Wednesday, December 15, 2010

SOURCE: MUSIC OF THE AVANT GARDE -DISC #6-ALVIN CURRAN/ANNEA LOCKWOOD (SOURCE RECORDS, 1971)




Alvin Curran from MEV and New Zealand composer Annea Lockwood share the last companion disc to the Source Magazine series. No description required.




SOURCE

Tuesday, December 14, 2010

SOURCE: MUSIC OF THE AVANT GARDE -DISC #5- LOWELL CROSS/ARRIGO LORA-TOTINO (SOURCE RECORDS, 1971)




Disc 5 of the 6 10" lp's from the Source Magazine. This time, an electronic piece (video ii (b) / (c) / (l)) by Lowell Cross (who invented the laser light show and made pink floyd mad money) and "Sonic Poetry" by Arrigo Lora Totino called "English Phonemes". The first composition is a fantastic piece of electronic drone music. The latter is a composition of strange word association reminiscent of the screw themed "Maledetto" by Kenneth Gaburo, written around the same time (1971) although Totino takes the process in a different direction by manipulating the speech with the aid of electronics.




SOURCE

SOURCE: MUSIC OF THE AVANT GARDE -DISC #4-LARRY AUSTIN/STANLEY LUNETTA (SOURCE RECORDS, 1971)






Companion disc(#4)to one of the 10 issues of the incredible "Source Magazine". The publication focused solely on radical Avant Garde music of the time. The corresponding radio broadcast to these artists can be found at Archive.org. The magazine was founded by Larry Austin and his music is featured on this disc, as well as Stanley Lunetta. Pretty freaked out stuff.


SOURCE

THE FURORS - ELECTRIC GUITAR AND DRUMS (HITMAN, 1980)




Rare Connecticut underground sensation "The Furors". Frantic self described "Jazzabilly" Extremely Raw and concise. Kinda like if Half Japanese had learned to play guitar and sing less affectedly. 11 song double 45, 1980.



THE FURORS

Monday, September 20, 2010

"WE NEED IT BABY" (JOHN GREELEY TAPES)


These are the John Greeley answering machine tapes. I've listened to them many times and I find that they are entertaining, dating and cryptic.

featuring:
Sam
Mary
T.J
The Gerbil
Joe Butero
Jess
and Stella

Where is John Greeley? Why is Mary so desperate? Has John "Caught a Live One"? What is "The Stuff" being moved? Who is the seductive Stella?

All these questions are raised, and very few clues are given. It leads to a very confusing puzzle of what's going on in the life of John Greeley. Voyeuristic and exploitative.

Enjoy

WE NEED IT BABY (The John Greeley Tapes)

Wednesday, July 21, 2010

Tony Conrad/Gastr Del Sol - The Japanese Room At La Pagode (Table Of Elements)



Double 7" On Table Of Elements. A big tease if you ask me.

Here

The Jazz Composer's Orchestra - Communications - 1968



Free Jazz all stars (Don Cherry, Cecil Taylor, Pharroah Sanders) under the direction of modern Composer Michael Mantler. Vinyl rip. 1968 JCOA records.
JCOA

Tuesday, July 20, 2010

African Roots Of Jazz






Double 7" Ethnographic recording by Fred Kaufman and John P. Guckin.

...Incredible and incredibly non-specific (in terms of region) African music

LINK

The Very Things - Strange Fruit Peel Sessions



Very Things



More great forgotten demented post-punk. This is from their '88 Peel Sessions

Flipper - Someday/Distant Illusion 7"



Someday/Distant Illusion

Flipper managed to squeeze out a couple of great songs in the early nineties; here they are.