He also looks disconcertingly like the singer form Disturbed
Continuum is amazing and I'll probably buy this new one
― Paul Ponzi, Monday, 2 April 2018 21:25 (six years ago) link
^^^ This album is Awase Amaze.
― Tim F, Friday, 13 July 2018 08:58 (five years ago) link
yep!
― calzino, Friday, 13 July 2018 09:53 (five years ago) link
this band/composer are so consistently good, they've never put out anything less than A+ imo.
― calzino, Friday, 13 July 2018 09:55 (five years ago) link
Listened to Albanian jazz vocalise Elina Duni last weekend, really good. First vocalist on ECM or am I missing any?
― ... (Eazy), Friday, 13 July 2018 15:02 (five years ago) link
Anettete Peacock, Meredith Monk just off the top of my head
― Ward Fowler, Friday, 13 July 2018 15:05 (five years ago) link
lol Annette
June Tabor released at least one album on ECM!
― omar little, Friday, 13 July 2018 15:26 (five years ago) link
oh, there are literally loads of vocal albums.
― calzino, Friday, 13 July 2018 15:32 (five years ago) link
Thanks - I've missed these!
― ... (Eazy), Friday, 13 July 2018 15:32 (five years ago) link
SEARCH - Eberhard Weber Later That Evening 1982
― kurt schwitterz, Thursday, 26 July 2018 22:03 (five years ago) link
SEARCH — Eberhard Weber all
― (V) (°,,,,°) (V) (Austin), Thursday, 26 July 2018 22:17 (five years ago) link
searching that rn sounds great!
― niels, Friday, 27 July 2018 07:25 (five years ago) link
As mentioned by others, Elina Duni is not the first vocalist on ECM by a long shot, though she is certainly a fine one. But one ECM vocalist I feel has been overlooked, and could have been a breakout star like Duni, is Cymin Samawatie. She and her band Cyminology have recorded three fine albums on ECM, but they do not seem to have gotten much attention beyond Germany.
― Melomane, Sunday, 29 July 2018 18:37 (five years ago) link
really feeling new Tord Gustavsen album tonight, sort of textbook downbeat, bluesy ECM piano trio classicism, but quite powerful and moving stuff.
― calzino, Monday, 20 August 2018 19:19 (five years ago) link
thanks for the recommendation, sounds very good indeed
― niels, Tuesday, 21 August 2018 08:32 (five years ago) link
Happy he's returned to the trio format. Did not enjoy What Was Said at all.
― Paul Ponzi, Tuesday, 21 August 2018 13:09 (five years ago) link
Been listening to Rainer Bruninghaus' 'Continuum' from 1984 while working this week, it's a nimble and kinda spindly, looking out the window with nothing to do on a rainy day, sounding record.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ooEv70T0oY
― MaresNest, Tuesday, 21 August 2018 18:17 (five years ago) link
Eicher put together this tribute to Tomasz Stanko:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GOJ4KJz97xo
― grawlix (unperson), Tuesday, 21 August 2018 18:39 (five years ago) link
Wonderful album, thanks for the recommendation. Unobtrusive, subtle music to daydream and look out of the window to. I think it would also be great to write existential love letters to.
― Ich bin kein Berliner (alex in mainhattan), Tuesday, 21 August 2018 19:00 (five years ago) link
I meant the Brüninghaus album...
Listening to the Brüninghaus album right now. It's absolutely gorgeous.
I've only dipped a couple of toes into EM, but this is my favourite era - whether the tonal palette started to get fleshed out a little with synths and digital reverb units.
Has this ever been discussed? Total banger.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NX6-pNcJqko
― bamboohouses, Wednesday, 22 August 2018 11:48 (five years ago) link
* dipped a couple of toes into ECM, obviously.
― bamboohouses, Wednesday, 22 August 2018 11:49 (five years ago) link
That's great, Isham only made one record for ECM?
I feel a bit of an early/mid-eighties rabbit hole coming on, see if I can find some more records with that integrated synth feel.
― MaresNest, Wednesday, 22 August 2018 12:00 (five years ago) link
He played on a few other records, but this is his only album as a leader.https://www.ecmrecords.com/artists/1435045855/mark-isham
Would love some recommendations of other synthy titles.
― bamboohouses, Wednesday, 22 August 2018 12:36 (five years ago) link
I will report back on my findings, I'm kinda intrigued by 'Ecotopia' by Orgeon based on the Allmusic review quoted in it's Wikipedia entry.
"there is no excuse for this waste of studio time and Manfred Eicher's energy. It is no wonder that he began the ECM New Series a few years before, given the junk churned out by some of label's stable between 1983 and 1988, and this record is a stellar example. Simply put, this is a trite, new age piece of dreck slopped out by a group of musicians whose combined creativity should always take them to stellar heights. There are no redeeming tracks on this disc, and few redeeming moments "
― MaresNest, Wednesday, 22 August 2018 13:59 (five years ago) link
That sounds exactly like my kind of thing.
Looks like Ralph Towner's on that one - his Blue Sun has loads of synth all over it.
It's interesting to hear synths used in this context, rather than 'pure' electronic music which tends to put a premium on sound design over playing chops. It's sometimes quite jarring to hear a DX7 on one of these records, played virtuosically but using some hoary old presets.
― bamboohouses, Wednesday, 22 August 2018 14:03 (five years ago) link
This might be a good jumping off point.
https://thevinylfactory.com/features/vf-mix-ecm-by-arp/
― MaresNest, Wednesday, 22 August 2018 14:21 (five years ago) link
Brilliant - yes, that looks like a great place to start!
