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The Stampeders are eight point favorites. http://www.tsn.ca/stampeders-favoured-to-beat-tiger-cats-in-102nd-grey-cup-1.144178 ***** Here are a number of interesting articles about the two teams. http://cfl.ca/article/102gc ***** Players to watch. http://cfl.ca/article/game-breakers-grey-cup-players-to-watch ***** a betting website's preview http://www.sportsbettingstats.com/CFL/2014-grey-cup-betting-picks.asp

Not a box, but Mel Brooks fans might be interested. Spaceballs (Prime) - $1.99 http://www.amazon.com/Spaceballs-Mel-Brooks/dp/0792844890?SubscriptionId=AKIAJ7T5BOVUVRD2EFYQ&tag=camelhomepopular-20&linkCode=xm2&camp=2025&creative=165953&creativeASIN=0792844890

M Squad - Complete Series - $52.99 http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00MIA0EME/ref=pd_luc_rh_bxgy_01_03_t_lh?ie=UTF8&psc=1

Person of Interest - Season 3 - $14.99 http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00FEVZH8K/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o02_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1 ***** My Mother the Car - Complete Series - $13.99 http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00G5N6C8U/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o02_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1 ***** Route 66 - Complete Series - $54.99 http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0077T5SWC/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o03_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1 ***** Naked City - Complete Series - $57.97 http://www.amazon.com/Naked-City-The-Complete-Series/dp/B00CPR3RB0/ref=pd_bxgy_mov_text_z

On this date in 1996, I attended my fourth (and thus far last) Grey Cup. Here's a quick video. http://www.tsn.ca/video/this-day-in-grey-cup-history-nov-24th-1.142936 ***** Here is a list of the Grey Cup Radio Network. http://www.tsn.ca/how-to-tune-in-to-tsn-s-multi-platform-coverage-of-the-102nd-grey-cup-1.143248 Many of these stations are on the internet. For example... http://www.tsn.ca/radio ***** Ricky Ray had his shoulder operated on this morning. He will be out six months. http://www.tsn.ca/argonauts-qb-ray-undergoes-shoulder-surgery-out-six-months-1.143173 http://cfl.ca/article/ricky-ray-undergoes-off-season-shoulder-surgery ***** Here is a review of yesterday's games with some videos. http://cfl.ca/article/cliff-notes-8-things-we-learned-from-the-finals

John, Jeff already picked that. Try another one!

This year's Grey Cup contest is now up. Good luck everyone!

It's that time of year again! It's time for the annual Grey Cup contest. (Past winners have included Noj (twice), indestructible, Bright Moments, brownie, paul secor, Soulstation1 and danasgoodstuff.) Here are the rules: 1) Pick the winning team. 2) Pick the number of total points scored by both teams (aka the tiebreaker). Since approximately half of us will pick the winning team, picking the total points is necessary to win the contest. Your total points prediction must be a number which is a multiple of five (5). The winning tiebreaker will be the one closest to the correct answer. If two are equally close, the winner will be the lower pick. If two people pick the same thing, the first to make the pick will be the winner. THE PRIZE: A $17.00 Mosaic Records Gift Card. The $17.00 represents one CD of a Mosaic box set. Deadline: kickoff, Sunday Nov. 30, 6:00 pm eastern. ***** The Grey Cup game: The Grey Cup is awarded to the world champion of what I think is the greatest game in the world, Canadian rules football. That is to say, the champion of the Canadian Football League. The Grey Cup was first awarded in 1909. They have played for it every year since then except three years during World War One. Therefore, this year's will be the 102nd Grey Cup game. Fans from throughout Canada will attend the game. This year's game will see the Western champion Calgary Stampeders face the Eastern champion Hamilton Tiger-Cats in Vancouver. The Hamilton Tigers were founded in 1869, the same year as the Cincinnati Red Stockings. The Calgary Stampeders were known as the Bronks from their founding in 1935 through 1944. The Calgary fans of 1948 are credited with descending upon Toronto for the Grey Cup game, and making the Grey Cup the national celebration that it has been ever since. The location of the game is chosen years in advance. This year's game will be played in Vancouver. Eastern fans always root for the eastern champion, and Western fans always root for the Western champion. Last week there were still 6,500 tickets to be sold. Probably more Western fans bought tickets far in advance, but I suspect that many Hamilton fans will gobble up most of those remaining 6,500 seats. The Stampeders had the best record in the league during the regular season, 15-3. The Ticats started badly at 1-6, and at the season's midway point they were 2-7. Since then they have gone 7-2, plus their win in the Eastern Final. Both teams have very young quarterbacks. Calgary's is Bo Levi Mitchell, a 24-year old who played his college ball at SMU and Eastern Washington. Hamilton's is Zach Collaros, a 26-year old who played his college ball with the Cincinnati Bearcats. Calgary's star is their running back Jon Cornish. He was a monster this year when he played, but he missed half the season with a couple of concussions. The press voted Collaros as Hamilton's best player. The game will be carried live in the US on ESPN2. You can listen to the game here: http://www.tsn.ca/Toronto/ (To listen to the game, you will need Windows Media Player which you can download for free. So you might want to plan ahead if you don't already have it.) You can study articles analyzing the upcoming game as well as articles about the season as it unfolded in the CFL thread, which I will be updating during the course of this week. Good luck everyone! Here's my pick: Calgary - 50 I'm going to be rooting for the Ticats. They have not won the Grey Cup since 1999. In addition, I have met their owner, Bob Young, who is very personable, and who lives in suburban Raleigh. But I think that the Stampeders' offense has too much firepower. ***** 11/24 update - Here's a list of some of the websites which will carry the radio broadcast of the game. http://www.tsn.ca/radio

