Think this guy was recommended to me somewhere on ILM, but can't find a thread for him. Really amazing, I've fallen pretty hard for his stuff. This is being reissued next year by Light in the Attic
― tylerw, Friday, 18 November 2011 22:18 (1 year ago) Permalink
love that 'Survivor' lp w/ Mick Ronson
― nerve_pylon, Friday, 18 November 2011 22:25 (1 year ago) Permalink
don't know that one! i just have the fully qualified survivor record (which LITA also reissued), rainmaker and the Trainsongs comp of guitar instrumentals... MIck Ronson, eh?
― tylerw, Friday, 18 November 2011 22:27 (1 year ago) Permalink
huh don't know this guy! what's his deal?
― the 500 gats of bartholomew thuggins (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Friday, 18 November 2011 22:28 (1 year ago) Permalink
oh durr, survivor is what you meant xp, nevermind!
― tylerw, Friday, 18 November 2011 22:29 (1 year ago) Permalink
he's a britfolk singer songwriter guy, had some records on Harvest in the late 60s / early 70s. dunno, i guess John Martyn is a fair comparison, though he's got his own thing happening? i'm pretty new to him too, but would really recommend the fully qualified survivor record
― tylerw, Friday, 18 November 2011 22:32 (1 year ago) Permalink
this one is great toohttp://soundcloud.com/lightintheatticrecords/michael-chapman-you-say/s-ZUENnhe's had kind of a resurgence, he plays mostly instrumental now, opened for Bill Callahan this year I think.
― tylerw, Friday, 18 November 2011 22:34 (1 year ago) Permalink
The record he put out this year on Ecstatic Peace called The Resurrection and Revenge of the Clayton Peacock got a great review in the Wire. Haven't managed to hear it yet, but it sounds pretty wild. Tyler will obviously spot the Fahey reference in the title there, I'm sure.
― next thing she's shaving my skrillex (NickB), Friday, 18 November 2011 23:04 (1 year ago) Permalink
Ah, a copy of that review here:
http://www.michaelchapman.co.uk/cd.htm
― next thing she's shaving my skrillex (NickB), Friday, 18 November 2011 23:05 (1 year ago) Permalink
yeah, one of the songs on Trainsongs is "Fahey's Flag" so obviously he's come under the spell of all things Takoma.
― tylerw, Friday, 18 November 2011 23:07 (1 year ago) Permalink
Trainsongs is great, but it's the only album I've ever got round to listening to.
― next thing she's shaving my skrillex (NickB), Friday, 18 November 2011 23:08 (1 year ago) Permalink
michael is awesome.he played on my radio show earlier this year.he is always a great guy to hang out with, he has a lot of good stories about them old folkie days.
― one dis leads to another (ian), Saturday, 19 November 2011 02:09 (1 year ago) Permalink
Fully Qualified Survivor is awesome, like a lost early Bowie album sometimes, but also its own thing.
― the girl from spirea x (f. hazel), Saturday, 19 November 2011 03:27 (1 year ago) Permalink
i like Rainmaker even more, to be honest.
― one dis leads to another (ian), Saturday, 19 November 2011 03:35 (1 year ago) Permalink
when it gets reissued I'll buy it!
― the girl from spirea x (f. hazel), Saturday, 19 November 2011 03:41 (1 year ago) Permalink
Rainmaker reissue should be out soon according to my sales guy @ light in the attic.
― one dis leads to another (ian), Thursday, 5 January 2012 00:07 (1 year ago) Permalink
Rainmaker/ Fully Qualified Survivor two-fer is still around on BGO Records, too, I think. And a nice pair it is as well.
― t**t, Thursday, 5 January 2012 16:32 (1 year ago) Permalink
Can't remember where I read it but it looks like his noisy last one - Clayton Peacock - is going to get a proper release this year on Blast First Petite. Think it was in the Wire's 2011 top ten?
