Updating this to say that you will not believe what an amazing thing this is turning out to be. So many groups contributing!
Can't offer you a formal tracklisting yet but we can share the cover art courtesy of Nevada Hill:
― Ned Raggett, Monday, 14 May 2012 17:37 (1 year ago) Permalink
this sounds amazing!
― thillrer (loves laboured breathing), Wednesday, 23 May 2012 17:11 (11 months ago) Permalink
yeah looks great
― tylerw, Wednesday, 23 May 2012 17:11 (11 months ago) Permalink
Believe me, friends, the final tracklist will leave you in awe. Have I mentioned the Six Organs of Admittance song yet...
― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 23 May 2012 17:15 (11 months ago) Permalink
Should also say that the formal release date via Bandcamp will be June 4th.
― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 23 May 2012 17:19 (11 months ago) Permalink
Press release! Tracklisting! Go nuts:
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NINETY BANDS AND MUSICIANS CONTRIBUTE
TO THE DIGITAL TRIBUTE CHARITY ALBUM
FOR LEE JACKSON IN SPACE;
CONTRIBUTORS INCLUDE SIX ORGANS OF ADMITTANCE, MV/EE,
HUSH ARBORS, WINDY AND CARL AND MARISSA NADLER
May 29, 2012 -- On June 4, ninety bands and musicians, with approaches ranging from the mystic folk of Stone Breath and Sharron Kraus, the psych-pop of the Green Pajamas and the exploratory art-rock of Volcano the Bear and the Magic Carpathians Project to the avant-garde metal of Locrian and the improvisational inspirations of Helena Espvall, Roy Montgomery and Pelt, pay tribute to Texan writer and cultural enthusiast Lee Jackson, famed for his co-creation of the noted Broken Face fanzine with Swedish writer Mats Gustafsson, with For Lee Jackson in Space.
After Jackson's tragic passing earlier this year due to the effects of ALS (amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, commonly called Lou Gehrig's disease), friends and associates rapidly conceived of a tribute album to celebrate his life and work, resulting in a nearly eleven hour long collection of songs, nearly all of which are completely new or otherwise unreleased. For Lee Jackson in Space will be available for purchase via Bandcamp on June 4, with all profits going to the ALS Association, Texas Chapter at the request of his family.
"Lee and myself created [The Broken Face] together, that lasted for almost seven years," says Gustafsson in his introductory liner notes. "I am proud to have published something unique together with a deeply-response, righteously earned friend. I was proud to have him as a friend, and I thought of him as much more than a casual friend. Simply knowing him, in addition to creating with him, somehow made me feel fulfilled."
"I can't even remember when I first started communication with Lee Jackson," remembers Ben Chasny of Six Organs of Admittance. "It seems he was always there, giving encouragement and getting stoked on music. His excitement about art was contagious, which made him the perfect person to write about music. Lee seemed to be lacking that sort of cynical view that seems to infest a lot of the music world. Whenever I would see an email from him in my inbox I knew it was going to be a happy letter, one of inspiration and a positive view. I'm going to miss those chats about music and Lee's encouragement, which he was never shy about handing out."
Matt Valentine of MV/EE recalls: "Lee was a presence who seemed to grasp what we were all about without having to rely on anything but spirit and ears. It was his appreciation of the music that made me totally realize he is an oasis for musicians of all sorts and sounds. What i remember most is something he proposed after a particularly wild gig down in dallas. The venue didn't seem to be a "usual" gathering place for psychedelic music fans, but somewhere between the podium of where Lee was at and my amp we located some sorta sound that went beyond. I'll never forget coming off the stage, or selling merch right from the stage at that one, hearing Lee blast outward with some verbiage like, "Whoah brother you went all PSF on my ass!" It was a prominent riff of wide open speech as sonic appreciation and "getting it" as I have ever witnessed in response to being grateful for the music."
Cover art for For Lee Jackson in Space is courtesy of Nevada Hill, artist and member of Zanzibar Snails, yet another of the bands giving a little back in Jackson's memory. The liner notes for the collection include pieces by Gustafsson and the other two album compilers, Travis Johnson and Ned Raggett, Jackson's sister Layne, ALS Texas representative Elizabeth Macasadia and a complete listing of all bands and tracks, with liner notes from Jackson himself, taken from his descriptions of participating acts from earlier appearances or releases.
For Lee Jackson in Space will be available for streaming and download beginning June 4 at http://forleejacksoninspace.bandcamp.com/ -- contributions of $30 and higher are welcome. Discussion and further updates can be found at the appropriate Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/323110634410498/ -- on Twitter, look for the #forleejackson tag.
