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good luck and lots of fun! ubu

Congrats! Hope you like it! ubu

Order it NOW or else you will regret as long as you live...

da shit, I wanted to say... really!

Gianni Gebbia, "Arcana Major" - it's da shit! ubu

Two funny-rat-residents, the russian one and the humble king, have been completely blown away by the Barry Guy New Orchestra - we heard it in Zurich on Sunday. Friggin' great it was! You can read our reviews on page 95 of the rat-thread. ubu

This reminds me about that one here: (from: http://www.intaktrec.ch/ge-a.htm) Is anyone familiar with this? Wogram is quite an astonishing musician, too. Should be very very interesting, if not very very good! ubu

well done. edirol ? No, nothing at all! I figured out another way, with some help of a friend, no equipment needed, and sounding just as good as the MD sounds! That Edirol thing would be economically prized here, I'm afraid!

btw, I transferred my "Inscape-Tableaux" Minidisc to CDR this morning, and listened to pts 1-5 on my way to work - it is excellent! Longer lyrical passages than in the concert we heard/saw, and while I think Crispell and Fernandez do have a similar touch, Crispell is much sparser, in general. My CDR includes a 10-minute interview (over the phone, I think, and translated, so actually it's not that long) with Guy as a bonus (I got the whole thing over the air, they broadcasted the whole album shortly before it was released). ubu

I saw them in concert about three weeks ago... and? ...and it was an excellent concert. It was in a West Philadelphia non-profit art gallery that's been hosting a couple jazz concerts a month. It was pretty much a full house for the gallery, which is about maybe 50-70. The playing ranged from very free, to occassionally melodic, with a bit of metal thrown in. Martin Schutz was all over the place -- playing the cello with a stick through the strings. He alternated acoustic and electric cello and did some electronic manipulation. He got a laugh when he threw some objects off his table to musical effect. The drummer, Studer, did some playing with what looked like a metal wire (as well as more usual mallets and sticks). Koch was into sound manipulation, usually playing a single note through his sax which he altered tonally both acoustically and electronically. He seemed to enjoy making noise with a semi-spherical control attached to his laptop. I bought two of their CDs at the show -- the Egyption one mentioned below (which I haven't heard yet) and "Harcore chamber music" which was the only trio record they offered that didn't have guest musicians. It's a good representation of their music. It was a very nice show, which the crowd enjoyed as well. I did some sketching during the show. Sometime later I might scan a fairly abstract drawing I did of Schutz. Alan, sounds like an excellent concert you heard! I never heard them live. I think the Penguin gives "Hardcore Chamber Music" a pretty good rating. ubu

Thanks, Lon - I shall keep this in mind and *occasionally* update... ubu

working on that 4000 aren't we testaman? YEAH AND BY POSTING SUCH CRAP COUW HAS MADE THEM 4000 ALREADY ubu

Glad you like it! It is sounding incredibly good, yes! And I love Humair, absolutely. I will have my eyes open when I go to that store, but except for some recent (copy controlled) Blue Notes, it has never happened so far that I saw a disc I bought there again, later... ubu

I think I was that young once, but I can't remember. huh?

I saw them in concert about three weeks ago... and? Hey, c'mon Alan, tell us some more! I have two of their discs (picked up both of them dirt cheap in that used store I told you about, Д.Д.) "Heavy Cairo Traffic" (on Intuition): And the Intakt release "Fidel": The first one is a collaboration with egyptian musicians that I found very good, stunning in moments, and it's incredbile that it does work - but that has to do with them not trying to create any "fusion", but trying to have both styles flowing along each other. The "Fidel" disc is a collaboration with cuban musicians, and I think it's a bit less successful. Here's the Intakt-blob: ubu

And I think I did hear "Iscape Tableaux" - it was broadcasted before its release, and I think I even have that on some tape or minidisc - I shall look for it!

I cannot really compare him to Crispell, I have but her recent ECM trio disc and the duo with Jarman - I like both of them, but I have no idea if they're typical for her.

Parts of the Zurich concerts will be broadcasted on swiss radio, parts of the basle shows on german radio. I shall try to record it all, and if there's lots of Guy (I wonder how they could NOT broadcast that set in its entirety! Would be sacrilege to fade this out!!)

Regarding composed vs. improvised parts, Д.Д. and I both had the impression that maybe even the solos were written - or at least preconceived or developped during practicing or performing. It was not all muscular - there were some rather beautiful moments, too, some lyrical stuff, one it reminded me of Mingus' "Self Portrait in Three Colours". You know, if I had so much hair, it would get between the music and my big ears - actually I'd like to have at least one second pair of ears, would have been very useful during the Parker set!

Now you confuse me! I'm not sure anymore! I know Hans Koch played what sounded like three bass clarinets simultaneously (does anyone here happen to know him or the Koch-Schütz-Studer trio?) - but I think you might be right about Gratkowski not having played it. Thanks for posting the photo! Chaney, there's lots of Guy on Intakt - I cannot recommend anyone, as I don't have any (except for the recent 2CD duo release with Evan Parker, "Birds and Blades", which remains on the pile of unlistened stuff and shall stay there for some time, most probably. I heard that "Inscape Tableaux" was great, but I don't have it.) ubu

up with my question!

How about "Tangorhino"? or: "Sousophant"?

So do you think there is any chance of me picking up the monk riverside set up cheap from somewhere? or have the cheap versions long sold out? You might find them on Ebay. Try German Ebay. I think it might be a bit more expensive, but you might try. ubu