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Sliiiightly off topic: Brazil (The song)
by Gullasch Baronen 01 Jun '04

01 Jun '04

Just listening to the recent Cornelius album and wondered: What's the best version of the tune "Brazil"? Any suggestions? _________________________________________________________________ Få alle de nye og sjove ikoner med MSN Messenger http://www.msn.dk/messenger

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Raoul Bjorkenheim/Lukas Ligeti
by CuneiWay＠aol.com 31 May '04

31 May '04

Got late word about this duo's tour. I'm stealing Michael Parker's description from another list. And at the end are their show still upcoming. I caught them on Saturday in Takoma Park and it was great. Steve ---------- I wish I had sent this note to the list a few days earlier, because there was a show in VA yesterday... But here is a schedule for the duo tour of Raoul Bjorkenheim and Lukas Ligeti. I'm a fan of both of these musicians, so let me say a few words of explanation about why many people here are likely to find their performances *very* enjoyable. I could really go on and on, but I want to be concise (time issues!). Basically, Lukas Ligeti is a great drummer, and that's what he does in this duo. He is highly developed both as a "contemporary classical" composer (he has a new CD coming out on Tzadik in a few weeks with string quartets and such) and as drummer who can deal (uniquely) with free improv and various points along continua from jazz to rock, Morocco to Korea, etc. He typically plays exciting complicated grooves. He does not play typical Euro-improv style drumming or typical free jazz drumming, but he is definitely an experimentalist in his own way, and has innovated a personal vocabulary dealing with polytempo drumming, the sort of challenge very few improvising drummers are willing to accept. Unique stuff. Raoul Bjorkenheim is the guy from Krakatau, Scorch Trio, etc. The Bjorkenheim/Ligeti duo album "Shadowglow" is pretty incredible, with many twists you'd never expect from a guitar/drums duo, especially because these are not the only instruments used! They are both very heavy on various indigeneous musics from all over, especially from various parts of Africa, where Ligeti has done much work. They integrate these studies into their personal vocabularies; it is not superficial mimicry. Anyone who hasn't heard the Scorch Trio must do so immediately! It's about the hottest avant power trio electric guitar "free jazz"/"free fusion" record you'll find. But "Shadowglow" has a wider range of innovative ideas and it's a perfect match of personalities, totally in that indefinable no-mans's land between known genres. I've been playing this disc heavily. As Krakatau fans know, this cat can go pretty far out with outrageous, lethal electric guitar timbres. ------------------------------- Tuesday, June 1: Savannah, GA, Starland Cultural Center Wednesday, June 2: Chapel Hill, NC, Night Light, 102 Taylor St. Thursday., June 3: Atlanta, GA, Eyedrum, Atlanta, GA, 290 MLK Jr.Drive, Suite 8, 9pm. www.eyedrum.org; http://tk-jk.net/euphonic/ Friday, June 4: Athens, GA, Flicker Theater, 263 W. Washington, 8:30pm Saturday, June 5: Cincinnati, OH, The Mockbee, 603 West McMicken. http://www.themockbee.org Sunday, June 6: Bloomington, IN, Cinemat, 410 W 4th Bloomington Monday, June 7: Louisville, KY, Artswatch, 2337 Frankfort Ave. Tuesday, June 8: Lexington, KY, The Icehouse, 185 Richond Ave. Friday, June 11: Philadelphia, PA, Ars Nova Series, http://www.arsnovaworkshop.com Saturday, June 12: Rochester, NY, The Rochester Int'l Jazz Festival, 6pm

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50th Birthday Vol. 4
by Bruno N 31 May '04

31 May '04

Picked up Zorn's 50th Birthday disc, volume 4, Electric Masada, yesterday. In the opinion of this Zorn-lister, this album is beautifully heavy and very well done -- HIGHLY Recommended. Great players, awesome cuts. Needless to say, I am stoked Zorn finally released something which features the Electric Masada unit. n.p. Electric Masada Vol. 4 David Byrne "The Catherine Wheel" Soundtrack _________________________________________________________________ Stop worrying about overloading your inbox - get MSN Hotmail Extra Storage! http://join.msn.click-url.com/go/onm00200362ave/direct/01/

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Re: VICTO VISION REVIEWS ???
by Vincent Kargatis 30 May '04

