Mats Gustafsson has made a lot of records (S/D)

oh no - i mean, i have been at improv shows that have sucked, and one of the musicians leaving mid-set was the best decision possible.

xpost No, O'Rourke was just in whimsy mode. Doodle doo, I'll play my accordion and walk around the place. Oh, look, he walked right out! Ha, very funny. Oh, he's not coming back? That's OK, he was droning along on the accordion. Har.

From when he played with The Ex here in Glasgow back in January 2010...

http://krakow.zenfolio.com/img/s2/v1/p201529311-3.jpg

I also saw him last year with The Thing and then with Fire!, but have still not processed those photos yet, sadly.

Have only heard Mouth Eating Trees, Nothing To Read, Parrot Fish Eye, and From Things To Sounds. MET is one of the most amazing records of anything I've ever heard ever. Can't recommend it enough. NTR is almost as good (two of the three MET participants) -- Paul Lovens is a favorite of mine, and he and Mats work incomprehensibly brilliantly together. PFE was a bit of a disappointment; I'm not a fan of what is sometimes derisively referred to as "insect music," although Gene Coleman tries to add a little depth. FTTS is great, particularly the drummer, Raymond Strid.

"1999, Windows: the music of Steve Lacy, Blue Chopsticks BC4. Solo"
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
this one is gorgeous

Currently listening to Catapult (solo baritone sax) and it is super weird.

2005, Catapult, doubtmusic dms-103. Baritone sax solo.

yeah I wasn't too keen on the solo LP he did for Dancing Wayang a year or so ago.

At the risk of seeming like a shameless self-publicist, I wrote a primer of sorts to the world of Mats and The Thing last year that may be of interest. I concentrated on stuff from the last decade or so that is readily available. I'm not really familiar with his Chicago-era stuff, although For Don Cherry with Hamid Drake is a great live recording, going from really quiet and intense moments to free-bop. I'll check out the stuff mentioned above though.

http://thequietus.com/articles/07094-the-strange-frightening-world-of-the-thing

I've never been disappointed with Gustafsson live, whether it's with The Thing, The Ex or other outfits. A fantastic player, hugely inventive, gutsy and subtle when he wants to be!

Really keen to hear that new album on Terry Ex's Terp label: MG, Paal Nilsson Love and krar player Mesele Asmamaw kicking out the jams in an Ethopian hotel room.
http://www.theliminal.co.uk/2012/02/mats-gustafsson-paal-nilssen-love-mesele-asmamaw-baro-101/

Oooh, Ethiopian jams sound great. Thanks!

http://pitchfork.com/news/45858-neneh-cherry-teams-with-jazz-group-the-thing/

!!!

The Cherry Thing tracklisting:

01 Cashback (Neneh Cherry)
02 Dream Baby Dream (Suicide)
03 Too Tough to Die (Martina Topley-Bird)
04 Sudden Movement (Mats Gustafsson)
05 Accordion (MF Doom)
06 Golden Heart (Don Cherry)
07 Dirt (The Stooges)
08 What Reason (Ornette Coleman)

this collab is not new, they first played together a year ago. looking forward to seeing them live in any event, and to hearing the album of course.

also, I don't know who is in this picture with her, but it sure isn't The Thing.

that sounds super cool!

Awesome, can't wait to hear it, also I guess there a new Thing record called "Mono"? I haven't come across it yet

I saw them in Chicago in 2006 (I think?) completely fantastic, one of my favorite bands

yeah Mono is the most recent studio album, came out last year

That's not even Neneh in that picture is it? The bloke on the right is Jack Bruce though.
Live clip of them doing MF Doom's Accordian sounds pretty great.
http://youtu.be/pbggxxf_7wQ

Further to my post of a few weeks back, the album with Mesele Asmamaw is terrific. Asmamaw does some wild stuff with his krak, particularly when he runs it through a wah.

Krar, not krak. Unintentional double entendre there.

This is not one of Mats Gustafson's records but it is the one video I could find from his Big Ears 2018 duo with Kieran Hebden/Four Tet. I enjoyed the hell out of it and when he wasn't playing MG made some of the most diabolical facial expressions I've seen a human make.

I just remembered to look it up and this video only has 114 views. Criminal!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y4UClB3yMpM

I've almost certainly seen this guy play more times in the last 10 years than any other musician* - and I still don't own anything with him on it, in spite of the fact that he's great. (*apart from John Edwards, the bassist, I feel like I see him playing every time I go to a gig).

The newish Fire! record (like just about all the other Fire! records) is pretty awesome...an almost stoner free-jazz? Basically a thundering power trio with Gustafsson filling the guitar role on sax. Great stuff.

agree
that lineup is always enjoyable. the one i know best is with jim o'rourke
the song titles are something else https://www.discogs.com/Fire-With-Jim-O-Rourke-Unreleased/master/347570

that latest Fire! lp is pretty fab in it's own grindingly grim manner, a soundtrack to a shit summer with serious vit d deficiency issues!

this appears to be the most updated discography fwiw http://www.restructures.net/Gustafsson/Mats_disco_home.htm

and it's still not fully updated-- last updated July 2013

love his philosophy <3 good interview

To build your own language is an amazing journey to take. To build it up, to learn, to make the research. It never ends. ALL tools are good – as long as you make the knowledge yours. To copy is just a tool among others. We are free to use ANY elements from ANY source available and transform it. In some cases, you need to go really deep into certain music and languages. To really understand. All knowledge is good.
That is beautiful.

https://15questions.net/interview/fifteen-questions-interview-mats-gustafsson/page-1/

just been blasting out the 2016 Fire! album She Sleeps... it's pretty damn good as well! I find the Fire! Orchestra big band projects quite terrible and unlistenable tbh, but as a trio they burn very brightly.

Oh, I disagree. The first Fire! Orchestra album was great - reminded me of Burnt Sugar a lot.

maybe I need another listen, but last time I hated it.

The End - Svårmod Och Vemod Är Värdesinnen

his "death metal" project with M0ster and Sofia Jernberg is good stuff, definitely the closest I've got to liking death metal so far.