For further information please contact Ned Raggett at ned @ kuci.org
Track listing at presstime (exact order not yet confirmed; more contributions may appear by the release date):
Tadpoles -- Jaded Jean (LJ Mix)
Three Minute Tease -- These Alien Angels (Extended in Space)
Anvil Salute -- Technosis Externality Clusterfuck
Norman Neubauer -- I'm done sharing things I guess
Ray Off -- Go Up, Pup
Theo Angell -- Take Your Hand Off The Tree
Ade Shaw & Rustic Rod Goodway -- Chakra Blue
Tom Greenwood -- Willow Spring (Live in LA)
Arborea -- Stardust
Stone Breath --- Dark Veils Part
SubArachnoid Space -- Sounds and Memories Remain
Locrian -- Galleria Malaise
Matt McDowell -- Rays in the Dust (For Lee)
Marianne Nowottny -- Where You Are
Julia Vorontsova -- Love
Kitchen Cynics -- Me, Jack & Lee & the ghost of Skip James
The Roswell Incident -- Ventricular
Primordial Undermind -- I Am Afraid of You (live)
Six Organs of Admittance -- Which Way To Townes?
Kohoutek -- Live at Terrastock 7, June 21, 2008
Matthew de Gennaro -- Lee's Dream
Øyvind Holm -- When She's Sleeping
Melodien -- Untitled
Remora -- An Unwelcome Room
Volcano The Bear -- Tremondo
Xenis Emputae Travelling Band -- Night's Black Bird (after John Dowland)
Evening Fires -- Nailing Smoke to the Wall
Roy Montgomery -- Christchurch in the time of Tony Peake
Marissa Nadler -- The Breaking
The Magic Carpathians Project -- In the Air We'll Be Reborn
Sharron Kraus -- Night Clouds
Kable -- Be Next
Photon Band -- Unfinished Sky: Electricity, Heat, and Rain
Superbugger -- Dream
Pete Fosco -- Zilpo Forest Blues
Exterminating Angels -- Opening
Insect Factory -- Reversed in Your Mind
Gate -- Whetu
Nick Bensen and Too Many Guitars -- Stone Circle
Electroscope -- The Aye-Aye
The Lost Domain -- Restless Blues
Raising Holy Sparks with the Sacred Harp Singers of Cork -- Sacred Harp 282 (I'm Going Home)
when the word was (((sound))) -- Sungazer
Brendan Quinn and Mark Bennett -- Concerning The Isle Of Ptyx
Peter Wright -- All The Sky In Flames
Abunai! -- Time of the Funk-Lords (Flash Forward)
Linus Pauling Quartet -- Elven Queen
Tandem Bridges -- Some Mornings
ST 37 -- German Verman
Doleful Lions -- Combat Shock (It's Only A Matter Of Time)
The Dire Wolves Absolutely Perfect Brothers Band -- Creator Dub
The Weird Weeds -- Untitled
Charlatan -- Gateway
Nmperign & Jason Lescalleet -- Noble One(s)
Mike Tamburo -- lunar suite (for lee jackson) a. tantric sky memorial b. all but forgotten c. over a calm bed of prepared drone
Axemen -- No, Not Him (Jackson mix)
Windy & Carl -- the little voice that echoes in my head
Clint Payne -- Lee
Tara Burke, Helena Espvall, Alec Redfearn and Sharron Kraus -- Seal Woman's Lament
Valerio Cosi -- One For Lee
Quixod -- The Sound of Trains at Night
Alchemysts -- Glass Cars
Helena Espvall -- For Lee
Seht -- For the dead ones in space (Lee Jackson's half-life of chromium dioxide edit)
Zelienople -- Laundry
Charalambides -- Joy Shapes for Lee
Raglani -- Outer Rim Territories
Feature Films -- Blue Tomorrows
The Green Pajamas -- In The Sky
Thunderbolt Pagoda -- The Reclamation
Lunar Discotheque -- Secret Kraft
Kemialliset Ystävät -- Muistan
Jouurney -- Commit Your Way
Head of Wantastiquet -- Anemones in a Blue Vase
Zanzibar Snails -- A More Celestial Perception of the Absolute
Wooden Wand -- Levees
The Renderers -- Out of the Forest (live)
Derek Rogers -- New Languages (For Lee Jackson)
Winslow -- Purcell
My Mass Ornament -- You Eat in Greed
The Watchers -- Live at the Phoenix Project
Hush Arbors -- Berryman in the field
Christian Kiefer -- The Infinite Tides
Sun Circle -- Awaken
Dora Bleu -- Tracing the Corner
The Spiral Joy Band -- 13 moons of doom part 3 - red lunar serpent
MV & EE with the Golden Road -- Hammer > Jam
Tanakh -- The Gardener
Jefre Cantu-Ledesma -- The Placeless Place
Pelt -- On the Divide
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 29 May 2012 16:50 (11 months ago) Permalink
Looking forward to this. Thanks much to Ned and Mats, the other organizers and all the contributors.
