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| NEW RELEASES
and REISSUES FOR MARCH 2nd, 2001:
1.TIM BERNE-CRAIG TABORN-TOM RAINEY-Shell Game (Thirsty Ear 57099) Finally! Tim's latest trio of saxes/keyboards/drums finally unleashes this much anticipated endeavor - special thanks to Matt Shipp for helping out. $14. 2.PETER BLEGVAD-Choices Under Pressure (Resurgence) Solo acoustic best-of compilation from our favorite, brilliant 'Canterbury' singer/songwriter who has been a member of Slapp Happy, Henry Cow, Faust & the Golden Palominos! $17. 3.SLAM FEST-various British artists compilation (Slam) Fabulous two cd set live compilation of previously unreleased treasures from Keith Tippett, Paul Dunmall, Elton Dean, Howard Riley and many others! Specially priced 2 cd set U.K. import for $18. 4.ANTHONY BRAXTON/MATTHEW WELCH-10 [Solo Bagpipes Compositions 2000] (Parallactic 36) That's right, you heard right - ten compositions from the master - Anthony Braxton performed on solo bagpipes - a fascinating disc! $14. 5.JAH WOBBLE-The Inspiration of William Blake (30 Hertz 13) Featuring Jaki Leipzeit, Clive Bell and numerous Laotian musicians. Pretty great! The new collaboration with Evan Parker should be out soon! $14. NEW ADDITIONS TO THE SEALED VINYL LIST: 6.ACID MOTHERS TEMPLE-Absolutely Freak-Out! (Static #1) Mind-blowing limited edition psych-out and completely groovy. Import album for $17. 7.CAPT. BEEFHEART & HIS MAGIC BAND - Grow Fins/Volume 1/Just got Back from the City (Revenent) - an excellent two lp set of Beefheart rarities from the early days - soon to disappear once and for all. Two lp set for $18. The rest of these below are high-quality sealed reissues - each one is $10. 8.CAPT. BEEFHEART & HIS MAGIC BAND - Mirror Man (Buddah) Great early live lp from the 'Strictly Personal' days - four long, cosmic psych/blues jammin' tracks!! 9.CAPT. BEEFHEART & HIS MAGIC BAND-Clear Spot (Reprise/Scorpio) A personal favorite of mine - one of the Captain's finest moments - quite the perfect release and not that weird!! "Big Eyed Beans fron Venus" is an incredible closer!! 10.ORNETTE COLEMAN QT.-This is Our Music (Atlantic) Featuring Don Cherry, Charlie Haden and Ed Blackwell!! Excellent, ground-breaking modern jazz at its best. 11.ORNETTE COLEMAN QT.-The Shape of Jazz to Come (Atlantic) Featuring Don Cherry, Charlie Haden and Billy Higgins. Another outstanding early Ornette effort! 12.ORNETTE COLEMAN-At Town Hall (ESP/BASE) Featuring David Izenson, Charles Moffet plus a string quartet - an essential live date and not currently in print. 13.ORNETTE COLEMAN & FRIENDS - Live at Prince St. (Flying Dutchman) Featuring Dewey Redman, Charlie Haden & Ed Blackwell. An essential live set from 1970! 14.ORNETTE COLEMAN-Broken Shadows (Columbia) Excellent compilation of unreleased tracks from varying ensembles from the early 70's featuring Jim Hall, Bobby Bradford, Cedar Walton, Don Cherry, Dewey Redman, Charlie Haden, Ed Blackwell & Billy Higgins. 15.THE VELVET UNDERGROUND & NICO-First album (Polydor) Truly classic, brutal, influencial and way ahead of its time! 16.THE VELVET UNDERGROUND-White Light, White Heat (Polydor) Essential, painful and unique second effort from the great Velvets! 17.ERIC DOLPHY-Far Cry (Prestige) Featuring Booker Little, Jaki Byard & Ron Carter. An amazing offering from alto sax/bass clarinet/flute giant and Coltrane collaborator. 18.JOHN COLTRANE-Coltrane Jazz (Atlantic) Featuring McCoy Tyner, Steve Davis and Elvin Jones. A classic, modern Jazz treasure from the arly sixties. 19.HERBIE HANCOCK-Sextant (Columbia) Incredible electric avant jazz spookiness, very much in the "Bitches Brew" vein. 20.UNITED STATES OF AMERICA-s/t (Columbia) Outstanding, mind-blowing and bizarre psychedelic masterwork from this wonderful bay area quintet from 1968!! 21.KAK-s/t (Epic) Another excellent piece of obscure psychedelia from the late 60's. Currently not available on cd. Erstwhile Records is proud to announce the release of: Toshimaru Nakamura/Sachiko M-do (Erstwhile 013) Toshimaru Nakamura and Sachiko M are two of the most prominent members of the burgeoning onkyo movement. Onkyo, a Japanese word meaning "reverberation of sound", places much more emphasis on sound texture than on musical structure, distilling elements of techno, noise, and electronic music into a unique hybrid. Nakamura plays the "no-input mixing board", connecting the input of the board to the output, then manipulating the resultant feedback. Since 1998, he's been exploring the possibilities of his instrument in contexts ranging from solo to collaborations with Taku Sugimoto, Keith