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Tickets for Electric Masada @ Aula Magna, Lisbon, Portugal
by Marco Ferreira 13 Apr '04

13 Apr '04

Hello Zorn list, Does anyone that is going to this show know where to buy the tickets? I can't find them anywhere. Marco Ferreira _________________________________________________________________ Help STOP SPAM with the new MSN 8 and get 2 months FREE* http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail

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RE:Otomo, Laswell: "Soup"
by Witkowski, Marcin 13 Apr '04

13 Apr '04

I've got it. Really nothing special. Definitely disappointing for what you could suspect those 3 genius musicians. Typical guitar/bass/drums improvisation set, too much Laswell style for me. But from the same Laswell's sessions in Japan I highly recommend you: Hoppy Kamiyama+Bill Laswell "A Naval City/No One Is there" just released for CREAGE (Yamaha Corporation). Hoppy is still in excellent inspiration shape. This CD is recorded with Kiyohiko Semba on drums. All the Best Marcin >Still nobody manged to pick up Otomo Yoshihide, Bill Laswell & Yasuhiro >Yoshigaki: "Soup"? I'm very curious for some comments on it. ********************************************************************************************** The information contained in this message or any of its attachments may be confidential and is intended for the exclusive use of the addressee(s). Any disclosure, reproduction, distribution or other dissemination or use of this communication is strictly prohibited without the express permission of the sender. The views expressed in this email are those of the individual and not necessarily those of Sony or Sony affiliated companies. Sony email is for business use only. This email and any response may be monitored by Sony United Kingdom Limited. (05) **********************************************************************************************

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Re: Otomo, Laswell: "Soup"
by Bill Ashline 13 Apr '04

13 Apr '04

> From: "Arthur Gadney" <a_gadney(a)hotmail.com> > > Still nobody manged to pick up Otomo Yoshihide, Bill Laswell & Yasuhiro > Yoshigaki: "Soup"? I'm very curious for some comments on it. It sucks. Otomo was over here in Seoul last week playing a few gigs and I asked him about it. He didn't say anything directly, but I could tell both from the comments from him and Sachiko M that Otomo wasn't happy about it. So he didn't say it. I didn't say it. But clearly this was a disappointment for at least one of the artists associated with it. Why this project came to be, I don't know. Laswell's ambient bass noodlings don't work well with an improviser like Otomo (personally, my favorite in the world today). Laswell does best in his ethno-electronica mode. He seems to have lost his chops as an improviser, though some would argue he didn't have much to begin with. I think Painkiller/Massacre were pretty successful though. But Otomo and Laswell, I'm sorry to say, don't go well together. They don't have a comparable aesthetic. Why this project ever happened, I have no idea whatsoever. Avoid this CD. Buy the new Erstwhile with Otomo, Sachiko and Nakamura instead. It looks much more promising. -- http://deterritory.blogspot.com/ -- http://deterritorialized-music.blogspot.com/

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Otomo, Laswell: "Soup"
by Arthur Gadney 12 Apr '04

12 Apr '04

Still nobody manged to pick up Otomo Yoshihide, Bill Laswell & Yasuhiro Yoshigaki: "Soup"? I'm very curious for some comments on it. _________________________________________________________________ Check out MSN PC Safety & Security to help ensure your PC is protected and safe. http://specials.msn.com/msn/security.asp

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coryell
by mwisckol＠ocregister.com 12 Apr '04

12 Apr '04

i was 13 or so when a record store clerk rang me up for mahavishnu's "between nothingness and eternity" -- and passionately recommended larry coryell and the 11th house, enthusiastically praising not only coryell but alphonse mouzon as hipper and funkier than cobham, and electric trumpeter randy brecker as a cat who had his own bag going, distinct from miles. "the eleventh house with larry coryell" helped form my young idea of what good music was, and i still enjoy it from time to time -- a bit of that in a nostalgic way, but coryell did have a distinct thing going on and there are some greasy grooves in there.... i later picked up "introducing the 11th house" which had a soprano saxist (steve wilkinson?) instead of brecker, an earlier album that also had it's charm and which i haul out for a spin ever couple years.... there was also an acoustic coryell LP in the 70s that i liked, can't remember the name, but he hasn't held my interest to strongly in the decades since.... martin