Eastern Final Hamilton Tiger-Cats 40....Montreal Alouettes 24 http://www.sportsnetwork.com/merge/tsnform.aspx?c=sportsnetwork&page=cfl/news/news.aspx?id=781089 http://www.tsn.ca/kick-returner-banks-scores-two-tds-as-ticats-beat-als-in-east-final-1.142481 Great game. The Als looked good, and SJ Green caught three TD passes. But Brandon Banks had the game of a lifetime. He ran a kick back for a TD, but it was called back. So before the game was over he ran back two more kicks for TDs. The second link above has a video which will show you his runs. The one just before halftime was very impressive. ***** Western Final Calgary Stampeders 43....Edmonton Eskimos 18 http://www.sportsnetwork.com/merge/tsnform.aspx?c=sportsnetwork&page=cfl/news/news.aspx?id=781104 http://www.tsn.ca/stampeders-advance-to-grey-cup-with-win-over-eskimos-1.142633 The Stamps' offense could move the ball at will the whole game. Calgary led 36-4 in the third quarter when the Eskimos scored two quick TDs to make it interesting at 36-18; but the Stampeders' defense held Edmonton scoreless the rest of the way. Mitchell threw the ball to Cornish instead of handing it off to him. As a result, Cornish had over 100 receiving yards by halftime, but finished the game with only 40 yards rushing.

My first thought was... from Herbie Mann's album Standing Ovation at Newport Stolen Moments ***** But the idea of dying while the music is still playing appeals to me, so in that case I would put on... from Pharaoh Sander's album Karma The Creator Has a Master Plan

Thanks, xybert! I should have looked there first.

The Ticats have place Andy Fantuz and Peter Dyakowski on the roster for tomorrow's game. http://www.tsn.ca/ticats-add-fantuz-dyakowski-no-sutton-for-alouettes-for-eastern-final-1.141668 http://cfl.ca/article/fantuz-on-the-ticats-roster-for-eastern-final ***** Mike Reilly will start tomorrow for the Eskimos. Charleston Hughes will start for the Stampeders. http://www.tsn.ca/reilly-listed-as-eskimos-starter-hughes-returns-for-stampeders-1.141694 ***** cfl.ca finals preview http://cfl.ca/article/2014-cflca-game-notes-a-look-at-the-finals ***** Status Report regarding injuries http://cfl.ca/article/status-report-whos-in-and-whos-out-for-sundays-finals

Happy Birthday 2014 DTMX!

Happy Birthday 2014 Don!

Finals picks cfl.ca http://cfl.ca/article/finals-predictions-cflca-writers-make-their-picks Winnipeg Free Press http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/sports/football/cfl-this-week----division-finalsby-paul-wiecek-283455001.html

Thanks, guys! Etcetera it will be!

Dan Ralph Finals picks http://www.thestar.com/sports/football/2014/11/20/cfl_picks_jon_cornish_gives_stampeders_edge_over_eskimos_in_west_final.html

I don't know what the heck this is, but for the price I would certainly include it with an order from Amazon UK. Wayne Shorter - Blue Note TSF - 1.87 GBP http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B003KWA14A/ref=wl_it_dp_o_pC_S_ttl?_encoding=UTF8&colid=15OXMQC9Z0YS9&coliid=I1QUYX9UOKM6EV

Two Wayne Shorter questions: 1) I'm thinking of getting Etcetera, Moto Grosso Feio or Odyssey of Iska. Is one better than the others? 2) I'm confused about Native Dancer. Is a CD of that currently available that has corrected the objections to the original CD? Thanks!