Rowe, and the duo project Repeat with drummer Jason Kahn. Nakamura is also a co-founder of The Improvisation Meeting at Bar Aoyama, a monthly concert series in Tokyo, which recently changed its name and location to Meeting At Off Site. Sachiko M was a member of the seminal nineties band Ground Zero, led by her frequent collaborator Otomo Yoshihide. Since Ground Zero ended in 1998, she has developed a unique style utilizing a memory-free sampler, creating pure, piercing sine waves with the device's built-in test tones and noise. Sachiko has worked extensively as a solo artist, and in groups such as Filament, I.S.O., and Hoahio. She also founded and runs the superb Amoebic label. do is the second release from this duo, following 1998's un (meme). do consists of three live improvisations, recorded in the summer of 2000 at three separate concerts. The unique look of the artwork was created entirely from the output of a no-input video mixer by NYC designer Chris Harvey. do #1, the 37 minute centerpiece track, is a masterpiece of gradual progression, inducing rolling waves inside your head, while constantly, infinitesimally, inexorably creeping forward. "Toshimaru Nakamura and Sachiko M minimize their music to a gorgeous maximum. In its reduction to electronic signals, the music becomes very physical. Your speakers become an instrument, and when you move your head or walk around, your ears also become an instrument, you get involved, you can participate. Another prominent aspect is how time seems to escape and how the listener can escape into time simultanously. Not easy listening music for sure. Abstract music? No, to me it seems very concrete."-Günter Müller personnel: Toshimaru Nakamura: no-input
mixing board track listing: 1. do #1-36:45 more info available at the following web sites, or contact Erstwhile Records at ErstRecs@aol.com: http://www.erstwhilerecords.com ------------------------------------------------- future releases from Erstwhile will include:: 015: Axel Dörner/Kevin Drumm Erstwhile Records is proud to announce the release of: Phil Durrant/Thomas Lehn/Radu Malfatti-dach (Erstwhile 014) Radu Malfatti has been a major presence in the European free improv scene since the early seventies. He's been a member of such stellar bands as the Brotherhood of Breath, the London Jazz Composers' Orchestra, and the King Ubu Orchestra, as well as countless small groups. Since the early nineties, Malfatti has focused solely on developing a unique style of superspare, tranquil music, both in his compositions and his improvisations. Phil Durrant has worked in a wide range of settings, in bands such as Lunge and Ticklish, and in acoustic and electroacoustic projects with John Butcher. While Durrant is an expert with live electronics, here he performs exclusively on his original instrument, the violin. Thomas Lehn's unique analogue synthesizer skills have made him one of the most prominent figures on the European festival circuit, in bands such as Konk Pack and Toot, as well as in duos with Gerry Hemingway and Marcus Schmickler, both of which have previously been documented on Erstwhile. Both Durrant and Lehn are integral members of the all-star MIMEO electronic orchestra. dach (German for roof) is the second disc by this trio, following beinhaltung (Fringes), and is a live recording from the 1999 Kaleidophon festival in Ulrichsberg, Austria. dach is an environmental improv record, in the tradition of Derek Bailey/Min Tanaka-Music And Dance (Revenant). Only the rain falling on the white plastic roof is audible as the performance begins. As the sun gradually emerges, warming the roof's metal supports, the creaking and cracking roof becomes a fourth sound source for the remainder of the performance. The artwork is composed entirely of photos of the venue, primarily of the roof, as captured by Olga Dafeldecker. dach occupies the zone between silence and sound, forcing the listener into a state of hyperawareness. "Having released the first cd by this trio, I was very curious to see how far they could go......so?.....impressed, excited, sad (for not being there at the concert), and a bit jealous (for not releasing this one too!!!). Pure, simple and extremely complex all at once, with an attention and care to details and dynamics that leaves me amazed. Yes, I already have one title for my 'best of 2001' lists!"-Giuseppe Ielasi personnel: Phil Durrant -violin track listing: 1. dach-56:57 more info available at the following web sites, or contact Erstwhile Records at ErstRecs@aol.com: http://www.erstwhilerecords.com
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