What Are You Listening to? 2020

Think the original leader died, but at least some of the others got back together for later tours, may have recorded. It's all an African response to 70s availability of Black Diaspora sounds, esp via radio, incl. but not only from Radio Free Europe, BBC World Service, France, Italy etc, also as cassettes became more available, where records, turntables weren't as handy----also white music strongly influenced by those blends: these are African musicians w their own interest in all or some of that, responding to that of their audience (as CD booklets tell it).

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(related co-sign on that Laubrock/Davis duo, too--Intakt are by far my fave contempo jazz label at the moment, such a dependable batting avg IMO)

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aka the 1966 gruppo di improvvisazione nuova consonanza lp

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https://sisterarchive.bandcamp.com/album/45-02

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from Captain Beefheart
Don't remember seeing this thread before the past week; it's gotten me looking around---a bunch of skeevey-looking CDs still on Amazon (several of which I bought quite a few years ago), but also, discovered that they now have a nicely-priced legit-looking Decals (ditto several others that I already have), also I'm Goning To Do... on mp3 (and a bunch of other Rhino Handmades likewise, incl. Television's Live at the Old Waldorf and that monster Fugs box). Grow Fins mp3 is $49.49, much less than even the used CD edition on there.
I've just finished first listen to Albums That Never Were's version of It Comes To You In A Plain Brown Wrapper---great work-outs, although I could live w/o this long-ass version of "25th Century Quaker," but so many hooks: "Kandy Korrrn, Beee reeeborn"---different from (though utilizing) the Sundazed, and, as always, he tells you exactly what and why and how he used which materials---sound is crisp, well-defined without getting anal about it (I listened to the flac; also offers mp3s: 2 "discs," 45 minutes each):
http://albumsthatneverwere.blogspot.com/search/label/captain%20beefheart

― dow, Monday, August 31

Oh wow, how is the new Sylvie Courvoisier?

Heiki Mätlik - Prelude from Bach's Partita in E Major (lute arrangement), BWV 1006a
Tony Price - Interview/Discount
Gorguts - Colored Sands

Dow I have the first volume of the Orchestra Polyritmo di Cotinou series.
The one where 2 members are in martial arts poses. It's pretty great.
Have meant to pick up the green one too.

But have wondered about influence on European/US bands from this stuff. Is there much where it's obvious.

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^^ hell yeah, love that one (it's "Kalte Sterne", yeah?)

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somehow hadn't seen that the double single by Neubauten and that Mute early singles compi had the same sleeve. or at least the front cover.

^^ yeah I assumed that was the CD version but they are the same

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Samo DJ & Maxxxbass - Snaker 008

(downtempo leftfield stuff)

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Laurel halo - raw silk uncut wood

very nice ambient stuff

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nothing but Rhucle on Bandcamp all day

https://rhucle.bandcamp.com/music

(ambient bliss)

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Soulful silver spacesuit tequila country, back from the future, whut's left of it. Get it while you can.

that looks kinda awesome, especially with that description!

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you people do too much listening and not enough RANKING

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https://shabasonkrgovichharris.bandcamp.com/album/philadelphia

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Tauno Aints et al/Weekend Guitar Trio/Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir - Estonian Incantations 1
Lalgudi Jayaraman - Gana Sagaram (Live at Sri Krishna Gana Sabha, 1984) (partial)
Jack DeJohnette, Larry Grenadier, John Medeski & John Scofield - Hudson

Just put on:
Jakob Thiesen/Aidan Baker - À bout de souffle

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Late 70s garage prog? Anyway pretty hard prog based music made on low budget in the late 70s.
Pretty corrosive use of melotron.
This came out a few years ago I think unearthed from the unreleased tapes, its on the label that put out Brown Acid

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early 70s reggae or possibly still rocksteady in places. Here compiled by Sanctuary era Trojan.
I;ve been listening to the 2nd disc here which has some really great stuff by Scratch and he Upsetters among others.
I think I need to make sure I've got the Upsetters early 70s stuff compiled they had a great groove.
1st disc has several early Bob Marley tracks on.
Anyway loved the Sanctuary era Trojan 2cds that this is one of . The ones i got seemed to be comp;iled by people who knew the music really well and were packaged pretty good. Not sure if i totally love teh foldout booklet though.
But otherwise exemplary.

can't find a separate image for the Uncut covermount cd for the moment.
Which has some ok stuff on it. Including a track from Songhoy blues new one.

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5HlLBRm6j_o

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OYea-13rM7g

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Anders Lauge Meldgaard - 12 instrumenter til Henning

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after an excess of cheese filled excess, this is tonights main choice before the booze kicks in hard.
fact is, i am still listening to this all time sleazed up r-n-r classic, and absolutely loving it.
not heard the recent remaster (cant believe there was a demand to be honest), and have no desire to as the original cd sounds perfectly good to me.

Man, Craig, you should start your own "what is Craig D. listening to" thread I would check it every day

cosign

Ah shucks 0wen--I do have a Bandcamp fan account that I use to buy way too many DLs, so that kinda comes close

Intrigued by the Stockhausen-y illustration on that Meldgaard!
The Henning Christiansen archive that Penultimate Press has been reissuing is pretty great, on a (I assume) related note

I'm on this record and she's a long-time friend but it is completely brilliant, good season for it too

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https://danielagesundheit.bandcamp.com/album/alphabet-of-wrongdoing

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I exclaimed over on Hal Willner thread---need to listen more to wrap my head around it, but obv. a lot better than Pitchfork review indicated.

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the Krsna era recordings of Alice Coltrane. Odd blends of gospel influenced chants, synth and percussion blissouts and stuff.
Fuinally got it cos it was cheap on Dodax

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finally got the 3cd set on Strut, have had teh earlier 2cd set for years.
Listening to disc 3 the later years stuff which takes him through the early 70s and 80s.
NOt listened to the 50s stuff yet.
But this has I'm Gonna Unmask Batamn which is always a winner. & Nuclear War too

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The first official fully live lp not a blend of studio and live mixed together into the same track as Anthm had been.
I'd been meaning to stick some Dead on since I'd been neglecting them so chose this out of the golden Road box. & couldn't see any of my Dick's Picks around at the time.

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I was looking for more stuff along teh lines of All the Way Down which I have on a best of. THis starts with a similar song which may be an attempt to match the beginningof the previous lp which starts with actual one.
dl/ed this a few days ago. Soujnds pretty great. Migght track down a physical copy now.

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somehow not really heard this before. GOt some really nice guitar on it.

"All The Way Down" is from Etta James(1973), the one before Come a Little Closer, with same producer. I really like that track too, and several others on there, especially "God's Song"---wish she'd done a whole album of Randy Newman, but here we also get "Sail Away" and "You Can Leave Your Hat On" ("Let's Burn Down The Cornfield" on Come A Little Closer). Haven't heard the s/t in a while---don't have a working turntable---but I used to play the hell out of it.

Those xpost Sun Ra singles of the 50s are pretty amazing, ditto whole collection.