45 years, John Surman has been one of England's best known modern jazz musicians. His career began in the late 60s as both a sideman and a leader with such notable greats as John McLaughlin, Chris McGregor's Brotherhood of Breath, Terje Rypdal, Mike Westbrook, Chick Corea and many others. He began working with the ECM label in the late 1970s where he has released a string of fine work to this day. Every period of his career is filled with highlights, which is why Cuneiform is exceedingly proud to release for the first time ever this amazing document of the late 60s 'Brit-jazz' scene. The NDR Jazz Workshop was a weekly show featuring all manner of jazzmen of the day. The taping of this NDR show was around the same time as Surman was recording his second album as a leader, How Many Clouds Can You See, so this is a unique chance to get an expanded view of his formative work as a leader and also at the early work of his musical compatriots who appear with him here. For this occasion, Surman led a ten-piece ensemble featuring the cream of modern British jazz players: John Surman - soprano and baritone sax, Kenny Wheeler - trumpet and flugelhorn, Alan Skidmore - tenor sax and flute, Ronnie Scott - tenor sax, Mike Osborne - alto sax, Malcolm Griffiths - trombone, Harry Miller - bass and Alan Jackson - drums, as well as two Austrian musicians, Fritz Pauer - piano and Erich Kleinschuster - trombone. Heard and seen on Flashpoint for the very first time since the original broadcast over 40 years ago are five great peformances, including two excellent Surman compositions that he never recorded elsewhere. High quality audio recordings from these musicians from this period are quite rare and video footage is basically non-existent. Captured in crisp, clear black and white footage and in excellent mono sound, this release is a exceptional and hugely important document that will blow the minds of Brit-jazz fans and will open the ears, eyes and minds of those who don't know the great and distinctive work of these fine musicians! You can hear a track from the album here: http://www.cuneiformrecords. [Cuneiform] http://www.waysidemusic.com/ Richard Pinhas-L'Ethique $15.00 During a fairly incredible 7 year run that began in the mid 1970s, Richard Pinhas released a large string of influencial albums; 7 by Heldon and 5 under his own name, all of which attempted in one way or another to meld (avant-garde) rock music with electronics. L'Ethique was his final release of that 12, recorded in 1981 and originally released in 1982. It was his final solo album before his musical retirement throughout the 1980s and it's one of his great 'classic period' works. It also features the only studio recordings by the short-lived Richard Pinhas Band. This group featured a great cast of musicians who had all previously played in Magma: Clement Bailly (drums), Patrick Gauthier (synthesizer) (also of Heldon and Weidorje), Bernard Paganotti (bass) (also of Weidorje) and Richard on electronics, synthesizers and guitar. L'Ethique has been unavailable on CD for several years and with the huge interest in analog electronics and the early days of synthesis, Richard's career in general and the music of Magma, it was definitely time to make this available again. You can hear a track from the album here: http://www.cuneiformrecords. http://www.waysidemusic.com/ If you want to buy all five of our new releases, you can save $10.00 by buying them all at once in a bundle For the USA/Canada http://www.waysidemusic.com/ For outside the USA/Canada http://www.waysidemusic.com/ ------ Here's what has come in in the last week - either new releases or restockings of items that have been unavailable: Awen-Shadows $16.00 This is an album of spacey electronic music by a French synthesist that has nods to classic Klaus Schulze, but that manages to give the music it's own twist. Basically, you'd never think it was Schulze; it obviously isn't him, but if you love the classic era Klaus, you'll love this one. Maybe if Tim Blake circa Crystal Machine had made another album, it might have sounded a bit like this. Self-released and very hard to find, this is easily recommended to fans of the genre. [BME] http://www.waysidemusic.com/ Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band-Pour l'Amour des Chiens CD + NTSC (All Region) DVD $15.00 Back in stock and still at a very reasonable price! The first new album from the Bonzo Dog Band in nearly 40 years! Featuring original members: Neil Innes, Roger Ruskin Spear, Rodney Slater, Legs Larry Smith, Vernon Dudley Bohay-Nowell, Sam Spoon, Bob Kerr + 'shiny new millenium Bonzos', Adrian Edmondson, Stephen Fry and Phil Jupitus. The DVD has previously unreleased performances and interviews and it includes new live versions six songs "I have to confess I approached this album with some trepidation. I have treasured the Bonzos for years. But could they ever approach the heights of silliness without Viv? I saw them in concert last year and found that, yes they could, albeit with the spectre of Viv behind them. But a new recording? Could that work? Most definitely yes! This made me laugh out loud all the way through. It will embarrass me when I listen to it on my iPod and chortle amongst the repressed silence that is the commuter train. It will make me look foolish when laughing at the lights in the car. Thanks to Neil and the team. You have honoured the memory of Viv and given the world a fine extension to the Bonzos catalogue."-Peter Counter [Storming] http://www.waysidemusic.com/ Malcolm Braff Combo-The Preacher $5.00 (special) This is a French-only Blue Note release by this Swiss-born pianist who leads a band consisting of fine if unknown French musicians on trumpet, bass, drums and percussion. It's recorded and mixed by Jan Erik Kongshaug at Rainbow Studios, so you know it sounds fantastic! This reminded me a little bit of a less African-centric Abdullah Ibrahim album; I'm sure you have never heard of him and neither had I until doing research on this, but this is a brand new album of quality European jazz at a ridiculous price. Give it a shot. [Blue Note] http://www.waysidemusic.com/ Breznev Fun Club-L'Onda Veatebrata: Lost + Found Vol. 1 (mini-lp sleeve) $20.00 A group that combines avant-progressive with symphonic rock with classical music performed on 'real' instruments. The lineup is flute, clarinet, 2 saxes, trumpet, trombone, violin, cello, electric and acoustic guitar, bass, drums, mallet percussion and sprechgesang that you won't understand as well as mezzosoprano voice. It consists of short pieces and the whole album has a strong Italian flavor. "A mysterious band, only known to very few collectors, they where noticed at first for their contribution on the hopelessly sold-out Italian Prog sampler that was a bonus to the same-named book. Breznev Fun Club, were born in the deep south of Italy, namely Montescaglioso (MT) at the beginning of the eighties and probably it is the first prog band from Lucania to release a CD. With this “L’onda vertebrata”, recorded in 2009 with new musicians from Lucania and Puglia Breznev Fun Club show a part of their music production of the last twenty years. More than a proper band, BFC are a ensemble with great guest star that perform the compositions of Rocco Lomonaco, that run between avant-prog and contemporary classical music, with rock and jazz rhythms, surrounded by the poetical Sprechgesang of lyricist Franco Sciscio. Definitely among the best prog bands coming from Italy in the last 10 years. A pleasant surprise from the deep south of Italy." [AMS] http://www.waysidemusic.com/ Epidaurus-Earthly Paradise lp (numbered edition of 1,000) (due to size and weight, for sale in the USA only) $26.00 Classic one-shot band's album from 1974. "Genesis fans will absolutely love the album Earthly Paradise by a very rare German band, Epidaurus, who put out just one album, in the late seventies. It doesn't necessarily sound like Genesis per se, it's just that the dual keyboards/mellotrons have a sound that reminds me of that lush Tony Banks sound, yet remaining underivative and original. Epidaurus have an intensely symphonic sound with an excellent female vocalist (who for the most part rarely sings anyway) that combine to make some incredible music that everyone on this net should love hands down. Quite a classic."-Gibraltar Encyclopedia Of Progressive Rock. [Garden Of Delights] http://www.waysidemusic.com/ Familha Artus-Drac $18.00 Calling themselves "radical music of Gascony', Familha Artus is a quintet of musicians, including the bassist and hurdy-gurdy player of Zaar, both of whom work mainly in the folk and world-music camp much more than in the avant-progressive worlds. They combine the folk music of France's Gascony reigion with rock and electronics, giving this ancient music a crazy electronica vibe that doesn't erase the strong regional character of the folk music on which the band is based. This is their second album. Pretty wild and like their first, while I found some of it inconsistant to my personal tastes, it is, at times, stunningly great and the sort of thing made for younger people than myself (i.e. while it isn't all vocal, the vocals are mostly rapping). Conditionally extremely interesting. "We draw from the Gascon tribal repertory, the English progressive rock'n'roll and the electronics musics, cultures and energies which gather us. Our music is radical, because it is ethnic : at the same time deeply rooted in the territories where we invest ourselves and moving towards elsewhere that we explore. The saturated hurdy-gurdy, the energetic drum'n'bass, the tone colour of the voices are there to make vibrate and stir up the bodies." Roman Baudoin (Cosia) : Alto hurdy-gurdy, Romain Colautti(Pairbon) : Bass, baritone guitar and percussions, Matèu Baudoin : Vocals, string tambourine, flutes, multi-toned tambourine, Tomàs Baudoin: Vocals, boha(bagpipe), jaw harp, flutes and bamboo flute, Nicolas Godin: laptop, drums. [FA] http://www.waysidemusic.com/ Guzzlemug-Away with the Wind & Noise $11.00 I met Shane Prendville recently when he was on tour as a member of Cheer-Accident. This is his own project. "Guzzlemug is Shane Prendiville - Guitar, vocals, & random things. Tom Kelly - Bass, vocals, & random things. Charlie Werber - Drums, percussion, and very random things. We have recorded on our first album, Away With the Wind & Noise, some other oddly random people. We formed in Minneapolis in the late fall of 2006, are currently moving to Chicago as of 2011." "Guzzlemug is gutter grunge played with grad-school sophistication; an aesthetic treatise on modern metal cults, tastefully avoiding but achieving a pristine equilibrium between the blatancy of overproduced Dream Theater prog, nerd-o power metal and the low-end distorted death metal bass sounds sweeping basements of yesteryear. In other words they have a goofy sense of humor, are insanely badass musicians, but keep it heavy, interesting and don’t show off too much. While there are a lot of hacks out there, there are a lot of non-hacks. Guzzlemug is one such group of non-hacks, who have no bones to pick, nor I any with them: nice guys, unpretentious, well-practiced, much appreciated."-DayAfterDayDC Wordpress You can hear their music here: www.myspace.com/guzzlemug [GM] http://www.waysidemusic.com/ Herbie Hancock-Takin' Off $6.00 (special) "Herbie Hancock's debut as a leader, Takin' Off, revealed a composer and pianist able to balance sophistication and accessibility, somewhat in the vein of Blue Note's prototype hard bopper Horace Silver. Yet while Hancock could be just as funky and blues-rooted as Silver, their overall styles diverged in several ways: Hancock was lighter and more cerebral, a bit more adventurous in his harmonies, and more apt to break his solos out of a groove (instead of using them to create one). So even if, in retrospect, Takin' Off is among Hancock's most conventional albums, it shows a young stylist already strikingly mature for his age, and one who can interpret established forms with spirit and imagination. Case in point: the simple, catchy "Watermelon Man," which became a Hancock signature tune and a jazz standard in the wake of a hit cover by Latin jazz star Mongo Santamaria. Hancock's original version is classic Blue Note hard bop: spare, funky piano riffing and tight, focused solo statements. The other compositions are memorable and well-constructed too (if not quite hit material); all have their moments, but particular highlights include the ruminative ballad "Alone and I," the minor-key "The Maze" (which features a little bit of free improvisation in the rhythm section), and the bluesy "Empty Pockets." The backing group includes then up-and-coming trumpeter Freddie Hubbard, tenor saxophonist Dexter Gordon, bassist Butch Warren, and drummer Billy Higgins. All in all, Takin' Off is an exceptional first effort, laying the groundwork for Hancock to begin pushing the boundaries of hard bop on his next several records."-Steve Huey/All Music Guide [Blue Note] http://www.waysidemusic.com/ Kalacakra-Crawling To Lhasa lp (numbered edition of 1,000) (due to size and weight, for sale in the USA only) $26.00 A legitimate reissue of this great spacey, psychedelic album from 1972. A duo perform, & the final result is lots of guitars, flute, electric piano and old synthesizers & percussion plus some additional instrumentation, & lots of creepy spoken recitation. This is a CLASSIC! "Kalacakra's blend of mantras, blues, folk and stoned psychedelia gained Crawling To Lhasa a well deserved curiosity value, yet they were an altogether more eclectic and strange band than any of their possible mentors."-The Crack In The Cosmic Egg. [Garden Of Delights] http://www.waysidemusic.com/ Denny King-Evil Wind is Blowing $18.00 So, I am in the middle of reading John French's book about the Magic Band ("Through the Eyes of Magic") and one of the things it is giving me an appreciation of is the guitarwork of the original two guitarists in the Magic Band, Doug Moon and especially Alex St. Claire Snouffer. Other than his appearances with the Magic Band, this blues-based album is the only other appearance of Alex and Doug. "It was during this time that Alex was involved in the recording of the Evil Wind Is Blowing album (released in 1972) by another Lancaster musician working on the bar circuit - Denny King. Well worth checking out this is a great blues-based album with many Beefheart/Magic Band overtones. Doug Moon appears on harmonica. Alex, as ever plays fine slide guitar, plus some trumpet as well as getting a production and co-writing credit."-John French "This superb blues-rock album was issued on Little Richard's Specialty label in the summer of 1972, and has barely been heard since. Featuring the distinctive singing and guitar of Wisconsin-native King, backed by early Captain Beefheart sidemen Alex St. Claire and Doug Moon, it's a lost genre classic with unusually fine musicianship and an odd vibe all of its own. Includes biographical liner notes." "King's vocals are in a Beefheart-out-of-Howlin' Wolf mode ... The album features cool harmonica and really hot slide guitar (courtesy of ex-Beefheart sideman Alex St. Claire). The rhythm section is stellar too."-The A http://www.waysidemusic.com/ Basil Kirchin-Primitive London $17.00 "This is the first-ever release of not ONE but TWO classic Basil Kirchin soundtracks, one from 1965, the other 1971. It's music for strippers, wife-swapping, death, birth, crime and chicken factories. Basil Kirchin is a legendary jazz drummer and grandfather of ambient music. He started his jazz career drumming in his father's jazz band. In the war years, he took over the band and post-war travelled to the East, hung out with the Maharishi, found himself, moved to Australia and finally returned home to the UK in the early 1960s with jazz ideas the likes of which no one else had ever dreamt. He moved into film music composition, library music and special commissions. By the late 1960s, he was experimenting with free jazz, tape manipulations and animal recordings. His series of works entitled Worlds Within Worlds are the first examples of ambient music. Regarded as a musical genius by many of the world's current music geniuses, Basil Kirchin's influence and following grows and grows each day. No one knows how and why drummer and jazzman Basil Kirchin came to write his first-ever soundtrack, but the sounds he created for Primitive London and its images of abattoirs, strip joints, alcoholism, beatniks and peculiar supermarkets are second-to-none. The music is film music but with touches of jazz, drones and oddness, impressive for such an early recording. There's even a tune surprisingly similar to Herrmann's Taxi Driver, a score written over a decade later. Primitive London is notorious as the UK's first and most important "Mondo" movie. The images filmed were strange, sensational, shocking and sleazy, the music harrowing, groovy and hip. This short, and until now unreleased score is accompanied on this release by a soundtrack Kirchin wrote six years later, for a very different kind of London film. Called The Freelance, this rough, tough crime flick is rarely seen, but features lively performances by classic British character actors and a young, impressive Ian McShane. Set in the criminal underworld, Kirchin brought to the screen the sounds of progressive drumming, free jazz and a touch of new decade optimism. The cues are long, develop well and are like no other. Both scores represent important times in Kirchin's musical life; the first score pre-dates his library work, the second comes at a time when this master of modern jazz music and industrial sounds had reached a creative peak. Both scores are unmistakably Kirchin, with his instant, insistent rhythms, memorable melodies and distinctive, strange jazz sounds permeating this entire release. His ever-growing band of fans will love it all. Superb full-color sleeve taken from the original 1965 Primitive London press book. CD comes with a 12-page color booklet with a history of the film, original rare film stills as well as notes by Jonny Trunk and the BFI." [Trunk] http://www.waysidemusic.com/ Eero Koistoven-3rd Version $16.00 "The 21st century has been rife with reissues of European jazz, rock, and funk. Many European and Japanese labels have been prolific in their offerings, but American imprints have been slower on the uptake. That said, Porter Records, out of Winter Park, FL, issues new, vintage, and forgotten recordings by artists of all stripes from all over the globe; they've uncovered a number of forgotten jazz masterpieces in the process; in particular, three albums from Finnish pianist Heikki Sarmanto. Sarmanto appears on Fender Rhodes on 3rd Version, this stellar seventh offering by his countryman, saxophonist, composer, and arranger Eero Koivistoinen, and originally released in 1973. 3rd Version also features the talents of another Finnish superchopper in guitarist Jukka Tolonen (of Wigwam and Tasvallen Presidentti). Other members include upriught bassist Pekka Sarmanto (Heikki's brother) and drummers Reino Laine and American Craig Herndon. This set's four long tunes can rightfully be called "fusion," because of their reliance on knotty compositions, frequently shifting time signatures and rhythms, and some electric instruments. That said, Koivistoinen's platter is far from the generic brand of fusion. This is jazz of the highest order, with expert musicianship and a knowledge not only of tradition, but also of Latin musical forms, classical music, and rock & roll. Three of the tunes here were written by Koivistoinen, and the other by Sarmanto. The symbiosis in the rhythm section is remarkable, no matter how complex the changes and dynamic shifts get. Laine takes syncopation to an extreme while Herndon keeps a solidly swinging back beat and provides colorful percussion. Pekka Sarmanto is a criminally unsung and inventive bassist: check his solo in "Near But Far Away" and his propulsive pizzicato and arco force in "Muy Bonita Ciudad," where flamenco meets modal music and funky keys. Koivistoinen's soprano (especially) and tenor work is on par with that of Bennie Maupin's, and Heikki Sarmanto is one of the most lyrical pianists of his generation. Tolonen, despite being the youngest member of this ensemble, is already in full possession of his chops, though he plays them more rhythmically here than he would later as a soloing firebrand (he does take an ingenious solo on this track and closer "Latin Power").Throughout its 44 minutes, 3rd Version is a stellar example of emotionally charged and technically expert European jazz; it is a restored gem that not only stands the test of time, but rivals anything from America during the same period."-Thom Jurek/All Music Guide [Porter] http://www.waysidemusic.com/ Charles Mingus-Mingus in Wonderland $5.00 (special) Great 1959 live show and a good recording as well (it sounds like you are right in the club) by a small ensemble: Booker Ervin-tenor, John Handy-alto, Richard Wyands-piano, Dannie Richmond-drums and Charles on bass. [Blue Note] http://www.waysidemusic.com/ Pikapika Teart-Moonberry $18.00 Very good chamber-rock from Siberia (!) that uses two guitars, bass, drums, clarinet/bass clarinet, piano and female voice with guests on violin and viola on the majority of the tracks. For some reason, parts of this remind me a bit of Macchina Maccheronica by Stormy Six mixed with a bit of Aranis. Another great release of complex art-rock from AltrOck! "PikaPika Teart is an absolute novelty for RIO fans. Explicitly following the tradition of great groups from the ’70, such as Henry Cow, these guys from Krasnoyarsk, Siberia, are proposing an original blend of acoustic and electric sounds, rock features and structured note-by-note written music. For AltrOck is an occasion to release a really interesting band coming from an «exotic» area of the world, otherwise forgotten, or forced to silence; for Pikapika, it is a chance to come out of Siberia and instantly go «into the world». Significantly, their music matches a modern musical language and the traditional music of their region, following the teachings of Russian masters like Stravinskij and Schostakovich: a good way to preserve local treasures and global visibility." Influences: Henry Cow, Rational Diet, Stravinskij, Schostakovich, Anekdoten, King Crimson. [AltrOck] http://www.waysidemusic.com/ Polite Refusal-Geese and Swans $18.00 From Moscow, the group's name is actually in Cyrillic and most closely comes out as "Vezhliviy Otkaz". The group is a six piece with vocals, acoustic guitars, grand piano, electric violin, trumpet, double bass and drums. Their songs are mostly in the five minute range and while there's a lot of vocals, there's also a lot of intricate, interesting instrumental sections. I had heard of them but had never actually heard them until now and their reputation as the most original and unpredictable band in Russia seems to be well deserved! This is a Russian release but is packaged for sale outside of Russia, with English credits and is distributed by AltrOck, whose output this easily fits into and who deserve a big round of applause for making this interesting gem easily available. Highly recommended! “Vezhliviy Otkaz, which means “polite refusal” in English, is one of the most original and erratic rock bands in Russia. They have never gone for pop stardom or tried to establish themselves as an underground “cult” act. Around 1986, they did perform in ripped tuxedos and throw pieces of raw meat into the audience, but this was a passing, and nearly forgotten, stage in their career. The band was formed in 1985 with a then-popular reggae/ska blend. Since then, they have gone through numerous stylistic changes, flirting with everything from free jazz to Russian folk. Their sound, however, has always been unique and immediately recognizable. Suslov’s rhythmic guitar work and unusual high-pitched vocals gives Polite Refusal’s music a precisely constructed, crystal-clear sound that is completely devoid of any of the extra noise so typical of rock-n-roll. The sound is so well organized that sounds almost academic.” In fact,” says Suslov, “we’ve always aimed at creating orchestral music, but guitars, piano and drums are the only instruments we have. People usually label us as post-modernist, but we are not. All of our songs bear very little irony and are based on real-life experiences,” Suslov says. "I’d rather call our work ‘naturalism’.'”-Artemy Troitsky/Moscow Times You can hear their music here: http://www.myspace.com/ http://www.waysidemusic.com/ The Residents-Not Available (expanded/remastered) $12.00 One of the group's early, quite brilliant and inventive early classics. Highly recommended if you don't already have this! And now with an extra 7 minutes. Recorded in 1974, originally released in 1979 and now reissued with seven minutes of material originally edited out. While there are a million stories about The Residents, one of the more intriguing concerns the recording of their second LP, Not Available. Early in the career of the band, the "theory of obscurity" was introduced to them by the German avant-guardist, N. Senada. The plan called for the creation of complete projects that were literally not intended to be heard by anyone other than its creators. The Residents realized the truth in this ideal: that music really was difficult to record without considering the audience. They thought the experience gained by completing such a project would prove worthwhile toward achieving an independent attitude toward music. Not Available was completed in 1974 and stored. Several years later, in 1978, The Residents were severely over schedule on their opus, Eskimo. The record company pulled Not Available from the masters room and released it. Surprisingly, The Residents were not upset by this fact since it in no way violated their original intent." [MVD] http://www.waysidemusic.com/ Danny Sher-Loose Nukes $9.00 A simply fabulous multi-meter, complex electric jazz release, which is the debut album by Danny Sher and his quintet. Although relatively unknown, Danny's a really fine drummer and composer and also appearing are four musicians who are also unknown to me, but who also turn in stellar performances on vibes (Peter Schlamb), guitar (Travis Reuter), piano (Red Wierenga) and bass (Evan Gregor). I had some nice email correspondence with Danny and he was really excited to be featured on the Wayside site because he (correctly) saw that the things that we specialize in are very much the people who are his potential audience. And to reach those people, we negotiated a price that allows us to sell this fine, brand new album at a very low price. If the idea of "tricky, deceptive melodies shaped by mixed-meter chaos" in a jazz/rock vein sounds like your kind of thing, this comes HIGHLY recommended. "Since leaving his St. Louis, Mo. home in 2001 and arriving in NYC, drummer and composer Danny Sher has proven to be one of the most creative and organic musicians of his generation. Sher has performed with countless icons of the New York jazz scene including Logan Richardson, Greg Tardy and Tyshawn Sorey. His time as a side man with such fine musicians as well as his tutelage at New School University cultivated his growth as a drummer and composer to the ground-breaker that he is today. Sher’s compositional style has been described as a blend of uniquely phrased contrapuntal melodies with poly-rhythmic chord structures. Having previously lead the group Idiosyncrasies, featuring Tyshawn Sorey on piano, Noah Wheeler on bass and Logan Richardson on saxophone, his new quintet takes a different direction and features fellow St. Louis native and New School graduate, vibraphonist Peter Schlamb, guitarist and ASCAP award-winner Travis Reuter, pianist and member of Respect Sextet, Red Wierenga, and bassist, Evan Gregor, who plays with such esteemed musicians as Dave Liebman, Brad Shepik and Darcy James Argue. In May 2010, they recorded their first record, “Loose Nukes”, which has already received critical acclaim. Already being compared to iconic albums such as Bitches Brew and modern marvels such as Claudia Quintet’s Royal Toast, Loose Nukes provides the listener with a “feel-good avant-garde” experience. The compositions are at one time complex beyond belief and simultaneously peppy and unpretentious. Listeners are invited to either analyze the ever-changing time signatures and motives or simply bop their heads and let the sunny disposition of Sher’s work take over." You can hear his music here: www.myspace.com/dannysher [DS] http://www.waysidemusic.com/ Wayne Shorter-Speak No Evil $5.00 (special) "Wayne Shorter's third Blue Note album SPEAK NO EVIL is another 1960's jazz classic, this time with Freddie Hubbard (trumpet), Herbie Hancock (piano), Ron Carter (bass), and Elvin Jones (drums) on hand. There's fierce competition from a number of Shorter albums, but this is perhaps his most impressive moment as a leader on record. The key is the songwriting, with a wealth of classic Wayne tunes including "Witch Hunt," the remarkable ballad "Infant Eyes," "Wild Flower," and the title track. And so on. Even moreso than previously, Shorter has crafted a varied yet complementary set of tunes that typically break away from normal 12 and 32-bar standards, yet remain no less memorable to listeners than some of the most familiar jazz repetoire of the past. All the musicians are in inspired form, including of course Shorter, who is consistently straddling the music's edge, but with an ear for melodic statements, too."-J Lund [Blue Note] http://www.waysidemusic.com/ Speed, Glue & Shinki-Eve (numbered, limited edition) $18.00 "Holds the joint top spot on Julian Cope's Top 50 Japanese album chart (along with Flower Travellin' Band's Satori)." "Speed, Glue & Shinki's 1971 debut album, Eve. Ex-Food Brain guitarist Shinki Chen, bass player Masayoshi Kabe (also known as M Glue) and Filipino Vietnam war veteran Joey "Pepe" Smith, who doubled as both the trio's drummer and vocalist, released two legendary albums in the early '70s. Eve, the earlier of the band's two efforts, was probably the band's only "real" recording, as the self-titled second release in 1972 was put together by Smith from studio outtakes of Chen's guitar playing and tracks omitted from Eve. This is a bluesy, psychedelic album, with Chen's Hendrix-style guitar playing firmly underpinned by Smith's insistent percussion style modeled on the style and technique of his idol, Ginger Baker. The band dissolved immediately after the release of Eve, as the other two members found Smith's drug-fuelled lifestyle decidedly unappealing (he was a huge fan of amphetamines and diligently applied himself to establishing a prodigious habit). Chen decided he didn't want to record again, and became a successful live artist, Joey went back to the Philippines and started the immensely successful power trio Juan de la Cruz Band, and Masayoshi Kabe would win fame with the band Pink Cloud. In spite of their short-lived activity, Speed, Glue & Shinki were important first and foremost as pioneers of the Japanese psychedelic rock scene. Numbered, limited edition housed in a gatefold LP replica sleeve." [Phoenix] http://www.waysidemusic.com/ Thors Hammer-Thors Hammer lp (numbered edition of 1,000) (due to size and weight, for sale in the USA only) $26.00 Thors Hammer came from Copenhagen, the Danish capital. Their music was a jazzy progressive rock with English lyrics. Their one and only LP was released in 1971 and holds the sad record of being the most bootlegged LP in Denmark. Until now it can be found as CD editions on three illegal labels (Walhalla, Crystal Emporium Productions, and Won-Sin), and as an illegal LP reprint. All these editions were made up very poorly. This is the first legal lp reprint." [Garden of Delights/Thors Hammer] http://www.waysidemusic.com/ McCoy Tyner-The Real McCoy $5.00 (special) "This cd is a showcase for the younger McCoy Tyner's compositional and improvisational styles. It captures this master musician at a crossroads between the harder core modal music that he had been recording with John Coltrane a few years earlier and points the way to his own signature style that would emerge in later recordings. The quartet assembled here is perfectly matched and these 4 fine musicians created something of lasting value. Elvin Jones' drumming is dynamic and innovative, Ron Carter's bass playing is awesome and Joe Henderson's tenor provides the perfect counterweight to Tyner's piano. Henderson uses a combination of the lyrical with subtle and artful touches of dissonance that makes his sound unique and distinguished among jazz players. I think he may be the most underrated of the great sax players of his generation. McCoy Tyner's compositional talents are stunning and the man has put out an amazing amount of great music over the years. He continues to this day to be one of the top innovators out there. The Real McCoy is an essential recording for anyone who wants to understand an important part of his evolution as an artist."-RJ Marsella [Blue Note] http://www.waysidemusic.com/ ------------------------------ Please note: If there are no quotes around the description, that means that we wrote it and you should not use this description without attribution. If there are quotes without attribution, that means that we took the description from the hypesheet/publicity for the release. All other quoted descriptions are attributed. You can order these & many many other items from our on-line store at: http://www.waysidemusic.com You can also fax in your order : (301) 589-1819 or mail in your order to: Wayside Music - P.O. Box 8427 - Silver Spring, MD 20907 - USA We accept cash, checks/moneyorders (as long as they are in US funds payable through a US bank), Discover, Visa and MasterCard credit cards as well as PayPal. ------ Recent reviews (or recently *discovered* reviews) of Cuneiform artists and titles (in English only): HUGH HOPPER http://candymachine.wordpress. IDEAL BREAD http://jazz.about.com/od/ LED BIB http://www.guardian.co.uk/ THE MICROSCOPIC SEPTET http://www.allaboutjazz.com/ ------ You can always see which of our artists are on tour and get the links to the venues at: http://www.cuneiformrecords. or http://my.calendars.net/ ------ ALGERNON March 18 - Empty Bottle - 1035 North Western Ave - Chicago, IL (with Roomate) BIRDSONGS OF THE MESOZOIC with Encanti March 18 - Zumix - 260 Sumner St. - East Boston, MA 02128 (617) 568-9777 - 8:00 pm March 22 - David Friend Recital Hall - Berklee School of Music - 921 Boylston Street - Boston, MA - 7:00 pm May 6 - Democracy Center - 45 Mt. Auburn St. - Harvard Sq, Cambridge, MA - $8.00 June 17 - Zumix - 260 Sumner St. - East Boston, MA 02128 (617) 568-9777 - 8:00 pm CLAUDIA QUINTET January 9 - The Stone - 16 Avenue C (the corner of Avenue C and Second Street) - NYC, NY 10009 CARLO DE ROSA'S CROSS-FADE January 13 - Smalls jazz club - 183 West 10th street - New York City, N.Y. 10014 GUTBUCKET February 23 - Le Poisson Rouge - NYC, NY (NYC record release show!) - 7:00 pm April 7-21 – European CD release tour (dates to be added as confirmed) May 9 - Redcat - Los Angeles, CA (Gutbucket chamber orchestra) May 9-15 – West Coast USA CD release tour (dates to be added as confirmed) LED BIB February 28 - Purcell Room - London, UK (record release show) March 2 - The Harley - Sheffield, UK March 3 - The Spin Off - Leeds, UK March 4 – The Kazimier - Liverpool, UK March 5 - Voodoo Rooms - Edinburgh, UK March 6 - Centre for Contemporary Arts - Glasgow, Scotland, UK March 9 - Dempsey's - Cardiff, Wales, UK March 26 - Gateshead Jazz Festival - UK RICHARD PINHAS February 8 - Renne, France POSITIVE CATASTROPHE January 16 - Jazz Gallery - 290 Hudson St. - NYC, NY - 3:30 pm workshop, 5:00 pm open rehearsal, 7:30 pm performance January 21 - Issue Project Room - 232 Third Street, Third Floor - Brooklyn, NY - 8:30 pm February 19 - Jazz Gallery - 290 Hudson St. - NYC, NY - 3:30 pm workshop, 5:00 pm open rehearsal, 9:00 and 10:30 pm performance REVOLUTIONARY SNAKE ENSEMBLE February 27 - Chianti Tuscan Restaurant - 285 Cabot Street - Beverly, MA 01915 March 1 - The Plough & Stars - 912 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02139 - (617) 576-0032 - 10:00 pm ZEVIOUS huge entire USA tour (well, they may have to skip Boise) - mid March - mid April, 2011. watch for more info here as we get it CUNEIFORM CURATES THE STONE I was very, very pleased to be contacted by John Zorn and offered the opportunity to book his amazing music space "The Stone" for two weeks in November. The Stone is a great listening space with good sound, comfortable chairs and great music six nights per week (they are closed on Mondays). There are two separate shows per night with a different act at each show and a separate admission to each show. Every cent of your admission money goes to the artists. Watch this space for updates to the schedule. The Stone - 16 Avenue C (the corner of Avenue C and Second Street) - NYC, NY 10009 So far confirmed are: Jason Adasiewicz's Rolldown, The Claudia Quintet, Gutbucket, Hamster Theatre, The Muffins, Positive Catastrophe, Radio Massacre International, Alec K. Redfearn and the Eyesores, Thinking Plague, Zevious; more to be added! Watch this space for full scheduling when we have it. Also: SInce there will be so many musicians coming in for the NYC gigs, we are working on setting up a 2 day festival in DC or Baltimore for a number of the bands. Location and venue to be determined. This will occur on Saturday November 19 and Sunday November 20. This is still in the very early planning stages, but the idea is to have 5 bands per day over 2 days (i.e. 10 acts). When we know who is playing where and when and feel comfortable posting it, it will be posted. But this is still 11 months away. Watch this space. ------ To see Artist News by musicians who have recorded for Cuneiform - provided to us by the musicians themselves and updated every four months, go to: http://www.cuneiformrecords. ------ Rest in Peace: CHARLES FAMBOROUGH (Philadelphia-based double bassist who worked with Art Blakey, Wynton Marsalis and McCoy Tyner, among many others). MICK KARN (great bassist who emerged with Japan and went on to great work with a number of players, most notably with David Torn) GERRY RAFFERTY (UK folkie who did some good work but is mostly remembered for the billion-selling single "Baker Street") BILLY TAYLOR (jazz pianist, mostly known as an educator, but a very versatile player who played with basically every jazz great from 1948 onward) ------ Thank you! -Coming Soon (or not soon, but eventually, so please be patient!)- (For updates of new items in stock, watch these mailings or check the NEW ARRIVALS section!) : PETER BAUMAN- Romance '76 -Transharmonic Nights (available again for the 1st time in many, many years) SERGE BRINGOLF/STRAVE-Strave (great, fairly obscure zeuhl/jazz-rock album from 1980 from France by a large ensemble. I consider this one of the treasures of French zeuhl and it's really underknown and appreciated. Being reissued by Soleil Zeuhl, of course and if you don't know this one, you are really in for a treat!) CALOMITO-Cane di Schiena CASSIBER (box set with a live DVD as well as unreleased material on CD along with the four albums we already know and love) CHEER-ACCIDENT-No Ifs, Ands or Dogs (album #17 - what more need be said?) FACTOR BURZACO-II (new album on AltrOck) FAR CORNER #3 GILGAMESH-Gilgamesh (new, remastered version of the first Gilgamesh album) GÖSTA BERLINGS SAGA-Glue Works (much anticipated 3rd album from instrumental progressive/post rock Swedes) MATS/MORGAN BAND-new studio album (may still be some time away...) THE MUFFINS-Palindrome (3rd new studio album since their 90s reformation!) RICHARD PINHAS + MERZBOW-Rhizome RELIGIOUS de FREDERICO-Faskner (odd name, but amazing band from Brazil) WADADA LEO SMITH/ORGANIC-Heart's Reflection (new studio album by Wadada's extraordinary 4 guitar band!) SOFT MACHINE LEGACY-Relegation of Pluto/Live in Germany FRANCOIS THOLLOT-Scherzoo (3rd album!) THINKING PLAGUE-new album (studio album #6!) VAN DER GRAAF GENERATOR-A Grounding in Numbers (3rd album since their 00's reformation!) IF you'd like to view previous New In stock Announcements, they can be found here: http://ymlp167.net/archive_ |
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Here's what has come in in the last week - either new releases or restockings of items that have been unavailable: 21st Century V-Bop-21st Century V-Bop $15.00 Mark Anderson - drums Paul Dunmall - tenor & soprano sax Philip Gibbs - guitar Tony Hymas - keyboard "An album that proves that spontaneous composition can be both melodic and groovy. Recorded live in the studio in one take, with no overdubs, 21st Century V-Bop covers a vast landscape both sonically and stylistically.From the raging opener of 'The Path of Non-evitability' to the drum sans bass of 'The Front', to the more pensive Mclaughlin dedication 'John's Intelligent Ears', the music covers all bases and moods through to the final fade out of the Big Note. Tony Hymas will be best known for his work with Jeff Beck (There and Back, Guitar Shop), Stanley Clarke, Jack Bruce and to a younger audience for his collaborations with Ursus Minor. Paul Dunmall is best known as a free improviser who has worked with many of the top improvisors worldwide,including Henry Grimes,Andrew Cyrille,keith Tippett etc.. Apart from his work with Dunmall, Gibbs here provides fresh approaches to both rock and jazz guitar styles, with nods to Mclaughlin's technique and Hendrix's walls of sound, whilst drummer Anderson provides strength and groove alternately, with reference to the mighty cohort of fusion drummers past and the march of modern groove-based music into the future. If you thought all improvised music is necessarily directionless atonal and a-rhythmic, a re-evaluation could start with this CD." [SLAM] http://www.waysidemusic.com/ Brian Storming-and the Illustrated Guide to Fantasie $16.00 A very original and psychedelic (in the best sense of the word) album, from Argentina. This is their second album and has been released on Universal, so someone besides me hears the quality of this group. This is a beautifully orchestrated, psychedelic/psychedelic pop album, obviously influenced by the best music of the original circa 1967 era. This is insanely ambitious and extraordinarily well done. Highly recommended; if this even remotely sounds like your thing, you will love this; they don't make records like this anymore, but they certainly SHOULD! [Tommy Gun] http://www.waysidemusic.com/ Cluster-Cluster 71 $18.00 Cluster 71 is the first album by Cluster and the least known of their early clasics. It is reissued here with the original cover art in a digipack. It's been reissued a zillion times, but no matter which edition, it's a great release. If you don't have it, you should consider picking this up! "Originally released on the Philips label in 1971, Bureau B reissues Cluster's eponymous debut full-length album. According to The Wire, Cluster 71 is one of the "One Hundred Records That Set The World On Fire." Very few albums from Germany can lay claim to this honor. This album is a mere three untitled tracks and was quite an ordeal for untrained ears at the time of its release, yet the album pointed the way forward like no other electronic opus. Cluster's previous incarnation was a trio named Kluster. A change in direction and musical differences moved Dieter Moebius and Hans-Joachim Roedelius to split from their third member, Konrad Schnitzler, in 1970. The following year, as well as playing live, they recorded their first album, Cluster 71, in publisher Ralf Arnie's Star Musik Studio in Hamburg. Here they first met Conny Plank, who would himself become a legend. They remained close friends until his death in 1987. Early Cluster music was new -- new in the sense that it did not continue any tradition, instead laying the foundations for a future tradition. The duo's utter renunciation of conventional harmony and rhythm, their embracing of near total aural abstraction, confident use of noise, rigorous live electronic improvisation and a positive mind-set tuned to winning rather than losing -- these were all factors in Cluster's innovative trailblazing of 1971. For want of a better category, Cluster 71 was classified rather inappropriately and incorrectly as "cosmic." Few recognized Cluster for what it was -- the synthesis of pop music stripped of embarrassing glamour and so-called serious music without intellectual constraints. Moebius and Roedelius took the liberty of raiding both disciplines to perfect their musical concept. A common enough practice today, but akin to a palace revolution in 1971. So it is that three pieces of electronic music meander and pulsate through Cluster 71, with no beginning and no end. Cluster's music is free and open in all directions. There are sounds, noises and structures to be heard on this album which would become ingrained in the electronic pop music of the 1980s and 1990s. Cluster had taken the first step into the future with Cluster 71. Liner notes by Asmus Tietchens." "Cluster 71 is a masterwork, not because it set out to be, but in spite of itself. It's one of those moments in music history where all bets were off and everyone involved -- except perhaps the record label -- found it liberating."-All Music Guide [Bureau B] http://www.waysidemusic.com/ Emeralds-What Happened 2 x lps (due to size and weight, for sale in the USA only) $28.00 "Editions Mego is chuffed to release these vintage synth-guitar improvisation jams recorded straight to tape, 2007-2008. Previously released as a CD by No Fun, this is now the definitive vinyl edition of this material, and serves as archival insight into the development of Emeralds' sound over the last years." "...it's the way the group so successfully blends the abrasive edge of their No Fun contemporaries with the epic minimalism of a Tangerine Dream suite that makes them unique, evoking an awe-struck oddity that is undeniably gorgeous, but still vaguely unsettling."-Dusted [Editions Mego] http://www.waysidemusic.com/ Focus-Masters From The Vault NTSC (All Region) DVD $8.00 (special) Back in stock! In the early 1970's, Belgian TV ran a series of 30 minute programs of then- current rock bands, recorded live without an audience in professional lighting and staging. Someone has finally found the original tapes and licensed the masters! This DVD includes that fantastic performance from 1971 of the band, as well as excellent UK broadcasts from 1972 & 1973 (OGWT). There is also footage from 1974 as well as the short-lived period where Jan Akkerman left and Philip Catherine replaced him. It sez here: "Digitally remastered and fully restored for 5.1 surround sound." "A mid-'70s TV special offers "La Cathedrale de Strasbourg" within the hour-long documentary, plus a 16-minute "Hamburger Concerto" as a bonus. The "Medley 1973" is in fact an abridged version of "Anonymus II", we get an Old Grey Whistle Test performance with Philip Catherine on guitar, David Kemper on drums, alongside Thijs and Bert for a very Mahavishnu Orchestra-like track (minus the lightning-fast runs) referred to as "Angel Wings" by the announcer... two early promo films of the "Moving Waves" line-up miming tracks from "In and Out of Focus" ("House of the King" and "Focus (vocal"), several performances taken from within a Dutch castle (an electric version of "Le Clochard", "Eruption" with variations from the recorded version (also played live in another segment, with other variations), as well as a segue into "Hocus Pocus" (which explains the Hocus Pocus-like mini-segment on the album version), and a delightful number sounding like traditional Dutch folk which shows the band in the kitchen/dining area of the castle whilst the owner cuts cheese (and bread?). And I believe three "Old Grey Whistle Test" performances are documented in full here, as well as the same performance of Sylvia from which individual band member shots were taken for the US edition of the "Focus 3" album."-Glen Bourg [Classic Rock Legends] http://www.waysidemusic.com/ Free Dot-Ariband $15.00 Antonio Cotardo: Flutes and Bells Paolo Pacciolla: Daire, Jembak, Bells, Mbira and Voice "The Italian duo of Cotardo and Pacciolla – known as ‘Free Dot’ – describe their music as “free from definitions of pre-established limits in which jazz, Indian and Persian music converge creating an original sound. Musical compositions and performances always different in shapes … from instruments of various traditions played freely according to the expressive necessities of the two musicians. The dialogue between Cotardo and Pacciolla creates situations of scenes always changing which alternate moments of lyrical and introspective character to moments extremely rhythmical.” [SLAM] http://www.waysidemusic.com/ Godley & Creme-Music from Consequences/L $15.00 Lol Creme and Kevin Godley got their start with the classy pop band 10cc. Then, at the height of that band fame, they split on their own & made three infamous releases, which mingled their high-class pop sensibilities with an absolutely cutting, cynical sense of humor and fine musical abilities. This reissues the single disc of music (as opposed to the spoken word part) of their rare 3 lp box set with "L", their second release and their masterpiece. If you don't own "L" and if the idea of the best of 10cc combined with the 'snark' and cynicism of Frank Zappa sounds appealing, you need this. [Edsel] http://www.waysidemusic.com/ Jon Irabagon-Foxy $12.00 This is a trio album by the saxist of Mostly Other People Do The Killing, joined by bassist Peter Brendler and the great free-bop drummer Barry Altschul. The cover is a great take-off of Sonny Rollins' "Way Out West" and I gotta say that this label consistently has the best album covers! Nearly 80' of free-bop blowing by an up 'n' comer, someone I never heard of and a semi-legend! FOXY! [Hot Cup] http://www.waysidemusic.com/ The Keyboard Circle-1976 $20.00 Back in stock! I got clued to this by my buddy Ken. This is an offshoot of the Dutch jazz/rock group Scope. Scope released two albums of instrumental progressive fusion that were released on Atlantic Records in Germany only. They have never been reissued on CD. The Keyboard Circle was a short lived trio that consisted of ex-Scope members Rob Franken (Fender Rhodes and multi keyboards) and Henk Zomer (drums) as well as Jan Huydts (Fender Rhodes and multi keyboards). This is VPRO recordings from February 8, 1976 that have never been heard before. Heard before? No one outside of the group's hometown knew that the band existed until now. This is very good classic-era, kosmigroov. jazz/rock. Excellent sound quality. [678] http://www.waysidemusic.com/ Takehisa Kosugi-Catch Wave $18.00 "Takehisa Kosugi is an inter-media artist and performer who started his career back in the '60s in Tokyo. With his first band Group Ongaku (free anarchist-conceptual improvisations) he was introduced to the Fluxus avant-garde movement. During the '70s, he was a member of the mystical, psychedelic, droning rock band Taj Mahal Travellers. He co-founded the band in 1969. Since the end of the '70s until now, he has released several solo albums and commissioned works for events and sound installations. His album Catch Wave (1975) is an absolute progressive masterpiece, bringing Takehisa Kosugi's musical talent to territories usually reserved to kosmic Krautrock. Digitally remastered. Numbered, limited edition housed in an LP replica sleeve." "An all-time kosmiche drone classic, its stratospheric violin and wha-mouthed explorations are guaranteed to make moonwalkers out of fans of Tony Conrad's Outside The Dream Syndicate or Klaus Schultze's Irrlicht." -Julian Cope [Phoenix] http://www.waysidemusic.com/ Kraan-Psychedelic Man $18.00 Back in stock! After surprising everyone by coming back with an excellent live album in 2001 and playing incredible shows at ProgDay and NEARFest, Peter Wolbrandt-guitars and vocals, Hellmut Hattler-bass and vocals, Ingo Bischoff- keyboards & Jan Fride-drums have released a new album and it's overall a pretty darn good one. [EMI] http://www.waysidemusic.com/ Kronos Quartet-Harry Partch: US Highball $8.00 (special) Microtonalism is hard! And they do it. It's odd to hear this without Harry's own instruments, but this is a strong performance of stuff that must basically be nearly impossible to transpose for string quartet. "U.S. Highball is one of the first underground masterpieces in American music. Partch's work explores what, decades later, would be called a 'subculture' - the hoboes, who traveled across the U.S. in search of work or new experience, defying social conventions and the strictures of civilized society. The recording on this CD is not U.S. Highball in any of Partch's (three) versions, but an arrangement for voice and string quartet made for Kronos in 1997 by Ben Johnston, a composer who studied and worked with Partch and with whose own music Kronos has had a long and fruitful relationship." [Nonesuch] http://www.waysidemusic.com/ Phil Manzanera-50 Minutes Later $7.00 (special) 2005 release by the ex guitarist of Quiet Sun and Roxy Music. "It transports the listener, including them in Manzanera's rock and roll journey, spanning psychedelic London to Buenos Aires and out into the stratosphere, embroidered within a musical context that is always full of invention. Manzanera's signature guitar style, at times richly textured and at times explosive, is very much in evidence... 50 Minutes later features contributions from fellow Roxy Music members Paul Thompson and Andy Mackay plus Robert Wyatt and Brian Eno." [Hannibal] http://www.waysidemusic.com/ Mathilde 253: -Mathilde 253 $15.00 Charles Hayward (drums, percussion and melodica) Han-earl Park (guitar) Ian Smith (trumpet and flugelhorn) plus Lol Coxhill (saxophone) tracks 6 and 7 (‘Aachen' and ‘Oaxaca') "Mathilde 253 is the real-time musical meeting between legendary avant-rock drummer Charles Hayward (This Heat, Massacre), "careful and crafty" guitarist Han-earl Park (Paul Dunmall, Kato Hideki), and mainstay of the London improvised music scene Ian Smith (Derek Bailey, London Improvisers' Orchestra). Mathilde 253 was born out of an opportunity to explore the spontaneous mashup of avant-rock, African-American creative musics, European free improvisation and noise. Joined by the veteran iconoclastic saxophonist Lol Coxhill, this recording documents the weaving of physical virtuosity and humorous sound poetics, a patchwork of restraint, subtlety and recklessness." [SLAM] http://www.waysidemusic.com/ The Muffins-Palindrome $16.00 Despite having reformed with the original personnel in 1998 (which means that they have been back longer than they were with us originally in the 70s and 80s!), this is only the 3rd studio release of new compositions by this quintessential US avant-progressive band! "Here is the new album of the US band The Muffins after too many years of silence, from one of the few American group with Canterbury style. Their progressive rock, with light jazz accents is a sheer wonder, full of breaks and melting themes with lots of thrilling ideas. Recommended to all Canterbury school fans." [Musea] http://www.waysidemusic.com/ Outward Bound Trio-The Path $15.00 Tsikandilakis Antonis : piano Neonakis Dimitris : electric guitar Iliakis Yiannis : drums "‘Outward Bound Trio' brings together three Crete-based musicians of diverse musical backgrounds but with common interests in exploring, through improvisation, the tonal palette offered by the piano, electric guitar and drums combination. This, the Trio's second album, presents a series of short improvisations in three parts which, despite the continual alternations, retain a homogeneous sound landscape. Free forms, open in terms of time and density of musical events, come upon fragments of chord progressions, floating themes contrasted with unstructured sounds, whispers, screams, pauses. Without following rules of any compositional idiom, the music is developed in real time, sometimes haphazardly, other times in a succession of spontaneous interventions, orientating itself to the pursuit of artistry. The music laid down in this studio recording has been developed by the trio through performances at the International Jazz Festival in Athens, the European Jazz Festival Kostas Kouvidis, the Zante Jazz Festival, as well as numerous jazz clubs and theatres around Greece." [SLAM] http://www.waysidemusic.com/ Stefano Pastor/Kash Killion-Bows $15.00 Stefano Pastor: violin, flugelhorn, percussion. Kash Killion: cello, sarangi. "Italian violinist and multi-instrumentalist Stefano Pastor with the amazing cello-player (also a real master in playing Indian instruments) Kash Killion. A disc suspended between avant-gard expression, some Monkian classics and deep Indian nuances. An extraordinary mix of tastes made coherent by the strict belonging of both musicians to the Afro-American improvisation tradition. Two terrific musicians who speak the jazz language with their bowed instruments, in a way that probably one has never heard." [SLAM] http://www.waysidemusic.com/ Phideaux-313 $11.00 "This album was begun as an exercise in making an "album in a day". There were only the barest bones of songs at 8 am on 3/13/03 and throughout the day until 6 am the following morning the band (for now it was becoming a band) worked quickly to create a quirky album of short ditties and experimental soundscapes. Over the course of the next several months these tracks were tarted up because there wasn't "enough" after one day, but there was "too much good" to just throw it away." [Bloodfish] http://www.waysidemusic.com/ Phideaux-Chupacabras $11.00 "Released in 2004, this release heralds the full on Progressive Rock of later Phideaux. Centered around the 20 minute track Chupacabras, this album is often the touchstone for fans of Phideaux Xavier's eclectic and sometimes cerebral rock operettas." [Bloodfish] http://www.waysidemusic.com/ Phideaux-Ghost Story $11.00 "Second album from Phideaux finds the man channeling progressive tinged glam rock. A little bit folk rock Bowie, this was originally recorded in late 1990s and is a leaner more guitar based sound. Possibly the best songwriting from Phideaux Xavier. The "epic" 'Beyond The Shadow Of Doubt' points to future works Chupacabras and Doomsday Afternoon." [Bloodfish] http://www.waysidemusic.com/ Phideaux-The Great Leap $11.00 "The first part of a planned trilogy about Ecology and a future Authoritarian state, The Great Leap takes listeners back to the sound of Ghost Story. Here is a guitar centric album of simpler songs where the orchestrations take precedence over the linear compositions. Great Leap and Doomsday Afternoon were composed and recorded during the same period in 2005 and it was decided to put all the short/rock tracks on one album (Leap) and allow the second album to be a symphonic single concept album (Doomsday)." [Bloodfish] http://www.waysidemusic.com/ Phideaux-Number Seven $11.00 Back in stock! Phideaux Xavier has been releasing interesting, modern symphonic rock/progressive for some time. He started as a solo artist, but now, on his seventh album, he has a huge, real band (10 musicians, including himself) and I saw them about 18 months ago and it was a good, impressive show of proggy-prog music that didn't sound old and had its own strong vision and showed a lot of class. Good singing and fine playing from everyone, with a lot of keyboards, violin, guitar and other instruments. If you had to compare it to anyone of the 'old school', I guess you could compare it a bit to Genesis, but like I said, it has its own vision. I can honestly say that this was a completely enjoyable and engaging listen from beginning to end. [Bloodfish] http://www.waysidemusic.com/ Richard Pinhas-The Single Collection 1972-1980 $22.00 Back in stock The good news: this collects all the material that was released by Richard Pinhas either under his own name or his various guises: Schizo (his pre-Heldon band), Heldon, THX. Some of this material is unbelievably rare and some of it is quite fantastic. The bad news: Some of this is simply 'single edits' of tracks off of things that are on lp and CD and a fair amount of this was made using vinyl sources, as the tapes could not be located. For my money, the Schizo tracks are pretty great and very interesting, hearing Richard play Telstar is kinda fun, and there is one 7 minute, otherwise unavailable Heldon track (circa Agneta Nilsson) that is fantastic, but I can't say that this is 'essential'; if I thought it was, *we* would have released it! Limited edition of 1,000. [Captain Trip] http://www.waysidemusic.com/ Projecto B-A Noite $18.00 Back in stock! Projecto B are a very excellent Brasilian 'out' avant/progressive jazz/rock band. Consisting of Leonardo Muniz de Correa (alto sax & clarinet), Yvo Ursini (electric guitar) Vicente Falek (piano and Fender Rhodes piano), Amilcar Rodrigues (trumpet, cornet), Henrique Alves (bass) and Pedro Ito (drums). There's a pretty fantastic jazz/rock take on part of "The Rite of Spring" of all things, which gives you an idea of what we are dealing with here; pretty, happy-jazz this isn't. Recommended! "On their second CD, Projeto B keep developing their own personal style, mixing, in a unexpected way, modern classical influences like Stravinsky and Messiaen with selected elements from avant-garde jazz and rock. Ranging from Frank Zappa and Miles Davis to Bill Frisell and John Zorn, the result is a challenging album, full of sharp compositions, incredible mood variations, lots of improvisations and instrumental virtuosism." [Editio Princeps] http://www.waysidemusic.com/ Michael Ranta/Mike Lewis/Conny Plank-Mu - very limited edition 2 x CDs in a hardboard box $50.00 "The only time this ensemble got together before was for the singular and legendary Wired session recorded in 1970 and published on the Deutsche Grammophon box set Free Improvisation in 1974. The Wired session also included Karl-Heinz Böttner while this release of Mu just has the trio of Ranta, Lewis and Plank. Mu got recorded a few months after the Wired session, in Plank's studio, but never got released strangely enough. Yet it's a true hidden treasure of marvelous minimal psychedelic improvisations with an oriental touch controlled and mixed by 'Diabolis in Musica' Conny Plank. Although the intense recording session ended early in the morning the mixdown was still done straight afterwards of which this is the direct result for MU1, Mu2, and Mu4. For Mu3 Michael Ranta added live percussion to the original tape mix and dedicated it to Mike Lewis. Due to circumstances and moving to different continents they never had the chance to meet again. Previously unreleased studio material from 1970 recorded a few months after the legendary Wired session. Hardboard linen CD box contains 2 CDs and a 28-page booklet with biography text and notes from Michael Ranta (in Dutch, German and English). Edition of 500 copies." Michael Ranta : percussion, guitars and prepared thundersheet Mike Lewis : keyboards, wind instruments and percussion Conny Plank : live electronics, sound control, recording supervision, mix "What a stunning surprise discovery of this obscure ensemble with Michael Ranta, Mike Lewis and Krautrock master Conny Plank. As on the legendary Wired LP on the Free Improvisation box set (Deutsche Grammophon 1974) they created an amazing free form abstraction, a floating resonant and timeless music, similar in many ways to the early experiments of Tangerine Dream but in a world of its own, in all their twisted exotic and melancholy beauty... To be filed under classic Krautrock, a masterpiece!" -Steven Stapleton [Metaphon] http://www.waysidemusic.com/ Roedelius-Selbstportrait I $18.00 "This is the third solo album by German keyboardist Hans-Joachim Roedelius, originally released in 1979 on Sky Records. Alongside his ongoing work with Cluster and Harmonia, Roedelius amassed an almost incalculable number of musical notations during his time in the idyllic Weser Uplands. Fleeting sketches, spontaneous improvisations, implied miniatures, rough compositions -- Roedelius recorded virtually every idea he came up with outside the studio sessions on his Revox A77 reel to reel; with the basic intention of capturing his moments of inspiration, he simply let the tape run as he played around on the Farfisa organ. Sound quality was not his prime concern, as he was not as yet entertaining any notion of releasing the results. As Roedelius recalls, costly tape spools were at a premium, so he recorded over older tapes in mono, at a less than ideal speed. Substandard, technically speaking (or listening), but as a self portrait, nothing short of a masterpiece. It would be inappropriate to measure this album by the hi-fidelity yardstick; see it as something closer to an intimate confession, an unguarded communiqué from one person to another. Bordering on naivety and free of conceit, Roedelius introduces us to his world through these chiffonesque études. There may be little variation in the Farfisa sound, but this is soon forgotten when Roedelius invites us to listen, to enter the experience. No expensive technology, no producer, no collaborators. This is unfiltered personality, the real Roedelius. Musically, Selbstportrait is characterized by a combination of ländler, minimalism and harmonic simplicity. The Weser Uplands, where Roedelius recorded his music, are certainly no Arcadia and the village of Forst is anything but Atlantis, but perhaps it could become the Graceland of German electronic music." [Bureau B] http://www.waysidemusic.com/ Roedelius-Selbstportrait II (expanded) $18.00 "This is the fourth solo album by German keyboardist Hans-Joachim Roedelius, originally released in 1980 on Sky Records. With Selbstportrait, Roedelius gave unequivocal confirmation that he no longer was treading the hitherto common paths of electronic music. Selbstportrait - Vol. II corroborated the findings: for Roedelius, electronics would no longer be a means of creating abstract, noise-like music in the future, nor of generating utopian, mechanical rhythmic structures. His own utopia was quite a different place, more in keeping with his own personality and view of the world. Hence both self-portraits, in particular Selbstportrait - Vol. II, are programmatic. Uniquely among musicians of the German electronic scene at the time, Roedelius succeeded in blending European and extra-European musical styles quite intuitively, developing his own language of music, neither epigonic nor weighed down by stereotype, as often occurred in the emerging world music genre of the period. There is a fascinating simplicity to the music of Roedelius: his vision does not reside in cloud-cuckoo-land. His utopia is founded in reason, his vision sustained by a simple base: not only did he ignore musical traditions, he also sought to create something new out of them. He succeeded where many of his contemporaries failed, going to ground as they attempted to bridge the postmodern gap. Not Roedelius. Roedelius' music is littered with stumbling blocks. The listener may not necessarily lose his footing, but will not exactly find himself sitting comfortably as he listens. With this album, Roedelius has drawn a clearly delineated picture of himself. Few musicians can say the same, few even harbor such aspirations. Transcending styles, hypes and modernisms, Selbstportrait - Vol. II is electronically-sourced music, yet sounds anything but technical, dismantling the misconception that electronic music has to sound cold and distant. Selbstportrait - Vol. II has never been released completely before. Includes 5 tracks never released on CD!" [Bureau B] http://www.waysidemusic.com/ ------------------------------ Below are five new Cuneiform releases as well as a reprint of a classic title that has been unavailable for a number of years, which are not going to be generally released for another 5 weeks, but which you can buy directly from us now. Our releases are available from us to our direct mail customers several weeks before they are generally released or available from other sources. We spend a small fortune on our releases and your direct purchase from us via Wayside Music helps us tremendously and is *extremely* important to our being able to continue our work and our release schedule. Thank you for your interest and support of our work. Carlo De Rosa's Cross-Fade-Brain Dance $15.00 "I liked what I heard. Great writing and ensemble playing. Deep thoughtful solos." – Jack DeJohnette. Proficient, creative, a first-call, in-demand bassist, Carlo De Rosa has earned a reputation of very high standards. As a composer and band-leader of the quartet Cross-Fade, he also has very high standards, but outside of New York City clubs, this work has not been widely recognized. Brain Dance is set to remedy that situation! Cross-Fade is a band of top-drawer musicians. In addition to Carlos' work on bass, the band features the constantly inventive saxophone work of Mark Shim, who released three albums on Blue Note and who plays here with a an amazing fire and fervor, playing fast and intricate melodic lines as if cutting butter. Drummer Justin Brown is the youngest member of the group and the least known at this time, but his playing here is agile, assured and quite mind-boggling. Pianist Vijay Iyer should need no introduction; he is the rising young piano star of jazz today. Iyer was named the 2010 Musician of the Year by the Jazz Journalists Association and he is up for a Grammy in February for 'best instrumental jazz album'. These are obviously all great players, but great players deserve great material and one of the notable things about Brain Dance is the writing. The compositions give the players malleable material with which to work with; there's plenty of thematic material, but also plenty of room for them to add their individuality. The end result is greater than even the sum of their musical talents and the compositions. The music constantly moves between the modern, avant-garde and electric jazz worlds, never standing still, but taking the most interesting and attractive elements of these worlds and combining them into a new whole. For the listener who appreciates modern, cutting-edge jazz as well as cutting-edge jazz/rock, this album will be a hugely enjoyable musical revelation! You can hear a track from the album here: http://www.cuneiformrecords. http://www.waysidemusic.com/ Gutbucket-Flock $15.00 “Forcing a conversation between punk, funk and free jazz for saxophone, guitar, bass and drums.” - The New York Times “A classic case of a band that defies categorization.” – The Washington Post What happens when you take four highly opinionated, strong-willed and creative composer/musicians and put them in a band together? You might have a volatile problem on your hand...or else you have Gutbucket. From the beginning Gutbucket has had no single bandleader; the result has been an expansive yet unified and recognizable group sound. With Flock, the group's fifth release, the twelve year-old Brooklyn-based quartet push their composer-driven, art-rock-tainted chamber jazz into new terrain. The group attacks their jazz with the ferocity usually reserved for punk. Their music is filled with layers of mature arrangements and a full-throttle blend of energy, chops, melody, intricacy and noise. From the beginning, Gutbucket’s music challenged New York’s downtown norm – “a no-holds-barred approach to the jazz-rock paradigm” (The New York Times, 2010) – bringing a completely unique, road-tested performance and a sound that tilted much further towards rock than many of its jazz contemporaries. Gutbucket’s brand of jazz continues to have its signature biting edge, cunning sense of humor and appreciation for the loud and theatrical. Improvisations are woven seamlessly and sometimes unexpectedly into the band’s growing repertoire, and each composer in the group has developed an individual voice that simultaneously supports the collective. Flock cements Gutbucket’s sound – still wearing the indie rock influences on its sleeve, but delving deeply into all four members’ work as individual composers, assimilating contemporary classical, free jazz, mathy art rock, and more. Audibly, Gutbucket learned from its decade of record-making and has produced its most ambitious disc yet. The band has produced a CD that is hard-hitting yet nuanced, with a new sonic and compositional breadth. Gutbucket’s imagination is in full bloom on Flock; the band sounds exactly like itself: immediate, ferocious, ambitious and inviting. During their dozen year ride, Gutbucket has brought its “impressive balance of passionate lyricism and pummeling angularity” (Time Out New York) to festivals, clubs and concert halls in 33 US states and 19 countries. All of this work and energy and power has been harnessed on Flock, the latest in their series of impressive albums! You can hear a track from the album here: http://www.cuneiformrecords. [Cuneiform] http://www.waysidemusic.com/ Led Bib-Bring Your Own $15.00 "This is the sound of a band having fun… like a hot chainsaw through butter." – The Wire "One of the UK’s most adventurous groups" – Jazzwise "You’ll be hard pressed to keep the lid on this explosive tour de force of ensemble intelligence" – The Independent "Rarely have two saxes, keyboard, bass and drums sounded so dangerous yet so compelling" – Observer Music Monthly "It’s exuberant, intense, varied and exciting." – BBC Music Magazine " …a masterpiece of musical foreboding" – The Metro "...like a gale of fresh air" -– The Guardian A tremendously popular act at home in the UK, their last album, Sensible Shoes (their first with Cuneiform) was a 2009 'Album of the Year' winner with the prestigious Mercury Prize. They regularly play large-scale festivals and concert halls in the UK as well as festivals and shows elsewhere in Europe. So, in the wake of the huge press attention lavished on them due to the Mercury, and having appeared on UK's Channel 4 News, performing their version of the theme music to literally millions in front of the telly, did the mighty Bib decide to tone it down? Turn it back a notch? Definitely not. If anything, Bring Your Own contains some of their hardest rocking material to date, mixing the full throated cry of the dual saxes over loudly amplified Fender Rhodes and heavy bass and drums. Those familiar with the Led Bib sound will recognize the trademark hooky melodies and idiosyncratic improvisation on this album. The raw energy and style remains, but it has never sounded so confident or accomplished, so genre-crossing and definition-defying. Here eastern melodies tumble into rock and roll grooves, there jazz phrases open up pastoral overtures, and elsewhere crescendos rise and disappear into whirring kraut-rock wormholes. I don't want to play up the association too much because Led Bib absolutely have their own sound, but their alto sax/Fender Rhodes/bass/drums sound will bring to mind the classic Soft Machine sound updated 40 years and with a big dollop of punk/jazz. The group has been playing together for over 7 years – and it shows. There’s an electricity here, a ‘group mind’ built out of a confidence in each of the member’s playing that means risks can be taken and their unique sound world cracked open and reassembled time and time again. The band has come a long way from their humble beginnings as Holub’s college music project! Led Bib were formed in 2003 and have had the same formation since their beginnings; Mark Holub, drums; Liran Donin, bass; Toby McLaren; Rhodes and Chris Williams and Pete Grogan, alto sax. You can hear a track from the album here: http://www.cuneiformrecords. http://www.waysidemusic.com/ Planeta Imaginario-Optical Delusions $15.00 As long-time fans of the 'Canterbury School' style of jazz/rock, a very appealing, very English, sometimes slightly whimsical blend of electric jazz with complex rock have sadly learned, this style and sound is rarely invoked nowadays. Planeta Imaginario are a creative and extraordinary six piece Spanish jazz/rock band that take some of the best influences from Canterbury School music and blend it with an original, very Mediterranean feel for a music that is strongly their own but that is also redolent of 40 years of creative work in bringing jazz and rock together. To get an idea of what Optical Delusions has to offer, think of a great rhythm section of keyboards (Hammond organ, Fender Rhodes piano, acoustic piano, synths), electric bass and drums, influenced by creative rock bands like The Muffins, Hatfield, Caravan, National Health. Be sure to make note of the fact that the keyboardist is a excellent writer and arranger. Now add three fine jazz musicians on trombone, trumpet and alto, soprano and baritone saxophones, as well as guests on additional saxes, flute and French horn. Give all the musicians great tunes to play and don't forget to throw in a little dollop of weirdness to keep everything just a little bit off the (well) beaten track. This scenario is what you have on Optical Delusions. I would not have expected that best current exponents of that great Canterbury sound would be a group of musicians from Barcelona, the heart of Spain's Catalan region, but expectations are made to be destroyed and Optical Delusions will utterly destroy you! "From this album's earliest jittery unison lines and rocked up beats, this Spanish post fusion band sets the genre clock back to the 70's. Funny thing is, with its ensemble moxie and personal peculiarities, Planeta Imaginario wins expressive points in a style we might have given up for dead or irrelevant. The charm is in the details and the quirks.... It reminds us of what was lacking in much fusion of old: a sense of humour on the cultural playground. Could it be that fusion is ripe for a renaissance? Maybe musical models such as this one-from unexpected corners, globally and stylistically, will hasten a reconsideration of fusion's early demise." – Josef Woodard, Jazziz, July/August 2008. You can hear a track from the album here: http://www.cuneiformrecords. [Cuneiform] http://www.waysidemusic.com/ John Surman-Flashpoint: NDR Jazz Workshop – April, '69 CD + NSTC (all region) DVD $21.00 For nearly 45 years, John Surman has been one of England's best known modern jazz musicians. His career began in the late 60s as both a sideman and a leader with such notable greats as John McLaughlin, Chris McGregor's Brotherhood of Breath, Terje Rypdal, Mike Westbrook, Chick Corea and many others. He began working with the ECM label in the late 1970s where he has released a string of fine work to this day. Every period of his career is filled with highlights, which is why Cuneiform is exceedingly proud to release for the first time ever this amazing document of the late 60s 'Brit-jazz' scene. The NDR Jazz Workshop was a weekly show featuring all manner of jazzmen of the day. The taping of this NDR show was around the same time as Surman was recording his second album as a leader, How Many Clouds Can You See, so this is a unique chance to get an expanded view of his formative work as a leader and also at the early work of his musical compatriots who appear with him here. For this occasion, Surman led a ten-piece ensemble featuring the cream of modern British jazz players: John Surman - soprano and baritone sax, Kenny Wheeler - trumpet and flugelhorn, Alan Skidmore - tenor sax and flute, Ronnie Scott - tenor sax, Mike Osborne - alto sax, Malcolm Griffiths - trombone, Harry Miller - bass and Alan Jackson - drums, as well as two Austrian musicians, Fritz Pauer - piano and Erich Kleinschuster - trombone. Heard and seen on Flashpoint for the very first time since the original broadcast over 40 years ago are five great peformances, including two excellent Surman compositions that he never recorded elsewhere. High quality audio recordings from these musicians from this period are quite rare and video footage is basically non-existent. Captured in crisp, clear black and white footage and in excellent mono sound, this release is a exceptional and hugely important document that will blow the minds of Brit-jazz fans and will open the ears, eyes and minds of those who don't know the great and distinctive work of these fine musicians! You can hear a track from the album here: http://www.cuneiformrecords. [Cuneiform] http://www.waysidemusic.com/ Richard Pinhas-L'Ethique $15.00 During a fairly incredible 7 year run that began in the mid 1970s, Richard Pinhas released a large string of influencial albums; 7 by Heldon and 5 under his own name, all of which attempted in one way or another to meld (avant-garde) rock music with electronics. L'Ethique was his final release of that 12, recorded in 1981 and originally released in 1982. It was his final solo album before his musical retirement throughout the 1980s and it's one of his great 'classic period' works. It also features the only studio recordings by the short-lived Richard Pinhas Band. This group featured a great cast of musicians who had all previously played in Magma: Clement Bailly (drums), Patrick Gauthier (synthesizer) (also of Heldon and Weidorje), Bernard Paganotti (bass) (also of Weidorje) and Richard on electronics, synthesizers and guitar. L'Ethique has been unavailable on CD for several years and with the huge interest in analog electronics and the early days of synthesis, Richard's career in general and the music of Magma, it was definitely time to make this available again. You can hear a track from the album here: http://www.cuneiformrecords. http://www.waysidemusic.com/ If you want to buy all five of our new releases, you can save $10.00 by buying them all at once in a bundle For the USA/Canada http://www.waysidemusic.com/ For outside the USA/Canada http://www.waysidemusic.com/ ------------------------------ Please note: If there are no quotes around the description, that means that we wrote it and you should not use this description without attribution. If there are quotes without attribution, that means that we took the description from the hypesheet/publicity for the release. All other quoted descriptions are attributed. You can order these & many many other items from our on-line store at: http://www.waysidemusic.com You can also fax in your order : (301) 589-1819 or mail in your order to: Wayside Music - P.O. Box 8427 - Silver Spring, MD 20907 - USA We accept cash, checks/moneyorders (as long as they are in US funds payable through a US bank), Discover, Visa and MasterCard credit cards as well as PayPal. ------ Recent reviews (or recently *discovered* reviews) of Cuneiform artists and titles (in English only): THE MICROSCOPIC SEPTET http://living.scotsman.com/ RADIO MASSACRE INTERNATIONAL http://sidsmith.blogspot.com/ ------ You can always see which of our artists are on tour and get the links to the venues at: http://www.cuneiformrecords. or http://my.calendars.net/ ------ ALGERNON March 18 - Empty Bottle - 1035 North Western Ave - Chicago, IL (with Roomate) BIRDSONGS OF THE MESOZOIC with Encanti March 18 - Zumix - 260 Sumner St. - East Boston, MA 02128 (617) 568-9777 - 8:00 pm March 22 - David Friend Recital Hall - Berklee School of Music - 921 Boylston Street - Boston, MA - 7:00 pm May 6 - Democracy Center - 45 Mt. Auburn St. - Harvard Sq, Cambridge, MA - $8.00 June 17 - Zumix - 260 Sumner St. - East Boston, MA 02128 (617) 568-9777 - 8:00 pm CLAUDIA QUINTET November 18 - The Stone - 16 Avenue C (the corner of Avenue C and Second Street) - NYC, NY 10009 CARLO DE ROSA'S CROSS-FADE January 13 - Smalls jazz club - 183 West 10th street - New York City, N.Y. 10014 GUTBUCKET February 23 - Le Poisson Rouge - NYC, NY (NYC record release show!) - 7:00 pm April 7-21 – European CD release tour (dates to be added as confirmed) May 9 - Redcat - Los Angeles, CA (Gutbucket chamber orchestra) May 9-15 – West Coast USA CD release tour (dates to be added as confirmed) LED BIB February 28 - Purcell Room - London, UK (record release show) March 2 - The Harley - Sheffield, UK March 3 - The Spin Off - Leeds, UK March 4 – The Kazimier - Liverpool, UK March 5 - Voodoo Rooms - Edinburgh, UK March 6 - Centre for Contemporary Arts - Glasgow, Scotland, UK March 9 - Dempsey's - Cardiff, Wales, UK March 26 - Gateshead Jazz Festival - UK MAHAVISHNU PROJECT January 20 - Iridium - 1650 Broadway - NYC, NY (212) 582-2121 (performing "Visons of the Emerald Beyond" as a 10 piece band) - shows at 8:30 and 10:30 RICHARD PINHAS February 8 - Renne, France POSITIVE CATASTROPHE January 16 - Jazz Gallery - 290 Hudson St. - NYC, NY - 3:30 pm workshop, 5:00 pm open rehearsal, 7:30 pm performance January 21 - Issue Project Room - 232 Third Street, Third Floor - Brooklyn, NY - 8:30 pm February 19 - Jazz Gallery - 290 Hudson St. - NYC, NY - 3:30 pm workshop, 5:00 pm open rehearsal, 9:00 and 10:30 pm performance REVOLUTIONARY SNAKE ENSEMBLE February 27 - Chianti Tuscan Restaurant - 285 Cabot Street - Beverly, MA 01915 March 1 - The Plough & Stars - 912 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02139 - (617) 576-0032 - 10:00 pm ZEVIOUS March 11 - Union Pool - 484 Union Ave, New York, NY 11211 - (718) 609-0484 (with Dysrhythmia, Smother Party, and A f**king Elephant) March 20 - The Rotunda - 4014 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104 - (215) 573-3234 (with Electric Simcha) March 21 - Galaxy Hut - 2711 Wilson Boulevard, Arlington, VA 22201 - (703) 525-8646 (with Matta Gawa) March 22 - The Camel - 1621 West Broad Street, Richmond, VA 23220-2106 - (804) 353-4901 (with TBA) April 1 - The Smell - 247 South Main Street, Los Angeles, CA 90012 - (213) 625-4325 - (with Upsilon Acrux and TBA) April 10 - Melody Inn - 3826 North Illinois Street, Indianapolis, IN 46208 - (317) 923-4707 - (with Kuan, Gash Hound, and TBA) April 11 - South Park Tavern - 1301 Wayne Avenue, Dayton, OH 45410 - (937) 586-9526 - (with Kuan) April 13 - The Bug Jar - 219 Monroe Avenue, Rochester, NY 14607-3527 - (585) 454-2966 (with TBA) A lot more in the works (some very close to being confirmed) ------ To see Artist News by musicians who have recorded for Cuneiform - provided to us by the musicians themselves and updated every four months, go to: http://www.cuneiformrecords. ------ Thank you! -Coming Soon (or not soon, but eventually, so please be patient!)- (For updates of new items in stock, watch these mailings or check the NEW ARRIVALS section!) : PETER BAUMAN- Romance '76 -Transharmonic Nights (available again for the 1st time in many, many years) SERGE BRINGOLF/STRAVE-Strave (great, fairly obscure zeuhl/jazz-rock album from 1980 from France by a large ensemble. I consider this one of the treasures of French zeuhl and it's really underknown and appreciated. Being reissued by Soleil Zeuhl, of course and if you don't know this one, you are really in for a treat!) CALOMITO-Cane di Schiena CASSIBER (box set with a live DVD as well as unreleased material on CD along with the four albums we already know and love) CHEER-ACCIDENT-No Ifs, Ands or Dogs (album #17 - what more need be said?) DEAD CAT BOUNCE-Chance Episodes FACTOR BURZACO-II (new album on AltrOck) FAR CORNER #3 FORGAS BAND PHENOMENA-a PHENOMENAl new album (#5) GILGAMESH-Gilgamesh (new, remastered version of the first Gilgamesh album) GÖSTA BERLINGS SAGA-Glue Works (much anticipated 3rd album from instrumental progressive/post rock Swedes) MATS/MORGAN BAND-new studio album (may still be some time away...) ROB MAZUREK/SAO PAULO UNDERGROUND-Tres Cabecase Loucuras RICHARD PINHAS + MERZBOW-Rhizome RICHARD PINHAS + MERZBOW-Paris, Live 2008 (limited edition, vinyl only release) RELIGIOUS de FREDERICO-Faskner (odd name, but amazing band from Brazil) WADADA LEO SMITH/ORGANIC-Heart's Reflection (new studio album by Wadada's extraordinary 4 guitar band!) SOFT MACHINE LEGACY-Relegation of Pluto/Live in Germany FRANCOIS THOLLOT-Scherzoo (3rd album!) THINKING PLAGUE-new album (studio album #6!) VAN DER GRAAF GENERATOR-A Grounding in Numbers (3rd album since their 00's reformation!) IF you'd like to view previous New In stock Announcements, they can be found here: http://ymlp81.net/archive_ |
