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Japan
by dennis summers 21 Jul '03

21 Jul '03

Hi all, I will be going to Japan for 2 weeks on Aug 1. Any suggestions for really good record shops, music venues or any special shows that might be going on then? Thanx. --ds Dennis Summers Quantum Dance Works http://www.quantumdanceworks.com http://www.thecryingpostproject.org

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electro-acoustic
by adam morosky 21 Jul '03

21 Jul '03

i recommend just about anything by: tetsu inoue Andrew Deutsch Anthony Vitiello electro-acoustics are very common now adays. mainly because it is so easy to be an electro-acoustic composer. anyone can do it, but not many can make things that are worth hearing more than once. i have made a mini-CD of electro-acoustic music and IMHO it is pretty good. i made a limited edition of 50 CDRs with very nice hand-made packaging. if anyone is interested in checking it out, i'll trade a copy of it for a burned copy of: This Heat-"Deceit" James Plotkin-"Forensics for guitar" (pre-warner brothers) Mr. Bungle ISIS-"sawblade" Unsane-"s/t" -adam morosky _________________________________________________________________ The new MSN 8: smart spam protection and 2 months FREE* http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail

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electro-acoustic
by Ricardo Campillo 21 Jul '03

21 Jul '03

Hi, Recently I bought the Evan Parker electro-acoustic ensemble "Drawn Inward" and i get really impressed. Combining Parker, Guy, Lytton habitual techniques with the electronics masterfully and with an inusual coherence. Any comment on this, or on "Towards the Margins"? Any other reccomendable similar electro-acoustic experience are welcomed. Thanks in advance. Regards, Ricardo. n.r.:"The Last Tape" and "Act without words" by Samuel Beckett ___________________________________________________ Yahoo! Messenger - Nueva versiÃ³n GRATIS Super Webcam, voz, caritas animadas, y mÃ¡s... http://messenger.yahoo.es

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sf
by Tim Blechmann 21 Jul '03

21 Jul '03

Hi all, i'll be in san francisco in august. are there any interesting concerts or good (2nd hand) bookstores or recordstores i should go to? any other suggestions what i shouldn't miss? thanks... Tim mailto:TimBlechmann@gmx.net ICQ: 96771783 http://www.nyds-exp-discogs.tk -- The only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are mad to live, mad to talk, mad to be saved, desirous of everything at the same time, the ones who never yawn or say a commonplace thing, but burn, burn, burn, like fabulous yellow roman candles exploding like spiders across the stars and in the middle you see the blue centerlight pop and everybody goes "Awww!" Jack Kerouac

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Wire Audio Companion update
by Vincent Kargatis 21 Jul '03

21 Jul '03

The Unofficial Wire Audio Companion (http://thewire.kargatron.net/) has been updated with a number of tracks, thanks especially to Dave Trussler and others. As always, the Companion remains in need of volunteers to snuff out extant audio files on the web to point to - chip in if you can (see site for details). I've been pretty bad myself about finding tracks recently - apologies. I'll note, as does the July issue in the Go To: section, p87, that a similar site, typically annotated, exists in Swen Emmerling's blog: http://swen.antville.org/ - so check both sites for Wire-related music links. -- Vincent Kargatis np: Tujiko Noriko - "Narita Made" (From Toyko To Naiagare)

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Blue Note Festival Ghent/Dave Douglas
by Chris Verborgt 21 Jul '03

21 Jul '03

During the last couple of weeks I was a happy man. Not only Dave Douglas performed for free in Brussels, but I also saw a stunning concert of the Electric Masada. Yesterday I heard Dave Douglas again with Ikue Mori and DJ Olive performing together with a chamber music ensemble. But as this is the Zorn list I'll start with Electric Masada. The Blue Note Festival in Ghent Belgium is a very young festival but due to his name it already managed to have a full house. The Festival is held in an historical environment, so everything has to be kept in the original state. As a result six trees are in the inside of the tent what really is an unusual view. Last Saturday Bill Frisell, Flat Earth Society and Electric Masada were on the list. The set of Bill Frisell with his world music ensemble was boaring. Flat Earth Society is a kind of Willem Breuker Kollektief big-band, that performed Louis Armstrong tunes. They completely reworked the music of LA and presented a full hour of wonderful music and nice solos. Before the set of Electric Masada the announcer asked not to take photographs of the group. When they arrived on stage, Zorn saw two photographers doing their job, he went to them and was very angry. The audience boo-ed at him and someone shouted out very loudly "Go home". I thought that this would go wrong but JZ picked up his saxophone and started as if nothing had happened. It was the start of a stunning set with wild music all directed by JZ. He turned always his back to the audience a bit like Miles Davis did. As already mentionned in the other reviews of Electric Masada, they played 6 tunes and one encore. One could feel that this band played together for quite a long time because everything was perfect. The two occasions on which I attented a Dave Douglas performance were very different. The first one was with his New Quintet in the center of Brussels. As this was a free concert not everyone was there to listen to the music of DD. The result was a noisy set and the musicians had difficulties in concentrating and finding their usual drive. After a message of DD in which he apologised for his own government and told us that the upcoming tune was in his head shortly after 9/11 but only came out recently, he played an astonishing solo. Thereafter everyone picked up at the same level and the rest of the concert was very nice. Yesterday DD was a member of a group of six musicians with a completely different background. Three members are of the Belgian Ictus Ensemble, mostly performing contemporary classical music: Piet Van Bockstael on hobo, Igor Semenoff on violin and Thomas Dieltjes on piano. The others were Dave Douglas on trumpet of course, Ikue Mori on electronical percussion and DJ Olive on turntables. Also two dancers were part of the group. It was rather unusual to have DD as a member and not as the conductor of the group. They played two sets of 35 minutes each containing sheets of music of Dave Douglas, Luciano Berio, Robert Schumann a.o. Each set contained parts of notated music and improvisations. The result was a perfect mix of two types of modern music. Breath taking solos on trumpet, hobo and a Sanctuary-like piece were the highlights for me. I can tell you that last year DD was in Belgium for a piece he performed with the whole Ictus Ensemble (that I didn't like as much as the performance of yesterday). I don't know if some recordings of these projects are available. Kind regards Chris Verborgt np Anthony Braxton Solo (Köln) 1978

