ANOTHER RESIDENTS UPDATE

Later today, The Residents will be releasing a new album:
"The Delta Nudes - Greatest Hiss".
It's a new album, but it will present older material.

Big Brothers says:
Blame me for this one. Last year I came up with the "brilliant" idea for the ERA B4-74 web site. As a product idea I assembled some of the old poorly recorded music from the late 1960s and early 1970s. I made a download mp3 collection. Of course there was actually little interest in the B4-74 web site, or its many products, other than some kind of perverse attraction in the old recordings. So here is that collection of old stuff, only cleaned up and lossless. Additionally there is music that has never been heard outside of the archive collection. Perhaps with good reason. Tapes that hiss are no longer considered an obstacle. So here it is. A collection - no, an expanded collection - of music from a time when there was no thought of record companies, touring Europe, or selling refrigerators for a living. Welcome to the world of The Delta Nudes.

And there's more:
The Residents are offering various, seperate tracks through the typical download channels.

www.residents.com

SARAH CAHILL - A SWEETER MUSIC

• sarah cahill: a sweeter music
      (2013, cd, usa, other minds records om 1022-2)

On "A Sweeter Music", Sarah Cahill performs various contemporary pieces on the piano: Terry Riley, Meredith Monk, Yoko Ono, ... and The Residents.

In the liner notes, Sarah Cahill explains how she missed hearing the anti-war movement during the Iraq war. Voices that were present during her youth in the 60s.
She contacted various composers with strong political convictions, and got eighteen pieces commissioned for her project.

She performs 'Drum No Fife', composed by The Residents, and narrated by The Residents.
It fits the album and the concept.

Very impressive.

More info:
http://www.wqxr.org/#!/story/318421-pianist-sarah-cahills-sweeter-music-call-peace/

http://www.sarahcahill.com/

RESIDENTS UBS UPDATE

UBS = ultimate box set

http://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/weird/100000-Ultimate-Box-Set-Sold-and-Delivered-228739581.html

TATVAMASI - PARTS OF THE ENTIRETY

• tatvamasi: parts of the entirety
      (2013, cd, usa, cuneiform)

"Parts Of The Entirety" is the debut album of Polish band Tatvamasi.

The band traces its origins back to a devastating 2003 car crash that left their guitarist and composer hospitalized for many months. During his long recovery, he constructed a vividly detailed, emotionally probing and spiritually numinous musical world that he christened Tatvamasi.

The result, "Parts Of the Entirety", is an instrumental album in which the quartet (guitar, sax, bass and drums) invites the listener to a musical adventure.
This is good. This is very good. Modern jazz.

Recommended.

Out on Cuneiform
www.cuneiformrecords.com

Available from Mandaï.
www.mandai.be

SPALTKLANG - IN BETWEEN

• spaltklang: in between
      (2013, cd, italy, altrock alt037)

The italian Altrock record label keeps popping up in these pages. Earlier this year, the label released Alter Huevo's "Cucamonga" album with Zappa-inspired music from Argentina. The latest Humble Grumble disc, "Flanders Fields", is also out on Altrock.
And now there's Spaltklang's "In Between", another fine addition to the Altrock catalogue.

It has been three of four years since Spaltklang released "En Suite". For this new release, bandleader and composer Markus Stauss changed the line-up and the setting quite drastically.
In his own words: "The music has a different sound because of the new instrumentation. The composition technique is quite the same as on the last 2 Spaltklang albums. I just had more possibilities thanks to the 5 piece line up."

Besides Markus Stauss (tenor and soprano saxophones) and Rémy Sträuli (drums), the quintet is made up of trumpet player Ritschke Koch, guitarist Francesco Zago (Yugen, Zauss) and double bass player Christian Weber (Kurai). The expansion of the ensemble does indeed have a postive effect on the overall sound.
"In Between" is a very impressive album. Each of the five musicians stands out. Each one has a disctinctive voice and fits perfectly into the whole.
I love it. I love the intensity of the drive and the dynamics of the improvisations.
If you are familiar with Markus Stauss' output, you know that you will have to check this out.
Highly recommended to fans of experimental rock / jazz-rock / modern jazz music. 