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Here's what has come in in the last week - either new releases or restockings of items that have been unavailable: ---We kick off the new year with five new titles from Clean Feed----- Tim Berne-inSOMNIA $17.00 Tim Berne, alto and baritone saxophones / Baikida Carroll, trumpet / Chris Speed, clarinet / Marc Ducret, 12 string guitar / Dominique Pifarély, violin / Erik Friedlander, cello / Michael Formanek, double bass / Jim Black drums. Holy smoke, is this an incredible lineup or what? This is a previously unreleased recording from 1997. "Insomnia might seem like a liability for someone who needs to be creative and sharp, but not always. Sleeplessness can give the eye another perspective –as if seeing through a kind of kaleidoscope: The things on the other end are the same, but they look different, other. Tim Berne didn't sleep the night before he and a choice international octet recorded inSOMNIA live in the studio, summer 1997. "I wouldn't suggest not sleeping before a session or a gig," Berne says, "but in this case, it did make everything look sharper. It was a different kind of focus." And this document is different, strikingly so. Released for the first time, inSOMNIA comprises two key Berne compositions – "the proposal" and "oPEN, cOMA," each a half-hour long or more – refracted through an expansive, even orchestral sensibility. Eight musicians can sound like 20 in these beautifully textured arrangements, with chamber-music intimacy the order, rather than any typical big-band jazziness. The core of the band is Berne's '90s quartet Bloodcount: Berne on alto and baritone saxophones, double-bassist Michael Formanek, drummer Jim Black and reed man Chris Speed on clarinet. The rest of the rich ensemble is made up of veteran trumpeter Baikida Carroll and a complement of strings: violinist Dominique Pifarély, cellist Erik Friedlander and guitarist Marc Ducret on 12-string acoustic. "It's just large enough to sound big, but it's not too big to keep from being intimate," Berne says. "The big band thing, per se, doesn't really interest me. I'm not into some people improvising and the rest just playing backgrounds. Here, all the improvising actually makes the written notes sound more alive but also more lucid." Composition and improvisation are threads woven together like a fantastic, multi-hued yarn on inSOMNIA. The are shades both bold and subtle; passages that are knife-edged, others that are limpid. There are extreme rhythmic intricacies, as well as disarming legato melodies and textures that feel wholly new. Moreover, instrumental episodes lead from one to another like chapters in a stream-of-consciousness narrative. "The big thing to me are the transitions –if they don't work, the whole thing falls apart," Berne says. "With the arrangements, it's about balance, matching an instrument with very little sustain, like acoustic guitar, with one that has a beautifully sustained sound, like the cello. And the doubling allowed people to play lighter, with more subtlety, that intimacy I was looking for." Even the album artwork – one by Steven Byram, who has created so many latter-day Berne covers – feeds into the kaleidoscopic impressions of inSOMNIA. "Byram's work is beautiful in that organic way; it just adds to the vibe. You get stimulated even before you open the thing." [Clean Feed] http://www.waysidemusic.com/ Scott Fields/Matthias Schubert-Minaret Minuets $17.00 Scott Fields, electric guitar / Matthias Schubert, tenor saxophone. "In the Minaret Minuets system there are two separate but equal branches: the electric guitar and the tenor saxophone. Composer slash instrumentalists — those roles smear — Scott Fields and Matthias Schubert find myriad methods to blend and contrast, to appear to be at one moment a larger ensemble and then to sound as just one. They perform virtuosic material virtuosically sans showoffness. Their reach doesn’t exceed their grasp and they grab for an awful lot. That their ambitions are fulfilled reflects a long association. Schubert appears on the Fields CDs Beckett (Clean Feed Records), Samuel (New World Records), and We Were The Phliks (Rogue Art) and for five years Fields has played in an orchestra that Schubert co-leads. You can hear their almost telepathic communication as they navigate a hodgepodge of innovative compositional structures: asynchronous looping fragments, some melodic, some graphic, some mixed, with sudden coherent passages (Dipstick Triptych, Santa on a Segway, Gidget Widget Wacker, and Willie’s Billy Beer), a funereal micro-tonal canon (Willie’s Billy Beer), an exploration of the interactions between harmonic components of saxophone multiphonics and a single, subtly varying sustained eclectic guitar pitch (Multi Trill), jazzlike propulsion (Santa on a Segway), periodic alternation between walking bass and acutely angular melodies (Menu Innuendo, in which Fields sets every letter of the Charles Bukowski poem “A Challenge to the Dark”), and what perhaps could best be described as a fragmented noise ballad (Fire Island Egg Cream). These are most unconventional dances." [Clean Feed] http://www.waysidemusic.com/ Daniel Levin Quartet-Organic Modernism $17.00 Daniel Levin, cello / Nate Wooley, trumpet / Matt Moran vibraphone / Peter Bitenc, double bass. "Music may be an abstract art, meaning, as Stravinsky used to say, “nothing more than its own sounds”, but when it's presented with a title like "Organic Modernism", we have some food for thought. The Daniel Levin Quartet makes music that is an expression of the present day post-post-modernist condition (this double "post" justified by the fact that the organized artistic movements are collapsing, including those of the so-called post-modernism, thereby giving room to a pulverized aesthetic reality with all imaginable concepts constellated freely). Here we have four musicians stating that the "modernism" factor is still in full effect. And why? Because this music is anchored primarily by the prototypical modernist musical genre of jazz, simultaneously incorporating a dizzying array of musical techniques, concepts, references, and aesthetic approaches, resulting in a very modern kind of modernism indeed. The music presented here by Daniel Levin, Nate Wooley, Matt Moran and Peter Bitenc for the band’s sixth cd emerges from the rich and fertile soil of regular and highly focused collaboration over the span of nine years. In other words, and as the music writer Art Lange mentions in his liner-notes, we find here the construction of a "system". It may be an open system, or a hybrid, but it's still a system, like jazz was 60 years ago. Brilliant." [Clean Feed] http://www.waysidemusic.com/ Mostly Other People Do The Killing-The Coimbra Concert 2 x CDs $20.00 Peter Evans, trumpet / Jon Irabagon, tenor and sopranino saxophones / Moppa Elliott, double bass / Kevin Shea, drums. I love jazz, I really, really do, but sometimes it seems like it (or more properly, its fans) takes itself too seriously. That's why I love the Micros and that's why I love these guys. The music and musicianship is top notch, but just their titles and their covers always make me laugh and this one, a take-off of the billion-selling "Koln Concert" by Keith Jarrett gave me much mirth this afternoon. A great band. Recommended. "Mostly Other People Do the Killing is proud to release their new live double-album on Clean Feed records. The two discs, made up of material culled from a three night stint at the (name of festival) in Coimbra, provide an excellent perspective on the way this quartet performs live. Unlike the previous four studio albums, all on Hot Cup Records, MOPDtK's live performances vary between short renditions of bassist Moppa Elliott's compositions, and sweeping suites encompassing many compositions. This free-association style of performing has developed over the seven years that the quartet has been performing and recording together. The four members, Peter Evans, Jon Irabagon, Moppa Elliott, and Kevin Shea, have developed a style of performance in which each member is free to steer the group in any way they choose. The other members may or may not follow suit, creating a type of group interplay that often pits the individuals against each other. Within any given performance, an individual may try to cue a new composition, a return to the original melody, or other structural device, only to be vetoed, creating music that often features multiple chains of association simultaneously. In addition, the members of MOPDtK are not afraid to lay out and allow each other ample solo space." [Clean Feed] http://www.waysidemusic.com/ Angelica Sanchez-A Little House $17.00 Angelica Sanchez piano, toy piano. "Pianist Angelica Sanchez’s debut solo record, features a beguiling mix of her own meditative, introspective compositions and free improvisations as well as very personal versions of pieces by Ornette Coleman (“City Living”), Hank Thompson (“I’ll Sign My Heart Away”), and a Brazilian folk song (“A Casinha Pequenina”), translated into English for the album title. Sanchez’s piano playing is marked by its fluidity. She plays with tremendous ease and emotional involvement. As Carla Bley writes in a brief appreciation, “Every piece is like a story told to you privately. There are surprises, interesting structures and references, elegant, inventive language and astonishingly original content. Even the completely improvised pieces seem to have a plot.” And when Ms. Sanchez turns to the toy piano, she evokes memories of John Cage’s seminal “Suite for Toy Piano.” This is, simply, one of the most beautiful solo piano CDs issued in recent memory. Not to be missed by those who discovered her playing with the likes of Susie Ibarra, Paul Motian, Tony Malaby, Tom Rainey, Tim Berne, Kevin Norton, Mark Dresser, Wadada Leo Smith and Ben Monder." [Clean Feed] http://www.waysidemusic.com/ ------------------------------ Awenson-Wizard $16.00 This is an album of spacey electronic music by a French synthesist that has nods to classic Klaus Schulze, but that manages to give the music it's own twist. Basically, you'd never think it was Schulze; it obviously isn't him, but if you love the classic era Klaus, you'll love this one. "This French keyboards player was particularly influenced by Germany and the Berlin School. Hence it is no wonder if his second album "Wizard" (His debut was self-produced under the name of AWEN) reminds so much of the atmospheres created by TANGERINE DREAM or Klaus SCHULZE. It wouldn't be right to only see imitation there, and disregard the impact that the artist got from another one in the genre, namely Jean-Michel JARRE. AWENSON draws a really personal music from all this, and it should delight the connoisseurs. "Wizard" includes two long instrumental pieces with evocative titles, one of 41 minutes and the other clocking half an hour." [Dreaming] http://www.waysidemusic.com/ Crucis-Crucis/Los Delirios del Mariscal (expanded) $16.00 Back in stock! This is both albums complete on one CD plus two bonus tracks! "As excellent as their debut is, that album proved the band needed lengthier compositions to allow the band to stretch out, and with Los Delirios del Mariscal, this band out of Argentina delivers just that. This time around, Anibal Kerpel purchased a Fender Rhodes electric piano, giving the band a bit more of a fusion slant than their previous offering. What little Deep Purple/Atomic Rooster influences had been thrown out the window here, instead a stronger Focus/Finch sound is more present, with more of a Pink Floyd or Camel feel. The vocals are now confined to only one cut, "No Me Separen de Mí", probably realizing vocals aren't their strong point, and it allows them to do what they do best: concentrate on instrumentals. And contrary to what some might say, I think this is an improvement over their debut. The production, for one thing, is even better (although recorded at RCA Studios, presumably in Buenos Aires, it was mixed in Criteria Studios in Miami, yes the same studio well known acts like the Bee Gees and the Eagles had recorded at). The opening cut, as mention, the only one with vocals, has more than a passing resemblance to Italian prog acts, like Corte dei Miracoli or New Trolls. The vocal style reminds me a bit of PFM. The next cut is the title track, dominated by guitar and string synths, played in that Finch (circa Beyond Expression) and Camel manner. For some reason I am also reminded of Eloy's Power of the Passion (specifically "The Bells of Notre Dame"). The next two are the album's climax, that is "Pollo Frito" and "Abismo Terrenal". The former tends to be more fusion oriented, with Anabel Kerpel's electric piano dominating, and Pino Marrone playing guitar in a more fusion manner, but instead of a boring w**kfest that I often level at fusion (I'm not big on fusion), it turns out to be an intense piece. And if that's not enough, the last piece harkens to the most intense moments of Finch's Glory of the Inner Force. Pino Marrone just goes overboard on his guitar, almost like if he never plays another note again... When the music calms down, it's more in that Pink Floyd, Camel, and Focus manner. "Abismo Terranal" is without a doubt the greatest piece of music I've heard from a Latin American country. And there is no Spanish/Latin/South American influences to be found in their music. If it wasn't for the vocals (in Spanish) on one cut, you'd might think they were a Dutch band. The band broke up after this album (probably realizing they couldn't top Los Delirios del Mariscal), but apparently their bassist Gustavo Montesano released a solo album with Crucis members helping. Perhaps the most encouraging album from a prog scene I'm not so familiar with (Argentina's prog scene, that is). Anyway, this is highly recommended stuff, and without a doubt the best album I've heard from a Latin country."-rateyourmusic.com [Sunny Pierrot] http://www.waysidemusic.com/ Cucci-Band-Bon Debarras! $14.00 First release by the uniquely named Cucci-Band, logically headed up by Cédric Marcucci, who plays drums, Fender Rhodes, electric bass, etc and is joined by other musicians on guitar, bass, keyboards, saxe, trumpet, trombone, violin, etc. This is an almost completely instrumental, quirky, jazz/rock album with fun and oddball progressive rock touches. It's very, very home-made and home-recorded type affair, but it just oozes spirit and good cheer. I found it wonderfully charming in the same way that the "Onze Dances" by Aksak Maboul or "Cocktail" by Forgas exuded big charm and one can say that it takes the quirks and oddball charm of Onze and combines it with a more jazz-rock esthetic. Of course you don't know this one, so you'll have to check out the myspace tracks or just take our word for it!' You can hear their music here: http://www.myspace.com/ http://www.waysidemusic.com/ Steve Dinsdale-On the Other Side $16.00 A solo release by one of the members of Radio Massacre International. This moves outside of the Berlin-style they are known best for, but it still fits in the realm of spacey electronic music and it's a winner; the 45' whizzed by so fast that I had to play it a second time right away! "Steve Dinsdale is proud to announce the release of his second solo album On The Other Side on December 11th 2010. Another entirely instrumental keyboard based work, the opening four 'single' length pieces may well have found themselves as 7" A and B-sides on an imagined jukebox in an alternative universe. The centrepiece of the album is the eponymous 32 minute suite inspired by personal change, which moves from sequencer based melody into filmic strings, onto swelling mellotron and finally a blissful drift to a conclusion which may or may not serve to accompany sleep." [Northern Echo] http://www.waysidemusic.com/ Eclat-Volume Deux $9.00 (special) "Their music is inspired by Ange (The wonderful "Circus" is here sung by Ange charismatic singer Christian Decamps), and includes medieval influences that remind of Minimum Vital. Some very good musicians also add to the overall good impression."[Mals] http://www.waysidemusic.com/ Eclat-Volume 3 $9.00 (special) Back in stock! "Eclat are a French quintet formed in 1989 under the leadership of guitarist/vocalist Alain Charazzo. Their style straddles the worlds of both symphonic prog and guitar-driven rock, alternately featuring beautiful, acoustic melodies and jazzy fireworks. Chiarazzo's outstanding guitar play and the strong foundation behind every piece is the band's strength. Their material got jazzier and more instrumental over the years - from the highly melodic and poetic first album "Éclat de Vers" in '91 (symphonic prog with hints of jazz) to their latest cd, the almost exclusively instrumental "Le Cri de la Terre" (a jazz-rock album with hints of symphonic prog). In between, they released the elegant "Éclat II" that should please Edhels and 80's era Camel fans, the slightly ethnic-flavoured "Volume 3" and their live album "Éclat en concert, in 1998". Fans from both ends of the spectrum (symphonic prog and jazz-fusion buffs alike) should find something to their liking with Eclat, particularly those who appreciate some flamboyant guitar play." [Kezako] http://www.waysidemusic.com/ It's The End-It's the End $16.00 Back in stock! Really a fairly amazing release that I was hipped to by the avant progressive list (http://launch.groups.yahoo. http://www.waysidemusic.com/ Jean Lapouge-Hauts Plateaux $9.00 (special) A great price on a great disc; anything that has ties to Noetra is going to be of interest and at this price? Snap it up! Nice to see these later solo works by the leader of the great chamber-rock/ECM-styled band Noetra appear. This is from 1993 and is still very much in the Noetra vein, with more ECM/jazz leanings than before, but still very obviously the work of the leader of Noetra. The personal is Jean Lapouge-guitars, Christian Paboeuf-oboe, vibes, Jean-François Bercé-double bass and Mikko Fontaine-drums and percussion. Refined, serene and very musical! [Musea] http://www.waysidemusic.com/ Larsen Rupin-Contredanses (special) $9.00 One of the very first (maybe *the* first) CD release on the late, great AYAA label was by this mostly instrumental Swiss trio of tenor sax, bass and drums. 15 years later, here they are again with a fine second album, and what I said about their first basically applies to this as well. This has the energy of the old 'downtown NYC' sound and it really sounds like 1988 again at the old Knitting Factory, with someone in the vein of Curlew/Doctor Nerve/The Deocding Society tearning it up on the stage, which is always a good thing, imo. Exciting, electric and very well done - neither the energy or the interest level lets up at all. [IR] http://www.waysidemusic.com/ NHX-NHX $18.00 Back in stock! Another great zeuhl jazz/rock spin-off of the Magma/One Shot axis. This group, which has two albums, is led by Gael Horellou (alto and baritone saxes, rhythm machines), drummer Yoan Serra and the mighty One Shot/Magma trio of Emanuel Borghi-Fender Rhodes, Philippe Bussonnet-bass and James Mac Gaw-guitar. As said, there is use of rhythm boxes, but with the live drummer, it's really interesting and it just makes the groove that much harder with a tough energy that never lets up. If you dig that great Fender Rhodes-led smoky zeuhl fusion sound, this album, recorded live in 2002 is an absolute must! [DTC] http://www.waysidemusic.com/ NHX-II $18.00 Back in stock! Second great zeuhl jazz/rock spin-off of the Magma/One Shot axis by this band. This group, is led by Gael Horellou (alto and baritone saxes, rhythm machines, programming), drummer Yoan Serra and Emanuel Borghi-Fender Rhodes and Philippe Bussonnet-bass (both Magma/One Shot). As said, there is use of rhythm boxes and samples, but with the live drummer, it's really interesting and it just makes the groove that much harder with a tough energy that never lets up. If you dig that great Fender Rhodes-led smoky zeuhl fusion sound, this album, recorded live in 2006 is a must! [DTC] http://www.waysidemusic.com/ Noetra-Definitivement Blues $16.00 Back in stock! Second excellent archival release, recorded 1978-82, but unreleased until now, of this wonderful chamber progressive band who use guitar, oboe, violin, clarinet, saxes, flutes, bass & drums. A gentle, beautifully scored sound that sounds like a cross between Julverne & Miriodor and prime-era ECM (late 1970s), who actually courted the band, but then decided not to work with them. This was originally released about 10 years ago, but it's been out of print for a number of years and I am very happy that this was reprinted again and we can offer it to a whole new audience, who will hopefully enjoy this band as much as I do! Highly recommended. [Musea] http://www.waysidemusic.com/ Noetra-Live 83 $16.00 Back in stock! Whoooooo Hoooooooo! I can't even begin to express how excited I am to see this release pop up. This is the third and I assume the final archival release by this just terrific chamber/progressive band with serious ECM overtones (they were courted by ECM in the late 70s, but, ultimately, ECM decided not to work with the group, even though they would have been a perfect fit). The group existed from about 1978-1983, in various sizes; this April, 1983 radio broadcast by the final lineup of the group, represents their very last recordings. Presented in fine sound and with great playing by leader Jean Lapouge-guitar, Christian Paboeuf-oboe and flutes, Pierre Aubert-violin, Denis Lefranc-bass, Daniel Renault-drums, this will appeal to anyone who loves groups like Julverne, Miriodor and ECM (circa late 70s/early 80s prime) were releasing. Highly recommended! [Musea] http://www.waysidemusic.com/ Noetra-Neuf Songes $16.00 Back in stock! This was the very first release, recorded 1979-81 of this wonderful chamber progressive band who use guitar, oboe, violin, clarinet, saxes, flutes, bass & drums. A gentle, beautifully scored sound that sounds like a completely original cross between Julverne & Miriodor and prime-era ECM (late 1970s). This was originally released about 15 years ago, and it has been out of print for about a decade and I very happy that this was reprinted again. All three of their archival/posthumous releases are great, but this one is my favorite by a couple of noses, and if you don't know them and want to know where to start, start here! Highly recommended. [Musea] http://www.waysidemusic.com/ Non Credo-Impropera $9.00 (special) "Non Credo is the duo of Kira Vollman and Joseph Berardi. She’s a singer, he’s a drummer, but their musical palette extends well beyond the scope of their primary instruments. Clarinets, marimbas, accordions, cellos, broken down keyboards, cheap electronics, altered children’s toys and anything else that falls into their path are utilized. Their sound, with its quick-witted arrangements and Teutonic expressionism balanced by a whimsical attitude, falls solidly into the RIO (Rock In Opposition) camp. Their new release, Impropera, is a bit of a departure from their previous multi-layered approach to recording. Capturing the spontaneity of their live performances, they present an “improvised opera”. Utilizing Kira’s remarkable vocal range and a musical landscape of bass clarinet, percussion and unusual samples, they lead the listener on a journey with many detours and dark alleys along the way. Be prepared to get seasick, beaten up, thrown in jail, fall in love, contract an STD, have your heart broken, your wallet stolen, get shanghaied, hog tied and crucified." [Gazul] http://www.waysidemusic.com/ The Residents-Not Available (vinyl lp with download card) (expanded/remastered) (due to size and weight, this price for the USA only) $14.00 One of the group's early, quite brilliant and inventive early classics. Highly recommended if you don't already have this! And now with an extra 7 minutes. Recorded in 1974, originally released in 1979 and now reissued with seven minutes of material originally edited out. While there are a million stories about The Residents, one of the more intriguing concerns the recording of their second LP, Not Available. Early in the career of the band, the "theory of obscurity" was introduced to them by the German avant-guardist, N. Senada. The plan called for the creation of complete projects that were literally not intended to be heard by anyone other than its creators. The Residents realized the truth in this ideal: that music really was difficult to record without considering the audience. They thought the experience gained by completing such a project would prove worthwhile toward achieving an independent attitude toward music. Not Available was completed in 1974 and stored. Several years later, in 1978, The Residents were severely over schedule on their opus, Eskimo. The record company pulled Not Available from the masters room and released it. Surprisingly, The Residents were not upset by this fact since it in no way violated their original intent." [MVD] http://www.waysidemusic.com/ Francois Thollot-Contact $9.00 (special) Excellent instrumental Zeuhl album by François on guitar and piano, but, unlike his first allbum, where he played all the instruments himself, this features a crack rhythm section: Philippe Bussonnet (Magma, One Shot) on bass and Daniel Jeandheur (One Shot) on drums. If you like zeuhl, this is essential; recommended. "A HIGHLY energetic recording, lead by a rhythm section on fire. Thollot's guitar is on top, with a somewhat airy Frippian sound. The music is not so dark as on his first album being more direct, with a strong rock edge. Hot playing and very powerful Zeuhl grooves!" [Soleil Zeuhl] http://www.waysidemusic.com/ Turtle Island String Quartet-A Love Supreme: The Legacy of John Coltrane $6.00 (special) "A string quartet rendering of "A Love Supreme"? Even as John Coltrane's beloved work gets revived in various formats--Branford Marsalis performed and recorded with his quartet, Wynton Marsalis with the Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra, and singer Kurt Elling set a section of it to words--it may seem a stretch as a classical crossover. But unlike the Kronos Quartet, which came a cropper with its unswinging treatments of Bill Evans and Thelonious Monk, the Turtle Island Quartet is steeped in a jazz sensibility. While the enveloping spiritual intensity of "A Love Supreme" may elude it, the San Francisco-based group grabs the listener with its dark undertones, probing lines, rough hewn textures and airy counter melodies. Of the other Coltrane classics included on the CD, the ballad "Naima" stands out with its gorgeous blend of tones and colors and "Countdown" is given a brisk, percussive workout. Jazz fans will find new pathways into "A Love Supreme" while the classical set will find a gateway to one of jazz's enduring achievements."-Lloyd Sachs [Telarc] http://www.waysidemusic.com/ Turtle Island String Quartet with Ying Quartet-4 + Four $6.00 (special) This record actually won a Grammy, which it deserved. That's saying something! "This is a just a great album to listen to. Weird and wonderful music, executed with joy and precision. There's a lot of power in this music, but it's delivered with such frivolous confidence that you barely notice there's a giant in the room. And as an added bonus, the album is sonically extremely pleasing. This recording has fantastic presence and ambience. A definite buy."-Marc Mowry "If you're looking to label this music as one sort or another--classical, jazz, bluegrass--you're bound to get into trouble. The two Quartets at work here--the Turtle Island String Quartet and the Ying Quartet--are innovators, blending absolutely classical training with a love of experimentation, improvisation, and an ear for unusual textures. The CD begins with a cool, swinging, true jazz classic ("Yearnin'") for the full octet and ends with a version of John Lennon's "Because" which captures the piece's melancholy in just the right manner. Along the way, an original work by the Turtle Island cellist, "Julie-O," discovers the darker and more virtuosic reaches of the pair of cellos. Darius Milhaud's "La Creation du Monde," a 1923 piece that explored the combination of European classical music and jazz, gets a new arrangement, and another original piece, "Variations on an Unoriginal Theme," pits one quartet against the other in a friendly competition that touches on R&B and Samba. This is a unique CD--entertaining and original."-Robert Levine [Telarc] http://www.waysidemusic.com/ Matt Ullery's Loom-Flora. Fauna. Fervor (vinyl lp with download card) (due to size and weight. this price for the USA only) $24.00 Great second release from this hugely talented young 'jazz and way beyond' artist. Keep an eye on this guy. It's a shame that so many won't hear this since this is an lp-only release... Zach Brock (violin), Rob Clearfield (accordion, electric piano), Jon Deitemyer (drums), Thad Franklin (trumpet and flugelhorn), Tim Haldeman (tenor saxophone), Matt Ulery (double bass), Katie Wiegman (vibraphone). "A Chicago instrumentalist with jazz chops and a jazzy resume goes the Hideout malcontent route by releasing his second album on vinyl and download only. Located somewhere in that place where ECM meets right of center new age, Ulery and his pals probably won't be giving up their high profile day jobs but they have found an outlet for that avant late night jazz that faux hipsters will never get." — Chris Spector, MidwestRecord.com "The second album by Matt Ulery’s Loom fulfills the desire of its leader to front a “band with a sound not only determined by the compositions and the instrumentation, but with the actual players who perform the music.” Ulery, a Chicago-based bassist and composer, adds, “This is why Loom has had an immediately identifiable sound, striving for maximum range of emotional depth while appealing far beyond strictly jazz listeners.” Loom projects a sonically rich, expansive sound on Flora. Fauna. Fervor. that fully utilizes the creative abilities of each musician. The album is initially being released on vinyl only, with a digital release to follow. The LP contains a coupon for a free download of the entire album plus two bonus tracks. Matt Ulery is a Chicago-based bassist and composer performing since the age of 14 years. He has played many styles of music, including the entire spectrum of jazz, classical, rock, pop, gospel, theatre, and folk– specifically American, South American, Balkan, and other European folk styles. He has performed not only on upright and electric bass, but has doubled on tuba and keyboards." [482 Music] http://www.waysidemusic.com/ ------------------------------ Please note: If there are no quotes around the description, that means that we wrote it and you should not use this description without attribution. If there are quotes without attribution, that means that we took the description from the hypesheet/publicity for the release. All other quoted descriptions are attributed. You can order these & many many other items from our on-line store at: http://www.waysidemusic.com You can also fax in your order : (301) 589-1819 or mail in your order to: Wayside Music - P.O. Box 8427 - Silver Spring, MD 20907 - USA We accept cash, checks/moneyorders (as long as they are in US funds payable through a US bank), Discover, Visa and MasterCard credit cards as well as PayPal. ------ Recent reviews (or recently *discovered* reviews) of Cuneiform artists and titles (in English only): ALGERNON http://alarmpress.com/25339/ LED BIB http://www.allaboutjazz.com/ ------ You can always see which of our artists are on tour and get the links to the venues at: http://www.cuneiformrecords. or http://my.calendars.net/ ------ JASON ADASIEWICZ'S ROLLDOWN November 18 - The Stone - 16 Avenue C (the corner of Avenue C and Second Street) - NYC, NY 10009 ALGERNON March 18 - Empty Bottle - 1035 North Western Ave - Chicago, IL (with Roomate) BIRDSONGS OF THE MESOZOIC with Encanti March 18 - Zumix - 260 Sumner St. - East Boston, MA 02128 (617) 568-9777 - 8:00 pm March 22 - David Friend Recital Hall - Berklee School of Music - 921 Boylston Street - Boston, MA - 7:00 pm May 6 - Democracy Center - 45 Mt. Auburn St. - Harvard Sq, Cambridge, MA - $8.00 June 17 - Zumix - 260 Sumner St. - East Boston, MA 02128 (617) 568-9777 - 8:00 pm November 26 - The Stone - 16 Avenue C (the corner of Avenue C and Second Street) - NYC, NY 10009 CLAUDIA QUINTET November 18 - The Stone - 16 Avenue C (the corner of Avenue C and Second Street) - NYC, NY 10009 ERGO March 5 - One Thousand Pulses - 9 Edward Place - Woodcliff Lake, NJ 07677 - 8:00 pm GUTBUCKET February 23 - Le Poisson Rouge - NYC, NY (NYC record release show!) - 7:00 pm April 7-21 – European CD release tour (dates to be added as confirmed) May 9 - Redcat - Los Angeles, CA (Gutbucket chamber orchestra) May 9-15 – West Coast USA CD release tour (dates to be added as confirmed) November 16 - The Stone - 16 Avenue C (the corner of Avenue C and Second Street) - NYC, NY 10009 IDEAL BREAD November 15 - The Stone - 16 Avenue C (the corner of Avenue C and Second Street) - NYC, NY 10009 HAMSTER THEATRE November 22 - The Stone - 16 Avenue C (the corner of Avenue C and Second Street) - NYC, NY 10009 LED BIB February 28 - Purcell Room - London, UK (record release show) March 2 - The Harley - Sheffield, UK March 3 - The Spin Off - Leeds, UK March 4 – The Kazimier - Liverpool, UK March 5 - Voodoo Rooms - Edinburgh, UK March 6 - Centre for Contemporary Arts - Glasgow, Scotland, UK March 9 - Dempsey's - Cardiff, Wales, UK March 26 - Gateshead Jazz Festival - UK MAHAVISHNU PROJECT January 20 - Iridium - 1650 Broadway - NYC, NY (212) 582-2121 (performing "Visons of the Emerald Beyond" as a 10 piece band) - shows at 8:30 and 10:30 THE MUFFINS November 20 - The Stone - 16 Avenue C (the corner of Avenue C and Second Street) - NYC, NY 10009 RICHARD PINHAS February 8 - Renne, France March 3 - Cite de la Musique - Paris, France (with Pascal Comelade) April 4 - Super de Luxe - Roppongi, Tokyo, Japan (with Merzbow) additional Japanese dates to come POSITIVE CATASTROPHE January 16 - Jazz Gallery - 290 Hudson St. - NYC, NY - 3:30 pm workshop, 5:00 pm open rehearsal, 7:30 pm performance January 21 - Issue Project Room - 232 Third Street, Third Floor - Brooklyn, NY - 8:30 pm February 19 - Jazz Gallery - 290 Hudson St. - NYC, NY - 3:30 pm workshop, 5:00 pm open rehearsal, 9:00 and 10:30 pm performance November 17 - The Stone - 16 Avenue C (the corner of Avenue C and Second Street) - NYC, NY 10009 RADIO MASSACRE INTERNATIONAL November 23 - The Stone - 16 Avenue C (the corner of Avenue C and Second Street) - NYC, NY 10009 ALEC K. REDFEARN and THE EYESORES November 27 - The Stone - 16 Avenue C (the corner of Avenue C and Second Street) - NYC, NY 10009 REVOLUTIONARY SNAKE ENSEMBLE February 27 - Chianti Tuscan Restaurant - 285 Cabot Street - Beverly, MA 01915 March 1 - The Plough & Stars - 912 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02139 - (617) 576-0032 - 10:00 pm May 20 - Barbés, 376 9th St. (corner of 6th Ave), Park Slope, Brooklyn, NY - (347) 422-0248, 8 - 9:30pm November 17 - The Stone - 16 Avenue C (the corner of Avenue C and Second Street) - NYC, NY 10009 THINKING PLAGUE November 22 - The Stone - 16 Avenue C (the corner of Avenue C and Second Street) - NYC, NY 10009 ZEVIOUS March 11 - Union Pool - 484 Union Ave, New York, NY 11211 - (718) 609-0484 (with Dysrhythmia, Smother Party, and A f**king Elephant) March 20 - The Rotunda - 4014 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104 - (215) 573-3234 (with Electric Simcha) March 21 - Galaxy Hut - 2711 Wilson Boulevard, Arlington, VA 22201 - (703) 525-8646 (with Matta Gawa) March 22 - The Camel - 1621 West Broad Street, Richmond, VA 23220-2106 - (804) 353-4901 (with TBA) March 23- Eastside Lounge - 485 Flat Shoals Rd, Atlanta, GA 30316 - (404) 521-9666 (with TBA) March 27 - Salvage Vanguard Theater (hosted by Church of the Friendly Ghost) - 2803 Manor Rd, Austin, TX 78722 (with TBA) March 31 - The Trunk Space - 1506 NW Grand Ave,Phoenix, AZ 85007 - (602) 256-6006 (with Destroyah and TBA) April 1 - The Smell - 247 South Main Street, Los Angeles, CA 90012 - (213) 625-4325 - (with Upsilon Acrux and TBA) April 10 - Melody Inn - 3826 North Illinois Street, Indianapolis, IN 46208 - (317) 923-4707 - (with Kuan, Gash Hound, and TBA) April 11 - South Park Tavern - 1301 Wayne Avenue, Dayton, OH 45410 - (937) 586-9526 - (with Kuan) April 13 - The Bug Jar - 219 Monroe Avenue, Rochester, NY 14607-3527 - (585) 454-2966 (with TBA) A lot more in the works (some very close to being confirmed) November 30 - The Stone - 16 Avenue C (the corner of Avenue C and Second Street) - NYC, NY 10009 CUNEIFORM CURATES THE STONE I was very, very pleased to be contacted by John Zorn and offered the opportunity to book his amazing music space "The Stone" for two weeks in November. The Stone is a great listening space with good sound, comfortable chairs and great music six nights per week (they are closed on Mondays). There are two separate shows per night with a different act at each show and a separate admission to each show. Every cent of your admission money goes to the artists. Watch this space for updates to the schedule. The Stone - 16 Avenue C (the corner of Avenue C and Second Street) - NYC, NY 10009 Shows at 8:00 and 10:00 - set order not yet decided - so far confirmed are: November 15 - Ideal Bread November 15 - November 16 - Gutbucket November 16 - November 17 - Revolutionary Snake Ensemble November 17 - Positive Catastrophe November 18 - Jason Adasiewicz's Rolldown November 18 - The Claudia Quintet November 20 - The Muffins November 20 - November 22 - Hamster Theatre November 22 - Thinking Plague November 23 - Radio Massacre International November 23 - November 25 - November 25 - November 26 - Birdsongs of the Mesozoic November 26 - November 27 - Alec K. Redfearn and the Eyesores November 27 - November 29 - November 29 - November 30 - Zevious November 30 - Also: Since there will be so many musicians coming in for the NYC gigs, we are working on setting up a 2 day festival in DC or Baltimore for a number of the bands. Location and venue to be determined. This will occur on Saturday November 19 and Sunday November 20. This is still in the very early planning stages, but the idea is to have 5 bands per day over 2 days (i.e. 10 acts). When we know who is playing where and when and feel comfortable posting it, it will be posted. But this is still many months away. Watch this space. ------ Rest in Peace: TRISH KEENAN (Singularly great vocalist for the United States of America-inspired group Broadcast, one of the earliest groups Simon got me into when he came on board here to work) DON KIRSHNER (He gave us the music of the Monkees and the Archies for starters. But he also gave us Don Kirshner's Rock Concert in the 70s, bringing many, many interesting (and some very not interesting) bands into your living room in the 70s) ------ Thank you! -Coming Soon (or not soon, but eventually, so please be patient!)- (For updates of new items in stock, watch these mailings or check the NEW ARRIVALS section!) : PETER BAUMAN- Romance '76 -Transharmonic Nights (available again for the 1st time in many, many years) SERGE BRINGOLF/STRAVE-Strave (great, fairly obscure zeuhl/jazz-rock album from 1980 from France by a large ensemble. I consider this one of the treasures of French zeuhl and it's really underknown and appreciated. Being reissued by Soleil Zeuhl, of course and if you don't know this one, you are really in for a treat!) CALOMITO-Cane di Schiena CASSIBER (box set with a live DVD as well as unreleased material on CD along with the four albums we already know and love) CHEER-ACCIDENT-No Ifs, Ands or Dogs (album #17 - what more need be said?) DEAD CAT BOUNCE-Chance Episodes FACTOR BURZACO-II (new album on AltrOck) FAR CORNER #3 FORGAS BAND PHENOMENA-a PHENOMENAl new album (#5) GILGAMESH-Gilgamesh (new, remastered version of the first Gilgamesh album) GÖSTA BERLINGS SAGA-Glue Works (much anticipated 3rd album from instrumental progressive/post rock Swedes) MATS/MORGAN BAND-new studio album (may still be some time away...) ROB MAZUREK/SAO PAULO UNDERGROUND-Tres Cabecase Loucuras RICHARD PINHAS + MERZBOW-Rhizome RICHARD PINHAS + MERZBOW-Paris, Live 2008 (limited edition, vinyl only release) Relogios de Frederico (Frederico´s clocks)-Faskner (odd name, but amazing band from Brazil) WADADA LEO SMITH/ORGANIC-Heart's Reflection (new studio album by Wadada's extraordinary 4 guitar band!) SOFT MACHINE LEGACY-Relegation of Pluto/Live in Germany FRANCOIS THOLLOT-Scherzoo (3rd album!) THINKING PLAGUE-new album (studio album #6!) VAN DER GRAAF GENERATOR-A Grounding in Numbers (3rd album since their 00's reformation!) 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Definitely some anticipated albums coming up including THINKING PLAGUE,GOSTA BERLINGS SAGA,VDGG and Francois Thollot
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Also, not listed here but new to the site, the newest Korekyojinn album, the new Koenjihyakkei DVD, the new Acid Mothers Temple SWR CD and an older Koenjihyakkei DVD are all featured on the main page.
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Hi,
First off, our blow-out of the Ambiances Magnetiques label continues. All remaining titles are 50% off. http://www.waysidemusic.com/ Here's what has come in in the last week - either new releases or restockings of items that have been unavailable: The 13th Floor Elevators-Easter Everywhere (expanded/remastered/digibook) 2 x CDs $17.00 One of the originators of psychedelic music, this beautifully packaged digibook has the original mono and stereo versions. "Texas psych-rock legends the 13th Floor Elevators released their second studio album, Easter Everywhere, in 1967. Continuing in the tradition established by their debut, Easter Everywhere is built on garage-band R&B and swirling acid-rock, with lead singer Roky Erickson`s haunting wail and Tommy Hall`s percolating electric jug lines front and center. While rave-ups like `Earthquake,` `She Lives (In A Time of Her Own),` and `Nobody to Love` find the Elevators at their beguiling best, the album`s centerpiece is a sprawling, pastoral, and achingly restrained take on Bob Dylan`s `It`s All Over Now Baby Blue` (here titled simply `Baby Blue` ), in which Erickson snakes his away around the lyrics showing off the sweetly damaged croon that made him an underground icon. While they`ll never get the acclaim garnered by the Grateful Dead or Jefferson Airplane, the Elevators made truly psychedelic music, fueled as much by chemicals and the spirit of the times as the beautifully strange journeys Roky Erickson took through his troubled mind. Easter Everywhere is an excellent place to join Roky`s trip." [Snapper] http://www.waysidemusic.com/ Acid Mothers Temple SWR & Umezu Kazutoki-Sax & the City $17.00 "Acid Mothers Temple SWR (Makoto Kawabata, Atsushi Tsuyama, and Tatsuya Yoshida) made this one-time improvisational album with Kazutoki Umezu, who is known for his own band ‘the Doctor Umezu Band’ and for the inspiring play in ‘the RC Succession’. The expansion of the sounds in each track which generates the acrobatic grooves reminds us of the every possible kind of music genre, namely, rock, progressive, psychedelic, contemporary, and folk. You will experience the exiting drive of the aggressive sound-mixture and undergo the sound-agitation in this musical melting pot." [Magaibutsu] http://www.waysidemusic.com/ Bangtower-Casting Shadows $10.00 Bangtower is a new fusion trio made up of Percy Jones (fretless bass & keyboards), Neil Citron (guitar & keyboards), Walter Garces (drums & percussion). Neil Citron isn't known to me, but a quick 'googling' shows that he's done some work with Erik Norlander and has also done work in a heavier, 'shredding' vein. Walter Garces is a session player who appears on a number of works. Basically, this is heavy fusion that is given a unique personality because of Percy's unique take on the bass joined with heavier sounds. [Declassified] http://www.waysidemusic.com/ Banquet of the Spirits-Caym: The Book Of Angels Volume 17 $13.00 "Banquet of the Spirits is the tight touring band of Cyro Baptista, one of the world's most creative percussionists and one of Zorn's oldest friends and closest collaborators. The veteran of dozens of Zorn film scores, game pieces, bands, tours and compositions. Produced and arranged by the upcoming young bassist Shanir Ezra Blumenkranz, who approaches the music with profound understanding, a wild imagination and indefatigable creativity, it features a dynamic band of young lions, truly the very best of the new generation. Each track tounching upon a different world tradition, this dynamic CD brings Zorn's lyrical compositions to life like never before." Personnel: Cyro Baptista: Percussion, Vocals Shanir Ezra Blumenkranz: Oud, Bass, Gimbri, Vocals Tim Keiper: Drum Set, Percussion, Kamel Ngoni, Vocals Brian Marsella: Piano, Harpsichord, Pump Organ, Vocals [Tzadik] http://www.waysidemusic.com/ Anthony Braxton/Ben Opie-Duets (Pittsburgh) 2008 : 2 x CDs $16.00 Anthony Braxton: sopranino, soprano, and alto saxophones; contrabass clarinet / Ben Opie: alto and tenor saxophones; B flat and contrabass clarinets "Recorded May 29, 2008 at the studios of Carnegie Mellon University. In 2008, Ben Opie led a project that brought avant-garde stalwart and MacArthur Genius Award-winner Anthony Braxton to Pittsburgh. The festival, Braxton Plays Pittsburgh Plays Braxton, included a concert by the Braxton Septet, a large ensemble concert of Pittsburgh musicians playing Braxton’s music, a high school workshop, and two improvised performances at the National Aviary. Prior to coming to Pittsburgh, Mr. Braxton requested that he and Mr. Opie record a session of duets for possible release. Those recordings are now available as Duets (Pittsburgh) 2008. Each CD consists of an approximately one hour performance, each based on one of Braxton’s Ghost Trance Musics series of compositions. Disc one is a performance of Composition 220, an early GTM in which an even series of pulsed notes gives way to a series of improvisations. Disc two is a performance of a late generation GTM, Composition 340, involves constantly-shifting rhythms, interspersed with graphic notations and improvisations. There are several lines blurred throughout: the division between composition and improvisation, and the differences between the two reed players. It's an intimate and exciting set of recordings." [OMP] http://www.waysidemusic.com/ Jacques Coursil-Trails of Tears $16.00 Jacques Coursil, trumpet / Mark Whitecage, alto sax / Perry Robinson, clarinet / Jeff Baillard, keyboards and Fender Rhodes, / Bobby Few, piano / Alex Bernard & Alan Silva, double bass, Jose Zebina and Sunny Muarry, drums. Leaving music for academia many years ago, trumpeter Jacques Coursil invested considerable time in the study of colonialism and its effect on distressed populations. Coursil has since resumed playing in earnest, with his studies as inspiration, and his new music is showcased well on "Trails of Tears". The intent of this powerful recording is to express the emotion of displacement and loss on the Cherokee tribe that was forcibly removed from their native homeland in the 1830s (the trail of tears) and the response from those of African heritage who were enslaved in that territory. http://www.waysidemusic.com/ Dionysos-Dionysos $18.00 "Dionysos was one of Canada's most influential early progressive rock bands. Having formed in Quebec in 1969, they gained a name for combining French-language vocals with intricate musical interplay, and played at the prestigious Montreux Jazz Festival in 1971. This classic debut appeared the same year, combining stoner rock with psychedelia, blues and progressive influences, and makes a welcome return to CD here, together with background notes." "The majority of this album is guitar and keyboard rock with progressive moves."-The Acid Archives "The album experiments with psychedelia, blues and rock, and includes some fine progressive moments."-progquebec.com [Axis] http://www.waysidemusic.com/ The Ex-Catch My Shoe $16.00 "This is the 25th release on their own Ex Records & Catch My Shoe is the first with new singer Arnold de Boer. The songs range from high energy Gurage music from Ethiopia to hypnotic full on dance tunes. 'In a decade when everyone from The Incredible String Band to the Jesus Lizard has staged a comeback, The Ex top them all; not only are they still together thirty years after they first came together as a punk quartet playing gigs in Amsterdam squats, they've never compromised their values, and their music has never sucked. Key to their success is a commitment to constant change and improvisational acumen that enable them to turn circumstances that might break a lesser band into opportunities for growth.'" [Ex] http://www.waysidemusic.com/ Flower Travellin' Band-Make Up 2 x CDs $25.00 "When released in 1973, Make Up, with its incredible faux-leather imitation attaché case outer bag, looked every bit the last word in over-the-top packaging and now originals, complete and in good condition, fetch hundreds of dollars in the collectors' market. However, despite the lavish packaging, Make Up did little to enhance the group's already considerable reputation and the various band members went their separate ways immediately after the album's release. Although the album has been described as "inconsistent," there are some definite stand-out tracks, and generally Make Up reflects the varied influences that the band drew on throughout their sadly short career. This double album consists of both live and studio recordings and features keyboardist Nobuhiko Shinohara. 2CD housed in a replica outer slip-case and deluxe gatefold sleeve, including the original LP insert. Numbered, limited edition." "A double album. Half live and half studio, Make Up was Flower Travellin Band's swan song and damn, did they ever know how to go out with a bang. This album passed up good long ago and went straight to Holy sh*tland. It's amazing. It is utterly infused with all the doom, power, and passion that made Flower Travellin Band so amazingly good. Buried under a swirl of burning heavy psychedelic Guitar, doom-wailing Vocals and primal thudding Drums. Oh, and an astounding twenty two plus minute apocalyptic live destruction of the song 'Hiroshima'" [Phoenix] http://www.waysidemusic.com/ Gilgamesh-Gilgamesh (remastered) $18.00 Gilgamesh was Canterbury keyboardist Alan Gowen's first professional band that he led, before he joined National Health. This was their 1st, which is a fine album very much in the Canterbury jazz/rock/Hatfield and the North mold, but with their own sound added. All players shine: Alan Gowen-electric piano and synthesizers, Phil Lee-guitar, Jeff Clyne-bass and Mike Travis-drums + guest vocalist Amanda Parsons. Produced by Dave Stewart. This has always been hard to find on CD and we are happy to have this one again, especially as it has been very hard to find for some years now. A minor classic. [Esoteric] http://www.waysidemusic.com/ Index-Black Album + Red Album + Yesterday & Today 2 x CDs $23.00 "In the mid 1960s, Detroit Michigan was a thriving industrial city. It was at the edge of a cliff, however. The great ethnic diversity in the inner city was a brewing powder keg of civil unrest. This, coupled with a disillusioned population struggling to make some sense of a questionable war in the rice paddies of Vietnam, set an uneasy and troubling tempo for the future. Still, there were pockets of communities in the Detroit area where things were good and economic life was vibrant. The Grosse Pointes were such communities. It was on the outskirts of this political and racially tense era, in the affluent suburbs just outside of the city of Detroit, that Index was formed. The music of Index has been lauded by music heads for decades, and with good reason: it is bizarre, atmospheric, and 'home-made' (in the best of all possible ways); the band has a druggie sound, with songs full of feedback and fuzzy guitars, hazy guitar riffs and loud rhythms. Hidden amongst the echoing canyons of sound there's some snotty post-punk attitude wrapped up in that trippy velvet fuzz; a wonderful bleak sound, both droning and murky, the atonal side of late 1960's rock that would leave the most lasting impression on those who would eventually become punk, post-punk and indie rock artists like Joy Division or the Fall. Includes a 32-page booklet, written by Index drummer Jim Valice, detailing the band's rock and roll adventures, replete with photos and lyrics." [Lion] http://www.waysidemusic.com/ Eddie Jobson-Ultimate Zero Tour Live 2 x CDs $28.00 Note that this is an 'official bootleg' type of thing. "Double CD live set culled from various gigs in Russia, Poland, and the US. Eddie Jobson put together a few different incarnations of his touring band but everyone featured is a stellar musician. Featured in the band are John Wetton (first time they played together in 30 years), Tony Levin, Greg Howe, Ric Fierabracci, Trey Gunn, Marco Minnemann, and Simon Philips. The selection of material ranges from classic UK tunes to covers of King Crimson and even the Mahavishnu Orchestra." [Globe] http://www.waysidemusic.com/ Koenjihyakkei-070531 NTSC (all region) DVD $17.00 Back in stock! This is the third DVD by Koenjihyakkei. As usual, this is a wild race into Zeuhl territory, with all the throbbing bass, wild, Vander-inspired drumming, & Kobaian-via-Japan singing you could hope for. This is the most professionally done of their DVDs. Recorded on May 31, 2007, it is different from previous Koenji CDs and DVDs as it includes guests Imahori Tsuneo (from Tipographica) on guitar, Tsuboy Akihisa (from KBB) on violin and Hoppy Kamiyama on second keyboard. Lasting a full 100 minutes, about half of this is improvised with the various guests and the second half features a number of songs from the albums. [Magaibutsu] http://www.waysidemusic.com/ Koenjihyakkei-Live at Koenji High NTSC (all region) DVD $17.00 Docmenting their European tour of 2009, this features 2 new songs that are unavailable elsewhere and totals 75 minutes. Each DVD they release is a bit more professional looking and has more camera angles than the one before, and this is beginning to aproximate a completely professional DVD! Having seen this tour, this perfectly encapsulates just what makes this group so wild and so fun and is *the* DVD to own, if you are owning only one (at least until the next one!). As usual, this is a wild race into Zeuhl territory, with all the throbbing bass, wild, Vander-inspired drumming, & Kobaian-via-Japan singing you could hope for. [Magaibutsu] http://www.waysidemusic.com/ Korekyojinn-Tundra $17.00 This is Korekyojinn's 6th release and another great, great power-trio release by this excellent Japanese band featuring amazing drummer Yoshida Tatsuya, leader of Ruins and Koenjihyakkei, mighty guitarist Kido Natsuki [Bondage Fruit] and astounding bassist bassist Nasuno Mitsuru [Altered States]. This band is one of my favorite things that Yoshida is involved with - and heaven knows that he's involved with a lot of good stuff! The basic framework of a good Korekyojinn album (and I think this is the best one yet) is that they have good structures for the band to work their magic around, but enough looseness that they can really take off and roar. Highly recommended if you like Yoshida's work, Bondage Fruit or great, heavy power trios. As a friend pointed out (something I never noticed, but once he pointed it out, I had to agree) it's obvious that these guys really like Yes, combined with heavier music, such as Magma; at its best, this reminds me a lot of the very heaviest guitar/bass/drums sections of Yes (think of the opening few minutes of Close to the Edge) with everyone just going full-throttle around a basic theme) but combine it with Christian Vander-esque drumming. Totally great; I can't recommend this enough. [Magaibutsu] http://www.waysidemusic.com/ Various Artists-Let's Dance With Irregular Rhythms NTSC (all region) DVD $22.00 Back in stock. New, lower price. Packaged simply but attractively in a regular CD size case, this is a simple but attractive document of four band's performances in Japan on July 20th, 2002, captured in a two-camera shoot from a good angle. Each band gets 20' minutes or so - a little more or a little less. The two names I was most familiar with are Ruins and Pochakaite Malko. Ruins turn in their usual great, hyper blend of Magma and punk. Pochakaite Malko turn up in a different lineup than their one album: violin, keyboards, bass and drums, but it is still very recognizably their cross of Keith Emerson meets Happy Family sound. Aburadako, a band known in Japan for their dozen or so albums over the past 20 years (and the band who Tatsuya Yoshida played with before forming Ruins) are a vocals/guitar/bass/drums band, and are in the arty/techno punk mode. The final band is very interesting: Cicala Mvta. They feature 2 drummers, clarinet, guitar, cello, violin, French horn and a dancing girl with the most frightening haircut I've seen since my office moved away from across the street from a tattoo parlor. Their music uses a lot of Eastern European influences with a rock/avant flair. [Magaibutsu] http://www.waysidemusic.com/ Magical Power Mako-Super Record $18.00 "The second and all-time best Mako album, originally issued by Japanese Polydor in 1975. Packaged in mini-lp jacket sleeve. Although MPM went on to record 20+ more records after this one, he would never exceed the spatial exuberance of Super Record. From the liner notes: 'Mako's music possesses a certain strange kind of texture. It's certainly is what they call rock, but contains elements that we can't describe so succinctly. It clearly goes beyond the various genres of music, and while full of them all, it sends forth a fierce glow. This 'Super Record' shows Mako looking down upon the earth from above, wandering through Alaska and Siberia, the Near East, Okinawa, and South America. Adding to the variety of folk music of India, Turkey, and Russia, his mandolin or Taisho koto, and especially his marvelously performed guitar, expressing fully the odor of the soil and mankind's universality." "The sound starts from a template of basic Japanese folk, and then proceeds to wildly pilfer from every Asian influence one can imagine -- there are Indian sitars, Turkish mandolins, and a distinctly Silk Road-ish sound (showcased most prominently on the song 'Silk Road'). Add danceable rock rhythms, layer on a heavy dose of swirling psychedelic effects, and Super Record produces a lush, dense, relentlessly creative sound."-Pop Matters [Phoenix] http://www.waysidemusic.com/ Steve Morse-Coast to Coast $16.00 Amazing that the offical hype for this can't seem to mention his fantastic and much loved work with the Dregs/Dixie Dregs. But so it goes! "Steve Morse is best known for being the current guitarist of Deep Purple. But his passion for rock started long before joining the legendary British group. Out of all the musical endeavors he participated in, the Steve Morse Band is perhaps the most significant and personal one. This instrumental trio is well known for re-inventing rock in all possible ways, mixing it with jazz, country, funk and even bluegrass. "Coast to Coast" from 1992 is to this day considered one of the finest albums the band has ever released. This exclusive reissue bring back true classic of one of the world's most talented rock guitarists... The LP delivered a variety of styles ranging from bluegrass ("Runway Train") to classical music ("Flat Baroque"). New digipak edition is limited to numbered 2000 copies. Re-released on a golden disc." [Metal Mind] http://www.waysidemusic.com/ Steve Morse-High Tension Wires $16.00 Amazing that the offical hype for this can't seem to mention his fantastic and much loved work with the Dregs/Dixie Dregs. But so it goes! "Steve Morse is best known for being the current guitarist of Deep Purple, replacing Ritchie Blackmore back in 1993. But his passion for rock started long before joining the legendary British group. The exclusive reissue of his third solo album from 1989 - "High Tension Wires" - brings back true classic of one of the world's most talented rock guitarists... It's one of the most laid back albums in the guitarist's catalogue. Features an eclectic mix of various genres, with such highlights as "Highland Wedding" and "Tumeni Notes". New digipak edition is limited to numbered 2000 copies. Re-released on a golden disc." [Metal Mind] http://www.waysidemusic.com/ Steve Morse-Southern Steel $16.00 Amazing that the offical hype for this can't seem to mention his fantastic and much loved work with the Dregs/Dixie Dregs. But so it goes! "Steve Morse is best known for being the current guitarist of Deep Purple. But his passion for rock started long before joining the legendary British group. Out of all the musical endeavors he participated in, the Steve Morse Band is perhaps the most significant and personal one. This instrumental trio is well known for re-inventing rock in all possible ways, mixing it with jazz, country, funk and even bluegrass. "Southern Steel" from 1991 is to this day considered one of the finest albums the band has ever released. This exclusive reissue bring back true classic of one of the world's most talented rock guitarists... Features a guest performance by guitarist Jeff Watson (ex-Night Ranger). New digipak edition is limited to numbered 2000 copies. Re-released on a golden disc." [Metal Mind] http://www.waysidemusic.com/ Conor Mulroy-The Glass Ocean $12.00 This is by guitarist/composer Conor Mulroy. Also appearing are drummer/percussionist Ches Smith (Mary Halvorson, John Zorn, Secret Chiefs 3, Tim Berne, etc. etc) and bassist Jordan Alegant. It's interesting to see a jazz and 'out rock' player like Ches involved in this because this album is a alluring and unique amalgam of progressive rock, post-rock and metallic influences. The Glass Ocean consists of one nearly hour long piece. It has long acoustic parts (think Steve Tibbetts or Mike Oldfield), some spacey parts (think Mono) and long metal-influenced parts (think Gordian Knot) and somehow he sticks it all together into a flowing whole. Highly recommended! [CM] http://www.waysidemusic.com/ Pineapple Thief-Little Man $12.00 "Pineapple Thief are a band that has improved with each successive release. "Little Man" from 2008 continues in a style similar to Radiohead meets Porcupine Tree, but the band also continue to forge their own direction as well. This is not uplifting music, but rather intense and depressing. I am told that the concept of the album was based on the death of band leader Bruce Sword's child at birth a few years ago. If this is indeed the case it makes the material here that much more poignant. The album is moody and dark although it also rocks quite heavily in spots. The band continues to use interesting electronics and keyboards to spice up the material. The original albums that the band did for the Cyclops label all had rather muddy sound, but this is improved greatly on the re-master. Fans of Radiohead and / or Porcupine Tree should find a lot to enjoy from this underappreciated outfit."-Steve Sly [K-Scope] http://www.waysidemusic.com/ Gyan Riley-Stream Of Gratitude $13.00 Gyan's a great guitarist and also the son of Terry Riley. He combines aspects of acoustic guitar geniuses like Jack Rose and John Fahey with his father's hypnotic spirit. "Gyan Riley is a virtuoso guitarist and composer from Northern California who has performed both as a soloist and in ensemble with various artists such as Zakir Hussain, Michael Manring, Dawn Upshaw, the San Francisco Symphony, the Falla Guitar Trio, the World Guitar Ensemble and composer/pianist/vocalist Terry Riley. For his first Tzadik release he presents an astounding recital of original works that draw upon and expand the rich legacy of classical music for solo guitar. Modern Etudes and more from this remarkable composer/guitarist now living in Brooklyn!" [Tzadik] http://www.waysidemusic.com/ Hans-Joachim Roedelius-Gift of the Moment $18.00 "This is the tenth solo album by German keyboardist Hans-Joachim Roedelius, originally released in 1984 on Editions EG. On Geschenk Des Augenblicks - Gift Of The Moment, Roedelius broke away unequivocally from purely electronic music. If Lustwandel and Jardin Au Fou had seen the process set in motion, this was the album that completed the transition. Following the Selbstportraits, which had at least been created through the use of electric organ and synthesizers, Roedelius focused on the grand piano, sometimes accompanied by a cello, violin and guitar. Distant echoes of a not-so-distant musical past could only be detected in the occasional appearance of sparse chords played on a polyphonic synthesizer. Significantly, his arrival in Austria (having moved there a few years earlier) was much more than a geographical relocation. Roedelius responded to the musical culture of romanticism and the Biedermeier tradition, their influences seeping into his essentially modern understanding of composition in bewildering fashion on Geschenk Des Augenblicks - Gift Of The Moment. It was all too much for his listeners, reared on the more familiar sounds of Cluster and Harmonia. Moreover, the album wore a veil of delicate melancholy: no vibrant folk dances, no colorful carousels, no cheerful melodies. Instead, Roedelius offered a calm, almost detached form of music, openly acknowledging romantic heritage. Geschenk Des Augenblicks - Gift Of The Moment eluded contemporary definitions of the "experimental" concept, as Roedelius was now experimenting in new, eclectic areas, too weighty, too grainy to be labeled "proto New Age." Roedelius was not striving for perfection, but for authenticity -- a music stripped of disguise; and to this end he left little playing errors in the mix, fading out tracks rigorously to eliminate any bigger blunders." [Bureau B] http://www.waysidemusic.com/ Klaus Schulze-La Vie Electronique 8 : 3 x CDs $19.00 In the 1990s, when most of his best known material wasn't generally available, there were 3 huge archival sets of all unreleased material of his work released. This series will take these long out of print archival releases, add yet more unreleased material, and put them into chronological order! "DURING THE YEARS 1977-1983...Klaus Schulze recorded some of his more introspective works. Albums like MIRAGE, DUNE, and DIG IT saw a significant change in his style of playing and his way of composing. While Schulze was quickly expanding his collection of synthesizers, that ultimately had its effect on the outlook of the music and the possibilities of performing that in a more exquisite way. Play a track like "Synthasy" and notice that Schulze has come a long way since TIMEWIND and MOONDAWN. On this 8th part of LA VIE ELECTRONIQUE there's a selection of stuff that was archived beside his official albums in those years. A large part of this 3CD-set forms the appearance of concert recordings (made on a cheap, but stereo radio cassette recorder) from Klaus' 1979 tour with singer Arthur Brown. Besides the recordings that made up three sides of his monumental "...LIVE..." album that was released in 1980, there were plenty of other versions available of the material that Schulze played during the fall of 1979....The late seventies/early eighties' work of Klaus Schulze is often overlooked and underrated by many. Hearing the material featured on this 3CD-set, one can discover the 'other side' of that particular period when analogue was still there, but digital was about to become the power to be. And so on…"-Wouter Bessels, July 2008 [Made in Germany] http://www.waysidemusic.com/ Le Stelle di Mario Schifano-Dedicato a... $18.00 "Mario Schifano was a leading Italian pop artist, and a friend of The Rolling Stones and other prominent 1960s countercultural figures. Inspired by Andy Warhol's association with The Velvet Underground, in 1967 he decided to sponsor a band. The album that resulted combines a lengthy improvisation with five shorter, psychedelic-influenced tracks, and is a landmark in the development of Italian rock. Pressed in tiny quantities, it was released in November 1967 (with artwork designed by Schifano), and original copies have sold for thousands of Euros, making this long-awaited CD reissue especially welcome. Includes background notes." "The only (true) italian psychedelic album. The first track is one of the most experimental tour de force of those years (the early Pink Floyd meet Zappa and John Cage?)and a stunning, powerful piece of absurd music. Side 2 is much more traditional, but some songs (Susan Song, Molto Lontano) have delicate melodies and are superbly arranged."