― Rapper rejoins fat man's co-op (NickB), Monday, 9 January 2012 18:07 (1 year ago) Permalink
Oh wait, it was mentioned in this Dean McPhee interview:
http://thequietus.com/articles/07659-dean-mcphee-interview
― Rapper rejoins fat man's co-op (NickB), Monday, 9 January 2012 18:09 (1 year ago) Permalink
Maybe a little OT, but heck, he plays with Chapman and I can't think of anywhere else much to put this so: I've been listening to that Dean McPhee album (Son of the Black Peace) quite a bit recently and it's a really good record. It's all beautifully-played improvised solo electric guitar fingerpicking which is obviously going to remind you of Loren Connors and late period John Fahey, but I think it stands on its own two feet. Quite sombre and lyrical but not as bluesy as Connors and a bit more straightfoward than I remind Womblife etc being. Was just out walking in the fields with it on my headphones and it sounded perfect.
― Valéry Giscard d'Staind (NickB), Friday, 23 March 2012 14:14 (1 year ago) Permalink
― Valéry Giscard d'Staind (NickB), Friday, 23 March 2012 14:16 (1 year ago) Permalink
that's nice, thanks for posting. what has he done w/ chapman? still loving rainmaker, a great great record.
― tylerw, Friday, 23 March 2012 15:37 (1 year ago) Permalink
So far he's just toured with Michael Chapman, but as far as I understand it I think they're collaborating on live performances of the Clayton Peacock stuff.
― Valéry Giscard d'Staind (NickB), Friday, 23 March 2012 15:43 (1 year ago) Permalink
McPhee album is on spotify and also emusic btw.
― Valéry Giscard d'Staind (NickB), Friday, 23 March 2012 15:44 (1 year ago) Permalink
yeah, i want to check this record out!
― one dis leads to another (ian), Friday, 23 March 2012 15:46 (1 year ago) Permalink
Really fucking nice tones, if you'll pardon my french.
― Valéry Giscard d'Staind (NickB), Friday, 23 March 2012 15:51 (1 year ago) Permalink
Just streaming the Dean McPhee album for the first time. Beautiful stuff.
― mike t-diva, Tuesday, 27 March 2012 15:57 (1 year ago) Permalink
Ive also just got this. Really love it. I've had Fully Qualified Survivor for a while, and picked up the Train Songs compilation mentioned above a while back and a Peel Sessions disc.
Any other recommendations? Must check a few of my secondhand vinyl shops.
― Duke, Saturday, 31 March 2012 21:53 (1 year ago) Permalink
This thread reminded me to check out Michael Chapman ambient guitar album 'The Resurrection And Revenge Of The Clayton Peacock', which I discovered you can currently get for £1.38 on Amazon (or, in my case, nothing since I had a couple of those two quid off when you buy a whole album promotional credits). Sounds good so far: http://amzn.to/HdhtbI
― Canfan, Sunday, 1 April 2012 12:59 (1 year ago) Permalink
the benefits of few, long songs! cheers for that. I noticed that one of the Dean McPhee albums mentioned above is only £2.70:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Son-Of-The-Black-Peace/dp/B005XQ3Y9U/ref=sr_shvl_album_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1333290914&sr=301-1
― Duke, Sunday, 1 April 2012 14:37 (1 year ago) Permalink
sweet, thanks for the tip(s). those are a steal.
― tylerw, Sunday, 1 April 2012 14:44 (1 year ago) Permalink
<3 this guy. The Trainsong thing is so nice.
How long would it take for me to learn and play guitar like this? haha
― De Laurentiiis (admrl), Sunday, 1 April 2012 16:24 (1 year ago) Permalink
http://www.eastvillageradio.com/content/content.php?id=1267
^^ link to him playing on my radio show last year. he is a super nice guy. i never listened back to the show so i dunno how the quality is. i'm afraid i come off like a nerdy fanboy or something, idk.
― one dis leads to another (ian), Sunday, 1 April 2012 17:20 (1 year ago) Permalink
Indeed. He is a *very* talented guitarist. I'm a passable finger-picker, but Chapman makes me realise there is a whole other league...
I'd be interested to hear his guitar instruction LP just for the fun of it
― Duke, Sunday, 1 April 2012 19:11 (1 year ago) Permalink
And thanks for the link to the radio show -- lovely.