Out on Altrock
http://altrock.highsite.it/?wpsc-product=i-between

Also available through the Markus Stauss website
http://www.fazzulmusic.ch/english/news.php?4v=4:1395

More info on Spaltklang (in German)
http://www.fazzulmusic.ch/deutsch/spaltklang.php

ELLIOTT SHARP - HAPTIKON

• elliott sharp: haptikon
      (2013, cd, italy, long song records)

American multi-instrumentalist and composer Elliott Sharp has been a central figure in the New York avant-garde and experimental music scene since the late seventies.

He has made numerous albums and his compositions have been performed by the HR-Sinfonieorchester, The Ensemble Modern and The Kronos Quartet, to name a few.

His latest release, "Haptikon", is out on the italian Long Song Records label. The electric guitar gets the significant role on "Haptikon". Accompanied by computer generated soundscapes, Elliott Sharp explores jazz, blues, rock and indian music, with a focus on the melodical and lyrical aspects.

Very impressive.

Recommended listening.

Available from Mandaï.
www.mandai.be

Here's a live sample

DUSAN JEVTOVIC - AM I WALKING WRONG?

• dusan jevtovik: am i walking wrong?
      (2013, cd, usa, moonjune)

"Am I Walking Wrong?" is the international debut of Serbian born guitarist Dusan Jevtovic.
Nowadays, Dusan Jevtovic lives in Barcelona (Spain) and for this album, he teamed up with Catalan fretless bass guitarist Bernat Hernandez and Serbian drummer Marko Djordjevic.

The result is a raw and powerful rhythm and blues / power trio album.
Each member of the trio has his distinct contribution to the overall sound, but it's Dusan's playing and experimenting with tonality and rhythm that gives "Am I Walking Wrong?" this unorthodox sound.

Let it be clear that this is not your everyday guitar album. You need to get in to it. Multipe listening session required!

Out on Moonjune.
www.moonjune.com

PIXEL - WE ARE ALL SMALL PIXELS

• pixel: we are all small pixels
      (2013, cd, usa, cuneiform)

Norwegian quartet Pixel has a second album out. The band mixes pop and jazz. Bandleader, bass player and vocalist Ellen Andrea Wang is the driving force of Pixel. She's backed by drummer Jon Audun Baar, saxophone player Harald Lassen and trumpet player Jonas Vemoy.

There's a lot of positive vibes and energy coming from this album.
Nice.

Out on Cuneiform.

www.cuneiformrecords.com

Available from Mandaï.

www.mandai.be

Check it out. Here's 'Space'.

DODSON AND FOGG

"Mystery" by Dodson and Fogg
Taken from the album THE CALL
Vocals, guitars, keyboards and percussion by Chris Wade and song written by Chris Wade
With Ricky Romain on sitar and Chloe Herington of Knifeworld on sax

DWALMACAT 537

The Dwalmacat Halloween special !!

http://www.mixcloud.com/Dwalmacat/dwalmacat-537-halloween-special/

MX-80 SOUND – Halloween
BARRY ADAMSON – The wrong side of relaxation
RICHARD BAND – Bomb shelter (from “Terrorvision”)
THE RESIDENTS – Phantom
RON GEESIN – Song of the wire
LES VAMPYRETTES – Biomutanten
KRZYSZTOF PENDERECKI – Utrenja (excerpt from “The Shining”)
BOB McFADDEN & DOR – The mummy
RALPH DORPER – Assault
PIERO UMILIANI – Messaggio elettronico
TWO DAUGHTERS – Return call / We are
THE BEATLES – Revolution n°9
TUXEDOMOON – James Whale
DIE PARTEI – Allerheiligen
EURYTHMICS – Le sinistre
DAVID LYNCH – In heaven (excerpt from “Eraserhead”)
CAROLINER – Fingers of the underworld
FIBONACCIS – Terror vision
HERSCHELL GORDON LEWIS – Bloodfeast
THROBBING GRISTLE – Beachy head
BAUDOUIN OOSTERLYNCK – Schuilhoek
R.ROOM & K.KANGAROO – Il est minuit