-rateyourmusic.com [Relics] http://www.waysidemusic.com/ Weasel Walter/Mary Halvorson/Peter Evans-Electric Fruit $15.00 "Taken together, these three vibrant musicians represent the best of a coming generation of new talent with the NY Times and the Village Voice calling them "dazzling and light years ahead of their peers". Mary Halvorson, Peter Evans and Weasel Walter, forge a frenetic, yet painterly style of modern improvisational music, imbued with the intense speed and density of information that modern civilization faces. The players distinct instrumental voices weave labyrinthine strands of counterpoint. The music is brisk, strange and articulate, presenting a dry and witty sense of humor and play." [Thirsty Ear] http://www.waysidemusic.com/ ------------------------------ Please note: If there are no quotes around the description, that means that we wrote it and you should not use this description without attribution. If there are quotes without attribution, that means that we took the description from the hypesheet/publicity for the release. All other quoted descriptions are attributed. You can order these & many many other items from our on-line store at: http://www.waysidemusic.com You can also fax in your order : (301) 589-1819 or mail in your order to: Wayside Music - P.O. Box 8427 - Silver Spring, MD 20907 - USA We accept cash, checks/moneyorders (as long as they are in US funds payable through a US bank), Discover, Visa and MasterCard credit cards as well as PayPal. ------ Recent reviews (or recently *discovered* reviews) of Cuneiform artists and titles (in English only): THE CLAUDIA QUINTET (see what Jason Moran had to say about "Royal Toast", as well as 9 other of his favorite albums UNTIL he gets married. Very funny: http://untiligetmarried.com/ LED BIB http://www.allaboutjazz.com/ http://www.independent.co.uk/ http://www.allaboutjazz.com/ http://www.jazzwisemagazine. MAHAVISHNU PROJECT http://www.rollingstone.com/ ED PALERMO BIG BAND http://www. RICHARD PINHAS http://gapplegateguitar. JASON ROBINSON http://www.nctimes.com/ ------ You can always see which of our artists are on tour and get the links to the venues at: http://www.cuneiformrecords. or http://my.calendars.net/ ------ JASON ADASIEWICZ'S ROLLDOWN June 26 - Hungry Brain - Chicago, IL (Celebrating the Hungry Brain's 10th Anniversary!!) June 28 - Museum of Contemporary Art - Chicago, IL November 18 - The Stone - 16 Avenue C (the corner of Avenue C and Second Street) - NYC, NY 10009 ALGERNON March 18 - Empty Bottle - 1035 North Western Ave - Chicago, IL (with Roomate) BIRDSONGS OF THE MESOZOIC with Encanti March 18 - Zumix - 260 Sumner St. - East Boston, MA 02128 (617) 568-9777 - 8:00 pm March 22 - David Friend Recital Hall - Berklee School of Music - 921 Boylston Street - Boston, MA - 7:00 pm May 6 - Democracy Center - 45 Mt. Auburn St. - Harvard Sq, Cambridge, MA - $8.00 June 17 - Zumix - 260 Sumner St. - East Boston, MA 02128 (617) 568-9777 - 8:00 pm November 26 - The Stone - 16 Avenue C (the corner of Avenue C and Second Street) - NYC, NY 10009 CARLO DE ROSA'S CROSS-FADE March 18 - Jazz Gallery - 290 Hudson Street, New York, NY 10013 (212) 242-1063 - 2 shows : 9:00 and 10:30 (CD release show!) CLAUDIA QUINTET November 18 - The Stone - 16 Avenue C (the corner of Avenue C and Second Street) - NYC, NY 10009 DEAD CAT BOUNCE (our latest signing! CD out soon!) February 9 - Sycamore - 1118 Cortelyou Road Brooklyn, NY 11231 - (347) 240-5850 - 9:30 pm $10.00 (with Hannis Brown Band) April 2 - Brooklyn Conservatory Concert Hall - 58 Seventh Avenue, Brooklyn, New York - (718) 622-3300 ERGO March 5 - One Thousand Pulses - 9 Edward Place - Woodcliff Lake, NJ 07677 - 8:00 pm GUTBUCKET February 23 - Le Poisson Rouge - NYC, NY (NYC record release show!) - 7:00 pm April 7-21 – European CD release tour (dates to be added as confirmed) May 9 - Redcat - Los Angeles, CA (Gutbucket chamber orchestra) May 9-15 – West Coast USA CD release tour (dates to be added as confirmed) November 16 - The Stone - 16 Avenue C (the corner of Avenue C and Second Street) - NYC, NY 10009 IDEAL BREAD November 15 - The Stone - 16 Avenue C (the corner of Avenue C and Second Street) - NYC, NY 10009 HAMSTER THEATRE November 22 - The Stone - 16 Avenue C (the corner of Avenue C and Second Street) - NYC, NY 10009 LED BIB February 28 - Purcell Room - London, UK (record release show) March 2 - The Harley - Sheffield, UK March 3 - The Spin Off - Leeds, UK March 4 – The Kazimier - Liverpool, UK March 5 - Voodoo Rooms - Edinburgh, UK March 6 - Centre for Contemporary Arts - Glasgow, Scotland, UK March 9 - Dempsey's - Cardiff, Wales, UK March 26 - Gateshead Jazz Festival - UK THE MUFFINS November 20 - The Stone - 16 Avenue C (the corner of Avenue C and Second Street) - NYC, NY 10009 RICHARD PINHAS February 8 - Renne, France March 3 - Cite de la Musique - Paris, France (with Pascal Comelade) April 4 - Super de Luxe - Roppongi, Tokyo, Japan (with Merzbow) additional Japanese dates to come POSITIVE CATASTROPHE February 19 - Jazz Gallery - 290 Hudson St. - NYC, NY - 3:30 pm workshop, 5:00 pm open rehearsal, 9:00 and 10:30 pm performance November 17 - The Stone - 16 Avenue C (the corner of Avenue C and Second Street) - NYC, NY 10009 PRESENT (with Univers Zero and Aranis) September 16 - RIO Festival - Cap'Découverte - 81450 LE GARRIC (Carmaux) - France RADIO MASSACRE INTERNATIONAL November 23 - The Stone - 16 Avenue C (the corner of Avenue C and Second Street) - NYC, NY 10009 ALEC K. REDFEARN and THE EYESORES November 27 - The Stone - 16 Avenue C (the corner of Avenue C and Second Street) - NYC, NY 10009 REVOLUTIONARY SNAKE ENSEMBLE February 27 - Chianti Tuscan Restaurant - 285 Cabot Street - Beverly, MA 01915 March 1 - The Plough & Stars - 912 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02139 - (617) 576-0032 - 10:00 pm May 20 - Barbés, 376 9th St. (corner of 6th Ave), Park Slope, Brooklyn, NY - (347) 422-0248, 8 - 9:30pm November 17 - The Stone - 16 Avenue C (the corner of Avenue C and Second Street) - NYC, NY 10009 THINKING PLAGUE November 22 - The Stone - 16 Avenue C (the corner of Avenue C and Second Street) - NYC, NY 10009 UNIVERS ZERO (with Present and Aranis) September 16 - RIO Festival - Cap'Découverte - 81450 LE GARRIC (Carmaux) - France ZEVIOUS March 11 - Union Pool - 484 Union Ave, New York, NY 11211 - (718) 609-0484 (with Dysrhythmia, Smother Party, and A f**king Elephant) March 19 - Orion Studios - 2903 Whittington Ave # C, Baltimore, MD 21230 -(410) 646-7334 (with TBA) March 20 - The Rotunda - 4014 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104 - (215) 573-3234 (with Electric Simcha) March 21 - Galaxy Hut - 2711 Wilson Boulevard, Arlington, VA 22201 - (703) 525-8646 (with Matta Gawa) March 22 - The Camel - 1621 West Broad Street, Richmond, VA 23220-2106 - (804) 353-4901 (with TBA) March 23- Eastside Lounge - 485 Flat Shoals Rd, Atlanta, GA 30316 - (404) 521-9666 (with TBA) March 27 - Salvage Vanguard Theater (hosted by Church of the Friendly Ghost) - 2803 Manor Rd, Austin, TX 78722 (with TBA) March 31 - The Trunk Space - 1506 NW Grand Ave,Phoenix, AZ 85007 - (602) 256-6006 (with Destroyah and TBA) April 1 - The Smell - 247 South Main Street, Los Angeles, CA 90012 - (213) 625-4325 - (with Upsilon Acrux and TBA) April 5 - The Walnut Room - 3131 Walnut St, Denver, CO, 80205 (with Bottesini Project) April 10 - Melody Inn - 3826 North Illinois Street, Indianapolis, IN 46208 - (317) 923-4707 - (with Kuan, Gash Hound, and TBA) April 11 - South Park Tavern - 1301 Wayne Avenue, Dayton, OH 45410 - (937) 586-9526 - (with Kuan) April 13 - The Bug Jar - 219 Monroe Avenue, Rochester, NY 14607-3527 - (585) 454-2966 (with TBA) A lot more in the works (some very close to being confirmed) November 30 - The Stone - 16 Avenue C (the corner of Avenue C and Second Street) - NYC, NY 10009 CUNEIFORM CURATES THE STONE I was very, very pleased to be contacted by John Zorn and offered the opportunity to book his amazing music space "The Stone" for two weeks in November. The Stone is a great listening space with good sound, comfortable chairs and great music six nights per week (they are closed on Mondays). There are two separate shows per night with a different act at each show and a separate admission to each show. Every cent of your admission money goes to the artists. Watch this space for updates to the schedule. The Stone - 16 Avenue C (the corner of Avenue C and Second Street) - NYC, NY 10009 Shows at 8:00 and 10:00 - set order not yet decided - so far confirmed are: November 15 - Ideal Bread November 15 - November 16 - Gutbucket November 16 - November 17 - Revolutionary Snake Ensemble November 17 - Positive Catastrophe November 18 - Jason Adasiewicz's Rolldown November 18 - The Claudia Quintet November 20 - The Muffins November 20 - November 22 - Hamster Theatre November 22 - Thinking Plague November 23 - Radio Massacre International November 23 - November 25 - November 25 - November 26 - Birdsongs of the Mesozoic November 26 - November 27 - Alec K. Redfearn and the Eyesores November 27 - November 29 - November 29 - November 30 - Zevious November 30 - Upsilon Acrux Also: SInce there will be so many musicians coming in for the NYC gigs, we are working on setting up a 2 day festival in DC or Baltimore for a number of the bands. Location and venue to be determined. This will occur on Saturday November 19 and Sunday November 20. This is still in the very early planning stages, but the idea is to have 5 bands per day over 2 days (i.e. 10 acts). When we know who is playing where and when and feel comfortable posting it, it will be posted. But this is still many months away. Watch this space. ------ To see Artist News by musicians who have recorded for Cuneiform - provided to us by the musicians themselves and updated every four months, go to: http://www.cuneiformrecords. ------ Thank you! -Coming Soon (or not soon, but eventually, so please be patient!)- (For updates of new items in stock, watch these mailings or check the NEW ARRIVALS section!) : JASON ADASIEWICZ'S ROLLDOWN-new, third album PETER BAUMAN- Romance '76 -Transharmonic Nights (available again for the 1st time in many, many years) SERGE BRINGOLF/STRAVE-Strave (great, fairly obscure zeuhl/jazz-rock album from 1980 from France by a large ensemble. I consider this one of the treasures of French zeuhl and it's really underknown and appreciated. Being reissued by Soleil Zeuhl, of course and if you don't know this one, you are really in for a treat!) CALOMITO-Cane di Schiena CASSIBER (box set with a live DVD as well as unreleased material on CD along with the four albums we already know and love) CHEER-ACCIDENT-No Ifs, Ands or Dogs (album #17 - what more need be said?) DEAD CAT BOUNCE-Chance Episodes FACTOR BURZACO-II (new album on AltrOck) FAR CORNER #3 FORGAS BAND PHENOMENA-a PHENOMENAl new album (#5) GILGAMESH-Gilgamesh (new, remastered version of the first Gilgamesh album) GÖSTA BERLINGS SAGA-Glue Works (much anticipated 3rd album from instrumental progressive/post rock Swedes) MATS/MORGAN BAND-new studio album (may still be some time away...) ROB MAZUREK/SAO PAULO UNDERGROUND-Tres Cabecase Loucuras RICHARD PINHAS + MERZBOW-Rhizome RICHARD PINHAS + MERZBOW-Paris, Live 2008 (limited edition, vinyl only release) RELOGIOS DE FREDERICO (Frederico´s clocks)-Faskner (odd name, but amazing band from Brazil) WADADA LEO SMITH/ORGANIC-Heart's Reflection (new studio album by Wadada's extraordinary 4 guitar band!) SOFT MACHINE LEGACY-Relegation of Pluto/Live in Germany FRANCOIS THOLLOT-Scherzoo (3rd album!) THINKING PLAGUE-new album (studio album #6!) VAN DER GRAAF GENERATOR-A Grounding in Numbers (3rd album since their 00's reformation!) IF you'd like to view previous New In stock Announcements, they can be found here: http://ymlp47.net/archive_ |
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Here's what has come in in the last week - either new releases or restockings of items that have been unavailable: Jimmy Agren-Glass Finger Ghost $12.00 (special) "Slide guitarist Jimmy Agren with a fine collection of Beefheart influenced pieces, wonderfully played. He's also a mean harmonica player, manodolinist, sometime percussionist and singer. Guests include Mats Oberg and Morgan Agren (whose drumming on this record is frighteningly good), and vocalists Freddie Wadling and Magnus Olsson. Beautifully deployed additive rhythms, always moving, with nothing extraneous or unnecessary. This is an impressive, world-class record that rips from start to finish. I can't praise it too much."-Chris Cutler/ReR [UAE] http://www.waysidemusic.com/ Anima Sound-Musik Für Alle vinyl lp $30.00 (due to size and weight, for sale in the USA only) "After the success of the previous Wah Wah reissue of Anima Sound's Stürmischer Himmel we are proud to offer a first ever vinyl reissue of their Musik Für Alle album, one of the rarest private pressings in the Krautrock scene. In 1971 Paul and Limpe Fuchs loaded their instruments on an old tractor and spent six months touring through Germany at 20 km/h. When the summer came, they stopped in front of Willy Neubauer's recording studio in Düsseldorf and there they taped a music memory of the tour. Two long pieces, 17 minute long improvisations titled 'N Da Da Uum Da' and 'Traktor Go Go Go', were to be privately released as an LP on their own Altepfarhof label. By some, these two tracks 'can surely be considered as one of the best psychedelic experiences ever created, due to the intensity of the recording.' On their performance the group produced many wonderful and inspired sounds, many of them coming from Paul Fuch's self-built instruments, and counted with the post-production collaboration of Neubauer's Echolette Ringmodulater. The Wah Wah reissue has been properly licensed from Limpe Fuchs herself, reproduces the original cover art and features an insert with photos." [Wah Wah] http://www.waysidemusic.com/ Albert Ayler-Spiritual Unity (mini-lp sleeve) $8.00 (special) Back in stock! In my opinion, if you have to pick one album to answer the question of "What was Albert Ayler's music all about?", this is that album. And it's available now in a facimile mini-lp sleeve edition at a great price. "Spiritual Unity was the album that pushed Albert Ayler to the forefront of jazz's avant-garde, and the first jazz album ever released by Bernard Stollman's seminal ESP label. It was really the first available document of Ayler's music that matched him with a group of truly sympathetic musicians, and the results are a magnificently pure distillation of his aesthetic. Bassist Gary Peacock's full-toned, free-flowing ideas and drummer Sunny Murray's shifting, stream-of-consciousness rhythms (which rely heavily on shimmering cymbal work) are crucial in throwing the constraints off of Ayler's playing. Yet as liberated and ferociously primitive as Ayler sounds, the group isn't an unhinged mess -- all the members listen to the subtler nuances in one another's playing, pushing and responding where appropriate. Their collective improvisation is remarkably unified -- and as for the other half of the album's title, Ayler conjures otherworldly visions of the spiritual realm with a gospel-derived fervor. Titles like "The Wizard," "Spirits," and "Ghosts" (his signature tune, introduced here in two versions) make it clear that Ayler's arsenal of vocal-like effects -- screams, squeals, wails, honks, and the widest vibrato ever heard on a jazz record -- were sonic expressions of a wildly intense longing for transcendence. With singable melodies based on traditional folk songs and standard scales, Ayler took the simplest musical forms and imbued them with a shockingly visceral power -- in a way, not unlike the best rock & roll, which probably accounted for the controversy his approach generated. To paraphrase one of Ayler's most famous quotes, this music was about feelings, not notes, and on Spiritual Unity that philosophy finds its most concise, concentrated expression. A landmark recording that's essential to any basic understanding of free jazz."-Steve Huey/All Music Guide [ESP] http://www.waysidemusic.com/ Paul Bley-Ramblin' (24-bit remastered) (mini-lp sleeve) $8.00 (special) "Ramblin' comes from an adventurous period in Paul Bley's career, at a time when he was associated with some of the more avant-garde elements. His playing often takes an attractively aggressive approach, which he tempered in later years. There is his characteristic emphasis on the beauty of the single note. The gorgeous, lush sounds on "Albert's Love Theme," for example, or the slow, beautiful, expressive take on Annette Peacock's "Touching" are filled with enormous depth. Carla Bley's "Ida Lupina" is given a sophisticated treatment that emphasizes tonal bliss. As with all Bley recordings, this one takes close listening to appreciate its subtleties, but the joy is well worth the effort. Barry Altschul is spectacular on drums, with effective polyrhythmic support, and bassist Mark Levinson fits perfectly into the mix."-Steve Loewy/All Music Guide [Sunspots] http://www.waysidemusic.com/ Anthony Braxton-Anthony Braxton (24-bit remastered) (mini-lp sleeve) $8.00 (special) Back in stock! "Few modern musicians in any genre can have been so extensively documented as the Chicago-born multi-instrumentalist, and yet the very density of the documentation serves only to heighten the enigma that is Anthony Braxton'' (Penguin Guide To Jazz). This is the first of Braxton's two albums for the BYG/Actuel series recorded in Paris on September 10, 1969 with the help of Leo Smith (trumpet), Leroy Jenkins (violin), and Steve McCall on drums. 24-bit digitally remastered & packaged in a miniature-LP paper sleeve." [Sunspots] http://www.waysidemusic.com/ Anthony Braxton-This Time... (24-bit remastered) (mini-lp sleeve) $8.00 (special) Back in stock! "From the opening contrabass clarinet gurgle, it's clear this is no ordinary free jazz album, despite the fact it was released on the quintessentially volcanic free jazz imprint BYG Actuel. This Time features Anthony Braxton on alto and soprano saxophones, clarinet and contrabass clarinet, flute, sound machine, chimes, and voice, Leo Smith on trumpet, flügelhorn, horns, logs, and siren, Leroy Jenkins on violin, viola, flute, mouth organ, and electronic organ, and Steve McCall on drums, percussion, and darbouka in a striking display of vintage AACM multi-instrumentalism. That instantly recognizable Chicago mix of dazzling virtuosity and toy town tinkles and toots still sounds as fresh and crisp as it did when it was recorded back in January 1970; as well as exploring the further reaches of virtuoso improvisation and surrealistic poetry (on the title track), Braxton also throws the windows of the cage (pun intended) open onto the outside world: "In the Street" was recorded where it says it was -- in the street. The other pieces are generically titled ("Solo," "Small Composition," "Composition," etc.) -- Braxton's idiosyncratic algebraic/geometrical titles don't feature here -- but are about as far from generic as you could hope to get. Wild, wonderful, insanely creative, and absolutely timeless."-Dan Warburton/All Music Guide [Sunspots] http://www.waysidemusic.com/ François Faton Cahen-La Fièvre Monte $10.00 (special) François is, of course, best known for being in Magma for their 1st two albums and then forming Zao, one of the earlier and better French jazz/rock bands. This 1999 release is the most recent under his name and is definitely a 'jazz' album and features a great violinist I had not heard of before (Nicolas Krassik) as well as strong contributions on double bass, drums and percussion. [Great Winds] http://www.waysidemusic.com/ Camel-Moondances NTSC (all region) DVD $23.00 "It has been a long and frustrating search, but we were finally successful in tracking down a visual recording of Camel performing in 1976. It has been bootlegged mercilessly over the years. We had managed to get a copy on VHS back in 1993, but the recording was so poor, you couldn't recognise the band members. If you didn't know the music intimately, you wouldn't know it was Camel. It was touted as having been filmed in Spain but, in actual fact, it was recorded at the Hammersmith Odeon on 14th April 1976. The original line up of Andrew, Andy Ward and Doug Ferguson, with the late Peter Bardens, were on tour with their new release, Moonmadness. It's a rather dark recording, with the original audio, but an excellent performance. It's a wonder that the record company still had any form of it in the archives and, while it still has its gremlins, it's a fabulous piece of history. We decided to combine this short performance with the complete 1977 BBC recording at the Hippodrome during the Raindances tour (editor's note: for me, this is Camel's finest hour ever). Originally, we were only able to get permission to release specific time frames of this show, as licenses are charged per minute of usage. Now, through the generosity of the BBC, we were granted a special license to release all of the show. Together, they make a nice window to the past. A very special bonus is that we have included two audio recordings Decca Records (and the band, for that matter) had virtually forgotten about. Long ago, in a faraway galaxy known as Someplace in London, Andrew, Andy, Doug and Peter recorded two songs titled Autumn and Riverman. They weren't considered quite good enough for an album, but what makes these recordings so special to my ears is that they are the zygotes of what would become Camel's signature. They are hindsight in perfection, allowing us to look back to where so many songs originated, a bit like the river's source. I think they also have a certain innocence about them, too. We couldn't see them being released on a Camel album of today as they are too juxtaposed, both in structure and sound. I personally felt they were too unique to be included in that way, and needed something special. When our video producer, David Minasian, suggested we put them on the DVD as an audio bonus, we knew we'd found their place. Dave included an excellent slide show of still images to accompany the music." Track Listing 1976 show: White Rider Lunar Sea Preparations Dunkirk Another Night Lady Fantasy Track Listing (1977) First Light Metrognome Unevensong Rhayader RhayaderGTT Skylines Highways of the Sun Lunar Sea Rain Dances Never Let Go One of These Days I'll Get an Early Night [Camel Productions] http://www.waysidemusic.com/ Camel-The Opening Farewell: Camel Live in Concert NTSC (all region) DVD $24.00 Back in stock! Recorded at The Catalyst in Santa Cruz, CA. on Camel's farewell tour in 2003. This completely professional DVD is 2 hours long and it features Andrew Latimer: Guitar, Flute, Recorder,Vocals, Colin Bass: Bass, Bass Pedals, Vocals, Denis Clement: Drums, Percussion, Recorder, Tom Brislin: Keyboards, Vocals playing in front of a packed house of fans, which spurs them onto giving a excellent performance. This is a total no brainer for their many fans! The tracklist: Lady Fantasy Unevensong Hymn to Her Echoes Stationary Traveller Drafted Rhayader Rhayader Goes to Town Lunar Sea Another Night Ice Spirit of the Water Slow Yourself Down Mother Road For Today [Camel Productions] http://www.waysidemusic.com/ Don Cherry-Mu, First Part (24-bit remastered) (mini-lp sleeve) $8.00 (special) Back in stock! Digitally remastered, mini-lp sleeve reissue of BYG/Actuel 1, released in a limited edition of 1500 copies at a special price. In my opinion, this is one of the greatest of the Actuel series! These relatively early duos between Don moving from instrument to instrument and Ed Blackwell on drums have a singular and strong charm. Superb and recommended! "An album recorded at Studio Saravah in Paris on August 22, 1969 by Don Cherry (pocket trumpet, piano, indian flute, bamboo flute, voice, bells, percussions) with Ed Blackwell (drums, percussions, bell). His duets with Ed Blackwell, a drummer whose playing Cherry was very conversant with through a shared history in the Coleman group, were the first recordings released in the Actuel series." [Sunspots] http://www.waysidemusic.com/ Don Cherry-Mu, Second Part (24-bit remastered) (mini-lp sleeve) $8.00 (special) Back in stock! Digitally remastered, mini-lp sleeve reissue of BYG/Actuel 31, released in a limited edition of 1500 copies at a special price. In my opinion, this is one of the greatest of the Actuel series! These relatively early duos between Don moving from instrument to instrument and Ed Blackwell on drums have a singular and strong charm. Superb and recommended! "An album recorded at Studio Saravah in Paris on August 22, 1969 by Don Cherry (pocket trumpet, piano, indian flute, bamboo flute, voice, bells, percussions) with Ed Blackwell (drums, percussions, bell). His duets with Ed Blackwell, a drummer whose playing Cherry was very conversant with through a shared history in the Coleman group, were the first recordings released in the Actuel series." [Sunspots] http://www.waysidemusic.com/ Philippe de Mouctouris-Intimal Guitare $10.00 (special) "Since the Eighties, Swiss guitarist Philippe De MOUCTOURIS has taken time to let his music mature. It is now strongly influenced by master Robert FRIPP (KING CRIMSON), but also by some constructivist audacities. The musician blends fire with ice within a truly contrasted music, where cyclic guitar parts and sculpture of the sounds give birth to an emotive and provocative style. Assisted by Ralph KINDIG, Philippe de MOUCTOURIS issues now "Intimal Guitare" (1997), a true masterpiece of the style. Of course, this musician plays the guitar on it, but also some keyboards and bouzouki." [Gazul] http://www.waysidemusic.com/ The Firebirds-Light My Fire $9.00 (special) A rare reissue of the 1969 album from The Firebirds, a blues-heavy psychedelic outfit similar to Blue Cheer and Iron Butterfly except with tunes! A thoroughly intriguing & engaging album that appeared on the Crown label in 1969. Absolutely nothing is known about the band other than their albums have become highly sought-after for their over-the-top heavy psych-blues-rock mayhem that owes much to Hendrix, Iron Butterfly, & Blue Cheer's 'Vincebus Eruptum' (1968). "Heard so much about this gem even heard a few samples am contemplaiting buying the album sounds like kick arse sh*t to me. Is it worth buying or should I wait for a burnt copy. >> I really like it. Then again I am one to really like that wasted old jamming. >> Excellent over-fuzzed Blue Cheer worship. I read on some site that the drummer basically plays fills the entire time and that's a pretty accurate description... >> this ones a keeper."-from a 'conversation' on www.hellridemusic.com [Radioactive] http://www.waysidemusic.com/ The Flying Luttenbachers-Infection and Decline (remastered/bonus) $15.00 A reissue of one of the must-have releases from this amazing, technical, skronk-filled, BRUTAL, 'brutal-prog' band led by Weasel Walter. Originally released in 2001, this was is the first release by the trio lineup of drums + 2 really agressive bassists, including Alex Perkolup now of Cheer-Accident and Jonathan Hischke (also of Hella and Marnie Stern). Their version of De Futura rules, & the rest of the album is good too in an exceedingly noisy and hard-edged way. "The Flying Luttenbachers have been destroying puny minds & souls for almost 10 years with an extreme, amorphous & unlikely fusion of hardcore, free jazz, death metal bombast and modern classical style abstraction. One mere mortal critic described the current lineup as a 'violent mutant hybrid of Captain Beefheart's Magic Band, Bela Bartok and Napalm Death'....the album concludes with a devastating & faithful 16 minute version of 'De Futura', originally recorded by the seminal French prog band Magma." "In 2001, a new line-up of The Flying Luttenbachers emerged. The new direction of the group focused on hyper-composed complexity replete with punishing dissonance and harsh electronic timbres. The group called this music "BRUTAL PROG": this wasn't prog rock for your uncle: it is NOW - ugly, apocalyptic and furious. The debut release from this line-up was issued in 2002 and has been out of print for years until now. Featuring full-frequency digital remastering, improved artwork (the way it was originally supposed to look) and 6 manic, never-before-heard bonus tracks, this definitive version of "Infection and Decline" will blow you away. Featuring Jonathan Hischke (Hella, Marnie Stern, etc.) and Alex Perkolup (Cheer-Accident, Bobby Conn, etc.) on twin bass assault and Weasel Walter on drums, this CD contains almost 80 minutes of Brutal Prog intensity." [ugExplode] http://www.waysidemusic.com/ Goliath-Hot Rock and Thunder $9.00 (special) "A supremely talented 5-piece progressive hard rock outfit from Kentucky. Originally released in 1972 on the Bridges label. The band always tight and composed, storms through 7 finely-crafted self-penned songs with flair and originality." "Goliath played a sort of southern style 'swamp rock', with a heavy metal/rock edge, while incorporating elements of progressive rock into their music as well. A close friend of mine from Indiana who has been involved in the music scene there, both as a studio engineer and a musician insists that Goliath are indeed from southern Indiana and not Kentucky, though they are neighboring States, divided by the Ohio river. Musically it's difficult to peg these guys accurately, because they can really confuse the listener. If you happened to be passing by my car and I had this album blasting away, you might think I was listening to some southern swamp boogie rock outfit like 'Hydra'. Then if you passed by a second time, you might think I was listening to some obscure 70's French synth/prog band like 'Carpe Diem'. I think Goliath enjoyed confusing the listener, and this might have been the source of their downfall. These segues and intros of piano and synth are prevalent throughout this album, and might turn some people off." [Radioactive] http://www.waysidemusic.com/ Anders Helmerson-Triple Ripple $16.00 "Anders HELMERSON has earned some recognition in the Progressive rock scene, for having recorded a one-and-only album in 1979, a true masterpiece reissued by the Musea label. It included instrumental music based on a large array of keyboards, following the path of EMERSON, LAKE & PALMER. After a first attempt in the year 2002 with "Fields Of Inertia", Anders HELMERSON comes back today with a similar formula, strongly revigorated. And the two musicians that were chosen to support him are no strangers by any means. The American bass player Bryan BELLER can be heard along Mike KENEALLY, Dweezil ZAPPA or Steve VAI, while German Marco MINNEMANN (UKZ, David TORN, Paul GILBERT...) is probably one of the most sought-after drummers in the genre. Needless to say the content is worth the packaging: here's top-notch instrumental Progressive rock, sometimes symphonic, sometimes close to jazz-rock fusion. The name of an underrated French band might even come to mind: the almighty PRIAM... Just great!" [Musea] http://www.waysidemusic.com/ Iconoclasta-La Rencarna Cion de Maquiave Lo $9.00 (special) "This band performs from their first albums onwards, a really structured music which includes many themes, breaks and changes of rhythms and climates. It is elegant and ardent at the same time, due to the complex melodies and subtle and sometimes angry combinations, which developpe in furious crescendos between guitar and keyboards.In "Trece Anos", the style remains lyrical Progressive rock and evokes Italian bands like PREMIATA FORNERIA MARCONI, BANCO DEL MUTUO SOCCORSO or GARYBALDI because of its blend of refined romanticism, enthousiasm and energy. "En Concierto" follows the same path as MINIMUM VITAL, and has the same blend of virtuosity, complex composition taken from jazz-rock (BRAND X school), sophistication and melodical impact inherited of Progressive as well as energy, one of the essential components of rock. All this makes a subtle cocktail full of flavours like breaks, changes, dialogues between keyboards (With MINIMUM VITAL-like sounds) and an energetic guitar. The band survived the passage to the Third Millenium, but had to wait nine years to issue its next opus after "La Granja Humana" in the year 2000. The title of this opus, "Resurreccion" (2009), clearly shows the new stages encountered by the band, still centered around guitarists Roberto MORENO and Ricardo ORTEGON, as well as drummer Victor BALDOVINOS. The two new members add a female touch to the team: they are bassist-singer Greta SILVA and singer Alma CASTILLO. Jointly published by the Musea and Luna Negra labels, "Resurreccion" will surely please the aficionados of the South-American School's precious symphonism. Not to be missed!" [Smogless] http://www.waysidemusic.com/ Jackal-Awake $9.00 (special) A Canadian group whose only album was released on a tiny label, this is comparable in a lot of ways to 1971/1972 era Deep Purple; progressive hard rock with lots of great organ and guitarwork. Really good in that vein. [Radioactive] http://www.waysidemusic.com/ Giya Kancheli-Themes from the Songbook $18.00 Dino Saluzzi: bandoneon Gidon Kremer: violin Andrei Pushkarev: vibraphone "A very special album for Giya Kancheli’s 75th birthday. When starting out on his career as a creator of symphonic and chamber music, the Georgian composer also wrote much incidental music for the theatre and the cinema. Though still little-known in the West, the film music was widely heard across the former Soviet Union and the themes here (there are 20 on the album) enjoyed great popularity. ECM decided to invite Dino Saluzzi to revisit Kancheli’s music for stage and screen, in his personal and highly creative way. Simultaneously Gidon Kremer, an old friend and champion of Kancheli’s music, also expressed an interest in doing something special for Giya’s birthday. With both Kremer and Saluzzi on board, the project took on new dimensions. Finding links between the worlds – Kancheli’s, Kremer’s, and Saluzzi’s - is a task adroitly handled by Pushkarev. The vibraphonist, who works often with Kremerata Baltica, prepared arrangements realized with Kremer in Riga, and also worked in Oslo with Saluzzi, intuitively supporting Dino’s very relaxed approach to the material. Nine of the featured themes derive from Kancheli’s collaborations with internationally acclaimed theatre director Robert Sturua. There are also themes from films by Georgi Danelia, Eldar Shengelaia, Sergei Bodrov, Lana Gogoberidze and others." [ECM] http://www.waysidemusic.com/ Kotebel-Ouroboros $20.00 "This is a glorious perpetuation of the sort of musical magnificence that we, Kotebel followers, have come to naturally expect from this excellent Spanish-Venezuelan ensemble - "Ouroboros" has to be one of the most outstanding symphonic prog releases in the year 2009, and why not, extensively in the new millennium. For this concept-album around a bunch of mythical figures, Kotebel operates as an all-instrumental quintet with featured room for dual keyboards, which means that the flute and female vocals are now absent in the band's sonic arsenal; but, in the end, the absence of these two items that had been so immensely relevant in the band's previous two efforts ("Fragments of Light" and "Omphalos") has been efficiently compensated by the remaining instrumentalists. The musical ideas remain equally inventive and the instrumental amalgamation continues to be grandiloquent in its infinite elegance. Indeed, this "Ouroboros" album is a total master opus for our current times' progressive rock scene worldwide. 'Amphisbaena' opens up the album with tenuous textures during its brief introductory theme, until the whole ensemble kicks off and settles in through the colorful display of the fusion-friendly motif. The combination of jazz-rock ambiences and Gentle Giant-ish tricks, when merged into the overall symphonic framework, results in an abrasive exhibition of excitement and grandeur. The interplaying among the two keyboardists is effectively massive, with virtuosic guitarist César García Forero spreading his eclectic input all over the place, complementing the keyboard developments and playing amazing leads. The piano-dominated passages during the track's last third states a proper expectation for the coda, wich starts ethereal and ends quite bombastic. A tremendous opener such as this can only be followed by a suite, and so Kotebel deliver the namesake track, which lasts 16+ minutes and comprises 7 sections. This intensely progressive journey is a constant climax of textures, orchestrations and controlled exhibitionist deliveries: the main motifs are clearly signaled, with variations and jams that go on succeeding each other in a perfectly fluid fashion. The melodic sense is brilliant, the harmonic sensibility is flawless, and both prove to be a demanding thing particularly in those passages in which the band uses a dynamic mixture of chamber-rock and jazz (i.e. 'Variation II'). 'Variation IV' is built on soaring atmospheres that may remind us a little of "Incantations"-era Oldfield, although the moment in which the lead guitar and drum kit settle in makes the track move toward momentary bizarre moods. The next 'Variation' is patently more evocative: it starts with a piano solo, then a soft orchestration is set in to evolve into a special climax, bombastic but not overdone. The punchy swing of 'Variation VII' gives way for a vibrant passage whose clever articulation allows to build a well-ordained crescendo, which ultimately leads to a 'Coda': this one culminates the overall suite's architecture on a melancholy note, yet evidently energetic in its own terms. Following this suite is a dirty job to do, but it is left to 'Satyrs' do it, and it does it by going to a different territory. 'Satyrs' is more guitar-orientated than the preceding two pieces, and it is less pompous as much as it is rockier. There is still much musical complexity to rely on while listening to this track: there is a funny tango-based interlude, for instance, and there is also a slow-paced psychedelic that provides an ounce of grayish density right before the splendid closure. The album perseveres in its wonderful majesty with the other suite, 'Simurgh', perhaps the most purely symphonic track in this catalogue: there are some Latin-jazz cadences utilized strategically in places, but they mostly serve as vortexes of varying dynamics to enrich the main motifs? developments within a consistent eclecticism. 'Behemoth' is quite awesome, a special favorite of mine. It bears a stylish tension that owes quite much to the Scandinavian standard of Crimson-inspired retro prog: the big beast after which this track is entitled meets an adequate musical portrait, featuring mellotron-like washes, eerie dissonant guitar phrases and a slow, heavy rhythmic scheme. The track's overall mood is surreal in the sense of a weird dream, almost mystic, consistently mysterious. The studio tracklist ends with 'Legal Identity V', plethoric and bombastic without any boundaries, which is reasonable since its 3+ minute span can clearly allow the musicians to think less about constraint and more about explicit expression? in typically progressive terms, of course. The bonus track is quite long, a live rendition of extracts from the "Mysticae Visiones" suite (from the namesake album) as it was delivered at the Gouveia Art 2007 festival. This item conveniently shows the listener all about the power and color that this band solidly displays in live performances; it is also a sweet reminder of the important input that the female vocals and flute used to offer to the band's whole framework in earlier times. All in all, and paying focusing my attention on the studio tracks exclusively, I'm prepared to give this album a 5 star rating. "Ouroboros" is indispensable in any good symphonic prog collection."-Cesar Inca/ProgArchives.com [Musea] http://www.waysidemusic.com/ Lard Free-Lard Free vinyl lp $30.00 (due to size and weight, for sale in the USA only) Classic, great, early and wild experimental avant/progressive rock band, led by drummer/composer Gilbert Artman, before he formed Urban Sax. Beautiful reproduction, including the gatefold sleeve. "The first album by Lard Free, simply titled Gilbert Artman's Lard Free, is released in 1973 on the Vamp label. It has been recorded and mixed in April that year, the recording session taking place for only 36 hours in a London studio. But that's enough time for the band to showcase the adventurous spirit of Gilbert & Co. There's drums and sax of jazzy, repetitive inspiration, free-rock guitar licks and an always present AKS synthesizer that produce one of the essential works of Europe's musical avant-garde on its time. After this brilliant recorded legacy, Lard Free split in 1978, with Artman dedicating his time to his more 'successful' project Urban Sax. Featuring : Gilbert Artman (drums, piano steinway, vibes), Herve Eyhani (bass guitar, arp synthetizer), Philippe Bolliet (all saxes), Francois Mativet (guitars)." [Wah Wah] http://www.waysidemusic.com/ Lard Free-I'm Around About Midnight vinyl lp $30.00 (due to size and weight, for sale in the USA only) Classic, great, early and wild experimental avant/progressive rock band, led by drummer/composer Gilbert Artman, before he formed Urban Sax. This one has Richard Pinhas on (part of it? all of it? never been quite certain) and there is overlap with the material HE was doing simultaneously with It's Always Rock 'n' Roll. A classic. Beautiful reproduction, including the gatefold sleeve. "Lard Free's second LP, I'm Around About Midnight, was recorded in Paris in a three day session and released in 1975, also on Vamp. There is a totally different line-up from that of the first LP and it features long time friend Richard Pinhas, with whom Artman explores (in his own way) some sound passages of strong Heldon inspiration, although in a less immediate register, building an organic layered sound that emanates a certain shadowy formal beauty. The strong Artman-Pinhas connection is also confirmed by the inclusion on Heldon's Third of the track 'Pale violence under a reverbere', on a different mix and different title, 'Méchamment rock.' Featuring : Gilbert Artman (drums, percussions, vibes, hammond organ, steinway piano, tenor sax), Richard Pinhas (guitars, bass guitar, arp synthetisers, synthi vks 3), Alain Audat (synthi vks 3, tenor sax, clb), Antoine Duvernot (alto sax, flute)." [Wah Wah] http://www.waysidemusic.com/ Lard Free-III/Spirale Malax vinyl lp $30.00 (due to size and weight, for sale in the USA only) Third & final of the original three Lard Free albums. Lard Free, led by Gilbert Artman, were a legendary, early progressive/avant/electronic instrumental group. Along with Heldon this is as close as the French came to "krautrock". This is probably my personal favorite of all of them, & I like all of them a lot! A classic! "The third and last Lard Free LP is released in 1977 on the Cobra label recorded in two different studios between January and March that same year. Besides some new musicians, another step forward in Artman's constant evolution is the use of the recording studio as an additional instrument that offers a whole lot of possibilities to creative expansion. The results are amazing : under an apparently lineal structure there's thousands of sound brushtrokes that feed themselves back to create a strange and provocative post-industrial picture. Gilbert Artman (orgue, piano, arp synthesizer, vibraphone, drums premier), Xavier Baulleret (guitares), Yves Lanes (synthy-ems), Jean-Pierre Thiraut (clarinette)." [Wah Wah] http://www.waysidemusic.com/ Mats/Morgan-The Teenage Tapes $10.00 (special) The earliest recordings released by Mats Oberg-keyboards and Morgan Agren-drums. These guys were friends with Zappa and performed in the tribute "Zappa's Universe" project. Tricky, intricate music with a definite nod to Frank, as well as other progressive musics too. [UAE] http://www.waysidemusic.com/ Morgen-Morgen $9.00 (special) "Singer/guitarist Steve Morgen and company (bassist Rennie Genossa, drummer Bob Maiman and rhythm guitarist Barry Stock) originally hailed from Long Island, New York. Signed by ABC's short-lived Probe subsidiary, their 1969 debut Morgen teamed them with producer Murray Shiffrin (Steve Morgen is given the co-production credit). After this superb debut, the entire band quite simply disappeared. If you're into heavy psych guitar, then this is for you. While Morgen had a competent, if limited voice, he was a truly amazing guitarist with the likes of Nick Saloman of The Bevis Frond becoming a staunch advocate of Morgen's status as a "psychedelic guitar hero." Tracks such as "Eternity In Between," "Welcome To the Void," "Of Dreams" and "Beggin' Your Pardon (Miss Joan)" were simply drenched with fuzz and feedback guitar. Underpinned by Maiman's powerhouse drumming (easily compared with Led Zeppelin's John Bonham) and suitably trippy lyrics, you're looking at a pseudo-classic slice of psychedelia that largely explains the huge asking price of an original copy." [Radioactive] http://www.waysidemusic.com/ Sunny Murray-An Even Break (Never Give A Sucker) (24-bit remastered) (mini-lp sleeve) $8.00 (special) Digitally remastered, mini-lp sleeve reissue of BYG/Actuel 32, released in a limited edition of 1500 copies at a special price. "Avant-garde jazz drummer Sunny Murray was a major player in the experimental jazz community throughout the 1960s. After three years as a member of Albert Ayler's band (1964-1967). Featuring Byard Lancaster, Malachi Favors and Kenneth Terroade." "BYG/Actuel released an impressive array of recordings in 1969/1970. None was more compelling than this effort by Sunny Murray. Along the lines of East Coast Colors on Dave Burrell's High Won/High Two release, Sunny's complete command over jazz cymbals will astonish you. For the recording of "Giblet" alone, this album is worth the price. The tenor team of Byard Lancaster and Ken Terroade, who never received their due in fame, will propel your ears to new levels, led by Sunny's unique and forceful drumming. Tired of "fours"? This is the cure."-Robert E. Lloyd [Sunspots] http://www.waysidemusic.com/ Sunny Murray-Sunshine (24-bit remastered) (mini-lp sleeve) $8.00 (special) "Sunny Murray is one of the most influential and inventive free jazz drummers in the history of jazz and this historic album, originally released in 1969 for the BYG Actuel series is testimony to the man's greatness. Featuring Archie Shepp, Alan Silva, Arthur Jones, Lester Bowie, Roscoe Mitchell, Kenneth Terroade and Malachi Favors at the peak of their genius." "Sunny Murray's Sunshine is yet another all-star blowing session from the BYG Actuel series. Like many of the others, it is loud, very intense, and clocks in at just over 30 minutes. Also, and again like the others in the series, it is an indispensable document of late-'60s Pan-African art music. This is an opportunity to hear a number of fantastic players at the peaks of their respective careers. Represented here are three different groups. Both "Flower Trane" and "Red Cross" are performed by ensembles featuring (among others) Archie Shepp, Alan Silva, Arthur Jones, Lester Bowie, and Roscoe Mitchell. "Real," on the other hand, is a piece for the trio of Murray, tenor man Kenneth Terroade, and bassist Malachi Favors. This is some heavy music and is not for the faint of heart, but fans of avant-garde jazz will find a great deal to enjoy here."-Brandon Burke/All Music Guide [Sunspots] http://www.waysidemusic.com/ Pearls Before Swine-Baklava (mini-lp sleeve) $8.00 (special) "A record that virtually defies categorization, Pearls Before Swine's 1968 epic Balaklava is the near-brilliant follow-up to One Nation Underground. Intended as a defiant condemnation of the Vietnam War, it doesn't offer anthemic, fist-pounding protest songs. Instead, Rapp vented his anger through surrealist poetry, irony, and historical reference: Balaklava was the 1854 Crimean War battle that inspired Alfred, Lord Tennyson to write his epic The Charge of the Light Brigade; in reality, the "Charge" was a senseless military action that killed scores of British soldiers. Balaklava begins with "Trumpeter Landfrey," an 1880's recording of the actual voice and bugle charge of the man who sounded the charge at Balaklava. It makes the transition into "Translucent Carriages," a mix of acoustic guitars, a basic vocal, and ghostly narration ("Jesus raised the dead...but who will raise the living?"), all the more stunning. "Images of April" continues the mystical feel, combining flutes, cricket chirps, and frog croaks for a nether-worldly effect. Rapp virtually cries "I Saw the World," backed by a powerful string arrangement that makes the song even more impassioned. Like One Nation Underground, Balaklava is somewhat unfocused: "There Was a Man" is a little too Dylan-esque, and Leonard Cohen's "Suzanne" detracts from Rapp's compositions. Unfortunately, the record closes with "Ring Thing," a morbid piece that refers to Tolkien's famous Lord of the Rings trilogy. Still, this is superb psychedelic music, successfully merging exotic instruments like marimba, clavinet, French horn, and swinehorn with Rapp's unique lisping vocals. But Balaklava isn't just acid-trip background music. It's probably the best example of what Rapp calls "constructive melancholy" (also the name of a recent CD collection of Pearls songs), a combination of the real with the surreal, and it's indispensable to any serious '60s rock collection."-Peter Kurtz/All Music Guide [ESP] http://www.waysidemusic.com/ Pearls Before Swine-One Nation Underground (mini-lp sleeve) $8.00 (special) "Psychedelic-folk debut from one of the most erudite, literate minds in rock, Thomas D. Rapp (and the first of his ever-changing Swine). Although the songs here lack some cohesion, this is still a stunning piece of work, from the nightmarish sleeve art -- the "Hell Panel" from Hieronymus Bosch's 15th century painting "Garden of Delights" -- to the strange yet powerful songs. "Another Time," the most memorable selection, is an understated acoustic song, the first that Rapp ever penned, based on his experience in a horrific car crash where he walked away unscathed. Of similar mood is the beautiful "Ballad of an Amber Lady." "Drop Out" is a straightforward song built around a popular credo of the '60s. "Uncle John" is one of the earliest protest songs about the Vietnam War. Strangest (and funniest) of all is "(Oh Dear) Miss Morse," where Rapp adopts a Victorian persona and sounds out the Morse code spelling of F-U-C-K, accompanied by banjo and Farfisa organ. Considering Rapp's fascination with history, it's not surprising that one of the songs here, "I Shall Not Care," features a co-writer credit to "Roman Tombs." The cryptic words that comprise this song's title were discovered on a tomb that dates to the final days of the Roman Empire."-Peter Kurtz/All Music Guide [ESP] http://www.waysidemusic.com/ Sten Sandell/Simon Steensland-Under Öknar (Rankö Rendu) $10.00 (special) Oddly singular and quite engaging release once you get into the proper mind-set for it. Sten performs on throat-singing, harmonium, synths, percussion and sounds. Simon performs on bass, harmonium, percussion, marimba and sounds. Also appearing are Mats Oberg-voice, synths, harmonium, Morgan Agren-drums, Amit Sen-cello and Savnte Drake-mouth drums. [UAE] http://www.waysidemusic.com/ Eric Satie-Gnossiennes, Gymnopedies, Piano Works $7.00 (special) Great price on essential piano music from a early 20th century master who died in poverty and has proven unbelievably influencial. Performed by Anne Queffélec with Catherine Collard. Featured works are: 6 Gnossiennes, 3 Morceaux en forme de poire, Descriptions Automatiques, Pièces Froides, Heures Séculaires Et Instantanées, Vieux Séquins Et Vieilles Cuirasses, Je Te Veux and Prélude De La Porte Héroïque Du Ciel. [Virgin Classics] http://www.waysidemusic.com/ Sonny Sharrock-Monkey-Pockie-Boo (24-bit remastered) (mini-lp sleeve) $8.00 (special) "Of the electric guitar's few proponents in avant-garde jazz, Sonny Sharrock is easily the most influential; he was one of the earliest guitarists to even attempt free playing, along with Derek Bailey and Sonny Greenwich. Sharrock's visceral aggression and monolithic sheets of noise were influenced by the screaming overtones of saxophonists like Coltrane, Sanders, and Ayler, and his experiments with distortion and feedback predated even Jimi Hendrix. Naturally, he provoked much hostility among traditionalists, but once his innovations were assimilated, he enjoyed wide renown in avant-garde circles."-Steve Huey/All Music Guide "An album recorded in Paris (on June 22nd, 1969) with his wife Linda plus Ben Guerin (bass) and Jacques Thollot (drums). Sonny Sharrock was one of the top avant-garde guitarists and his playing was intense and ferocious. He mixed together Jimi Hendrix and Pharoah Sanders." "Sharrock was the first guitarist to really embrace fire music. He wanted his playing to mirror the emotional scream of the tenor saxophone"-Thurston Moore [Sunspots] http://www.waysidemusic.com/ Archie Shepp-Live in Antibes, Volume 1 (24-bit remastered) (mini-lp sleeve) $8.00 Back in stock. "Superb live recordings (dated July 18 and July 20, 1970) captured in France at the Antibes-Juan Le Pen Jazz Festival. Archie Shepp and the Full Moon Ensemble (featuring Clifford Thornton on piano and trumpet, Beb Guerin on bass and Claude Delcloo on drums) play through four long tracks with an intensity that still sounds fresh more than three decades later." [Sunspots] http://www.waysidemusic.com/ Archie Shepp-Live in Antibes, Volume 2 (24-bit remastered) (mini-lp sleeve) $8.00 (special) Back in stock! "Amazing live recordings (dated July 18 and 20 1970) captured in France at the Antibes-Juan Le Pen Jazz Festival. Archie Shepp & The Full Moon Ensemble (including Allen Shorter, Clifford Thornton, Joseph DeJean, Beb Guerin and Claude Delcloo) playing four long and intense tracks." [Sunspots] http://www.waysidemusic.com/ Alan Silva-Luna Surface (24-bit remastered) (mini-lp sleeve) $8.00 (special) "For Luna Surface, Alan Silva collected many of the top free jazz players of the day -- and then he gave them all the green light. As a result, this is a very free record that could easily turn off a listener not yet sold on the 1969 avant-garde jazz scene. The 11-piece ensemble featured, among others, Grachan Moncur III, Archie Shepp, Anthony Braxton, Dave Burrell, Leroy Jenkins, and Malachi Favors. Every member of the group should be familiar to fans of the BYG Actuel series and some, like Moncur and Shepp, from sessions on bigger, U.S. labels like Blue Note and Impulse! respectively. There is very little in the way of a theme and arguably little or no direction to "From the Luna Surface," the only cut on the record. For some this might be a little too much to handle, while for others it might just hit the spot. All four of the string instruments are bowed for the majority of the record -- Silva bowing his violin upright, like a bass -- and often at ultra-high frequencies that waver in and out of tonality with one another. There is no ensemble or unison playing from the horn section. Instead, they quietly enter the conversation one by one, hit a handful of fevered pitches midway through the piece, and leave as quietly as the came. As a historical document of Pan-African high art music, this session is absolutely invaluable. It might not be so appropriate in the car."-Brandon Burke/All Music Guide [Sunspots] http://www.waysidemusic.com/ Titus Oates-Jungle Lady $9.00 (special) "CD re-issue of the one and only album by this early '70's Florida outfit. Great album with excellent guitar jams. Long tracks, and the right heavy psych vibe. The material ranges from '60s flower power to roadhouse psychedelia and has a decidedly West Coast feel with their Southern roots occasionaly coming to the surface in the style of Allman Brothers-style dual guitar interludes. Great production makes this a lost gem." [Radioactive] http://www.waysidemusic.com/ ------------------------------ Please note: If there are no quotes around the description, that means that we wrote it and you should not use this description without attribution. If there are quotes without attribution, that means that we took the description from the hypesheet/publicity for the release. All other quoted descriptions are attributed. You can order these & many many other items from our on-line store at: http://www.waysidemusic.com You can also fax in your order : (301) 589-1819 or mail in your order to: Wayside Music - P.O. Box 8427 - Silver Spring, MD 20907 - USA We accept cash, checks/moneyorders (as long as they are in US funds payable through a US bank), Discover, Visa and MasterCard credit cards as well as PayPal. ------ Recent reviews (or recently *discovered* reviews) of Cuneiform artists and titles (in English only): BEAT CIRCUS http://new.music.yahoo.com/ JASON ROBINSON http://latimesblogs.latimes. LED BIB http://mercuryprize.com/ http://londonjazz.blogspot. http://www.bbc.co.uk/ http://www.bbc.co.uk/music/ http://www.guardian.co.uk/ PLANETA IMAGINARIO http://www.allmusic.com/album/ SOFT MACHINE http://www.audaud.com/article? UNIVERS ZERO http://www.goldminemag.com/ http://www.audaud.com/article. ------ You can always see which of our artists are on tour and get the links to the venues at: http://www.cuneiformrecords. or http://my.calendars.net/ ------ JASON ADASIEWICZ'S ROLLDOWN June 26 - Hungry Brain - Chicago, IL (Celebrating the Hungry Brain's 10th Anniversary!!) June 28 - Museum of Contemporary Art - Chicago, IL November 18 - The Stone - 16 Avenue C (the corner of Avenue C and Second Street) - NYC, NY 10009 ALGERNON March 18 - Empty Bottle - 1035 North Western Ave - Chicago, IL (with Roomate) BIRDSONGS OF THE MESOZOIC with Encanti March 18 - Zumix - 260 Sumner St. - East Boston, MA 02128 (617) 568-9777 - 8:00 pm March 22 - David Friend Recital Hall - Berklee School of Music - 921 Boylston Street - Boston, MA - 7:00 pm May 6 - Democracy Center - 45 Mt. Auburn St. - Harvard Sq, Cambridge, MA - $8.00 June 17 - Zumix - 260 Sumner St. - East Boston, MA 02128 (617) 568-9777 - 8:00 pm November 26 - The Stone - 16 Avenue C (the corner of Avenue C and Second Street) - NYC, NY 10009 DAVID BORDEN November 23 - The Stone - 16 Avenue C (the corner of Avenue C and Second Stre CARLO DE ROSA'S CROSS-FADE March 18 - Jazz Gallery - 290 Hudson Street, New York, NY 10013 (212) 242-1063 - 2 shows : 9:00 and 10:30 (CD release show!) CLAUDIA QUINTET November 18 - The Stone - 16 Avenue C (the corner of Avenue C and Second Street) - NYC, NY 10009 DEAD CAT BOUNCE (our latest signing! CD out soon!) February 9 - Sycamore - 1118 Cortelyou Road Brooklyn, NY 11231 - (347) 240-5850 - 9:30 pm $10.00 (with Hannis Brown Band) April 2 - Brooklyn Conservatory Concert Hall - 58 Seventh Avenue, Brooklyn, New York - (718) 622-3300 ERGO March 5 - One Thousand Pulses - 9 Edward Place - Woodcliff Lake, NJ 07677 - 8:00 pm GÖSTA BERLINGS SAGA (our latest signing! CD out in May!) June 25/26 - NEARFest - Zoellner Arts Center, Bethlehem, PA GUTBUCKET February 23 - Le Poisson Rouge - NYC, NY (NYC record release show!) - 7:00 pm April 7-21 – European CD release tour (dates to be added as confirmed) May 9 - Redcat - Los Angeles, CA (Gutbucket chamber orchestra) May 9-15 – West Coast USA CD release tour (dates to be added as confirmed) November 16 - The Stone - 16 Avenue C (the corner of Avenue C and Second Street) - NYC, NY 10009 IDEAL BREAD November 15 - The Stone - 16 Avenue C (the corner of Avenue C and Second Street) - NYC, NY 10009 HAMSTER THEATRE November 22 - The Stone - 16 Avenue C (the corner of Avenue C and Second Street) - NYC, NY 10009 LED BIB February 28 - Purcell Room - London, UK (record release show) March 2 - The Harley - Sheffield, UK March 3 - The Spin Off - Leeds, UK March 4 – The Kazimier - Liverpool, UK March 5 - Voodoo Rooms - Edinburgh, UK March 6 - Centre for Contemporary Arts - Glasgow, Scotland, UK March 9 - Dempsey's - Cardiff, Wales, UK March 26 - Gateshead Jazz Festival - UK THE MUFFINS November 20 - The Stone - 16 Avenue C (the corner of Avenue C and Second Street) - NYC, NY 10009 RICHARD PINHAS February 8 - Renne, France March 3 - Cite de la Musique - Paris, France (with Pascal Comelade) April 4 - Super de Luxe - Roppongi, Tokyo, Japan (with Merzbow) additional Japanese dates to come POSITIVE CATASTROPHE February 19 - Jazz Gallery - 290 Hudson St. - NYC, NY - 3:30 pm workshop, 5:00 pm open rehearsal, 9:00 and 10:30 pm performance November 17 - The Stone - 16 Avenue C (the corner of Avenue C and Second Street) - NYC, NY 10009 PRESENT (with Univers Zero and Aranis) September 16 - RIO Festival - Cap'Découverte - 81450 LE GARRIC (Carmaux) - France RADIO MASSACRE INTERNATIONAL November 23 - The Stone - 16 Avenue C (the corner of Avenue C and Second Street) - NYC, NY 10009 ALEC K. REDFEARN and THE EYESORES November 27 - The Stone - 16 Avenue C (the corner of Avenue C and Second Street) - NYC, NY 10009 REVOLUTIONARY SNAKE ENSEMBLE February 27 - Chianti Tuscan Restaurant - 285 Cabot Street - Beverly, MA 01915 March 1 - The Plough & Stars - 912 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02139 - (617) 576-0032 - 10:00 pm May 20 - Barbés, 376 9th St. (corner of 6th Ave), Park Slope, Brooklyn, NY - (347) 422-0248, 8 - 9:30pm November 17 - The Stone - 16 Avenue C (the corner of Avenue C and Second Street) - NYC, NY 10009 THINKING PLAGUE November 22 - The Stone - 16 Avenue C (the corner of Avenue C and Second Street) - NYC, NY 10009 UNIVERS ZERO (with Present and Aranis) September 16 - RIO Festival - Cap'Découverte - 81450 LE GARRIC (Carmaux) - France ZEVIOUS Check these guys out as they go ALL the way across the USA and back! This is your chance to see a great, truly hot NYC harmolodic/punk-jazz group in YOUR hometown. March 11 - Union Pool - 484 Union Ave, New York, NY 11211 - (718) 609-0484 (with Dysrhythmia, Smother Party, and A f**king Elephant) March 19 - Orion Studios - 2903 Whittington Ave # C, Baltimore, MD 21230 -(410) 646-7334 (with TBA) March 20 - The Rotunda - 4014 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104 - (215) 573-3234 (with Electric Simcha) March 21 - Galaxy Hut - 2711 Wilson Boulevard, Arlington, VA 22201 - (703) 525-8646 (with Matta Gawa) March 22 - The Camel - 1621 West Broad Street, Richmond, VA 23220-2106 - (804) 353-4901 (with TBA) March 23- Eastside Lounge - 485 Flat Shoals Rd, Atlanta, GA 30316 - (404) 521-9666 (with TBA) March 27 - Salvage Vanguard Theater (hosted by Church of the Friendly Ghost) - 2803 Manor Rd, Austin, TX 78722 (with TBA) March 30 - Solar Culture Gallery - 31 East Toole Avenue, Tucson, AZ 85701- (520) 884-0874 March 31 - The Trunk Space - 1506 NW Grand Ave,Phoenix, AZ 85007 - (602) 256-6006 (with Destroyah and TBA) April 1 - The Smell - 247 South Main Street, Los Angeles, CA 90012 - (213) 625-4325 - (with Upsilon Acrux and TBA) April 3 - St. James Infirmary - 445 California Avenue, Reno, NV 89501 - (775) 657-8484 - (with Frendo) April 5 - The Walnut Room - 3131 Walnut St, Denver, CO, 80205 (with Bottesini Project) April 9 - Mexicains Sans Frontieres - 120 S Division Av #226, Grand Rapids MI 49503 - (with Night Toucher) April 10 - Melody Inn - 3826 North Illinois Street, Indianapolis, IN 46208 - (317) 923-4707 - (with Kuan, Gash Hound, and TBA) April 11 - South Park Tavern - 1301 Wayne Avenue, Dayton, OH 45410 - (937) 586-9526 - (with Kuan) April 13 - The Bug Jar - 219 Monroe Avenue, Rochester, NY 14607-3527 - (585) 454-2966 (with TBA) April 14 - Community School of Music and Arts (CSMA) - 3rd Floor Auditorium, 330 E State St (aka Martin Luther King Jr. St), Ithaca, NY 14850 (with Makeshift, The Invisible Hand) And more in the works (some very close to being confirmed) November 30 - The Stone - 16 Avenue C (the corner of Avenue C and Second Street) - NYC, NY 10009 CUNEIFORM CURATES THE STONE I was very, very pleased to be contacted by John Zorn and offered the opportunity to book his amazing music space "The Stone" for two weeks in November. The Stone is a great listening space with good sound, comfortable chairs and great music six nights per week (they are closed on Mondays). There are two separate shows per night with a different act at each show and a separate admission to each show. Every cent of your admission money goes to the artists. Watch this space for updates to the schedule. The Stone - 16 Avenue C (the corner of Avenue C and Second Street) - NYC, NY 10009 Shows at 8:00 and 10:00 - set order not yet decided - so far confirmed are: November 15 - Ideal Bread November 15 - November 16 - Gutbucket November 16 - November 17 - Revolutionary Snake Ensemble November 17 - Positive Catastrophe November 18 - Jason Adasiewicz's Rolldown November 18 - The Claudia Quintet November 20 - The Muffins November 20 - November 22 - Hamster Theatre November 22 - Thinking Plague November 23 - David Borden November 23 - Radio Massacre International November 25 - November 25 - November 26 - Birdsongs of the Mesozoic November 26 - November 27 - Alec K. Redfearn and the Eyesores November 27 - November 29 - November 29 - November 30 - Zevious November 30 - Upsilon Acrux Also: SInce there will be so many musicians coming in for the NYC gigs, we are working on setting up a 2 day festival in DC or Baltimore for a number of the bands. Location and venue to be determined. This will occur on Saturday November 19 and Sunday November 20. This is still in the very early planning stages, but the idea is to have 5 bands per day over 2 days (i.e. 10 acts). When we know who is playing where and when and feel comfortable posting it, it will be posted. But this is still many months away. Watch this space. ------ To see Artist News by musicians who have recorded for Cuneiform - provided to us by the musicians themselves and updated every four months, go to: http://www.cuneiformrecords. ------ Rest in Peace: MILTON BABBITT (legendary US avant-garde composer) JOHN BARRY (legendary British film composer) TONY LEVIN (wonderful UK jazz drummer, active from the early 60s to now, playing with many greats like Tubby Hayes, John Taylor, Joe Harriott, Paul Dunmall and Mujician) ------ Thank you! -Coming Soon (or not soon, but eventually, so please be patient!)- (For updates of new items in stock, watch these mailings or check the NEW ARRIVALS section!) : JASON ADASIEWICZ'S ROLLDOWN-new, third album PETER BAUMAN- Romance '76 -Transharmonic Nights (available again for the 1st time in many, many years) SERGE BRINGOLF/STRAVE-Strave (great, fairly obscure zeuhl/jazz-rock album from 1980 from France by a large ensemble. I consider this one of the treasures of French zeuhl and it's really underknown and appreciated. Being reissued by Soleil Zeuhl, of course and if you don't know this one, you are really in for a treat!) CALOMITO-Cane di Schiena CASSIBER (box set with a live DVD as well as unreleased material on CD along with the four albums we already know and love) CHEER-ACCIDENT-No Ifs, Ands or Dogs (album #17 - what more need be said?) DEAD CAT BOUNCE-Chance Episodes FACTOR BURZACO-II (new album on AltrOck) FAR CORNER #3 FORGAS BAND PHENOMENA-a PHENOMENAl new album (#5) GILGAMESH-Gilgamesh (new, remastered version of the first Gilgamesh album) GÖSTA BERLINGS SAGA-Glue Works (much anticipated 3rd album from instrumental progressive/post rock Swedes) MATS/MORGAN BAND-new studio album (may still be some time away...) ROB MAZUREK/SAO PAULO UNDERGROUND-Tres Cabecase Loucuras RICHARD PINHAS + MERZBOW-Rhizome RICHARD PINHAS + MERZBOW-Paris, Live 2008 (limited edition, vinyl only release) RELOGIOS DE FREDERICO (Frederico´s clocks)-Faskner (odd name, but amazing band from Brazil) WADADA LEO SMITH/ORGANIC-Heart's Reflection (new studio album by Wadada's extraordinary 4 guitar band!) SOFT MACHINE LEGACY-Relegation of Pluto/Live in Germany FRANCOIS THOLLOT-Scherzoo (3rd album!) THINKING PLAGUE-new album (studio album #6!) VAN DER GRAAF GENERATOR-A Grounding in Numbers (3rd album since their 00's reformation!) IF you'd like to view previous New In stock Announcements, they can be found here: http://ymlp124.net/archive_ |
