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hans reichel
by Greg.Mills＠JWT.com 02 Jan '03

02 Jan '03

I recently picked up Hans Reichel's "Shanghaied on Tor Road". For it's inaugrual run, I listened it at work with my headphones on. About :30 into it I spit iced tea through my nose because I was laughing so hard. In a good way. It's refreshing to hear something challenging that is so good naturedly goofy at the same time. The question I put to the collective genius of the assembly is this: What does Reichel's guitar work sound like?

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RE: Ipecac show on 12-30 --kid606
by ahorton 02 Jan '03

02 Jan '03

>> Two laptops, two kaos pads, and one other thing..either a drum machine or a >> mixer? Kid 606 is a virtuoso. Is there anyone on this list who was there, or >> who keeps up with the laptop scene, wanna venture a guess as to which >> laptop was doing what? Kid606 uses Native Instruments' Reaktor exclusively. Last I heard, he simply used two powerbooks running reaktor (probably running some sort of live-performance ensembles that he knocked up), a kaos pad, and a mixer. andrew

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Ipecac show on 12-30
by nacho hargman 02 Jan '03

02 Jan '03

had helluv fun at the Great American Music hall on 12-30-02 here in SF. Captured by Robots was entertaining enough for forty minutes (any longer would have stretched the hilarity kind of thin). Thank goodness people who build robots put them to this kind of use, I guess. Isis was pleasant enough, my first exposure to them. Gotta love a keyboardist who tries to cut through/keep up with three fuzz-powered axe-wielders. The epic approach to composition, and the mix of metal, basic rock, and feedback/noise dreamscapes, held my interest, kind of prog without the capes and pretense. kind of jazz-odyssey minus the jazz. But i'm on the outside of this scene, about a quarter-century behind/beside the times, so maybe this stuff is dull and predictable to most of you. Two laptops, two kaos pads, and one other thing..either a drum machine or a mixer? Kid 606 is a virtuoso. Is there anyone on this list who was there, or who keeps up with the laptop scene, wanna venture a guess as to which laptop was doing what? Melvins Rocked. Is there anywhere on this planet where they get to play for 15,000 people? The final set was Merzbow/Patton and kid606's stuff was on stage....i assume he played though when i left it was still just Maldoror. they kicked up a nice tsunami of loud abstraction. merzbow with two laptops and patton with a variety of mics going in and out of various devices, notably one of those mdular synths with the little pegboard matrix (someone help me here with the brandname.....same kind thomas lehn uses in konkpack, i think). all the cathartic transcendence (an old acid survivorcould want!) with none of the burdensome academic justification! .....I heard thatcalvin weston was maybe gonna play (alongside ben perowsky) with electric masada at Tonic on NYE. can someone who was there confirm or deny? cheers......graham connah

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Re: Ipecac show on 12-30
by William Crump 02 Jan '03

02 Jan '03

Um. Am I to believe that the GAMH holds 15,000? Or was the show booked by GAMH and held somewhere else? William Crump ---------- >From: nacho hargman <connah(a)earthlink.net> > Melvins Rocked. Is there anywhere on this planet where they get to play for > 15,000 people?

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eno/david cross
by Ben Axelrad 02 Jan '03

02 Jan '03

http://www.counterpunch.org/eno1230.html this is a pretty amusing article by brian eno describing america as a gated community. it's always encouraging to see artists speak up. i'm not asking that every artist be a eugene chadbourne (although his new protest songs are really fucking funny), but i believe that artists have a responsibility to address basic social realities (otherwise what's the point of producing art?) an album that should be included on 2002 best of lists is david cross' double-cd on sub pop, "Shut Up, You Fucking Baby." the second disc starts out with cross asking, "Has all this flag-waving bullshit finally stopped?" and continues for over an hour with an extended assault on bush, the "war against 'terrorism'", ashcroft, the catholic church, and the christian right. it's incredibly funny and very important in these times. _________________________________________________________________ MSN 8 with e-mail virus protection service: 2 months FREE* http://join.msn.com/?page=features/virus

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Tzadik website updated
by Efrén del Valle 02 Jan '03

02 Jan '03

Hi, Just checked the Tzadik website and there's already new items for Feb and March. Among them, Kramer, Ben Perowsky (I don't know what to expect from him as a composer) and... John Zorn: "Masada Anniversary edition vol. 2 - Voices in the Wilderness" Although I know I'll finally buy them, anyone else thinks that the Masada-related stuff is getting a bit overwhelming? I bet many of us would appreciate more NC live albums with some unreleased material than the whole Masada assault. But I'll probably take the bait again... Best, EfrÃ©n del Valle n.p: Rob Burger "Lost Photograph" (Tzadik) ___________________________________________________ Yahoo! Postales Felicita las Navidades con las postales mÃ¡s divertidas desde http://postales.yahoo.es

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Marc Ribot on VIVA! LA WOMAN?
by Patrice L. Roussel 02 Jan '03

02 Jan '03

Does anybody know if Marc Ribot plays on Cibo Matto's VIVA! LA WOMAN? His name is not listed as a player (though he is listed in the thanks section) but somebody claims that he is on the record. Thanks, Patrice. NP: OPTOMETRY: DJ Spooky

