Rubatong performed at the Plusetage in Baarle Nassau,
NL, 2013/02/23. They would / should have played there two years ago already,
but due to sickness the concert got cancelled (or should I say postponed).
The quartet played material from their (excellent)
eponymous first album and also included the two tracks that have been released
on 7" more recently.
I loved this. Word artist, vocalist and
experimentalist Han Buhrs never dissapoints; René van Barneveld played some
fine guitar (love that slide !!); and Tatiana Koleva on percussion and Luc Ex
on bass provided the unmistakable pulsating rhythm.
The highlight, however, was the interaction of the
musicians. That's what made the train running.
If you can catch Rubatong
in concert, you should go & see them. The band released one album and one 7". You definitely need to check these out. Recommended listening !
October 23, about one week before the performance in London, UK, by the BBC Concert Orchestra, "200 Motels" will be performed by the L.A.Philharmonic in Los Angeles, USA.
In 1990, the German Musical Tragedies record label released "Bowling For Appliances", a vinyl album by The Rudy Schwartz Project. This was my introduction to the music of Joe Newman, also known as The Rudy Schwartz Project.
A couple of years after that, Musical Tragedies released two more albums by the RSP. This time on CD. About that time, I had also acquired some of the earlier, cassette material. It all blew me away. This was great stuff. It was suprising. It was funny, Zappa-esque, and it reminded me of The Residents. I loved it.
I don't exactly recall when Joe Newman told me that he was about the quit making music and that he was moving to Canada. It must have been about ten years ago.
Anyway, things have changed as Joe is living in Canada, but he is making music again. Both his older and his newer material is available at DC-Jam Records.
The fantastic "Bowling For Appliances" album got re-released a little while ago already. So if you've never heard it, here's your chance to pick it up. This re-release has two additional tracks.
Welcome back Joe, and welcome back Waldo (his puppet reindeer friend) !!
"various artists: jazzactuel - avant garde / free jazz / psychedelica from the BYG Actuel catalogue 1969-71"
**includes 48-page booklet of liner
notes and photos. Back in circulation: Thurston Moore and Byron Coley's survey
of the free jazz and improv nuggets originally released thru BYG. Over three
discs the veteran avant specialists sift out important aces from Sunny Murray,
Sun Ra and his Solar-Myth Orchestra, Don Cherry, Anthony Braxton, Gong, Musica
Elettronica Viva, Art Ensemble Of Chicago, and many more, 24 tracks total, all
remastered for the fiends. Much of the material here stems from recordings made
while those artists were visiting Europe over the period 1969-71.**