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Here's what has come in in the last week - either new releases or restockings of items that have been unavailable: A Technicolor Dream NTSC (all region) DVD $5.00 An astonishly low price on this very interesting documentary about the early psychedelic era in London, which features an emphasis on the UFO Club and Pink Floyd. In addition to extremely interesting interviews and archival footage with many of the important protaganists (including performances) you get extremely high quality video of 2 of Floyd's promo films from 1967 (The Scarecrow and Arnold Layne) as well as the amazing "The Look of the Week" footage of the group performing Astronomy Domine - yes the entire song! - which is the by far the best video footage of the group with Syd (unfortunately they have edited out critic Hans Keller "who vants to know vhy it must be so loud")! Conditionally highly recommended. "A Technicolor Dream is the story of the Underground movement in the UK during the sixties and leads up to its culmination at The 14 Hour Technicolor Dream, an all night "musical happening" that was held at Alexandra Palace on April 29, 1967. The story takes in CND marches in the early sixties, the foundation of the London Free School and from that the International Times, the UFO Club and the Notting Hill Carnival. There are brand new interviews with Roger Waters and Nick Mason from Pink Floyd, John "Hoppy" Hopkins, Joe Boyd, Kevin Ayers, Barry Miles, Arthur Brown, Phil May from The Pretty Things and many more. All of this is set in a musical context with the music of Syd Barrett era Pink Floyd." [Eagle] http://www.waysidemusic.com/ Ginger Baker & African Friends-Live in Berlin Germany 1978 $9.00 (special) This is basically Ginger with Fela's drum section when Fela and Africa 70 left Africa for the 1st time to play in Europe at the Berliner Jazztage. "2010 live archive release from the British musician and friends. In November 1978 after a short period setting up his own Polo Club, Ginger found himself in Berlin for a concert with his old friend Fela Anikulapo Kuti and Africa 70 at the Berlin Jazzfest. The tracks contained on this album are a magnificent blend of styles and one which went down exceedingly well with the audience. Although best described as a jam, the music is never boring or self indulgent. This high quality recording is a fine testament to the pairing of Fela and Africa 70 and Ginger Baker and captures a real moment in time where the language is music and the currency is virtuosity." [Voiceprint] http://www.waysidemusic.com/ The Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band-40th Anniversary Celebration NTSC (all region) DVD $9.00 (special) Features original members Neil Innes, Roger Ruskin Spear, Rodney Slater, Vernon Dudley Bohay-Nowell, Sam Spoons, Bob Kerr and 'Legs' Larry Smith + four guests to fill in/cover for Viv Stanshall! "2006 marks the 40th anniversary of the release of My Brother Makes The Noises For the Talkies, the first record by The Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band. On January 28th 2006 Classic Rock Productions Ltd presented a very special evening celebrating the music and achievements of the legendary Bonzos. For the first time since the group broke up in the early seventies, a British stage once again resounded to the inspired flights of lunacy of the Bonzos favourites performed live. It was an evening dedicated to the surreal stage presentation of the highlights of the music of the Bonzos, including all the hits, which have built a lasting musical legacy." "This a damned fine performance all round, and with excellent camerawork to compliment the superb and dynamic audio (in Dolby stereo and true Dolby Digital & DTS 5.1 surround). Neil Innes clearly made every effort to be sure that this historic occasion would be recorded with all possible attention to detail....Stephen Fry has a jolly time doing a few key numbers in his stylish lyrical spoken word - nailing the very complex rap of "Rhinocratic Oaths" with aplomb, and adding his trademark touch of class to "Sport (The Odd Boy)" and "The Sound of Music". Adrian Edmondson is spectacular in "The Strain" and does a great job with "My Pink Half Of The Drainpipe", "Tent" and "Mr Slater's Parrot". The dynamic nature of their late frontman Vivian Stanshall is proven in that four highly talented and very different artists have been enlisted to take his role in this gala. The original Bonzo band members all present with gusto and inventiveness. It's also a very gay-friendly show, with "Legs" Larry Smith and Dudley Vernon Bohey Nowell proudly showing their style. The late Vivian Stanshall and Denis Cowan were given a one minute's cacophony as a tribute at the start of the show. I was 13 when I first heard the Bonzo Dog Band - as "I'm The Urban Spaceman" lingered in the Top40. It's still my favourite 45rpm single. In my early 20's I was introduced to the rest of their work and was blown away. I am very grateful (privileged in fact) that the band made the big effort to do this DVD."-John Frame [Classic Rock] http://www.waysidemusic.com/ Companyia Electrica Dharma-Diumenge $15.00 The first and one of the best by this Spanish quintet who use elements of Catalan folk music mixed in with their jazz/rock fusion leanings. This is from 1975 and features electric and Spanish guitar, Fender Rhodes, acoustic piano and moog, soprano sax, bass and drums. A band I had long heard of, but had never heard, this is a really nice work that will please fusion/progressive fans, especially those looking for a band who put a unique spin on the sound. [PDI] http://www.waysidemusic.com/ Companyia Electrica Dharma-L'Oucomballa $15.00 The second and one of the best by this Spanish quintet who use elements of Catalan folk music mixed in with their jazz/rock fusion sound. This is from 1976 and features electric and Spanish guitar, Fender Rhodes, acoustic piano and moog, soprano sax, bass and drums. A band I had long heard of, but had never heard, this is a really nice work that will please fusion/progressive fans, especially those looking for a band who put a unique spin on the sound. [PDI] http://www.waysidemusic.com/ Companyia Electrica Dharma-Tramuntana $15.00 The third by this Spanish quintet who use elements of Catalan folk music mixed in with their jazz/rock fusion sound. This is from 1978 and features electric and Spanish guitar, Fender Rhodes, acoustic piano and moog, soprano sax, bass and drums. [PDI] http://www.waysidemusic.com/ Family-Classic Airwaves CDEP $5.00 (special) In the early 1970's, Belgian TV ran a series of 30 minute programs of then- current rock bands, recorded live without an audience in professional lighting and staging. Someone has finally found the original tapes and licensed the masters! This is the audio of the long out of print DVD release "Masters From the Vault". This is a fantastic five song set from one of their greatest periods, circa "Anyway", with Roger Chapman, Rob Townsend, Charlie Whitney, John Weider, and Poli Palmer playing "Dim", "Part of the Load", "Good News - Bad News", "No Mule's Fool" & "The Weaver's Answer". How to explain Family 40 years later? Take a idiosyncratic vocalist, who, like Peter Hammill or Don Van Vliet you either grow to love or hate (Roger Chapman) combine his talents with a standard guitar-led rock format, but add a multi-instrumentalist who plays vibes/piano/flute, a bassist who plays violin, and have a fine guitarist. Stir this wild and creative mix of hard rock and progressive and folk and shake it all up with a lot of thought and experimentation, while still keeping it 'song format' based with almost all of the songs being well under 5 minutes, and you have this great band! Highly recommended. [AL] http://www.waysidemusic.com/ John Hollenbeck/Orchestre National de Jazz-Shut Up and Dance 2 x CDs $28.00 Amazingly great, 2011 release by the very excellent Orchetre National de Jazz, led by Daniel Yvinec, who leads the group into much more interesting and exciting projects than just jazz (don't forget their very great and unique take on Robert Wyatt from a few years ago). This time, they've got a real winner here; this is two albums featuring the (always great and always fascinating) compositions of John Hollenbeck, best known here for his compositions and his drumming with The Claudia Quintet. This is a 10 piece band consisting of two keyboardists , four reeds. trumpet, guitar, bass and drums. As far as I could tell, none of these pieces have appeared elsewhere, making this even more of a must-have. Highly and hugely recommended! [Bee Jazz] http://www.waysidemusic.com/ Various Artists-Hur!: Hommage a la musique de Christian Vander 2 x CDs $18.00 (special) On special - $8.00 off the regular price - while they last! Released by the always excellent Soleil Zeuhl label and given who appears on here, you won't be surprised to learn that this is a mostly excellent and very entertaining take on the music of Christian Vander. All tracks previously unreleased and available elsewhere! Appearing here are: Guapo, Setna, Simon Steensland, Forgas Band Phenomena, Jannick Top, Pochataite Malko, Musique Noise, Patrick Gauthier, Klaus Blasquiz, Minimum Vital, Ain Soph, Gerard Prevost, Erik Baron and many more. Well done and huge fun for Magma/Zeuhl fans. [Soleil Zeuhl] http://www.waysidemusic.com/ Mirasol Colores-La Boqueria $15.00 For whatever reason, Orquestra Mirasol changed their name to Mirasol Colores with this, their third album. This was originally released in 1977, and, like almost all electric jazz/rock in 1977, it's beginning to run a little bit low on steam. There are definitely some mediocre moments here, although at its best, this is as good as the others. Don't start with this one, but if you love the other two, this is still a more than decent album. [Picap] http://www.waysidemusic.com/ Orquestra Mirasol-Salsa Catalana $15.00 This was the first album by an excellent Barcelona/Catalan jazz rock band from the early/mid 70s, originally released in 1974. Lots of elements of the great electric jazz of that time period: Herbie Hancock's Mwandishi, Soft Machine (circa Six), Weather Report, but all of it strongly filtered with a warm, Mediterranean sound. Clarinet, flutes, soprano and baritone sax, piano and Fender Rhodes, guitar, bass, drums and pecussion, plus some guests here and there give this a great flowing sound. Ultimately and in keeping with the title, this is a Catalan jazz/rock band who offer us a record of uniquely spiced and flavored electric jazz with a distinctive 'Catalan sauce'. Highly recommended! [Picap] http://www.waysidemusic.com/ Orquestra Mirasol-D'oca a Oca i Tira Quet et Toca 2 x CDs $20.00 This was the second album by this excellent Barcelona/Catalan jazz rock band from the early/mid 70s. Originally released in 1975, this was a double album that featured longer tracks than on their first and which allows even more stretching out from the players. Lots of elements of the great electric jazz of that time period: Herbie Hancock's Mwandishi, Soft Machine (circa Six), Weather Report, but all of it strongly filtered with a warm, Mediterranean sound. If you like that sound from that period, this comes highly recommended! [Picap] http://www.waysidemusic.com/ Michael Ranta/Mike Lewis/Conny Plank-Mu : very limited edition 2 x CDs in a hardboard box $50.00 This title is now apparently out of print. We got a pretty good restock in, but this time, when they are gone, I think they are gone forever. "The only time this ensemble got together before was for the singular and legendary Wired session recorded in 1970 and published on the Deutsche Grammophon box set Free Improvisation in 1974. The Wired session also included Karl-Heinz Böttner while this release of Mu just has the trio of Ranta, Lewis and Plank. Mu got recorded a few months after the Wired session, in Plank's studio, but never got released strangely enough. Yet it's a true hidden treasure of marvelous minimal psychedelic improvisations with an oriental touch controlled and mixed by 'Diabolis in Musica' Conny Plank. Although the intense recording session ended early in the morning the mixdown was still done straight afterwards of which this is the direct result for MU1, Mu2, and Mu4. For Mu3 Michael Ranta added live percussion to the original tape mix and dedicated it to Mike Lewis. Due to circumstances and moving to different continents they never had the chance to meet again. Previously unreleased studio material from 1970 recorded a few months after the legendary Wired session. Hardboard linen CD box contains 2 CDs and a 28-page booklet with biography text and notes from Michael Ranta (in Dutch, German and English). Edition of 500 copies." Michael Ranta : percussion, guitars and prepared thundersheet Mike Lewis : keyboards, wind instruments and percussion Conny Plank : live electronics, sound control, recording supervision, mix "What a stunning surprise discovery of this obscure ensemble with Michael Ranta, Mike Lewis and Krautrock master Conny Plank. As on the legendary Wired LP on the Free Improvisation box set (Deutsche Grammophon 1974) they created an amazing free form abstraction, a floating resonant and timeless music, similar in many ways to the early experiments of Tangerine Dream but in a world of its own, in all their twisted exotic and melancholy beauty... To be filed under classic Krautrock, a masterpiece!" -Steven Stapleton [Metaphon] http://www.waysidemusic.com/ Samla Mammas Manna/Gregory Allan Fitzpatrick-Snorgarnas Symfoni (remastered/Japanese mini-lp sleeve) $19.00 Back in stock! The 1976 collaboration with composer Gregory Allan Fitzpatric. Thi is the hard-to-find missing piece in the Samla puzzle, finally available again! "Delightful cover and music. Composed by Gregory Allan Fitzpatrick and flawlessly played by Samla Mammas Manna, the extraordinary prog-dada-rock combo. Entrancing dances emerge from childhood poetry and occasionally Lars Hollmer scats over the groovy jazz-rocking passages. Not a single dull moment, proving how refined swedish fusion was."-rateyourmusic.com "Wonderfully played, instrumental piano-focused Swedish prog! This is a good SMM album and is a substantially good introduction for newbies to the RIO/Avant genre. however. This is a good album, but not the best from SMM. It is a good starting point for anyone who likes piano-driven instrumental compositions and for RIO in general, but it doesn't have the same masterpiece value of other SMM albums like Maltid or Knossa."-progarchives.com [Arcangelo] http://www.waysidemusic.com/ Samla Mammas Manna-Maltid (expanded/remastered) Japanese mini-lp sleeve $19.00 Back in stock! Samla Mammas Manna was the original band of keyboardist/composer Lars Hollmer and they were hugely popular in their native Sweden. They blended progressive with bits of folk elements & more. This is an earlier (their second), more overtly "progressive rock" disc, with some great melodies & great playing. Guitar, keyboards, bass and drums. Sometimes it reminded me a little bit of the early Muffins in a more jammy style. Features a bonus track not available anywhere else! http://www.waysidemusic.com/ Samla Mammas Manna-Samla / Zamla box (8 x remastered Japanese mini-lp sleeve albums with bonus tracks in a box) (due to size and weight, this price for the USA and 'possessions' only) $145.00 Back in stock and a giant price drop ($90.00) from the identical first edition This is all five of the original releases by Samla/Zamla (six discs: Samla Mammas Manna, Maltid, Klossas Knapitatet, Schlagerns Mystik/For Aldre Nybegynnare (2 x CDs),Familjesprikor) plus Gregory Allan's collaboration with Samla, Snorungarnas Symfoni, as well as a title by Gregory that as far as I can tell has not personnel ties to Samla at all, but is in here anyway: Bildcirkus. All the discs have been remastered and there are bonus tracks on some of them (usually just 1-2 tracks per disc). I can't imagine that anyone is going to buy this without already knowing who Samla are, but in brief: Samla was founded in 1969 and quickly became one of the cornerstones of the Swedish progressive music scene of the 1970s. They were hugely popular in Scandanavia, toured a great amount and sold lots of records before dissolving in the late 1970s. They are best known for being the first professional band of keyboardist/composer Lars Hollmer, who has released a huge number of solo and 'project' albums (his latest as of this writing is Viandra, which was released by Cuneiform) and for being one of the original five founding bands of the Rock in Opposition (R.I.O.) movement. The music is great and the packaging and generally grooviness of this adorable box and the perfectly reproduced contents is first rate. [Arcangelo] http://www.waysidemusic.com/ Samla Mammas Manna-Samla / Zamla box (8 x remastered Japanese mini-lp sleeve albums with bonus tracks in a box) (due to size and weight, this price is for outside of the USA and Canada) $155.00 Back in stock and a giant price drop ($90.00) from the identical first edition This is all five of the original releases by Samla/Zamla (six discs: Samla Mammas Manna, Maltid, Klossas Knapitatet, Schlagerns Mystik/For Aldre Nybegynnare (2 x CDs),Familjesprikor) plus Gregory Allan's collaboration with Samla, Snorungarnas Symfoni, as well as a title by Gregory that as far as I can tell has not personnel ties to Samla at all, but is in here anyway: Bildcirkus. All the discs have been remastered and there are bonus tracks on some of them (usually just 1-2 tracks per disc). I can't imagine that anyone is going to buy this without already knowing who Samla are, but in brief: Samla was founded in 1969 and quickly became one of the cornerstones of the Swedish progressive music scene of the 1970s. They were hugely popular in Scandanavia, toured a great amount and sold lots of records before dissolving in the late 1970s. They are best known for being the first professional band of keyboardist/composer Lars Hollmer, who has released a huge number of solo and 'project' albums (his latest as of this writing is Viandra, which was released by Cuneiform) and for being one of the original five founding bands of the Rock in Opposition (R.I.O.) movement. The music is great and the packaging and generally grooviness of this adorable box and the perfectly reproduced contents is first rate. [Arcangelo] http://www.waysidemusic.com/ Chuck Van Zyl-Memory Space $12.00 "As host of the STAR'S END radio program, Chuck van Zyl has been quietly pointing out complex connections between musical forms for over 30 years. As organizer of The Gatherings Concert Series his task is to actualize an intimate creative space for innovative musicians and their audience. His photographic artistry is highly personal, rendering images from a range of light invisible to humans. Playing in the duo The Ministry of Inside Things he collaborates with guitarist Art Cohen to produce a unified concert sound out of unique individual influences and innovation. A largely unfamiliar chapter in the creative life of Chuck van Zyl is the area of his own solo music. While two self-titled CDs are credited, after nearly thirty years of music making MemorySpace (73'58") is truly his first album release; as all previous output has been either compilations of early cassette-only titles or in collaboration with other musicians. MemorySpace has not ventured far from his original sound - beginning again from first principles. But now, with such a wider and evolved perspective on music and life, this new music seems more vivid. The past has always conversed with the future, and to portray MemorySpace as strictly "Berlin-School" would be limiting. It is a fresh look at Spacemusic as van Zyl carries the memory of his monumental predecessors' sense of space and mystery all the while forging a distinct authorial voice. Referencing the crystalline sequencer lines of Klaus Schulze's "Crystal Lake", the motorized pulse of Edgar Froese's "Epsilon in Malaysian Pale", warm chords and lilting melodies found on Wunjo by Giles Reaves, The Polar Drones by Erik Wollo and Mountains by Thom Brennan, the music on MemorySpace is extremely comfortable to take in - feeling as if on a long journey to several new moody electronic destinations. The listening experience is episodic, with each of the nine tracks a distinctive aural vignette. From its driving echo patterns skipping beneath full-throated synth leads and crisp arpeggio bells amidst soft flutes, ethereal choirs and potent strings, to its somber thought tones and dark atmospherics, MemorySpace is a mature work - but one where a youthful exuberance may still be heard." [Synronos] http://www.waysidemusic.com/ Benoit Widemann-3 $18.00 Back in stock! For the first time ever on CD, taken from the master tapes and even including a short bonus track, this was the third and final solo album by keyboardist Benoit Widemann (Magma), recorded in 1982 and released in 1984. It's a good, solid zeuhl/jazz-rock album featuring piano and analog synthesizers with bass and drums (hence the title "3"). The bassist is either Dominique Bertram or Sylvin Marc and the drummer is either Francois Laizeau (Ghigoul) or Kirt Rust. This was never easy to find and finally it's available on CD (from Japan) at a reasonable price; what more could you ask for? [Seventh Japan] http://www.waysidemusic.com/ ------------------------------ Please note: If there are no quotes around the description, that means that we wrote it and you should not use this description without attribution. If there are quotes without attribution, that means that we took the description from the hypesheet/publicity for the release. All other quoted descriptions are attributed. You can order these & many many other items from our on-line store at: http://www.waysidemusic.com You can also fax in your order : (301) 589-1819 or mail in your order to: Wayside Music - P.O. Box 8427 - Silver Spring, MD 20907 - USA We accept cash, checks/moneyorders (as long as they are in US funds payable through a US bank), Discover, Visa and MasterCard credit cards as well as PayPal. ------ Recent reviews (or recently *discovered* reviews) of Cuneiform artists and titles (in English only): LED BIB http://www.musicomh.com/ http://thejazzbreakfast. http://www.musicomh.com/ http://www.artrocker.tv/ http://new.music.yahoo.com/ http://www.thejazzmann.com/ http://londonjazz.blogspot. http://www.gaydarradio.co.uk/ RICHARD PINHAS (interview) http://jazz-net.blogspot.com/ JOHN SURMAN http://new.music.yahoo.com/ UZ JSME DOMA (a really good interview and overview of their career) http://www.progarchives.com/ ------ You can always see which of our artists are on tour and get the links to the venues at: http://www.cuneiformrecords. or http://my.calendars.net/ ------ AFUCHE (our latest signing! CD out in May!) May 21 - Music Hall of Williamsburg - Brooklyn, NY (record release show - opening for Tune-Yards) JASON ADASIEWICZ'S ROLLDOWN June 26 - Hungry Brain - Chicago, IL (Celebrating the Hungry Brain's 10th Anniversary!!) June 28 - Museum of Contemporary Art - Chicago, IL November 18 - The Stone - 16 Avenue C (the corner of Avenue C and Second Street) - NYC, NY 10009 ALGERNON March 18 - Empty Bottle - 1035 North Western Ave - Chicago, IL (with Roomate) BIRDSONGS OF THE MESOZOIC with Encanti March 18 - Zumix - 260 Sumner St. - East Boston, MA 02128 (617) 568-9777 - 8:00 pm March 22 - David Friend Recital Hall - Berklee School of Music - 921 Boylston Street - Boston, MA - 7:00 pm May 6 - Democracy Center - 45 Mt. Auburn St. - Harvard Sq, Cambridge, MA - $8.00 June 17 - Zumix - 260 Sumner St. - East Boston, MA 02128 (617) 568-9777 - 8:00 pm November 26 - The Stone - 16 Avenue C (the corner of Avenue C and Second Street) - NYC, NY 10009 DAVID BORDEN November 23 - The Stone - 16 Avenue C (the corner of Avenue C and Second Stre CARLO DE ROSA'S CROSS-FADE March 18 - Jazz Gallery - 290 Hudson Street, New York, NY 10013 (212) 242-1063 - 2 shows : 9:00 and 10:30 (CD release show!) CLAUDIA QUINTET November 18 - The Stone - 16 Avenue C (the corner of Avenue C and Second Street) - NYC, NY 10009 DEAD CAT BOUNCE (our latest signing! CD out soon!) April 2 - Brooklyn Conservatory Concert Hall - 58 Seventh Avenue, Brooklyn, New York - (718) 622-3300 ERGO March 5 - One Thousand Pulses - 9 Edward Place - Woodcliff Lake, NJ 07677 - 8:00 pm GÖSTA BERLINGS SAGA (our latest signing! CD out in May!) June 25 - NEARFest - Zoellner Arts Center, Bethlehem, PA GUTBUCKET February 23 - Le Poisson Rouge - NYC, NY (NYC record release show!) - 7:00 pm April 1 - Lilypad - 1353 Cambridge Street - Inman Square - Cambridge, MA - 9:00 pm / $10.00 April 7-21 – European CD release tour (dates to be added as confirmed) May 9 - Redcat - Los Angeles, CA (Gutbucket chamber orchestra) May 9-15 – West Coast USA CD release tour (dates to be added as confirmed) November 16 - The Stone - 16 Avenue C (the corner of Avenue C and Second Street) - NYC, NY 10009 IDEAL BREAD November 15 - The Stone - 16 Avenue C (the corner of Avenue C and Second Street) - NYC, NY 10009 HAMSTER THEATRE November 22 - The Stone - 16 Avenue C (the corner of Avenue C and Second Street) - NYC, NY 10009 LED BIB February 28 - Purcell Room - London, UK (record release show) March 2 - The Harley - Sheffield, UK March 3 - The Spin Off - Leeds, UK March 4 – The Kazimier - Liverpool, UK March 5 - Voodoo Rooms - Edinburgh, UK March 6 - Centre for Contemporary Arts - Glasgow, Scotland, UK March 9 - Dempsey's - Cardiff, Wales, UK March 26 - Gateshead Jazz Festival - UK April 23 - Bunker Ulmenwall - Bielefed, Germany April 29 - Jazzclub Tonne - Dresden, Germany April 30 - tba - Dachau, Germany May 04 - Metelkova - Ljubjana, Slovenia July 10 - Swanage Jazz Festival - Swanage, UK August 14 - Brecon Jazz Festival, Brecon, Wales, UK THE MUFFINS November 20 - The Stone - 16 Avenue C (the corner of Avenue C and Second Street) - NYC, NY 10009 RICHARD PINHAS March 3 - Cite de la Musique - Paris, France (with Pascal Comelade) April 4 - Super de Luxe - Roppongi, Tokyo, Japan (with Merzbow) additional Japanese dates to come POSITIVE CATASTROPHE February 19 - Jazz Gallery - 290 Hudson St. - NYC, NY - 3:30 pm workshop, 5:00 pm open rehearsal, 9:00 and 10:30 pm performance November 17 - The Stone - 16 Avenue C (the corner of Avenue C and Second Street) - NYC, NY 10009 PRESENT (with Univers Zero and Aranis) September 16 - RIO Festival - Cap'Découverte - 81450 LE GARRIC (Carmaux) - France RADIO MASSACRE INTERNATIONAL November 23 - The Stone - 16 Avenue C (the corner of Avenue C and Second Street) - NYC, NY 10009 ALEC K. REDFEARN and THE EYESORES November 27 - The Stone - 16 Avenue C (the corner of Avenue C and Second Street) - NYC, NY 10009 REVOLUTIONARY SNAKE ENSEMBLE February 27 - Chianti Tuscan Restaurant - 285 Cabot Street - Beverly, MA 01915 March 1 - The Plough & Stars - 912 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02139 - (617) 576-0032 - 10:00 pm May 20 - Barbés, 376 9th St. (corner of 6th Ave), Park Slope, Brooklyn, NY - (347) 422-0248, 8 - 9:30pm November 17 - The Stone - 16 Avenue C (the corner of Avenue C and Second Street) - NYC, NY 10009 THINKING PLAGUE November 22 - The Stone - 16 Avenue C (the corner of Avenue C and Second Street) - NYC, NY 10009 UNIVERS ZERO (with Present and Aranis) September 16 - RIO Festival - Cap'Découverte - 81450 LE GARRIC (Carmaux) - France ZEVIOUS Check these guys out as they go ALL the way across the USA and back! This is your chance to see a great, truly hot NYC harmolodic/punk-jazz group in YOUR hometown. March 11 - Union Pool - 484 Union Ave, New York, NY 11211 - (718) 609-0484 (with Dysrhythmia, Smother Party, and A f**king Elephant) March 19 - Orion Studios - 2903 Whittington Ave # C, Baltimore, MD 21230 -(410) 646-7334 (with TBA) March 20 - The Rotunda - 4014 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104 - (215) 573-3234 (with Electric Simcha) March 21 - Galaxy Hut - 2711 Wilson Boulevard, Arlington, VA 22201 - (703) 525-8646 (with Matta Gawa) March 22 - The Camel - 1621 West Broad Street, Richmond, VA 23220-2106 - (804) 353-4901 (with TBA) March 23- Eastside Lounge - 485 Flat Shoals Rd, Atlanta, GA 30316 - (404) 521-9666 (with TBA) March 24 - Open Lot - 1307 Jewell Street, Nashville, TN 37207 - (with TBA) March 26 - The Phoenix Project - 406 S. Haskell, Dallas, TX - (with TBA) March 27 - Salvage Vanguard Theater (hosted by Church of the Friendly Ghost) - 2803 Manor Rd, Austin, TX 78722 (with TBA) March 29 - Scorpion's Nest - 406 Alta Ave, Midland, TX 79705 March 30 - Solar Culture Gallery - 31 East Toole Avenue, Tucson, AZ 85701- (520) 884-0874 March 31 - The Trunk Space - 1506 NW Grand Ave,Phoenix, AZ 85007 - (602) 256-6006 (with Destroyah and TBA) April 1 - The Smell - 247 South Main Street, Los Angeles, CA 90012 - (213) 625-4325 - (with Upsilon Acrux and TBA) April 3 - St. James Infirmary - 445 California Avenue, Reno, NV 89501 - (775) 657-8484 - (with Frendo) April 5 - The Walnut Room - 3131 Walnut St, Denver, CO, 80205 (with Bottesini Project) April 6 - Zoo Bar - 136 North 14th Street, Lincoln, NE 68508 - (402) 435-8754 (with TBA) April 7 - The Brick - 1727 McGee Street, Kansas City, MO 64108-1423 - (816) 421-1634 (with Nomad's Atlas) April 9 - Mexicains Sans Frontieres - 120 S Division Av #226, Grand Rapids MI 49503 - (with Night Toucher) April 10 - Melody Inn - 3826 North Illinois Street, Indianapolis, IN 46208 - (317) 923-4707 - (with Kuan, Gash Hound, and TBA) April 11 - South Park Tavern - 1301 Wayne Avenue, Dayton, OH 45410 - (937) 586-9526 - (with Kuan) April 13 - The Bug Jar - 219 Monroe Avenue, Rochester, NY 14607-3527 - (585) 454-2966 (with TBA) April 14 - Community School of Music and Arts (CSMA) - 3rd Floor Auditorium, 330 E State St (aka Martin Luther King Jr. St), Ithaca, NY 14850 (with Makeshift, The Invisible Hand) April 15th - Elm Bar - 372 Elm St, New Haven, CT 06511 (with Old Man Lady Luck) November 30 - The Stone - 16 Avenue C (the corner of Avenue C and Second Street) - NYC, NY 10009 CUNEIFORM CURATES THE STONE I was very, very pleased to be contacted by John Zorn and offered the opportunity to book his amazing music space "The Stone" for two weeks in November. The Stone is a great listening space with good sound, comfortable chairs and great music six nights per week (they are closed on Mondays). There are two separate shows per night with a different act at each show and a separate admission to each show. Every cent of your admission money goes to the artists. Watch this space for updates to the schedule. The Stone - 16 Avenue C (the corner of Avenue C and Second Street) - NYC, NY 10009 Shows at 8:00 and 10:00 - set order not yet decided - so far confirmed are: November 15 - Ideal Bread November 15 - November 16 - Gutbucket November 16 - November 17 - Revolutionary Snake Ensemble November 17 - Positive Catastrophe November 18 - Jason Adasiewicz's Rolldown November 18 - The Claudia Quintet November 20 - The Muffins November 20 - November 22 - Hamster Theatre November 22 - Thinking Plague November 23 - David Borden November 23 - Radio Massacre International November 25 - November 25 - November 26 - Birdsongs of the Mesozoic November 26 - November 27 - Alec K. Redfearn and the Eyesores November 27 - November 29 - November 29 - November 30 - Zevious November 30 - Upsilon Acrux Also: SInce there will be so many musicians coming in for the NYC gigs, we are working on setting up a 2 day festival in DC or Baltimore for a number of the bands. Location and venue to be determined. This will occur on Saturday November 19 and Sunday November 20. This is still in the very early planning stages, but the idea is to have 5 bands per day over 2 days (i.e. 10 acts). When we know who is playing where and when and feel comfortable posting it, it will be posted. But this is still many months away. Watch this space. ------ To see Artist News by musicians who have recorded for Cuneiform - provided to us by the musicians themselves and updated every four months, go to: http://www.cuneiformrecords. ------ Rest in Peace: Gary Moore (Great Irish guitarist who started out with the amazing Skid Row and went on to make his name and career with a number of other ensembles such as Thin Lizzy, BBM (Baker, Bruce & Moore), Colosseum II and others. ------ Thank you! -Coming Soon (or not soon, but eventually, so please be patient!)- (For updates of new items in stock, watch these mailings or check the NEW ARRIVALS section!) : JASON ADASIEWICZ'S ROLLDOWN-new, third album AFUCHE-Highly Publicized Digital Boxing Match (finally a 'real' release from this great Brooklyn band) ALIEN TRIO (unreleased early 80s recordings by Christian Vander, Michel Graillier and Alby Culaz) PETER BAUMAN- Romance '76 -Transharmonic Nights (available again for the 1st time in many, many years) SERGE BRINGOLF/STRAVE-Strave (great, fairly obscure zeuhl/jazz-rock album from 1980 from France by a large ensemble. I consider this one of the treasures of French zeuhl and it's really underknown and appreciated. Being reissued by Soleil Zeuhl, of course and if you don't know this one, you are really in for a treat!) CALOMITO-Cane di Schiena CASSIBER (box set with a live DVD as well as unreleased material on CD along with the four albums we already know and love) CHEER-ACCIDENT-No Ifs, Ands or Dogs (album #17 - what more need be said?) DEAD CAT BOUNCE-Chance Episodes FACTOR BURZACO-II (new album on AltrOck) FAR CORNER #3 FORGAS BAND PHENOMENA-a PHENOMENAl new album (#5) GÖSTA BERLINGS SAGA-Glue Works (much anticipated 3rd album from instrumental progressive/post rock Swedes) MATS/MORGAN BAND-new studio album (may still be some time away...) ROB MAZUREK/SAO PAULO UNDERGROUND-Tres Cabecase Loucuras RICHARD PINHAS + MERZBOW-Rhizome RICHARD PINHAS + MERZBOW-Paris, Live 2008 (limited edition, vinyl only release) RELOGIOS DE FREDERICO (Frederico´s clocks)-Faskner (odd name, but amazing band from Brazil) WADADA LEO SMITH/ORGANIC-Heart's Reflection (new studio album by Wadada's extraordinary 4 guitar band!) SOFT MACHINE LEGACY-Relegation of Pluto/Live in Germany FRANCOIS THOLLOT-Scherzoo (3rd album!) THINKING PLAGUE-new album (studio album #6!) VAN DER GRAAF GENERATOR-A Grounding in Numbers (3rd album since their 00's reformation!) IF you'd like to view previous New In stock Announcements, they can be found here: http://ymlp148.net/archive_ |
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Here's what has come in in the last week - either new releases or restockings of items that have been unavailable: John Abercrombie & Greg Osby-Solos NTSC (all region) DVD $17.00 "Guitarist John Abercrombie combines bop and free jazz stylistic elements with electronics utilizing phase shifters, guitar synthesizers and the good old volume pedal. What has kept his playing fresh is his refusal to be chained to these digital devices. Saxophonist, composer, producer and educator Greg Osby has made an indelible mark on contemporary jazz as a leader of his own ensembles and as a guest artist with other acclaimed jazz groups for the past 20 years. Highly regarded for his insightful and innovative approach to composition and performance, Osby is a shining beacon among the current generation of jazz musicians." [MVD] http://www.waysidemusic.com/ Acid Mothers Temple & the Melting Paraiso U.F.O. & Stearica-Stearica Invade Acid Mothers Temple $21.00 "The long-anticipated collaboration between Acid Mothers Temple & the Melting Paraiso U.F.O. & Stearica. In November 2008 AMT and Stearica toured extensively around Europe. Acid Mothers Temple & the Melting Paraiso U.F.O. is a legendary Japanese psychedelic band founded in 1995 by members of the Acid Mothers Temple soul-collective and have a reputation for phenomenal live shows and releasing frequent albums on a number of international record labels. Stearica lives a rare story for an Italian band, made of international collaborations with artists like Dälek (Ipecac), Amy Denio (Fred Frith, Derek Bailey), Jessica Lurie (Bill Frisell, Nels Cline), Nick Storring (Damo Suzuki network, Picastro). This record is a picture which was shot on the 32th day of AMT and Stearica European tour 2008." [Homeopathic] http://www.waysidemusic.com/ Alamaailman Vasarat-Haudasta Lomilla PAL (all region) DVD $18.00 Back in stock! Great to see such an ambitious DVD project from a truly excellent but not so well known group. Their sound is sort of an odd combination of hyper-charged klezmer/polka performed with metallic ferocity and with a slightly sinister air ala Univers Zero's 1313, with great fuzz-cello work imitating electric guitars. As it sez on their hype sheet: "The live DVD to them them all - Five hour hammer feast!" In addition to tons of live footage, there are also the films that they have done soundtracks to - some of which are fantastically twisted things. If you are remotely a fan, you absolutely need this. "For years, our fans have been asking for live versions of our songs. After several years in the making, our answer is ready, behold Haudasta lomilla ("On vacation from the grave"), the live DVD to end them all! This high quality release has hours of live footage from various gigs in Finland and abroad, topped off with plenty of goodies like our legendary music videos, short films and documentaries - a five hour hammer feast! Live footage spans the band's history almost seven years and totals almost four hours. Starting from our legendary performance at Helsinki Festival in 2003 all the way to recent energetic club fiesta at Dubrovnik, Helsinki on New Year's Eve 2009, where we also performed most of the songs from the latest album Huuro Kolkko. Additionally, there are concert hall performances, festivals and club gigs from Finland, Japan, Mexico and Denmark. The variety of venues portraits the band's uncanny ability to change the mood of the songs to fit the feel of the audience. In concert halls, we are quiet as a dead man's whisper, but blasting away with raw energy just after. Clubs gigs see people dancing polka in odd time signatures and festival gigs combine all that in multi-energetic soup that will only end up in total world music disorder. Be prepared to find interesting versions of our songs, many of them evolved into whole new directions, blending threatre and music into visual experience studio albums cannot offer. The sound is always raw, in-your-face and intentionally unpolished, just like live music was always meant to be. To complement the impressive set of live songs, we have gathered our past music videos under a separate section. Here you can find the legendary "Helsinki-Istanbul" 8mm b&w flick Kebab tai henki!, the whole Violence Trilogy shot in Prague, Siltojen alla shot in Arctic Sea far up Norway and a new one, never before seen Eläimet huutaa (intro) from the album Maahan, also an 8mm b&w shortie, shot in China. In addition to all this, the DVD contains a lot of interesting extras. One of the most interesting is the 28-minute puppet animation Elukka ("Animal"), for which the band did the soundtrack for in 2005 and which consequently won the award for best music in French film festival Premiers Plans in 2005. This is your chance to enjoy the whole film and our music in it, truly a magnificent, darkly humorous lycanthropic experience! And it won't stop here - you might be interested in finding out how the band works behind the scenes. 15 minute document from Tuscany, Italy, where the band gathered up to record the album Huuro Kolkko in the autumn of 2008, will reveal some of our secrets - like how to build a fully working sauna on the hill using only modest local supplies and Finnish imagination! The same trip produced also a horror movie with a homage to best Italian horror cinema - a carnivorous zombie shortie called Il Carne Bellissimo, starred by the band members themselves. The extra section is concluded by our encounter with extra-terrestial forces in Puebla, Mexico in 2009. Only the huge sombreros saved the band form burning up during an alien invasion attempt beside the the old pyramid! All your favourite songs presented in their rawest form, timeless music videos and quality extras - a huge package, true collection item and a perfect companion to our studio releases!" [Laskeuma] http://www.waysidemusic.com/ Aurora Project-Shadow Border $7.00 (special) "Shadow Border is the second album from Dutch progressive rock band The Aurora Project. Their 2005 debut, Unspoken Words, brought them much acclaim in the worldwide progressive rock community. The band has twice been invited to perform at the prestigious ProgPower Europe festival in Baarlo, Netherlands. After the demise of their record label, the band signed with The Laser’s Edge in 2008. TAP creates atmospheric progressive rock with a metallic edge – this is contemporary music for a forward thinking audience. Liquid keyboard solos duel with heavy, crunch filled guitar riffs. Vocals take a theatrical approach ultimately reminding us that this is after all a prog band. Their ability to skillfully blur the fine line between prog rock and metal creates strong crossover potential that will find The Aurora Project appealing to fans of Riverside, Rush, Arena and Porcupine Tree." [Laser's Edge] http://www.waysidemusic.com/ Baker Gurvitz Army-Live 1975 NTSC (all region) DVD $16.00 The great onslaught of fantastic quality Ginger Baker-related DVD releases continues with this one. "The Baker Gurvitz Army came into existence when former Gun and Three man Army members Paul and Adrian Gurvitz joined forces with legendary drummer Ginger Baker in 1974. The Baker Gurvitz Army was the first real musical project for Ginger Baker since the short-lived band Salt in 1972 and Ginger Baker's Airforce some two years prior to that. This live recording was filmed in a German television studio in early February 1975 for broadcast. The band were at that time promoting their second album Elysian Encounter. The total playing time of this unique studio based film runs to over sixty minutes and follows the bands set list of the period drawing on tracks from both of the bands then available albums, the self titled Baker Gurvitz Army and Elysian Encounter and the studio date followed a brief UK tour which would continue in March in mainland Europe." [Gonzo] http://www.waysidemusic.com/ Bondage Fruit-Bondage Fruit $17.00 Back in stock! Bondage Fruit, led by guitarist Kido Natsuki, who also plays in Korekyojinn, were part of the Japanese Zeuhl explosion of the early 1990's, along with Koenjihyakkei and Happy Family, and this is somewhat similar to these bands and similarly good! The band here includes violin, bass, drums, vibes/marimba and two female vocalists. A great album. Highly recommended. [Mabo] http://www.waysidemusic.com/ Faust-Something Dirty $18.00 "Faust has been around for over 40 years. Since 2007, the line-up of the Krautrock legends has comprised founding members Jean-HervÈ Peron and Zappi Diermaier, the English musician James Johnston, founder of the brutish blues rockers Gallon Drunk and long-standing member of Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds, plus the English painter, filmmaker, author and musician Geraldine Swayne. On Something Dirty, the creativity and musical ideas of these four personalities coalesce into a perfect symbiosis of sound. It is at once hypnotic, repetitive, melodic, exhilarating, psychedelic, menacing, Dadaist and ethereal. Johnston's guitar saws its way through Diermaier's archaic beats, harmonically enriched by Peron's powerful bass and Swayne's psychedelic keyboards. Time and again, Faust revisits their avant-garde roots, experimenting with voices and unusual instruments. (A flamethrower and goat hooves can be detected in their arsenal of sonic sources.) Best of all, however, Faust have succeeded in reproducing the raw energy and roughness of their live performances on Something Dirty. Breathtaking stuff! "There is no group more mythical than Faust." Thus wrote English musician and eccentric Julian Cope. Which says it all really, neither the habitus nor the music of the six-piece Hamburg group was easy to grasp. While some lauded Faust as the best thing that ever happened to rock, others dismissed them as shameless dilettantes. Their collage of Dadaism, avant-garde rock and free improvisation radically divided opinion. When the first LP was unleashed on the world in 1971, Faust were very much the prophet in his own land, as the saying goes: few were interested in listening to their music -- in Germany. Not so across the Channel: this is where Faust's career really kick-started. These monoliths of avant-garde rock sold 100,000 copies of their album The Faust Tapes. Exactly 40 years after their debut, Faust has come up with another archetypical album: inspiring, innovative, unpredictable, anarchic and Faustian. (Something Dirty is a definitive milestone in the long history of this world-famous musical institution from Hamburg." [Bureau B] http://www.waysidemusic.com/ Faust-Something Dirty vinyl lp includes download card (due to size and weight, this is for sale in the USA only) $18.00 "Faust has been around for over 40 years. Since 2007, the line-up of the Krautrock legends has comprised founding members Jean-HervÈ Peron and Zappi Diermaier, the English musician James Johnston, founder of the brutish blues rockers Gallon Drunk and long-standing member of Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds, plus the English painter, filmmaker, author and musician Geraldine Swayne. On Something Dirty, the creativity and musical ideas of these four personalities coalesce into a perfect symbiosis of sound. It is at once hypnotic, repetitive, melodic, exhilarating, psychedelic, menacing, Dadaist and ethereal. Johnston's guitar saws its way through Diermaier's archaic beats, harmonically enriched by Peron's powerful bass and Swayne's psychedelic keyboards. Time and again, Faust revisits their avant-garde roots, experimenting with voices and unusual instruments. (A flamethrower and goat hooves can be detected in their arsenal of sonic sources.) Best of all, however, Faust have succeeded in reproducing the raw energy and roughness of their live performances on Something Dirty. Breathtaking stuff! "There is no group more mythical than Faust." Thus wrote English musician and eccentric Julian Cope. Which says it all really, neither the habitus nor the music of the six-piece Hamburg group was easy to grasp. While some lauded Faust as the best thing that ever happened to rock, others dismissed them as shameless dilettantes. Their collage of Dadaism, avant-garde rock and free improvisation radically divided opinion. When the first LP was unleashed on the world in 1971, Faust were very much the prophet in his own land, as the saying goes: few were interested in listening to their music -- in Germany. Not so across the Channel: this is where Faust's career really kick-started. These monoliths of avant-garde rock sold 100,000 copies of their album The Faust Tapes. Exactly 40 years after their debut, Faust has come up with another archetypical album: inspiring, innovative, unpredictable, anarchic and Faustian. (Something Dirty is a definitive milestone in the long history of this world-famous musical institution from Hamburg." [Bureau B] http://www.waysidemusic.com/ Henry Flynt-Graduation and Other New Country and Blues Music $6.00 (special) Back in stock! "Henry Flynt - philosopher, student of Pran Nath, a central figure in the early propaganda actions of the George Maciunas led Fluxus activities in the early 60s, four time sit in performer with the Velvet Underground, author of Blueprint For a Higher Civilization and various spirited broadsides against Stockhausen, 12 tone music, and the cultural dominion of European art -- presents us with Graduation some 21 years after its originally scheduled (and scrapped) release. Graduation is the culmination of several years of solo exploration and chance ensemble opportunities to realize his own personal vision of an avant-hillbilly American ethnic music cast out of the mixed up mold of Indian classical, bluegrass, funk, blues, and psychedelia. The result is a perfectly realized trucking and trancing outsider sound world. From the alternately twisted and comical political anthem of the opening title track, Pran Nath influenced vocal stylings, to the winsome hillbilly, cowboy raga, steel city boogie on the succeeding 6 group instrumentals, it is only too clear that Graduation has as much to do with classic southern jam rock as it does with the minimalism of downtown New York drone luminary, and Flynt ally, La Monte Young. The record takes a sudden turn on the album closer with the nearly 20 minute illuminatory audio program Celestial Power, an elemental, laid back head trip comprised of oscillating vibrato guitar churns that instantly monopolize your ears and spirit and bring you to a natural high. The nearly 80 minute collection was remastered from the original tapes, and features two classic photos of Flynt by the acclaimed photographer Peter Moore and updated track notes by Flynt." [Ampersand] http://www.waysidemusic.com/ Erik Friedlander-Solos NTSC (all region) DVD $17.00 "Erik Friedlander has always worked to stake out new ground for the cello in both his compositional choices and his dynamic improvising style. His music blends his vision of what the cello can be pushed to do, while maintaining a firm grasp on traditions, both improvising and classical. In this special set of solos performances, Erik shows why he is considered one of music's most creative and progressive instrumentalists. Please enjoy the music of Erik Friedlander on SOLOS: the jazz sessions." [MVD] http://www.waysidemusic.com/ Gong-Gong is Dead, Long Live Gong $6.00 (special) No, this isn't the reunion show album, this is a compilation of 14 tracks taken from prime-period Daevid Allen-led Gong, from Camembert Electrique through Flying Teapot, Angel's Egg and You. Stupid cheap price if you want to sample this great 70s space rock/progressive rock band. [MS] http://www.waysidemusic.com/ Harald Grosskopf-Synthesist/Re- "Synthesist, the landmark 1980 solo album by Harald Grosskopf, the enigmatic percussionist behind Ash Ra Temple, Klaus Schulze, Cosmic Jokers, and YOU. A melodically rich and celebratory symbiosis of krautrock, kosmische, and new age, restored and remastered for RVNG Intl's debut reissue. Includes a bonus album compilation CD Re-Synthesist, featuring reinterpretations of Synthesist by Oneohtrix Point Never, Blondes, Arp, CFCF, Stellar Om Source, James Ferraro and more. The Synthesist LP comes in a deluxe package including a unique reverse-bound record jacket and full-color liner notes in English and German." [RVNG INTL] http://www.waysidemusic.com/ King Crimson-Red: 40th Anniversary CD + DVD (expanded/remixed/remastered) $24.00 Back in stock once more. It comes in - it shoots out. That's because it's quite wonderful! This is the new-new version of Red, newly remixed by Steven Wilson with lots and lots of new things. The CD has the original album as you remember it (although newly remastered) with three extra tracks: pre-overdub versions of Red and Fallen Angel + the entire version of Providence. The DVD has a lot of material, but I think the most important thing is the previously unreleased and great French TV performance of four tracks from 1974, which look fantastic given the age of the video. There is very little footage of the pre-80s band; this 25' chunk is the largest amount known to exist! If you weren't sure whether or not to buy this, imo, the live footage alone makes it a worthwhile purchase. The album is mixed onto 5.1 and there are lots of options for the audio playback in terms of sampling rates, etc. This has new notes by Robert Fripp and King Crimson expert Sid Smith.[DGM] http://www.waysidemusic.com/ Lebowski-Cinematic $13.00 Kind of a funny name for the group who released this very aptly named release. This is wide-screen, technicolor postrock/progressive rock from imaginary films. You can definitely hear at its roots the spacier side of Pink Floyd, as well as other groups both 'prog' and 'post', such as GYBE or Riverside who use that sound as a basis for a modern sound. Very nice and very promising for a 1st release. [Leb] http://www.waysidemusic.com/ Jean Louis-Morse $18.00 Back in stock! The second album by this great, surprising, energetic, unknown and totally great French trio. Why did they choose the name "Jean Louis", when no one in the band has that name? I can't tell you. I can tell you that the band consists of Aymeric Avice : trumpet, slide trumpet, Joachim Florent : double bass, guitar, Francesco Pastacaldi : drums, and Aymeric uses many boxes and devices on his horn, giving him a sound way, way beyond a trumpet/bass/drums trio sound - veering into smeary electronics with tasteful noise elements added, while Joachim and and Francesco play a hard-driving beat that still remains 'jazz'. Is it jazz? Is it jazz-rock? Is it electronica-jazz? I dunno, but it stomps and rocks and swings and takes no prisoners and you should definitely check it out. Their first album was one of the great 'out of nowhere' releases of the last few years and this second is possibly even better and adds some new elements to the mix. This comes in a great package; a little, silk-screened metal film cannister, ala PIL's "Metal Box", but CD-sized! Highly recommended. You can hear their music here:http://www.myspace.com/ http://www.waysidemusic.com/ The Kuhn Brothers and the Mad Rockers-The Kuhn Brothers and the Mad Rockers vinyl lp (due to size and weight, for sale in the USA only) $20.00 Rolf and Joachim Kuhn in an early jazz-meets-rock thingy, with Volker Kriedgel, Günter Lenz and Stu Martin. "Experienced jazz avant gardists Joachim and Rolf Kühn joined forces with Volker Kriegel, Gunter Lenz and Stu Martin to release this superb mixture of Krautrock, psych, funk and free jazz. With all kind of sound effects coming from distorted clarinets, Hammond organ, groovy bass/drums section, breaks and hot guitar licks The Mad Rockers paved the way for many Krautrockers to follow. Reissued in vinyl for the first time since its 1969 debut on the Metronome label, this is a basic record to showcase the rich mixture of different styles that would make the '70s German music scene so unique and appealing. The Kühn Brothers, Rolf and Joachim, were at first reluctant to the reissue of this amazing LP. They are highly trained musicians with a huge experience and a big sense of innovation and they felt they have many works which are much better than this one, which undoubtedly they do have since they started being really young and are still at it nowadays, but here at Wah Wah we do feel The Mad Rockers album is a landmark in krautrock story, since it anticipates the path that would be travelled by so many legendary krautsters of the seventies. Everything is there, the adventurous mixture of styles so diverse as psychedelic rock, jazz, funk... You name it, you find it. Plenty of excellent breaks, experimental in the quest for new sounds, with instruments run through distortion effects, the musicians involved are all key figures in the development of modern European of its era. You have Volker Kriegel, who besides his own solo recordings shall also be remembered for his great contributions to Dave Pike Set's classic albums or his work with Klaus Doldinger. There is Stu Martin, drummer also on other interesting projects like The Free Pop Experimental Concept also reissued on Wah Wah. Plus Günter Lenz on bass, jazz master who has worked among others with names like Krzysztof Komeda, Lighting Hopkins, Chet Baker, Coleman Hawkins or Olivier Nelson, and he has even done orchestral arrangements for Plácido Domingo! Jazz meets rock, funk and psych, absolutely amazing groovy LP" [Wah Wah] http://www.waysidemusic.com/ Steve MacLean Ensemble-GPS $15.00 "Careful compositions converse with focused improvisations under the precise direction of Steve MacLean who, on this CD, after various excursions that took him through experimental works for piano, interactive insect/guitar compositions and pure electronics, returns to a performing band and a journey through complex polyrhythmic compositions imaginatively intercut with careful, atmospheric inventions, for guitar, bass, keyboard, percussion and various objects. There is a quiet rigour, almost a formality, about this release, quite unusual in modern electric music - the compositions, which follow the remarkable parallel-metre style pioneered in his under-rated classic ‘Opposite of War’, are almost understated and, throughout, overproduction is strenuously avoided so that the recordings can concentrate on the human scale of the performances. The improvisations, too, don’t strive for effect, the players concerning themselves exclusively with structure and content. In other words, this is a solid, almost old-fashioned, unashamedly musical, record that celebrates distinctive compositions, high performance values and imaginative playing. Steve MacLean is a full-time professor at Berkelee - and his musical output has to work around that. The present CD was made in a rare free summer, at his home on the ocean, and the location, he says, was the direct inspiration for much of what is heard here: 'These months were the happy days of summer and that way of life is reflected in the melodic lightness and harmony of the pieces. It is also the first recording in many years in which I’ve been able to capture the full extent of my electronic guitar rig - including synthesizers, samplers, extensive processing and preparation techniques….helpful for mixing, since we were often tracking as many as 6 or 8 distinctly separate signals from the guitar alone.’ All the recordings were completed in 2 days, played directly and integrally and without overdubbing." [ReR] http://www.waysidemusic.com/ Nought-Nought $9.00 Back in stock! "Nought are a band band i first saw supporting the fall they ensued a battering ram assault on the senses quite simply the guitarist is a genius. Technical, creative and inexorably masterful and these compositions showcase just that." When I saw Guapo play at NearFest, I met their new bassist James Sedwards. He handed me this record and asked me to listen to it. So I did and I liked it a lot! This is James' project and here he plays guitars, piano, organ, bass and percussion and he is joined by 11 other musicians on bass, cello, clarinet, keyboards, trumpet, trombone, violin, viola, bassoon & percussion!! This is instrumental music with a huge expansive sound that could be considered to fall into the category of 'post-rock', but it does a lot more than your typical Godspeed album! Recommended, especially at this price!! "Formed in March 1996 out of a common desire for improvisation, originality and a love for the classic music of the 20th Century - Miles Davis, Steve Reich, Sonic Youth, Philip Glass, Stravinsky, Glenn Branca, Nation of Ulysses, John Coltrane & The Fall - Nøught have warped the conceived boundaries between rock, jazz and the avant garde and welded a jet engine to Oxford's already musical rollercoaster ride. File under instrumental/new classical/progressive rock." http://www.waysidemusic.com/ Michael Nyman & Motion Trio-Acoustic Accordions $15.00 I've been a big fan of 'minimalist' composer Michael Nyman since seeing him and his ensemble in 1977. He has a very distinctive voice as a composer, even though he is obviously influenced by Terry Riley, Philip Glass, Steve Reich; you know, the usual suspects. On one hand, I think he is tremendously under-recorded and under-rated on record. On the other hand, a lot of people have heard his music, since it's the soundtrack for many of crazy cult-filmaker Peter Greenaway's films. Accordions are a great instrument for his insistant, pulsing music and this is a fine addition to a collection of his works, or a great place to start. Highly recommended! [MNR] http://www.waysidemusic.com/ Barre Phillips/Catherine Jauniaux/Malcolm Goldstein-Birds Abide $14.00 "The next set my favorite one of the entire fest, it featured Barre Phillips on acoustic bass, Catherine Jauniaux on voice and Malcolm Goldstein on violin. This set was completely acoustic and didn't really employ any extended techniques yet it was completely successful nonetheless. It was most magical and flowed organically. Barre Phillips has long been one of my favorite contrabassists, ever since hearing the (John Surman) Trio albums from 1970, as well as dozens of albums after that. Mr. Phillips also played a superb solo set here at DMG earlier this year (2010) & I was honored to have him. Catherine Jauniaux is an old friend who I recall so well from her days in NY when she was married to the late Tom Cora. She has long been one of my favorite vocalists and is sadly under-recorded. She did make a fine trio disc with Barre & Ned Rothenberg last year, but it was her first in a long while. Malcolm Goldstein is more known as a composer, but it turns out that he is a great improvising violinist as well. I've only heard him live once & that was twenty years ago. For me, this was the perfect trio, with Malcolm on the high end, Barre on the low end and Catherine somewhere in the middle with her immensely charming voice & presence. Catherine's range goes from Edith Piaf-like vocal sounds to quirky bird-like bits. I kept thinking that this trio is perfect, communicating on a high level and taking us with them on an inner journey that only our fearless fellow travelers could do."-Bruce Lee Gallanter, Downtown Music Gallery - taken from BLG's 2010 Victo Fest review [Victo] http://www.waysidemusic.com/ Les Rallizes Denudes-Great White Wonder 4 x CD box set $60.00 "Les Rallizes are the godfathers of artists such as High Rise, Kousokuya, Acid Mothers Temple and Keiji Haino. Originally released in 2006 on the Univive label, Phoenix Records presents this highly-collectable, numbered limited edition 4CD box set of three live gigs spanning 1974-1977 and one bonus disc of live material from a 1980 gig of legendary Japanese rock outfit Les Rallizes Dénudés. The group was formed in 1967 and incredibly, for a group that had only one official release (Oz Days Live, a double vinyl compilation release in 1973), played their last gig almost 30 years later in October 1996. As news of new rock music made it to Japan from the UK and the USA -- mostly via rock magazines and music papers, with most LPs tough to find even on import -- something was lost in translation in Japan that allowed it to mutate well beyond its original remit. Rallizes took rock music at its word while envisioning it as both unnecessarily complicated and too stupid by far. In doing so, they formulated an inspirational blueprint that would go on to have a marked effect on everything that came after them in Japanese underground music. It's a music that's as loose as it is uptight, as sophisticated as it is punk-primitive, as radical as it is simplistic. Digitally remastered. Includes a booklet with liner notes." "Has a one way trip to the heart of darkness ever been made in a more handsome jalopy?"-Julian Cope, Japrocksampler [Phoenix] http://www.waysidemusic.com/ Relogios de Frederico-Faskner $18.00 The Brazilian band Relogios de Frederico (The Clocks of Frederico) has been in existence since 1998. A septet who are very complex and unique, this, their third album, is widely considered to be their best by fans of avant-progressive rock. All instrumental, this features crazy rhythms, interesting ideas, great solos and a sound that reminds me a lot in some ways (just *some*; they aren't a copy band) of late period Etron Fou. Start here and be thrilled and if you love this as much as I do, you'll probably also want their others, even if they aren't as immediately entrancing. This one is highly recommended! [CFD] http://www.waysidemusic.com/ Relogios de Frederico-Chumbo Grosso $18.00 The Brazilian band Relogios de Frederico (The Clocks of Frederico) has been in existence since 1998. A septet who are very complex and unique, this was their second album, released in 2003. This was has a lot of vocals over a complex music network, but there's also a lot of instrumental passages, where they strut their stuff. [CFD] http://www.waysidemusic.com/ Relogios de Frederico-Quatro Centesimos de Semitom $18.00 The Brazilian band Relogios de Frederico (The Clocks of Frederico) has been in existence since 1998. A septet who are very complex and unique, this is their first album, released in 2000. Lots of vocals on top of really complex music; this is very different than Faskner, but it's really fantastic as well. They definitely have a unique voice. The official hype says, " like Gentle Giant signing Arrigo Barnabé' s music." [CFD] http://www.waysidemusic.com/ Terry & Gyan Riley-Live $17.00 Terry Riley, piano and vocals; Gyan Riley, classical and electric guitars, harmony vocals on "Emerald Runner." "Nothing I have done in this life has given me more satisfaction than improvising on these songs with Gyan. Nothing I have done can match the intuitive synchronicity we have shared many times on the stage. Gyan supplies a brilliant counterpoint to the strands and moods of these pieces always surprising me with a virtuosity that serves and energizes his musical invention. I could not have dreamed up a better marriage of mind and spirit than this collaboration."-Terry Riley "Being able to perform with my dad has been without question the most enriching, challenging, inspirational musical experience I've had. His music is bountiful! I love the rich harmonies, the colorful lyrics, the subtle pitch inflections (stemming from his long-time devotion to the North Indian kirana tradition), and the lengthy and often complex partially improvised structures. But I think the most unique musical quality about my dad is his ability to get deeper and deeper into the mood of a piece, leaving all other concerns behind, transcending the listener. We've been talking about making a record together for years, but each time we plan to record we just end up mostly cooking and hanging out, and playing of course (we just forget to press record!). So we decided on this live release, featuring some of our favorite moments from 3 different concerts given over the last 7 years."- Gyan Riley [Sri Moonshine] http://www.waysidemusic.com/ Matthew Shipp-Solos NTSC (all region) DVD $17.00 "With his unique and recognizable style, pianist Matthew Shipp worked and recorded vigorously during the 1990s, creating music in which free jazz and modern classical intertwine. He first became known in the early '90s as the pianist in the David S. Ware Quartet, and soon began leading his own dates - most often including Ware bandmate, leading bassist William Parker - and recording a number of duets with a variety of musicians, from the legendary Roscoe Mitchell to violinist Mat Maneri, who began appearing on recordings in the 1990s. Through his range of live and recorded performances, and unswerving individual development, Shipp came to be regarded as a prolific and respected voice in creative music by the decade's close." [MVD] http://www.waysidemusic.com/ Sun Ra-Space Probe $17.00 "A transition classic. Recorded mostly in the early ‘60s with Ra, Marshall Allen, John Gilmore, James Jacson, Nimrod Hunt and Thea Barbara, Space Probe explores stripped back forms and colour combinations that are far from jazz – or that attempt, very successfully, to take jazz into wholly new territories. Especially notable is the extraordinary Conversation Of J.P. for piano and percussion which, along with the opening track - an 18-minute Moog solo, probably recorded in 1970, just after Ra had newly acquired the instrument and was still putting it through its paces - make this an essential release in the Ra canon. As a whole, there is an impressive palette of ideas and experiments here, situating Ra at the heart of the musical revolution that was overturning orthodoxies in every field of musical endeavour at this time. The title track is notable as documenting Ra's early exploration (his first released) of the unworldly potential of a newly-acquired Mini-Moog –a prototype, in fact, given him by Robert Moog to test. Moog always claimed afterwards that he never understood exactly where some of those sounds came from – suspecting he (Ra) might have modified the instrument in some way."-Chris Cutler [Art Yard] http://www.waysidemusic.com/ Henry Threadgill Zooid-This Brings Us To, Volume II $14.00 Back in stock! "A year ago Pi Recordings released the first new Henry Threadgill recording since 2001: This Brings Us To, Volume I. This is the second release from the same recording sessions of November 2008. Threadgill's Zooid band is a quintet, with Liberty Ellman on acoustic guitar, Jose Davila on trombone and tuba, Stomu Takeishi on bass and Elliot Humberto Kavee on drums, with Henry alternating between flute and alto sax. Volume II (about 44 minutes long) was again mixed by Liberty Ellman, in June 2010, and mastered by Steve Fallone. This is a tight unit, and they only entered the studio after extensive live touring with these compositions. The liner notes on the Pi Recordings website, explain that Threadgill has developed a new system of improvisation since his last recordings in 2001: "[t]he compositions are organized along a series of interval blocks comprised of three notes, each of which is assigned to a musician, who is free to move around within these intervals, improvising melodies and creating counterpoint to one another." This is something the listener can use in order to hear the parameters of the compositions, but in any event one has only to hear the record to immediately recognize Threadgill's sound world. The music is rhythmically propulsive and tight in the way that only a band that has played together for years can achieve. Threadgill has been mining the same distinctive sound for 30 years now, and it is still a rich vein. Threadgill's Air trio of the '70s, which came out of Chicago's AACM, explored the intersection of composition and free improv. The Sextett of the '80s and Very Very Circus of the '90s (with twin guitars and tubas!) both featured complex compositions that emphasized unusual textures, and utilized a dark, minor key harmonic palette, and the 2008 Zooid THIS BRINGS US TO sessions do not mark a sharp stylistic departure. There is improvisation, but it is tightly constrained, as described above. Threadgill has never been known primarily as a virtuoso alto soloist, rather his strength is as a composer and arranger. He utilizes rhythmic structures from Jellyroll Morton, sophisticated counterpoint, and subtle harmonic shifts that do not resolve. The return of Henry Threadgill is one of the great events of jazz/improv of 2009 and 2010, with much of his back catalog reissued in addition to these new recordings. If you are new to his music, you are in for a pleasant surprise, and if you are a long-time listener like me, you know what to expect -- the best!"-R. Hutchinson [Pi Recordings] http://www.waysidemusic.com/ Iannis Xenakis-Pleiades $10.00 "Midline priced reissue of this classic: Pleiades is a percussion piece performed by Les Percussions de Strasbourg (vibraphones, marimbas, xylophones, etc.); richly defined, timeless music that will sound good for the rest of your life." "The whole source of this polyrhythmic composition is the idea of periodicity, repetition, duplication, faithful, pseudo-faithful, unfaithful copy... still greater variations of an even greater complexity, due to the hazards of a particular stochastic distribution, lead to total rhythm, to a massy awareness of the event, to notions of clouds, nebulas, galaxies of the fragmented dust of beats organized by the rhythm."-Xenakis [Musique D'Abord] http://www.waysidemusic.com/ ------------------------------ Please note: If there are no quotes around the description, that means that we wrote it and you should not use this description without attribution. If there are quotes without attribution, that means that we took the description from the hypesheet/publicity for the release. All other quoted descriptions are attributed. You can order these & many many other items from our on-line store at: http://www.waysidemusic.com You can also fax in your order : (301) 589-1819 or mail in your order to: Wayside Music - P.O. Box 8427 - Silver Spring, MD 20907 - USA We accept cash, checks/moneyorders (as long as they are in US funds payable through a US bank), Discover, Visa and MasterCard credit cards as well as PayPal. ------ Recent reviews (or recently *discovered* reviews) of Cuneiform artists and titles (in English only): LED BIB http://www.telegraph.co.uk/ http://findarticles.com/p/ http://hemulism.wordpress.com/ THE MICROSCOPIC SEPTET (cool interview/overview) http://www.allaboutjazz.com/ ------ You can always see which of our artists are on tour and get the links to the venues at: http://www.cuneiformrecords. or http://my.calendars.net/ ------ AFUCHE (our latest signing! CD out in May!) May 21 - Music Hall of Williamsburg - Brooklyn, NY (record release show - opening for Tune-Yards) JASON ADASIEWICZ'S ROLLDOWN June 26 - Hungry Brain - Chicago, IL (Celebrating the Hungry Brain's 10th Anniversary!!) June 28 - Museum of Contemporary Art - Chicago, IL November 18 - The Stone - 16 Avenue C (the corner of Avenue C and Second Street) - NYC, NY 10009 ALGERNON March 18 - Empty Bottle - 1035 North Western Ave - Chicago, IL (with Roomate) BIRDSONGS OF THE MESOZOIC with Encanti March 18 - Zumix - 260 Sumner St. - East Boston, MA 02128 (617) 568-9777 - 8:00 pm March 22 - David Friend Recital Hall - Berklee School of Music - 921 Boylston Street - Boston, MA - 7:00 pm May 6 - Democracy Center - 45 Mt. Auburn St. - Harvard Sq, Cambridge, MA - $8.00 June 17 - Zumix - 260 Sumner St. - East Boston, MA 02128 (617) 568-9777 - 8:00 pm November 26 - The Stone - 16 Avenue C (the corner of Avenue C and Second Street) - NYC, NY 10009 DAVID BORDEN November 23 - The Stone - 16 Avenue C (the corner of Avenue C and Second Stre CARLO DE ROSA'S CROSS-FADE March 18 - Jazz Gallery - 290 Hudson Street, New York, NY 10013 (212) 242-1063 - 2 shows : 9:00 and 10:30 (CD release show!) CLAUDIA QUINTET November 18 - The Stone - 16 Avenue C (the corner of Avenue C and Second Street) - NYC, NY 10009 DEAD CAT BOUNCE (our latest signing! CD out soon!) April 2 - Brooklyn Conservatory Concert Hall - 58 Seventh Avenue, Brooklyn, New York - (718) 622-3300 ERGO March 5 - One Thousand Pulses - 9 Edward Place - Woodcliff Lake, NJ 07677 - 8:00 pm GÖSTA BERLINGS SAGA (our latest signing! CD out in May!) June 25 - NEARFest - Zoellner Arts Center, Bethlehem, PA GUTBUCKET February 23 - Le Poisson Rouge - NYC, NY (NYC record release show!) - 7:00 pm April 1 - Lilypad - 1353 Cambridge Street - Inman Square - Cambridge, MA - 9:00 pm / $10.00 April 7-21 – European CD release tour (dates to be added as confirmed) May 9 - Redcat - Los Angeles, CA (Gutbucket chamber orchestra) May 9-15 – West Coast USA CD release tour (dates to be added as confirmed) November 16 - The Stone - 16 Avenue C (the corner of Avenue C and Second Street) - NYC, NY 10009 IDEAL BREAD November 15 - The Stone - 16 Avenue C (the corner of Avenue C and Second Street) - NYC, NY 10009 HAMSTER THEATRE November 22 - The Stone - 16 Avenue C (the corner of Avenue C and Second Street) - NYC, NY 10009 LED BIB February 28 - Purcell Room - London, UK (record release show) March 2 - The Harley - Sheffield, UK March 3 - The Spin Off - Leeds, UK March 4 – The Kazimier - Liverpool, UK March 5 - Voodoo Rooms - Edinburgh, UK March 6 - Centre for Contemporary Arts - Glasgow, Scotland, UK March 9 - Dempsey's - Cardiff, Wales, UK March 26 - Gateshead Jazz Festival - UK April 23 - Bunker Ulmenwall - Bielefed, Germany April 29 - Jazzclub Tonne - Dresden, Germany April 30 - tba - Dachau, Germany May 04 - Metelkova - Ljubjana, Slovenia July 10 - Swanage Jazz Festival - Swanage, UK August 14 - Brecon Jazz Festival, Brecon, Wales, UK THE MUFFINS November 20 - The Stone - 16 Avenue C (the corner of Avenue C and Second Street) - NYC, NY 10009 RICHARD PINHAS March 3 - Cite de la Musique - Paris, France (with Pascal Comelade) March 8 - Ecole Normale Superieure de Paris - Paris, France (lecture about metallic music and Deleuze) April 4 - Super de Luxe - Roppongi, Tokyo, Japan (with Merzbow) additional Japanese dates to come May 20 - F.I.M.A.V - Victoriaville, Quebec, Canada (with Wolf Eyes and Merzbow!) May 25 and afterwards - USA tour - tba - details coming PLANETA IMAGINARIO March 16 - Paraninfo de la Universidad de Malaga - Malaga, Spain - 21:00 March 17 - Chubby Cheek - Jaen, Spain March 18 - Cosmo's Factory - Cabezas de San Juan - Sevilla, Spain March 19 - Classi Jazz - Almeria, Spain POSITIVE CATASTROPHE February 19 - Jazz Gallery - 290 Hudson St. - NYC, NY - 3:30 pm workshop, 5:00 pm open rehearsal, 9:00 and 10:30 pm performance November 17 - The Stone - 16 Avenue C (the corner of Avenue C and Second Street) - NYC, NY 10009 PRESENT (with Univers Zero and Aranis) September 16 - RIO Festival - Cap'Découverte - 81450 LE GARRIC (Carmaux) - France RADIO MASSACRE INTERNATIONAL November 23 - The Stone - 16 Avenue C (the corner of Avenue C and Second Street) - NYC, NY 10009 ALEC K. REDFEARN and THE EYESORES November 27 - The Stone - 16 Avenue C (the corner of Avenue C and Second Street) - NYC, NY 10009 REVOLUTIONARY SNAKE ENSEMBLE February 27 - Chianti Tuscan Restaurant - 285 Cabot Street - Beverly, MA 01915 March 1 - The Plough & Stars - 912 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02139 - (617) 576-0032 - 10:00 pm May 20 - Barbés, 376 9th St. (corner of 6th Ave), Park Slope, Brooklyn, NY - (347) 422-0248, 8 - 9:30pm November 17 - The Stone - 16 Avenue C (the corner of Avenue C and Second Street) - NYC, NY 10009 THINKING PLAGUE November 22 - The Stone - 16 Avenue C (the corner of Avenue C and Second Street) - NYC, NY 10009 UNIVERS ZERO (with Present and Aranis) September 16 - RIO Festival - Cap'Découverte - 81450 LE GARRIC (Carmaux) - France ZEVIOUS Check these guys out as they go ALL the way across the USA and back! This is your chance to see a great, truly hot NYC harmolodic/punk-jazz group in YOUR hometown. March 11 - Union Pool - 484 Union Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11211 - (718) 609-0484 (with Dysrhythmia, Smother Party, and A f**king Elephant) March 19 - Orion Studios - 2903 Whittington Ave # C, Baltimore, MD 21230 -(410) 646-7334 (with TBA) March 20 - The Rotunda - 4014 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104 - (215) 573-3234 (with Electric Simcha) March 21 - Galaxy Hut - 2711 Wilson Boulevard, Arlington, VA 22201 - (703) 525-8646 (with Matta Gawa) March 22 - The Camel - 1621 West Broad Street, Richmond, VA 23220-2106 - (804) 353-4901 (with TBA) March 23- Eastside Lounge - 485 Flat Shoals Rd, Atlanta, GA 30316 - (404) 521-9666 (with TBA) March 24 - Open Lot - 1307 Jewell Street, Nashville, TN 37207 - (with TBA) March 25 - La Lucha Space - 2035 Prince St., Conway, AR - (with TBA) March 26 - The Phoenix Project - 406 S. Haskell, Dallas, TX - (with TBA) March 27 - Salvage Vanguard Theater (hosted by Church of the Friendly Ghost) - 2803 Manor Rd, Austin, TX 78722 (with TBA) March 29 - Scorpion's Nest - 406 Alta Ave, Midland, TX 79705 March 30 - Solar Culture Gallery - 31 East Toole Avenue, Tucson, AZ 85701- (520) 884-0874 March 31 - The Trunk Space - 1506 NW Grand Ave,Phoenix, AZ 85007 - (602) 256-6006 (with Destroyah and TBA) April 1 - The Smell - 247 South Main Street, Los Angeles, CA 90012 - (213) 625-4325 - (with Upsilon Acrux and TBA) April 3 - St. James Infirmary - 445 California Avenue, Reno, NV 89501 - (775) 657-8484 - (with Frendo) April 5 - The Walnut Room - 3131 Walnut St, Denver, CO, 80205 (with Bottesini Project) April 6 - Zoo Bar - 136 North 14th Street, Lincoln, NE 68508 - (402) 435-8754 (with TBA) April 7 - The Brick - 1727 McGee Street, Kansas City, MO 64108-1423 - (816) 421-1634 (with Nomad's Atlas) April 8 - venue tbc - St. Louis, MO April 9 - Mexicains Sans Frontieres - 120 S Division Ave. #226, Grand Rapids MI 49503 - (with Night Toucher) April 10 - Melody Inn - 3826 North Illinois Street, Indianapolis, IN 46208 - (317) 923-4707 - (with Kuan, Gash Hound, and TBA) April 11 - South Park Tavern - 1301 Wayne Avenue, Dayton, OH 45410 - (937) 586-9526 - (with Kuan) April 12 - venue tbc - Columbus, OH April 13 - The Bug Jar - 219 Monroe Avenue, Rochester, NY 14607-3527 - (585) 454-2966 (with TBA) April 14 - Community School of Music and Arts (CSMA) - 3rd Floor Auditorium, 330 E State St (aka Martin Luther King Jr. St), Ithaca, NY 14850 (with Makeshift, The Invisible Hand) April 15th - Elm Bar - 372 Elm St, New Haven, CT 06511 (with Old Man Lady Luck) November 30 - The Stone - 16 Avenue C (the corner of Avenue C and Second Street) - NYC, NY 10009 CUNEIFORM CURATES THE STONE I was very, very pleased to be contacted by John Zorn and offered the opportunity to book his amazing music space "The Stone" for two weeks in November. The Stone is a great listening space with good sound, comfortable chairs and great music six nights per week (they are closed on Mondays). There are two separate shows per night with a different act at each show and a separate admission to each show. Every cent of your admission money goes to the artists. Watch this space for updates to the schedule. The Stone - 16 Avenue C (the corner of Avenue C and Second Street) - NYC, NY 10009 Shows at 8:00 and 10:00 - set order not yet decided - so far confirmed are: November 15 - Ideal Bread November 15 - November 16 - Gutbucket November 16 - November 17 - Revolutionary Snake Ensemble November 17 - Positive Catastrophe November 18 - Jason Adasiewicz's Rolldown November 18 - The Claudia Quintet November 20 - The Muffins November 20 - November 22 - Hamster Theatre November 22 - Thinking Plague November 23 - David Borden November 23 - Radio Massacre International November 25 - November 25 - November 26 - Birdsongs of the Mesozoic November 26 - November 27 - Alec K. Redfearn and the Eyesores November 27 - November 29 - November 29 - November 30 - Zevious November 30 - Upsilon Acrux Also: Since there will be so many musicians coming in for the NYC gigs, we are working on setting up a 2 day festival in DC or Baltimore for a number of the bands. Location and venue to be determined. This will occur on Saturday November 19 and Sunday November 20. This is still in the very early planning stages, but the idea is to have 5 bands per day over 2 days (i.e. 10 acts). When we know who is playing where and when and feel comfortable posting it, it will be posted. But this is still many months away. Watch this space. ------ To see Artist News by musicians who have recorded for Cuneiform - provided to us by the musicians themselves and updated every four months, go to: http://www.cuneiformrecords. ------ Rest in Peace: GEORGE SHEARING (Composer and pianist who popularized a tuneful form of bebop and who composed the classic standard "Lullabye of Birdland" among other modern standards) ------ Thank you! -Coming Soon (or not soon, but eventually, so please be patient!)- (For updates of new items in stock, watch these mailings or check the NEW ARRIVALS section!) : JASON ADASIEWICZ'S ROLLDOWN-new, third album AFUCHE-Highly Publicized Digital Boxing Match (finally a 'real' release from this great Brooklyn band) ALIEN TRIO (unreleased early 80s recordings by Christian Vander, Michel Graillier and Alby Culaz) PETER BAUMAN- Romance '76 -Transharmonic Nights (available again for the 1st time in many, many years) SERGE BRINGOLF/STRAVE-Strave (great, fairly obscure zeuhl/jazz-rock album from 1980 from France by a large ensemble. I consider this one of the treasures of French zeuhl and it's really underknown and appreciated. Being reissued by Soleil Zeuhl, of course and if you don't know this one, you are really in for a treat!) CALOMITO-Cane di Schiena CASSIBER (box set with a live DVD as well as unreleased material on CD along with the four albums we already know and love) CHEER-ACCIDENT-No Ifs, Ands or Dogs (album #17 - what more need be said?) DEAD CAT BOUNCE-Chance Episodes FACTOR BURZACO-II (new album on AltrOck) FAR CORNER #3 FORGAS BAND PHENOMENA-a PHENOMENAl new album (#5) GÖSTA BERLINGS SAGA-Glue Works (much anticipated 3rd album from instrumental progressive/post rock Swedes) MATS/MORGAN BAND-new studio album (may still be some time away...) ROB MAZUREK/SAO PAULO UNDERGROUND-Tres Cabecase Loucuras RICHARD PINHAS + MERZBOW-Rhizome RICHARD PINHAS + MERZBOW-Paris, Live 2008 (limited edition, vinyl only release) WADADA LEO SMITH/ORGANIC-Heart's Reflection (new studio album by Wadada's extraordinary 4 guitar band!) SOFT MACHINE LEGACY-Relegation of Pluto/Live in Germany FRANCOIS THOLLOT-Scherzoo (3rd album!) THINKING PLAGUE-new album (studio album #6!) VAN DER GRAAF GENERATOR-A Grounding in Numbers (3rd album since their 00's reformation!) IF you'd like to view previous New In stock Announcements, they can be found here: http://ymlp68.net/archive_ |