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More Frisell
by Arthur Gadney 12 Apr '04

12 Apr '04

Hm, actually there was also a couple of other new-ish Frisell projects which looks intereting: "Richter 858" PERFORMED BY: Bill Frisell (guitar), Hank Roberts (cello), Eyvind Kang (violin) & Jenny Scheinman (violin) & Petra Haden and Bill Frisell Worth picking up? _________________________________________________________________ MSN Toolbar provides one-click access to Hotmail from any Web page FREE download! http://toolbar.msn.com/go/onm00200413ave/direct/01/

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New Frisell CD
by Arthur Gadney 12 Apr '04

12 Apr '04

Anybody have more info? Sounds kind of interesting (and in that case, about time Bill!) Unspeakable - Bill Frisell's Collaboration with Hal Willner Bill has finished Unspeakable his new recording project with producer Hal Willner producing. It involves the extensive use of samples as well as many of his trusted musical colleagues, including Tony Scherr, Kenny Wollesen, Don Alias, a string section of Jenny Scheinman, Eyvind Kang and Hank Roberts as well as a horn section of Steven Bernstein, Curtis Fowlkes and Briggan Krauss. It will be released in July on Nonesuch Records. _________________________________________________________________ Is your PC infected? Get a FREE online computer virus scan from McAfee® Security. http://clinic.mcafee.com/clinic/ibuy/campaign.asp?cid=3963

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RE: OT: blonde redhead
by pm.carey＠utoronto.ca 10 Apr '04

10 Apr '04

* ahorton <ahorton(a)vt.edu>: >"A Melody of Certain Damaged Lemons", hands-down. Before it, they were >nothing but a 100% unabashed Sonic Youth ripoff (even going as far as >to release records on Steve Shelley's "Smells like Records" label!). While I'm not here to defend BR, this is going a might far. It's similar to saying that Stereolab's early LPs are Neu! and Can ripoffs that merit no attention whatsoever (I know many who ignore them for this very reason), and it's all too easy to *say*. Sure, it helps to set hard limits for music collecting purposes, but it's not quite as black and white... Why would Shelley play on, and produce records by a band that were 100% unabashedly ripping off his own (note that SY have ripped plenty themselves)? Again, not championing BR... just a thought, really. >Suddenly, on that record, they "came into their own," actually writing >great songs and using interesting sonic textures. I agree it was a step forward, but it doesn't negate their back catalog. >Their recent release, "misery is a butterfly," was an unfortunate attempt >to do "a melody.." again, but without the songwriting and interesting >production. Strongly disagree here. I think the LP is excellent, esp. with Eyvind Kang and Skuli Sverrisson on board. Tracks from this LP fared well in a live setting too. -Patrick NP: Baba Zula - "Üç Oyundan Onyedi Müzik" OD: Lajkó Félix és zenekara - "S/T"

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Re: larry coryell
by ericksna＠umich.edu 09 Apr '04

09 Apr '04

Just discovered an album at my local library called Essential Larry Coryell, and was really impressed by some of the more fiery numbers. |Given that I have just discovered the man, and seeing that he has an enormous body of work, where should I look for similar playing (I see that he plays in a variety of sytles over a long career - as of right now, I'm mainly interested in tracks like 'Jam with Albert', etc.). Any advice as to where to look? thanks for any help nathan

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ChadCDs
by Kurt Gottschalk 09 Apr '04

09 Apr '04

>COUNTRY PROTEST ANEW > >AND THE WIND CRIES MALACHY hey - they're both quite good. cp anew is what you might expect if you know the first one, with some great songs (including a dixie chicks cover). wind cries malachy is jazzy where the former is more country/folk. i prefer the former, i think. reviews will be up soon at the squid's ear, and needful to say malachy is available at <http://www.squidco.com>, and country protest soon will be. cheers. _________________________________________________________________ Check out MSN PC Safety & Security to help ensure your PC is protected and safe. http://specials.msn.com/msn/security.asp

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