Thanks, Jim! That one slipped by me. Any interest in the Sakata with Pete Cosey?

BILL LASWELL'S BILMAWN - LITTLE VILLAGE AVAILABLE ONLINE ON DECEMBER 2, 2014 AND VIA WWW.MOD-TECHNOLOGIES.COM New York, November 20, 2014 - Taken from the soundtrack of Jim Jarmusch's newest film "Only Lovers Left Alive." Bilmawn captures the strong raw rhythmic elements of Morroccan music (trance and spirit). TRACK 1. Little Village (5:19)

With Pete Cosey! AKIRA SAKATA WITH BILL LASWELL, PETE COSEY, HAMID DRAKE KAIGARABUSHI - BILL LASWELL REMIX AVAILABLE ONLINE ON DECEMBER 2, 2014 AND VIA WWW.MOD-TECHNOLOGIES.COM New York, November 20, 2014 - Japanese free jazz icon Akira Sakata in collaboration with the legendary Pete Cosey (Miles Davis, Muddy Waters, Howlin Wolf), drummer Hamid Drake and bassist Bill Laswell. A remix of a track from the album fisherman's.com released in 2001, it offers traditional Japanese folk art meets funk and free improvisation. Mix-construction by Bill Laswell. TRACK

Note the presence of Bill Laswell. M.O.D. TECHNOLOGIES TO RELEASE PETER APFELBAUM'S SPARKLER I Colored It In For You AS PART OF THE INCUNABULA DIGITAL SERIES AVAILABLE ONLINE AND VIA WWW.MOD-TECHNOLOGIES.COM ON DECEMBER 2, 2014. NEW YORK CITY RECORD RELEASE PARTY AT NUBLU WED., DECEMBER 10th @ 9 PM (one set) www.nublu.net Peter Apfelbaum vocals, keyboards, saxes, percussion Natalie Cressman vocals, trombone Jill Ryan vocals, alto sax Will Bernard guitar Barney McAll homemade instruments Willard Dyson drums Aaron Johnston drums, drum programming Liberty Ellman mixing, mastering, additional bass Produced by Peter Apfelbaum & Aaron Johnston All music and lyrics by Peter Apfelbaum New York, November 19, 2014 - Brooklyn-based multi-instrumentalist Peter Apfelbaum (New York Hieroglyphics) introduces the debut track by his newest band, Sparkler. Co-produced by Apfelbaum and Aaron Johnston (Brazilian Girls), featuring Natalie Cressman (vocals, trombone) and Jill Ryan (vocals, alto sax) I Colored it in for You is a multidimensional electronic world music track with lyrics as Apfelbaum explains, "about the act of creating art, and the desire to give it away." Also included with I Colored it in for You Pts 1 & 2 is a Mix Translation (dub remix) of Pt. 1 by Bill Laswell. TRACKS 1. I Colored it in for You (Pt. 1) 2. I Colored it in for You (Pt. 2) 3. I Colored it in for You (Bill Laswell Remix) ABOUT THE LABEL - M.O.D. Technologies - revealing light on the development of new sound experiences in material culture. A multi-directional music / sound / information system. Initiated in 2010 by bassist / producer Bill Laswell and Giacomo Bruzzo, co-founder of the progressive / future music label Rare Noise. M.O.D. - A futuristic hybrid of music exploration - dub / dub step / reggae / world / africa / drum'n'bass / mutant hip hop / avant metal / experimental / vocal music / instrumental / DJ culture and much more. M.O.D. resumes and continues the legacy of AXIOM, the timeless imprint established in 1989 by Bill Laswell with Chris Blackwell, founder of Island Records. ABOUT THE SERIES - The Incunabula Series promises to present rare and unique, one time only captured events, in some cases originally experienced by a fortunate few and recover unusual, lost until now studio recordings. Documenting as far back as the early 80s up to present time. Moments seldom heard or experienced by anyone.