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Here's what has come in in the last week - either new releases or restockings of items that have been unavailable: Brandt Brauer Frick-You Make me Real $16.00 Unique German trio who combine certain aspects of progressive/postrock bands like Tortoise, Jaga Jazzist with the rhythmic aspects of Nik Bartsch's Ronin, a Steve Reich/Philip Glass/Michael Nyman maximum minimalist sweep and 'die mensch machine' esthetic of Kraftwerk. Lots and lots of polyrhythms here, baby, both electronic and non-electronic varities and lots of piano and keyboards. If you dig around on YouTube, you'll see lots of clips of them and you can see what they do. Released on a very hip German electronic/techno/dance label, it's nice to see something that's so very rhythmic 'electronic dance music' be this weirdo at the same time! If you like the referenced bands/ensembles and you don't mind shaking your booty, you'll dig this muchly. [K7] http://www.waysidemusic.com/ Copernicus-Cipher and Decipher $13.00 "Cipher and Decipher is a brand new studio album by Copernicus, the conceptual concerns of the New York performer-poet who addresses The Universe itself. He is not distracted by everyday matters. He is not penning couplets about the changing fortunes of human existence, other than on the grandest (or lowliest) scale. He speaks of subatomic matter, and refuses to bear any glad tidings. As always, Copernicus is documenting the evolution of an old-world human confronting modern physic. Musical direction by Pierce Turner, and Copernicus’ powerful vocals are accompanied by a 13 piece band, featuring among othersmembersof Celtic rock band Black 47 (Larry Kirwan, Thomas Hamlin and Fred Parcells). “All music is spontaneous, completely improvised, chaotic, ravingly psychedelic, and perfectly intuitively scored to the rants, cozenings, enlightenments, and madnesses he's conveying.” Perhaps the most fitting way to describe Copernicus is as a performance poet. Even though he (originally named Joseph Smalkowski) plays keyboards, Copernicus refuses to be categorised as a musician. Despite often having inhabited the alternative New York rock'n'roll scene, his music also exudes strong elements of jazz, classical and the avant garde. Even though Copernicus' preferred recording strategy is that of improvisation, his epic pieces tend to revolve around themes, riffs and repeated clusters, moving along a clearly linear pathway. The booming delivery and abstract texts evoke the spirit of classic beat generation poetry, but the Copernicus stance goes back even further to the theatrical confrontations of the Dada movement. He's always preferred the improvisatory approach, even though each poem's grist might be prepared in advance, their rhythms and content might be disassembled in the moment." [MoonJune] http://www.waysidemusic.com/ Dasputnik-Parapsykosis $15.00 Great, young, heavy space-rock band from Finland. These guys are as good as anyone working in the genre today and will recall other young spacerock bands like Hidria Spacefolk and Taipuva Luotisuora. Deep and heavy synth, sax, guitar, bass and drums action that builds and builds and mostly never relents. There's a new generation of spacerockin' punks out there and they aren't merely taking names! You can hear their music here: http://www.myspace.com/ http://www.waysidemusic.com/ Firesign Theatres-Don't Crush That Dwarf, Hand Me the Pliers $7.00 The troupe's third release and their first to be based around a single, unifying theme. Very funny, smart and even a bit touching. "By fusing the high-concept comic vision of Stan Freberg with the expansive studio experimentation of the Beatles, the Firesign Theatre singlehandedly dragged the comedy album into the psychedelic era. Creating densely layered montages of improvisational routines, overheard dialogue, media manipulation, commercial parodies, and sound effects, the four-man troupe devised a hallucinatory brand of surrealist comic performance and Joycean satire laced with puns, metaphors, and obscure literary allusions that redefined the very concept of recorded comedy."-Jason Ankeny/All Music Guide [Columbia] http://www.waysidemusic.com/ Firesign Theatre-Waiting for the Electrician or Someone Like Him $7.00 Their debut album, from 1968. "By fusing the high-concept comic vision of Stan Freberg with the expansive studio experimentation of the Beatles, the Firesign Theatre singlehandedly dragged the comedy album into the psychedelic era. Creating densely layered montages of improvisational routines, overheard dialogue, media manipulation, commercial parodies, and sound effects, the four-man troupe devised a hallucinatory brand of surrealist comic performance and Joycean satire laced with puns, metaphors, and obscure literary allusions that redefined the very concept of recorded comedy."-Jason Ankeny/All Music Guide [Columbia] http://www.waysidemusic.com/ Volker Kriegel-Inside: Missing Link 2 x CDs $26.00 First time ever for this great jazz/rock album on CD! Guitarist Volker Kriegel was an important part of the German jazz/rock scene in its earliest, most exciting days. This was his third album, originally released as a double lp on MPS in 1972 and it brings together a fantastic group of English and German musicians: Volker Kriegel (electric guitar, acoustic guitar, octave guitar), Albert Mangelsdorff (trombone) Alan Skidmore (soprano saxophone, tenor saxophone), Heinz Sauer (tenor saxophone), John Taylor (electric piano), Eberhard Weber (bass), Cees See (percussion, voice, flutes, effects), John Marshall (drums). Man. They don't make line-ups like that any more. This is early, exploratory, spacey/spacious jazz/rock of very high quality; if this even sounds like it's your thing, lemme tell you something...it's your thing! [MPS] http://www.waysidemusic.com/ Volker Kriegel-Lift! $16.00 First time ever for this great jazz/rock album on CD! Guitarist Volker Kriegel was an important part of the German jazz/rock scene in its earliest, most exciting days. This was his fourth album, originally released on MPS in 1973 and like his previous album, Inside: Missing Link, it brings together a fantastic group of English and German musicians: Volker Kriegel (electric and acoustic guitars), Stan Sulzman (soprano sax and flute), Zbigniew Seifert (electric violin), John Taylor (electric piano), Eberhard Weber (bass and cello), Cees See (percussion), John Marshall (drums). Man. They don't make line-ups like that any more. This is early, exploratory, spacey/spacious jazz/rock of very high quality; if this even sounds like it's your thing, lemme tell you something...it's your thing! [MPS] http://www.waysidemusic.com/ Led Bib-Sizewell Tea $18.00 We have a very small number of copies of the Bib's very excellent and hard to find on these shores second album. The basic sound of the band has been intact since their first album, so you know what to expect. The biggest surprise is the last track, an individualistic and qurky take on David Bowie's Heroes! A great band. [Babel] http://www.waysidemusic.com/ Marbin-Breaking the Cycle $13.00 "The young do not know enough to be prudent, and therefore they attempt the impossible — and achieve it, generation after generation."Author Pearl S. Buck's famous quotation seems especially appropriate when discussing the musical configuration called Marbin. Hailing from Israel, Marbin's young duo of guitarist Dani Rabin and saxophonist Danny Markovitch exhibit the energy and passion of youth, combined with a technical prowess seemingly well in adavance of their tender age (incredibly, they are both in their twenties). The two "Dannies" are among the newest members of the recently surging Israeli-grown jazz scene — whose artists like Avashai and Anat Cohen, and Anat Fort, have taken the world by storm. Rabin's assured and expressive guitarwork has been favorably compared to guitar greats Terje Rypdal and Jimi Hendrix but with a jazzier feel, some acoustic strumming and killer slide licks, while the highly talented Markovitch resembles a younger and edgier Jan Garbarek. Of course, technique in a younger player is rare enough, but not unheard of; more astounding perhaps is that both of co-leaders also are gifted with an impressive ability to play with a noteworthy and heartfelt sense of feeling. Both Rabin and Markovitch's playing and composing skills are matched by their intelligence, focus and drive to succeed. As an example, upon arriving in Chicago in 2007, the two wasted no time in hooking up with world-renowned drummer/percussionist Paul Wertico. In a now infamous story, the two unexpectedly arrived at the drummer's doorstep with instruments, amps, and an array of electronic equipment in tow — interupting a family dinner in the process. The veteran drummer — a seven-time Grammy Award winner with the Pat Metheny Group — soon discovered something that attendees of the duo's frequent "apartment concerts" on the north side of Chicago are very much aware of — that these two musicians amaze with their creativity and original sound. In fact, Wertico made the two a big part of his 2009, critically-acclaimed improvised albumImpressions of a City. It is truly a unique experience to see and hear Rabin creating layers of sounds by first playing, then looping guitar lines and textures over which he and Markovitch can soar with ebullient solos. These soundscapes combine elements of jazz, progressive rock, ambient meditative music and world music with an obvious Middle-Eastern influence. On his visit to Chicago in Fall of 2010, MoonJune’s honcho Leonardo Pavkovic, who never ever heard about Marbin before, went to one of their intimate duo loft concerts, by recommendation of the local jazz journalist Brad Walseth, becaming instantly enamored of their unique sound, ultimately deciding to sign two brave youngsters to his label - the same night. Meanwhile, the high regard the playersand their compositions are held in by their fellow musicians is made quite apparent by the fact that Wertico, world-class bassist Steve Rodby (an eleven-time Grammy Award winner with the Pat Metheny Group), and respected percussionist Jamey Haddad (best known as a member of Paul Simon’s band) gladly joined the two central Marbin members to create Breaking the Cycle—the group's second album and first on the MoonJune label." [MoonJune] http://www.waysidemusic.com/ Meridian Voice-Atypical Symmetry $10.00 Instrumental fusion/progressive release reminscent of Chick Corea/RTF, The Dregs, etc, with lots of keyboard and guitarwork out front. "I get tons of demos sent to me (since 1997) and I have to say this release woke me right up and completely out of my typical "too-many-demos-ennui" with its tight and solid fusion, full of interesting compositions that are engaging and plenty of fusion rock grooves to rock you. Admission price alone to this CD is worth it just to hear "Hacker" which is a Planet X meets Weather Report meets Tribal Tech meets Chick Corea Electrick Band! I heartily recommend this "under-the-radar" fusion release!"-John W Patterson (JazzRock-Radio.com & EER-MUSIC.com) [MV] http://www.waysidemusic.com/ Herbie Nichols-The Complete Blue Note Recordings 3 x CDs $45.00 This fantastic set is a bit pricey, but it's barely available anymore any other way. Herbie was a pianist and composer (and a *fantastic* pianist and composer, by the way) who led 5 sessions and released three 10" lps on Blue Note in their early days and also a session for Bethlehem...and that was about it during his lifetime. This is all his recordings for the Blue Note label, including many alternate takes and is not only his best work, but, imo, represents the height of the post-bop piano trio, with inventive playing and even more inventive compositions. Herbie scuffled all his life and was 'discovered' many years after it was too late for him, but it isn't too late for you to discover the joys of this genius' work! [Blue Note] http://www.waysidemusic.com/ Plastic People of Universe-Co Znamena Vesti Kone/Leading Horses (remastered/digipack) $20.00 Legendary Czechoslovakian underground band who were jailed & banned many many times in their lifetime. One of the band's better known titles, at least here in the USA, as this was the 2nd of two releases to come out in Canada, and it was relatively well distributed here. A good one. [LK] http://www.waysidemusic.com/ Plastic People Of The Universe-Hovezi Porazka/Beefslaughter (remastered/digipack) $20.00 Legendary Czechoslovakian underground band who were jailed & banned many many times in their lifetime. "Recorded in late 1983 & finished in January 1984, this studio recording was intended for release in Canada but that plan never reached fruition...."[LK] http://www.waysidemusic.com/ Plastic People Of The Universe-Pasijove hry Velikonocni/The Passion Play (remastered/digipack) $20.00 Legendary Czechoslovakian underground band who were jailed & banned many many times in their lifetime. This was the 2nd album of theirs released during their lifetime, coming out in 1978, & was recorded with an expanded lineup, including the leader of another banned band, DG07. [LK] http://www.waysidemusic.com/ Plastic People Of The Universe-Pulnocni Mys/ Midnight Mouse (remastered/ digipack) $20.00 The final studio album by the Plastic People, this was recorded in the spring of 1985, & features some nice horn/brass arrangements. One of their most sophisticated releases. A good one! [LK] http://www.waysidemusic.com/ Boris Savoldelli-Biocosmopolitan $13.00 "Boris Savoldelli’s new MoonJune Records release Biocosmopolitanis nothing short of a tour de force of vocal artistry. Listeners who are only familiar with the singer’s previous MoonJune CD – the edgy, shape-shifting Protoplasmicduets with legendary guitar innovator Elliott Sharp – will be little prepared for the euphonious aural feast that awaits them on Biocosmopolitan, which represents a new pinnacle for this unique and wholly engaging vocal performer. Biocosmopolitan would be a remarkable album even if it were performed by a large ensemble of singers and instrumentalists, but the fact that these intricately layered songs were performed in real time by a single vocalist – apart from the brilliant contributions of rising trumpet star Paolo Fresu on two tracks, fusion bass acrobat Jimmy Haslip on another, Savoldelli’sown piano accompaniment on “Biocosmo,” and subtle use of sound-effects recordings – is difficult to believe. Using only a microphone and a compact, customized setup of looping and sound-processing devices, Savoldelli constructs exquisitely crafted, self-contained sound-worlds replete with elaborate multipart harmonies, complex interlocking rhythms, and a panoply of globe-spanning musical influences old and new, ranging from vintage jazz crooning and calypso to Renaissance polyphony, R&B, South African mbaqanga choral music, psychedelic rock, Beat poetry, his native Italian folk heritage, and a sort of mutant doo-wop. Seldom has vocal music been heard that conjures both the Beach Boys and Stockhausen in the same track. What unifies all of these wildly varied influences is Savoldelli’s inimitable, outgoing musical personality. Unlike Protoplasmic, an improvised outing that explored what Boris refers to as his “dark” side, Biocosmopolitanis a much more exuberant and accessible affair, and presents the most complete portrait of Savoldelli as singer, composer, arranger, and sound manipulator to date. Deft use of looping enables the singer to accompany himself with a rich tapestry of choral and ‘instrumental’ sounds, as in his amazing emulation of longtime hero Jimi Hendrix’s strangulated, wah-fried guitar cries on a version of “Crosstown Traffic”like no other. Likewise, all of the sophisticated and entirely convincing drum and percussion sounds on Biocosmopolitanare produced by vocal cords, mouth, and lips alone. While other singers have also emulated instrumental timbres using the human voice, none has taken this approach further or with such inventiveness as Savoldelli has on Biocosmopolitan. With lyrics in Italian, English, and a nonverbal vocalese syntax of his own invention, Biocosmopolitanis continually enlivened by Savoldelli’s warm- hearted demeanor and infectious sense of humor, belying the worn-out stereotype that ‘avant-garde’ vocalizing is by definition strident and uninviting. Biocosmopolitanbrilliantly demonstrates why Savoldelli has won over audiences throughout Europe, Russia, Brazil and North America with his concerts of ‘one-man polyphony,’ while mapping out new frontiers for the human voice. In Italy, Savoldelli studied operatic vocal techniques with Simona Marcello and, more recently, in New York, he's refined his art with singers Jay Clayton and Mark Murphy. Savoldelli is also a member of the innovative avant jazz-rock combo SADO, and released the acclaimed solo album Insanology in 2008, a feast of inspired vocal-orchestral loop-layering, featuring a guest appearance by US guitarist Marc Ribot. His international record debut is on MoonJune Records, a duet album with Elliott Sharp, Proptoplasmic, released in 2009." [MoonJune] http://www.waysidemusic.com/ Jannick Top-Infernal Machina $28.00 This title came out a couple of years ago in a limited edition and we somehow managed to get (and blow through) 200 copies. Now it's available again. For how long? I don't know. I do know that if you want this, you should probably get it before it goes away again, even with the high price... Here is something big that has been quietly brewing in the land of Zeuhl for some time now and was finally released for Jannick's appearance at les Tritonales in Paris. Bassist Jannick, best known for his playing in the 1974 edition of Magma and then co-leading Magma (as VanderTop) in 1976, has finally put together his definitive take on a zeuhl-related solo project. This large-ish ensemble includes Jannick-bass, cello, cellobass, percussion and voices, Natalia Ermlova, Veronika Boulytcheva and Klaus Blasquiz-vocals, Stella Vander, Himiko Paganotti, Antoine Paganotti-backing vocals, James McGaw, François Delfin, Thibault Abrial, Jim Grandcamp-guitars, Damien Schmitt, Christian Vander-drums, Marc Chantereau-percussion, Mathias Lecomte-grand piano and Fabien Colella-keyboards and computer. A single piece with 12 movements, the album starts slowly with a gradually intensifying buildup. The voices have a 'Mystere de voix Bulgares' kinda sound, which they keep, no matter how heavy it all gets. By the time of the 3rd movement, it's pretty heavy and by the time of the 4th movement, Klaus is singing solo over heavy growling bass, grand piano and noise and it's pretty evil. By the time of the 5th movement and onward, it's gotten unbelievably heavy and reminsicent of De Futura turned inside out and...well, do I really have to write more? You want this. [HM] http://www.waysidemusic.com/ Up Drive Trio-Le Reve du Lion $11.00 (special) While they last, this is $9.00 off the regular price. Interesting French jazz release beyond the fact that the playing is really good and strong. The band consists of Gilles Wolf on tenor sax, James MacGaw on double bass and Daniel Jeand'heur on drums. If those last two names ring a distant (or even very familiar) bell, it's because Daniel is the drummer of One Shot and James is the guitarist of One Shot and Magma; I had no idea he played double bass, but here he is, shades of Joe Morris, playing just fine on that big, bad boy! There are 3 originals by Gilles, one by Daniel and 3 covers: Nardis (Miles Davis), 502 Blues (Wayne Shorter) and Sonny Rollins' East Broadway Run Down, which is a real favorite of mine and nice to see it covered. I realize that we are going to sell this to Magma fans and not to jazz fans, but having said that, this is a fine, fine jazz album. [12 Prod] http://www.waysidemusic.com/ The Watch-Timeless $17.00 "Barely one year after "Planet Earth" comes "Timeless", the brand new studio album from The Watch. Hot off an extensive tour in 2010 which touched most of Europe and the USA and Canada, ("The Watch plays Genesis") in which the band merged their own music with some Genesis classics for a unique result that has been defined as a must also for all Genesis fans, The Watch are back with a new studio breakthrough: borrowing a theme from Genesis's very first album "From Genesis to Revelation" and re-shaping it to create brand new songs bound to become classics. Keeping the original musical flavour that allowed the very young members of Genesis to prove their talent to the world, but adding the typical musical flair and energy people know and love from The Watch. The result is a 10 song album, 7 original songs and 3 reinterpretations of very early '69 - '70 Genesis tracks. On one of these John Hackett joins the band with his flute and another one is a great performance of Genesis's Stagnation, taken from the 2010 shows giving newcomers an idea of how incredible and "timeless" that music and this band can sound when performing Genesis. Don't take our word for it! It has to be heard to be believed!" http://www.waysidemusic.com/ Tony Williams Lifetime-Believe It (expanded/remastered)$12.00 This digitally remastered CD, with two perviously unheard bonus tracks, presents the first (and by far the superior of the two mid 1970's albums that Tony cut with the "new" Lifetime for Columbia. Believe It was from 1975 includes Tony on drums, Allan Holdsworth-guitar (fresh from his stints with Soft Machine), Tony Newton-bass and Alan Pasqua-keyboards. There's some great stuff here, and this set is completely essential for fusion fans, Williams fans and Holdsworth fans. [Columbia] http://www.waysidemusic.com/ ------------------------------ Please note: If there are no quotes around the description, that means that we wrote it and you should not use this description without attribution. If there are quotes without attribution, that means that we took the description from the hypesheet/publicity for the release. All other quoted descriptions are attributed. You can order these & many many other items from our on-line store at: http://www.waysidemusic.com You can also fax in your order : (301) 589-1819 or mail in your order to: Wayside Music - P.O. Box 8427 - Silver Spring, MD 20907 - USA We accept cash, checks/moneyorders (as long as they are in US funds payable through a US bank), Discover, Visa and MasterCard credit cards as well as PayPal. ------ Recent reviews (or recently *discovered* reviews) of Cuneiform artists and titles (in English only): THE CLAUDIA QUINTET http://www.stereophile.com/ GUTBUCKET http://www.classicaltv.com/ http://jazztimes.com/articles/ THE MICROSCOPIC SEPTET http://jazztimes.com/articles/ ------ You can always see which of our artists are on tour and get the links to the venues at: http://www.cuneiformrecords. or http://my.calendars.net/ ------ AFUCHE (our latest signing! CD out in May!) May 21 - Music Hall of Williamsburg - Brooklyn, NY (record release show - opening for Tune-Yards) JASON ADASIEWICZ'S ROLLDOWN June 26 - Hungry Brain - Chicago, IL (Celebrating the Hungry Brain's 10th Anniversary!!) June 28 - Museum of Contemporary Art - Chicago, IL November 18 - The Stone - 16 Avenue C (the corner of Avenue C and Second Street) - NYC, NY 10009 ALGERNON March 18 - Empty Bottle - 1035 North Western Ave - Chicago, IL (with Roomate) BIRDSONGS OF THE MESOZOIC with Encanti March 18 - Zumix - 260 Sumner St. - East Boston, MA 02128 (617) 568-9777 - 8:00 pm March 22 - David Friend Recital Hall - Berklee School of Music - 921 Boylston Street - Boston, MA - 7:00 pm May 6 - Democracy Center - 45 Mt. Auburn St. - Harvard Sq, Cambridge, MA - $8.00 June 17 - Zumix - 260 Sumner St. - East Boston, MA 02128 (617) 568-9777 - 8:00 pm November 26 - The Stone - 16 Avenue C (the corner of Avenue C and Second Street) - NYC, NY 10009 DAVID BORDEN November 23 - The Stone - 16 Avenue C (the corner of Avenue C and Second Stre CARLO DE ROSA'S CROSS-FADE March 18 - Jazz Gallery - 290 Hudson Street, New York, NY 10013 (212) 242-1063 - 2 shows : 9:00 and 10:30 (CD release show!) CLAUDIA QUINTET November 18 - The Stone - 16 Avenue C (the corner of Avenue C and Second Street) - NYC, NY 10009 DEAD CAT BOUNCE (our latest signing! CD out soon!) April 2 - Brooklyn Conservatory Concert Hall - 58 Seventh Avenue, Brooklyn, New York - (718) 622-3300 ERGO March 5 - One Thousand Pulses - 9 Edward Place - Woodcliff Lake, NJ 07677 - 8:00 pm GÖSTA BERLINGS SAGA (our latest signing! CD out in May!) June 25 - NEARFest - Zoellner Arts Center, Bethlehem, PA GUTBUCKET April 1 - Lilypad - 1353 Cambridge Street - Inman Square - Cambridge, MA - 9:00 pm / $10.00 April 7 - tba - Dresden, Germany April 8 - Supamolli - Berlin, Germany April 9 - tbc - Leipzig, Germany April 10 - Dumont - Aachen, Germany April 12 - Topos - Leverkusen, Germany April 14 - Stellwerk - Hamburg, Germany April 15 - Jazzfruhling Festival - Freiberg, Germany April 16 - Posthof - Linz, Austria May 9 - Redcat - Los Angeles, CA (Gutbucket chamber orchestra) May 9-15 – West Coast USA CD release tour (dates to be added as confirmed) November 16 - The Stone - 16 Avenue C (the corner of Avenue C and Second Street) - NYC, NY 10009 IDEAL BREAD November 15 - The Stone - 16 Avenue C (the corner of Avenue C and Second Street) - NYC, NY 10009 HAMSTER THEATRE November 22 - The Stone - 16 Avenue C (the corner of Avenue C and Second Street) - NYC, NY 10009 LED BIB February 28 - Purcell Room - London, UK (record release show) March 2 - The Harley - Sheffield, UK March 3 - The Spin Off - Leeds, UK March 4 – The Kazimier - Liverpool, UK March 5 - Voodoo Rooms - Edinburgh, UK March 6 - Centre for Contemporary Arts - Glasgow, Scotland, UK March 9 - Dempsey's - Cardiff, Wales, UK March 26 - Gateshead Jazz Festival - UK April 23 - Bunker Ulmenwall - Bielefed, Germany April 29 - Jazzclub Tonne - Dresden, Germany April 30 - tba - Dachau, Germany May 04 - Metelkova - Ljubjana, Slovenia July 10 - Swanage Jazz Festival - Swanage, UK August 14 - Brecon Jazz Festival, Brecon, Wales, UK THE MUFFINS November 20 - The Stone - 16 Avenue C (the corner of Avenue C and Second Street) - NYC, NY 10009 RICHARD PINHAS March 3 - Cite de la Musique - Paris, France (with Pascal Comelade) March 8 - Ecole Normale Superieure de Paris - Paris, France (lecture about metallic music and Deleuze) April 4 - Super de Luxe - Roppongi, Tokyo, Japan (with Merzbow) additional Japanese dates to come May 20 - F.I.M.A.V - Victoriaville, Quebec, Canada (with Wolf Eyes and Merzbow!) May 25 and afterwards - USA tour - tba - details coming PLANETA IMAGINARIO March 16 - Paraninfo de la Universidad de Malaga - Malaga, Spain - 21:00 March 17 - Chubby Cheek - Jaen, Spain March 18 - Cosmo's Factory - Cabezas de San Juan - Sevilla, Spain March 19 - Classi Jazz - Almeria, Spain POSITIVE CATASTROPHE November 17 - The Stone - 16 Avenue C (the corner of Avenue C and Second Street) - NYC, NY 10009 PRESENT (with Univers Zero and Aranis) September 16 - RIO Festival - Cap'Découverte - 81450 LE GARRIC (Carmaux) - France RADIO MASSACRE INTERNATIONAL November 23 - The Stone - 16 Avenue C (the corner of Avenue C and Second Street) - NYC, NY 10009 ALEC K. REDFEARN and THE EYESORES November 27 - The Stone - 16 Avenue C (the corner of Avenue C and Second Street) - NYC, NY 10009 REVOLUTIONARY SNAKE ENSEMBLE February 27 - Chianti Tuscan Restaurant - 285 Cabot Street - Beverly, MA 01915 May 20 - Barbés, 376 9th St. (corner of 6th Ave), Park Slope, Brooklyn, NY - (347) 422-0248, 8 - 9:30pm November 17 - The Stone - 16 Avenue C (the corner of Avenue C and Second Street) - NYC, NY 10009 THINKING PLAGUE November 22 - The Stone - 16 Avenue C (the corner of Avenue C and Second Street) - NYC, NY 10009 UNIVERS ZERO (with Present and Aranis) September 16 - RIO Festival - Cap'Découverte - 81450 LE GARRIC (Carmaux) - France ZEVIOUS Check these guys out as they go ALL the way across the USA and back! This is your chance to see a great, truly hot NYC harmolodic/punk-jazz group in YOUR hometown. March 11 - Union Pool - 484 Union Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11211 - (718) 609-0484 (with Dysrhythmia, Smother Party, and A f**king Elephant) March 19 - Orion Studios - 2903 Whittington Ave # C, Baltimore, MD 21230 -(410) 646-7334 (with Danny Sher Quintet) March 20 - The Rotunda - 4014 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104 - (215) 573-3234 (with Electric Simcha) March 21 - Galaxy Hut - 2711 Wilson Boulevard, Arlington, VA 22201 - (703) 525-8646 (with Matta Gawa) March 22 - The Camel - 1621 West Broad Street, Richmond, VA 23220-2106 - (804) 353-4901 (with TBA) March 23- Eastside Lounge - 485 Flat Shoals Rd, Atlanta, GA 30316 - (404) 521-9666 (with TBA) March 24 - Open Lot - 1307 Jewell Street, Nashville, TN 37207 - (with TBA) March 26 - The Phoenix Project - 406 S. Haskell, Dallas, TX - (with TBA) March 27 - Salvage Vanguard Theater (hosted by Church of the Friendly Ghost) - 2803 Manor Rd, Austin, TX 78722 (with TBA) March 29 - Scorpion's Nest - 406 Alta Ave, Midland, TX 79705 March 30 - Solar Culture Gallery - 31 East Toole Avenue, Tucson, AZ 85701- (520) 884-0874 March 31 - The Trunk Space - 1506 NW Grand Ave,Phoenix, AZ 85007 - (602) 256-6006 (with Destroyah and TBA) April 1 - The Smell - 247 South Main Street, Los Angeles, CA 90012 - (213) 625-4325 - (with Upsilon Acrux and TBA) April 3 - St. James Infirmary - 445 California Avenue, Reno, NV 89501 - (775) 657-8484 - (with Frendo) April 5 - The Walnut Room - 3131 Walnut St, Denver, CO, 80205 (with Bottesini Project) April 6 - Zoo Bar - 136 North 14th Street, Lincoln, NE 68508 - (402) 435-8754 (with TBA) April 7 - The Brick - 1727 McGee Street, Kansas City, MO 64108-1423 - (816) 421-1634 (with Nomad's Atlas) April 8 - venue tbc - St. Louis, MO April 9 - Mexicains Sans Frontieres - 120 S Division Ave. #226, Grand Rapids MI 49503 - (with Night Toucher) April 10 - Melody Inn - 3826 North Illinois Street, Indianapolis, IN 46208 - (317) 923-4707 - (with Kuan, Gash Hound, and TBA) April 11 - South Park Tavern - 1301 Wayne Avenue, Dayton, OH 45410 - (937) 586-9526 - (with Kuan) April 12 - Bernie's Distillery - 1896 N. High Street, Columbus, OH 43201 - (614) 291-3448 (with Kuan, TBA) April 13 - The Bug Jar - 219 Monroe Avenue, Rochester, NY 14607-3527 - (585) 454-2966 (with TBA) April 14 - Community School of Music and Arts (CSMA) - 3rd Floor Auditorium, 330 E State St (aka Martin Luther King Jr. St), Ithaca, NY 14850 (with Makeshift, The Invisible Hand) April 15th - Elm Bar - 372 Elm St, New Haven, CT 06511 (with Old Man Lady Luck) November 30 - The Stone - 16 Avenue C (the corner of Avenue C and Second Street) - NYC, NY 10009 CUNEIFORM CURATES THE STONE I was very, very pleased to be contacted by John Zorn and offered the opportunity to book his amazing music space "The Stone" for two weeks in November. The Stone is a great listening space with good sound, comfortable chairs and great music six nights per week (they are closed on Mondays). There are two separate shows per night with a different act at each show and a separate admission to each show. Every cent of your admission money goes to the artists. Watch this space for updates to the schedule. The Stone - 16 Avenue C (the corner of Avenue C and Second Street) - NYC, NY 10009 Shows at 8:00 and 10:00 - set order not yet decided - so far confirmed are: November 15 - Ideal Bread November 15 - November 16 - Gutbucket November 16 - November 17 - Revolutionary Snake Ensemble November 17 - Positive Catastrophe November 18 - Jason Adasiewicz's Rolldown November 18 - The Claudia Quintet November 20 - The Muffins November 20 - November 22 - Hamster Theatre November 22 - Thinking Plague November 23 - David Borden November 23 - Radio Massacre International November 25 - November 25 - November 26 - Birdsongs of the Mesozoic November 26 - November 27 - Alec K. Redfearn and the Eyesores November 27 - November 29 - November 29 - November 30 - Zevious November 30 - Upsilon Acrux Also: SInce there will be so many musicians coming in for the NYC gigs, we are working on setting up a 2 day festival in DC or Baltimore for a number of the bands. Location and venue to be determined. This will occur on Saturday November 19 and Sunday November 20. This is still in the very early planning stages, but the idea is to have 5 bands per day over 2 days (i.e. 10 acts). When we know who is playing where and when and feel comfortable posting it, it will be posted. But this is still many months away. Watch this space. ------ To see Artist News by musicians who have recorded for Cuneiform - provided to us by the musicians themselves and updated every four months, go to: http://www.cuneiformrecords. ------ Thank you! -Coming Soon (or not soon, but eventually, so please be patient!)- (For updates of new items in stock, watch these mailings or check the NEW ARRIVALS section!) : JASON ADASIEWICZ'S ROLLDOWN-new, third album AFUCHE-Highly Publicized Digital Boxing Match (finally a 'real' release from this great Brooklyn band) ALIEN TRIO (unreleased early 80s recordings by Christian Vander, Michel Graillier and Alby Culaz) PETER BAUMAN- Romance '76 -Transharmonic Nights (available again for the 1st time in many, many years) SERGE BRINGOLF/STRAVE-Strave (great, fairly obscure zeuhl/jazz-rock album from 1980 from France by a large ensemble. I consider this one of the treasures of French zeuhl and it's really underknown and appreciated. Being reissued by Soleil Zeuhl, of course and if you don't know this one, you are really in for a treat!) CALOMITO-Cane di Schiena CASSIBER (box set with a live DVD as well as unreleased material on CD along with the four albums we already know and love) CHEER-ACCIDENT-No Ifs, Ands or Dogs (album #17 - what more need be said?) DEAD CAT BOUNCE-Chance Episodes FACTOR BURZACO-II (new album on AltrOck) FAR CORNER #3 FORGAS BAND PHENOMENA-a PHENOMENAl new album (#5) GÖSTA BERLINGS SAGA-Glue Works (much anticipated 3rd album from instrumental progressive/post rock Swedes) MATS/MORGAN BAND-new studio album (may still be some time away...) ROB MAZUREK/SAO PAULO UNDERGROUND-Tres Cabecase Loucuras RICHARD PINHAS + MERZBOW-Rhizome RICHARD PINHAS + MERZBOW-Paris, Live 2008 (limited edition, vinyl only release) WADADA LEO SMITH/ORGANIC-Heart's Reflection (new studio album by Wadada's extraordinary 4 guitar band!) SOFT MACHINE LEGACY-Relegation of Pluto/Live in Germany FRANCOIS THOLLOT-Scherzoo (3rd album!) THINKING PLAGUE-new album (studio album #6!) VAN DER GRAAF GENERATOR-A Grounding in Numbers (3rd album since their 00's reformation!) IF you'd like to view previous New In stock Announcements, they can be found here: http://ymlp179.net/archive_ |
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Here's what has come in in the last week - either new releases or restockings of items that have been unavailable: Ahleuchatistas-Location Location $13.00 Since their last release, Of the Body Prone, a lot has happened to Ahleuchatistas. Founding member, bassist Derek Poteat left the group and after a short tour with a different bassist (I saw that tour and it was amazing - as they always are), the group is now a duo of Shane and Ryan. As the short press statement says, "The first full length offering from the guitar/drums duo of Shane Perlowin and Ryan Oslance. This is a document of their musical explorations in the duo format with recordings dated from September 2008 thru March 2010." Obviously being a duo has greatly changed their sound, but since the time of their two Cuneiform releases, they've been expanding their formerly very un-affected sound out, and Shane's using effects and delay and other interesting tricks to expand his palette. So, it's still recognizably them. They remain an amazing band and this is a very different and still amazing recording! "The music draws from an enormous pool of influences and traditions, reflecting the vast shared interests of the two players and is a step forward into new musical directions from the project’s previous efforts. The album opens with Waterboarding, a spontaneous garage/skronk-surf/death ritual composition captured in the studio, reminiscent of The Ex or Yo! I Killed Your God-era Marc Ribot. A Little Effort Goes Away, a Balinese prog-punk fantasy, performed with prepared guitar (a la John Cage), was recorded live in concert at the Grey Eagle in Asheville, North Carolina in February 2010. It exhibits Perlowin’s fresh melodiousness and Oslance’s organic syncopated rhythmic development, as well as the off-the-cuff chemistry and psychic interplay that make this duet such an exciting act to catch in a live setting. No Sleep, a slab of block-form composition, needles away with a layer of extended guitar technique and lowercase “i” free jazz percussion, simulating a manic Morse code message. Over this texture, float swelling Ligeti-esque horror chords, drenched in syrupy delay. Heraclitean, the extended version of which was released on a clear 10” vinyl on the French label Gaffer Records in April 2010, is a driving Afrikana shredfest that pays tribute to Ennio Morricone, Konono No.1, and Terry Riley. Channel Zero is a minimalist musical moment, a phone-off-the-hook tone poem about staring into the abyss (and the abyss staring into thee). Second Self features Oslance’s fierce breakbeat capabilities and his penchant for “blown out” drum production. Perlowin supplies white noise loops and dark e-bow psychedelia. Mistaken Identity is a multi-tracked home studio production. The electronic percussion was recorded years before Perlowin added the interweaving guitar lines that nod to such players as Andy Summers, Robert Fripp, and Bill Frisell. Blind Way was recorded live in the studio during the same session as the opener, Waterboarding. The sound of an e-bow’s plastic gyrating against electric guitar strings implies electrocution. Frenetic drums and swelling low-range tone clusters morph into a haunting and delicate repetitive theme. Israel is the very first fruit of the Perlowin/Oslance collaboration. It was recorded within a week of Oslance relocating to Asheville, NC to join the then trio outfit Ahleuchatistas. It is an up electro-jazz number with elements of nostalgia for a time that never existed. Finally, the bittersweet closer, Our National Anthem, pays homage to the use of sound in the films of David Lynch, culminating in a warped yet tuneful anti-climax." [Open Letter] http://www.waysidemusic.com/ Gatto Marte-Colombo Tutto Tondo $11.00 (special) While they last, this is 45% off the usual price! This is the 8th album by the Italian chamber ensemble Gatto Marte and this time it's something quite different; it's an opera about Christopher Columbus! How Italian can you get? "The story of Christopher Columbus. A funny and witty tale for every age with hidden treasure chest, pirate’s ship, cocktails on the beach and lots of songs. Culture on Campus at Teesside University is delighted to have the opportunity to premiere the new Opera Buffa Colombo Tutto Tondo (Christopher Columbus the world is round) by Pietro Lusvardi with the Gatto Marte ensemble. This Opera Buffa is made up of ten arias, sung in Italian and English, and instrumental pieces interwoven with narration. The story, witty and funny, tells the tale of Christopher Columbus in a style inspired by the Commedia dell’Arte, where the narrator and the singers share lines on stage. As well as being a piece to entertain all ages, the opera serves as an educational tool, especially for young people. This Opera Buffa features four soloists and narrator. It is performed by the Italian ensemble Gatto Marte." [Music Center] http://www.waysidemusic.com/ Grupo Um-A Flor de Plastico Incinerada $18.00 A band I had long heard of but never actually heard until Editio Princeps started their reissue program. This is a goodie, with nice Fender Rhodes work, electric bass, drums and percussion + guests on reeds. "Formed in 1976, Groupo Um was one of the pioneers from the Brazilian jazz and jazz-rock scene. After some years playing with well known musicians like Hermeto Pascoal and Egberto Gismonti, the band (members) developed a musical language of their own. Grupo Um's third and last album, released in 1982. Here we have the same trio who recorded "Reflexões": Lelo Nazario, Rodolfo Stroeter and Zé Eduardo Nazario, plus guests Teco Cardoso and Felix Wagner. During those sessions Grupo Um recorded more material than could be placed on a vinyl record. In this special edition the outtakes will be finally added to the 1982 album." [Editio Princeps] http://www.waysidemusic.com/ Ku-Fragments From The Alterated $9.00 (special) Long out of print, but we've got too many on the shelf, so get the last copies in existence! This is an psych/prog underground quartet that consists of guitar, flute/synths/sax, bass and drums, and they have ties to Arjuna and Alhambra. This is probably the most freak-out/underground sounding release of the three, but it still bears comparison with those groups. Great long tracks with great flute and distorted guitar psychouts. The very live 'basement sound' recording only adds to the authenticity of the music! [Fly-agaric] http://www.waysidemusic.com/ Albert Mangelsdorff-A Jazz Tune I Hope (24-bit remaster) $11.00 For those who have heard that trombonist Albert only plays free music, this album is a good introduction to what he does. A great band: Wolfgang Dauner - piano, Eddie Gomez - bass, and Elvin Jones - drums. [MPS] http://www.waysidemusic.com/ Albert Mangelsdorff-Birds of Underground (24-bit remaster) $11.00 Free-ish session from late 1972 by the always pretty amazing trombonist Albert Mangelsdorff and a line-up of musicians mostly known for their ties to FMP, although this is less 'out' than a lot of the FMP titles of the same era: Heinz Sauer (alto and tenor), Gerd Dudek (tenor and soprano), Buschi Nieberall (bass), Peter Giger (drums). [MPS] http://www.waysidemusic.com/ Albert Mangelsdorff-Never Let It End (24-bit remaster) $11.00 Free-ish session from early 1970 by the always pretty amazing trombonist Albert Mangelsdorff and a line-up of musicians mostly known for their ties to FMP, although this is less 'out' than a lot of the FMP titles of the same era: Heinz Sauer (alto and tenor), Gunter Lenz (bass) and Ralf Hubner (drums). [MPS] http://www.waysidemusic.com/ Albert Mangelsdorff-The Wide Point (24-bit remaster) $11.00 While the term 'power trio' is usually applied to guitar/bass/drum outfits, I think that it might also apply here! Albert Mangelsdorff-awesome trombone, Palle Danielsson-killer bass, Elvin Jones-monster drums! [MPS] http://www.waysidemusic.com/ Phil Manzanera-Diamond Head (expanded/remastered/digipack) $18.00 Phil's classic first solo album, recorded in 1975 at the same time as Quiet Sun, in a lovely, remastered edition with a bonus track. "This is really a sister album to QUIET SUN's "Mainstream" record,as they were both recorded in the same studio one right after the other.Brian Eno,Phil Manzanera and Bill MacCormick would play on both,although "Diamond Head" isn't a canterbury recording like "Mainstream" is.Most of the guys from ROXY MUSIC are here to help Phil out, plus a multitude of other guests.I must say that i couldn't help but think of our own tszirmay everytime i listened to this album.If there was a record that best described his personality this is it.It's fun,energetic,humerous and full of personality. "Frontera" will put you in a good mood rather quickly.It's so uplifting with the legendary Robert Wyatt on vocals, and singing in Spanish.Manzanera's guitar work 2 1/2 minutes in becomes almost angular and dissonant.He's having a blast i'm sure.Great tune. "Diamond Head" is just a pleasure to listen to.Tasteful guitar leads the way as John Wetton(fresh out of KING CRIMSON) adds some nice bass. "Big Day" opens with strummed guitar as drums,vocals and full sound come in quickly.Eno is terrific on vocals.This is another cool song with fun lyrics like "Everyone's there in gay Peru" haha.Manzanera adds some fuzz to his guitar on this one. "The Flex" opens with bass and is kind of funky.Sax from ROXY MUSIC's MacKay a minute in.Jobson adds some clavinet as well. "Same Time Next Week" features the duet of John Wetton and Doreen Chanter.They are so fun as they banter back and forth throughout.Wetton adds some mellotron in this one, as well as bass.More sax from MacKay. "Miss Shapiro" sounds like a Zappa title.The guitar is outstanding to open.Vocals from Eno 1 1/2 minutes in.It kicks into gear after 2 minutes.Again Eno sounds great on vocals,and the bass and drum work is fantastic! This is too much! "East Of Echo" features the complete QUIET SUN band along with Wetton,Thompson and Ian MacDonald on bagpipes! This is an instrumental that opens with a fairly heavy soundscape of guitars and drums for 1 1/2 minutes.Then it lightens and the tempo picks up.Nice bass lines from Wetton,while MacCormick follows that up 2 1/2 minutes in with some fuzz bass.Nice. "Lagrima" is simply Manzanera on guitar and MacKay on the aboe.Cool instrumental. "Alma" is quite the contrast to the previous song.It does settle,MacCormick is on vocals this time.Manzanera shines on guitar 2 minutes in to the end.A fitting ending. I can't recommend this album high enough,in fact if you can also get your hands on QUIET SUN's "Mainstream" record as well, go for it!"-progarchives.com [Expression] http://www.waysidemusic.com/ John Martyn-Live At Leeds and More 2 x CDs $9.00 (special) Disc 1 is the very well known (and very, very great) album John made with backing by Danny Thompson (double bass) and John Stevens (yes, the famous free-jazz/free-music drummer), recorded 10/75 and which he self-released himself in a limited edition shortly after! Includes five bonus tracks from the same concert. Disc 2 is recordings from the 80's, which are quite good but don't reach the same brilliance level of disc one. "Because Island Records didn't feel it was the right time for a live album, Martyn independently released this record from his home. The initial release was a limited edition of 10,000 (which Island did manufacture, though not distribute or promote) that was numbered and signed. Though the album shares its title with the famous Who live collection of the same name, the working title was "Ringside Seat" and photos of Martyn and bassist Danny Thompson in a boxing ring were even taken for a prospective cover, though never used. Recorded February 13, 1975 (the sleeve incorrectly states October), at Leeds University in the U.K., this is John Martyn at a peak in his career. In Thompson, he'd found a perfect foil for his increasingly jazzy textures and their bass and guitar interaction is a particular highlight. Having mastered the echoplex, which was capable of producing waves of echoed and distorted sound, Martyn was doing things with an acoustic guitar that no one had ever done (or has done since). "Outside In" (all 18:57 of it!) is a tour de force showcasing the otherwordly sounds he could coax from this device, and is worth the price of the album alone. The re-released version on Voiceprint/One World includes five bonus tracks ("My Baby Girl," "You Can Discover," "So Much in Love With You," "Clutches," "Mailman") from the show, including the ones Paul Kossoff of Free guested on."-Rob Caldwell/All Music Guide [Snapper] http://www.waysidemusic.com/ Metropole Orkest with Pat Metheny-Live in Concert NTSC (all region) DVD $17.00 "The Metropole Orkest from Europe performing live for the cameras from film and television archives plus one of the greatest musican Pat Metheny in an incredible live performance - for the first time on DVD! This DVD cannot be missed by a genuine Pat Metheny / jazz fan. This is a masterpiece in perfection - recorded live at the famous North Sea Jazz Festival in 2003." [IMV] http://www.waysidemusic.com/ Ikue Mori-Kibyoshi NTSC (all region) DVD $24.00 "Ikue Mori continues to be one of the most respected and original voices in the laptop electronic music scene. Distinct and personal, her sounds are immediately recognizable as her own. For the past several years she has been incorporating visual imagery into her presentations, animating cutouts from Japanese woodblock prints in ways both charming and disturbing. Her latest work is her best yet, and draws upon the rich literature of Japanese Kibyoshi, satirical comics which pointed sharp barbs at contemporary society with a sharp focus on gossip, literature, political affairs and current events. Reversing, inverting and twisting truth and fiction, Ikue Mori creates a rich world of her own with sound and image. Featuring the charismatic voice of Makigami Koichi and the percussion of Mark Nauseef, Kibyoshi is a masterpiece!" Personnel: Ikue Mori: Electronics Koichi Makigami: Vocals, Mouth Harp Mark Nauseef: Percussion [Tzadik] http://www.waysidemusic.com/ Pak-Secret Curve $13.00 Ron Anderson and PAK have been at it for some time and it's great to see their hard work rewarded with a release with Tzadik, which willc certainly bring them some well-deserved attention! A bit crazed and more than a bit great! Highly recommended! "Ron Anderson is a multi-instrumentalist intuitive music maker whose compositions, bands, collaborations and solo projects combine heavy rock intensity with improvisation and a level of compositional complexity rarely matched. For his third CD with his band PAK, he has avoided the electric guitar and orchestrated a rich and orchestral sound with keyboards, strings, horns and electronics. One of the most maddening releases he has ever created, Secret Curve is mind blower, and one of Ron's masterpieces. Featuring some of the best players out of the downtown scene, it is a brilliant new direction for this brave musical explorer who has worked with artists as diverse as Elliott Sharp, Sun City Girls, Otomo Yoshihide, James Chance and Haco." Personnel: Ron Anderson: Bass Guitar Keith Abrams: Drums, Percussion Tim Byrnes: Trumpet, French Horn, Keyboards with: Anthony Coleman: Piano Jérôme Noetinger: Electronics, Tape Manipulation Eve Risser: Piano, Prepared Piano Tom Swafford: Violin Stefan Zeniuk: Clarinet, Bass Clarinet, Tenor Saxophone, Bass Saxophone, English Horn [Tzadik] http://www.waysidemusic.com/ Pitom-Blasphemy and other Serious Crimes $13.00 Pitom are one of my favorite Tzadik bands, and that's really saying something when you have a catalog as strong as they do. I saw them open for Gutbucket at a tiny little club in VA a few years ago and I didn't even connect them at first with their great first album, because their first album was released under leader Yoshie Fruchter's name! They play a heavily rocking power-trio music with the distinctive touch of an electric violin added, who plays in a Plastic People kinda way; very direct and rock and not ornate or classical at all. Highly recommended "In their second CD for Tzadik, a sonic homage to the Day of Atonement, Yoshie Fruchter and his remarkable band Pitom continue their exploration of the New Jewish rock sound with their unique blend of punk, noise rock, metal and jazz filtered through the Jewish tradition. Echoes of the Melvins, Mahavishnu, Zappa and Masada make this a fiery and soulful CD that you will listen to again and again. Intense new Jewish Music from this exciting quartet of punk rebels." Personnel: Shanir Ezra Blumenkranz: Bass Yoshie Fruchter: Guitar Kevin Zubek: Drums Jeremy Brown: Violin, Viola [Tzadik] http://www.waysidemusic.com/ Plastic People of the Universe-Egon Bundy's Happy Hearts Club Banned (remastered/first complete version) $24.00 Back in stock once more! Reissue of the most famous (and probably the best as well) album by this classic, TRULY underground rock band from Czechoslovakia, who were destroyed by the state but who actually won in the end when they reformed to play specifically at the request of newly-elected president Vaclav Havel. This includes some rare photos and a good history of the band and album and this is the first time that the entire master tapes have been used (previous versions have either had songs shortened (as on the original album version) or had songs substituted). Recorded in 1974-75, this was the album whose tapes were smuggled out of the country shortly afterward & released on vinyl with a huge booklet of photos & documentation in 1978. In addition to it's notoriety, it's also a really good album, capturing the vibe of a band genuinely underground & having to fight for their lives and for their art. Primitive and great; if you don't own this, you should. [Kissing Spell] http://www.waysidemusic.com/ Quiet Sun-Mainstream (expanded/remastered/ Quiet Sun was the 1970 band of Phil Manzanera-guitar, Bill MacCormick-bass, Dave Jarrett-keyboards & Charles Hayward-drums & vocals. They played around & recorded demos, but the band died when Phil went to Roxy Music & Bill went to Matching Mole. Phil briefly reformed the band in 1975 to record some of their old material & the result is this scorcher with Jarrett's Canterbury-style Rhodes piano spurring on Phil's fuzzed-out leads & the monster rhythm section! This is beautifully packaged, includes cool photos and tons of other documentation from Phil's archives (including all his 'no thank you letters" from various record labels! Additionally, there is nearly a full album's worth (30') of demos and outtakes (including part 1 of RFD, which got left off the original album!!), as well as a brief audio documentary/history. A highly recommended classic made even more beautiful in this set. "Quiet Sun was a four piece conceived in 1970 at Phil Manzanera's alma mater, Dulwich College; his fellow band members were Bill MacCormick, bass, Charles Hayward, drums, vocals and Dave Jarrett, keyboards. After a brief tour and no record deal in prospect, the band split and Manzanera joined Roxy Music. By 1974, riding high on the Roxy wave, Manzanera secured a deal for his debut album Diamond Head. What he didn't mention was that he had reformed Quiet Sun and was splitting his daily 12-hour studio time between the two projects. This reissue of 'Mainstream' is in book form with new photos and memorabilia as well as bringing together all early demos in one place." [Expression] http://www.waysidemusic.com/ Django Reinhardt-Rhythm & Swing 7 x CD box set with booklet $13.00 Hugely tasty and stupid cheap collection of some of Django's best known recordings from his best known and most-loved pre-War prime period (1934-1939) with the legendary Quintet of the Hot Club of France as well as other ensembles. Full personnel and dates are included for each track. This set is 7 hours of glorious music, sonically quite good for what it is and you can hear the music that frightened the Nazis and is considered the first truely European variant/contribution to the jazz cannon. [Snapper] http://www.waysidemusic.com/ Travis Reuter-Rotational Templates $9.00 Everyone here remembers Danny Sher, right? Right? Sigh. Anyway, at the very beginning of 2011, Danny contacted me about carrying his self-released first album, which was a fantastic, complex electric jazz release, all by terrific musicians I had never heard of. The guitarist was Travis Reuter and here is Travis with his own debut. Featured on this disc in addition to Travis are Jeremy Viner-tenor sax, Bobby Avey-Fender Rhodes, Chris Tordini-bass and Jason Nazary-drums. This is modern electric jazz at its finest, reminiscent of some of Ben Monder's work as a leader but with a more electric/progressive edge and also more of a 'rehearsal intensive avant-progressive' flair; think of electric jazz as filtered through the complexity of Blast and you have an idea of what this is about. Interesting meters and modes and inspired soloing zip by and the playing is unbelivably first rate. If intricate, really, really tricky electric jazz/rock sounds like your kind of thing, this comes HIGHLY recommended. "New Focus Recordings announces the release of Rotational Templates, the debut recording from New York City based guitarist and composer Travis Reuter. The music on Rotational Templates, though written for jazz quintet, is inspired by contemporary classical music and draws heavily on influences from the music of composers Elliott Carter, Brian Ferneyhough, and Jason Eckardt. Reuter’s compositions focus on abstract forms, complex rhythmic structures, timbre, and polytonality, while continuing to explore the improviser’s role in a traditional setting. Each composition experiments with combinations of form, counterpoint, and non-repetitive devices for improvisation. And yet this music definitely does not sound academic – quite the contrary, it pulses with an aggressive urban energy that has become somewhat of a sonic badge for this emerging generation of young experimental jazz musicians. Underlying this approach is an implicit skepticism of the aesthetics of the mainstream jazz establishment and a deep hunger to integrate elements from other forward-looking genres. Reuter’s guitar style itself is indicative of this voracity: his sound, use of effects pedals, and angular melodic patterns associate him with such experimental jazz guitarists as John Abercrombie, Allan Holdsworth, and Ben Monder, all of whom similarly looked outside of the Wes Montgomery/Joe Pass tradition for guidance. Reuter’s integration of the motivic and rhythmic language of the classical modernists sets him apart from other young modern jazz guitarists who have developed their approaches in this lineage, and this material drawn from outside of the jazz tradition acts as the glue that holds this recording together conceptually. The power of the quintet's performances hold the recording together viscerally; indeed, their taut ensemble approach is akin to a contemporary chamber group tackling a relentless, thorny score." [New Focus] http://www.waysidemusic.com/ Scale the Summit-The Collective $13.00 Dual guitar, bass and drums instrumental, very progressive technical metal group with their third album. These guys have toured til their van doors melted and it sure shows; I saw them a couple of years ago and they utterly melted the joint. The music is a cross between King Crimson/Canvas Solaris/Gordian Knot and is really nicely played with good melodies mixed in with the heavy riffage. Modern and brilliantly played. Recommended. [Prosthetic] You can hear them at myspace: http://myspace.com/ http://www.waysidemusic.com/ The Shiver-Walpurgis lp (numbered edition of 1,000) (due to size and weight, for sale in the USA only) $26.00 LP reissue from the master tapes of the only album by this heavy Swiss late 1960's heavy underground cult band, which was originally released in 1969. "A very heavy, world-class psychedelic album. This is one of the rarest albums in the world and includes the H.R. Giger's original cover artwork." This Swiss band was a quintet of vocals, organ/piano, guitar, bass and drums. This is an excellent heavy psych release!" [Garden of Delights] http://www.waysidemusic.com/ Tempio delle Clessidre-Il Tempio Delle Clessidre $16.00 When making a list of the 70s one-shot classics from Italy, of which there are a surprising number of really good ones, certainly Museo Rosenbach's classic Zarathustra should be included. Why am I talking about Museo Rosenbach when we are trying to sell you the 1st CD by a new group from Italy, Il Tempio delle Clessidre? Because the singer for Tempio delle Clessidre is Stefano Galifi, Museo's singer! Led by keyboardist Elisa Montaldo, the group features her Hammond organ, synths and Mellotron heavily in their sound, while also featuring plenty of guitarwork as well. Stefano sounds great, as he did in Museo Rosenbach. This is a excellent, proggy prog release, one that has genuine ties via Stefano to the this music's heyday! [Black Widow] http://www.waysidemusic.com/ Atilla Zoller/Lee Konitz/Albert Mangelsdorff-Zo-Ko-Ma (24-bit master) $11.00 March 1968, free-ish session with Attila Zoller on guitar, Lee Konitz on alto sax, Albert Mangelsdorff on trombone, Barre Phillips-bass and Stu Martin-drums. [MPS] http://www.waysidemusic.com/ ------------------------------ Please note: If there are no quotes around the description, that means that we wrote it and you should not use this description without attribution. If there are quotes without attribution, that means that we took the description from the hypesheet/publicity for the release. All other quoted descriptions are attributed. You can order these & many many other items from our on-line store at: http://www.waysidemusic.com You can also fax in your order : (301) 589-1819 or mail in your order to: Wayside Music - P.O. Box 8427 - Silver Spring, MD 20907 - USA We accept cash, checks/moneyorders (as long as they are in US funds payable through a US bank), Discover, Visa and MasterCard credit cards as well as PayPal. ------ Recent reviews (or recently *discovered* reviews) of Cuneiform artists and titles (in English only): THE MICROSCOPIC SEPTET http://lucidculture.wordpress. http://gapplegatemusicreview. http://www.popmatters.com/pm/ RICHARD PINHAS http://www.dustedmagazine.com/ SOFT MACHINE http://www.classical-music. ------ You can always see which of our artists are on tour and get the links to the venues at: http://www.cuneiformrecords. or http://my.calendars.net/ ------ AFUCHE (our latest signing! CD out in May!) May 21 - Music Hall of Williamsburg - Brooklyn, NY (record release show - opening for Tune-Yards) JASON ADASIEWICZ'S ROLLDOWN June 26 - Hungry Brain - Chicago, IL (Celebrating the Hungry Brain's 10th Anniversary!!) June 28 - Museum of Contemporary Art - Chicago, IL November 18 - The Stone - 16 Avenue C (the corner of Avenue C and Second Street) - NYC, NY 10009 ALGERNON March 18 - Empty Bottle - 1035 North Western Ave - Chicago, IL (with Roomate) BIRDSONGS OF THE MESOZOIC with Encanti March 18 - Zumix - 260 Sumner St. - East Boston, MA 02128 (617) 568-9777 - 8:00 pm March 22 - David Friend Recital Hall - Berklee School of Music - 921 Boylston Street - Boston, MA - 7:00 pm May 6 - Democracy Center - 45 Mt. Auburn St. - Harvard Sq, Cambridge, MA - $8.00 June 17 - Zumix - 260 Sumner St. - East Boston, MA 02128 (617) 568-9777 - 8:00 pm November 26 - The Stone - 16 Avenue C (the corner of Avenue C and Second Street) - NYC, NY 10009 DAVID BORDEN November 23 - The Stone - 16 Avenue C (the corner of Avenue C and Second Street) - NYC, NY 10009 CARLO DE ROSA'S CROSS-FADE March 18 - Jazz Gallery - 290 Hudson Street, New York, NY 10013 (212) 242-1063 - 2 shows : 9:00 and 10:30 (CD release show!) CLAUDIA QUINTET November 18 - The Stone - 16 Avenue C (the corner of Avenue C and Second Street) - NYC, NY 10009 DEAD CAT BOUNCE (our latest signing! CD out soon!) April 2 - Brooklyn Conservatory Concert Hall - 58 Seventh Avenue, Brooklyn, New York - (718) 622-3300 ERGO March 5 - One Thousand Pulses - 9 Edward Place - Woodcliff Lake, NJ 07677 - 8:00 pm GÖSTA BERLINGS SAGA (our latest signing! CD out in May!) May 11 - Special - Oulu - Finland May 12 - Dynamo - Turku - Finland May 13 - Korijaamo - Helsinki - Finland May 14 - Telakka - Tampere - Finland June 25 - NEARFest - Zoellner Arts Center, Bethlehem, PA GUTBUCKET April 1 - Lilypad - 1353 Cambridge Street - Inman Square - Cambridge, MA - 9:00 pm / $10.00 April 7 - tba - Dresden, Germany April 8 - Supamolli - Berlin, Germany April 9 - tbc - Leipzig, Germany April 10 - Dumont - Aachen, Germany April 12 - Topos - Leverkusen, Germany April 14 - Stellwerk - Hamburg, Germany April 15 - Jazzfruhling Festival - Freiberg, Germany April 16 - Posthof - Linz, Austria May 9 - Redcat - Los Angeles, CA (Gutbucket chamber orchestra) May 9-15 – West Coast USA CD release tour (dates to be added as confirmed) November 16 - The Stone - 16 Avenue C (the corner of Avenue C and Second Street) - NYC, NY 10009 IDEAL BREAD November 15 - The Stone - 16 Avenue C (the corner of Avenue C and Second Street) - NYC, NY 10009 HAMSTER THEATRE November 22 - The Stone - 16 Avenue C (the corner of Avenue C and Second Street) - NYC, NY 10009 LED BIB March 4 – The Kazimier - Liverpool, UK March 5 - Voodoo Rooms - Edinburgh, UK March 6 - Centre for Contemporary Arts - Glasgow, Scotland, UK March 9 - Dempsey's - Cardiff, Wales, UK March 26 - Gateshead Jazz Festival - UK April 23 - Bunker Ulmenwall - Bielefed, Germany April 29 - Jazzclub Tonne - Dresden, Germany April 30 - tba - Dachau, Germany May 04 - Metelkova - Ljubjana, Slovenia July 10 - Swanage Jazz Festival - Swanage, UK August 14 - Brecon Jazz Festival, Brecon, Wales, UK THE MAHAVISHNU PROJECT March 25 - Mexicali Live - 1409 Queen Anne Rd. - Teaneck, NJ ( 201) 833 0011 : Tix $15.00 advance/$20 day of show - performing Visions of the Emerald Beyond plus bonus tracks from Birds of Fire, Inner Mounting Flame, & Apocalypse played by the 10-piece band! THE MUFFINS November 20 - The Stone - 16 Avenue C (the corner of Avenue C and Second Street) - NYC, NY 10009 RICHARD PINHAS March 8 - Ecole Normale Superieure de Paris - Paris, France (lecture about metallic music and Deleuze) April 4 - Super de Luxe - Roppongi, Tokyo, Japan (with Merzbow) additional Japanese dates to come May 20 - F.I.M.A.V - Victoriaville, Quebec, Canada (with Wolf Eyes and Merzbow!) May 25 and afterwards - USA tour - tba - details coming PLANETA IMAGINARIO March 16 - Paraninfo de la Universidad de Malaga - Malaga, Spain - 21:00 March 17 - Chubby Cheek - Jaen, Spain March 18 - Cosmo's Factory - Cabezas de San Juan - Sevilla, Spain March 19 - Classi Jazz - Almeria, Spain POSITIVE CATASTROPHE November 17 - The Stone - 16 Avenue C (the corner of Avenue C and Second Street) - NYC, NY 10009 PRESENT (with Univers Zero and Aranis) September 16 - RIO Festival - Cap'Découverte - 81450 LE GARRIC (Carmaux) - France RADIO MASSACRE INTERNATIONAL May 7 - St Clement’s Church - Chorlton-cum-Hardy, Manchester M21 9JF - UK - doors at 6:45/band on at 7:45. Tickets £10.00 - click here to get tickets in advance November 23 - The Stone - 16 Avenue C (the corner of Avenue C and Second Street) - NYC, NY 10009 ALEC K. REDFEARN and THE EYESORES November 27 - The Stone - 16 Avenue C (the corner of Avenue C and Second Street) - NYC, NY 10009 REVOLUTIONARY SNAKE ENSEMBLE May 20 - Barbés, 376 9th St. (corner of 6th Ave), Park Slope, Brooklyn, NY - (347) 422-0248, 8 - 9:30pm November 17 - The Stone - 16 Avenue C (the corner of Avenue C and Second Street) - NYC, NY 10009 THINKING PLAGUE November 22 - The Stone - 16 Avenue C (the corner of Avenue C and Second Street) - NYC, NY 10009 UNIVERS ZERO (with Present and Aranis) September 16 - RIO Festival - Cap'Découverte - 81450 LE GARRIC (Carmaux) - France ZEVIOUS Check these guys out as they go ALL the way across the USA and back! This is your chance to see a great, truly hot NYC harmolodic/punk-jazz group in YOUR hometown. March 11 - Union Pool - 484 Union Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11211 - (718) 609-0484 (with Dysrhythmia, Smother Party, and A f**king Elephant) March 19 - Orion Studios - 2903 Whittington Ave # C, Baltimore, MD 21230 -(410) 646-7334 (with Danny Sher Quintet) March 20 - The Rotunda - 4014 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104 - (215) 573-3234 (with Electric Simcha) March 21 - Galaxy Hut - 2711 Wilson Boulevard, Arlington, VA 22201 - (703) 525-8646 (with Matta Gawa) March 22 - The Camel - 1621 West Broad Street, Richmond, VA 23220-2106 - (804) 353-4901 (with TBA) March 23- Eastside Lounge - 485 Flat Shoals Rd, Atlanta, GA 30316 - (404) 521-9666 (with TBA) March 24 - Trash Mountain - Murfreesboro, TN (with TBA) March 26 - The Phoenix Project - 406 S. Haskell, Dallas, TX - (with TBA) March 27 - Salvage Vanguard Theater (hosted by Church of the Friendly Ghost) - 2803 Manor Rd, Austin, TX 78722 (with TBA) March 28th - Elmo Jones Metal/Punk Music Complex - 8329 Camp Bowie W., Ft. Worth, TX 76116 (with Raging Boner and TBA) March 29 - Scorpion's Nest - 406 Alta Ave, Midland, TX 79705 March 30 - Solar Culture Gallery - 31 East Toole Avenue, Tucson, AZ 85701- (520) 884-0874 March 31 - The Trunk Space - 1506 NW Grand Ave,Phoenix, AZ 85007 - (602) 256-6006 (with Destroyah and TBA) April 1 - The Smell - 247 South Main Street, Los Angeles, CA 90012 - (213) 625-4325 - (with Upsilon Acrux and TBA) April 3 - St. James Infirmary - 445 California Avenue, Reno, NV 89501 - (775) 657-8484 - (with Frendo) April 5 - The Walnut Room - 3131 Walnut St, Denver, CO, 80205 (with Bottesini Project) April 6 - Zoo Bar - 136 North 14th Street, Lincoln, NE 68508 - (402) 435-8754 (with TBA) April 7 - The Brick - 1727 McGee Street, Kansas City, MO 64108-1423 - (816) 421-1634 (with Nomad's Atlas) April 8 - Schlafly Tap Room - 2100 Locust St, Saint Louis, MO 63103 - (314) 241-2337 (with Spelling Bee and Britches) April 9 - Mexicains Sans Frontieres - 120 S Division Ave. #226, Grand Rapids MI 49503 - (with Night Toucher) April 10 - Melody Inn - 3826 North Illinois Street, Indianapolis, IN 46208 - (317) 923-4707 - (with Kuan, Gash Hound, and TBA) April 11 - South Park Tavern - 1301 Wayne Avenue, Dayton, OH 45410 - (937) 586-9526 - (with Kuan) April 12 - Carabar - 115 Parsons Ave, Columbus, OH 43215 (with Kuan, Lemia Belus, and TBA) April 13 - The Bug Jar - 219 Monroe Avenue, Rochester, NY 14607-3527 - (585) 454-2966 (with TBA) April 14 - Community School of Music and Arts (CSMA) - 3rd Floor Auditorium, 330 E State St (aka Martin Luther King Jr. St), Ithaca, NY 14850 (with Makeshift, The Invisible Hand) April 15th - Elm Bar - 372 Elm St, New Haven, CT 06511 (with Old Man Lady Luck) November 30 - The Stone - 16 Avenue C (the corner of Avenue C and Second Street) - NYC, NY 10009 CUNEIFORM CURATES THE STONE I was very, very pleased to be contacted by John Zorn and offered the opportunity to book his amazing music space "The Stone" for two weeks in November. The Stone is a great listening space with good sound, comfortable chairs and great music six nights per week (they are closed on Mondays). There are two separate shows per night with a different act at each show and a separate admission to each show. Every cent of your admission money goes to the artists. Watch this space for updates to the schedule. The Stone - 16 Avenue C (the corner of Avenue C and Second Street) - NYC, NY 10009 Shows at 8:00 and 10:00 - set order not yet decided - so far confirmed are: November 15 - Ideal Bread November 15 - November 16 - Gutbucket November 16 - November 17 - Revolutionary Snake Ensemble November 17 - Positive Catastrophe November 18 - Jason Adasiewicz's Rolldown November 18 - The Claudia Quintet November 20 - The Muffins November 20 - November 22 - Hamster Theatre November 22 - Thinking Plague November 23 - David Borden November 23 - Radio Massacre International November 25 - November 25 - November 26 - Birdsongs of the Mesozoic November 26 - November 27 - Alec K. Redfearn and the Eyesores November 27 - November 29 - November 29 - November 30 - Zevious November 30 - Upsilon Acrux Also: Since there will be so many musicians coming in for the NYC gigs, we are working on setting up a 2 day festival in DC or Baltimore for a number of the bands. Location and venue to be determined. This will occur on Saturday November 19 and Sunday November 20. This is still in the very early planning stages, but the idea is to have 5 bands per day over 2 days (i.e. 10 acts). When we know who is playing where and when and feel comfortable posting it, it will be posted. But this is still many months away. Watch this space. ------ To see Artist News by musicians who have recorded for Cuneiform - provided to us by the musicians themselves and updated every four months, go to: http://www.cuneiformrecords. ------ Thank you! -Coming Soon (or not soon, but eventually, so please be patient!)- (For updates of new items in stock, watch these mailings or check the NEW ARRIVALS section!) : ACQUA FRAGILE-Mass Media Stars (first time on CD in a long time) JASON ADASIEWICZ'S ROLLDOWN-new, third album AFUCHE-Highly Publicized Digital Boxing Match (finally a 'real' release from this great Brooklyn band) ALIEN TRIO (unreleased early 80s recordings by Christian Vander, Michel Graillier and Alby Culaz) PETER BAUMAN- Romance '76 -Transharmonic Nights (available again for the 1st time in many, many years) SERGE BRINGOLF/STRAVE-Strave (great, fairly obscure zeuhl/jazz-rock album from 1980 from France by a large ensemble. I consider this one of the treasures of French zeuhl and it's really underknown and appreciated. Being reissued by Soleil Zeuhl, of course and if you don't know this one, you are really in for a treat!) CALOMITO-Cane di Schiena CASSIBER (box set with a live DVD as well as unreleased material on CD along with the four albums we already know and love) CHEER-ACCIDENT-No Ifs, Ands or Dogs (album #17 - what more need be said?) DEAD CAT BOUNCE-Chance Episodes FACTOR BURZACO-II (new album on AltrOck) FAR CORNER #3 (finally! and it's a great one - maybe their best!) FORGAS BAND PHENOMENA-a PHENOMENAl new album (#5) GÖSTA BERLINGS SAGA-Glue Works (much anticipated 3rd album from instrumental progressive/post rock Swedes) MATS/MORGAN BAND-new studio album (may still be some time away...) MUSEO ROSENBACH-Zarathustra! (back in print, finally!) ROB MAZUREK/SAO PAULO UNDERGROUND-Tres Cabecase Loucuras PHIDEAUX-Snowtorch RICHARD PINHAS + MERZBOW-Rhizome RICHARD PINHAS + MERZBOW-Paris, Live 2008 (limited edition, vinyl only release) WADADA LEO SMITH/ORGANIC-Heart's Reflection (new studio album by Wadada's extraordinary 4 guitar band!) SOFT MACHINE LEGACY-Relegation of Pluto/Live in Germany FRANCOIS THOLLOT-Scherzoo (3rd album!) THINKING PLAGUE-new album (studio album #6!) VAN DER GRAAF GENERATOR-A Grounding in Numbers (3rd album since their 00's reformation!) WOBBLER-The Rites of Dawn IF you'd like to view previous New In stock Announcements, they can be found here: http://ymlp44.net/archive_ |
