Get a load of THIS brilliant album! Jazz meets chic in this mish-mash of electronic cool. Association P.C. was founded in 1969 by Dutch keyboarder Jasper van’t Hof along with the Dutch drummer Pierre Courbois and the German guitarist Toto Blanke. The bassist was sometimes the Dutchman Peter Krijnen, sometimes the German Sigi Busch. Association […]
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Association P.C.: Erna Morena – Jazz fusion/prog/avant garde Canterbury oriented sound
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Ryu Hankil – Description for Other things
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다른 것을 위한 서술법 Description for Other Things from Orolo CHE on Vimeo. I blogged recently about Ryu Hankil and his beautiful series of four, but to this date three complete, Typewriter music discs. At the time, I had only heard sections of Hankil’s work. I have, since then been fortunate enough to hear the rest […]
Alcatraz: Vampire State Building – The uncompromising devotion to Prog/Kraut Rock goes Jazz.
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Ok! I LOVe this album! What do I tell you? This is what happens when Krautrock meets Jazz in a little studio in Hamberg where Deep Purple and Queen are soaked into the walls. Apparently, that’s not half untrue, as originally this band were doing covers of Black Sabbath and Uriah Heep. the moved toward […]
Art Bears – Winter Songs and The World as it is Today
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Art Bears were an English avant-rock group formed during the disassembly of Henry Cow in 1978 by three of its members,Chris Cutler (percussion, texts), Fred Frith (guitar, bass guitar, violin, keyboards) and Dagmar Krause (vocals). The group released three studio albums between 1978 and 1981, and toured Europe in 1979. I’m not sure if you’re familiar with Henry Cow – but they are amazing. I adore their music. Someone gifted me these two […]
Friedrich Gulda – Jazz Austrian style
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Friedrich Gulda was an Austrian pianist and composer who worked in both the classical and jazz fields. treat yourself to ten minutes today and indulge in some of these You Tube videos – the man is brilliant. Born in Vienna as the son of a teacher, Gulda began learning to play the piano from Felix Pazofsky at the Wiener Volkskonservatorium, aged 7. In […]
Wire’s 100 Records that set the world on fire while no one was listening. 41 – 45
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This post is part of a series. You can see the previous post here. Oh it’s all happening here today with this selection of amazing music. Its the first half of the 1970’s still, and the most brilliant musicians are learning about musique concrete and jazz fusion and adding it to funk, blues and groovy jazz heat. […]
Creel Pone #5 : Who are they, where do they come from, why are they here?
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I have a lovely little line up of electronic music from the uber label Creel Pone here for you this time. We’re on a journey through the label – earlier posts start here if you want to take a peek. I only discovered electronic music last year, but since I have I haven’t looked back! The music […]
Rhodri Davies | Dominic Lash – Delicate Double Bass, Harp and Wind
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Rhodri Davies – Five Knots Compost and Heist Split Series 007 Available for download. Rhodri Davies makes the sounds on this beautiful recording by placing an electric harp in two positions on the stone pier at Aberystwyth, his home town on the west coast of Wales. The recording is called Five Knots, which makes sense when you realise […]
Wire’s 100 Records that set the world on fire while no one was listening. 36 – 40
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Oh you’re in for a treat here. Just don’t ever say I never do anything for you! The section of five on at 36-40 on this remarkable list are some of my deadliest favorites in the collection. The five albums below may have set the world on fire, but there is no doubt they did […]
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