Hungarian Power Trio JÜ Joins Norwegian Saxophone Icon Kjetil Møster On Provocative New Collaboration For RareNoiseRecords JÜ Meets Møster AVAILABLE IN STORES AND ONLINE ON DECEMBER 8, 2014 AND THROUGH RARE NOISE RECORDS ON CD, VINYL AND HI-RES DIGITAL DOWNLOAD Àdàm Mészáros Guitar Ernö Hock Electric Bass Andràs Halmos Drums and Kjetil Møster Saxophones & Clarinet ABOUT THE LABEL - RareNoiseRecords was founded in late 2008 by two Italians, guitarist/arranger/ producer Eraldo Bernocchi and all-round music nut Giacomo Bruzzo. Located in London, the label was created to present a platform to musicians and listeners alike who think beyond musical boundaries of genre. For further information and to listen please go to www.rarenoiserecords.com or https://www.rarenoiserecords.com/jukebox/ju-moster/jmm/ New York, November 6, 2014 - Worlds collide when the raucous Budapest-based power trio JÜ (consisting of fire-breathing guitarist Àdàm Mészáros, fuzz-bassist Ernö Hock and the remarkably flexible drummer Andràs Halmos) joins Bergen-based saxophonist Kjetil Møster for this subversive meeting of the minds on RareNoise Records. A powerful manifesto for ecstatic, exploratory, envelope-pushing music mixed by Bill Laswell and mastered by Michael Fossenkemper. JÜ Meets Møster bridges the gap between free jazz and hellacious, distortion-laced, guitar-driven hardcore rock. The album opens on an explosive note with a turbulent tenor sax-drums breakdown between Møster and Halmos on "Dear Johann" which takes on the feel of latter day John Coltrane or free jazz icon Albert Ayler jamming with the Allman Brothers Band on "Whipping Post" or vintage King Crimson on "21st Century Schizoid Man. "Bhajan" opens on a darker, more mysterious vibe before building to a potent crescendo, with Møster wailing on baritone sax, which is steeped in the tradition of Jimi Hendrix's bold jazz-rock anthem "Third Stone From the Sun." Møster stretches freely with baritone sax on the moody and spacious "Morze" while "Hassassin," full of slamming unisons and fierce overblowing by Møster, is an intense showcase for drummer Halmos.Mészáros adds another frantic six-string onslaught at the tag of this intense offering. The four intrepid musicians explore collectively on the more atmospheric "KJÜ" and they close out the collection with the expansive, 15-minute "One," which makes dramatic use of echo to create an otherworldly texture before building to a powerhouse conclusion of thunderous proportions. "This collaboration came about because I got to know Andras after he attended the very first concert of my own band called Møster! at Kongsberg Jazz Festival in Norway," explains the esteemed saxophonist. "One of my own goals with my own group is to show that different genres are not necessarily as far away from each other as one might think today. Up until the mid-80's, musicians and artists from completely different musical directions were collaborating and drawing inspirations from one another. I dream of the times when Velvet Underground would go to Sun Ra concerts and use the inspiration in their own music. Or to hear the mythical collaboration between Miles Davis and Jimi Hendrix. (My theory is that the music industry needed the segregation of musical genres to increase their sales, making people incapable of using their musical taste and to think for themselves, since the record labels already told them what the music was and who should buy what genres.) So I guess Andras heard some reflections of his own thoughts in my music and invited me to play with some Hungarian soulmates called JÜ. In describing his process of collaboration with JÜ on this RareNoise debut, Møster offers, "What surprised me was that they use some of the same compositional approaches to improvisation as I do. So the compositions are just skeletons, and we put meat on them as we improvise. And some of them, like KJÜ, is all free improvised, but as we go we talk about sound textures, instrumentation, temperature, forms and shapes. It might sound academic or intellectual, but it's done very intuitively". Regarding his own influences that came to bear on this rare encounter with JÜ, Møster explains, "For me, Coltrane has without a doubt been the strongest influence on my life as a musician. I've had many incredibly strong, overwhelming, physical experiences listening to him. And his approach to music has learned me a lot. And seeing how he influenced Albert Ayler, John Gilmore, Roscoe Mitchell, Pharoah Sanders, Wayne Shorter, to name a few, has expanded that influence, since they also influenced me a lot. As for the open-mindedness that he exhibits as a musician on this project and others, Møster says, "I do play very many different kinds of music and with many different bands. This past summer I played with Röyksopp and Robyn, an amazing Norwegian rapper named Lars Vaular and my long time electro-rock band Datarock.I find the same kind of open-mindedness in the members of JÜ. They all play and like very different kinds of music. So we can play on very different references, talking musically together in different languages, or mixing languages, so to speak. Halmos started playing music relative late, at age 17, but soon found himself in a band that played complex compositions with odd meters. "Over the last 20 years or so I've played in many bands in many styles but I've always stayed in the underground circuit as a musician," he explains. "In the last 11 years I've made my living as a concert promoter for bigger venues and festivals, bringing acts that never played in Hungary before. As an organizer, I've had a chance to spend time with many of my musical heroes like drummers Joey Baron, Kenny Wollesen, Billy Martin and learned a lot from them. I also had chance to study and play with drummer Hamid Drake and bassist William Parker as a member of a workshop big band at the Mediawave festival. The two of them introduced me to Gnawan music and encouraged me to study it. In fact some of the first things we ever played together in JÜ were based on those trance-like Gnawan patterns. Guitarist Mészáros was initially inspired by the Black Sabbath and Led Zeppelin records his father turned him on to. "From age 10 we always had a guitar at home," he recalls. "I played but never got too serious about it until high school when I actually forced myself to listen to and learn jazz because I felt like this was what I had to do to get a degree in music and to be a high level player. And, of course, players like John Scofield, John McLaughlin and Bill Frisell just blew my mind." By 2005, Mészáros grew tired of formal music studies and began playing in pop-rock bands, traveling across Europe and earning money along the way. By 2007, he started to get involved in experimental and improvisational music, which led to his encounter with Hock and Halmos. Bassist Hock began playing at age 15. "My main influences were hardcore and metal back then which changed almost immediately when I was introduced to the double bass at age 21," he recalls. "First it got me into Hungarian folk music, then later jazz, and that was followed by a variety of genres (classical music, hip-hop and electronic music, music from Morocco and other parts of Africa, Avant - Garde and free music.)" TRACKS 1. Dear Johann 2. Bhajan 3. Morze (for Ágoston Bèla) 4 Hassassin 5. KJU 6. One