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Here's what has come in in the last week - either new releases or restockings of items that have been unavailable: Antibalas-Security $6.00 (special) Great price on the latest release by this fine group. They started as a homage to the particular Afrobeat style that Fela Kuti pioneered, and there's still a lot of that in their sound, but this 12 piece ensemble shows their interest in expanding beyond being merely a homage by the enlistment of co-producer John McEntire of Tortoise! A rockin', smokin' set! "Antibalas established themselves in the late 1990s as a burning, tough, horn, bass and drum driven Afrobeat ensemble cut from the Fela Kuti mold, who were politically savvy and socially conscious. Their live shows have been incendiary events where rhythm and perspiration from completely crazy, booty-shaking audience members shared something deeper and wider than the music itself. Security is Antibalas' fourth album. It was co-produced by the band with John McEntire from Tortoise (he also mixed the set). While opening horn lines let the listener know immediately that this is Antibalas, virtually everything else is different. It's not like the Afrobeat is gone, but it's been stretched to the breaking point to include organic funk, electronic sounds, hip-hop rhythms, and a wicked backbeat on some tracks that could whip out the kinks in a tight spine better than a chiropractor...What's here accounts for the finest Antibalas moment yet. The grooves on every track burn -- check the cuts written by Stuart Bogie like "Beaten Metal," which opens the set. There are literally bits and pieces of metal being played in counterpoint rhythms to the jacked trap kit and other drums. They are layered right onto the top of the dense mix, playing around and through the horn charts. Bogie also wrote the moody funk cut "I.C.E.," where a B-3 chills the tune into a slightly eerie vibe, while McEntire contributes a smoking little hammered dulcimer vamp amid various rhythm instruments. When the horns and guitar enter, the horns play counter; these instruments all but cover the organ and synth and dig deep into the chart. The acoustic bassline that creates a separate groove and duos with the keyboard and hand percussion takes the whole thing into another world. But the real magic happens on the bridge where the entire track falls away and is rebuilt as something else. These are simply two of the nearly endless surprises on Security. Another is the Afrobeat cum reggae slip and slur in "Sanctuary" with killer vocals by conquero Duke Amayo. The following cut is a nocturnal soul-exotica tune with beautiful vocals by the band and lead singer/guitarist Marcos Garcia. Security is so radically different from its predecessors, it may be initially off-putting to some listeners, but this is guaranteed to melt away by the second track: the fat grooves are so seductive and all encompassing. This music jams but Antibalas is not a jam band. There isn't a weak moment here as everything is organized, beautifully arranged, and never feels pushed or forced. Security is so fine, it ups the ante for anyone -- in America, anyway -- who claims they play "world" music. This one will be burning up dancefloors at parties all year long. In this country there has never been a better argument for rhythm fused with politics."-Thom Jurek/All Music Guide [Anti] http://www.waysidemusic.com/ Arrigo Barnabe-Arrigo Barnabe & Orquestra a Base de Sopro de Curitiba NTSC (all region) DVD $20.00 I just watched this again and it blew me away more than before, and we have not sold very many and there are so many readers here who would like this that I am re-listing it, hoping you missed it (rather than thinking you are ignoring me...) Well, I must've been awfully good this year for Santa to have brought me this! Arrigo Barnabe is a Brazilian bandleader and composer who released 3-4 real classic out-rock albums in the 1980s that were comparable in some ways to Albert Marcoeur's first four. They were reissued on CD a few years ago, but are now long out of print as the label went bust. We've carried his stuff as we can, but he's woefully obscure outside of Brazil and probably woefully obscure within Brazil as well. So, finding a professionally filmed, great sounding DVD featuring a 16 piece band with conductor, 3 female vocalists and Arrigo himself doing vocals is beyond an amazing treat for me. Like Albert, if you don't speak the language, you are obviously missing a lot and unlike Albert and French, I can't even pretend to speak Portugese. But the unbelievable musicianship all comes through, even if you can't quite understand what he is saying while the three singers shimmy and prance around in their heels and respond to his cajoling (I should also note that like Albert, he really can't 'sing', but his vocalizing is completely integral to the music). He cuts quite the 'evil devil' figure as he sits in his chair and cajoles the ladies to come over and sign his docment in blood! This is just amazing; it even includes some of his best work (including Clara Crocodilo). Recommended as strongly as it is possible for me to do... [DPR] http://www.waysidemusic.com/ Breznev Fun Club-L'Onda Veatebrata: Lost + Found Vol. 1 (mini-lp sleeve) $18.00 Back in stock! A group that combines avant-progressive with symphonic rock with classical music performed on 'real' instruments. The lineup is flute, clarinet, 2 saxes, trumpet, trombone, violin, cello, electric and acoustic guitar, bass, drums, mallet percussion and sprechgesang that you won't understand as well as mezzosoprano voice. It consists of short pieces and the whole album has a strong Italian flavor. "A mysterious band, only known to very few collectors, they where noticed at first for their contribution on the hopelessly sold-out Italian Prog sampler that was a bonus to the same-named book. Breznev Fun Club, were born in the deep south of Italy, namely Montescaglioso (MT) at the beginning of the eighties and probably it is the first prog band from Lucania to release a CD. With this “L’onda vertebrata”, recorded in 2009 with new musicians from Lucania and Puglia Breznev Fun Club show a part of their music production of the last twenty years. More than a proper band, BFC are a ensemble with great guest star that perform the compositions of Rocco Lomonaco, that run between avant-prog and contemporary classical music, with rock and jazz rhythms, surrounded by the poetical Sprechgesang of lyricist Franco Sciscio. If you look for comparisons, Breznev Fun club are close to Picchio dal Pozzo, representing their logic sequel in terms of musical skill and irony. Definitely among the best prog bands coming from Italy in the last 10 years. A pleasant surprise from the deep south of Italy." [AMS] http://www.waysidemusic.com/ Delirium-III (remaster) (mini-lp sleeve) $22.00 "Third album released in 1974, called Delirium III (Viaggio negli arcipelaghi del tempo) and judged by many as their most mature work. La battaglia degli eterni piani contains a dark-inspired atmosphere not heard in their previous releases, the flute has again a prominent role and the sax is only present in Viaggio n.2. This is also the first album to feature electric guitar, as Mimmo Di Martino, the guitar player, only played the acoustic in previous albums. Finally in deluxe papersleeve and extended liner notes." [Vinyl Magic] http://www.waysidemusic.com/ Delirium-Dolce Acqua (remaster) (mini-lp sleeve) $22.00 "Delirium came from Genova, from a previous beat band called I Sagittari, and formed in 1970, releasing their first single a year later. Canto di Osanna, presented at first Viareggio pop festival was a successful single and gave the band an immediate notoriety. They had also won a Radio Montecarlo rock contest in 1971. Their first album, Dolce Acqua, also from 1971 contains a good and original mix of prog, jazz and some tuneful melodies, the leading role of singer Ivano Fossati is evident, with his furious flute soloing being one of the band's most distinctive elements. The album, housed in a nice triple gatefold cover, is structured in various movements like a classical suite, but here and there some parts seem a little incoherent with the whole LP."-www.italianprog.com [Vinyl Magic] http://www.waysidemusic.com/ Delirium-Lo Scemo e il Villaggio (remaster) (mini-lp sleeve) $22.00 "After their first album, Dolce Acqua, from 1971 and their memorable TV presence at Sanremo music festival given around mid-1972, Ivano Fossati suddenly had to leave Delirium for his military service, later to pursue a solo career that's still successful today. His replacement was Englishman Martin Frederick Grice (from Boomerang) who, along with the ever present flute, was also a brilliant sax player. With this renewed line-up they released their second album, Lo scemo e il villaggio, still with some jazz influences and a stronger use of sax by Grice. With the evident lack of a role singer in the band, all members took the lead singer's role. The track La mia pazzia is the closest to first album's style."-www.italianprog.com [Vinyl Magic] http://www.waysidemusic.com/ EL-Electric Leak $18.00 This is a privately made CD release, released in a numbered, limited edition of 499 copies. They strike an impressive balance between jazz rock and rehearsal intensive-styled avant-progressive music and improvisation. I was alerted to this band by my pal Marcello, who runs the always great AltrOck label and if he tells me something is worth paying attention to...well, you know I pay attention! This should appeal to fans of rehearsal intensive bands who don't mind a little free-skronk mixed in. They use Wurlitzer piano, synths, soprano, alto, tenor and baritone saxes, cello and drums. "A remarkable, huge creative strength leads the choices of this band born in Bologna four years ago, quiet active in performing gigs, and listened in Radiotre studios too. The set up is made of a saxophone player, a keyboard master, a cello player, a drummer and percussionist: furthermore they all handle with skill and good taste "poor" electronics and objects. Divided in three big parts, as suites, the recording balances to perfection jazz and radical improv and rigorous music structure, by a medium that seems to be the best mediation ever: european art rock of the last forty years. Peaceful oasis and edgy jazz rock events with remembrances of Area and Van Der Graaf. To the heart and the brain. Marvelous"-Alias/ Guido Festinese [EL] http://www.waysidemusic.com/ Elonkorjuu-Harvest Time $18.00 A rare Finnish progressive/hard rock type album from 1972 from one of the earlier underground bands; they were formed in 1969. Vocals, dual guitars, piano/organ, flute, bass and drums are used. Short songs, but they manage to make room in them to rock out! "Elonkorjuu came from Pori, Finland and was founded in 1969. At first, the sessions were done in a rather dark cellar; the musicians were young, talented and highly motivated. That same year, Elonkorjuu won second place at a competition at Helsinki's House of Culture. A short time after this, the band's success grew very fast. They toured through Finland and quickly became well-known. One of the band's highlights was the gig at the rock festival in Turku, where they performed before a hundred thousands youths who went wild about the fantastic band. By the end of the year, they decided to make the album Harvest Time, which has since reached cult status in the annals of progressive rock. This quartet are one of the many little-known bands that did heavy blues/psych with strong prog elements, drawing initially from the schools of Cream, Black Sabbath and Colosseum, but they expanded on those influences with soulful church organ and cutting guitar from leader Jukka Syrenius. A killer album from beginning to end. Heavy guitar work all over and great English vocals." [Shadoks] http://www.waysidemusic.com/ Embrujo-Embrujo $18.00 "The band Kissing Spell changed their name to Embrujo in early 1970 due to the political climate in Chile and conditions being less than ideal for a band with an English name. "Embrujo" is Spanish for "spell" or "bewitched," and their album came out on Arena Records in 1971. This record sits among the great albums from Chilean bands such as Blops, Aguaturbia, Los Jaivas and Escombros, with beautiful compositions and instrumentation, strong vocals and poetic lyrics, and is quite possibly one of the best albums in South American history. Chile seemed to be a breeding ground for extraordinary, heartfelt pop and underground music. What a shame that during the period between 1973-1990 the Pinochet dictatorship made it difficult for so many promising bands to find work. We are missing a lot of great future albums by those bands." [Shadoks] http://www.waysidemusic.com/ Eneide-Uomini Umili Popoli Liberi (expanded/remastered) (mini-lp sleeve) $22.00 This 1972 album by this Italian quintet (vocals, dual guitars, flute, organ/mini moog, bass & drums) was supposed to be released on the legendary Trident label, but for some reason it never came out until the 1990s! The band obviously were big fans of VDGG, as they thank them all over the cover, but I don't really hear a big VDGG influence. Some fine organ passages are the highlights for me! In any event, it's a very good early 70's Italian progressive rock release. This 2011 reissue is on deluxe papersleeve, remastered by Eneide's Gianluigi Cavaliere, and features extended liner notes, plus two bonus tracks from an unreleased second project. [Vinyl Magic] http://www.waysidemusic.com/ Eternal Tapestry-Beyond the 4th Door $15.00 Fun, cool, sorta retro/sorta contemporary hipster progressive rock-oriented sounds. Always nice to see Sonny Sharrock, Popol Vuh and Trad Gras och Stenar name-checked together! "Eternal Tapestry started in the fall of 2005, conceived after original members Nick Bindeman and Dewey Mahood discovered their mutual love of Sonny Sharrock and Neu! It was these two vastly different artists who helped the band's sound take shape, free improvised guitar with structured rhythms and lots of layered ambient sound. On their Thrill Jockey debut Eternal Tapestry have delivered an album not unlike their epic live shows. Beyond the 4th Door contains long stretches of melodic guitar improvisations, dark brooding songs that slowly build and expand to allow in layers of light. The album was recorded in their home studio and was created by recording more that two hours of material, mostly live, and hand picking what you hold in your hands. There is a free and open nature to their structure creating for the listener a spacious environment to explore. Harkening back to the early 70's experimental rock that inspired them, such as Popol Vuh, Cluster and Trad Gras och Stenar, Beyond the 4th Door is an album meant to be listened to in its entirety." [Thrill Jockey] http://www.waysidemusic.com/ Paolo Fresu-Mistico Mediterraneo $18.00 Paolo Fresu-trumpet, flugelhorn Daniele di Bonaventura-bandoneon A Filetta Corsican Voices: Jean-Claude Acquaviva-seconda Paul Giansily-terza Jean-Luc Geronimi-seconda José Filippi-bassu Jean Sicurani-bassu Maxime Vuillamier-bassu Ceccè Acquaviva-bassu "Sketches of Corsica: the radiant lyric trumpet of Paolo Fresu glides across the massed voices of A Filetta, the singers who are both trailblazers and keepers of tradition in the realm of Corsican polyphony. The ancient and the experimental blend seamlessly in these compositions, several of them written by ensemble founder Jean-Claude Acquaviva, who has directed the singing group for more than 30 years. A powerful showing here also for Italian bandoneon innovator Daniele do Bonaventura, who contributes new music, solos imaginatively, duets with Fresu, and envelops voices and trumpet with an almost orchestral sense of form." [ECM] http://www.waysidemusic.com/ Gutbucket-Dry Humping the American Dream $20.00 Back in stock. This is the second album by this great NY band who take the 'downtown sound' as pioneered in the 1980s by bands like Naked City, Curlew, Doctor Nerve and keep it current and fresh. I know you are buying this because you want to check them out since they are now signed to Cuneiform and have two great releases out with us. That's fine with us, but even if we didn't sign them, they're a great group who deserve to be heard by more folks. "This review is probably useless to anyone who has already got Gutbucket's first album, as you won't need any more encouragement. To those that haven't yet, let me say that they should give them a try if they have time for a band that can combine the edge of Hasidic New Wave, the genre bending craziness of Estradasphere and the sheer energy of John Zorn's Naked city with an amazing level of musicianship, a solid jazz grounding and raw, rock and roll productions! I am a jazz as well as extreme metal fan, I like electronic music and the blues as well, and this band can do it all with an exciting sense of gusto and enthusiasm that has made them irresistible to me. They can be as cerebral as Mr Bungle, but with a sense of fun and a rockier attitude. They can reach total punk craziness via Ornette Coleman and John Coltrane or just give you some of the most lyrical and airy passages in unexpected arrangements. I wouldn't say that they are the most original band I have heard but their enthusiasm and audacity makes up for their few (if any) shortcomings."-Alexander Vagenas [Cantaloupe] http://www.waysidemusic.com/ Hostsonaten-Springsong (expanded/remix/remaster) (mini-lp sleeve) $22.00 This offshoot of Finisterre features composer/leader Fabio Zuffanti plus current and former members of Finisterre, as well as other musicians to create this airy and beautiful progressive work. Musicians perform on flute, violin, piano, 12 string guitar, organ/mellotron/moog, bass and drums (drums appear very infrequently on this album). The press compares it to Anthony Phillips' The Geese and the Ghost, and that's not a bad comparison at all; quite acoustically based, with some electricity and generally pastoral, with the occasional 'bite'. This comes in a lovely package that includes some beautiful paintings. This new, remixed, remastered edition also includes a 13 minute suite as a bonus track! [AMS] http://www.waysidemusic.com/ Hostsonaten-Summereve (mini-lp sleeve) $22.00 "Finally the first and final part of the SEASONSCYCLE SUITE, the four seasons Hostsonaten project, namely "Summereve", dedicated to Summer. This is the beginning of it all - the birth - and here all the main melodies of the cycle are introduced. This record is close to "Springsong", containing positive, sparkling moments, being influenced by ethnic and folk music. At the same time it is also somehow reminiscent of "Winterthrough", but for sure "Summereve" is is the most progressive symphonic record of the seasons cycle, as the contribution of a real string quartet make the sound even more majestic and dream-like. "Summereve" is the absolute Hostsonaten masterpiece, and this is THE symphonic prog record of 2011." [Vinyl Magic] http://www.waysidemusic.com/ Jack O' The Clock-How Are We Doing and Who Will Tell Us? (band released CDR) $11.00 "Jack o’the Clock are an unbelievably great band, Damon Waitkus is an extraordinarily courageous composer, and this is some of the freshest and most surprising music I’ve heard since, well, since their first record. Hallelujah!"-Fred Frith That's really some praise and should make even the most jaded of you give this a glance. The band was sent my way by Scott Brazieal, ex Cartoon, and I was interested in what I heard even before I saw that quote! The band call themselves 'majestic junk folk' and that's a pretty funny but not inaccurate description for a band who blend folk music and experimental music together in a way that sometimes is a bit reminscent of some aspects of Alec K. Redfearn and the Eyesores, but folkier and even more song-oriented, while just as exploratory - albeit in a 'gentler' way. The line up / instruments used get the general feeling across: Jordan Glenn - drums, percussion, accordion / Jason Hoopes - basses, voice, piano / Kate McLoughlin - bassoon, voice, flute, recorder, percussion / Emily Packard - 5 string and baritone violins, viola, banjo, psaltery, melodica, musical saw / Damon Waitkus - voice, guitar, hammer dulcimer, banjo, piano, pianet, flute, ukelin, percussion, production. "Jack O’ The Clock brings a quietly giddy sort of energy to the intersection of American folk songwriting and experimental music. The group's sound, a jangly mix of concert-hall agility, acoustic rock drive, and junk shop scouring, is characterized by tight vocal harmonies and intricate arrangements for unusual combinations of instruments made possible by the varied musical experience and multi-instrumentalism of its five members, who have played everything from new music to art metal to fingerstyle folk to free improvisation, sometimes in the same concert. Jack O' The Clock's recordings go beyond the group's live sound to incorporate bits of on-location percussion, found sounds, clandestinely recorded monologues, city noise, and various birds and insects, as well as a number of guest musicians and singers. This is a band entranced by and dedicated to songs, which it crafts with resolute attention to voice, melody, and storytelling. These songs are embodiments of the small, magisterial, inane, inspired, and pedestrian voices of everyday people and staticky news reports filtered through a string of sleepless nights. Your weird neighbors and relatives squawking back at you at 5AM." Anway, this is very highly recommended. You can hear their music here: http://www.myspace.com/ http://www.waysidemusic.com/ Kaleidoscope-Kaleidoscope (expanded) $18.00 "Kaleidoscope's sole release is one of the best psychedelic albums ever recorded and also among the rarest albums of all time. Enrique Rivas located all the original band members as well as the original cover artist. Shadoks Music signed a deal with the band, and now puts this baby out legitimately for the first time, ever. The band was not actually from Mexico: the musicians came from Puerto Rico, the Dominican Republic and Spain, and the album was recorded in 1967 in the Dominican Republic. The manager took it to Mexico where it had a tiny release of 200 copies on the Orfeon label. They were friends with Addib Casta from Ladies WC, Venezuela, so one song is by Ladies WC -- the rest are all original compositions. The music features some amazing, heavy, guitar-based psychedelia of the best kind, and there are three bonus tracks here, including a live track from 1969. The cover art has also been completely restored (bootleg versions were heavily cropped) with the original label artwork for the first time. The package also includes many photos and a band history, making this a collector's dream come true. This reissue was done with the complete participation of the original band members for the first legitimate reissue of this album, ever. Includes 3 bonus tracks, including a live track from 1969." [Shadoks] http://www.waysidemusic.com/ Kebnekajse-Idioten $18.00 Not only is it just wonderful to have this great, classic Swedish psychedelic/progressive/folk- "Kebnekajse takes folk rock to new heights on Idioten. Forty years after their debut, the Swedish '70s folk rock pioneers have gathered no moss. A short biography for new listeners: During the 1970s, Kebnekajse was known as Sweden's highest band, pioneering and leading the Swedish instrumental psych/progressive groups. They electrified folk music and made six albums from their inception in 1971 to 1978, after which they split up. Kebnekajse reunited during the summer of 2001 and in the early spring of 2009, they released their critically-acclaimed comeback album Kebnekajse, filled with pure Swedish folk songs. Two years later, and proven by countless tours, they now present what is perhaps their strongest recording ever. On this album, Kebnekajse widens views and lets the folk music tone find new forms, free from any tightly-held reins. As the band themselves explain: "We wanted to give the folk music new feet. From the vast canon of ancient Swedish folk songs we wanted to highlight songs that stand out, rare songs that leave room for improvisation and debauchery in the spirit of the psychedelic '70s." With these resolutions, the band got into the studio (the same one used for recording Dungen) for three sessions of four days each, from May to September. The result was 10 new tracks. This is unlimited music where intricate melodies and distinctive rhythms take unexpected turns -- electrical and eclectic while unified in a dynamic drive. Kebnekajse have deepened their interplay in their last years of touring. On the initial track "Barfota" (trans. "Barefoot") the electric guitar and violin weaves melody over pulsating drums, percussion and double basses -- heavy and soft at the same time. "Fäbodpslam" (trans. "Mountain Shack Psalm") breathes beautiful melancholy before the great polska "From-Olle" (trans. "Pious-Olle") whips up a furious pace. "Hans & Greta" is tight like a music box in its melody interplay while "Senpolska" (trans. "Late Polska") from Hälsingland becomes a drawn-out, distorted drone piece ("like a grunt from the deepest of halls of the mountain king"). The musicians also break up the action with jam trips and let loose the love of their musical roots. The title track "Idioten" (trans. "The Fool") madly mixes a Hälsingland polska with hard progressive rock. "Stockholmpolka" has a snorting, country feel mixed with dream-like Afro-funk psych and an Alpine feel. The closing Norwegian "walking tune" "Sangenuten" (trans. "The Song Without") is connected with a long tail of psychedelia. With Idioten, Kebnekajse lifts Swedish folk rock to new heights and new psychedelic overtones. " [Subliminal] http://www.waysidemusic.com/ Mark Lockheart-Moving Air $11.00 "Moving Air is multi layered studio album from acclaimed saxophonist and composer Mark Lockheart, the 2010 winner of "Musician of the Year" in the All Party Parliamentary Jazz Awards. Described as "a beautiful type of orchestral world jazz" Moving Air is a carefully crafted exploration of improvisation, texture and grooves from jazz with a heady mix of contemporary classical, folk and world. On Moving Air Mark plays all the reeds (saxophones, clarinet and bass clarinet) as well as keyboards and is joined by drummer Martin France, guitarist John Parricelli and bassist Dudley Phillips." [Basho] http://www.waysidemusic.com/ La Maschera Di Cera-La Maschera Di Cera (remastered/mini-lp sleeve) The first album by this extremely good new Italian symphonic/progressive band. "The Wax Mask" are a five piece who use vocals, piano/mellotron/organ/moog/' http://www.waysidemusic.com/ Material-Secret Life $7.00 (special) This one hour long compilation collects their first four singles and EPs. For me, their absolute peak work came right after this, with the release of the proto 'downtown sound' classic Memory Serves, so I don't agree that this is their best work. Having said that, you can hear them glueing together their (and Bill's) signature sound and the Knitting Factory sound here in earnest; funky basslines, found sounds, noise/noisey solos, etc., and you can also hear what Bill and Fred brought to the table when they joined Fred Frith in 1979 to form the fantastic, to-short-lived trio Massacre. Features Bill Laswell (bass); Fred Maher (drums); Michael Beinhorn (keyboards) with Robert Quine (guitar), Cliff Cultreri (guitar) and Bill Bacon (drums). Material became less unique and interesting with each passing release, so it's no surprise that their most solid album is this compilation that gathers their first four singles and EPs, written and recorded between 1979 and 1981. Material's roots were in New York's anti-musical no wave scene, and although from the very beginning these guys had chops galore (Michael Beinhorn sounds like he's playing electronic drums even on a trap kit, he's so precise), there's a much harsher and more aggressive edge to these early recordings than there ever would be on later Material albums, which were far too slick and veered dangerously close to fusion territory. Songs like "O.A.O.," with its fiery Robert Quine guitar solo, and the free jazz-influenced rhythm improvisation "On Sadism" are as fresh and exciting as any jazz-based instrumental music of the early '80s, although the unfortunate vocal disco track "Dark Things" that closes the disc portends the group's slow and steady decline."-Stewart Mason [Jungle] http://www.waysidemusic.com/ Mirthkon-Vehicle $18.00 Back in stock! This is going to be one of the CDs of 2009 for me personally. This is the first full length by a great California sextet consisting of dual guitars, dual woodwinds, bass and drums with a small amount of vocals and some guests. It mixes comtemporary stylings (i.e. the guitars are often crunchy) with stop on a dime avant-progressive influences such as Picchio dal Pozzo, Miriodor, Blast, Henry Cow, Frank Zappa, etc. There's really not much more to say other than if Picchio and Miriodor really float your boat and you want to hear complex, modern rock music that touches on the influences I have mentioned but that already have their own sound. Highly, highly recommended. [AltrOck] http://www.waysidemusic.com/ Mani Neumeier/Makoto Kawabata-Samurai Blues $18.00 "A damn good one-million-euro question: Who was the first German musician to have his likeness displayed at the Tokyo Wax Museum? Answer: Mani Neumeier, founder and drummer of the legendary Krautrock band Guru Guru. And how come? Simple: The Japanese simply have fine taste in music. Not only are they the most enthusiastic classical music listeners, they're also wild about Teutonic avant-garde rock (aka Krautrock) -- which is no better embodied by anyone than by Mani Neumeier.The affinity, by the way, is based on reciprocity. Ever since 1996, the same year his wax figure was inaugurated, when he toured through the country for the first time with Guru Guru, Neumeier has been so enthusiastic about Japan that he journeys there at least once a year. The following year, he performed there with the Damo Suzuki Network. Later he was usually traveling solo, seeking out the best improvisational musicians that Japan had to offer to take part in his concerts. Some of these musicians told him of a completely freaked-out guitarist. He was the wildest of them all -- in other words, exactly the right thing for Mani Neumeier. Kawabata Makoto was his name, and he was/is the head of the band Acid Mothers Temple. Neumeier had already played together with their bassist, Tsuyama Atsushi, and to satisfy Neumeier's curiosity, Tsuyama arranged a concert. That was in 2006. The three harmonized perfectly: The chemistry was right and they brewed up a massive storm. They sensed that they had created a mighty psychedelic monster and called it Acid Mothers Guru Guru. A year later, they completed a 10-day whirlwind tour of the United States, where they were met with wild applause. During each of the four tours of Japan that have followed so far, they have also been celebrated in packed concert halls every time. But Mani Neumeier also very much enjoys playing as a duo, so he organized numerous concerts just for himself and Kawabata. The desire soon emerged to record a CD in the studio with just the two of them. The result is Samurai Blues: high-grade psychedelic improvisations by two absolutely unrestricted professionals. With their tempestuous guitars and thundering drums, Neumeier and Kawabata demonstrate just what is possible in acid rock in 2011." [Bureau B] http://www.waysidemusic.com/ Pandora-Sempre E Ovunque Oltre Il Sogno (mini-lp sleeve) $20.00 This is a very good, 1970s-styled Italian release, the second from this group. It includes amazingly great and retro keyboardwork and combined with a band who are a bit more modern (but still completely symphonic/progressive) in their approach. Vocal and instrumental pieces in about equal proporation. [Vinyl Magic] http://www.waysidemusic.com/ Polite Refusal-Geese and Swans $18.00 Back in stock! From Moscow, the group's name is actually in Cyrillic and most closely comes out as "Vezhliviy Otkaz". The group is a six piece with vocals, acoustic guitars, grand piano, electric violin, trumpet, double bass and drums. Their songs are mostly in the five minute range and while there's a lot of vocals, there's also a lot of intricate, interesting instrumental sections. I had heard of them but had never actually heard them until now and their reputation as the most original and unpredictable band in Russia seems to be well deserved! This is a Russian release but is packaged for sale outside of Russia, with English credits and is distributed by AltrOck, whose output this easily fits into and who deserve a big round of applause for making this interesting gem easily available. Highly recommended! “Vezhliviy Otkaz, which means “polite refusal” in English, is one of the most original and erratic rock bands in Russia. They have never gone for pop stardom or tried to establish themselves as an underground “cult” act. Around 1986, they did perform in ripped tuxedos and throw pieces of raw meat into the audience, but this was a passing, and nearly forgotten, stage in their career. The band was formed in 1985 with a then-popular reggae/ska blend. Since then, they have gone through numerous stylistic changes, flirting with everything from free jazz to Russian folk. Their sound, however, has always been unique and immediately recognizable. Suslov’s rhythmic guitar work and unusual high-pitched vocals gives Polite Refusal’s music a precisely constructed, crystal-clear sound that is completely devoid of any of the extra noise so typical of rock-n-roll. The sound is so well organized that sounds almost academic.” In fact,” says Suslov, “we’ve always aimed at creating orchestral music, but guitars, piano and drums are the only instruments we have. People usually label us as post-modernist, but we are not. All of our songs bear very little irony and are based on real-life experiences,” Suslov says. "I’d rather call our work ‘naturalism’.'”-Artemy Troitsky/Moscow Times [AltrOck/Zen] http://www.waysidemusic.com/ Rational Diet-On Phenomena and Existences $18.00 Back in stock Third and best release yet from this fine RIO-styled chamber-rock ensemble from Belarus who have really hit their stride here. They are a 7 piece of Vitaly Appow-bassoon, Maxim Velvetov-guitars, Cyrill Christya-violin, Olga Podgaiskaja-keyboards, vocals, Anna Ovchinnikova-cello, Dmitry Maslovsky-bass and Nikolay Semitiko-drums. Their press release claims influences of: Shotakovich, Stravinsky, Webern, Ives, Henry Cow, Art Bears, Univers Zero, Present and Debile Menthol. Check! Check! and DOUBLE check! "On Phenomena and Existences points in the same direction of the previous 'At Work', of which inherits the complexity and some rocklike tones. The band from Belarus offers again, in a more mature and articulated way if possible, the love for the Russian Twentieth century big names (Stravinsky and Shostakovich above all, but also Bartok and Prokofiev) filtered through the most evoluted rock and, as usual, without compromises. The atmosphere of the songs, effectively dotted by the unmistakable voice of Olga Podgaiskaja (also composer), is unquiet, sleepwalking-like, sometimes grotesque, underlined by Daniel Charms and other Russian avant-garde poets’ lyrics. In a band of unquestionable technical value, in particular Anna Ovchinnikova (cello) and Cyrill Christia (violin and composition) stand out, always in the balance between virtuosity and more crepuscular mood." [AltrOck] http://www.waysidemusic.com/ The Red Zen-Void $18.00 This is a new, instrumental (except for one song) Italian band somewhere between jazz/rock and progressive rock. At various times, the remind me of Djam Karet and Return to Forever, which is a pretty unique take on things. The press materials also reference Mahavishnu, Pink Floyd, King Crimson, Ozrics and Genesis. Definitely a cool band and one to watch. You can hear their music here: http://www.myspace.com/ http://www.waysidemusic.com/ Tape-Revelationes $17.00 Very nice guitar/keyboard contemporary hipster-progressive with some other instruments thrown in, but basically there's always a guitar and there's always a keyboard. Lots of space between the notes. They use simple but great ideas which are presented extremely effectively. It's too bad it is so hard to find good quality weed, because this is a definitely a good quality weed album. "It takes confidence and skill to play so few notes, let them evolve into something new but still maintain the original focus. What's even more amazing is that Tape makes this virtuosity of understatement seem so welcoming and so human."-Dusted [Hapna] http://www.waysidemusic.com/ Tera Melos-Patagonian Rats $13.00 This group has been around for a number of years and a number of albums, but I only learned about them now because they are touring with Marnie Stern. Think of the crazy, tap-guitar complexity of Upsilon Acrux. Then marry it with the deep, multi-part singing of Time of Orchids and that's the area this is working in. Really good, modern, underground/avant-progressive. [Sargent House] http://www.waysidemusic.com/ Van der Graaf Generator-A Grounding in Numbers $17.00 Great to see VDGG firing on all cylinders and hitting the mark so hard and well! "The brand new studio album by the legendary Van Der Graaf Generator. The stunning new album is the band’s 12th studio record by the band and is their first since 2008. In April 2010 Peter Hammill, Hugh Banton and Guy Evans met up for intensive tracking sessions in Cornwall, arranging, rehearsing and recording the album in a week. Some of the pieces were already fully-formed songs; others, even at this stage, remained more sketches than fully realised works. Over the next months the tracks were overdubbed, edited and adapted by the band in their own studios. By September the project was ready to be mixed. Legendary producer Hugh Padgham agreed to take on this part of the process - the first time anyone outside the band had been entrusted such responsibility. After three weeks in Hugh’s London studio, Sofasound (which shares its name with Peter’s original home set-up), “A Grounding in Numbers” was completed. With a fantastic clarity and depth of sound and a helter-skelter stretch of tunes, “A Grounding...” sees VdGG pushing ever further forward into the twenty first century. Clearly, they know they’re a group with a certain history - but they are also an emphatically modern one. "While Trisector (2008) was finely wrought but felt a mite flat, the music here, while still driven by Van Der Graaf’s characteristic restlessness and intensity, sounds bolder and full of colour. It’s also their most melodic set since VDGG’s earliest days. Commencing with a typically hymnal Your Time Starts Now, the album gearshifts into the strident Highly Strung. Peter Hammill’s singing reminds us why he is the greatest pop star that never was, while the group’s momentum is at times diverted into some knotty unison instrumental passages. On the cruel and wry Embarrassing Kid, the interaction of guitar, keyboard and drums make it all sound like they are all slipping about on ice. “No one can never know what of their own’s very best” states Hammill on Bunsho, but one feels he knows that this album is pretty high up the list."-Mojo [Esoteric] http://www.waysidemusic.com/ Van der Graaf Generator-Live at the Paradiso NTSC (all region) DVD $17.00 This great title has been out of print for some time, so it's completely lovely to have it back now! This edition also includes a interview with Peter Hammill, filmed in 2009. Now here's something exciting! The Trisector trio of Hugh Banton, Guy Evans and Peter Hammill performing an almost 2 hour concert with a great set-list in front of a tremendously enthusiastic crowd on April 14, 2007, all captured professionally sonically and visually. "The Paradiso has been the scene of several epic shows in VdGG's past. This one's a gem of an addition to the collection. This was our first tour as a trio and by the time we arrived in Amsterdam we were well into our stride, having played nine previous shows. There's a mixture of old, new and rediscovered material here. The emphasis, though, is on looking forward rather than backward."-Peter Hammill 1. Lemmings 2. A Place To Survive 3. Lifetime 4. In The) Black Room 5. Every Bloody Emperor 6. All That Before 7. Gog 8. Meurglys III, The Songwriter's Guild 9. The Sleepwalkers 10. Man-Erg 11. Scorched Earth [Voiceprint] http://www.waysidemusic.com/ Yugen-Iridule $18.00 Back in stock! Third album by this Italian 'difficult music' ensemble, who derive great pleasure in presenting for your ears what Frank Zappa referred to as "The Black Page" (i.e. musical scores so filled with notes that it appears as a sea of black ink)! "Iridule pushes on the most abstract language derived from the avant-garde music of the Twentieth century (Ligeti, Xenakis, Nancarrow), but also on a typically rock rhythmical drive, thanks to a more aggressive drum-and-bass section and to heavier and multi-faceted sound, on the edge between Henry Cow, King Crimson and Frank Zappa, with the further novelty of the voice. You won’t miss, as in Labirinto d’acqua, great dynamical ranges, a scrupulous tymbrical research, an even more articulated and stratified rhythmical detail. Important guests as Elaine Di Falco, Dave Willey, Mike Johnson, Dave Kerman (practically speaking, the whole of Thinking Plague!), Guy Segers (Univers Zero), Michele Epifani (Areknames) and others make a kaleidoscopic and astonishing album." [AltrOck] http://www.waysidemusic.com/ Yugen-Labirinto d'Acqua $18.00 The first album by this Italian/international avant-progressive supergroup, which has been eagerly anticipated. Their stated influences should tell you all you need to know: Satie, Stravinsky, Schoenberg, Cage, Reich, Zappa, Henry Cow, Gentle Giant, King Crimson, Univers Zero! Very very good stuff for fans of 'rehearsal-intensive, complex avant-progressive rock. "Yugen is a musical project born during autumn of 2004 from an idea by Francesco Zago and Marcello Marinone. Four years after the end of The Night Watch, , Francesco Zago begins thinking about a synthesis between rock (progressive and RIO-style oriented) and chamber music. Thanks to the ideas and fundamental support of Marcello Marinone, the project takes its shape from a few chamber compositions, enriched with electric sounds and a rock rhythm section. The name of the project became Yugen, a japanese word – impossible to translate in its precise meaning – which expresses the aesthetic canon of japanese art, as haiku in poetry or Noh in theatre. Between December of 2004 and January of 2005 the first demo of Yugen was produced. Diego Donadio, formerly drummer of The Night Watch, contributes to the drums arrangements. In February, during an extemporaneous jam session in Tradate, the keyboard player Paolo Botta (Franch TV) and swiss saxophone player Markus Stauss (Spaltklang, Ulterior Lux) joined the group. Then Stephan Brunner, who plays electric bass in Spaltklang, and reed player Peter Schmid (Evan Parker, Vinny Golia) accept to play with Yugen. In the meantime, new compositions come out: Zago writes little acoustic pieces. To satisfy the complexity and richness of the arrangements, other instrumentalist join the band: the percussionist Massimo Mazza, Giuseppe Olivini (OZ, Contrapplugged) plays harpsichord, the classical players Maurizio Fasoli (piano), Elia Mariani (violin) and Marco Sorge (clarinets). Last arrivals, but not less important, the drummer Mattia Signò, Tommaso Leddi (Stormy Six) and U.S. drummer Dave Kerman (Thinking Plague, 5uu’s, Present, Blast, Ahvak….). The recordings began in June of 2005 and they continued until January of 2006. During the following months, Udi Koomran (Avhak, Present, Thinking Plague) worked on mixing and mastering." [Altrock] http://www.waysidemusic.com/ ------------------------------ Please note: If there are no quotes around the description, that means that we wrote it and you should not use this description without attribution. If there are quotes without attribution, that means that we took the description from the hypesheet/publicity for the release. All other quoted descriptions are attributed. You can order these & many many other items from our on-line store at: http://www.waysidemusic.com You can also fax in your order : (301) 589-1819 or mail in your order to: Wayside Music - P.O. Box 8427 - Silver Spring, MD 20907 - USA We accept cash, checks/moneyorders (as long as they are in US funds payable through a US bank), Discover, Visa and MasterCard credit cards as well as PayPal. ------ Recent reviews (or recently *discovered* reviews) of Cuneiform artists and titles (in English only): BIRDSONGS OF THE MESOZOIC http://touchingextremes. GUTBUCKET (great video history in only 7 minutes! http://www.youtube.com/watch? http://www.allmusic.com/album/ LED BIB http://www.thejazzmann.com/ http://londonjazz.blogspot. MICROSCOPIC SEPTET http://bigbutterandeggman. JOHN SURMAN http://www.allaboutjazz.com/ ------ You can always see which of our artists are on tour and get the links to the venues at: http://www.cuneiformrecords. or http://my.calendars.net/ ------ AFUCHE (our latest signing! CD out in May!) May 21 - Music Hall of Williamsburg - Brooklyn, NY (record release show - opening for Tune-Yards) JASON ADASIEWICZ'S ROLLDOWN June 26 - Hungry Brain - Chicago, IL (Celebrating the Hungry Brain's 10th Anniversary!!) June 28 - Museum of Contemporary Art - Chicago, IL November 18 - The Stone - 16 Avenue C (the corner of Avenue C and Second Street) - NYC, NY 10009 ALGERNON March 18 - Empty Bottle - 1035 North Western Ave - Chicago, IL (with Roomate) BIRDSONGS OF THE MESOZOIC with Encanti March 18 - Zumix - 260 Sumner St. - East Boston, MA 02128 (617) 568-9777 - 8:00 pm March 22 - David Friend Recital Hall - Berklee School of Music - 921 Boylston Street - Boston, MA - 7:00 pm May 6 - Democracy Center - 45 Mt. Auburn St. - Harvard Sq, Cambridge, MA - $8.00 June 17 - Zumix - 260 Sumner St. - East Boston, MA 02128 (617) 568-9777 - 8:00 pm November 26 - The Stone - 16 Avenue C (the corner of Avenue C and Second Street) - NYC, NY 10009 DAVID BORDEN November 23 - The Stone - 16 Avenue C (the corner of Avenue C and Second Street) - NYC, NY 10009 CARLO DE ROSA'S CROSS-FADE March 18 - Jazz Gallery - 290 Hudson Street, New York, NY 10013 (212) 242-1063 - 2 shows : 9:00 and 10:30 (CD release show!) CLAUDIA QUINTET November 18 - The Stone - 16 Avenue C (the corner of Avenue C and Second Street) - NYC, NY 10009 DEAD CAT BOUNCE (our latest signing! CD out soon!) April 2 - Brooklyn Conservatory Concert Hall - 58 Seventh Avenue, Brooklyn, New York - (718) 622-3300 GÖSTA BERLINGS SAGA (our latest signing! CD out in May!) May 11 - Special - Oulu - Finland May 12 - Dynamo - Turku - Finland May 13 - Korijaamo - Helsinki - Finland May 14 - Telakka - Tampere - Finland June 25 - NEARFest - Zoellner Arts Center, Bethlehem, PA GUTBUCKET April 1 - Lilypad - 1353 Cambridge Street - Inman Square - Cambridge, MA - 9:00 pm / $10.00 April 7 - tba - Dresden, Germany April 8 - Supamolli - Berlin, Germany April 9 - tbc - Leipzig, Germany April 10 - Dumont - Aachen, Germany April 12 - Topos - Leverkusen, Germany April 14 - Stellwerk - Hamburg, Germany April 15 - Jazzfruhling Festival - Freiberg, Germany April 16 - Posthof - Linz, Austria May 9 - Redcat - Los Angeles, CA (Gutbucket chamber orchestra) May 9-15 – West Coast USA CD release tour (dates to be added as confirmed) November 16 - The Stone - 16 Avenue C (the corner of Avenue C and Second Street) - NYC, NY 10009 IDEAL BREAD November 15 - The Stone - 16 Avenue C (the corner of Avenue C and Second Street) - NYC, NY 10009 HAMSTER THEATRE November 22 - The Stone - 16 Avenue C (the corner of Avenue C and Second Street) - NYC, NY 10009 LED BIB March 26 - Gateshead Jazz Festival - UK April 23 - Bunker Ulmenwall - Bielefed, Germany April 29 - Jazzclub Tonne - Dresden, Germany April 30 - tba - Dachau, Germany May 4 - Metelkova - Ljubjana, Slovenia July 10 - Swanage Jazz Festival - Swanage, UK August 14 - Brecon Jazz Festival, Brecon, Wales, UK THE MAHAVISHNU PROJECT March 25 - Mexicali Live - 1409 Queen Anne Rd. - Teaneck, NJ ( 201) 833 0011 : Tix $15.00 advance/$20 day of show - performing Visions of the Emerald Beyond plus bonus tracks from Birds of Fire, Inner Mounting Flame, & Apocalypse played by the 10-piece band! THE MUFFINS November 20 - The Stone - 16 Avenue C (the corner of Avenue C and Second Street) - NYC, NY 10009 RICHARD PINHAS April 4 - Super de Luxe - Roppongi, Tokyo, Japan (with Merzbow) additional Japanese dates to come May 20 - F.I.M.A.V - Victoriaville, Quebec, Canada (with Wolf Eyes and Merzbow!) May 25 and afterwards - USA tour - tba - details coming PLANETA IMAGINARIO March 16 - Paraninfo de la Universidad de Malaga - Malaga, Spain - 21:00 March 17 - Chubby Cheek - Jaen, Spain March 18 - Cosmo's Factory - Cabezas de San Juan - Sevilla, Spain March 19 - Classi Jazz - Almeria, Spain POSITIVE CATASTROPHE November 17 - The Stone - 16 Avenue C (the corner of Avenue C and Second Street) - NYC, NY 10009 PRESENT (with Univers Zero and Aranis) September 16 - RIO Festival - Cap'Découverte - 81450 LE GARRIC (Carmaux) - France RADIO MASSACRE INTERNATIONAL May 7 - St Clement’s Church - Chorlton-cum-Hardy, Manchester M21 9JF - UK - doors at 6:45/band on at 7:45. Tickets £10.00 - click here to get tickets in advance November 23 - The Stone - 16 Avenue C (the corner of Avenue C and Second Street) - NYC, NY 10009 ALEC K. REDFEARN and THE EYESORES November 27 - The Stone - 16 Avenue C (the corner of Avenue C and Second Street) - NYC, NY 10009 REVOLUTIONARY SNAKE ENSEMBLE May 20 - Barbés, 376 9th St. (corner of 6th Ave), Park Slope, Brooklyn, NY - (347) 422-0248, 8 - 9:30pm November 17 - The Stone - 16 Avenue C (the corner of Avenue C and Second Street) - NYC, NY 10009 THINKING PLAGUE November 22 - The Stone - 16 Avenue C (the corner of Avenue C and Second Street) - NYC, NY 10009 UNIVERS ZERO (with Present and Aranis) September 16 - RIO Festival - Cap'Découverte - 81450 LE GARRIC (Carmaux) - France ZEVIOUS Check these guys out as they go ALL the way across the USA and back! This is your chance to see a great, truly hot NYC harmolodic/punk-jazz group in YOUR hometown. March 11 - Union Pool - 484 Union Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11211 - (718) 609-0484 (with Dysrhythmia, Smother Party, and A f**king Elephant) March 19 - Orion Studios - 2903 Whittington Ave # C, Baltimore, MD 21230 -(410) 646-7334 (with Danny Sher Quartet) March 20 - The Rotunda - 4014 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104 - (215) 573-3234 (with Electric Simcha) March 21 - Galaxy Hut - 2711 Wilson Boulevard, Arlington, VA 22201 - (703) 525-8646 (with Matta Gawa) March 22 - The Camel - 1621 West Broad Street, Richmond, VA 23220-2106 - (804) 353-4901 (with SCUO and Top Knot) March 23- Eastside Lounge - 485 Flat Shoals Rd, Atlanta, GA 30316 - (404) 521-9666 (with TBA) March 24 - Trash Mountain - 1619 Greenland Drive Murfreesboro, TN (with Beautiful Creatures, Technikiller, and Square People) March 26 - The Phoenix Project - 406 S. Haskell, Dallas, TX - (with TBA) March 27 - Salvage Vanguard Theater (hosted by Church of the Friendly Ghost) - 2803 Manor Rd, Austin, TX 78722 (with Miles Okazaki) March 28 - Elmo Jones Metal/Punk Music Complex - 8329 Camp Bowie W., Ft. Worth, TX 76116 (with Raging Boner, Haggard Daggers, Odor) March 29 - Scorpion's Nest - 406 Alta Ave, Midland, TX 79705 (With Flying Scorpion and The Internet) March 30 - Solar Culture Gallery - 31 East Toole Avenue, Tucson, AZ 85701- (520) 884-0874 (with Gamma Like Very Ultra) March 31 - The Trunk Space - 1506 NW Grand Ave,Phoenix, AZ 85007 - (602) 256-6006 (with Destroyah and TBA) April 1 - The Smell - 247 South Main Street, Los Angeles, CA 90012 - (213) 625-4325 - (with Upsilon Acrux and TBA) April 2 - Mama Buzz - 2318 Telegraph Ave, Oakland, CA 94612 (with Groundskeeper) April 3 - St. James Infirmary - 445 California Avenue, Reno, NV 89501 - (775) 657-8484 - (with Frendo) April 5 - The Walnut Room - 3131 Walnut St, Denver, CO, 80205 (with Bottesini Project) April 6 - Zoo Bar - 136 North 14th Street, Lincoln, NE 68508 - (402) 435-8754 (with Masses and TBA) April 7 - The Brick - 1727 McGee Street, Kansas City, MO 64108-1423 - (816) 421-1634 (with Nomad's Atlas) April 8 - Schlafly Tap Room - 2100 Locust St, Saint Louis, MO 63103 - (314) 241-2337 (with Spelling Bee and Britches) April 9 - Mexicains Sans Frontieres - 120 S Division Ave. #226, Grand Rapids MI 49503 - (with Night Toucher) April 10 - Melody Inn - 3826 North Illinois Street, Indianapolis, IN 46208 - (317) 923-4707 - (with Kuan, Gash Hound, and Goliathon) April 11 - South Park Tavern - 1301 Wayne Avenue, Dayton, OH 45410 - (937) 586-9526 - (with Kuan) April 12 - Carabar - 115 Parsons Ave, Columbus, OH 43215 (with Kuan, Lemia Belus, and TBA) April 13 - The Bug Jar - 219 Monroe Avenue, Rochester, NY 14607-3527 - (585) 454-2966 (with Rickles and Epilogue) April 14 - Community School of Music and Arts (CSMA) - 3rd Floor Auditorium, 330 E State St (aka Martin Luther King Jr. St), Ithaca, NY 14850 (with Makeshift, The Invisible Hand) April 15th - Elm Bar - 372 Elm St, New Haven, CT 06511 (with Old Man Lady Luck) November 30 - The Stone - 16 Avenue C (the corner of Avenue C and Second Street) - NYC, NY 10009 ------ To see Artist News by musicians who have recorded for Cuneiform - provided to us by the musicians themselves and updated every four months, go to: http://www.cuneiformrecords. ------ Thank you! -Coming Soon (or not soon, but eventually, so please be patient!)- (For updates of new items in stock, watch these mailings or check the NEW ARRIVALS section!) : ACQUA FRAGILE-Mass Media Stars (first time on CD in a long time) JASON ADASIEWICZ'S ROLLDOWN-new, third album AFUCHE-Highly Publicized Digital Boxing Match (finally a 'real' release from this great Brooklyn band) ALIEN TRIO (unreleased early 80s recordings by Christian Vander, Michel Graillier and Alby Culaz) PETER BAUMAN- Romance '76 -Transharmonic Nights (available again for the 1st time in many, many years) SERGE BRINGOLF/STRAVE-Strave (great, fairly obscure zeuhl/jazz-rock album from 1980 from France by a large ensemble. I consider this one of the treasures of French zeuhl and it's really underknown and appreciated. Being reissued by Soleil Zeuhl, of course and if you don't know this one, you are really in for a treat!) CALOMITO-Cane di Schiena CASSIBER (box set with a live DVD as well as unreleased material on CD along with the four albums we already know and love) CHEER-ACCIDENT-No Ifs, Ands or Dogs (album #17 - what more need be said?) DEAD CAT BOUNCE-Chance Episodes FACTOR BURZACO-II (new album on AltrOck) FAR CORNER #3 (finally! and it's a great one - maybe their best!) FORGAS BAND PHENOMENA-a PHENOMENAl new album (#5) GÖSTA BERLINGS SAGA-Glue Works (much anticipated 3rd album from instrumental progressive/post rock Swedes) MATS/MORGAN BAND-new studio album (may still be some time away...) MUSEO ROSENBACH-Zarathustra! (back in print, finally!) ROB MAZUREK/SAO PAULO UNDERGROUND-Tres Cabecase Loucuras PHIDEAUX-Snowtorch RICHARD PINHAS + MERZBOW-Rhizome RICHARD PINHAS + MERZBOW-Paris, Live 2008 (limited edition, vinyl only release) WADADA LEO SMITH/ORGANIC-Heart's Reflection (new studio album by Wadada's extraordinary 4 guitar band!) SOFT MACHINE LEGACY-Relegation of Pluto/Live in Germany FRANCOIS THOLLOT-Scherzoo (3rd album!) THINKING PLAGUE-new album (studio album #6!) VAN DER GRAAF GENERATOR-A Grounding in Numbers (3rd album since their 00's reformation!) WOBBLER-The Rites of Dawn ZOMBI-Escape Velocity (new release from this always great and always entertaining synth/drums duo) IF you'd like to view previous New In stock Announcements, they can be found here: http://ymlp18.net/archive_ |
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Here's what has come in in the last week - either new releases or restockings of items that have been unavailable: --- First let's start off with a bunch of winners from the great Clean Feed label. Arrive-There Was $17.00 Aram Shelton, alto saxophone / Jason Adasiewicz, vibraphone / Jason Roebke, double bass / Tim Daisy, drums. A great album by an amazing band. This is four great Chicago-scene musicians, 3 of whom play in Jason's Rolldown ensemble, with the drummer being from the Vandermark 5. Led by Aram, who is a great bandleader (one of the very best shows I saw in 2010 was by his quartet, although not this quartet), this delivers the goods, both swinging and more out, but in a perfectly balanced proportion. Highly recommended! "There aren't many musicians tied to more than one musical scene, but Aram Shelton is one of those rare examples. Both the Chicago and the Bay Area avant-jazz and free improv circuits benefit from this horn player who improvises with a composing perspective and composes to serve collective improvisation. Arrive, which dates back to 2001, is one of Aram's Chicago bands, and you can sense the connections with this city's jazz and experimental traditions, including the Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians. His individual alto saxophone style makes us think of the early music played by Roscoe Mitchell and Anthony Braxton: it's bitter and argumentative, but also ascetic, expressionist, with a sense of measure. Aram Shelton's parallel interest for electroacoustic music isn't strange to this approach. His partners in "There Was..." are the right ones for such an "in-between" focus. Vibraphonist Jason Adasiewicz is an exquisite colorist, but also a master in what concerns intensity and balance. With his double bass, Jason Roebke is a secure time-keeper and a trustable space-organizer, even when he puts the "center" way out there. Tim Daisy is the kind of drummer indispensable when a band needs to keep the motor running and simultaneously to be free from strict pulses. What an astonishing quartet we find here, indeed..." [Clean Feed] http://www.waysidemusic.com/ Tim Berne-inSOMNIA $17.00 Back in stock! Tim Berne, alto and baritone saxophones / Baikida Carroll, trumpet / Chris Speed, clarinet / Marc Ducret, 12 string guitar / Dominique Pifarély, violin / Erik Friedlander, cello / Michael Formanek, double bass / Jim Black drums. Holy smoke, is this an incredible lineup or what? This is a previously unreleased recording from 1997. "Insomnia might seem like a liability for someone who needs to be creative and sharp, but not always. Sleeplessness can give the eye another perspective –as if seeing through a kind of kaleidoscope: The things on the other end are the same, but they look different, other. Tim Berne didn't sleep the night before he and a choice international octet recorded inSOMNIA live in the studio, summer 1997. "I wouldn't suggest not sleeping before a session or a gig," Berne says, "but in this case, it did make everything look sharper. It was a different kind of focus." And this document is different, strikingly so. Released for the first time, inSOMNIA comprises two key Berne compositions – "the proposal" and "oPEN, cOMA," each a half-hour long or more – refracted through an expansive, even orchestral sensibility. Eight musicians can sound like 20 in these beautifully textured arrangements, with chamber-music intimacy the order, rather than any typical big-band jazziness. The core of the band is Berne's '90s quartet Bloodcount: Berne on alto and baritone saxophones, double-bassist Michael Formanek, drummer Jim Black and reed man Chris Speed on clarinet. The rest of the rich ensemble is made up of veteran trumpeter Baikida Carroll and a complement of strings: violinist Dominique Pifarély, cellist Erik Friedlander and guitarist Marc Ducret on 12-string acoustic. "It's just large enough to sound big, but it's not too big to keep from being intimate," Berne says. "The big band thing, per se, doesn't really interest me. I'm not into some people improvising and the rest just playing backgrounds. Here, all the improvising actually makes the written notes sound more alive but also more lucid." Composition and improvisation are threads woven together like a fantastic, multi-hued yarn on inSOMNIA. The are shades both bold and subtle; passages that are knife-edged, others that are limpid. There are extreme rhythmic intricacies, as well as disarming legato melodies and textures that feel wholly new. Moreover, instrumental episodes lead from one to another like chapters in a stream-of-consciousness narrative. "The big thing to me are the transitions –if they don't work, the whole thing falls apart," Berne says. "With the arrangements, it's about balance, matching an instrument with very little sustain, like acoustic guitar, with one that has a beautifully sustained sound, like the cello. And the doubling allowed people to play lighter, with more subtlety, that intimacy I was looking for." Even the album artwork – one by Steven Byram, who has created so many latter-day Berne covers – feeds into the kaleidoscopic impressions of inSOMNIA. "Byram's work is beautiful in that organic way; it just adds to the vibe. You get stimulated even before you open the thing." [Clean Feed] http://www.waysidemusic.com/ Cylinder-Cylinder $17.00 Darren Johnston, trumpet / Aram Shelton, alto saxophone, Bb clarinet, bass clarinet / Lisa Mezzacappa, double bass / Kjell Nordeson, drums, percussion. Great new band with some familiar names; all play great, but Darren has released a previous CD on Clean Feed that I highly recommend and I've mentioned the others before as well! "Since the late fifties, Ornette Coleman's music has inspired many projects. The music of Cylinder shares Ornette's now-iconic chordless instrumentation (trumpet-reeds-bass-drums) - but the novelty here is in the way the harmolodic concept of the master saxophonist is applied through inventive compositions and creative musical structures. Darren Johnston, Aram Shelton, Lisa Mezzacappa and Kjell Nordeson do this with their own voices, not passively reproducing Ornette's free jazz of the past - "Cylinder," the album, is molded in history, but it's not nostalgic. The members of this quartet, who each compose for the group, come not only from diverse geographical origins (Ontario, Florida, New York and Stockholm, all converging in San Francisco), but also from different practices in jazz and improvisation. We can find Johnston in avant-garde excursions and in straight-ahead contexts, and that says much about his personality. Shelton can be simultaneously lyrical and abrasive, making it impossible to attach his personal style with a specific jazz branch. Mezzacappa is oriented for a cross-current, going from jazz to chamber music to sound art. Nordeson is involved in many experimental and free-improvising bands, and composes for dance and intermedia art. This is music of the future made present, fresh compositions and bold musicianship heralding a new wave of creative music emerging from the West Coast." [Clean Feed] http://www.waysidemusic.com/ Julio Resende-You Taste Like a Song $17.00 Júlio Resende, piano / Ole Morten Vågan, double bass / Joel Silva, drums / João Custódio, double bass (on 8) / Bruno Pedroso, drums (on 3). "In his third appearance in the Clean Feed catalogue, Portuguese pianist and composer Júlio Resende confirms his love for the song format – "You Taste Like a Song" is a compromise between poetry and guts, combining beatiful, lyrical melodies, groovy rhythms and red hot improvisations. After "Da Alma" and "Assim Falava Jazzatustra" there's no more doubts about the consistency, and the exquisite personality, of his musical world, represented here not only by Júlio's compositions, but also by his own versions of two very special songs, "Airbag", a pearl created by the pop-rock band Radiohead, and Thelonious Monk's "Straight No Chaser", considered today a noble jazz standard. These choices are of symbolic importance, considering the musician's commitment to bring back that music idiom we call jazz to the centre of popular music. In doing so, proposing us a project which is, simultaneously, accessible and inteligent, agreable and defying. With something new to offer: this time, Júlio Resende fronts his trio, with the phenomenal Norwegian contrabassist Ole Morten Vagan and portuguese wonder drummer Joel Silva. Bruno Pedroso (drums on 3), and João Custódio (double bass on 8) also contribute to the record. And yes, you can expect to find here adapted extensions of some of the aspects introduced by Bill Evans with Scott LaFaro and Paul Motian, and by Keith Jarrett with Gary Peacock and Jack DeJohnette but Resende also contribute with his outrageous melodic sense as part of the expansion of the piano trio language." [Clean Feed] http://www.waysidemusic.com/ Nate Wooley Quintet-(Put Your) Hands Together $17.00 Nate Wooley, trumpet / Josh Sinton, bass clarinet / Matt Moran, vibraphone / Eivind Opsvik, double bass / Harris Eisenstadt, drums. This is a real all-star session of young 'up 'n' comers', all of whom are leaders in their own right. "By this time we have all learned to expect everything from trumpeter Nate Wooley, from post-bop heritage to the most abstract improvisation. This CD adds something more to what you already know about this extraordinary musician. Not because it mixes his diferent interests in one project – although it does –, but because he keeps things going forward, never repeating himself. Of course, with a little help from his friends, who provide Nate with all the "space" he needs to act. With personal references like Steve Lacy and John Cage, bass clarinetist Josh Sinton combines the tradition and the the avant-garde with the same naturality and the same competence. Dealing with the, only apparent, delicacy of the vibraphone's crystal clear sounds, Matt Moran confirms a comparison already made between him and a speed-chess player. Eivind Opsvik uses the contrabass as a sculpting tool, never emprisoned with just one box of idiomatic vocabularies. Last but not least, drummer Harris Eisenstadt provides the polyrhythmic mastery he brought from his African travels, and the contemporary classical techniques he introduced in his jazz playing. "(Put Your) Hands Together" is a particularly inventive example of the progressive music performed these days." [Clean Feed] http://www.waysidemusic.com/ ----New releases on Soleil Zeuhl are always cause for celebration---- Serge Bringolf-Strave $18.00 The release of this great jazz/rock/Zeuhl album on CD is a cause of great joy for me personally. This is one of the albums I've long waited to appear on CD and also one of the ones that I most wanted Soleil Zeuhl to tackle. This is a nonet of vibes, trumpet, saxes, trombone, violin, flute, bass, drums and female vocals. Originally a double CD set that was recorded in 1980, this has obvious influences from Magma, especially circa 1001 Centigrades, Tony Williams, Soft Machine and European jazz/rock. Serge later formed a group with Alain Eckert (ex Art Zoyd) called Strave that did good work too, but this is his finest hour for certain, imo. A wonderful album and a total classic! Highly recommended. "Reissue of Serge Bringolf's first album (1980), Strave is an impressive effort. Classified as zeuhl, but including lots of jazz in it, it has a unique sound. Since Bringolf being a drummer, the drums are very important on this album. Add the incredible bass work of François Grillot, the impressive brass section consisting of Jean Golanet (trumpet), Philippe Gisselmann (saxophones) and Pascal Beck (trombone) & you have a good idea of what the music sounds like. You just need to throw in some great wordless (scat) vocals. The album consists of 4 long tracks, ranging from fifteen to approximately twenty minutes. A truly inspiring mixture of genres." "Like Christian Vander, Serge Bringolf, not content with being a fabulous drummer, is also an excellent composer, arranger and orchestrator. Paying no need to classification, his music draws its inspiration from the sensibility of jazz and the violence in rock to create a strong, energetic and totally original sound. "Strave" is the most explosive and direct album...all of his records are musical events not to be missed. A cross between Magma, Jacques Thollot and Art Zoyd, Serge Bringolf is a french musician worth keeping an eye on."-La Discographie du Rock Francais [Soleil Zeuhl] http://www.waysidemusic.com/ Scherzoo-01 $18.00 Scherzoo is the new quintet of composer/drummer/multi- "Scherzoo is François Thollot's 3rd CD, with a new band, featuring Anthony Béard (bass), François Mignot (guitar), Jeremy Van Quackebeke (piano), Guillaume Lagache (sax alto) & François Thollot (drums). This is his most accomplished effort so far, the band plays tight & the music is an unlikely fusion of Zeuhl & mid/late period of Soft Machine. 6 tracks (including a 19 minutes re-written version of "Voyage au bout de la nuit" which was part of Thollot's first CD - in 2002, then recorded alone as a multi instrumentist)." [Soleil Zeuhl] http://www.waysidemusic.com/ ------------------ Bakery-Momento $9.00 (special) Special while they last - over 45% off the regular price of this psych/blues classic. "Bakery is an Australian rock group from the early 70s with strong strains of blues and psychedelia in their music. Obviously influenced by the wave of late 60s/early 70s beat psych and early progressive rock, Bakery are often imitators or regurgitators of their influences. Momento is the band's second album and even though they were never around long enough to fully create their own sound, they were beginning to do so here. Strains of all sorts of groups inform Bakery's rock: Jefferson Airplane, Family, Procol Harum, and Traffic among many. Bakery are quite dynamic and dramatic with room for some great guitar, organ and flute solos. In fact, as powerful as the vocals are (they remind me a bit of John Mayall), it's these wonderful instrumental sections that really push this forward. True, the occasional boogie number/section might remind one of Pig Pen-era Grateful Dead, but these are all pretty few and far between. This is the sort of album one might call a proto-progressive, although by 1972, this sort of album was already starting to sound dated. To hell with it, I love this sort of thing. Side 2 in particular has some excellent jamming sections. This is one I'd love to see reissued."-Mike McLatchey/Gnosis [Radioactive] http://www.waysidemusic.com/ Brast Burn-Debon $11.00 (special) Special - while they last , this is 40% off the normal price. Only 10 available at this price! "Phoenix Records reissues Brast Burn's Debon -- a classic of Japanese Kraut obscurity originally released in 1975 on Voice Records, now digitally-remastered. Brast Burn are often linked with Karuna Khayal, with many aficionados concluding that they were actually the same band. Whether this is true or not remains an unsolved mystery, but one thing is for sure: Brast Burn's one and only recorded outing left an indelible stamp on those who were to follow. Nurse With Wound's Steve Stapleton thought highly of Debon and included it on his "legendary list" that appeared on the sleeve of his band's 1979 debut album. Featuring orchestrated fuzz guitar, echo-drenched percussion, reverbed bass, zithers, assorted taped sounds and vocals that are simply inspired, Debon is an album that's a must for headphones and for devotees of the likes of Faust and Can. A rare musical experience and a vital addition to any record collection. Housed in a unique, LP-replica card wallet, in a numbered limited edition of 1,000 copies only." "One of the great lost Krautrock albums of the 1970s -- by a Japanese group ... This is a must for headphones, it's like there was a bunch of seasoned stoners on an expedition along the vast ice carpets in the tundra, consigned to being totally lost but evoking their gods through herbs and music."-Jim Tones, Head Heritage [Phoenix] http://www.waysidemusic.com/ Bill Bruford/Earthworks-Random Acts of Happiness $5.00 (special) Yes, this great release is only $5.00. Monster, monster price on a great release! Highly recommended! This 2004 release, recorded live in San Francisco at Yoshi's on May 13-14, 2003, is, by my count, the 8th release by his Earthworks jazz group. I haven't followed Earthwork's career probably as much as I should (I like Bill's work a lot and I like jazz) because I was originally a bit turned off by his initial useage of electronic drums in a jazz context when Earthworks first started. That's not been the case for many years however, and listening to this, I see I've been missing quite a lot. The music is definitely jazz and it definitely swings, but it is more dependent on 'tricky bits' (ala the best progressive rock) than a lot of jazz. As I was playing this, I forgot what I was playing and a couple of times I thought I was listening to a Hermeto Pascoal record, who is 'tricky' in the same, attractive way. An excellent release and a great buy at this price. [Summerfold] http://www.waysidemusic.com/ Embryo-Opal (expanded/remastered) $22.00 Embryo are famous for their excursions into world music and collaborations with musicans from all over the globe, but this, their very first album, originally released on the Ohr label, is a stone classic Krautrock album. This includes 2 bonus tracks from the same basic period, which adds nearly 30' of playing time to the album! If you don't already have this, then you need this one. [Materiali Sonori] http://www.waysidemusic.com/ Gentle Giant-Playing the Cleveland $10.00 (special) We have exactly 10 copies of this official bootleg product from Gentle Giant's own label for official bootlegs. Recorded live at the Agora Ballroom, Cleveland, January 27th 1975 & Academy Of Music, New York, November 5th 1975 (2nd show). [Glasshouse] http://www.waysidemusic.com/ Jimmy Giuffre-Three Classic Albums (remastered) 2 x CDs $9.00 (special) This is 3 of Jimmy Giuffre's four 1958 albums! On two of them it's a trio of Jim Hall (guitar), Bob Brookmeyer (trombone) and Jimmy on clarinet and sax. This is The Music Man, Trav'lin' Light and Western Suite, all complete in this one package. [Real Gone Jazz] http://www.waysidemusic.com/ Stan Kenton-Five Classic Albums (remastered) 2 x CDs $9.00 (special) Here's the deal: This is five early to mid 50s Stan Kenton albums; City of Glass, This Modern World, Contemporary Concepts, Kenton in Hi-Fi, Cuban Fire. You are buying this for the long out of print two 10" lps City of Glass and This Modern World, which contain some of the most hard to play, insane, rehearsal-intensive music ever made. I mean like Henry Cow/Blast/Yugen type insanity. Until this issue, the CD of City of Glass was going for more than $50.00. You feel like your ears can take a challenge, punk? "To call this music shocking would be an understatement. Bob Graettinger was one of the most radical arrangers around in the 1950s and it is doubtful whether any other jazz big-band leader other than Stan Kenton would have ever employed him. His two major works, "City of Glass" and "This Modern World," are heard in their entirety on this LP and these atonal compositions still sound extremely advanced. A large string section is employed on the former while the latter features Maynard Ferguson's screaming trumpet on two of the six movements. These performances are intense, very dense and quite scary. Recommended for open-eared listeners."-Scott Yanow/All Music Guide "I can't help amazement at the neglect of The City of Glass and This Modern World. Where Gershwin was blending (admittedly pretty) tunes from jazz and the classical musical styles of the '20s and becoming popular, Kenton did exactly the same with the classical styles of the '50s via composers such as Graettinger. Unfortunately, the serially inspired compositional techniques of the '50s did not produce tunes that are easy to whistle or swoon over after a glass or two of wine. However, these works are highly developed. One doesn't have to go far into any of the movements to realise how much has been done with the thematic material at hand. About 'classical' musical styles of the fifties, I'd given up on Webern and Schoenberg and the few who followed that route, but surrendered to Kenton/Graettinger/Russo (et al) with ease. The works have a vibrance, a life, a turbulence and dissonance that so reflected the fifties as a cultural epoch, especially in the States which became the seat of artistic innovation at that time. I have never ceased to be amazed at how Kenton managed to create these works at all. Admittedly, he had true virtuosi like Maynard Ferguson and Johnny Graas (and many others), but the act of keeping the expanded innovations orchestra in control must have given him a real headache. But he did it. And I still sit there spellbound as I did on my first hearing (via 10-inch LPs). These works aren't for the faint-hearted. But they are for anyone who wants to experience the limits to which Kenton pushed music." [Real Gone Jazz] http://www.waysidemusic.com/ Magma-Emehntehtt Re CD + NTSC (all region) DVD $26.00 Back in stock! The official story is that like Kohntarkhosz Anteria, Emenhntehtt Re (note: I've left many umlats left off the title) was a major, long-form work. It was part of a trilogy along with Kohntarkhosz and K.A. and was written circa in the early/mid 1970s, but never recorded. Unlike K.A., a very good portion all of the parts have appeared on various albums over the years. So, it's hard for a non Kobaian to know if the official story is true or if the story is just a way to make a new, major statement without actually having to write a completely new work. Having said all of that, this is MAGMA for stoh's sake and it isn't like they are exactly cranking out new albums; this is only the second newly recorded work since the band was 'reactivated' in the mid/late 90's. The band has really turned into a great unit and this is a cranking performance. IMO, Magma are truly a special band - a band that has created it's own genre within the adventurous rock field - and like any of their major works, this is a great listen and comes highly recommended. Packaged in a really nice digipack including a booklet with the entire libretto, so you can memorize all the words and sing along without looking, just like I did with my A&M copy of Mekanik Destruktiw Kommandoh that included the libretto when I was in High School. It comes with a 57' minute DVD entitled "Phases", which is a 'making of' type DVD and which has some interesting/amusing bits; I quote my friend Aymeric Leroy now: "Apparently it's all from the later sessions - from "Zombies" onwards. It's very illuminating to see Christian giving instructions & exchanging impressions with the other musicians. A great lesson of artistry. He's really in charge. It's all in French but there's an English subtitles option. There is a very short sitcom like "sketch" by Christian, Stella and Francis at the end speaking in Kobaian. Funny." "At the doors of immortality, dreams the Great Servant of Ptah, God of creation drifting infinitely within his own mind, as he tries to awaken Him. In its message, as in its genesis and its making, Ëmëhntëhtt-Re is an intimate epic, an occult stride forward, a quest for the sublime. Initiated in 1975, its composition beholds its whole fulfillment after more than three decades. It is the testimony of an unwaveringly timeless inspiration, of which the expectant present asserts itself beyond history. Connecting wide and contrasted scenes, it sets its coherence within its very dynamics, playing with chiaroscuro , between choral splendor, operatic jubilation and hurricane of spirits beyond graves. As much a seraphic liturgy as it is a telluric opera, Ëmëhntëhtt-Re comes as the final closure to a second trilogy, following upon that of Theusz Hamtaahk, in Christian Vander’s corpus. This is a music reaching out from a time before man time. Born at the heart of nebulas, fed on mineral glow, and riding crypts capped with a cosmic vault."-Bruno Heuzé Stella Vander - vocals, percussions Isabelle Feuillebois- vocals Hervé Aknin - vocals Benoît Alziary - vibraphone James Mac Gaw - guitare Bruno Ruder - Fender Rhodes Philippe Bussonnet - bass, piccolo bass Christian Vander - drums, vocals , piano, Fender Rhodes, keybords, percussions also featuring : Emmanuel Borghi - piano Himiko Paganotti, Antoine Paganotti , Claude Lamamy, Marcus Linon, Pierre-Michel Sivadier - backing vocals [Seventh] http://www.waysidemusic.com/ Mente Clara-Sao Benedito $18.00 This is a mixture of very nice but 'standard style' Brazilian jazz and the very unstandard stylings of Hermeto Pascoal. "Mente Clara (Clear Mind, named after a Hermeto Pascoal composition) is a combo from Tatuí, a small city in São Paulo, Brazil. They follow the musical idiom Hermeto created called "universal music": complex harmonies, structures and rhythms, from jazz to ethnic/regional stylings, played with complete musical freedom. On their second album the band keep developing their sound, with more mature compositions, astounding musicianship and a quite improved overall production." [Unwritten Music] http://www.waysidemusic.com/ Charles Mingus-Eight Classic Albums (remastered) 4 x CDs $12.00 (special) Back in stock! Eight great 50s works! Some of these are Charles just starting to find his footing and are half great but at least half of these are stone classics and must-owns: Mingus Three, Charles Mingus Quartet and Max Roach, The Clown, East Coasting, Mingus at the Bohemia, Pithecanthropus Errectus, Jazzical Moods, Mingus in Wonderland. Phew. [Real Gone] http://www.waysidemusic.com/ Thelonious Monk-Eight Classic Albums (remastered) 4 x CDs $12.00 (special) Back in stock! Eight great 50s works! These cover the period of 1954-1957 and include many Riverside classics: Monk, Plays the Music of Duke Ellington, Mulligan Meets Monk, Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers with Thelonious Monk, Monk's Music, The Unique Thelonious Monk, Thelonious Monk and Sonny Rollins, Thelonious Monk Trio. Phew. [Real Gone] http://www.waysidemusic.com/ The Muffins-Palindrome $16.00 Back in stock! Despite having reformed with the original personnel in 1998 (which means that they have been back longer than they were with us originally in the 70s and 80s!), this is only the 3rd studio release by this quintessential US avant-progressive band! "Here is the new album of the US band The Muffins after too many years of silence, from one of the few American group with Canterbury style. Their progressive rock, with light jazz accents is a sheer wonder, full of breaks and melting themes with lots of thrilling ideas. Recommended to all Canterbury school fans." [Musea] http://www.waysidemusic.com/ Anthony Phillips-The Geese & the Ghost (expanded/remastered) 2 x CDs $11.00 (special) We have exactly 12 copies of this great, classic, pastoral progressive rock album in stock; while they last, this is 65% off the regular price and these are unmarked copies! Anthony was a founding member of Genesis and was a very important part of their formative years; when he left due to stage fright, the rest of the band was very unsure he was replaceable. After a number of years, he came back with this, his first solo album, which is very good in a pastoral progressive type way and also very much like Trespass in a lot of ways and which includes guest shots by Mike Rutherford and Phil Collins. This new 2008 version includes new sleeve notes and a second disc of demos and work-versions. "Released in 1977, this debut by former Genesis guitarist Anthony "Ant" Phillips presents a fine collection of largely acoustic and pastoral pieces. As a long time Genesis fan, it became clear to me exactly what Anthony contributed to the early Genesis sound, as I can hear elements of Trespass (1970) throughout. This is not too surprising in that The Geese and the Ghost was written sometime around 1970. I should note that although Anthony left before the release of Nursery Cryme, he had worked on a few of the tracks that eventually turned up on the album. As such, the quieter sections of Nursery Cryme (1971) pop up here and there. On the Geese and the Ghost, Anthony (acoustic, classic & electric guitars, basses, dulcimer guitar, bouzouki, piano, organ, synthesizers, Mellotron, harmonium, celeste, pin piano, drums, glockenspiel, bells & chimes, timbales, gong, vocals) is joined by Genesis members Phil Collins (vocals on three tracks) and Mike Rutherford (acoustic, classic & electric guitars, basses, organ, drums, timbales, bells, glockenspiel, cymbals) along with a host of supporting woodwind, string and percussion players. There is some nice playing on the album, which is generally very delicate, tasteful and restrained. The eight tracks on the album include a few long pieces (The Geese and the Ghost 15:40) and shorter, more atmospheric tracks (Chinese Mushroom Cloud 0:46). The album is loaded with delicate and dreamy 12-string acoustic textures and soft, discreet washes of mellotron and synthesizers that are subtly layered in. The supporting musicians really fill in the cracks (there are very few) and lend the music a richly textured feel. I especially like the way Anthony has arranged these pieces and the use of dynamic contrasts is surprisingly wide for what is essentially an album dominated by acoustic guitars and other acoustic instruments. Lastly, the melodies are very nice and at times, fairly haunting."