― Duke, Sunday, 1 April 2012 19:17 (1 year ago) Permalink
― tylerw, Wednesday, 11 April 2012 17:18 (1 year ago) Permalink
1. Black Twig Pickers - Life on the Ceiling2. D. Charles Speer - Expressway in the Rain3. Lucinda Williams - That Time of Night4. Thurston Moore - It Didn't Work Out5. Meg Baird - No Song To Sing6. Maddy Prior - The Prospector7. Hiss Golden Messenger - Fennario8. Rick Kemp - Vanity and Pride9. Two Wings - You Say10. Nick Jonah Davis - Little Molly's Dream 11. Bridget St. John - Rabbit Hills12. William Tyler - Naked Ladies and Electric Ragtime
― tylerw, Wednesday, 11 April 2012 17:19 (1 year ago) Permalink
did this dude co-write "Little Willy"?
― Poliopolice, Wednesday, 11 April 2012 19:40 (1 year ago) Permalink
no idea!urgh, the bridget st. john track on this is devastating! someone make this lady make a new record!
― tylerw, Wednesday, 11 April 2012 20:54 (1 year ago) Permalink
my pal josh put out a vinyl version of a recent-ish MC CDr and its really good! i confess i have never listened to his latter-day stuff.
― scott seward, Saturday, 9 June 2012 01:47 (11 months ago) Permalink
this one:
Artist: CHAPMAN, MICHAEL Title: Plaindealer Label: MYSTRA RECORDS Format: LP Price: $16.00 Catalog #: MYS 009LP Reissue of one of Michael Chapman's self-released CDRs -- a studio album from '05. Hand-made sleeves with insert. "Long stretches of clawing, flipping digits from one burning line to the next, all the while kinda hooting vocally along with a snort and a smile...each jam more deadly then the next. Which TURNED ME THE FUCK ON as much as any holy shit..." -- thurston moore.
ew, thurston, why so graphic
― one dis leads to another (ian), Saturday, 9 June 2012 01:58 (11 months ago) Permalink
he's a passionate man.
― scott seward, Saturday, 9 June 2012 02:04 (11 months ago) Permalink
since i can't really tell from thurston's blurb, what's it like? a solo acoustic thing?
― tylerw, Saturday, 9 June 2012 02:21 (11 months ago) Permalink
Agh, I would go see Michael Chapman but he just has to be playing at 8pm on a Thursday?! I have to work :(
― these albatrosses have no fear of man (La Lechera), Tuesday, 21 August 2012 19:08 (8 months ago) Permalink
:( he rules, bummer
― one dis leads to another (ian), Tuesday, 21 August 2012 22:39 (8 months ago) Permalink
bummer indeed! you guys see this thing? http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Michael_Chapman__The_Woodpiles/NATCH_7couple other good chapman sessions on the FMA too.
― tylerw, Tuesday, 21 August 2012 22:44 (8 months ago) Permalink
yeah, the Natch series is cool! Some of those guys playing w Chapman are my fave locals.
― one dis leads to another (ian), Tuesday, 21 August 2012 22:50 (8 months ago) Permalink
yeah seems like a cool little collective. the zachary cale session is nice too. need to listen to more of these things. http://freemusicarchive.org/label/NATCH/
― tylerw, Tuesday, 21 August 2012 22:52 (8 months ago) Permalink
yeah it totally sucks. i MIIIGHT change my mind and get a sub?! i did that for a swans show last fall and did not regret it.
― these albatrosses have no fear of man (La Lechera), Tuesday, 21 August 2012 22:54 (8 months ago) Permalink
zach cale is playing in manhattan w gary higgins & ed askew at a place called the ding dong lounge, unfortunately it's during my radio show timeslot :(
― one dis leads to another (ian), Tuesday, 21 August 2012 22:58 (8 months ago) Permalink
also tyler, you should check the dave shuford/margo bianca/pigeons sesh.
― one dis leads to another (ian), Tuesday, 21 August 2012 22:59 (8 months ago) Permalink
pigeons are another great new york band.
Just heard of Chapman last week when an editor asked me to interview him. I did my homework, listened to the first couple albums, and had a great chat with him. He's my new hero! This guy could have been a huge name but he just won't jump through hoops. Very inspiring that he's managed a non-stop career into his early 70s without ever catering to any muse other than his own.
Badass.
― Nate Carson, Tuesday, 25 September 2012 23:19 (7 months ago) Permalink