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Ornette Coleman/ James Blood Ulmer VIDEOS
by Ricardo Jorge 02 Jan '03

02 Jan '03

anyone can tell me were I can find Vhs or dvd from thesew two artists? Original or copy! I'd buy anything!!! thanks good year! _________________________________________________________________ MSN Messenger: converse com os seus amigos online. http://messenger.msn.com.br

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Faves for 2002 Part 4
by billashline＠netscape.net 31 Dec '02

31 Dec '02

Reissues and Comps This has been a great year for reissuesall the ESP and Actuel disks in particular, but other important reissues also. 1. An Anthology of Noise and Electronic Music/First A-Chronology, Sub Rosathe idea of an a-chronological ordering of music is superb and necessary. Were too hung up on dates rather than streams of influence. The aforementioned Jeck/Otomo/Tetreault appears here as does the Mumma and Pauline Ontiverosplus early works by the Russolo brothers, Pousseur, Cage, and Varese. The Ikeda piece is not well-chosen but the rest are. 2. Albert Ayler, Nuits de la Fondation Maeght 1970, Watermy favorite Ayler of all. 3. John Coltrane, The Olatunji Concert, Impulsepoorly recorded but divine. 4. Marion Brown, Why Not? ESP 5. Albert Ayler, Lorrach, Paris 1966, Hatology 6. Sonny Murray, SST, ESP 7. Sunny Murray, Sunshine & An Even Break (Never Give a Sucker), Fuel (Actuel 7) 8. Alan Silva and Celestial Communication Orchestra, Seasons, Sunspots (Actual 42-44) 9. Sonny Sharrock, Monkey-Pockie-Boo, Sunspots (Actuel 37) 10. Don Cherry, Eternal Rhythm, MPS 11. Anthony Braxton, Dortmand 1976, Hatology 12. Anthony Braxton, B-X&, Fuel (Actuel 6) 13. Art Ensemble of Chicago, Reese and the Smooth Ones, Sunspots (Actuel 29) 14. Derek Bailey, Pieces for Guitar, Tzadik 15. Don Cherrry, Orient, Fruit Tree 16. Don Cherry, Blue Lake, Fruit Tree 17. Archie Shepp & the Full Moon Ensemble, Live in Antibes 2CD, Fuel (Actuel 9) 18. Charles Tyler, Ensemble, ESP 19. Peter Brotzmann, Nicky Skopelitis, Shoji Hano, Organized Chaos, Konnex 20. Alice Coltrane, Transfiguration, Sepia Tone & Universal Consciousness, ImpulseI bought about six reissues from Alice. These were the best of them. Eternity was awful and Transcendence not much betterboth also on Sepia Tone. Revelations 1. Ocora releases 2. The Necks (bought Sex and want more) 3. Ethiopiques 1-11I owe a big thanks to the person who turned me on to the Allegro site where I got all of these. Thanks again. 4. The Silk Road on Smithsonian Folkwayswonderful collection of central Asian music. Ive played it consistently all year. 5. Ustad Mohammad Omar, Virtuoso from Afghanistan, Smithsonian Folkwaysfeatures Zakir Hussain and recalls what traditional music must have been like in this country pre-Taliban. Sorry to have missed: 1. Ekkehard Ehlers, Plays, Staubgoldwill get my copy sometime soon, but couldnt manage for this list. Liked all the stuff I heard previously on the Staubgold comp put out on the Wire.

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Faves for 2002 Part 3
by billashline＠netscape.net 31 Dec '02

31 Dec '02

18. Pierre Henry, Mix 04.0 Box, Phillips FranceThe Fragments for Artaud is the real winner here. We all need a bit more Artaud in these moral times. Perhaps we could use rats to inscribe the text of To Have Done With the Judgment of God into Rumsfelds chest. Great collection that also includes the 2CD recording of the 1977 composition Dieu ironically enough. 19. Merzbow, Amlux, Important Records 20. Polwechsel/Fennesz, Wrapped Islands, Erstwhilereference to Christo. Someone should write a paper about how avant musicians like to ratchet up the seriousness of their work by referencing art objects. This is easy listening Erstwhile and damn good too. 21. Tae-hwan Kang, Seven Breath, News Entertainmentseven pieces of solo alto sax. 22. Tabla Beat Science, Live at Sterns Grove, San Francisco, Axiom/Palm Picturesthe much maligned Laswell never sounds all that good live, but this one works pretty well, especially after the studio touch ups. Zakir Hussain and Sultan Khan steal the show, but Laswell has a stellar moment on Secret Channel. Could have been whittled down to one CD if the superfluous DJ Disk had been DJ Deleted. 23. Gordon Mumma, Live-Electronic Music, TzadikIm partial to the cut on the Sub Rosa comp but this is excellent as well, particularly Than Particle. 24. Van Bergen/Prins/Fennesz, Dawn, Grobundoubtedly weve heard better by any of these artists, but this one works pretty well in my opinion. 25. Peter Brotzmann, William Parker, Michael Wertmuller, Nothung, In Tone Music.

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