-Jeffrey J. Clark [Voiceprint] http://www.waysidemusic.com/ Ric Sanders Group-In Lincoln Cathedral 2 x CDs $9.00 (special) Great price on a appealing trio set performed on violin (Ric Sanders, known for his long tenure in Fairport Convention as well as for his short but tasty tenure in Soft Machine), guitar (Vo Fletcher) and percussion (Michael Gregory). This has a wide variety of styles of compositions featured, all of which are given a personalized and intimate treatment, special note must be made of their extraordinarily nicely unique 20 minute version of "In a Silent Way/It's About That Time". "This unusual album comprises two CDs. The first is a conventional audio CD with 72 minutes of music, but the second is a multimedia mixture. The first five tracks (just over 33 minutes) are of binaural sound for listening to on headphones. Two tracks (nearly 18 minutes) are of DTS encoded sound, which will apparently play 'sensurround' on a compatible DVD player, but not on mine. Finally there is a 19-minute MPEG video which will play on PCs operating under Windows 95 or later or on Macintoshes. Ric Sanders' violin takes the lead most of the time and he is accompanied by Vo Fletcher on guitar and Michael Gregory on drums; Rick Wakeman plays piano on one track. Ric will be familiar to many for his playing with Fairport Convention, but this is 'other side' and quite different in style - if you've heard the reissued 2nd Vision album you'll know the sort of thing to expect. The source of the music is a mixture, varying from George Harrison (Life Itself) and Paul McCartney (Calico Skies) to Chick Corea (Crystal Silence) and Miles Davis (It's About That Time) via Jimi Hendrix (Little Wing) and Joe Zawinul (In a Silent Way). There are also compositions by Ric (A Lifetime's Love, Remembrance Day, The Rose Hip) and Vo (Threedom), and by Ric's Fairport colleague Chris Leslie (Tune for the Land of Snows). Although the style is essentially jazz, this is music that is better not labelled but enjoyed. The CD has grown on me with each listening, with some wonderfully atmospheric and uplifting sounds. You can sense the space of the cathedral as the violin soars and cries, resonating above Vo's inventive guitar and spurred on by a variety of gentle percussive sounds. The audio CD contains all the tracks, but only selections are on the second CD. I can't comment on the DTS encoded tracks as I have been unable to listen to them, but the binaural section is a good headphone experience. The video is worth a watch to get a feel for the performance in the cathedral at night, with an engineer creeping around in socks to avoid acoustic intrusion! The technology on the second CD may be inaccessible to some, so don't buy unless you're happy with what you're getting, but there is little extra cost and the audio on its own is pretty good."-Tim Edmonds [Heliopause] http://www.waysidemusic.com/ Secret Oyster-Secret Oyster $8.00 (special) While these last, these are over 40% the regular price. Classic, top-quality, European jazz rock from the original era! Secret Oyster were a five piece Danish fusion/progressive supergroup of the 1970s, whose members came from the ranks of Burnin' Red Ivanhoe, Hurdy Gurdy and Coronarias Dans. This was their first album, which was released in 1973, and which, I was surprised to realize, I had never actually heard before this reissue. Having played this one a number of times now, I can say that this is really an excellent album and unlike the band's later albums, has a stronger rock feel, including some really fantastic post-psychedelic guitar work from the original 'Hurdy Gurdy Man', Claus Bohling, who Donovan wrote that song for! Recorded in the early, exploratory days of the band live to stereo tape, this one is intense and raw in a way that their other albums were not. This includes two rare bonus tracks from the same period as the album and new liner notes. Recommended! [Laser's Edge] http://www.waysidemusic.com/ Secret Oyster-Straight to the Krankenhaus $8.00 (special) While these last, these are over 40% the regular price. Classic, top-quality, European jazz rock from the original era! Secret Oyster were a five piece Danish fusion/progressive supergroup of the 1970s, whose members came from the ranks of Burnin' Red Ivanhoe, Hurdy Gurdy and Coronarias Dans. This album, recorded in the fall of 1975, was the band's fourth and final album; the pressures of having recorded four albums in just over two years, touring constantly and being dissapointed when the US branch Columbia broke their promise to the band to give them the same 'priority' treatment they had given to Weather Report knocked the wind out of their sales and the band folded 18 months after this release, without recording another album. Despite that sad winding down, this album is considered by many to be their pinnacle achievement of progressive jazz/rock and it was a favorite of mine for a number of years as well! This album appears on CD for the very first time, includes two rare bonus tracks from the same period as the album and new liner notes. Recommended! [Laser's Edge] http://www.waysidemusic.com/ Secret Oyster-Vidunderlige Kaeling (Astarte) $8.00 (special) While these last, these are over 40% the regular price. Classic, top-quality, European jazz rock from the original era! The catalog of the Danish jazz/rock band Secret Oyster have long been one of the most sought-after titles for release on CD; I can't tell you the number of times that people have requested one or another of their titles from us. Despite having been very popular in their day, none of the band's four albums have ever appeared on a legitimate CD. Until now. "Under exclusive world-wide license from Sony Denmark, The Laser's Edge is pleased to re-launch their long heralded reissue series with the first of six titles from the legendary Danish jazz-rock ensemble Secret Oyster. Considered a "supergroup" by the Danish rock press, Secret Oyster originally formed in 1973. Notable members include Karsten Vogel (sax) and Jess Staehr (bass) from Burnin' Red Ivanhoe, Kenneth Knudsen (keyboards) and Ole Streenberg (drums) from Coronarias Dans, and guitarist Claus Bohling of Hurdy Gurdy. In 1975 Secret Oyster was commissioned by noted Danish choreographer Flemming Flindt to create the music for "Vidunderlige Kaelling," the provocative ballet based on the erotic poetry of Jens August Schade. With contributions from ECM recording artist Palle Mikkelborg and Kasper Winding, the recording sessions resulted in their 3rd album, also released the following year in the USA as "Astarte." Thirty years later it is considered a jazz rock classic that will appeal to fans of Soft Machine, Mahavishnu Orchestra, and Return To Forever. With the co-operation of the band, "Vidunderlige Kaelling" features 3 previously unreleased bonus tracks and new liner notes from Karsten Vogel." [Laser's Edge] http://www.waysidemusic.com/ Seval-I Know You 180g vinyl lp + mp3 download (due to shiping costs, this price for USA only; outside of USA will have price adjusted upwards to match shipping costs) $26.00 Sofia Jernberg (voice), Fred Lonberg-Holm (cello), David Stakenas (guitar), Emil Standberg (trumpet), Patric Thorman (bass). Formed by the Chicago-based cellist Fred Lonberg-Holm; with Stockholm's Sofia Jernberg, Patric Thorman, Emil Strandberg and David Stackenäs. Seval's music is acoustic, sonically rich, emotionally uplifting, cozy and airy, playful, panoramic and passionate, rooted in jazz but doesn't stop at jazz's border. You've heard this before, we know, but this quintet has a sound truly their own. "The members of this group are all active in the Swedish new music/improvising scene," says Lonberg-Holm, "and this project - with its fixed melodies and more traditional harmonies - is more of an anomaly for all of us. In spite of the restrictions placed on us by the material, we find a way to re-build and invent the music differently each time." Lonberg-Holm's background uniquely qualifies him to lead such an adventurous ensemble. The cellist's principal projects have included his Valentine Trio and Lightbox Orchestra, and he has recorded solo records for the Emanem and Flying Aspidistra labels. He is also a member of the Peter Brötzmann Chicago 10tet, The Vandermark 5, Frame Quartet, Friction Brothers and Fast Citizens. Over the years Lonberg-Holm has been credited for work on dozens of jazz, rock, pop, contemporary classical and country recordings. Although the cello is still something of a rarity in jazz-associated music, Lonberg-Holm looks beyond the accepted notions of what the instrument is capable of. As he told the Swedish magazine Spisa, "Rather than having a monolithic idea of what the cello sounds like (and thinking cellists are all of one cloth), now I think a lot of people can hear and recognize individualism on the cello like they can other, more historically common, instruments in improvised music." Some of the songs on i know you were initially recorded as instrumentals, although most of the lyrics were written at the same time as the music. With the addition of the ethereal voice of Sofia Jernberg - who was born in Ethiopia and grew up in Vietnam before making Stockholm her home - there was little doubt that i know you was meant to include lyrics and vocals. Fleshed out by trumpet, acoustic guitar and bass, the music exhibits a full tapestry of multiple hues and moods. I Know You is released as a blue vinyl LP including a code to download all tracks on the album as high-quality mp3s, plus bonus tracks, completely resequenced for an altogether different listen." [482 Music] http://www.waysidemusic.com/ Andy Summers-Earth + Sky $8.00 (special) "After two albums exploring the boundaries of jazz via the music of Thelonious Monk (Green Chimneys) and Charles Mingus (Peggy's Blue Skylight), ex-Police guitarist Andy Summers returns to original compositions with a new band that moves forward through a swarm of genres on Earth + Sky. Employing two keyboard players, John Novello and John Beasley, as well as drummer Vinnie Colaiuta, saxophonist Katisse Buckingham, and bassist Abraham Laboriel, Summers creates a body of work that looks through jazz, rock, and folk forms and is technology based while also using organic rhythms and atmospherics. While some might see this as retrenchment, Summers, unlike so many of the superchopper guitarists out there, is a melodist whose lyricism is inescapable in virtually everything he plays. Hence the effect of these tunes is chimeric, whether they begin with gorgeous, simple harmonic lines that are reminiscent of nursery rhymes (such as "Now I'm Free"), feature complex hypnotic guitar lines that are fully charged both modally and rhythmically (as in the title track), or are atmospheric pieces that could be serial selections in a film noir soundtrack (such as "I Choose You"). Summers has utilized his jazz chops to stunning effect here, in that he allows his guitar to be an architectural focal point of an ensemble rather than as the centerpiece of the music itself. Hence, whether he is engaging the trappings of fusion or acoustic balladry ("Roseville"), he weaves something complex, soulful, and memorable from the elements. Earth + Sky is another solid effort from a guitarist who is forever reinventing himself."-Thom Jurek/AllMusic [Random] http://www.waysidemusic.com/ Sun Ra-Three Classic Albums (remastered) 2 x CDs $9.00 (special) This is three great, early classics by Ra, from the mid to late 50s. You get Jazz By Sun Ra, Supersonic Jazz and Jazz in Silhouette. This is before the moogs and the space chants, but was there ever a greater post hard bop big band in the 5os than the Arkestra? If so, I don't know it. Highly and hugely recommended. [Real Gone Jazz] http://www.waysidemusic.com/ Tamam Shud-Goolutionites and the Real People $9.00 (special) "Tamam Shud were formed after the break up of beat/R&B band, The Sunsets. The band was ostensibly a vehicle for singer and songwriter Lindsay Bjerre (whose burgeoning interest in the acid rock experience had precipitated The Sunset's demise). Bjerre christened the new band Tamam Shud (means 'the very end') which was taken from the closing words of the Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam. The band's first release was the 1968 soundtrack to Paul Witzig's groundbreaking surf film Evolution and brought them to the attention of Warner Brothers, who offered them a deal. The band, with a key line-up change in teenage guitar prodigy Tim Gaze (just 15 when he joined!), recorded their masterpiece, the concept album Goolutionites and the Real People in 1970. Ian McFarlane calls it 'one of the truly great Aussie progressive rock albums,' and it also distinguished them as one of the first local bands to tackle environmental issues in their songs. It is now extremely rare and one of the most collectible albums of the period. " [Radioactive] http://www.waysidemusic.com/ Cecil Taylor-Three Classic Albums 2 x CDs(remastered) $9.00 (special) Back in stock! These are some of pianist/improvisor/composer Cecil Taylor's earliest and even 'straightest' recordings. With someone as advanced as Cecil, that doesn't mean that this is supper-club music! You get Looking Ahead (1958), Hard Driving Jazz (his famous collaboration with John Coltrane - the only time they met on record, 1959) and Love for Sale (1959). All uncut and at an amazing price. [Real Gone Jazz] http://www.waysidemusic.com/ Robin [email protected] - 2 x CDs : $9.00 (special) Back in stock! Having seen this tour, I can safely give this the big thumbs up! "2009 enhanced two CD live set from the Classic Rock guitar great, recorded in 2008. Trower presents this double disc dose of live recordings capturing Robin in action last year in America. Contains exceptional performances as well as four enhanced video performances on the second disc." [Free World] http://www.waysidemusic.com/ Umphrey's McGhee-Mantis 2 x CDs $11.00 (special) This is the latest release by a band who has long been involved in the jam band scene, but who are crossing over into the progressive rock world in a major way with this release and with their headlining appearance at NEARFest 2011. This is very, very progressive-rock sounding in a pleasing, contemporary way. You can hear elements of some of the best of the modern progressive bands such as Echolyn both instrumentally and vocally (yes, they can 'jam' and also sing!) and bits of jazz and rock float by in a pleasing, unbelievably well played way. Once again, there are plenty of things you can do with 'progressive rock' to keep it fresh, as long as you are not only concerned about sounding like 35 year old music...and U.M. do NOT sound old. If you want to spend relatively little bread and a lot of music and also see why it makes total sense for them to be playing NF, this is a great place to start. Additionally, this is the hard to find UK version which includes a second disc containing seven live tracks not found elsewhere. [Floating World] http://www.waysidemusic.com/ Yang-Machines $18.00 Back in stock! Long-awaited and quite wonderful second album by Yang. Wasn't sure it would ever happen (read below) but I'm glad it did and it is everything we were all waiting for! "Founded by Frédéric L'Epée in 2002, Yang is an instrumental rock quartet which compositions mix guitar counterpoints with a powerful rock pulse. The band released its 1st CD “A complex nature” on Cuneiform Records in 2004... and disbanded before the first concert. Frédéric and Volodia stayed on board. Fortunately, bassist Nico Gomez and guitarist Laurent James, whom Frédéric had already worked with, were interested in taking part in the project, and replacing Stéphane Bertrand and Julien Vecchié. A new Yang was born, and rehearsals began. As the new musicians were very different from the previous ones, titles have been reshaped for their playing, and appeared to become more and more powerful. On stage the group were rocking hard, so the evolution toward a harder music was obvious. That is how “Machines” was composed: in one hand completing _the repertoire for concerts, in the other hand creating pieces fitted to all musicians (contemporary music, contemporary jazz, metal, prog. metal, latin jazz, fusion and Eastern Europe traditional music)."-Frédéric L'Epée Yang, a French quartet whose stunning compositons combine intricate guitar parts with driving rock, is the newest project led by French guitarist and composer Frederic L’Epée. L’Epée’s former projects include founding two of the most intriguing all-instrumental bands to emerge from France and capture international interest: Shylock and Philharmonie. Yang, L’Epee’s post-Philharmonie band, extends some of Philarmonie’s compositional ideas while adopting a harder tempered, more rock-based approach. Featuring the 'standard' line-up of two guiarists, bass and drums, Yang play a dynamic instrumental music that rocks hard, and which bears comparisons to groups such as Gordian Knot and King Crimson. Featuring intricate and often beautiful guitar pieces embedded in harder-tempered rock compositions, complex rhythms and melodic modes not previously seen in L’Epée’s work, and a rich variety of guitar treatments, A Complex Nature is an inventive, dynamic and accessible instrumental work that rocks hard. It is, in L’Epée’s own words: “the next step after Philharmonie’s last CDs: Rage and The Last Word.” [Yang] http://www.waysidemusic.com/ ------------------------------ Please note: If there are no quotes around the description, that means that we wrote it and you should not use this description without attribution. If there are quotes without attribution, that means that we took the description from the hypesheet/publicity for the release. All other quoted descriptions are attributed. You can order these & many many other items from our on-line store at: http://www.waysidemusic.com You can also fax in your order : (301) 589-1819 or mail in your order to: Wayside Music - P.O. Box 8427 - Silver Spring, MD 20907 - USA We accept cash, checks/moneyorders (as long as they are in US funds payable through a US bank), Discover, Visa and MasterCard credit cards as well as PayPal. ------ You can always see which of our artists are on tour and get the links to the venues at: http://www.cuneiformrecords. or http://my.calendars.net/ ------ AFUCHE (our latest signing! CD out in May!) May 21 - Music Hall of Williamsburg - Brooklyn, NY (record release show - opening for Tune-Yards) JASON ADASIEWICZ'S ROLLDOWN June 26 - Hungry Brain - Chicago, IL (Celebrating the Hungry Brain's 10th Anniversary!!) June 28 - Museum of Contemporary Art - Chicago, IL November 18 - The Stone - 16 Avenue C (the corner of Avenue C and Second Street) - NYC, NY 10009 ALGERNON March 18 - Empty Bottle - 1035 North Western Ave - Chicago, IL (with Roomate) BIRDSONGS OF THE MESOZOIC with Encanti March 18 - Zumix - 260 Sumner St. - East Boston, MA 02128 (617) 568-9777 - 8:00 pm March 22 - David Friend Recital Hall - Berklee School of Music - 921 Boylston Street - Boston, MA - 7:00 pm May 6 - Democracy Center - 45 Mt. Auburn St. - Harvard Sq, Cambridge, MA - $8.00 June 17 - Zumix - 260 Sumner St. - East Boston, MA 02128 (617) 568-9777 - 8:00 pm November 26 - The Stone - 16 Avenue C (the corner of Avenue C and Second Street) - NYC, NY 10009 DAVID BORDEN November 23 - The Stone - 16 Avenue C (the corner of Avenue C and Second Street) - NYC, NY 10009 CARLO DE ROSA'S CROSS-FADE March 18 - Jazz Gallery - 290 Hudson Street, New York, NY 10013 (212) 242-1063 - 2 shows : 9:00 and 10:30 (CD release show!) CLAUDIA QUINTET November 18 - The Stone - 16 Avenue C (the corner of Avenue C and Second Street) - NYC, NY 10009 DEAD CAT BOUNCE (our latest signing! CD out soon!) April 2 - Brooklyn Conservatory Concert Hall - 58 Seventh Avenue, Brooklyn, New York - (718) 622-3300 GÖSTA BERLINGS SAGA (our latest signing! CD out in May!) May 11 - Special - Oulu - Finland May 12 - Dynamo - Turku - Finland May 13 - Korijaamo - Helsinki - Finland May 14 - Telakka - Tampere - Finland June 25 - NEARFest - Zoellner Arts Center, Bethlehem, PA GUTBUCKET April 1 - Lilypad - 1353 Cambridge Street - Inman Square - Cambridge, MA - 9:00 pm / $10.00 April 7 - tba - Dresden, Germany April 8 - Supamolli - Berlin, Germany April 9 - tbc - Leipzig, Germany April 10 - Dumont - Aachen, Germany April 12 - Topos - Leverkusen, Germany April 14 - Stellwerk - Hamburg, Germany April 15 - Jazzfruhling Festival - Freiberg, Germany April 16 - Posthof - Linz, Austria May 9 - Redcat - Los Angeles, CA (Gutbucket chamber orchestra) May 9-15 – West Coast USA CD release tour (dates to be added as confirmed) November 16 - The Stone - 16 Avenue C (the corner of Avenue C and Second Street) - NYC, NY 10009 IDEAL BREAD April 2 - Irene Aebi presents an evening's interpretations from Steve Lacy's oeuvre. Joining her will be Ideal Bread (Josh Sinton, Kirk Knuffke, Pascal Niggenkemper and Tomas Fujiwara) as well as saxophonist Jeremy Udden! - Douglass St. Music Collective - 295 Douglass St., #1 - Brooklyn, NY November 15 - The Stone - 16 Avenue C (the corner of Avenue C and Second Street) - NYC, NY 10009 HAMSTER THEATRE November 22 - The Stone - 16 Avenue C (the corner of Avenue C and Second Street) - NYC, NY 10009 LED BIB March 26 - Gateshead Jazz Festival - UK April 23 - Bunker Ulmenwall - Bielefed, Germany April 29 - Jazzclub Tonne - Dresden, Germany April 30 - tba - Dachau, Germany May 4 - Metelkova - Ljubjana, Slovenia July 10 - Swanage Jazz Festival - Swanage, UK August 14 - Brecon Jazz Festival, Brecon, Wales, UK THE MAHAVISHNU PROJECT March 25 - Mexicali Live - 1409 Queen Anne Rd. - Teaneck, NJ ( 201) 833 0011 : Tix $15.00 advance/$20 day of show - performing Visions of the Emerald Beyond plus bonus tracks from Birds of Fire, Inner Mounting Flame, & Apocalypse played by the 10-piece band! ROB MAZUREK/SAO PAULO UNDERGROUND (our latest signing! CD out in September!) European tour - April - watch for updates here very soon! THE MUFFINS November 20 - The Stone - 16 Avenue C (the corner of Avenue C and Second Street) - NYC, NY 10009 RICHARD PINHAS April 4 - Super de Luxe - Roppongi, Tokyo, Japan (with Merzbow) additional Japanese dates to come May 20 - F.I.M.A.V - Victoriaville, Quebec, Canada (with Wolf Eyes and Merzbow!) May 25 and afterwards - USA tour - tba - details coming POSITIVE CATASTROPHE November 17 - The Stone - 16 Avenue C (the corner of Avenue C and Second Street) - NYC, NY 10009 PRESENT (with Univers Zero and Aranis) September 16 - RIO Festival - Cap'Découverte - 81450 LE GARRIC (Carmaux) - France RADIO MASSACRE INTERNATIONAL May 7 - St Clement’s Church - Chorlton-cum-Hardy, Manchester M21 9JF - UK - doors at 6:45/band on at 7:45. Tickets £10.00 - click here to get tickets in advance ALEC K. REDFEARN and THE EYESORES November 27 - The Stone - 16 Avenue C (the corner of Avenue C and Second Street) - NYC, NY 10009 REVOLUTIONARY SNAKE ENSEMBLE May 20 - Barbés, 376 9th St. (corner of 6th Ave), Park Slope, Brooklyn, NY - (347) 422-0248, 8 - 9:30pm November 17 - The Stone - 16 Avenue C (the corner of Avenue C and Second Street) - NYC, NY 10009 THINKING PLAGUE November 22 - The Stone - 16 Avenue C (the corner of Avenue C and Second Street) - NYC, NY 10009 UNIVERS ZERO (with Present and Aranis) September 16 - RIO Festival - Cap'Découverte - 81450 LE GARRIC (Carmaux) - France ZEVIOUS Check these guys out as they go ALL the way across the USA and back! This is your chance to see a great, truly hot NYC harmolodic/punk-jazz group in YOUR hometown. March 11 - Union Pool - 484 Union Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11211 - (718) 609-0484 (with Dysrhythmia, Smother Party, and A f**king Elephant) March 19 - Orion Studios - 2903 Whittington Ave # C, Baltimore, MD 21230 -(410) 646-7334 (with Danny Sher Quartet) March 20 - The Rotunda - 4014 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104 - (215) 573-3234 (with Electric Simcha) March 21 - Galaxy Hut - 2711 Wilson Boulevard, Arlington, VA 22201 - (703) 525-8646 (with Matta Gawa) March 22 - The Camel - 1621 West Broad Street, Richmond, VA 23220-2106 - (804) 353-4901 (with SCUO and Top Knot) March 23- Eastside Lounge - 485 Flat Shoals Rd, Atlanta, GA 30316 - (404) 521-9666 (with TBA) March 24 - Trash Mountain - 1619 Greenland Drive Murfreesboro, TN (with Beautiful Creatures, Technikiller, and Square People) March 26 - 1919 Hemphill - 1919 Hemphill St, Ft. Worth, TX - (with Caulfield, Beartrap, Humanerror, and Moon Titan) March 27 - Salvage Vanguard Theater (hosted by Church of the Friendly Ghost) - 2803 Manor Rd, Austin, TX 78722 (with Miles Okazaki) March 28 - Elmo Jones Metal/Punk Music Complex - 8329 Camp Bowie W., Ft. Worth, TX 76116 (with Raging Boner, Haggard Daggers, Odor) March 29 - Scorpion's Nest - 406 Alta Ave, Midland, TX 79705 (With Flying Scorpion and The Internet) March 30 - Solar Culture Gallery - 31 East Toole Avenue, Tucson, AZ 85701- (520) 884-0874 (with Gamma Like Very Ultra) March 31 - The Trunk Space - 1506 NW Grand Ave,Phoenix, AZ 85007 - (602) 256-6006 (with Destroyah and TBA) April 1 - The Smell - 247 South Main Street, Los Angeles, CA 90012 - (213) 625-4325 - (with Upsilon Acrux and TBA) April 2 - Mama Buzz - 2318 Telegraph Ave, Oakland, CA 94612 (with Groundskeeper) April 3 - St. James Infirmary - 445 California Avenue, Reno, NV 89501 - (775) 657-8484 - (with Frendo) April 5 - The Walnut Room - 3131 Walnut St, Denver, CO, 80205 (with Bottesini Project) April 6 - Zoo Bar - 136 North 14th Street, Lincoln, NE 68508 - (402) 435-8754 (with Masses and TBA) April 7 - The Brick - 1727 McGee Street, Kansas City, MO 64108-1423 - (816) 421-1634 (with Nomad's Atlas) April 8 - Schlafly Tap Room - 2100 Locust St, Saint Louis, MO 63103 - (314) 241-2337 (with Spelling Bee and Britches) April 9 - Mexicains Sans Frontieres - 120 S Division Ave. #226, Grand Rapids MI 49503 - (with Night Toucher) April 10 - Melody Inn - 3826 North Illinois Street, Indianapolis, IN 46208 - (317) 923-4707 - (with Kuan, Gash Hound, and Goliathon) April 11 - South Park Tavern - 1301 Wayne Avenue, Dayton, OH 45410 - (937) 586-9526 - (with Kuan) April 12 - Carabar - 115 Parsons Ave, Columbus, OH 43215 (with Kuan, Lemia Belus, and TBA) April 13 - The Bug Jar - 219 Monroe Avenue, Rochester, NY 14607-3527 - (585) 454-2966 (with Rickles and Epilogue) April 14 - Community School of Music and Arts (CSMA) - 3rd Floor Auditorium, 330 E State St (aka Martin Luther King Jr. St), Ithaca, NY 14850 (with Makeshift, The Invisible Hand) April 15th - Elm Bar - 372 Elm St, New Haven, CT 06511 (with Old Man Lady Luck) November 30 - The Stone - 16 Avenue C (the corner of Avenue C and Second Street) - NYC, NY 10009 ------ To see Artist News by musicians who have recorded for Cuneiform - provided to us by the musicians themselves and updated every four months, go to: http://www.cuneiformrecords. ------ Rest in Peace: Jet Harris (bassist for England's legendary and hugely influencial rock 'n' roll combo "The Shadows") Joe Morello (the excellent and tasteful drummer for many years with the Dave Brubeck Quartet; yes, that's him doing the famous fills during "Take Five") Owsley "Bear" Stanley (not a musician, but the LSD guru behind the San Francisco sound and possibly more responsible for that sound than any other single person) ------ Thank you! -Coming Soon (or not soon, but eventually, so please be patient!)- (For updates of new items in stock, watch these mailings or check the NEW ARRIVALS section!) : ACQUA FRAGILE-Mass Media Stars (first time on CD in a long time) JASON ADASIEWICZ'S ROLLDOWN-new, third album AFUCHE-Highly Publicized Digital Boxing Match (finally a 'real' release from this great Brooklyn band) ALIEN TRIO (unreleased early 80s recordings by Christian Vander, Michel Graillier and Alby Culaz) PETER BAUMAN- Romance '76 -Transharmonic Nights (available again for the 1st time in many, many years) CALOMITO-Cane di Schiena CASSIBER (box set with a live DVD as well as unreleased material on CD along with the four albums we already know and love) CHEER-ACCIDENT-No Ifs, Ands or Dogs (album #18 - what more need be said?) DEAD CAT BOUNCE-Chance Episodes FACTOR BURZACO-II (new album on AltrOck) FAR CORNER #3 (finally! and it's a great one - maybe their best!) FORGAS BAND PHENOMENA-a PHENOMENAl new album (#5) GÖSTA BERLINGS SAGA-Glue Works (much anticipated 3rd album from instrumental progressive/post rock Swedes) ISOTOPE-Isotope -Illusion -Deep End (the 3 very excellent albums by this '2nd generation' UK jazz/rock group, led by Gary Boyle; these have been very hard to get for some time. Reissued by Esoteric) MATS/MORGAN BAND-new studio album (may still be some time away...) MUSEO ROSENBACH-Zarathustra! (back in print, finally!) ROB MAZUREK/SAO PAULO UNDERGROUND-Tres Cabecase Loucuras PHIDEAUX-Snowtorch RICHARD PINHAS + MERZBOW-Rhizome RICHARD PINHAS + MERZBOW-Paris, Live 2008 (limited edition, vinyl only release) WADADA LEO SMITH/ORGANIC-Heart's Reflection (new studio album by Wadada's extraordinary 4 guitar band!) SOFT MACHINE LEGACY-Relegation of Pluto/Live in Germany FRANCOIS THOLLOT-Scherzoo (3rd album!) THINKING PLAGUE-new album (studio album #6!) WOBBLER-The Rites of Dawn ZOMBI-Escape Velocity (new release from this always great and always entertaining synth/drums duo) IF you'd like to view previous New In stock Announcements, they can be found here: http://ymlp182.net/archive_ |
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Here's what has come in in the last week - either new releases or restockings of items that have been unavailable: --------Four new titles on the AltrOck label!------------- Calomito-Cane di Schiena $18.00 "Five years after their much-acclaimed album Inaudito, Calomito has come back with a new great album! Calomito melt with taste avant-prog, Canterbury, jazz and folk, but they give the right space to melody, a typical feature of many Italian bands. Beside usual electric instruments, their arrangements include a peculiarly nice palette of acoustic colours – trombone, violin, viola – that gives the band a really recognizable sound. Sharp and groovy, Cane di Schiena is a relevant step forward compared to the first album, being a clear sign of maturity for a band which is considered among the most interesting ones in the alternative Italian music scene, taking the best from the past and revising it in a new direction. RIYL: Frank Zappa, Canterbury sound, Stormy Six, Gong, Dr. Nerve." [AltrOck] http://www.waysidemusic.com/ Factor Burzaco-II $18.00 Factor Burzaco’s popularity grows day by day in the RIO/Avant-Prog world. Coming from South America, due to their sound and musical style they are also known as the “Argentinian Thinking Plague”. With this new album the group moves forward with their musical vision, driven by the great ability of their female vocalist, Carolina Restuccia, who shows an uncommon vocal extension and, above all, a really distinctive expressive register. Intriguing, obscure, strangely fascinating, Factor Burzaco’s music is going to earn a particular place in the avant-prog world scene. RIYL: Thinking Plague, Igor Stravinskij, Henry Cow, King Crimson." [AltrOck] http://www.waysidemusic.com/ Humble Grumble-Fanders Fields $18.00 "Humble Grumble is a surprising Belgian band who has built an original sound mixing skilfully and effectively a number of genre – rock, jazz, folk, prog. They follow the great tradition of Belgian alternative bands as X-Legged Sally, Fukkeduk, Think of One... In their unique style you can easily find complex structures abnd rhythmic intricacies together with an expressely melodic vein. Last but not least, Humble Grumble displays an inexhaustible ironic attitude, mainly referring to Frank Zappa’s style. Flanders Fields is a great news in the AltrOck stable, surely a must for Zappa fans and avant-prog lovers! RIYL: X-Legged Sally, Zappa, Mr.Bungle, Gong." [AltrOck] http://www.waysidemusic.com/ Sanhedrin-Ever After $18.00 "Sanhedrin is an Israeli band who started their life as a Camel cover group. Yet after a short while the group started to write and compose original materials of their own. Sanhedrin are clearly influenced by the most important classic rock band of the past, such as Gentle Giant, King Crimson, Genesis, VDGG, Pink Floyd, Jethro Tull. Nonetheless they can produce a really original music that could reminds bands like Asia Minor and Anglagard. A colourful palette, evocative moods, sophisticated and skillful rock passages, are just some examples of this Ever After, a CD that will surely astonish prog aficionados. RIYL: Genesis, Gentle Giant, Asia Minor, Anglagard, King Crimson." http://www.waysidemusic.com/ ------------------------------ Acqua Fragile-Mass-Media Stars (mini-lp sleeve) $20.00 The second of two albums by this Italian group who gave vocalist Bernardo Lanzetti (who joined PFM during their most famous period) to the world. This was released in the USA in the 70s and was available for many years and so many folks have this one from the old days and enjoy it, but, surprisingly, it has not been available on CD in many, many years. [Sony] http://www.waysidemusic.com/ Area-Arbeit Macht Frei (digipack) $16.00 Back in stock! The first album from the band that I consider to be possibly the finest Italian progressive rock band of the 1970's, & certainly a band in the top tier of all early 1970's progressive bands worldwide! Area combined jazz/rock/stolen ethnic music (mostly from Eastern Europe and the Middle East)/avant garde and more. Superb playing from all (vocals, guitar, keyboards, bass & drums + sax on this album only). This includes a thick booklet with rare photos, notes, etc. While everyone shines, the vocalist, the late Demetrio Stratos is rightly one of the legends of 1970's music. This album includes bassist Jan Patrick Djivas, who left after this album to join P.F.M. [Cramps] http://www.waysidemusic.com/ Area-Caution Radiation Area $12.00 (special) Back in stock and still $7.00 off the regular price! The 2nd album from the band that I consider to be possibly the finest Italian progressive rock band of the 1970's, & certainly a band in the top tier of all early 1970's progressive bands worldwide! Area combined jazz/rock/stolen ethnic music (mostly from Eastern Europe and the Middle East)/the avant garde and more. Superb playing from all (vocals/organ, guitar, electric piano/synths, bass & drums). This includes a thick booklet with rare photos, notes, etc. While everyone shines, the vocalist, the late Demetrio Stratos is rightly one of the legends of 1970's music. On this one, bassist Ares Tavolazzi joins, making this their first album with the classic quintet lineup. [Cramps] http://www.waysidemusic.com/ Area-Crac! $12.00 (special) Back in stock and still $7.00 off the regular price! The 3rd album from the band that I consider to be possibly the finest Italian progressive rock band of the 1970's, & certainly a band in the top tier of all early 1970's progressive bands worldwide! Area combined jazz/rock/stolen ethnic music (mostly from Eastern Europe and the Middle East)/the avant garde and more. Superb playing from all (vocals/organ, guitar, electric piano/synths, bass & drums). This includes a thick booklet with rare photos, notes, etc. While everyone shines, the vocalist, the late Demetrio Stratos is rightly one of the legends of 1970's music. This is probably their great studio work, as well as possibly their most accessible, so this is a fine one to start with! [Cramps] http://www.waysidemusic.com/ Area-Are(A)zione $12.00 (special) Back in stock and still $7.00 off the regular price! The 4th album from the band that I consider to be possibly the finest Italian progressive rock band of the 1970's, & certainly a band in the top tier of all early 1970's progressive bands worldwide! Area combined jazz/rock/stolen ethnic music (mostly from Eastern Europe and the Middle East)/the avant garde and more. Superb playing from all (vocals/organ, guitar, electric piano/synths, bass & drums). This includes a thick booklet with rare photos, notes, etc. While everyone shines, the vocalist, the late Demetrio Stratos is rightly one of the legends of 1970's music. This was the only live album released in their lifetime, and it's an amazing disc even over 25 years later - excellently recorded and with incredibly hot versions of some of their best material. And when you hear keyboardist Patrizio Fariselli eat an apple on mike in the middle of "La Mela Di Odessa", I hope you will agree that it's one of the great moments in recorded progresive rock history. [Cramps] http://www.waysidemusic.com/ Area-Event '76 $9.00 (special) A live album of improvisations from Demetrio Stratos (vocals), Patrizio Fariselli (acoustic piano), Paulo Tofani (guitar, synthesizer) + Steve Lacy (soprano sax) & Paul Lytton (drums). For fans of European free music. [Cramps] http://www.waysidemusic.com/ Banco Del Mutuo Soccorso-Cio' Che Si Vede E PAL (region 2) DVD $20.00 This is the band live in 1992. This was originally released on video tape in Italy-only, and now it is finally issued on DVD. Includes many of the band best loved progressive tracks. NOTE: This is not only a PAL DVD, it's a Region 2 Pal DVD. Incredibly stupid, sez I, but we are warning you right here that if you are not certain that you can play a PAL Region 2 DVD in your machine, you probably can not. We will NOT accept returns if your machine won't play this DVD, so please do your homework before buying. [BMG] http://www.waysidemusic.com/ Beardfish-Mammoth CD + NTSC (all region) DVD $13.00 Beardfish have come a very, very long way from their Swedish-only, very Zappa-like, self-released albums to being signed to one of the larger/more visible progressive rock-oriented labels. This is their sixth album and they continue to somehow manage to blend complexity and a lot of elements of progressive rock without sounding retro or like they wish it was 1973. This really nice set includes their new studio album, as well as a fantastic bonus in the form of a nearly 2-hour long live DVD! [Superball] http://www.waysidemusic.com/ Blood Ceremony-Living With The Ancients $13.00 This is the second album by a Canadian band who are mining the field of progressive hard rock/proto-prog. This takes its cues from the 1970-era Vertigo label + early, Benefit-era Tull, and it succeeds in presenting these influences in a very fun and inspired way. One of the things that makes this work in a fashion that isn't so obvious is that they features a female vocalist who also plays flute, so you blend a more gentle side in with the satanic riffs. If you like that sound and also like retro bands like Big Elf and Black Bonzo, this is a distinctive take on that sound. "Taking their name from a 1972 Spanish horror flick named Ceremonia Sangrenta, Toronto, Canada's Blood Ceremony traffic in authentic '70s doom and heavy prog laden with occult themes and occasional folk and psych rock flourishes -- none of it betraying the secret of having been recorded over 30 years after the fact. Rather, beginning in 2006, bandmembers Alia O'Brien (vocals, flute, organ), Sean Kennedy (guitar), Chris Landon (bass), and Andrew Haust (drums) rejected all forms of modern sounds to embrace vintage analog technology in the pursuit of their ancient history project, gradually refining their style with shows in Toronto, Montreal, and every town in between..."-Eduardo Rivadavia/All Music Guide [Rise Above] http://www.waysidemusic.com/ Gadi Caplan-Opposite Views $9.00 Gadi is an Israeli guitarist currently living in Boston. He's released this, his first album, and it's a very strong release firmly in the progressive/jazz-rock vein. This is a full band, featuring Gadi's guitar work, keyboards, bass, drums, alto sax and violin, viola, cello featured on certain tracks. The music is definitely 'fusion', but it also definitely fits closer to progressive rock than 'jazz'. This is the first release by somone I think we'll be hearing a lot of in the future. You can hear his music here: http://www.myspace.com/ http://www.waysidemusic.com/ Cervello-Melos (mini-lp sleeve) $20.00 Another Italian one-shot that hasn't been out on CD in quite a number of years. "One of many bands from Naples, and strictly connected to Osanna, with Corrado Rustici being the younger brother of that group's guitarist Danilo. Not unlike Osanna they had a highly interesting fusion of progressive sounds with typical southern Italy and mediterranean rhythms. A very good voice/instruments interplay is present throughout their majestic one and only album, Melos, released on Ricordi in 1973 with seven long tracks. Their sound is characterised by acoustic instruments such as flutes and horns (with four of the five players dealing with flutes) and acoustic guitars, but the album is by no means an acoustic one, with complex rhythm changes that sometimes resemble the Lizard-era King Crimson. The band had a successful appearance at "III Festival d'avanguardia e nuove tendenze" held in Naples in June 1973, and split in 1974. A nice band that deserved more success."-italianprog.com [Sony] http://www.waysidemusic.com/ Gutbucket-Sludge Test $17.00 This was Gutbucket's 3rd album and the last before signing to Cuneiform. Anyone who enjoyed their more recent two on the label will find plenty more good things here! "Gutbucket is a seven year old, singular New York quartet who flit from hard rock to Latin to thrash to klezmer and back. They attack their music with the kind of ferocity usually reserved for punk, despite having earned their jazz bona fides. While each band member has had training in jazz, with Sludge Test they have moved outside that world (while successfully keeping one foot inside of it) and are really aiming to bring something new to the rock world. Sludge Test is Gutbucket's fantasy album -- they recorded with the engineer Jay Pellici (Deerhoof) at Tiny Telephone Studios to create an instrumental rock record full of intense energy." [Cantaloupe] http://www.waysidemusic.com/ John Hollenbeck/Orchestre National de Jazz-Shut Up and Dance 2 x CDs $28.00 Back in stock! Amazingly great, 2011 release by the very excellent Orchetre National de Jazz, led by Daniel Yvinec, who leads the group into much more interesting and exciting projects than just jazz (don't forget their very great and unique take on Robert Wyatt from a few years ago). This time, they've got a real winner here; this is two albums featuring the (always great and always fascinating) compositions of John Hollenbeck, best known here for his compositions and his drumming with The Claudia Quintet. This is a 10 piece band consisting of two keyboardists , four reeds. trumpet, guitar, bass and drums. As far as I could tell, none of these pieces have appeared elsewhere, making this even more of a must-have. Highly and hugely recommended! [Bee Jazz] http://www.waysidemusic.com/ Last Exit-Low Life $19.00 This is the somewhat odd, but also logical pairing of Bill Laswell/Peter Brotzmann's "Low Life" duet album with the album "Koln" by Last Exit, which adds Sonny Sharrock and Ronald Shannon Jackson to the Laswell/Brotzmann mix. [Jazzwerkstatt] http://www.waysidemusic.com/ Magical Power Mako- Hapmoniym 1972-1975 : 5 x CD box set $62.00 "The epitome of a cult artist (and a favorite of Julian Cope), the enigmatic Magical Power Mako (aka Makoto Kurita) has been sporadically releasing albums in his native Japan since 1974. This lavish numbered, limited edition 5CD set collects jams taped by him between 1972 and 1975, and comes complete with a full 12-page booklet. Encompassing psychedelic folk, Krautrock, electronica and fuzz guitar, the music's effect is frequently astounding, and absolutely essential for all fans of Japrock." "Hard-grooving episodes alternate with meditative drones, bongo freak-outs, Greek and Japanese folk tunes, a slide whistle solo, electronic music that sounds inspired by Arne Nordheim, delirious fuzz guitar, and an unexpected medieval-sounding song. Hapmoniym (whose title, when written in uppercase letters, spells out the word Harmonium in Greek characters) is a monument to creativity, self-indulgence, and the occasional necessity of self-indulgence to foster superhuman creativity."-All Music Guide [Bamboo] http://www.waysidemusic.com/ Magma-Mythes et Legendes, Volume One NTSC (all region) DVD $18.00 (special) While they last, we have perfect, new copies for $14.00 off the regular price. What's the difference between these copies and the copies we are selling for $32.00? $14.00 (bada-bing!) In May, 2005, Magma took over the Parisian club "Le Triton" for four weeks with an ambitious, over the top project; a retrospective of 35 years of Magma music, showcasing some of their best known pieces from 1970 to the present. The four sold-out weeks were a major success. This is the first of a series of four DVDs which capture the best of these performances for the world beyond Le Triton to enjoy them. The band here includes the current line-up of Magma (Christian Vander, Stella Vander, James Mac Gaw, Emmanuel Borghi, Philippe Bussonnet, Isabelle Feuillebois, Antoine Paganotti, Himiko Paganotti), special guest Klaus Blasquiz (vocals) and a 3-piece saxophone section. The emphasis here is on the period 1970-1972 (Kobaia, 1001 Degrees Centigrade & the earliest versions of MDK). Tracks are: Malaria, Stoah, "Iss" Lansei Doai, Aurae, Kobaia, Theusz Hamtaahk 1st movement, Sowiloi, KMX B12. Total time is over two hours and this is beyond unbelievably wonderful. Highly recommended. [Seventh] http://www.waysidemusic.com/ Magma-Mythes et Legends, Volume Two NTSC (all region) DVD $18.00 (special) While they last, we have perfect, new copies for $14.00 off the regular price. What's the difference between these copies and the copies we are selling for $32.00? $14.00 (bada-bing!) In May, 2005, Magma took over the wonderful Parisian club "Le Triton" for four weeks with an ambitious, over the top project; a retrospective of 35 years of Magma music, showcasing some of their best known pieces from 1970 to the present. The four sold-out weeks were a major success. This is the second of a series of four DVDs which capture the best of these performances for the world beyond Le Triton to enjoy them. The band here includes the current line-up of Magma (Christian Vander, Stella Vander, James Mac Gaw, Emmanuel Borghi, Philippe Bussonnet, Isabelle Feuillebois, Antoine Paganotti, Himiko Paganotti) with guest Klaus Blasquiz on vocals and very special guest - yes, really! - Jannick Top (bass). The emphasis here is on the very great and intense period 1973-1974. Tracks are: Wurdah Itah (almost 50'!), Mekanik Destruktiw Kommandoh, Suite for violincelle, Quadrivium, De Futura. Total time is just under two hours and this is beyond unbelievably wonderful. Highly recommended. [Seventh] http://www.waysidemusic.com/ Museo Rosenbach-Zarathustra (mini-lp sleeve) $20.00 Why this classic of Italian progressive rock went out of print for a numbers of years is something I can not fathom, but here it is again in a nice, mini-lp sleeve. This really is one of the classic Italian progressive rock albums of all time. Encased in a dark, evil sleeve, this has stunning keyboard work & much more. In the grand tradition. [Sony] http://www.waysidemusic.com/ Napoli Centrale-Mattanza $10.00 Back in stock! Bargain price on the 2nd album by this Italian fusion quartet of tenor sax/electric sax/vocals, Fender Rhodes piano, bass & drums/percussion. There is a definite Italian slant to their take on fusion; I don't know exactly how to put it into words, but it's there. Not an essential record, but at this price, it's kinda hard to resist them.[Ricordi] http://www.waysidemusic.com/ New Trolls-Concerto Grosso: The Seven Seasons $17.00 Surprisingly very strong new title from Italian progressive/classic legends New Trolls. "Concerto Grosso 3 is a new record from legendary Italian progressive rockers, and for me it is the best symphonic rock album of the year.... The record can be described in one word - excellent, and it is excellent in every way - the melodies are outstanding, the musicianship is of highest quality, the production is top notch. The record stands proud among countless numbers of releases of various modern progressive rock bands which one can hardly tell one from another. Having heard this record, you will never forget it! The music is of the same highest quality as Concerto Grosso 1, but more mature and a bit more commercial with substantial emphasis on orchestral parts." [Aereostella] http://www.waysidemusic.com/ Niacin-Live in Tokyo NTSC (Region 1 & 4) DVD $6.00 (special) This features the Hammond B3-led trio live in Tokyo, Japan. Three monster players (Billy Sheehan-bass, John Novello-organ and Dennis Chambers-drums) make this a smoker from beginning to end. [Eagle] http://www.waysidemusic.com/ Nuova Idea-Clowns (mini-lp sleeve) $20.00 The 3rd & last album by this early 70's Italian progressive/heavy quintet (keyboards, guitars/violin, guitar, bass/flute, drums with vocals from all). This has been out on CD before, but not for many, many years. The sound combines a heavy edge ala early Deep Purple, etc. with obvious progressive rock tendencies. Definitely dated sounding...and fun! [Sony] http://www.waysidemusic.com/ Le Orme-Ad Glorium $12.00 The first album by this band, who later gained fame for their classical rock albums in the early 1970's and beyond. Here they are a quintet of organ/celeste/electric piano, guitars, flutes, cellos, bass, drums and vocals, this is psychedelic beat music; just what you would expect for 1968 and excellent, wide-eyed and innocent stuff. Acid leads, cute harmonies, sound affects and lots of paisleys! And they play all the orchestrations themselves.! It is a lot of fun hearing them (and it is quite obviously them) playing this stuff. Some folks think it is the best psychedelic album to come out of 1960s Italy; I'm not familiar enough to comment, but I will say that it's very good. "Ad Gloriam is a colorful album blending that whimsically paisley West Coast psych element including great vocal harmonies, backwards guitar loops, freakbeat allusions and some exquisite orchestral arrangements....Aldo Tagliapietra still handles the lead vocals and flute while Michi Del Rossi as always adds his strong tympanic talents and Toni Pagliuca performs on his organ and electric piano. Although quite a diversion from their classic prog sounds, "Ad Gloriam" is a simply masterful piece of psychedelia and must be owned by all lovers of music. Definitely wear some flowers in your hair when travelling to Italy."-progarchives.com [replay] http://www.waysidemusic.com/ Osanna-Palepoli $11.00 (special) New, terrific price on this classic title. "Palepoli begins with a pounding medieval drum, which turns out to be the messenger of great things to come. Flute and distant children's voices appear shortly. Next the full band is faded in, playing at full power in a heavy, up tempo, folk rock part that is followed by a raucous guitar solo. The mood slows down and a longer spacey, pastoral part follows with beautiful mellotron playing (a bit like King Crimson). The tension builds again after several minutes with guitar and dual flute leads, which develop into a more symphonic rock melody. This constant variation of styles continues throughout the album - flute/guitar lead hard rock, dreamy mellotron parts, spacey symphonic progressive, occasionally rather chaotic free rock sections, etc. Just like the Semiramis album, they play with infectious energy and great intensity. Palepoli covers a wide range of styles, moods, and tempo variations, and Osanna handle these diverse modes of playing superbly. An ultimate classic!"-Sjef Oellers/Gnosis [Warner] http://www.waysidemusic.com/ Perigeo-Abbiamo Tutti Un Blues Da Piangere $11.00 (special) New, terrific price on this classic title. A good one by the best known Italian fusion band in the USA (a couple of their releases were even released in the US). All instrumental, these feature great melodies performed on guitar, saxes & electric piano/synths on top of a solid rhythm section. If I were to compare them to a better known fusion band, I would choose Weather Report, but they definitely have their own flair & flavor. This belongs in any serious fusion collection. [RCA] http://www.waysidemusic.com/ Perigeo-La Valle Dei Templi $11.00 (special) New, terrific price on this classic title. A good one by the best known Italian fusion band in the USA (a couple of their releases were even released in the US). All instrumental, these feature great melodies performed on guitar, saxes & electric piano/synths on top of a solid rhythm section. If I were to compare them to a better known fusion band, I would choose Weather Report, but they definitely have their own flair & flavor. This belongs in any serious fusion collection. [RCA] http://www.waysidemusic.com/ Premiata Forneria Marconi-Dracula $28.00 Surprisingly, this rock opera about Dracula from 2005 is, overall, a very, very good album. This is not something that I would have considered a given after Serendipity, but it''s actually true. That isn't to say that this every note on this is golden or that it's as good as Per Un Amico, but I think that this delivers the basical sound and feel that fans are hoping for, without pretending that it is 1972 either! "A truly convincing new album by PFM. A this point in time I felt they were just an old-dinosaurs band , capable of a good live rendition of their 70s masterpieces, but no more than that. Now Dracula, from the very beginning , with Overture up to the end...is a fantastic succession of modern...orchestral moments, good keyboards and guitar solos and excellent rhythmic and interesting vocal parts. In other words, PFM 2005 style, just partially looking back to the 70s."-ProgArchives/Roby [Sony] http://www.waysidemusic.com/ Premeria Forneria Marconi-Live In Japan 2002 PAL (all region) DVD $20.00 Back in stock! Recorded on their triumphant 2002 Japanese tour, this is 135 minutes of most of their best work in PAL format and an all region disc. They can still play the hell out of the stuff, and almost all of this is 'the good stuff'! [Sony] http://www.waysidemusic.com/ Joe Sachse-One Take $19.00 How great to see In Cahoots bassist Fred T. Baker with Soft Machine/Eberhard Weber's Colours drummer John Marshall here on a set led by guitarist Joe Sachse! [Jazzwerkstatt] http://www.waysidemusic.com/ Christian Vander/Alien Trio-Antibes 1983 $20.00 This is by Vander's Alien Trio, which was a regular working group in the 1980s. Consisting of Michel Gaillier (formerly of Magma, and then a well-known jazz pianist in France) on piano, Alby Cullaz on double bass and Vander on drums, the group appeared at jazz festivals frequently, but for some reason they never left a document of themselves. Both Gaillier and Cullaz have since died and a decision was made to somehow document the group on record. This is live recordings of bootleg quality - well fixed up, but still quite bootleggy - of the group at Antibes PLUS a bonus of five studio sessions for an aborted studio recording that never was completed. The studio tracks are extremely good quality and I can't imagine why this session was never completed, as it sounds great, both musically and sonically. But it never was. "A rare witness to the memory of an exceptional trio, this album will combine a live performance recorded from the core of the crowd in Antibes, in 1983 with long extracts from fully unreleased studio sessions. In February 1988 the trio entered the studio to work on an album, but the project never got off the ground. Following the death of Alby Cullaz in 1998, and Michel Graillier in 2003, we thought these recordings would never see the light of day. Time, however, has passed by and the moment has come to share both the moving intimacy of the studio sessions and the incredible energy of this unique concert; not only this, to honour the memory of these great musicians, such dear friends of ours who passed away before their time." [Seventh] http://www.waysidemusic.com/ ------------------------------ Please note: If there are no quotes around the description, that means that we wrote it and you should not use this description without attribution. If there are quotes without attribution, that means that we took the description from the hypesheet/publicity for the release. All other quoted descriptions are attributed. You can order these & many many other items from our on-line store at: http://www.waysidemusic.com You can also fax in your order : (301) 589-1819 or mail in your order to: Wayside Music - P.O. Box 8427 - Silver Spring, MD 20907 - USA We accept cash, checks/moneyorders (as long as they are in US funds payable through a US bank), Discover, Visa and MasterCard credit cards as well as PayPal. ------ Recent reviews (or recently *discovered* reviews) of Cuneiform artists and titles (in English only): JOHN SURMAN http://www.audaud.com/article. ------ You can always see which of our artists are on tour and get the links to the venues at: http://www.cuneiformrecords. or http://my.calendars.net/ ------ AFUCHE (our latest signing! CD out in May!) May 21 - Music Hall of Williamsburg - Brooklyn, NY (record release show - opening for Tune-Yards) JASON ADASIEWICZ'S ROLLDOWN June 26 - Hungry Brain - Chicago, IL (Celebrating the Hungry Brain's 10th Anniversary!!) June 28 - Museum of Contemporary Art - Chicago, IL November 18 - The Stone - 16 Avenue C (the corner of Avenue C and Second Street) - NYC, NY 10009 BIRDSONGS OF THE MESOZOIC with Encanti May 6 - Democracy Center - 45 Mt. Auburn St. - Harvard Sq, Cambridge, MA - $8.00 June 17 - Zumix - 260 Sumner St. - East Boston, MA 02128 (617) 568-9777 - 8:00 pm November 26 - The Stone - 16 Avenue C (the corner of Avenue C and Second Street) - NYC, NY 10009 DAVID BORDEN November 23 - The Stone - 16 Avenue C (the corner of Avenue C and Second Street) - NYC, NY 10009 CLAUDIA QUINTET November 18 - The Stone - 16 Avenue C (the corner of Avenue C and Second Street) - NYC, NY 10009 DEAD CAT BOUNCE (our latest signing! CD out soon!) April 2 - Brooklyn Conservatory Concert Hall - 58 Seventh Avenue, Brooklyn, New York - (718) 622-3300 GÖSTA BERLINGS SAGA (our latest signing! CD out in May!) May 11 - Special - Oulu - Finland May 12 - Dynamo - Turku - Finland May 13 - Korijaamo - Helsinki - Finland May 14 - Telakka - Tampere - Finland GUTBUCKET April 1 - Lilypad - 1353 Cambridge Street - Inman Square - Cambridge, MA - 9:00 pm / $10.00 April 7 - tba - Dresden, Germany April 8 - Supamolli - Berlin, Germany April 9 - tbc - Leipzig, Germany April 10 - Dumont - Aachen, Germany April 12 - Topos - Leverkusen, Germany April 14 - Stellwerk - Hamburg, Germany April 15 - Jazzfruhling Festival - Freiberg, Germany April 16 - Posthof - Linz, Austria May 9 - Redcat - Los Angeles, CA (Gutbucket chamber orchestra) May 9-15 – West Coast USA CD release tour (dates to be added as confirmed) November 16 - The Stone - 16 Avenue C (the corner of Avenue C and Second Street) - NYC, NY 10009 IDEAL BREAD April 2 - Irene Aebi presents an evening's interpretations from Steve Lacy's oeuvre. Joining her will be Ideal Bread (Josh Sinton, Kirk Knuffke, Pascal Niggenkemper and Tomas Fujiwara) as well as saxophonist Jeremy Udden! - Douglass St. Music Collective - 295 Douglass St., #1 - Brooklyn, NY November 15 - The Stone - 16 Avenue C (the corner of Avenue C and Second Street) - NYC, NY 10009 HAMSTER THEATRE November 22 - The Stone - 16 Avenue C (the corner of Avenue C and Second Street) - NYC, NY 10009 LED BIB March 26 - Gateshead Jazz Festival - UK April 23 - Bunker Ulmenwall - Bielefed, Germany April 29 - Jazzclub Tonne - Dresden, Germany April 30 - tba - Dachau, Germany May 4 - Metelkova - Ljubjana, Slovenia July 10 - Swanage Jazz Festival - Swanage, UK August 14 - Brecon Jazz Festival, Brecon, Wales, UK ROB MAZUREK/SAO PAULO UNDERGROUND (our latest signing! CD out in September!) European tour - April - watch for updates here very soon! THE MUFFINS November 20 - The Stone - 16 Avenue C (the corner of Avenue C and Second Street) - NYC, NY 10009 RICHARD PINHAS May 20 - F.I.M.A.V - Victoriaville, Quebec, Canada (with Wolf Eyes and Merzbow!) May 25 and afterwards - USA tour - tba - details coming POSITIVE CATASTROPHE November 17 - The Stone - 16 Avenue C (the corner of Avenue C and Second Street) - NYC, NY 10009 PRESENT (with Univers Zero and Aranis) September 16 - RIO Festival - Cap'Découverte - 81450 LE GARRIC (Carmaux) - France RADIO MASSACRE INTERNATIONAL May 7 - St Clement’s Church - Chorlton-cum-Hardy, Manchester M21 9JF - UK - doors at 6:45/band on at 7:45. Tickets £10.00 - click here to get tickets in advance ALEC K. REDFEARN and THE EYESORES November 27 - The Stone - 16 Avenue C (the corner of Avenue C and Second Street) - NYC, NY 10009 REVOLUTIONARY SNAKE ENSEMBLE May 20 - Barbés, 376 9th St. (corner of 6th Ave), Park Slope, Brooklyn, NY - (347) 422-0248, 8 - 9:30pm November 17 - The Stone - 16 Avenue C (the corner of Avenue C and Second Street) - NYC, NY 10009 THINKING PLAGUE November 22 - The Stone - 16 Avenue C (the corner of Avenue C and Second Street) - NYC, NY 10009 UNIVERS ZERO (with Present and Aranis) September 16 - RIO Festival - Cap'Découverte - 81450 LE GARRIC (Carmaux) - France ZEVIOUS Check these guys out as they go ALL the way across the USA and back! This is your chance to see a great, truly hot NYC harmolodic/punk-jazz group in YOUR hometown. March 26 - 1919 Hemphill - 1919 Hemphill St, Ft. Worth, TX - (with Caulfield, Beartrap, Humanerror, and Moon Titan) March 27 - Salvage Vanguard Theater (hosted by Church of the Friendly Ghost) - 2803 Manor Rd, Austin, TX 78722 (with Miles Okazaki) March 28 - Elmo Jones Metal/Punk Music Complex - 8329 Camp Bowie W., Ft. Worth, TX 76116 (with Raging Boner, Haggard Daggers, Odor) March 29 - Scorpion's Nest - 406 Alta Ave, Midland, TX 79705 (With Flying Scorpion and The Internet) March 30 - Solar Culture Gallery - 31 East Toole Avenue, Tucson, AZ 85701- (520) 884-0874 (with Gamma Like Very Ultra) March 31 - The Trunk Space - 1506 NW Grand Ave,Phoenix, AZ 85007 - (602) 256-6006 (with Destroyah and TBA) April 1 - The Smell - 247 South Main Street, Los Angeles, CA 90012 - (213) 625-4325 - (with Upsilon Acrux and TBA) April 2 - Mama Buzz - 2318 Telegraph Ave, Oakland, CA 94612 (with Groundskeeper) April 3 - St. James Infirmary - 445 California Avenue, Reno, NV 89501 - (775) 657-8484 - (with Frendo) April 5 - The Walnut Room - 3131 Walnut St, Denver, CO, 80205 (with Bottesini Project) April 6 - Zoo Bar - 136 North 14th Street, Lincoln, NE 68508 - (402) 435-8754 (with Masses and TBA) April 7 - The Brick - 1727 McGee Street, Kansas City, MO 64108-1423 - (816) 421-1634 (with Nomad's Atlas) April 8 - Schlafly Tap Room - 2100 Locust St, Saint Louis, MO 63103 - (314) 241-2337 (with Spelling Bee and Britches) April 9 - Mexicains Sans Frontieres - 120 S Division Ave. #226, Grand Rapids MI 49503 - (with Night Toucher) April 10 - Melody Inn - 3826 North Illinois Street, Indianapolis, IN 46208 - (317) 923-4707 - (with Kuan, Gash Hound, and Goliathon) April 11 - South Park Tavern - 1301 Wayne Avenue, Dayton, OH 45410 - (937) 586-9526 - (with Kuan) April 12 - Carabar - 115 Parsons Ave, Columbus, OH 43215 (with Kuan, Lemia Belus, and TBA) April 13 - The Bug Jar - 219 Monroe Avenue, Rochester, NY 14607-3527 - (585) 454-2966 (with Rickles and Epilogue) April 14 - Community School of Music and Arts (CSMA) - 3rd Floor Auditorium, 330 E State St (aka Martin Luther King Jr. St), Ithaca, NY 14850 (with Makeshift, The Invisible Hand) April 15th - Elm Bar - 372 Elm St, New Haven, CT 06511 (with Old Man Lady Luck) November 30 - The Stone - 16 Avenue C (the corner of Avenue C and Second Street) - NYC, NY 10009 ------ To see Artist News by musicians who have recorded for Cuneiform - provided to us by the musicians themselves and updated every four months, go to: http://www.cuneiformrecords. ------ Rest in Peace: Pinetop Perkins (One of the last great bluesmen from a bygone era) Zoogz Rift (Well, you had to hear his music and/or have a conversation with him to know why he will be greatly missed) ------ Thank you! -Coming Soon (or not soon, but eventually, so please be patient!)- (For updates of new items in stock, watch these mailings or check the NEW ARRIVALS section!) : JASON ADASIEWICZ'S ROLLDOWN-new, third album AFUCHE-Highly Publicized Digital Boxing Match (finally a 'real' release from this great Brooklyn band) ALIEN TRIO (unreleased early 80s recordings by Christian Vander, Michel Graillier and Alby Culaz) PETER BAUMAN- Romance '76 -Transharmonic Nights (available again for the 1st time in many, many years) CALOMITO-Cane di Schiena CASSIBER (box set with a live DVD as well as unreleased material on CD along with the four albums we already know and love) CHEER-ACCIDENT-No Ifs, Ands or Dogs (album #18 - what more need be said?) DEAD CAT BOUNCE-Chance Episodes FACTOR BURZACO-II (new album on AltrOck) FAR CORNER #3 (finally! and it's a great one - maybe their best!) FORGAS BAND PHENOMENA-a PHENOMENAl new album (#5) GÖSTA BERLINGS SAGA-Glue Works (much anticipated 3rd album from instrumental progressive/post rock Swedes) KARI IKONEN and KARIKKO-The Helsinki Suite (incredibly great, 2nd album by this wonderful Finnish jazz/rock group) ISOTOPE-Isotope -Illusion -Deep End (the 3 very excellent albums by this '2nd generation' UK jazz/rock group, led by Gary Boyle; these have been very hard to get for some time. Reissued by Esoteric) MATS/MORGAN BAND-new studio album (may still be some time away...) MUSEO ROSENBACH-Zarathustra! (back in print, finally!) ROB MAZUREK/SAO PAULO UNDERGROUND-Tres Cabecase Loucuras PHIDEAUX-Snowtorch RICHARD PINHAS + MERZBOW-Rhizome RICHARD PINHAS + MERZBOW-Paris, Live 2008 (limited edition, vinyl only release) WADADA LEO SMITH/ORGANIC-Heart's Reflection (new studio album by Wadada's extraordinary 4 guitar band!) SOFT MACHINE LEGACY-Relegation of Pluto/Live in Germany FRANCOIS THOLLOT-Scherzoo (3rd album!) THINKING PLAGUE-new album (studio album #6!) WOBBLER-The Rites of Dawn ZOMBI-Escape Velocity (new release from this always great and always entertaining synth/drums duo) IF you'd like to view previous New In stock Announcements, they can be found here: http://ymlp185.net/archive_ |
