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Talking about Jack Wright, I see there is one release of him (in duo with Reuben Radding) in the Sachimay Intervention series ($5 per disc): http://www.sachimayrecords.com/21-24.htm

From Damon Smith:

No good. I assume with new website and all that, old FMP releases will be maintained in print. I wonder if TMM will still take place? Last TMM had 2-3 interesting concerts - I was hoping they would get released on FMP one day. As for the already "ready for release" stuff, probably Atavistic could help ? Just heard about this here--not entirely shocking, but I'm still a little surprised. I hope the catalogue remains in print--I'd been holding out on far too many (and, cripes, after-market prices are going to skyrocket). The best prices for FMP I've found are from themusicresource.com, and surprisingly they have most of them available.

But his guitar playing was arguably his very best durign the '82 tour. Got less interesting in '84 and reached the lowest level (well, by FZ standards - meaning still pretty extraordinary) by '88.

No good. I assume with new website and all that, old FMP releases will be maintained in print. I wonder if TMM will still take place? Last TMM had 2-3 interesting concerts - I was hoping they would get released on FMP one day. As for the already "ready for release" stuff, probably Atavistic could help ?

Yeah, Jon don't be shy about it, bring it on.

I was at the release party 4-5 months ago (with shy arts student girls who designed the covers for the CDs in the set in attendance). I like Tarasov, one of my favorite drummers, but I am not sure I really need 11 of his solo drum discs. Will I get this set? Surely I will. Eventually. (If the price is no more than USD90.) Did I mention that the set was sponsoired by The Ford Foundation? I find it quite amusing (and admirable). I'm presuming this is mostly previously released material. Not sure if I need 11 CDs of solo percussion either, but I'll buy it anyway, especially if is as well done as past major undertakings by Leo (ie. Document, Conspiracy, Divine Madness). Well, I don't have any of the previous large Leo boxes, but this one is very handsome. IIrc, all but one discs are previously released (and still available individually). Three of the CDs and the DVD have not been released before. I do not think the eight CDs previously available on Sonore are easy to find now - officially they have been OOP for years. This is NOT 11 CDs of solo drums/solo percussion! Some of the discs even are not solo Tarasov. As to the design: This is NOT a Leo release, but a Long Arms release, although it seemingly is a co-production of the two labels with Leo being clearly in the second place. At least the version I own has got nothing to do with the usual (large) Leo CD box design... maybe Leo is going to release a different version? (which I do not expect them to do, but what do I know). As I remember from the press conference, Leo was brought into the process relatively late, and as a worldwide distirbution partner mainly. yeah, that's not helpful. I'm sure there are some you're not interested in, B. Fleischmann to start, and I don't have a list of what you bought. so if you take a look at the site (charhizma.com), and let me know which you'd like, I'll see if we can get them next time we get a box from Christof. I am actually quite interested in B. Fleischmann disc(s)... I'll send you an e-mail with CHarhizma titles I still need one of these days. ------------------------------ New one on balancepointacoustics: available now: bpa 011 - "Sextessence" - john butcher/aaron bennett/henry kaiser/danielle degruttola/damon smith/jerome bryerton Bennett/Butcher combination is very intriguing... And another tasty-looking new release: nperign / Jason Lescalleet - "Love me too times" on intransitive.

we have a lot of them in stock now, what are you looking for exactly? Jon, I bought every Charhizma CD you carry - so whatever you do not have, are the ones I need.

I was at the release party 4-5 months ago (with shy arts student girls who designed the covers for the CDs in the set in attendance). I like Tarasov, one of my favorite drummers, but I am not sure I really need 11 of his solo drum discs. Will I get this set? Surely I will. Eventually. (If the price is no more than USD90.) Did I mention that the set was sponsoired by The Ford Foundation? I find it quite amusing (and admirable). I'm presuming this is mostly previously released material. Not sure if I need 11 CDs of solo percussion either, but I'll buy it anyway, especially if is as well done as past major undertakings by Leo (ie. Document, Conspiracy, Divine Madness). Well, I don't have any of the previous large Leo boxes, but this one is very handsome. IIrc, all but one discs are previously released (and still available individually).

By the way, mister, you owe us some reviews. I know, I know... And what I saw/heard (both Broetzmann and Doerner/Capece) is worth discussing... - but I am on vacation! Till next week! So don't expect me putting any effort into anything.

