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Nogbad_The_Bad wrote:

Man With Hat wrote:

^ no chance for a CD I take it?

Looks like download only for now.

Shame. If a CD ever does pop up I'll definitely buy.

Dig me...But don't...Bury me
I'm running still, I shall until, one day, I hope that I'll arrive
Warning: Listening to jazz excessively can cause a laxative effect.

Bandcamp article on Zeuhl

https://daily.bandcamp.com/lists/zeuhl-list?fbclid=IwAR01SnK7W3tTZX8eBNzf4_MD_YdVmlKRpXCsG13Xd5tH9MgpVc7RVWUMWEE

Ian

Host of the Post-Avant Jazzcore Happy Hour on Progrock.com

https://podcasts.progrock.com/post-avant-jazzcore-happy-hour/

A bump:

Trying to drown myself in nostalgia for a host of personal reasons, I've recently gone back through the two drop in center threads over the past week or so. It's been fun, giving me a bunch of reminders of bands and albums I've long forgotten about or missed the first time around due to lack of availability. Good to see posts by people that haven't been around here in forever (Assaf, Adam, Claire, Chris, and David especially), although it adds a hint of sadness that they've moved on from the site.

Hopefully people out there are still enjoying the weird world of RIO/Avant and this thread can get some life breathed back into it. Seemingly bad days on these fronts though...with Altrock stopping, cunieform focusing mostly on jazz these days, and Soliel Zeuhl proceeding very slowly. But I guess that's just the state of affairs for the modern recording industry.

Along those lines, another thing I thought of when browsing the threads, is that the late 90s and early to mid 2000s was probably the best time to be a fan of this type of music. Lots of bands and ensembles (even if they only existed briefly), physical media (read CDs) was still in fashion, there were avenues to explore to get noticed/signed/distributed, and the internet blossomed so you could find places to buy these ever obscure treasures. Some sadness also flowed in realizing I missed that sweet spot by like half a dozen years. But so it goes.

Hope all the frequent visitors to these threads are alive and well given these weird times.

Dig me...But don't...Bury me
I'm running still, I shall until, one day, I hope that I'll arrive
Warning: Listening to jazz excessively can cause a laxative effect.

Sorry to say I haven't heard more but there's still loads of great stuff to explore out there.

Ian

Host of the Post-Avant Jazzcore Happy Hour on Progrock.com

https://podcasts.progrock.com/post-avant-jazzcore-happy-hour/

https://cuneiformrecords.bandcamp.com/album/1975

I figured this ought to be of interest to whoever still follows this thread: This week Cuneiform released a recording by The Fourth World Quartet, starring Roger Miller of Birdsongs Of The Mesozoic and his brothers in the mid-70s performing a very woodwind-heavy, dissonant, experimental RIO-type sound.

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This is probably of interest to some here, visceral experimental doom jazz, AKU!, from Scotland and fronted by Greg Costello

https://akuglasgow.bandcamp.com/album/blind-fury

Ian

Host of the Post-Avant Jazzcore Happy Hour on Progrock.com

https://podcasts.progrock.com/post-avant-jazzcore-happy-hour/

If we're gonna share new releases: Last month Discus Music released the latest album Gated by Alex Ward, a multi-instrumentalist mostly known for his work in free jazz circles who has apparently stepped out of his comfort zone to create a bonafide guitar-centred avant/brutal-prog album in the style of Yowie, Zevious or Upsilon Acrux, except with more woodwinds. Definitely one of the best things I've heard this year: https://discusmusic.bandcamp.com/album/gated-114cd-2021

Edited by Mirakaze - August 10 2021 at 15:55

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Mascodagama wrote:

If we're going to revivify the thread with some new bands, let's also have the wonderful Birthday Ass and their new album Head of the Household:

http://birthdayass.bandcamp.com/album/head-of-the-household

Proper avant-rock from Brooklyn. Piss off your family, friends and neighbours! They got it coming.

I do like that they sell undies.

Edited by Man With Hat - August 10 2021 at 16:33

Dig me...But don't...Bury me
I'm running still, I shall until, one day, I hope that I'll arrive
Warning: Listening to jazz excessively can cause a laxative effect.

Nogbad_The_Bad wrote:

This is probably of interest to some here, visceral experimental doom jazz, AKU!, from Scotland and fronted by Greg Costello

https://akuglasgow.bandcamp.com/album/blind-fury

Not completely bowled over, but there are many very good plus moments. Any chance there is a CD of this available?

Dig me...But don't...Bury me
I'm running still, I shall until, one day, I hope that I'll arrive
Warning: Listening to jazz excessively can cause a laxative effect.

Mascodagama wrote:

Mirakaze wrote:

If we're gonna share new releases: Last month Discus Music released the latest album Gated by Alex Ward, a multi-instrumentalist mostly known for his work in free jazz circles who has apparently stepped out of his comfort zone to create a bonafide guitar-centred avant/brutal-prog album in the style of Yowie, Zevious or Upsilon Acrux, except with more woodwinds. Definitely one of the best things I've heard this year: https://discusmusic.bandcamp.com/album/gated-114cd-2021

This is excellent!

For a previous excursion by Ward into the brutal prog badlands, check out Power Trips by Deadly Orgone Radiation (an avant supergroup of Ward, James Sedwards and Weasel Walter):

http://alexward.bandcamp.com/album/power-trips

EDIT: I initially had a typo “James Sexwards”. Not inappropriate.

This is excellent

Ian

Host of the Post-Avant Jazzcore Happy Hour on Progrock.com

https://podcasts.progrock.com/post-avant-jazzcore-happy-hour/