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the Sydney scene
by AM FREQUENCIES 20 Jul '03

20 Jul '03

Saturday 2nd August, 8pm VIC ON THE PARK cnr of Enmore and Addison Rd, Enmore "PSEUDO-POP" * Rica Tetas * * Slimey Things * * The Captain's Package * * Chewed Food * + M.C: JAY KATZ!!!! http://www.pseudo-pop.cjb.net

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re: Ruins
by CuneiWay＠aol.com 20 Jul '03

20 Jul '03

Douglas wrote: > I saw both of the D.C. shows. I saw the early show at the "Warehouse Next Door" (great name). I was the guy who was older than anyone else there by far and who sat in the tall barstool during the middle of the first act and within 30 seconds two of four legs of the barstool fell off and I went plummiting to the ground. I was very lucky I wasn't hurt badly. It's funny now, but it was a little bit nervewracking then! Something to tell the grandkids. Since the other DC show was the same length (Yoshida said it would be longer!), I'm glad I didn't go to the other show, as shows at Velvet Lounge always tend to run WAY too late for me. What time did they go on at the VL? Steve

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Filmworks 14 and Unknown Masada
by Theo Klaase 20 Jul '03

20 Jul '03

Just got these two CD's and one things for sure: It's certainly very Jewish (again). It seems Zorn's new compositions are much like those of the past. I like Klezmer, etc. as much as the next guy, but I'm also ready for something more open ended/minded... It seems Zorn gets more Jewish with age - and maybe not for the better... I liked most of the Unknown Masada but found the Filmworks CD tiresome in the been there, done that category. Please don't get me wrong, I adore Ribot's playing on the album - it's stellar work along with the contributions from the other musicians. It's the compositions themselves, like I've heard these same tunes on other Zorn releases. Anyone else get this feeling? Like Zorn is essentially creating the same composition over and over. Is he running out of gas? I don't think so but I do think this "need" for Klezmer-like compositions is limiting in vision. So it's a Jewish movie (again), why box oneself in? -Theo __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? SBC Yahoo! DSL - Now only $29.95 per month! http://sbc.yahoo.com

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Re: electric masada
by Paul Michael Sager 20 Jul '03

20 Jul '03

What did Zorn do with the mobile phone in Vienna? I saw his last two performances at Tonic in NYC, and both times he pulled out his phone during the show and showed it to one of the other players, chuckling at some private joke about it. I thought maybe he was getting a call during the show. ----- Original Message ----- From: Paul <pzinn(a)noos.fr> Date: Thursday, July 17, 2003 6:54 pm Subject: Re: electric masada > On Thursday 17 July 2003 23:19, Thierry Raguin wrote: > > giuliana ferraris wrote: > > > I'm going to see Electric Masada in London next week. In the > meantime,> > has anyone seen them around Europe? I'd love to read > a review of one > > > of their gigs! > >I saw them last Saturday in Vienne (France) and it was just > great!!! I > >guess the band was the normal one (i.e. Zorn, Baptista, > Wollensen, Dunn, > >Ribot, and Saft). I had never heard electric masada and didn't > really > >know what to expect from it. I was really pleased to see that > changes > >from the regular Masada are not too big but still really add a > lot. The > >show ended with a really nice encore with Zorn using a mobile > phone in > >the end of the song ;-) > > The show in Vienne was great -- but too short, only 6 songs from > what I > remember. Btw does anyone have the playlist? Also are the other 4 > (besides > Zorn & Ribot) regulars, I didn't know them. The ``rock'' sound of > Electric > Masada was a complete surprise for me and I loved it. > One other thing that amazed me is the enthusiastic response of the > audience (a > lot more enthusiastic than for, say, the (imho) pathetic show that > Laswell > gave that same evening). > > Paul > > _______________________________________________ > zorn-list mailing list > zorn-list(a)mailman.xmission.com > To UNSUBSCRIBE or Change Your Subscription Options, go to the > webpage below > http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/zorn-list >

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