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Friday March 12, 2010
"Climax and First Black" by Amadeo Minghi and Mario Molino/Elvio Monti from Scoctopus: The In Sound From Octopus Records
A couple morsels from an obscure Italian library label compilation. The CD has 17 tracks from the Octopus label. This pair is from a couple of the later releases but still sound pretty early. No dates for the individual tracks. The Octopus lasted from the early 60s till 1978. Climax and First Black 
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Thursday March 11, 2010
"Die Bunge" by Cluster & Eno from Cluster & Eno
Kind of a bump on the Cluster & Eno record circa 1977. Oddest little c&w rhythm on this and some wonderfully playful synth noises. Die Bunge 
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Wednesday March 10, 2010
"Morphologarhythm" by Mark Helias from Desert Blue (Enja 1989)
Sly way to end up a set of mostly straight ahead jazz tunes. Mark Helias is known for his Double Bass prowess, so when he straps on the bass guitar and starts slappin' strings on the last track, it knocks you out of the jazz trance and makes you say "what up?" Actually the whole band kind of goes wild style on this one. Check out the way Jerome Harris gets his guitar squawking. And the title? Don't ask me, man. Morphologarhythm 
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Tuesday March 9, 2010
"Voyage" by Jürgen Pluta from Blanche
I've been revisiting Blanche a bit lately and she just gets better with every play. Finally went ahead and ripped the whole lp. This is the last track on the record and to my ears is the best match for that sleeve image; a serious piano intro then the arpeggiator launches the tune into cosmic territory for the duration. Voyage So what do you do with the remainder of a ripped lp? Drop it in the Bin , of course . . . 
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Monday March 8, 2010
"Feixe de Luz" by Egberto Gismonti & Academia De Danças from Feixe de Luz "Todo Começo É Involuntário"
Here's another Gismonti gem on EMI Odeon. It's amazing how different these are from his ECM releases. The credits on the sleeve only mention 8 musicians but it sounds like there must be 50. Keyboards are prominent but not credited. The rhythm section alone would fill a room; lots of mallets and the drumming is spectacular. This is a long one as implied by the 'Epic Trip' tag so there are a lot (9) of unique sections within the whole. Hard to pick a Gismonti favorite but this is certified contender. Feixe de Luz 
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Saturday March 6, 2010
"Double Music (1941)" by John Cage/ Lou Harrison from YouTube
That prepared piano piece Cracklin' posted brought this one to mind. The players are identified as Eddy De Fanti - Ensemble Percussion Ricerca. "The instruments used are bells, brakedrums, sistra, gongs, tam-tams and thundersheet. There is no progress from soft to loud in the work, it is just a continuous festive whole."
(via You Tube)
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Friday March 5, 2010
"Time" by La Düsseldorf from La Düsseldorf
Album closer on the first La Düsseldorf lp. They weren't in a hurry with this one. Tempo picks up a bit just past the 3 minute mark and gradually slides into a slow motorik jam. Time 
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Thursday March 4, 2010
"Rare Bird" by Hoelderlin from Rare Birds
Appropriately titled track from the masters of soft prog. Very nice vocal delivery from Joachim Grumbkow who is also covering the keyboards on this tune. Rare Bird 
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Wednesday March 3, 2010
"Time Axe Bag Dad" by Club Foot Orchestra from Wild Beasts
Club Foot Orchestra were a loose collective of musos from different backgrounds in San Francisco back in the 80s. They used to perform soundtracks to silent films in the late 80s. I saw them do a Cabinet of Dr. Caligari performance in '88 and I've been a fan ever since. The late guitarist, Snakefinger, is featured on this lp. The style is kind of a mutant jazz with an action theme. It would meld well with Batman flicks, etc. The rhythm on this track keeps dropping into a reggae shuffle which makes a nice counterpoint to the fast pace of the rest. They've regrouped a few times and recorded and toured a bit but they're spread all over the globe these days so it's not a common occurrence. Catch them if you can. Time Axe Bag Dad 
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Tuesday March 2, 2010
"Millenium and Perpetuum" by A. Hobson from Millennium
I was curious about the composer on that Millennium track Zucker posted a couple weeks back. Discogs didn't have it and a google search turned up references to it but no banana. So I went digging in my miscellaneous boxes and turned up a copy. A. Hobson composed it and Nick Bantock did the tripped out sleeve art. That's all the credits offered. Synths and brass played by an anonymous band of session musos. Two nice tracks have been posted so far. Here's two more. Millenium and Perpetuum . And as Zucker said, maybe there's a rip around somewhere . . . 
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Zeroy Chimney
AKA: ½ Cent.
Location: Oakland
Total tracks posted: 836
Member since: January 3, 2006
Favorite Genre: Jazz in the Clouds
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Igra Staklenih Perli - Soft Explosion Live
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Top Ten Concerts (I remember . . .) of all time
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1. Bob Marley @ Lyceum London 7/18/75
2. Chick Corea & Return to Forever @ Victoria Theater London 1976
3. Allman Bros. @ Warehouse New Orleans 3/20/71
4. Bob Marley @ Santa Cruz Civic 7/18/78
5. King Sunny Ade & Black Uhuru @ Santa Cruz Civic 1984
6. Emerson Lake & Palmer @ LSU Assembly Center Baton Rouge 1974
7. Led Zeppelin @ Earl's Court Arena London 1975
8. Fleetwood Mac (Bob Welch) & Jefferson Starship @ Sports Arena San Diego 1974
9. Ornette Coleman @ Fillmore SF 1988
10. Neil Young and Crazy Horse @ Catalyst Santa Cruz 1989
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