― Matt M., Tuesday, 29 May 2012 17:04 (11 months ago) Permalink
Too kind.
A bonus cut of sorts: Jeffrey Alexander's initial contribution to the effort (we had to leave it off as it was a cover version):
http://soundcloud.com/dwlvs/j
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 29 May 2012 17:09 (11 months ago) Permalink
Wow! this looks amazing. Kudos to all involved.
― EZ Snappin, Tuesday, 29 May 2012 18:26 (11 months ago) Permalink
Thank ya. A nice brief note in the Dallas Observer:
http://blogs.dallasobserver.com/dc9/2012/05/compliation_for_late_north_tex.php
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 29 May 2012 22:16 (11 months ago) Permalink
And just to announce three more additions to the lineup!
Plastic Crimewave -- Butterfly and Moth
Vanessa Rossetto -- Untitled (For Lee Jackson)
R. Keenan Lawler -- Peacefully
― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 30 May 2012 04:08 (11 months ago) Permalink
Okay we are live as live can be!
http://forleejacksoninspace.bandcamp.com/
Final tracklisting in order:
Kohoutek -- Slugger
Helena Espvall -- Passage (For Lee)
Quixod -- The Sounds of Trains at Night
Emperor Ringworm -- Lee
Mass Ornament -- You Eat in Greed
Akiyama / Corcoran / Kiefer / Leftridge -- The Infinite Tides
The Azusa Plane -- Armonia Aphanes Phaneros Kreisson
― Ned Raggett, Monday, 4 June 2012 15:25 (11 months ago) Permalink
amazing work Ned! You and you're compatriots should be applauded. As soon as the next check comes through...
― EZ Snappin, Monday, 4 June 2012 16:17 (11 months ago) Permalink
No rush, and thanks! Enjoy a listen to the stream in the meantime.
― Ned Raggett, Monday, 4 June 2012 16:29 (11 months ago) Permalink
This is great! Thanks for posting.
― dronestreet, Wednesday, 6 June 2012 13:40 (11 months ago) Permalink
Have been (slowly) working through this as well, lots of good stuff on there. Will take several days to get through.
Nice write-up/interview on Foxy Digitalis, really great companion to the tribute:
http://www.foxydigitalis.com/foxyd/?p=34140
― grandavis, Wednesday, 6 June 2012 18:40 (11 months ago) Permalink
Should have said: part of it is interview responses from Ned. All of the responses are very touching and make me feel better about stuff like ILM actaully. Community and sharing are things that really mean something when the right people get involved.
― grandavis, Wednesday, 6 June 2012 18:42 (11 months ago) Permalink
just bought this!
― it looks like something rupert the bear would wear (Algerian Goalkeeper), Thursday, 7 June 2012 17:01 (11 months ago) Permalink
Thanks for the kind words there Grandavis, sorry I didn't respond yesterday!
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 7 June 2012 17:01 (11 months ago) Permalink
Hey Ned, no problem. Just wanted to express solidarity with a good cause. Will also try to send some money along when able. Lots of good folks on that comp. Had the pleasure of meeting Mike Gangloff of Pelt recently, super-nice guy. Glad to see them on the comp, though for obviously sad reasons. Work has been crazy this week, but again, really look forward to digging into the comp some more.
― grandavis, Thursday, 7 June 2012 19:08 (11 months ago) Permalink
Couple of podcasts up today on the album if you'd like to give an ear:
http://www.track-blaster.com/wmbr/podcasts.php (today's entry, June 8th)
http://radiovalencia.fm/podcasts/?episode=6503
― Ned Raggett, Friday, 8 June 2012 18:21 (11 months ago) Permalink
Hey this is good! Hope it does well.
Plus I shouldn't show off my ignorance but while I'd vaguely heard of "Lou Gehrig's disease" I didn't realise it was what British people call Motor Neuron(e) Disease, so, definitely for a good cause.
― instant coffee happening between us (a passing spacecadet), Friday, 8 June 2012 19:36 (11 months ago) Permalink
Extremely short notice but I'll be live via AshevilleFM.org to talk about the album soon! 8 pm Eastern, 5 pm Pacific.
http://www.ashevillefm.org/stream/afm-stream-hi.m3u
― Ned Raggett, Saturday, 8 September 2012 23:45 (8 months ago) Permalink