can't get enough PHIL MINTON! (if you've never heard his feral choir stuff then you ain't heard nothing yet.)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gRzC8JMqH_o

got two new sub rosa discs in the mail and they are wonderful. collabs with other like-minded outcats. been scaring my kids with one of his solo voice CDs.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RyJ3m-vmVN0

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9gLU4OL7SAc

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Y25dWYs_qE

This stuff is great!
Thanks Scott, I had never heard of Mr. Minton before..... (or Misters Lee, Blonk, Dutton, et al....)

Minton is cool, though heh, a little usually goes a long way for me, that said his record "Mouthfull of Ectasy" is a personal fave. I really like him in the context of a jazz band on it. I need to hear more Feral Choir stuff.

ha! love to hear him with a jazz band, will try and track that down...

I used to really love this album: http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/article.php?id=14465 . I hope I have it around and didn't store it at my parents'.

don't like this guy at all

i think he's cool. this guy i could never stand:

http://www.historybound.net/catalog/images/60419.jpg

I'm a huge Minton fan, and was at the FIMAV festival that produced the Five Men Singing concert that sund4r linked to -- one of the highlights of the festival.

Minton is really good on -- well, everything, if you like his free approach, but I love Bob Ostertag's Say No More project, which includes PM. And Ostertag has made all his recordings available for free -- http://bobostertag.com/music-recordings.htm

new quintet thing on sub rosa is what i was listening to this morning. sounds great.

http://www.subrosa.net/en/catalogue/soundworks/phil-minton--audrey-chen-quintet.html

this is the other new thing. haven't listened to it yet:

http://www.subrosa.net/en/catalogue/soundworks/phil-minton--audrey-chen.html

"The Untraceable Cigar" by Roof is really good,it's Minton, Tom Cora on cello, Luc from The Ex on bass and Michael Vatcher on drums. They cover a Harry Partch track ("The Letter"), it all sounds like something between The Ex and Art Bears.

I really wanted to get into that Roof album but it never clicked for me

There's some great duet moments between Phil and Bill Dixon on the Tony Oxley Orchestra's The Enchanted Messenger. Bill raved about Phil, too, really loved his vocals. Apparently, Phil used to be a trumpet player, but had some physical problem that prevented him from playing, so he turned to voice.

i remember liking this:

poire_z + Phil Minton
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CD 1551

Phil Minton - voc
Norbert Möslang - cracked everyday-elec
eRikm - 3-k.pad system
Andy Guhl - cracked everyday-elec
Günter Müller - ipod, mds, selected perc, elec

cover: Alex Hanimann

released 1.4.2004

I'd urge anyone not to think twice about signing up for his feral choir if you get the chance - some of the most fun I've had with my clothes on. He's a brilliant teacher. Instead of saying anything, he starts off rehearsals by chuckling away, which puts you at ease, and before you know, all inhibitions are gone and you'll make any crazy noise he asks of you.

Seen him a couple of times, going to see him again soon, love his stuff (also notable work not mentioned here: guest spots with News From Babel). I kind of think there are a few too many people who want to be him in 'experimental' circles, but on the other hand, I've seen some AMAZING people who use those techniques, too.

this guy with tony oxley?! i have to hear that.
who's the guy who plays the sheet of glass with the contact mic on it?

The dude who rubs broken glass all over his face and eats it and stuff? Justice Yeldham. Who is surprisingly normal and nice in person.

I was a member of the feral choir when it performed in glasgow - phil was an amazing and inspirational guy, and the experience made me realise just how incredible he is

Phil Minton's a very nice guy, we bought each other drinks one time. Also an unbelievable vocal technician. Indispensable to about a quarter of a century of Mike Westbrook's work (early '70s-mid '90s). His late eighties Vladimir Estragon collaboration with various Neubauten members is also well worth rescuing from the used records pile.

that's the guy. thanks emily.
he's pretty great too, if you dig mr. minton and havent't heard justice yeldham, check him out, there's some good stuff on youtube....

lucas abela! yeldham is a stage name.

I always think of this when his name comes up:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IV7AZfllTGs

i've seen him billed to play at lad's mansion in dalston a few times, would love to see him play in that room!

last time i saw him was at the holy trinity church in leeds, he was doing a solo set. closed my eyes and spaced out, was one of the trippiest musical experiences of my life

(xp) what the fuck.
what? where is that from?
i thought it was real up until the scream at the end....

It's from The Day Today, the Chris Morris spoof TV news show

it's a scary spoof. the crappy video quality adds to the vibe....

The Glasgow feral choir, in which myself and Ward Fowler partook. Fortunately my wobbling uvula is out of shot. You can get an idea of how he conducts it from watching his movements.

http://youtu.be/kq_dfgHEuvw

oh thanks for putting that up Stew, never seen it before - friends in the audience were all agreed that the opening crescendo was the best part of our performance. i was stood fairly close to the amazing vocal poet Steve McCaffery, who was so expert at this kind of thing it was slightly intimidating - but the way he went for it was also really encouraging.

participating in the choir really brought home to me how difficult improvising (of any sort) is - how you've got to be 'in the moment', responsive to others AND constantly inventing and changing within yr chosen idiom - and that's so difficult to sustain over length of time over a few minutes. i remember at one of the rehearsals that phil asked us all to yodel - and nobody could do it really - whereas he made it seem so easy.

That's p/cool.

His stuff w/Roger Turner is excellent from what I recall. Totally pulls off on the serious modern day dadaist front.

Plays Jimi Hendrix! Anyone heard this?

Yeah, I got it a few years ago, but haven't listened to it very many times. It's not bad; Minton has it both ways, with extended techniques and also singing the lyrics fairly straight. There's a moment on "3rd Stone from the Sun" where I thought I was hearing multitracked lines of guitar feedback, but then realized one of them was Minton screaming.

Awesome :)

Knew it wouldn't be anything like the awful Kronos plays Hendrix thing

Saw him on the weekend: gig of the year, probably!

lucky!!!

okay, this guy is brand new to me but this is happening saturday and just a cursory listen to the 'by the stream' album suggested i really should go
http://roulette.org/event/audrey-chen-duo-voices/

all the right people loving him up thread helps

Like how good is this
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gRzC8JMqH_o