Partners Mark Aanderud & Hernan Hecht Present a New Take On the Piano Trio with their Highly Evocative 'RGB' Bassist Stomu Takeishi Joins the Inner Circle on Molé's Second RareNoise Release AVAILABLE IN STORES AND ONLINE ON DECEMBER 8, 2014 AND THROUGH RARE NOISE RECORDS ON CD, VINYL AND HI-RES DIGITAL DOWNLOAD Mark Aanderud Piano, Keys, Electronics Stomu Takeshi Electric Bass Hernan Hecht Drums ABOUT THE LABEL - RareNoiseRecords was founded in late 2008 by two Italians, guitarist/arranger/ producer Eraldo Bernocchi and all-round music nut Giacomo Bruzzo. Located in London, the label was created to present a platform to musicians and listeners alike who think beyond musical boundaries of genre. For further information and to listen please go to www.rarenoiserecords.com or https://www.rarenoiserecords.com/jukebox/mole/rgb/ New York, November 6, 2014 - Freedom, experimentation and telepathy are the watch words for RGB, the latest transcendent collaboration of pianist-composer Mark Aanderud and drummer Hernan Hecht under their collective name of Molé. Joining the two longstanding partners on their second RareNoise outing is the inventive Japanese bassist and longtime New York resident Stomu Takeishi, whose highly expressive and adventurous low-end presence has graced albums by such forward-thinking, cutting-edge artists as saxophonist Henry Threadgill, cellist Erik Friedlander, trumpeter Cuong Vu, saxophonist Patrick Zimmerli, pianists Myra Melford and Satoko Fuji. Together these three refined, deep-listening musicians strike a rare accord on pieces that range from meditative motifs to rhapsodic crescendos, from spacious, ECM-ish soundscapes to turbulent, collective jams. It was nearly ten years ago that Mexican-born pianist-composer Mark Aanderud (now living in Prague) began playing with Argentinian drummer Hernan Hecht. Their chemistry was immediate and natural, eventually leading to the formation of Molé, a vehicle to explore their common interests. As Aanderud explained, "Hernan and I do have certain unspoken philosophies. We love sound, groove, freedom and songs. The first things we did were all related to free music, with electronic elements or not, but always with the idea of creating songs or forms in the moment. We do have some incredible magic going on, as much as we can play concerts or record without ever speaking of music, and never repeating ideas or stop developing. This actually hasn't changed over the years." After exploring their tight duet chemistry together on gigs, Aanderud and Hecht began inviting other musicians into their inner circle to see how it affected their music. "In the process of creation, we always considered the possibility of working with more people to achieve different characters, sounds and experience new artistic possibilities," explained Hecht. To date, those musicians who have stepped into Molé's inner circle have included American saxophonist Tim Berne, Israeli saxophonist Eli Degibri, Austrian saxophonist Edith Lettner, American guitarists Jonathan Kreisberg and Mike Moreno, Mexican bassists Aaron Cruz and Marco Renteria. Mole's hard-hitting 2012 RareNoiseRecords debut, What's the Meaning?, featured Mexican upright bassist (and Aanderud's boyhood friend) Jorge "Luri" Molina and New York guitarist David Gilmore, whose impressive list of credits includes tours and recordings with the likes of Wayne Shorter, Trilok Gurtu, Don Byron and Steve Coleman's Five Elements. On RGB, with bassist Takeishi affecting the overall vibe with his intuitive genius, things opened up and became more conversational and telepathic in the process. "After What's the Meaning?, it became very clear that the music we should continue doing had to go back to what we always did, and that was to experiment," says Molé's principal composer Aanderud. "And we always had Stomu in mind. We always loved his sound, his approach and concepts. He is unique artist. We couldn't think of anybody better for this, so