yeah they're great -- the self-titled BBs LP from a couple years ago is pretty amazing.
― tylerw, Monday, 21 March 2016 19:30 (eight years ago) link
Feel like if they just used the main guy's name they'd be getting more serious attention as like a Terry Riley/Niblock/Eternal Music/whatever style artist.
― bulbs in the VU meters of God (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Monday, 21 March 2016 20:23 (eight years ago) link
this is cool! (and bajas related) http://lakeparadiserecords.bandcamp.com/album/flux-bikes-sue-olas
― tylerw, Wednesday, 18 May 2016 16:06 (eight years ago) link
idk if there are any other bitchin bajas trainspotters, but they repressed the krausened ep: http://www.permanentrecordschicago.com/store/p570/LP_-_Bitchin_Bajas_-_Krausened_EP_%28Black_Wax_Repress_Ltd_300%29.html
saw them on friday and they had copies of transporteur, no live at hideout though ):
― just another (diamonddave85), Monday, 9 January 2017 18:14 (seven years ago) link
i was at the friday show too, though i left during the break/intermission
― na (NA), Monday, 9 January 2017 18:15 (seven years ago) link
ah nice. yeah they picked it up a bit for the second set because everyone was drunk at that point i imagine. some sax wailing and motorik beats
― just another (diamonddave85), Monday, 9 January 2017 18:25 (seven years ago) link
programmed beats or human-produced?
― weird woman in a bar (La Lechera), Monday, 9 January 2017 18:36 (seven years ago) link
ah sorry, programmed beats
― just another (diamonddave85), Monday, 9 January 2017 18:44 (seven years ago) link
cheers to tylerw to posting this in the drag city thread; been caning their 2016 performance of "in c":
http://sweetblahg.tumblr.com/post/154773932543/bitchin-bajas-in-c-2016
― etc, Sunday, 15 January 2017 21:57 (seven years ago) link
awesome!
― just another (diamonddave85), Monday, 16 January 2017 00:21 (seven years ago) link
some of their newest material (which they've been playing live) has beats, which is welcome here as Krausened EP is my favorite Bajas release
― bunny slopes, Monday, 16 January 2017 07:56 (seven years ago) link
i really am starting to love these folks... any other similar acts out there? i sense a ton of obvious terry riley moves ofc but there have to be some other bands that are similar
― global tetrahedron, Monday, 16 January 2017 19:22 (seven years ago) link
i haven't really come across anything that really hits the same nerve as these guys do, so i'd be interested in some recommendations as well! in terms of loose live synth music, there was Emeralds but they don't really sound all that similar. first couple of kraftwerk albums maybe
― just another (diamonddave85), Monday, 16 January 2017 19:28 (seven years ago) link
one of my absoluted favorite acts right now. some records that scratch a similar itch:-kaitlyn aurelia smith - ears (features rob frye from bitchin bajas on flute/wind instruments -- really helps complete the vibe...)-kaitlyn aurelia smith & suzanne ciani - sunergy (percolating synth landscapes...)-ariel kalma - an evolutionary music (early ambient...lots of warm loops, etc.)-ariel kalma & robert aiki aubrey lowe - we know each other somehow (recent collaboration: minimal electronics + field recordings + sax/other instrumentation)-cluster & eno / eno, moebius, roedelius - early electronic & ambient sounds. a bit more dependent on melody than bitchin bajas, but meditative & space-y.-would back-up earlier kraftwerk, but also Harmonia (michael rother of neu! + cluster) - more beat-driven and along the lines of Krausened-m. geddes gengras - i don't know a lot of his work but space-y synth explorations seem to be the deal...
would gladly take recommendations from others...i feel like this is my sweet spot, but nobody (IMO) is doing it as good as/as often/in quite the same space as bitchin bajas.
― dronestreet, Monday, 16 January 2017 20:25 (seven years ago) link
new album out in november, 1 track up now - https://bitchinbajas.bandcamp.com/album/bajas-fresh
― just sayin, Wednesday, 20 September 2017 06:15 (six years ago) link
(it's dope)
― just sayin, Wednesday, 20 September 2017 06:36 (six years ago) link
Yessssssssssssssss. I listened to this 3x consecutively already. Wonder if this is coming out independently and not on DC?
Krausened has been my go-to BBs lately, and I'm getting similar vibes from this piece.
― dronestreet, Wednesday, 20 September 2017 13:48 (six years ago) link
Nope, this is coming out on DC. Super excited!
― 🔱 Holger Jowday ^🌑^ (Dancing on the Pylons), Wednesday, 20 September 2017 13:55 (six years ago) link
http://www.sweetfreestuff.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/baja.jpg
― tylerw, Wednesday, 20 September 2017 14:13 (six years ago) link
yessssssssssssssssssss!
