Posted in jazz, sound art on July 21, 2008 | 5 Comments »
READERS TAKE CONTROL ON CONTINUO!
Music submitted by Gamilan. Thanks.
01 Traumbaum (6:59)
02 Ceux du Soleil (4:31)
03 Noon Moon (4:25)
04 Poco a Poco (5:18)
05 Chant d’Exil (7:51)
06 Blues for Pedro Arcanjo (7:27)
07 Sommeil de Pierre (2:33)
Total time: 39:07
LP released 1983 on T Records, Gemini (T-Gem 1003)
This is Tamia [...]
Posted in french, jazz on June 10, 2008 | No Comments »
01 Transit I (5:43)
02 Transit II (2:45)
03 Transit III (5:28)
04 Bekummernis (5:10)
05 NoSi Part I-V (19:03)
Total time: 38:10
LP released 1984 on Ménélas/Harmonia Mundi
Bekummernis was a french big band created by brothers Xavier and Luc Le Masne in 1982, comprising as much as 50 musicians and lasting till 1992. On other LPs, much space was devoted [...]
Posted in avant rock, french, jazz on May 17, 2008 | 10 Comments »
Pascal Comelade + Bel Canto Orchestra, Live 1983
01 Bel Canto Orchestra (3:22)
02 Bel Canto Orchestra (2:29)
03 Bel Canto Orchestra (2:38)
04 Bel Canto Orchestra (3:02)
05 Bel Canto Orchestra (2:16)
06 Bel Canto Orchestra (3:12)
07 Bel Canto Orchestra (4:18)
08 Bel Canto Orchestra (2:28)
09 Bel Canto Orchestra (7:56)
Pascal Comelade solo, 1982-83
10 Pascal Comelade solo (9:46)
11 Pascal Comelade solo (4:24)
12 [...]
Posted in french, jazz on May 2, 2008 | 1 Comment »
01 Sans Arrêt, Même (3:37)
02 Va-Et-Vient (2:25)
03 Boubou-Smoking (6:43)
04 Néon Jungle, Dénudée (4:42)
05 Un Dimanche Bleu (3:45)
06 Rue Nationale, Vite (2:46)
07 Divertissement (1:30)
Total time: 25:25
Cassette released 1985 on french label Tago Mago
Etienne Brunet: saxophones
Pierre Bastien: bass & guitar
Jean-Pierre Bedoyan: drums & guitar
Etienne Brunet was a founding member of legendary french free jazz band Axolotl in [...]
Posted in french, jazz, sound art on April 23, 2008 | 4 Comments »
01 Téléconcerts - live (63:52)
02 Téléconcerts - live (encore) (14:38)
Total time: 78:29
Live recording, Nanterre, France, April 18, 2008
Pierre Bastien: trumpet, Mecanium, casiotone, tiny extra-european one-string violin
Alexei Aïgui: violin
Axel Lecourt: kalimba, mbira, sanza, kaskas, assorted brazilian instruments
Mitsuaki Matsumoto: laptop, live sampler, comb, ringing bowl
Pierrick Sorin: video
The music on this live recording is a rendition of ‘Téléconcerts’, [...]
Posted in french, jazz on April 21, 2008 | 7 Comments »
01 Ballade (7:53)
02 Wood Song (8:02)
03 Maroua (4:59)
04 De la nuit . . . le jour (7:51)
05 Mit Sang und Klang (6:52)
06 Yemanjá (7:12)
Total time: 42:44
Recorded 1987. ECM records, 1988.
Swiss drummer Pierre Favre met french one of a kind singer Tamia during the 1972 Chateauvallon jazz music festival in France and the ensuing Michel [...]
Posted in jazz on February 6, 2008 | No Comments »
Rake ‘Resume the Cosmos’ CD
Released on Camera Obscura (Australia), 1998
No track titles. Total time: 60:00
Rake was formed in Fairfax (Virginia) in 1989 by Bill Kellum, Vinnie Van Go-Go and Carl Moller, as a mostly instrumental psych rock band. Most of their output of cassettes, 7′’s and CDs was released on VHF label run by bassist [...]
Posted in jazz on January 24, 2008 | No Comments »
Self released CD-R, 2006.
01 Selfish Shellfish (6:20)
02 Pious (Clarinet) (1:37)
03 Experimentations In Minimalism I (7:53)
04 Experimentations In Minimalism II (3:15)
05 Experimentations In Minimalism III (4:30)
06 Pious (Trombone) (1:01)
07 FU&THYRIO (9:01)
08 Pious (Trumpet) (0:52)
Total time: 34:35
Thomas Helton: double bass
Karl Fulbright: tenor saxophone, alto saxophone, baritone saxophone, clarinet, bass clarinet
Seth Paynter: tenor saxophone, soprano saxophone
Martin Langford: [...]