we just decided to send him an email and invite him to do a tour and record. Once he said yes I started composing all the music thinking of the three of us. I wanted to do music that would be as open as possible but that would provide a rhythmic and structural base to start with. As you can imagine, Stomu absorbed and exceeded the music." From the meditative soundscape of "Sub-All" to the frantic funk of "Reasons," fueled by Hecht's slamming backbeats and Aanderud's hyper piano solo, to the suite-like "Trichromatic," which travels from an evocative rubato into to a free section in the middle which resolves to a lyrical theme, this edition of Molé is perhaps the most flexible and experimental of all. "Winip" opens with a hymn-like refrain before heading into a heavy-duty Bad Plus-like theme underscored by Hecht's big-as-a-house backbeats. "Freelance" has Takeishi pushing the envelope with effects before soloing over a drum 'n' bass groove by Hecht while "Rodriguez" is Molé's unique take on the classic Clyde Stubblefield-Jabo Starks funky drummer groove from classic James Brown bands of the '60s. The extremely spacious "T-Overlap" leads into some provocative collective improv while "Ine Sest" opens on a classical not with a piano etude by Aanderud before evolving into a whimsically tuneful number underscored by Hecht's supple brushwork. And the closing three-way conversation on "Wix," paced by an exacting and infectious 6/8 over 5/8 groove, is perhaps the best example of collective improvisation on the record. "I had written eight songs for this record," says Aanderud. "Some, like 'Winip,' 'Reasons,' 'Wix' and 'Rodriguez', had a lot of notes. So I thought I had to balance it and add some songs that would be easier and would provide an atmosphere for creating something. So I wrote other four songs -- 'Sub-All,' 'Ine Sest,' 'Freelance' and a fourth one that became the ending part of 'Winip.' But for the recording I thought we should start playing something free, and that was 'T-Overlap.' I liked it so much that I proposed to do another free improvisation which became 'Trichromatic.' After that we just went on to do what was planned. There is a lot of experimenting in the music, but there is very precise stuff. There are no chords on this music. There is no structure for improvisation either. Some ideas are very chromatic with hard rhythms and others are just the simplest I could think of. But there was always a direction towards improvisation." Aanderud is also quick to point out, "I had some clear influences for writing this music. Tim Berne was one, Paul Motian another. I was also inspired by other bands like Aphex Twin, Massive Attack, Lamb or Sigur Ros and, of course, Cuong Vu, Peabody and many other bands that may be of inspiration." While eight of the titles on RGB were composed by Aanderud, his kindred spirit Hecht is a key component in the band's overall sound. "In this Molé project, Mark is the composer and I create opportunities for the music to thrive," says the inventive and flexible drummer. "I'm involved in the creative process of interpreting the songs. In this environment, our aesthetics work together." Adds Hecht, "I think we are part of a worldwide movement, a generational shift that has fewer stylistic prejudices. I am interested in music that is broad, not determined by a style. I like breadth of concepts and the possibility of being in infinite change, refreshing me, trying to find freedom for the child in me and permit manifestations to occur in music; a deep love of life and nature, a freshness to grow and advance in years, sure to shape a better person and hopefully help make this world a better place for everyone." In the company of the extraordinarily sensitive and expressive bassist Stomu Takeishi, Aanderud and Hecht make some startling sonic discoveries together on RGB. TRACKS 1. Sub-All 2. Reasons 3. Trichromatic 4. Winip 5. Freelance 6. Rodriguez 7. T. Overlap 8. Ine Sest 9. Wix