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Here's what has come in in the last week - either new releases or restockings of items that have been unavailable: ----- Back in stock! All 3 new titles from Soleil Zeuhl! ----- Serge Bringolf-Strave $18.00 The release of this great jazz/rock/Zeuhl album on CD is a cause of great joy for me personally. This is one of the albums I've long waited to appear on CD and also one of the ones that I most wanted Soleil Zeuhl to tackle. This is a nonet of vibes, trumpet, saxes, trombone, violin, flute, bass, drums and female vocals. Originally a double CD set that was recorded in 1980, this has obvious influences from Magma, especially circa 1001 Centigrades, Tony Williams, Soft Machine and European jazz/rock. Serge later formed a group with Alain Eckert (ex Art Zoyd) called Strave that did good work too, but this is his finest hour for certain, imo. A wonderful album and a total classic! Highly recommended. "Reissue of Serge Bringolf's first album (1980), Strave is an impressive effort. Classified as zeuhl, but including lots of jazz in it, it has a unique sound. Since Bringolf being a drummer, the drums are very important on this album. Add the incredible bass work of François Grillot, the impressive brass section consisting of Jean Golanet (trumpet), Philippe Gisselmann (saxophones) and Pascal Beck (trombone) & you have a good idea of what the music sounds like. You just need to throw in some great wordless (scat) vocals. The album consists of 4 long tracks, ranging from fifteen to approximately twenty minutes. A truly inspiring mixture of genres." "Like Christian Vander, Serge Bringolf, not content with being a fabulous drummer, is also an excellent composer, arranger and orchestrator. Paying no need to classification, his music draws its inspiration from the sensibility of jazz and the violence in rock to create a strong, energetic and totally original sound. "Strave" is the most explosive and direct album...all of his records are musical events not to be missed. A cross between Magma, Jacques Thollot and Art Zoyd, Serge Bringolf is a french musician worth keeping an eye on."-La Discographie du Rock Francais [Soleil Zeuhl] http://www.waysidemusic.com/ Noa-Noa $18.00 "Reissue of an obscure underground French album from 1980. NOA features a histrionic female vocalist, piping the French language and enunciating syllables just like another instrument. The music of Noa is of the jazzy Zeuhl variety, with plenty of sax...soaring flute and the expected rhythms of the genre."-Tom Hayes. "Although the general mood of the album is Zeuhl-influenced (the dark vibe & the female voice that reminds of Eskaton), the main influences claimed by the band are Henry Cow & Art Zoyd. The fact is that the use of the female voice has something musically to do with HC's Dagmar Krause era. Line-up includes guitar, bass, flute, sax, drums, percussions & female vocals. This album, sadly the sole recording of the band, is a real curiosity, a pretty experimental record that could have only come out in France during this period, at the turn of the 70s." "A music which follows in the footsteps of Jacques Thollot in the intermediate areas between jazz, rock and improvised music. The same liking for a strange atmosphere, obsessional rhythms and refined sounds."-La Discographie du Rock Francais [Soleil Zeuhl] http://www.waysidemusic.com/ Scherzoo-01 $18.00 Scherzoo is the new quintet of composer/drummer/multi- "Scherzoo is François Thollot's 3rd CD, with a new band, featuring Anthony Béard (bass), François Mignot (guitar), Jeremy Van Quackebeke (piano), Guillaume Lagache (sax alto) & François Thollot (drums). This is his most accomplished effort so far, the band plays tight & the music is an unlikely fusion of Zeuhl & mid/late period of Soft Machine. 6 tracks (including a 19 minutes re-written version of "Voyage au bout de la nuit" which was part of Thollot's first CD - in 2002, then recorded alone as a multi instrumentist)." [Soleil Zeuhl] http://www.waysidemusic.com/ ------------------------------ Jan Akkerman-A Real Elegant Gypsy $6.00 (special) Googling around tells me that this was previously released in the mid 80s as "The Complete Guitarist" and this is that complete album - but what that album actually was is the album "It Could Happen to You" plus two bonus tracks from the album Can't Stand Noise", all from the mid 80s. In any event, this has some wonderful guitarwork from Akkerman, who really was one of the great guitarists to emerge in the 70s. This has two pages of liner notes but still somehow fails to include the names of the musicians on the album! I do know that Kennth Knudsen of Secret Oyster makes an appearance. "In the mid-eighties, I found a vinyl album titled "It could happen to you", recorded in 1982, released by Polydor, the one with a strange artwork with mouses running on a white Gretsch on the cover. The sound was muddy, so much bass, no trebble, but the music was incredible. I kept looking for years for this album on CD. Just now... I've found it ! This is "A real elegant gipsy". Far better sound, although the output level is low, you'll have to boost your hi-fi equipment. Let's skip the first tune "Journey - A real elegant gipsy", it was not in the original album. Nothing special. The real album begins with "Old tennis Shoes", with a strong bass line played on synth (Kenneth Knudsen) (no credits on the CD cover), and the guitar comes in. The best Akkerman music takes its time. It's really the case here. Long exposition, growing tension, transitions, climax, resolution... 11:30 minutes. Akkerman sings with his guitar. Nice solo of synth (in the Mahavishnu style of Jan Hammer). No bass player on the album, the keyboards keeps on laying devastating bass lines, with strong and dynamic percussion (Ole Theill). "Come closer" (7:50) comes next, with still this solid frame of melody-chords throughout (keyboards and synth-guitar), lead singing lines on top, drum kicks explode through the rythm part that keeps growing, sparse guitar licks, you just can't keep from dancing with the pulse, Akkerman plays fast and fades. "Funkology" (11:50) is the strongest piece : Akkerman proves here once again that he is even better at rhythm guitar playing than at soloing (yes...): a magnificent funky rhythm that evolves through displaced syncopations, enter the claps and then the drumkit, synth layers invite fast guitar lines, the whole thing drives you mad, and then... a classical acoustic guitar sets a new pace ! Akkerman ? It's european music (nothing to do with body-built shredder). "It could happen to you" (5:25) is a quiet tune that closes the album, acoustic guitar in a classical way throughout, synth chords background, and always those fine singing melodies, this is the end of the voyage... quiet and relaxed." [Atom] http://www.waysidemusic.com/ Anglagard-Buried Alive $16.00 Back in print and back in stock. Classic style symphonic progressive performed on guitars, bass/bass pedals, piano/ organ/mellotron, flute, drums & a smattering of vocals. Fantastic! This is a professional recording of the band's final-ever show, & includes most of their final album Epilog as well as most of Hybris. [Musea] http://www.waysidemusic.com/ Cyro Baptista-Solos NTSC (all region) $17.00 "Cyro Baptista is a Brazilian musician, teacher, and recording artist specializing in percussion in the genres of jazz and world music. Since arriving in the U.S. in 1980, Cyro Baptista has emerged as one of the premier percussionists in the country. Coinciding with the rise of the public's interest in world music, Cyro has recorded and toured with some of music's most popular names. His mastery of Brazilian percussion and the many instruments he creates himself, have catapulted him into world renown. In this special set of solo performances, Cyro pulls out all the stops and creates a soundscape like no other heard before or since. A unique and brilliant musician alone on stage with only the beats he hears in his heart and shares with the world. Using an array of delay pedals and instruments bought, made and found, Cyro shows why rhythm just might be the ultimate pulse of the universe." [MVD] http://www.waysidemusic.com/ Erik Baron/D-Zakord-De Futura Hiroshima $16.00 Back in stock. "Erik Baron is a bass player and leader of the band from the Bordeaux band 'DésAccordes'. This third album, after 'Cordeyades' and 'In C', is revisiting Jannick top’s Magnum Opus 'De futura Hiroshima', initially released on Magma’s album 'Udu Wudu'. Six bass players, six guitar players plus one drummer re-invent this classic from 'Zeuhl' music, with an exceptional intensity, but also with a real precision in the dialogues between basses and guitars. Recorded by Minimum Vital’s Thierry Payssan. A great album for all Zeuhl fans." [Musea] http://www.waysidemusic.com/ Fall of Saigon-Fall of Saigon $18.00 Named after a track by This Heat, Fall of Saigon was the new-wave/experimental group of Pascal Comelade, which existed for a couple of years. They recorded a 12" EP due for release on the justly legendary Atem label, but never released because the label folded before this could come out. That record plus other tracks make their first real release here. "In the patchwork panteon of French rock, Fall of Saigon was possibly the most New York influenced; in its brief two years of existence, this early 80s trio managed to contruct a classy and inventive stripped-to-the-bones sound with just vocals (florence Berthon), keyboard (Pascal Comelade), guitar (Terry Den) and a very loud rhythm machine. This release of their much sought-after and regrettably only recorded work, a 45rpm maxi, is augmented by seven unheard tracks of which three are live. For fans old and new to (re) discover this much-missed trio." [Gazul] http://www.waysidemusic.com/ Focus-8 $10.00 (special) "Focus has never been one for clever album titles and the rather pedestrian title to this album is no different. I don't know this for sure, but I assume this is the band's 8th studio album. The lineup for this one is the reformed new millennium Focus and is the same that appeared on the bands "Live In America" disc the previous year. About half of the material is written by original member Thjis Van Leer with the rest Jan Dumme and Bobby Jacobs. "8" is a very nice comeback album and should please fans of the classic 70's albums. The sound is very much in the style Focus is known for, although the music does not sound derivative and maintains a modern feel to most of it. The album is a mix of rockers and jazzier mellower pieces. Thjis Van Leer's keyboards are as constant as ever and he really contributes some nice work on flute throughout the album. Guitarist Jan Dumee smokes on the rocker and adds just the right touch of melodic sensibility on the slower material. Jan Akkerman is not missed at all with the expertise of Dumee's contributions here. Highlights of the disc include the opening rocker "Rock & Rio" which is in a similar style to Focus big hit "Hocus Pocus". "Tamara's Move", "Fretless Love", and "Focus 8" are all good ones as well. The only real stinker on the album is the final "bonus" track "Flower Shower". This just sounds like they were in the studio goofing around and decided to stick it on to the end of the album. They shouldn't have bothered. Other than that it is a very nice comeback for this new version of the band."-Steven Sly [Musea] http://www.waysidemusic.com/ David Solid Gould Vs Bill Laswell-Dub Of The Passover $13.00 "Bill Laswell has worked closely with many of the greatest names in Reggae: Sly and Robbie, Lee Scratch Perry and many others. A Dub Master Supreme, he turns his fabulous creativity to the classic Tzadik release Feast of the Passover. Featuring some of the greatest Passover seder songs, it is perhaps David Solid Gould’s most varied and spiritually inspired project. Connecting the Rasta and Jewish traditions through the miracle of music, Laswell’s imaginative dubs are the perfect background to anyone's 21st century seder. Moody, atmospheric and essential!" The Temple Rockers David Solid Gould: Electric Bass, Upright Bass, Auxiliary Percussion, Vocals, Nyabinghi William McKenna: Sticky Guitar, First Guitar JP Nawn: Nyabinghi Jonathan Petronzio: Organ, Clavinet Mark Wienand: Baritone Sax, Tenor Sax, Flute Ryan Zawel: Trombone Special Guests Tommy Benedetti: Drums Brian Thomas: Trombone Craig Akira: Vocals Keith "Sleepy" Coley of The Silvertones: Vocals Steve Digrigorio: Synths Leonard "Sparrow" Dillon of the Ethiopians: Vocals Adam Gold: Vocals Lisa Gould: Vocals Gilmore "Smoker" Grant of The Silvertones: Vocals Mike Keenan: Rhythm Guitar Basil Punsalan: Nyabinghi Nathan Silas Richardson: Piano, Guitar Robert Salvato: Jaw Harp Elisa Sciscioli: Vocals Jared Sims: Baritone Sax, Tenor Sax Yuri Yunakov: Tenor Sax [Tzadik] http://www.waysidemusic.com/ Volker Kriegel-Inside: Missing Link 2 x CDs $26.00 First time ever for this great jazz/rock album on CD! Guitarist Volker Kriegel was an important part of the German jazz/rock scene in its earliest, most exciting days. This was his third album, originally released as a double lp on MPS in 1972 and it brings together a fantastic group of English and German musicians: Volker Kriegel (electric guitar, acoustic guitar, octave guitar), Albert Mangelsdorff (trombone) Alan Skidmore (soprano saxophone, tenor saxophone), Heinz Sauer (tenor saxophone), John Taylor (electric piano), Eberhard Weber (bass), Cees See (percussion, voice, flutes, effects), John Marshall (drums). Man. They don't make line-ups like that any more. This is early, exploratory, spacey/spacious jazz/rock of very high quality; if this even sounds like it's your thing, lemme tell you something...it's your thing! [MPS] http://www.waysidemusic.com/ Volker Kriegel-Lift! $16.00 First time ever for this great jazz/rock album on CD! Guitarist Volker Kriegel was an important part of the German jazz/rock scene in its earliest, most exciting days. This was his fourth album, originally released on MPS in 1973 and like his previous album, Inside: Missing Link, it brings together a fantastic group of English and German musicians: Volker Kriegel (electric and acoustic guitars), Stan Sulzman (soprano sax and flute), Zbigniew Seifert (electric violin), John Taylor (electric piano), Eberhard Weber (bass and cello), Cees See (percussion), John Marshall (drums). Man. They don't make line-ups like that any more. This is early, exploratory, spacey/spacious jazz/rock of very high quality; if this even sounds like it's your thing, lemme tell you something...it's your thing! [MPS] http://www.waysidemusic.com/ Okkyung Lee-Noisy Love Songs $13.00 "An important member of the downtown scene since 2000, Okkyung Lee has worked with Laurie Anderson, Evan Parker, Vijay Iyer, Thurston Moore, Butch Morris, Larry Ochs, Christian Marclay and John Zorn, among others. Her new project for Tzadik features several of her closest collaborators in intimate chamber pieces that combine written music with noise improvisation. Evocative, intense and passionate music from this cutting edge master of modern cello!" Okkyung Lee: Cello Ikue Mori: Electronics Craig Taborn: Piano Satoshi Takeishi: Percussion, Electronics Cornelius Dufallo: Violin Peter Evans: Trumpet John Hollenbeck: Percussion Christopher Tordini: Bass [Tzadik] http://www.waysidemusic.com/ Metabolisme-Tempus Fugit $10.00 (special) Special while they last! Nearly 40% off the regular price. A French band who recorded for the Crypto label and released their one and only album in 1977, which has never been reissued before! The band consisted of Robert Duantet (guitars, vocals), Thierry Scaduto (organ, synthesizer, piano, flute, vocals), Jackie Poillot (bass, bass pedals) and Carmine Versage (drums). "A group playing melodic progressive rock with a lush character reminsicent of early Genesis, Moody Blues, Cressida, Rare Bird and Fruupp. Still, Metabolisme have their own distinctive character and used French lyrics. The five long tracks have convincing melodies, pleasant vocal harmonies and good use of the dynamic range. Among the better bands from the second half of the seventies, Metabolisme were victims of the changing fashions of the times."-Scented Gardens Of The Mind [Musea] http://www.waysidemusic.com/ Mr. Brown-Mellan Tre Ogon Med Mr. Brown $10.00 Special while they last! Over 40% off the regular price. "Transubstans Records are proud to present this Swedish prog classic, originally released in '77, for the first time on CD. Symphonic prog in the same school as Focus and Camel and Swedish legends Kaipa and with a singer that's been compared with bigshots like Justin Hayward, Roger Waters and Bob Dylan. This album contains lyrics both in Swedish and English and the melodies are often built around mellotrons, piano and hammond. The atmospheric lush instrumental passages combined with the strong melodies truly makes Mr. Brown "Mellan tre Ogon" a milestone in progressive music history. First time on CD and includes a band history and lyrics." [Transsubstans] http://www.waysidemusic.com/ Various Artists-Musiques Electroniques en France 1974-1984 $10.00 (special) Great price on this compilation of electronic/synthesizer use in rock music in France. An essential overview of the scene. "By 1974 E.M. was comparatively long in the tooth - the Theremin in 1920; the Ondes Martinot in 1928; the Trautonium in 1930; the advent of audio tape and musique concrete, itself created in Paris in 1948 by Pierre Schaeffer. Musiques Electroniques en France, 1974 - 1984 refines the focus to those subsequent waveforms of the genre made possible by small, portable, stable and affordable synthesizers and their subsequent blurting and gurgling onto the meta-rock reels of young and autodidactic artists and in doing so captures a period and style of work that was rapidly stamped out by the digital "era". Pinhas, together with and separate from his Heldon; Camizole; Lard Free and others drove early synths (here mostly the AKS and ARP products) into the marginally popular milieu. The predominant and shared trait is an exuberance of imperfection and spontaneous discovery unique to lil' analog synths. To the chagrin of many, this sense of discovery, surprise and judicious frustration rapidly disappeared as early digital machines exhorted their unhealthy obsession with reliability and repeatability, made manifest by dreary "presets" and the ever more perfect and even more ironic simulation of existing instruments. As a vanished breed, the Pre-preset perfection of this music is all the more engaging, important, distinctive and instructive. In particular, a piece by Camizole - "Electronic Alarm" - prefigures much of today's drone artists and deserves a spot next to Klaus Schulze's seminal and monumental Irrlicht. The only drawback is scope: this should be a six-disc set at minimum."-K. Leimer "More than 70 minutes of electronic music in 9 tracks that had mostly never been released before." [Gazul] http://www.waysidemusic.com/ Ptose-Ignobles Limace $10.00 (special) Special while they last! Nearly 40% off the regular price. First there was the tribute to Ptose and now their only album, with the great Mark Beyer cover, which was originally released by AYAA in 1984, is reissued! Well, it is about time that there was a Ptose revival and their early electro-wave-experimental sound with lots of primitive electronics, drum machines and funny voices, all obviously influenced The Residents as well as by groups like Tuxedomoon, Der Plan, Pyrolater, etc, yet being unmistakably French, probably resonates even stronger today in these post-post times. As a bonus is a 1983 cassette-only release that I had never even heard of, entitled Night Of The Reptiles. [Gazul] http://www.waysidemusic.com/ The Residents-Meet the Residents(remastered) $12.00 The group's earliest release and one of their most inventive. Primitive as hell and also inventive as hell! Highly recommended if you don't already have this! "Reissue of the Residents' classic debut originally released on Ralph Records in 1974. The whole, bizarre Residents trip started here (at least officially). Mixing everything from Frank Zappa and Captain Beefheart to Raymond Scott and Sun Ra in the world's most bizarre blender, this one is the place to start in the wild and weird world of the Residents." [MVD] http://www.waysidemusic.com/ The Residents-Meet the Residents(remastered) vinyl lp with download card (due to size and weight, this price for the USA only) $14.00 The group's earliest release and one of their most inventive. Primitive as hell and also inventive as hell! Highly recommended if you don't already have this! "Reissue of the Residents' classic debut originally released on Ralph Records in 1974. The whole, bizarre Residents trip started here (at least officially). Mixing everything from Frank Zappa and Captain Beefheart to Raymond Scott and Sun Ra in the world's most bizarre blender, this one is the place to start in the wild and weird world of the Residents." [MVD] http://www.waysidemusic.com/ The Residents-Randy's Ghost Stories NTSC (all region) DVD $14.00 "8 animated videos, with all new music, of ghost stories from Randy and the Residents, documenting some of the mythical madness of the Talking Light tour from 2010. Also 2 bonus videos and one Easter Egg. Strange, melancholic and beyond." [MVD] http://www.waysidemusic.com/ Scarlet Thread-Valheista Kaunein $10.00 (special) Special while they last! Nearly 40% off the regular price. Founded in 1995, in 2004, this Finnish instrumental art rock quintet released their first album, which was very good and showed promise, but this, their second goes beyond promise and delivers the goods! Their distinctive sound is predicated on the fact that they are a dual guitar, violin, bass and drums outfit and they are not adverse to rocking pretty darn hard here, although there are some really pretty mellow passages as well at times. Guests also appear on flute, but that doesn't change the 'rok' factor by much. Sometimes it is a little bit reminiscent of certain aspects of Boud Deun without having the Mahavishnu vibe that Boud Deun had. [Musea] http://www.waysidemusic.com/ Show-Yen-II $10.00 Special while they last! Nearly 40% off the regular price. "SHOW-YEN is a Japanese band led by guitarist-composer Yasuhiro NISHIO, that has existed as an instrumental trio since 1998. Its other members are bassist Hiroaki FUJII and drummer Masanobu TONOMURA. Their eponymous concept-album (2003) is actually built on a new idea, called "Free-concept". The listener must invent his own story while listening to the music ! The fifteen tracks are quite dense and concise, and represent a very wide range of musical tendencies, that can evoke KING CRIMSON or RUSH in the Seventies among other influences (Oriental music for example)." [Musea] http://www.waysidemusic.com/ Tangle Edge-Dropouts 2 x CDs $24.00 When Tangle Edge first emerged - seemingly out of nowhere - with "In Search of a New Dawn", their first album in 1988, they had already been a band for about 8 years and had released a number of cassette releases. Dropouts is their earliest material to be available on CD; I'm not sure if it is a reissue of very early cassette releases or previously unreleased material, but basically, you can be assured that you don't have this material already. The band at this point consisted of: Ronald Nygard-electric guitar, e-bow, rhythm machine, percussion, Hassie Horrigmoe-bass guitar, penny whistle, bells, Tom Steinberg-drums, rhythm machine, ring modulator, voice. You can hear the sound that they are most famous for, but in a more embryonic form. [Tangle Edge] http://www.waysidemusic.com/ Julie Tippetts & Martin Archer-Tales of Finin 2 x CDs $22.00 "Following on from the duo's widely acclaimed first full length collaboration Ghosts of Gold, which was essentially an album of poetry plus electronic soundscapes, FiNiN shifts toward extended jazz and electronic song forms and widens the sonic palette to include a larger group of musicians together with an emphasis on rhythm. The result is an adventurous and beautiful suite of 17 musically and thematically linked songs spread over 2 CDs. Although the duo is a studio rather than a live group, this is most definitely a not another "singer submits to studio producer" type album; Martin and Julie are equally hands on for both the performance and the production of this CD from first to last." "Julie Tippetts is a unique singer with distant blues and jazz roots. She was briefly a pop star and fashion icon with the hit single This Wheel's on Fire in the 1960s, and has made remarkable original music with her pianist husband Keith Tippett for decades. This album is ambient experimental music of a different kind. Computer musician and multi-instrumentalist Martin Archer created soundscapes for Tippetts's mysterious poems and found texts on last year's Ghosts of Gold album, but this double CD adds strings, percussion, and guitar from Chris Sharkey of Acoustic Ladyland and trioVD fame. The words suggest a gothic world of clashing armies and windblown castles; the aural scenery slowly shuffles John Surmanesque overdubbed saxes, cymbal clashes, church-organ roars, squirty synth sounds, fidgeting strings and, at one point (on the funky, uptempo The Other Side), an exhilarating guitar outburst from Sharkey. Although Tippetts's rich tone and soulfulness suggest an exploratory Cassandra Wilson or Sarah Jane Morris, this is a one-off for listeners willing to hang up all preconceptions - about free-jazz, noise collages, meaning and language, ambient electronics or pretty much anything else."-John Fordham /Guardian [Discus] http://www.waysidemusic.com/ ------ Please note: If there are no quotes around the description, that means that we wrote it and you should not use this description without attribution. If there are quotes without attribution, that means that we took the description from the hypesheet/publicity for the release. All other quoted descriptions are attributed. You can order these & many many other items from our on-line store at: http://www.waysidemusic.com You can also fax in your order : (301) 589-1819 or mail in your order to: Wayside Music - P.O. Box 8427 - Silver Spring, MD 20907 - USA We accept cash, checks/moneyorders (as long as they are in US funds payable through a US bank), Discover, Visa and MasterCard credit cards as well as PayPal. ------ Recent reviews (or recently *discovered* reviews) of Cuneiform artists and titles (in English only): GUTBUCKET http://www.boston.com/ae/ PLANETA IMAGAINARIO (a fairly lengthy interview) http://www.allaboutjazz.com/ ZEVIOUS http://www.tucsonweekly.com/ ------ You can always see which of our artists are on tour and get the links to the venues at: http://www.cuneiformrecords. or http://my.calendars.net/ ------ AFUCHE (our latest signing! CD out in May!) May 21 - Music Hall of Williamsburg - Brooklyn, NY (record release show - opening for Tune-Yards) JASON ADASIEWICZ'S ROLLDOWN June 26 - Hungry Brain - Chicago, IL (Celebrating the Hungry Brain's 10th Anniversary!!) June 28 - Museum of Contemporary Art - Chicago, IL November 18 - The Stone - 16 Avenue C (the corner of Avenue C and Second Street) - NYC, NY 10009 BIRDSONGS OF THE MESOZOIC with Encanti May 6 - Democracy Center - 45 Mt. Auburn St. - Harvard Sq, Cambridge, MA - $8.00 June 17 - Zumix - 260 Sumner St. - East Boston, MA 02128 (617) 568-9777 - 8:00 pm November 26 - The Stone - 16 Avenue C (the corner of Avenue C and Second Street) - NYC, NY 10009 DAVID BORDEN November 23 - The Stone - 16 Avenue C (the corner of Avenue C and Second Street) - NYC, NY 10009 CLAUDIA QUINTET March 31 - Littlefield - 622 Degraw St. (between 3rd and 4th Ave.) - Brooklyn, NY / $10 in advance/$12.00 at the door - show starts at 8:30 sharp! April 2 - Jazzhouse - Copenhagen, Denmark / 9:00 pm April 3 - Wabe - Berlin, Germany / 8:00 pm April 5 - AMR Jazz Festival - Geneva, Switzerland / Festival workshop: 5:00 - 8:00 pm April 5 - AMR Jazz Festival - Geneva, Switzerland / 8:30 pm April 7 - Jazzkantine - Luzern, Switzerland / 8:30 pm April 8 - Lantaren Venster - Rotterdam, Netherlands / 8:30 pm April 9 - Bimhuis - Amsterdam, The Netherlands / 8:30 pm November 18 - The Stone - 16 Avenue C (the corner of Avenue C and Second Street) - NYC, NY 10009 DEAD CAT BOUNCE (our latest signing! CD out soon!) April 2 - Brooklyn Conservatory Concert Hall - 58 Seventh Avenue, Brooklyn, New York - (718) 622-3300 GÖSTA BERLINGS SAGA (our latest signing! CD out in May!) May 11 - Special - Oulu - Finland May 12 - Dynamo - Turku - Finland May 13 - Korijaamo - Helsinki - Finland May 14 - Telakka - Tampere - Finland GUTBUCKET April 1 - Lilypad - 1353 Cambridge Street - Inman Square - Cambridge, MA - 9:00 pm / $10.00 April 7 - Tone - Dresden, Germany April 8 - Supamolli - Berlin, Germany April 10 - Dumont - Aachen, Germany April 11 - Topos - Leverkusen, Germany April 14 - Stellwerk - Hamburg, Germany April 15 - Jazzfruhling Festival - Freiberg, Germany April 16 - Posthof - Linz, Austria April 27 - Union Hall - Brooklyn, NY May 2 - Rockshop - Brooklyn, NY May 9 - Redcat - Los Angeles, CA (Gutbucket chamber orchestra) May 10 - Revolution Cafe - San Francisco, CA May 11 - Cafe Van Kleef - Oakland, CA May 12 - Hotel Utah - San Francisco, CA May 13 - Secret Society Lounge - Portland, OR May 14 - Cafe Racer - Seattle, WA May 22 - Local 269 - NYC, NY November 30 - The Stone - 16 Avenue C (the corner of Avenue C and Second Street) - NYC, NY 10009 IDEAL BREAD April 2 - Irene Aebi presents an evening's interpretations from Steve Lacy's oeuvre. Joining her will be Ideal Bread (Josh Sinton, Kirk Knuffke, Pascal Niggenkemper and Tomas Fujiwara) as well as saxophonist Jeremy Udden! - Douglass St. Music Collective - 295 Douglass St., #1 - Brooklyn, NY November 15 - The Stone - 16 Avenue C (the corner of Avenue C and Second Street) - NYC, NY 10009 HAMSTER THEATRE November 22 - The Stone - 16 Avenue C (the corner of Avenue C and Second Street) - NYC, NY 10009 LED BIB April 23 - Bunker Ulmenwall - Bielefed, Germany April 29 - Jazzclub Tonne - Dresden, Germany April 30 - tba - Dachau, Germany May 4 - Metelkova - Ljubjana, Slovenia July 10 - Swanage Jazz Festival - Swanage, UK August 14 - Brecon Jazz Festival, Brecon, Wales, UK ROB MAZUREK/SAO PAULO UNDERGROUND (our latest signing! CD out in September!) European tour - April - watch for updates here very soon! THE MUFFINS November 20 - The Stone - 16 Avenue C (the corner of Avenue C and Second Street) - NYC, NY 10009 RICHARD PINHAS May 20 - F.I.M.A.V - Victoriaville, Quebec, Canada (with Wolf Eyes and Merzbow!) May 25 and afterwards - USA tour - tba - details coming POSITIVE CATASTROPHE November 17 - The Stone - 16 Avenue C (the corner of Avenue C and Second Street) - NYC, NY 10009 PRESENT (with Univers Zero and Aranis) September 16 - RIO Festival - Cap'Découverte - 81450 LE GARRIC (Carmaux) - France RADIO MASSACRE INTERNATIONAL May 7 - St Clement’s Church - Chorlton-cum-Hardy, Manchester M21 9JF - UK - doors at 6:45/band on at 7:45. Tickets £10.00 - click here to get tickets in advance ALEC K. REDFEARN and THE EYESORES November 27 - The Stone - 16 Avenue C (the corner of Avenue C and Second Street) - NYC, NY 10009 REVOLUTIONARY SNAKE ENSEMBLE May 20 - Barbés, 376 9th St. (corner of 6th Ave), Park Slope, Brooklyn, NY - (347) 422-0248, 8 - 9:30pm November 17 - The Stone - 16 Avenue C (the corner of Avenue C and Second Street) - NYC, NY 10009 THINKING PLAGUE November 22 - The Stone - 16 Avenue C (the corner of Avenue C and Second Street) - NYC, NY 10009 UNIVERS ZERO (with Present and Aranis) September 16 - RIO Festival - Cap'Découverte - 81450 LE GARRIC (Carmaux) - France ZEVIOUS Check these guys out as they go ALL the way across the USA and back! This is your chance to see a great, truly hot NYC harmolodic/punk-jazz group in YOUR hometown. March 30 - Solar Culture Gallery - 31 East Toole Avenue, Tucson, AZ 85701- (520) 884-0874 (with Gamma Like Very Ultra) March 31 - The Trunk Space - 1506 NW Grand Ave,Phoenix, AZ 85007 - (602) 256-6006 (with Destroyah and TBA) April 1 - The Smell - 247 South Main Street, Los Angeles, CA 90012 - (213) 625-4325 - (with Upsilon Acrux and TBA) April 2 - Mama Buzz - 2318 Telegraph Ave, Oakland, CA 94612 (with Groundskeeper) April 3 - St. James Infirmary - 445 California Avenue, Reno, NV 89501 - (775) 657-8484 - (with Frendo) April 5 - The Walnut Room - 3131 Walnut St, Denver, CO, 80205 (with Bottesini Project) April 6 - Zoo Bar - 136 North 14th Street, Lincoln, NE 68508 - (402) 435-8754 (with Masses and TBA) April 7 - The Brick - 1727 McGee Street, Kansas City, MO 64108-1423 - (816) 421-1634 (with Nomad's Atlas) April 8 - Schlafly Tap Room - 2100 Locust St, Saint Louis, MO 63103 - (314) 241-2337 (with Spelling Bee and Britches) April 9 - Mexicains Sans Frontieres - 120 S Division Ave. #226, Grand Rapids MI 49503 - (with Night Toucher) April 10 - Melody Inn - 3826 North Illinois Street, Indianapolis, IN 46208 - (317) 923-4707 - (with Kuan, Gash Hound, and Goliathon) April 11 - South Park Tavern - 1301 Wayne Avenue, Dayton, OH 45410 - (937) 586-9526 - (with Kuan) April 12 - Carabar - 115 Parsons Ave, Columbus, OH 43215 (with Kuan, Lemia Belus, and TBA) April 13 - The Bug Jar - 219 Monroe Avenue, Rochester, NY 14607-3527 - (585) 454-2966 (with Rickles and Epilogue) April 14 - Community School of Music and Arts (CSMA) - 3rd Floor Auditorium, 330 E State St (aka Martin Luther King Jr. St), Ithaca, NY 14850 (with Makeshift, The Invisible Hand) April 15th - Elm Bar - 372 Elm St, New Haven, CT 06511 (with Old Man Lady Luck) November 30 - The Stone - 16 Avenue C (the corner of Avenue C and Second Street) - NYC, NY 10009 CUNEIFORM CURATES THE STONE I was very, very pleased to be contacted by John Zorn and offered the opportunity to book his amazing music space "The Stone" for two weeks in November. The Stone is a great listening space with good sound, comfortable chairs and great music six nights per week (they are closed on Mondays). There are two separate shows per night with a different act at each show and a separate admission to each show. Every cent of your admission money goes to the artists. Watch this space for updates to the schedule. The Stone - 16 Avenue C (the corner of Avenue C and Second Street) - NYC, NY 10009 Shows at 8:00 and 10:00 - set order not yet decided - so far confirmed are: November 15 - Ideal Bread November 15 - November 16 - November 16 - November 17 - Revolutionary Snake Ensemble November 17 - Positive Catastrophe November 18 - Jason Adasiewicz's Rolldown November 18 - The Claudia Quintet November 20 - The Muffins November 20 - November 22 - Hamster Theatre November 22 - Thinking Plague November 23 - David Borden November 23 - November 25 - November 25 - November 26 - Birdsongs of the Mesozoic November 26 - November 27 - Alec K. Redfearn and the Eyesores November 27 - November 29 - Motor Totemists Guild November 29 - Upsilon Acrux November 30 - Zevious November 30 - Gutbucket Also: SInce there will be so many musicians coming in for the NYC gigs, we are working on setting up a 2 day festival in DC or Baltimore for a number of the bands. Location and venue to be determined. This will occur on Saturday November 19 and Sunday November 20. This is still in the very early planning stages, but the idea is to have 5 bands per day over 2 days (i.e. 10 acts). When we know who is playing where and when and feel comfortable posting it, it will be posted. But this is still many months away. Watch this space. ------ To see Artist News by musicians who have recorded for Cuneiform - provided to us by the musicians themselves and updated every four months, go to: http://www.cuneiformrecords. ------ Thank you! -Coming Soon (or not soon, but eventually, so please be patient!)- (For updates of new items in stock, watch these mailings or check the NEW ARRIVALS section!) : JASON ADASIEWICZ'S ROLLDOWN-new, third album AFUCHE-Highly Publicized Digital Boxing Match (finally a 'real' release from this great Brooklyn band) ALIEN TRIO (unreleased early 80s recordings by Christian Vander, Michel Graillier and Alby Culaz) PETER BAUMAN- Romance '76 -Transharmonic Nights (available again for the 1st time in many, many years) CALOMITO-Cane di Schiena CASSIBER (box set with a live DVD as well as unreleased material on CD along with the four albums we already know and love) CHEER-ACCIDENT-No Ifs, Ands or Dogs (album #18 - what more need be said?) DEAD CAT BOUNCE-Chance Episodes FACTOR BURZACO-II (new album on AltrOck) FAR CORNER #3 (finally! and it's a great one - maybe their best!) FORGAS BAND PHENOMENA-a PHENOMENAl new album (#5) GÖSTA BERLINGS SAGA-Glue Works (much anticipated 3rd album from instrumental progressive/post rock Swedes) KARI IKONEN and KARIKKO-The Helsinki Suite (incredibly great, 2nd album by this wonderful Finnish jazz/rock group) ISOTOPE-Isotope -Illusion -Deep End (the 3 very excellent albums by this '2nd generation' UK jazz/rock group, led by Gary Boyle; these have been very hard to get for some time. Reissued by Esoteric) MATS/MORGAN BAND-new studio album (may still be some time away...) ROB MAZUREK/SAO PAULO UNDERGROUND-Tres Cabecase Loucuras ONE SHOT-Live in Japan (Soleil Zeuhl) PHIDEAUX-Snowtorch RICHARD PINHAS + MERZBOW-Rhizome RICHARD PINHAS + MERZBOW-Paris, Live 2008 (limited edition, vinyl only release) WADADA LEO SMITH/ORGANIC-Heart's Reflection (new studio album by Wadada's extraordinary 4 guitar band!) SOFT MACHINE LEGACY-Relegation of Pluto/Live in Germany FRANCOIS THOLLOT-Scherzoo (3rd album!) THINKING PLAGUE-new album (studio album #6!) WOBBLER-The Rites of Dawn ZOMBI-Escape Velocity (new release from this always great and always entertaining synth/drums duo) IF you'd like to view previous New In stock Announcements, they can be found here: http://ymlp79.net/archive_ |
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Here's what has come in in the last week - either new releases or restockings of items that have been unavailable: Amoeba Split-Dance of the Goodbyes $16.00 Amoeba Split are a Spanish, progressive jazz/rock band with heavy Canterbury-scene influences. After 4 years of work together, this is their first album, released in a numbered, limited-edition package of 500 copies! The line up is: Ricardo Castro Varela-Hammond organ, piano, mellotron, mini-Moog, Alberto Villarroya Lopez-bass, guitars, Pablo Anon-saxes, Maria Toro-vocals, flute, Fernando Lamas-drums. The tracks are about evenly divided between vocal tracks and even the vocal tracks have a lot of instrumental passages, as befits a Canterbury-influenced outfit. "This is the time to celebrate the emergence of such a lovely progressive dance in the key of 21st century Canterbury ? from Spain's Northeastern coast, Amoeba Split has delivered a beautiful album in which jazzy vibrations and melodic colorfulness fuse in an appealing dynamics. Four years was the time that Amoeba Split took to complete this album's repertoire little by little, and now "Dance Of The Goodbyes" is a brilliant reality. In the meantime, the band lost its permanent guitarist, hence becoming a quintet where the bassist adds the guitar parts on studio, except for track no. 3 that features a guest guitarist. All lyrics in the sung tracks are in English: I guess the band feels comfortable doing that. 'Dedicated to us, but we weren't listening' opens up the album with obvious softmachinesque reference in its title, but the track's actual sonic scheme is more related to Matching Mole's agile density as exhibited in the "Little Red Record": one way or another, it is an effective opener that provides good progressive hope for big pleasure in the short run to the listener. 'Perfumed garden', the first sung piece, bears a calmer mood in the beginning, full of dreamy melodic developments, but eventually things get more intense dominated by a vibrant swing and a few cosmic passages. Right before the 5 minute mark, a duet of piano and mellotron-flute signals the reprise of the last sung portion, this time augmented with flute flourishes and mellotron-cello orchestrations. With a 10 ¾ minute span, 'Turbulent matrix' develops the jazz factor more deeply, with dominant airs a-la Weather Report in many of the piano and sax interventions that occur in the interlude section. For a while, during the second half, the band indulges in a sort of homage to "Volume Two"-era SM, but finally the coda states a reshaping of the initial motif. This is a highlight of the album, no doubt about it, as is 'Blessed water' as well. This one, the second sung track, brings an overall romantic vibe to a tale of moral disappointment and desperation for faith. This track's compositional development benefits from gradual crescendos of colorfulness that are properly fuelled by the alternated guitar and woodwind solos. Picture a Robert Wyatt ballad rearranged and performed by a combo of Caravan and Catapilla musicians and you might get the picture about this song's structure. 'Qwerty' is a brief instrumental based on a few letters on old typewriter's panels: it isn't even one minute long but it clearly delivers exciting moods that are heavily inspired by the Hatfield & The North mold. Mostly, 'Qwerty' is a preamble to the epic 23+ minute long 'Flight to nowhere'. After a brief psychedelic intro theme, the first sung section is a melodic expression of serene simplicity, soon followed by a Caravan-style jam (featuring an excellent flute solo by Miss Toro). With the next jam, things get much more vivacious with a featured position of the guitar and sax solos. Then, a softer section, very symphonic in itself, brings pastoral nuances that stand closer to PFM than, say, National Health. Later on, after a reasonable time for development of this new found symphonic groove, the jazz-prog orientation is retaken in full swing in order to elaborate a partial climax that serves as the anticipation to the following sung section. The stage is set for yet another climatic moment, with the whole instrumental framework focused on the powerfully stated organ layers and rhythmic dynamics. At the 21 ½ minute mark, the music stops drastically for the eerie emergence of soft heartbeats and lifeline machinery? and then, silence. The last thing of this suite and this album is not such silence, but an unsettling piano solo that somehow brings a variation of the same intensity with which the music had stopped earlier. A very clever ending for a very good closure to a great album: Amoeba Split nailed it big time with this debut album, the first dance."-Cesar Inca/progarchives.com You can hear their music here: http://www.myspace.com/ http://www.waysidemusic.com/ Argent-Argent/Ring of Hands 2 x CDs (remastered) $12.00 I have a big fat soft spot for these two albums, which I adored before having my musical tastes reshapped by The Mothers of Invention. Still quite good proto-progressive/art rock with classical trappings and with heavy (for 1969) keyboards. For the most part, some really good songs too! "After the Zombies broke up, keyboardist/songwriter Rod Argent formed his own band in 1969, which incorporated more classical, jazz, and art rock influences in accordance with Argent's musical training. The group's other members were guitarist/songwriter Russ Ballard, bassist Jim Rodford, and drummer Bob Henrit. Argent's first two albums, Argent and Ring of Hands, received a fair amount of critical acclaim..." – Steve Huey/All Music Guide "Argent's back catalog remains in a parlous state 20 years on from the group's peak, with great swathes of the repertoire unavailable on CD, and even some of the band's best-known and loved recordings are still chained up in a vault somewhere. Thankfully, this two-fer rendering of their first two albums is an exception to that sorry rule, as the group's transformation from the logical successors to the Zombies into one of the finest prog bands of the early '70s is traced out across 19 songs, almost any of which would be a shoo-in for some future "best-of" Argent compilation. It is true, of course, that Argent was prone to excess on occasion -- what is remarkable is just how naturally the band approached that state, as songs build on their own momentum toward peaks that even the best oiled of the group's peers audibly struggled to approach. The combination of Rod Argent's keys and Russ Ballard's words and vocals is, of course, key to this success, and both "Dance in the Smoke" and "Lothlorien" offer firm pointers as to just how tight the union would become. Elsewhere, "Liar," "Schoolgirl," and "Celebration" all have "classic" stamped across them, even this early into the group's career. And as "Where Are We Going Wrong" brings the CD to a halt, one is left wondering what on earth the bandmembers were talking about...they weren't going wrong anywhere." – Dave Thompson/All Music Guide [BGO] http://www.waysidemusic.com/ Beardfish-Destined Solataire $15.00 Until recently, this was 'the band's great, but sadly unavailable fifth album'. Luckily a reprinting and new distribution has remedied that problem. There is - as always - a lot of humor in what they do and they are one of the top Swedish progressive rock bands out there. Good to have this available again, as it should be. [Inside Out] http://www.waysidemusic.com/ Beardfish-Mammoth CD + NTSC (all region) DVD $13.00 Back in stock! Beardfish have come a very, very long way from their Swedish-only, very Zappa-like, self-released albums to being signed to one of the larger/more visible progressive rock-oriented labels. This is their sixth album and they continue to somehow manage to blend complexity and a lot of elements of progressive rock without sounding retro or like they wish it was 1973. This really nice set includes their new studio album, as well as a fantastic bonus in the form of a nearly 2-hour long live video! [Superball] http://www.waysidemusic.com/ Blonde on Blonde-Rebirth/Reflections of a Live $8.00 (special) The 2nd and 3rd albums by this UK psychedelic/proto-progressive outfit. "Rebirth is the second (and best) of three albums released by late sixties/early seventies band Blonde On Blonde. With distinctive new singer Dave Thomas on board, and fiery guitarist Gareth Johnson taking a dominant role, Rebirth was a far more coherent affair. The band delivered an ambitious set of melodic, progressive rock. From the Moody Blues-like pop-rock of opening track (and single A-side) Castles In The Sky to the Procol Harum-style keyboard grandeur of finale You'll Never Know Me/Release, via heavy magnum opus Colour Questions, Rebirth is consistently excellent. Fantastic Voyage is on a mission to elevate Rebirth to the pantheon of classic rock albums. Expanded to include the single version of album tour de force Circles, Rebirth has been mastered from original tapes and housed in a new sleeve, based on a striking publicity photo of the band posing in a castle along with contemporary images and new sleeve notes." "1971's "Reflections On a Life" was recorded in the wake of another personnel shakeup that saw original guitarist Richard/John Hopkins replaced by singer/multi-instrumentalist Graham Davies. With drummer Les Hicks and guitarist Gareth Johnson sharing production responsibilities, the result was the band's most conventional, commercial and to some extent pedestrian release. With a couple of exceptions (notably the rather disconcerting 'Happy Families' and the 'Revolution Number 9'-styled sound collage 'No.2 Psychological Decontamination Unit'), the band's earlier progressive moves were largely absent from their third set. That said, the collection certainly started out with a bang. Complete with crying babies, backward tapes, bizarre sound effects and ominous vocal treatments, the Gareth Johnson penned 'Gene Machine' was easily the wildest thing the band ever recorded. From there on it was far less experimental and less interesting (though side two's 'The Rut' continued the psych mood). With Johnson, Dave Thomas and Graham Davies splitting songwriting chores tracks like 'Love Song' and 'Bar Room Blues' found the band exploring a modest country/folk-rock orientation, while 'I Don't Care' and 'The Bargain' pursued a surprisingly conventional AOR sound. The performances were never less than sterling and the band excelled at injecting interesting touches throughout the collection (check out the Eastern influences that cropped up at the end of 'Ain't It Sad Too'), making the entire album worth hearing. In case anyone cared, propelled by a killer lead guitar 'Sad Song for An Easy Lady' and the pretty ballads 'The Bargain' (which I could swear I've heard elsewhere) and 'Chorale (Forever)' made for the album's standout performances."-rateyourmusic. http://www.waysidemusic.com/ Jack Bruce and the Cuicoland Express-Live at the Milkyway 2001 : 2 x CDs $26.00 This is the first general release of this high quality live album, recorded under the influence of Kip Hanrahan and including Bernie Worrell, Vernon Reid and a number of Latin percussionists. "Mixed and produced by the legendary Kip Hanrahan the sound quality is outstanding. And so is the music. This is taken from the Cuicoland Express tour, promoting Jack's then new album "Shadows In the Air". And it's certainly nice to hear just how great the songs from that album was, like "Shadow Heart"."-Bodhi Heerin "In 2001 an incredible concert took place, the legendary Jack Bruce performing live with his all-star band; the Cuicoland Express at The Melkweg in Amsterdam. For nine years, only the lucky few who were members of the audience that night were able to experience the magic that took place. Although the show had been recorded, the tapes lay dormant and inaccessible, seemingly lost to the world. In 2009 an opportunity in New York arose enabling the tapes to be digitally converted, meaning they could be mixed and mastered by Bruce’s long-term producer and friend, Kip Hanrahan. This will give fans of Jack Bruce, multi-instrumentalist, vocalist and composer, the chance to experience original material as well as some of their best-loved Cream and Bruce classics re-worked into a sizzling, energetic fusion of Rock and Latin Jazz. Featuring Vernon Reid on guitar (Living Colour), Bernie Worrell on organ (Parliament / Funkadelic), Richie Flores on congas (Tito Puente / Cachao), Horacio ‘El Negro’ Hernandez on drums (Roy Hargrove / Carlos Santana) and Robby Ameen (Dizzy Gillespie / Paul Simon) also on drums, this unstoppable line-up had the audience on fire. This amazing new live album is sure to give Jack Bruce fans exactly what they want and indeed expect; a musically unique and boundary-pushing experience. Listening to this live recording, you can close your eyes and literally feel like you were there on that special night in Amsterdam back in 2001." [Flaccid Parrot] http://www.waysidemusic.com/ The Crazy World of Arthur Brown-Strange Lands (remastered) $18.00 This was the second album by TCWOAB, which lay dormant and unreleased until it was issued in 1988 by Reckless. It's been out of print for 2 decades. Additionally, also included are most (not all but most) of the material by the great offshoot of TCWOAB, Rustic Hinge, who were TCW without Arthur, whose home / demo recordings from 1970 appeared here for the first time in 1989, also on Reckless. This is the most 'Captain Beefheart' influenced recording next to Kraldjursanstalten, and also the earliest. For that alone, it gets big points from me. Conditionally highly recommended! "Esoteric Recordings are pleased to release the classic lost album by The Crazy World of Arthur Brown, Strangelands. Recorded in the Autumn of 1969, the sessions were an attempt to resurrect the Crazy World by Arthur Brown and featured some classic material. Divided into four sub-headings, ( The Country, The City, The Cosmos and The Afterlife ), Strangelands was certainly ahead of its time but failed to gain a full release for nearly two decades. In hindsight, the material can be seen as the blueprint for Arthur s next project, the innovative Kingdom Come. This Esoteric Recordings reissue also adds the legendary Replicas sessions by Rustic Hinge. Featuring Crazy World drummer Drachan Theaker and guitarist Andy Rickell, the project was originally intended to feature Arthur Brown as vocalist and also featured the legendary High Tide guesting on one track. With Brown leaving the group to form the first incarnation of Kingdom Come, Rustic Hinge would eventually release material on John Peel’Dandelion label, whilst the Replicas sessions would remain unreleased for a further 20 years. This Esoteric reissue has been newly re-mastered and includes a new essay." [Esoteric] http://www.waysidemusic.com/ Miles Davis-Bitches Brew Live $12.00 More info below, but basically, the 3 quartet tracks which are released here for the 1st time ever are fantastic and great recordings. Chick was the Rhodes MASTER! The Isle of Wight show is a great show and if you don't already have it, this is a great release and great value. "It would be easy to casually dismiss one CD with a running time slightly under one hour after the wealth of "box" sets from the vault, since it would seem that the number of tapes which can be cleaned up are thinning out. But this is a solid release which shows the creative electric prowess of Miles Davis and the musical energy that saw no limits on the fusion superspeedway. The hook for even casual collectors is the initial trio of unreleased tracks from the July 1969 performance at the Newport Jazz Festival, which features Chick Corea (keyboards), Dave Holland (bass) and Jack DeJohnette (drums) in a jazz/rock setting that is driven hard by the latter. Wayne Shorter was missing from the lineup due to getting stuck in traffic. The six numbers from the August 1970 Isle of Wight Festival finds Davis bolstering the sound through an expanded group - Gary Bartz (sax), Aierto Moreira (percussion), Keith Jarrett (keyboards), Corea, Holland, DeJohnette - which take themes introduced in the landmark album to new heights. Corea is essentially the lead guitarist in this sonic attack of jazz/rock/funk. The liner notes provide an interesting historical perspective and perhaps - just perhaps - this is going to start a new focus on issuing material without placing a premium on the credit card limits of fans." [Sony] http://www.waysidemusic.com/ DeWolff-Orchards/Lupine $17.00 DeWolff are a very young band from The Netherlands consisting of a trio who use keyboards, guitars and drums. The sound is extremely retro protressive/proto-progressive rock and for some reason, these guys are getting really big in Holland and beyond! I first heard of them when I saw that they had done an episode of the German television show "Rockpalast", which is really amazing in this day and age for a band whose median age is 20, but who channel music from 1970! Think Black Bonzo and you have a pretty good idea of what they do. This is a band on the rise playing music that is inspired by what probably gave their parents a thrill. Who whouda thunk it? [Re] http://www.waysidemusic.com/ Dug Dug's-Dug Dug's (mini-lp sleeve/remaster) $14.00 Beautiful, mini-lp sleeve remaster of this classic Mexican psychedelic release. "Also known as "Lost in My World": the "must have" debut album (1971) from psychedelic guru Armando Nava and his band, recorded after their failed trip to NYC did not produce the stardom they had been promised—pain and disappointment sparking great song-writing on this, the first Mexican psych album in English. After an extended stint as the house band at Tijuana strip joint Fantasitas, Los Dug Dug's relocated to Mexico City in 1966. They quickly garnered a rabid fan following there, which resulted in the Dug Dug’s signing to RCA Records and cutting a series of singles (the band also headlined a pair of 1967 films, El Mundo Loco de los Jovenes and Cinco de Chocolate y Una de Fresa). Upon returning to Tijuana in 1968, Los Dug Dug's took up residence at the popular Sans Sous Ci club. An American tourist was so impressed that he offered to bankroll a trip for the band to New York City. The group played a handful of live dates and recorded a few demos, but having no money to pay the union fees necessary to earn them the opportunity to play NYC’s larger venues left them with little choice but to return to Mexico. Los Dug Dug’s immediately began work on their first LP for RCA Mexico, little knowing at the time that it would become a classic of psychedelia. Long-simmering creative differences between band leaders Nava and Jorge de la Torre forced the latter's resignation after the album was completed; by the time the resulting psychedelic opus appeared in 1971, the first incarnation of Los Dug Dug's was essentially no more. All that remained was this heavy, explosive album, a record which captures the fever/dream humidity of flower children running amok on a July afternoon. Essential. Licensed from Sony/BMG, and newly mastered from the original tapes. CD version is a mini-LP replica jacket, enclosed inside a re-sealable PVC outer sleeve." [Lion Music] http://www.waysidemusic.com/ Dug Dug's-Smog (mini-lp sleeve/remaster) $14.00 Beautiful, mini-lp sleeve remaster of this classic Mexican psychedelic release. "Classic second album (1972) from psychedelic guru Armando Nava and his band is in Spanish this time, as all other Mexican bands were by now singing in English. The recording sessions were tumultuous: after the band—now stripped down to a power trio—had recorded just three songs, Nava stormed out of the sessions and locked himself in his house for fifteen days. Everyone on the outside worried about his safety, but Armando was fine: he kept himself busy reconfiguring the entire album, including penning the punishing riffs that form the central motif of the mesmerizing twelve-minute medley that explodes over the album’s entire first side. So again, as with the genesis of the Dug Dug’s debut album (also available from Lion Productions), the end result of all the tumult surrounding the band was a great album. There’s no doubt that the Dug Dug’s toughened up their sound on “Smog”: to some people they sound like a crazy Mexican version of Jethro Tull, and to others like a Spanish speaking incarnation of MC5. No matter how you look at it, this is tremendous progressive-influenced hard rock, with a new chunky sound. It is clearly among a small group of elite recordings from the psychedelic age; it is also possibly the best Mexican hard rock album of all time. Licensed from Sony/BMG, and newly mastered from the original tapes. CD version is a mini-LP replica jacket, enclosed inside a re-sealable PVC outer sleeve." [Lion Music] http://www.waysidemusic.com/ Egg-The Civil Surface (remastered) $18.00 Back in stock. Finally available again after much too many years and much demand from our customers. This was the third and final album by the trio of Dave Stewart-organ and piano, Mont Campbell-bass and vocals and Clive Brooks-drums. It was actually recorded a few years after the band had broken up, while Dave was 'riding high' with Hatfield and Virgin Records and Virgin gave him the opportunity to temporarily reform the band and record all of their unreleased material that they had developed after the release of their second album. The material was top-notch; their best, imo. The only issue was that they didn't really have a full album's worth, so they padded out the album by adding some wind quartets written by Mont, which, while they aren't exactly very Egg-like, are still quite charming in their own right. Guests include The Northettes, Steve Hillage, Lindsay Cooper, Tim Hodgkinson and Jeremy Baines and this is newly remastered and features notes by Mark Powell, who put this reissue together. This comes personally highly recommended! [Esoteric] http://www.waysidemusic.com/ Wild Man Fischer-Derailroaded NTSC (all region) $14.00 "A shocking and sensitive journey through the thunderstorms of a paranoid-schizophrenic mind, DERAILROADED follows Larry "Wild Man" Fischer's discordant encounters in the music business. Institutionalized at 16 after attacking his mother with a knife, Fischer wandered the mean streets of L.A. singing his unique brand of songs for 10 cents each to passersby. He was discovered by Frank Zappa, with whom he cut his first record album, including the enduring dada rock classic "Merry Go Round." A precursor to punk, Fischer became an underground club and concert favorite, earning him the title of "godfather of outsider music." Over the course of his 40 year career, Fischer has performed constantly, is the first artist ever recorded on Rhino Records, was featured on "Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In," had a top hit in the UK on John Peel's Festive Fifty, was the subject of his own comic book, was a mainstay on the Dr. Demento Show, and even sang a duet with the late Rosemary Clooney. DERAILROADED traces Fischer's life from neglected child to troubled genius through archival footage and personal interviews with family, friends, and industry professionals, including: Frank Zappa, Gail Zappa, Weird Al Yankovic, Mark Mothersbaugh of Devo, Solomon Burke, Dr. Demento, and Barnes and Barnes. Prepare to be moved, amazed, and repelled, but ultimately come to know what it is like to be profoundly DERAILROADED." [MVD] http://www.waysidemusic.com/ Steve Hillage-Live in Germany 77 CD + NTSC (all region) DVD $10.00 (special) Unbelievable killer price on this CD/DVD set. Previously we had 100 copies of this and they shot out of here. Now we have received the final stock at this totally insane price and the price is even lower! Highly, highly recommended! This is the legendary show that Hillage and his great, original band performed on Germany's Rockpalast TV program on March 20, 1977. The line-up is: Steve Hillage-guitar, vocals, Miquette Giraudy-synths, vocals, Clive Bunker-drums, Colin Bass-bass, vocals, Christian Boule-rhythm and glissando guitar, Phil Hodge-keyboards and Basil Brooks-synths, flute. It features a terrific set-list and great playing. Highly and easily recommended to fans of Hillage, fans of Gong and all spacey progressive rock!! This is cheap just for one disc and this great set lets you listen through your audio system as well as watch through your DVD player. 1. Salmon Song 2. Hurdy Gurdy Glissando 3. Hurdy Gurdy Man 4. Solar Musick Suite 5. Lunar Musick Suite 6. Meditation of the Dragon 7. It's All Too Much 8. Aftaglid part 1 9. Electrick Gypsies 10. Not Fade Away (glid forever) 11. Bonus Feature - Exclusive Interview [Floating World] http://www.waysidemusic.com/ Jethro Tull-Nothing Is Easy: Live At The Isle of Wight 1970 $6.00 (special) Killer, monster price on this wonderful set! I just love early Tull, so it's a real thrill for me personally to be able to listen to this professional recording of their concert in front of 600,000 people at the Isle of Wight 8/30/70. As far as I know, this is the earliest professional live recording of the group,, which finds the band at one of their peaks, circa the release of their wonderful Benefit album. This CD contains the complete one hour performance of: My Sunday Feeling, My God, With You There To Help Me, To Cry You A Song, Bourée, Dharma For One, Nothing Is Easy and We Used to Know/For a Thousand Mothers. Higly recommended! [Eagle] http://www.waysidemusic.com/ Kilimanjaro Dark Jazz Ensemble-From the Stairwell $25.00 The fourth release by this continuously interesting UK band who combine very modern electronica with jazz and progressive elements to come up with something new, fresh and unusual. They say about themselves: 'A creepy crawly electronic jazz combo, creating soundtracks for non-existing movies ; Dark, exotic and mysterious. Fusing analog and digital flawlessly, giving them a totally unique and original sound. Film Noir futurism'. "If you like Barry Adamson, Angelo Badalamenti, Bohren Und Der Club of Gore, or any of the other albums made by TKDE or their alter ego Mount Fuji Doomjazz Ensemble, then you'll like this. It's for patient people only, or for patient moods, at least. There's a lot going on here and much of it ferments slowly, so you should not expect instant gratification. And don't expect any gratification at all if you're trying to listen to this in somewhere where you're interrupted frequently. Turn off the lights, play this, and don't expect to be lulled to sleep. It's a scary beast, but a subtle one at that."-Dan Bergevin [KDJE] http://www.waysidemusic.com/ Volker Kriegel-Psychedelic Jazz Guitar (remaster) $10.00 If you've been curious about work of German jazz/rock guitar pioneer Volker Kriegel, but haven't wanted to plunge into one of the full albums, this nicely priced sampler disc from the years 1969-1978 is just the ticket. Includes tons of great personnel and tracks from: Octember Variations, Lift!, Tropical Harvest, Elastic Menu, Infr-Red, Noisy Silence, Spectrum, Live at the Philharmonie and Mild Maniac. [MPS] http://www.waysidemusic.com/ Rolf Kuhn-Total Space (24-bit remaster) $16.00 Clarinetist Rolf Kuhn is much less well known here than his piano playing brother Joachim, but in Germany he is a extremely well regarded father figure of the modern jazz scene there. This 1975 release features some heavy hitters of the day (Gerd Dudek, Albert Mangelsdorff, Philip Catherine, Joachim Kuhn, etc.) and there's additional brass instrumentation, making this, at times, a big band. This is a creative, heavily jazz-rock-tinged work from the original era and one that fans of that sound (think: The Only Chrome Waterfall Orchestra") will be thrilled to get. [MPS] http://www.waysidemusic.com/ Fela Anikulapo Kuti and the Africa 70-Music is the Weapon of the Future $8.00 (special) "There were three great beats in the 70 s: Fela Kuti s Afrobeat, James Brown s Funk, and Klaus Dinger's NEU!"-Brian Eno This collection of 70s works by Fela and the great Africa 70, includes 3 long tracks totalling 45' and includes one of his very all-time greatest classics, Roforofo Fight. And if you aren't familiar with him: Fela was one of *the* most important musicians from Africa. From Nigeria, he pioneered a hypnotic, early form of Afro-beat in the 70's that used driving percussion, jazz influences, funk influences from James Brown and hypnotic and interlocking rhythms and musical figures performed by a huge band, all behind very pointed & often politicized lyrics. He was insanely popular in his homeland of Nigeria and his music raised the ire of the government who attacked his compound, fatally injuring his mother and leading to his first of many arrests. I'm proud to say that I was aware of his work early enough to have seen him twice and he was always amazing, even though I saw a later version of the band who weren't as good as they are here! As Robert Wyatt said once, "Fela is my favorite arranger. He's only got one arrangement, but it's so good, it doesn't matter." [Movie Play] http://www.waysidemusic.com/ Fela Kuti and Egypt 80-Army Arrangement $8.00 This album has some of Fela's most politicized lyrics and it also has a weird history, as it was released in several forms. This has 3 songs produced by Bill Laswell when he was hired by the label to 'popularize' Fela's sound and some typical 80s hired hands that Bill used appear here (Bernie Worrell, Aiyb Dieng, Sly Dunbar). Also included are two additional versions of songs that were not remixed/produced. [Movie Play] http://www.waysidemusic.com/ Fela Anikulapo Kuti and Roy Ayers-Music of Many Colours $8.00 (special) "This meeting of the minds and bands of Afro-funk creator Fela Anikulapo-Kuti and American vibist and R&B/jazz innovator Roy Ayers is a collaboration that shouldn't work on the surface. Fela's music was raw, in your face politically and socially, and musically driven by the same spirit as James Brown's JBs. At the time of this recording in 1979, Ayers had moved out of jazz entirely and become an R&B superstar firmly entrenched in the disco world. Ayers' social concerns -- on record -- were primarily cosmological in nature. So how did these guys pull off one of the most badass jam gigs of all time, with one track led by each man and each taking a full side of a vinyl album? On hand were Fela's 14-piece orchestra and an outrageous chorus made up of seven of his wives and five male voices. For his part, Ayers played vibes, and saxophonist Harold Land blew like the soul master he is. The rest of the Ayers septet performed on his tune only, the funk fest "2,000 Blacks Got to Be Free," an open-ended soul groove overdriven into Afro-funk by Fela's orchestra. Ayers is down on the quick changes, and his band leads the orchestra in pulling down the funk into a hypnotic sway and groove. On Fela's "Africa -- Centre of the World," everything starts out dark and slow with a chant from the master and then the chorus and Fela's trademark tenor honk. The horn section kicks in and Ayers starts playing all around the mix like a restless spirit. He darts in and out of the changes and sometimes hovers above them. The effect is as mesmerizing as it is driving. This is a sure bet for any bash where you want 'em to dance until they drop. For the purpose of musical history, this was a meeting that panned out in all the right ways and left listeners with a stellar gift of a recorded souvenir."-Thom Jurek/All Music Guide [Movie Play] http://www.waysidemusic.com/ Paatos-Breathing $17.00 The fifth album by this Swedish post-Landberk/post-rock/post- http://www.waysidemusic.com/ Rattlemouth-5 $10.00 Great to see a new album by Rattlemouth, who veer further into the world-music scheme of things (Danny Finney always had *that sound* anyway, so it's a natural move for them) and this is a fine work. Highly recommended. Rattlemouth emerged in the 1990’s from the ashes of the legendary 1980’s art-punk outfit the Orthotonics, offering stripped down hard driving works featuring saxophone, vocals, bass, guitar and drums. Finding success on the adventurous Cuneiofrm Records label, they produced two acclaimed albums and made successful tours including sharing the stage with Medeski, Martin, and Wood and Belgian prog rockers, Present. The rebirth of the ensemble in 2004 has seen the group work nonstop, composing and performing music for dance and film projects and maintaining a constant performance schedule in the Mid-Atlantic. Rattlemouth’s music is hypnotic, danceable, and unlike anything else coming out of Richmond’s thriving music scene. As local music critic, Chris Bopst, writes in his review of their 2006 release Hopabout, “Rattlemouth are the thinking man and woman's dance music. It can be a heady listen, but the emphasis is always on the slinky, sax driven rhythms that invoke the experimentation of Fred Frith and Ornette Coleman with solid world beat sensibilities…Rattlemouth prove that taking risks is always a worthwhile musical endeavor.” With the release of their latest album, 5, Rattlemouth focuses exclusively on their repertoire of Ethio-Jazz and other world music arrangements, capturing the powerhouse sound that has mesmerized audiences for years. Featuring the saxophone tandem of Danny Finney and Roger Carroll, the monster rhythm section of Robbie Kinter (drums) and Marc S. Langelier (bass), plus the unique guitar styling of George M. Lowe, they blaze through spirited instrumental updates of classic tunes from around the world (arranged by Lowe) plus similarly flavored originals." [Rattlemouth] http://www.waysidemusic.com/ Schicke Fuhrs Frohling-Symphonic Pictures (expanded/remastered) 2 x CDs $18.00 First-tier German symphonic rock from the 1970s, originally released on Brain. SFF's entire output was previously available on a fine set by Laser's Edge, but that's been out of print for at least a decade and this is the first time since then this has been available. Using mellotron/Moog/Fender Rhodes, guitar/bass and drums, SFF were one of the greatest German progressive/symphonic rock bands of the 1970's. In addition to the original album, there is an additional disc which adds seven tracks recorded live in 1975! [Reactive] http://www.waysidemusic.com/ Sündenfall II-Sündenfall II $23.00 "Sündenfall II from the Kevelaer area at the Lower Rhine played a mixture of folk and jazz, influenced by Jethro Tull. While their predecessors, Sündenfall, exclusively dedicated themselves to jazz, the group included folk after a change in line-up and band name (following the example of Amon Düül II). In 1972, Hubert Schmitz invited the band into his Trepitia film and sound studio in Alpen-Drüpt for free recordings, as he wanted to test the newly installed equipment after a recent move into the new location. Thus the recordings were made for the album "Sündenfall II" (Trefiton HS 1017), which was released in a small edition of 200 copies at the end of 1972. Today it is sold at a price of about €500 to €1000 in mint condition. The track "Montpellier", chosen for the sampler on hand, stands out due to the distinctive trumpet play both at the beginning and at the end." [Garden of Delights] http://www.waysidemusic.com/ Surgery-Ubermorgen $23.00 "There are loads of jazz-rock LPs from around 1980. So one could ask oneself why any more of them should be released on CD at all. "Übermorgen" ("The day after tomorrow") by Surgery, however, certainly belongs to the better ones of this genre: sparkling piano runs, contemplative sax parts, a masterly played electric guitar, many good ideas, and a clear and good recording make the album an auditory pleasure. To those detered from German lyrics: Don't worry, the Marl group did without any vocals. At that time, a small edition of 500 copies was released by the artists themselves. It should remain their only album. In collectors' circles it is little known until the present day. The CD was drawn from the master tapes, and the ten bonus tracks of the same style were as yet unreleased." [Garden of Delights] http://www.waysidemusic.com/ Vialka-La Poursuite de L'Excellence $13.00 For the moment, this is the latest release by the terrific French duo of Eric Boros (baritone guitar and voice + trumpet) and Marylise Frechevile (drums and voice + keyboards). I have had the great pleasure of seeing them twice, and they amazed me with their stupendously tight and humorous music and stage antics. I don't want to ignore Eric's contributions - he's a great player - but Marylise is the star of the show. She's a f**king great drummer in the Guigou Chenevier style and she'll suddenly leap up from behind the kit and do a little dance while continuing to sing with Eric backing her up before she leaps back behind the kit!! They are an amazing band and an amazing show to see. Do you need every one of their albums? Maybe not, but you need at least one, and this is a great one! [Vialka] http://www.waysidemusic.com/ Vialka-Succes Planetaire International $13.00 Fourth (?) release by the terrific French duo of Eric Boros (guitar and voice) and Marylise Frechevile (drums and voice). I have had the great pleasure of seeing them twice, and they amazed me with their stupendously tight and humorous music and stage antics. I don't want to ignore Eric's contributions - he's a great player - but Marylise is the star of the show. She's a f**king great drummer in the Guigou Chenevier style and she'll suddenly leap up from behind the kit and do a little dance while continuing to sing with Eric backing her up before she leaps back behind the kit!! This new one has some added instrumentation and good 'behind the scenes' work from Bob Drake. Highly recommmended - and SEE THEM if you can (they tour constantly). "Hailing from deepest France, via everywhere and nowhere, Vialka are a devilishly high-spirited guitar/drums duo who tour hard and fast across the world. Together they create a music that skips joyfully across borders, channeling desert blues, Chinese folk songs, scatter rock and European gypsy song dynamics. This whirlwind of dervish energy, combines endless gypsy punk folk rock tales, hard hitting poly-rhythms, yelps and howls into one feverishly danceable and intoxicating brew. Like ‘A Hawk And A Hacksaw’ or ‘The Ex’ their openness to new sounds and cultures makes you feel alive and shows that 'world punk rock' need not be a dirty phrase. Succès Planétaire International ("International Worldwide Success"), is their latest album and third recording with engineer Bob Drake. The album features collaborations with François Marcziniak and Cyrielle Faure (tuba and flute), Crank Sturgeon (vocals and guitar), Andrew Dymond (mbira), and Xiao He (vocals and Hunan pipa)." [Dual Plover] http://www.waysidemusic.com/ John Zorn-Nova Express $13.00 "Following up on seeds first planted in the depths of the Interzone conspiracy, Nova Express combines the quirky atonal lyricism of Zorn's classical music with the cut up techniques of Naked City and the intimate virtuosity of the Masada songbook. Scored for a modern jazz quartet of vibes, piano, bass and drums, these episodic, dynamic and moody compositions feature some of Zorn's strongest writing. Performed by an all-star group of four downtown masters, this is an exciting new sound from the world of John Zorn. Modern chamber music filled with beautiful details and dramatic passions composed and conducted by our East Village musical alchemist." Joey Baron: Drums Trevor Dunn: Bass John Medeski: Piano Kenny Wollesen: Vibes [Tzadik] http://www.waysidemusic.com/ ------ Please note: If there are no quotes around the description, that means that we wrote it and you should not use this description without attribution. If there are quotes without attribution, that means that we took the description from the hypesheet/publicity for the release. All other quoted descriptions are attributed. You can order these & many many other items from our on-line store at: http://www.waysidemusic.com You can also fax in your order : (301) 589-1819 or mail in your order to: Wayside Music - P.O. Box 8427 - Silver Spring, MD 20907 - USA We accept cash, checks/moneyorders (as long as they are in US funds payable through a US bank), Discover, Visa and MasterCard credit cards as well as PayPal. ------ Recent reviews (or recently *discovered* reviews) of Cuneiform artists and titles (in English only): Hear BEAT CIRCUS' BRIAN CARPENTER inteviewed on FRESH AIR: http://www.npr.org/2011/04/07/ CARLO DE ROSA'S CROSS-FADE http://www.allaboutjazz.com/ http://www.pointofdeparture. JOHN SURMAN http://www.bbc.co.uk/music/ http://www.pointofdeparture. ------ You can always see which of our artists are on tour and get the links to the venues at: http://www.cuneiformrecords. or http://my.calendars.net/ ------ AFUCHE (our latest signing! CD out in May!) May 21 - Music Hall of Williamsburg - Brooklyn, NY (record release show - opening for Tune-Yards) JASON ADASIEWICZ'S ROLLDOWN June 26 - Hungry Brain - Chicago, IL (Celebrating the Hungry Brain's 10th Anniversary!!) June 28 - Museum of Contemporary Art - Chicago, IL November 18 - The Stone - 16 Avenue C (the corner of Avenue C and Second Street) - NYC, NY 10009 BIRDSONGS OF THE MESOZOIC with Encanti May 6 - Democracy Center - 45 Mt. Auburn St. - Harvard Sq, Cambridge, MA - $8.00 June 17 - Zumix - 260 Sumner St. - East Boston, MA 02128 (617) 568-9777 - 8:00 pm November 26 - The Stone - 16 Avenue C (the corner of Avenue C and Second Street) - NYC, NY 10009 DAVID BORDEN November 23 - The Stone - 16 Avenue C (the corner of Avenue C and Second Street) - NYC, NY 10009 CHEER-ACCIDENT June 4 - Le Grattoir - 11 blvd. Kelsch 88400 - Gerardmer, France June 5 - Musique Action Festival - Nancy, France June 6 - tba June 7 - tba June 8 - Immerhin - Bahnhofplatz 2 (Posthalle) - 97080 Würzburg, Germany June 9 - Schokoladen - Ackerstr. 169 - Berlin, Germany June 10 - tba - Basel, Switzerland June 11 - tba - Zurich, Switzerland (?) June 12 tba June 13 - Mogambo - Plaza Jose Maria Sert, 15, 20018 - San Sebastian, Spain: June 14 - Rock And Pop - Calle de Albasanz, 79 - Madrid, Spain June 15 - La Ley Seca - Calle de Sevilla, 2 - 50006, Zaragosa, Spain June 16 - Moog - Calle Arc del Teatre, 3 - 08001, Barcelona, Spain June 17 - La Route du Son - 1 allée Montesquieu, 64140 - Pau, France June 18 - tba - Paris, France (?) CLAUDIA QUINTET April 9 - Bimhuis - Amsterdam, The Netherlands / 8:30 pm November 18 - The Stone - 16 Avenue C (the corner of Avenue C and Second Street) - NYC, NY 10009 GÖSTA BERLINGS SAGA (our latest signing! CD out in May!) May 11 - Special - Oulu - Finland May 12 - Dynamo - Turku - Finland May 13 - Korijaamo - Helsinki - Finland May 14 - Telakka - Tampere - Finland GUTBUCKET April 10 - Dumont - Aachen, Germany April 11 - Topos - Leverkusen, Germany April 14 - Stellwerk - Hamburg, Germany April 15 - Jazzfruhling Festival - Freiberg, Germany April 16 - Posthof - Linz, Austria April 27 - Union Hall - Brooklyn, NY May 2 - Rockshop - Brooklyn, NY May 9 - Redcat - Los Angeles, CA (Gutbucket chamber orchestra) May 10 - Revolution Cafe - San Francisco, CA May 11 - Cafe Van Kleef - Oakland, CA May 12 - Hotel Utah - San Francisco, CA May 13 - Secret Society Lounge - Portland, OR May 14 - Cafe Racer - Seattle, WA May 22 - Local 269 - NYC, NY November 30 - The Stone - 16 Avenue C (the corner of Avenue C and Second Street) - NYC, NY 10009 IDEAL BREAD November 15 - The Stone - 16 Avenue C (the corner of Avenue C and Second Street) - NYC, NY 10009 HAMSTER THEATRE November 22 - The Stone - 16 Avenue C (the corner of Avenue C and Second Street) - NYC, NY 10009 LED BIB April 23 - Bunker Ulmenwall - Bielefed, Germany April 29 - Jazzclub Tonne - Dresden, Germany April 30 - tba - Dachau, Germany May 4 - Metelkova - Ljubjana, Slovenia July 10 - Swanage Jazz Festival - Swanage, UK August 14 - Brecon Jazz Festival, Brecon, Wales, UK ROB MAZUREK/SAO PAULO UNDERGROUND (our latest signing! CD out in September!) April 9 - Musee du quai Branly - Paris, France April 13 - Wels, Austria April 16 - Area Seismica - Forli, Italy THE MUFFINS November 20 - The Stone - 16 Avenue C (the corner of Avenue C and Second Street) - NYC, NY 10009 RICHARD PINHAS May 20 - F.I.M.A.V - Victoriaville, Quebec, Canada (with Wolf Eyes and Merzbow!) for the rest of the tour, Richard will be performing in a duo with Duncan Pinhas May 26 - The Boat - 158 Augusta Ave - Toronto, Ontario, Canada - 9:00 pm May 27 - The Shop art and performance studio - 4314 Main St. - Pittsburgh, PA 15224 (with: Ga'an, Forget the Times, Michael Johnsen) / 8:00 - 11:00 pm / $8.00 - all ages - many more dates tba - details coming - POSITIVE CATASTROPHE November 17 - The Stone - 16 Avenue C (the corner of Avenue C and Second Street) - NYC, NY 10009 PRESENT (with Univers Zero and Aranis) September 16 - RIO Festival - Cap'Découverte - 81450 LE GARRIC (Carmaux) - France RADIO MASSACRE INTERNATIONAL May 7 - St Clement’s Church - Chorlton-cum-Hardy, Manchester M21 9JF - UK - doors at 6:45/band on at 7:45. Tickets £10.00 - click here to get tickets in advance ALEC K. REDFEARN and THE EYESORES November 27 - The Stone - 16 Avenue C (the corner of Avenue C and Second Street) - NYC, NY 10009 REVOLUTIONARY SNAKE ENSEMBLE May 20 - Barbés, 376 9th St. (corner of 6th Ave), Park Slope, Brooklyn, NY - (347) 422-0248, 8 - 9:30pm November 17 - The Stone - 16 Avenue C (the corner of Avenue C and Second Street) - NYC, NY 10009 THINKING PLAGUE November 22 - The Stone - 16 Avenue C (the corner of Avenue C and Second Street) - NYC, NY 10009 UNIVERS ZERO (with Present and Aranis) September 16 - RIO Festival - Cap'Découverte - 81450 LE GARRIC (Carmaux) - France ZEVIOUS Check these guys out as they go ALL the way across the USA and back! This is your chance to see a great, truly hot NYC harmolodic/punk-jazz group in YOUR hometown. April 5 - The Walnut Room - 3131 Walnut St, Denver, CO, 80205 (with Bottesini Project) April 6 - Zoo Bar - 136 North 14th Street, Lincoln, NE 68508 - (402) 435-8754 (with Masses and TBA) April 7 - The Brick - 1727 McGee Street, Kansas City, MO 64108-1423 - (816) 421-1634 (with Nomad's Atlas) April 8 - Schlafly Tap Room - 2100 Locust St, Saint Louis, MO 63103 - (314) 241-2337 (with Spelling Bee and Britches) April 9 - Mexicains Sans Frontieres - 120 S Division Ave. #226, Grand Rapids MI 49503 - (with Night Toucher) April 10 - Melody Inn - 3826 North Illinois Street, Indianapolis, IN 46208 - (317) 923-4707 - (with Kuan, Gash Hound, and Goliathon) April 11 - South Park Tavern - 1301 Wayne Avenue, Dayton, OH 45410 - (937) 586-9526 - (with Kuan) April 12 - Carabar - 115 Parsons Ave, Columbus, OH 43215 (with Kuan, Lemia Belus, and TBA) April 13 - The Bug Jar - 219 Monroe Avenue, Rochester, NY 14607-3527 - (585) 454-2966 (with Rickles and Epilogue) April 14 - Community School of Music and Arts (CSMA) - 3rd Floor Auditorium, 330 E State St (aka Martin Luther King Jr. St), Ithaca, NY 14850 (with Makeshift, The Invisible Hand) April 15th - Elm Bar - 372 Elm St, New Haven, CT 06511 (with Old Man Lady Luck) November 30 - The Stone - 16 Avenue C (the corner of Avenue C and Second Street) - NYC, NY 10009 CUNEIFORM CURATES THE STONE I was very, very pleased to be contacted by John Zorn and offered the opportunity to book his amazing music space "The Stone" for two weeks in November. The Stone is a great listening space with good sound, comfortable chairs and great music six nights per week (they are closed on Mondays). There are two separate shows per night with a different act at each show and a separate admission to each show. Every cent of your admission money goes to the artists. Watch this space for updates to the schedule. The Stone - 16 Avenue C (the corner of Avenue C and Second Street) - NYC, NY 10009 Shows at 8:00 and 10:00 - set order not yet decided - so far confirmed are: November 15 - Ideal Bread November 15 - November 16 - November 16 - November 17 - Revolutionary Snake Ensemble November 17 - Positive Catastrophe November 18 - Jason Adasiewicz's Rolldown November 18 - The Claudia Quintet November 20 - The Muffins November 20 - November 22 - Hamster Theatre November 22 - Thinking Plague November 23 - David Borden November 23 - November 25 - November 25 - November 26 - Birdsongs of the Mesozoic November 26 - November 27 - Alec K. Redfearn and the Eyesores November 27 - November 29 - Motor Totemists Guild November 29 - Upsilon Acrux November 30 - Zevious November 30 - Gutbucket Also: SInce there will be so many musicians coming in for the NYC gigs, we are working on setting up a 2 day festival in DC or Baltimore for a number of the bands. Location and venue to be determined. This will occur on Saturday November 19 and Sunday November 20. This is still in the very early planning stages, but the idea is to have 5 bands per day over 2 days (i.e. 10 acts). When we know who is playing where and when and feel comfortable posting it, it will be posted. But this is still many months away. Watch this space. ------ To see Artist News by musicians who have recorded for Cuneiform - provided to us by the musicians themselves and updated every four months, go to: http://www.cuneiformrecords. ------ Thank you! -Coming Soon (or not soon, but eventually, so please be patient!)- (For updates of new items in stock, watch these mailings or check the NEW ARRIVALS section!) : JASON ADASIEWICZ'S ROLLDOWN-new, third album AFUCHE-Highly Publicized Digital Boxing Match (finally a 'real' release from this great Brooklyn band) PETER BAUMAN- Romance '76 -Transharmonic Nights (available again for the 1st time in many, many years) BLIXT: Bill Laswell, Raoul Björkenheim, Morgan Ågren (new powerful power trio - jesus these guys can wail!) CASSIBER (box set with a live DVD as well as unreleased material on CD along with the four albums we already know and love) CHEER-ACCIDENT-No Ifs, Ands or Dogs (album #18 - what more need be said?) DEAD CAT BOUNCE-Chance Episodes FAR CORNER #3 (finally! and it's a great one - maybe their best!) FORGAS BAND PHENOMENA-a PHENOMENAl new album (#5) GÖSTA BERLINGS SAGA-Glue Works (much anticipated 3rd album from instrumental progressive/post rock Swedes) KARI IKONEN and KARIKKO-The Helsinki Suite (incredibly great, 2nd album by this wonderful Finnish jazz/rock group) ISOTOPE-Isotope -Illusion -Deep End (the 3 very excellent albums by this '2nd generation' UK jazz/rock group, led by Gary Boyle; these have been very hard to get for some time. Reissued by Esoteric) MATS/MORGAN BAND-new studio album (may still be some time away...) ROB MAZUREK/SAO PAULO UNDERGROUND-Tres Cabecase Loucuras ONE SHOT-Live in Japan (Soleil Zeuhl) LE ORME-La Via della Seta (The Silk Road) PHIDEAUX-Snowtorch RICHARD PINHAS + MERZBOW-Rhizome RICHARD PINHAS + MERZBOW-Paris, Live 2008 (limited edition, vinyl only release) POCKET ORCHESTRA (a reissue of their archival, very out of print release + live material; hooray!) WADADA LEO SMITH/ORGANIC-Heart's Reflection (new studio album by Wadada's extraordinary 4 guitar band!) SOFT MACHINE LEGACY-Relegation of Pluto/Live in Germany THINKING PLAGUE-new album (studio album #6!) WOBBLER-The Rites of Dawn ZOMBI-Escape Velocity (new release from this always great and always entertaining synth/drums duo) IF you'd like to view previous New In stock Announcements, they can be found here: http://ymlp36.net/archive_ |
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