since it's nearly the end of the year here is my _best of year_ list: cds: dieb13 & burhard stangl: eh (erstwhile) martin siewert & martin brandlmayr: too beautiful to burn (erstwhile) assif tsahar / peter kowald / sunny murray: ma (hopscotch) peter brötzmann / william parker / hamid drake: never to late but always to early (eremite) keith rowe & john tilbury: duos for doris (erstwhile) bob ostertag: dj of the month werner dafeldecker / franz hautzinger / john tilbury / sachiko m: absinth (grob) keith rowe / oren ambarchi / sachiko m / otomo yoshihide / robbie avenaim: thumb (grob) elliott sharp / ensemble modern: racing hearts, tessalation row, calling (hr musik) discovered this year, but recorded earlyer: tatsuya nakatani & peter kowald: 13 definitions of truth (quakebasket) amm: laminal (matchless) amm: the nameless uncarved block (matchless) hamid drake & assif tsahar: soul bodies (ayler records) william parker / in order to survive: posium pendasem (fmp) sachiko m & sean meehan bernhard lang / klangforum wien: differenz/wiederholung 1.2 (kairos) concerts: a night of joy and music (peter kowald memorial concert) frankfurt germany, january 11 bob ostertag & pierre herbert ulm germany, february ??? erstwhile 14 bpm, nyc, august 30th cobra tonic, nyc, september 3rd painkiller tonic, nyc, september 5th julien ottavi & dion workman the tank, nyc, september 11 assif tsahar & tatsuya nakatani subtonic, nyc, september ??? noel akchote kunstverein, stuttgart, oktober ??? biggest disappointment: pharoah sanders yoshi's, oakland, august ??? best month of the year: visiting z-lister peter in new york in september (thanks again!!!) take care... 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