that reminds me, i recently saw a cooper crain solo performance which was really good. it was kinda like the bajas but with some samples. even had a mic set up outside and had the ambient sound thru a delay mixed so low it was barely audible. it sounds kinda trite but it had a really incredible psychedelic effect. i look forward to seeing if that ends up on an album eventually
― just another (diamonddave85), Wednesday, 20 September 2017 15:06 (six years ago) link
this live tape is worth your time: http://sweetblahg.tumblr.com/post/153272236888/bitchin-information-society-the-hideout-2016
― tylerw, Wednesday, 20 September 2017 15:39 (six years ago) link
That's a good reminder that I still need to hear that live tape on Bathetic. Did anyone get that? $50 on discogs for a tape is...even for this collector, well beyond the pale: https://www.discogs.com/Bitchin-Bajas-Live-At-The-Hideout/release/5493817
― dronestreet, Wednesday, 20 September 2017 18:01 (six years ago) link
my friend is close with those guys and when i told him i was looking for those tapes he was like "haha i think i have that in my car"
― just another (diamonddave85), Wednesday, 20 September 2017 18:12 (six years ago) link
braggin bajas
― weird woman in a bar (La Lechera), Wednesday, 20 September 2017 18:59 (six years ago) link
new album + tourbajas fresh! http://www.dragcity.com/products/bajas-fresh
― weird woman in a bar (La Lechera), Friday, 17 November 2017 15:49 (six years ago) link
new one is so good!
interesting interview here — didn't realize O'Rourke was involved: http://www.brownnoiseunit.com/interviews/interview-cooper-crain-bitchin-bajas/
Also good to hear that there's a new Cave album on the way ... later this year?
― tylerw, Friday, 17 November 2017 15:55 (six years ago) link
that's awesome news!
― scoff walker (diamonddave85), Saturday, 18 November 2017 00:55 (six years ago) link
yeah...this is really, really good. "angels & demons at play" really floored me on first listen. and "2303" is the winter blanket of sound i needed.
― dronestreet, Saturday, 18 November 2017 02:30 (six years ago) link
Is the former actually a sun ra cover?
― Οὖτις, Saturday, 18 November 2017 03:13 (six years ago) link
And Batoh too! Damn
― Οὖτις, Saturday, 18 November 2017 03:17 (six years ago) link
xp yes!
― tylerw, Saturday, 18 November 2017 03:20 (six years ago) link
this is wonderful
― global tetrahedron, Saturday, 18 November 2017 03:44 (six years ago) link
dronestreet parts of '2023' (later sections with the horns) remind me of stuart dempster, check it out if you haven't
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R_CmOIuNKmU
― global tetrahedron, Saturday, 18 November 2017 03:51 (six years ago) link
i don't think i've ever heard any of his music; thanks for the rec!
― dronestreet, Saturday, 18 November 2017 03:57 (six years ago) link
finally seeing these folks tonight, pumped for it!
― global tetrahedron, Wednesday, 14 February 2018 18:22 (six years ago) link
Radical -- I think they're super great live. Oh ...and the new record is their best, I think.
Also...last time they let me sit right in the middle of the amps because it was at a museum, and sound wasn't carrying too much. A++, highly recommended venue tactic.
― dronestreet, Wednesday, 14 February 2018 19:00 (six years ago) link
i would agree about this most recent rec being their best! i also think they'd come across better in a gallery type setting versus the rock venue i'll be seeing them in tonight, but hopefully there won't be a ton of chatty drunken ppl
― global tetrahedron, Wednesday, 14 February 2018 19:45 (six years ago) link
crowds are unusually standoffish at worst at their chicago shows, never rowdyhometown shows are likely to bring out the usual cast of characters too so they aren't going to be disrespectfuli have never seen them outside of chicago -- maybe it's different elsewhere!
― weird woman in a bar (La Lechera), Wednesday, 14 February 2018 19:49 (six years ago) link
you can usually hear a pin drop at their chicago shows
― scoff walker (diamonddave85), Wednesday, 14 February 2018 23:01 (six years ago) link
sounds perfect
― global tetrahedron, Wednesday, 14 February 2018 23:21 (six years ago) link
I helped organize a show they played in Atlanta & the audience was really great. It was at a weird arty people venue not a rock venue though.
― vicious almond beliefs (crüt), Wednesday, 14 February 2018 23:44 (six years ago) link
i'll periscope the whole gig and you all can chime in with hearts if its arty, and a frowny face if its more of a rocker crowd
― global tetrahedron, Wednesday, 14 February 2018 23:57 (six years ago) link
Majority of their stuff got added to Spotify (UK) this week!
― I am using your worlds, Sunday, 8 April 2018 13:50 (six years ago) link
New album is so good, want "Jammu" to play on a loop all day
― Paul Ponzi, Sunday, 8 April 2018 19:10 (six years ago) link
Saw them for the first time last night -- a really good show, just them and all their gear (and a flute and sax), doing a short but perfect set of exploratory pieces that hit a perfect balance between compact and understated improvisation.
― Ned Raggett, Friday, 8 June 2018 17:03 (six years ago) link
amazing band...up there with the brilliant Dick Diver in the "this band name ain't doing you any favors" hall of fame
― The Desus & Mero Chain (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Friday, 8 June 2018 17:05 (six years ago) link
watch this space in the next week or so...
https://southernjukeboxmusic.com/
― global tetrahedron, Friday, 8 June 2018 17:19 (six years ago) link
last record just keeps getting better
― tylerw, Friday, 8 June 2018 17:20 (six years ago) link
agreed^^
whatever happened w/ this:
― alpine static, Friday, 8 June 2018 19:48 (six years ago) link
the last BB album was so good it made all the previous ones kinda moot for me, in a way. Like, it felt like such a huge step forward that the others all retrospectively sound like rehearsals for Bajas Fresh. I still really love the 2xLP s/t though
― Paul Ponzi, Saturday, 9 June 2018 00:20 (six years ago) link