― bamboohouses, Wednesday, 22 August 2018 14:23 (five years ago) link
Surman & DeJohnette's Adventures of Simon Simon would fit
― doug watson, Wednesday, 22 August 2018 14:50 (five years ago) link
Another Brüninghaus from an earlier record released in '80, this has an almost John Carpenter-y looping synth/electric piano line.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mg2214arX04
― MaresNest, Wednesday, 22 August 2018 15:00 (five years ago) link
Ecotopia is pretty bland for Oregon, not sure if there is nothing to keep but they have done much better.
― Ich bin kein Berliner (alex in mainhattan), Wednesday, 22 August 2018 20:05 (five years ago) link
yeah i really like Surman's use of synth vs sax overdubs, really unique - withholding pattern and upon reflection are my favourites in this vein
big fan of that isham album too
i had somehow missed that Tomasz Stanko died - seeing him play with his Polish quartet is a top 10 show for me
― umsworth (emsworth), Wednesday, 22 August 2018 23:02 (five years ago) link
That Brüninghaus album is so great, thanks for the rec.
― lbi's life of limitless european glamour (Le Bateau Ivre), Thursday, 23 August 2018 11:40 (five years ago) link
The new album "Helsinki Songs" by Norwegian sax player Trygve Seim and his quartet is grand cru. Kristjan Randalu's subtle piano play is wonderful.
― Ich bin kein Berliner (alex in mainhattan), Wednesday, 5 September 2018 15:51 (five years ago) link
oh hell yeah
so much good scandi jazz
― niels, Thursday, 6 September 2018 08:44 (five years ago) link
If you're buying the Art Ensemble box in-person, you might want to make sure all discs are there before you check out. My box has two copies of New Directions (XVI) and no copies of Far Side (XIV).
― Andy K, Sunday, 16 December 2018 01:06 (five years ago) link
Very clear and fjordian
― j., Saturday, 19 January 2019 17:46 (five years ago) link
Accurate.
― pomenitul, Saturday, 19 January 2019 17:50 (five years ago) link
I think David Torn's 'cloud about mercury' was just reissued.
― akm, Saturday, 19 January 2019 19:44 (five years ago) link
They're reissuing 50 titles on CD in cardboard sleeves - the first 25 on February 1, and the rest in May. This is the first batch:
Paul Bley • BalladsChick Corea • Piano Improvisations Vol. 1Ralph Towner/Gary Burton • MatchbookBarre Phillips • MountainscapesEberhard Weber • The Following MorningPat Metheny • Watercolors Mick Goodrick • In Pas(s)ingGeorge Adams • Sound Suggestions Leo Smith • Divine LoveJan Garbarek/Kjell Johnsen • AftenlandSteve Tibbetts • Northern SongMike Nock • OndasKeith Jarrett/Gary Peacock/Jack DeJohnette • Standards Vol. 1Kenny Wheeler • Double Double YouJohn Abercrombie • NightDave Holland Quintet • Seeds of TimeDavid Torn • Cloud About MercuryTerje Rypdal & The Chasers • BlueDino Saluzzi • AndinaLouis Sclavis Quintet • RougeMiroslav Vitous/Jan Garbarek • AtmosJohn Surman/John Warren • The Brass ProjectStephan Micus • To the Evening ChildBobo Stenson Trio • War OrphansPeter Erskine Trio • Juni
I'm definitely buying Divine Love and maybe Double Double You.
― grawlix (unperson), Saturday, 19 January 2019 20:30 (five years ago) link
ugh, cardboard sleeves.
I'll still buy a few.
David Torn is a given, yes, but anyone who doesn't know the Goodrick, Tibbetts, and Barre Philips titles here in particular should snatch them up asap. Massively underrated ECM titles imo
I'm assuming there's no need to remaster any of these, so these are likely just straight reissues of the previously CD versions, right?
― Paul Ponzi, Saturday, 19 January 2019 22:15 (five years ago) link
Ondas is pretty classic as well.
― pomenitul, Saturday, 19 January 2019 22:23 (five years ago) link
which ones of those are fjordian
TIA
― j., Saturday, 19 January 2019 22:42 (five years ago) link
not fjordian at all but I love some Dino Saluzzi and his version of the Haden/Bley classic Silence (with Haden) is so beautiful.
― calzino, Monday, 21 January 2019 20:43 (five years ago) link
If you've never heard it, this would be the perfect time to dig in to Eberhard Weber's the Following Morning.
Also, everyone should buy Northern Song, too!
― Totally different head. Totally. (Austin), Monday, 21 January 2019 22:04 (five years ago) link
These re-issues are great news. On another note, I've checked the "Offers" section on the ECM homepage and noticed these are different titles than when I checked last time (around December).
― EvR, Saturday, 26 January 2019 08:29 (five years ago) link
i'm liking Yonathan Avishai's Joys and Solitudes. No mystic fjords but it is lovely and subtle.
― calzino, Thursday, 14 February 2019 15:06 (five years ago) link
Is it just me, or have ECM New Series releases really dropped off? This seems to have happened around the release of the Kurtág box set. I wonder if that project involved such financial expenditure for ECM that Manfred Eicher won’t get around to recording more avant-garde classical until the main ECM label releases something popular and relatively high-selling that can subsidize the ECM New Series side of the label (historically, this has been yet another Keith Jarrett release, but Jarrett probably doesn’t move units like he used to).
― Melomane, Thursday, 11 April 2019 20:02 (five years ago) link
It's not just you, and it saddens me to no end.
― pomenitul, Friday, 12 April 2019 07:44 (five years ago) link