30 May '04

----- Original Message ----- > Sent: Saturday, May 29, 2004 2:02 PM > Date: Sat, 29 May 2004 11:00:55 -0300 > From: "janbue" <janbue(a)ciudad.com.ar> > > WERE ARE YOU? Here's my Victo review: http://jazzcornertalk.com/speakeasy/showthread.php?p=178487#post178487 v

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RE: Trembling before G-d
by mod bohemian 30 May '04

30 May '04

>I just saw "Trembling before G-d"on a dvd in an local dvd store. Does >anyone have any coments about this documentary? Many! What did you have in mind? "Comments" is so general that you may not hear what specifically you wanted to hear. Jennifer BTW, I woke up in Paris this morning and sadly am back in the US now. More later about some wonderful music I experienced while there! But I've been up ~40 hours and have the coherency of, well, a very non-coherent person at the moment..... _________________________________________________________________ FREE pop-up blocking with the new MSN Toolbar get it now! http://toolbar.msn.click-url.com/go/onm00200415ave/direct/01/

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Berlin events (NZC)
by Ricardo Campillo 30 May '04

30 May '04

Hi, I've planned a travel in Berlin for this month of june, I need some info about concerts, events, clubs, record stores... and any other interesting thing to enjoy.In short, some touristical advisement to confirm the dates. Any information will be highly appreciated. Thanks in advance. Regards, Ricardo. ______________________________________________________________________ Correo Yahoo! - 6MB, mÃ¡s protecciÃ³n contra el spam Â¡Gratis! http://correo.yahoo.es

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back again
by Mike Pathos 29 May '04

29 May '04

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Part II: Fantomas in Vienna/Book of Horizons
by Diego Gruber 29 May '04

29 May '04

...2) Fantomas in Vienna: A band called Guapo opened, not bad at all, but a bit monotonous. Then Patton delivered his most solid performance of the six Ive witnessed, his chemistry with Lombardo was just awesome. I mean, he did the same old tricks, but hes just mastered them to perfection. The crowd here in Vienna was not as wild as the one in London when I saw Fantomas for the first time, so there was less adrenaline but more opportunities to appreciate the musicians. Lombardo has so many toys to play with, and not one of them was superfluous. 3) Book of Horizons: I hope you people get that CD soon, I was wondering why there has been almost no comment on this. I love this record, my favourite SC3 so far and one of the best records I've heard in the last years, no exaggeration. Spruance has been putting his musical/mystical ideas in order and has put out the first part of a brain-catalogue. SC3 now consists of seven different bands, each with a particular style, which however isn't 100% consistent. The nice thing is these bands aren't new, they were already present on past SC3 records, but they were not labelled as such. The new record fusions the experimental sound of First GCB, the predominantly surf-rock-sound of Second GCB and the predominantly Middle Eastern sound of Book M. Plus there are some elements which where more clearly seen in Mr. Bungle, like the death metal band which is somehow reminiscent of the song Merry-Go-Bye-Bye. While really good, these metal tunes kind of disrupt the flow of the music and don't seem to please everyone. I'm still undecided. What is definitely missing from past recordings are Trey's techno-escapades, probably to appear on the next records since one of the seven bands is missing in BoH. I also find the whole CD booklet quite nice, it's full of pieces of a mystical puzzle, which is intriguing. The new WoM website complements the record quite well, as Efrén said, it contains lots of additional information (and I don't think it looks that bad). So two more records to look forward to, I just wonder... are they ready and can we really expect to hear them soon? In the meantime I'll concentrate in enjoying the wonderful Book of Horizons. D.

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good to be back . . .
by Mike Pathos 29 May '04

29 May '04

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NZC: NYC Record Store Q
by William W. Schonbein 28 May '04

28 May '04

Hello All, I know where to go in NYC to pick up my avant garde music (Other Music and Downtown Music Gallery). But where do I go to try to find the soundtrack to Charade, or to Touch of Evil? Or 1970s albums from Bembeya Jazz? Or the Louvin Brothers' 'Satan is Real'? I suppose I could stop by Tower or Virgin - but their prices tend to be high. Is there anywhere comparable to Amoeba records in Los Angeles where one could potentially find all of these things under one roof, perhaps used or cutout, and at decent prices? Thanks! whit

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