I was at the release party 4-5 months ago (with shy arts student girls who designed the covers for the CDs in the set in attendance). I like Tarasov, one of my favorite drummers, but I am not sure I really need 11 of his solo drum discs. Will I get this set? Surely I will. Eventually. (If the price is no more than USD90.) Did I mention that the set was sponsoired by The Ford Foundation? I find it quite amusing (and admirable).

what do you want to know? Background and general philosophy of the label would be interesting. Any personal contact with the label owner(s)? Who runs the label? (Christof Kurzmann? Who he?) Recommendations? Titles to avoid? Is the label known for having a particular sound? Tony, you provocator, this is a loaded question. You know that I bought loads of Charhizma releases (from our own jon abbey) some time ago. You also know that I am quite unable to formulate my thoughts about this EAI stuff, other than "I like it" / "I don't like it" (sometimes I cannot even do as much). But, contrary to your expectations I'll be able to recommend one specifically: efzeg - "wuerm" (cha 028). Very carefully designed and executed music. Check out a lot of efzeg samples here. In general, check out the Charhizma samples on the label page. Christof Kurzmann runs Charhizma, he's a Viennese musician who's lived in Berlin for a while, and his releases are almost all drawn from these two scenes. I still don't really understand your specific taste at all, so I'm not sure what here would appeal to you, it's mostly electroacoustic or electroacoustic-influenced music of one kind or another. Christof also dabbles in poppier areas at times, the B.Fleischmann discs are very big sellers. their "orange" release is probably the first classic in this area, still maybe the best release they've done: http://www.charhizma.com/quart/index.html the Neumann/Krebs, Efzeg and Fagaschinski/Gal are also all recommended. have you heard any/many of the Vienna releases on my label? I'd recommend most of those over most of these, the Siewert/Brandlmayr or the Stangl/Kurzmanns or the Polwechsel/Fennesz or the Stangl/Dieb13 or the Neumann/Beins. Hat Art has also begun releasing more and more discs from this scene, fairly hit and miss so far, with a new Polwechsel just out, and an Efzeg imminent also. Knowing your tastes a bit I woudl actually advice against Siewert/Brandlmayr "Too Beautiful to Burn" on Erstwhile - I found it lite and soft to an extent of bordering on new age. Too safe, IMO. Was not too happy about Stangl/Kurzmann duscs either - also felt too comfortable for me. But Polweschel/Fennesz disc ("Wrapped Islands") I liked a lot - one of my favorite Ersts. Haven't listened to Neumann/Beins yet, I think. Jon could you stock up on the Charhizma items you are not carrying currently? - I would buy them from you.

Looks interesting. If I were in Europe, I'd attend it. But given my current location, here is my substitute: SIFF.

I have it (this is a CD-R, btw) - listened to it only once quite some time ago, and remember liking it a lot (some blowhard stuff... Allen in good form)... will revisit it soon.

Surely you guys are on a mailing list, but just in case... Emanem & Psi News see www.emanemdisc.com Psi new releases - available early June: AKI TAKASE piano quintet ‘Tarantella’ (1997) - psi 06.03 AKI TAKASE (piano), ALEKS KOLKOWSKI (violin), MAURICE HORSTHUIS (viola), TRISTAN HONSINGER (cello), NOBUYOSHI INO (bass). Aki Takase has been resident in Berlin for many years now and her relationship with Deutschland Radio resulted in several memorable sessions. Aki felt that this 1997 piano quintet (piano plus strings) deserved a wider audience and psi readily agreed. A fantastic session from an outstanding group of players. 65 minutes. ADAM LINSON ‘Cut and Continuum’ (2006) - psi 06.04 Adam Linson made his debut recording with the ElectroAcoustic Ensemble's latest CD for ECM, The Eleventh Hour. Here is his first solo recording featuring his real time processing and sampling in a new approach to solo bass. 60 minutes. EVAN PARKER ‘The Topography of the Lungs’ (1970) - psi 06.05 EVAN PARKER (soprano & tenor saxophones), DEREK BAILEY (guitar) and HAN BENNINK (percussion, etc). The Topography of the Lungs is considered a landmark recording in the history of improvised music. Back in print as a CD for the first time and for the first time in many years. Two previously unissued pieces from the same 1970 session have been found and added. 53 minutes. Emanem new release - available early June: ROSS BOLLETER "Secret Sandhills and satellites" (2001-5) - EMANEM 4128 Pieces for ruined pianos and pianos on the edge of ruin. For several years now, Ross Bolleter has been scouring around Western Australia and beyond looking for ruined pianos. He has found the right music for each instrument, and performed and recorded it. This collection contains some recent choice items recorded around Perth and Alice Springs. The main work, inspired by an Aborigine painting, is the 28-minute Secret Sandhills, a generally slow-moving work spliced together from performances on six ruins. There are also 10 shorter and generally faster Satellites, some of which were performed on two ruined pianos simultaneously. Fresh new sounds from decaying old instruments. 68 minutes. All Emanem & Psi CDs are now available except 4002, 4015, 4042, 4067, 03.06 & 04.01 which are currently out of stock.

Any particular discs you dislike? I think I might tend to agree with you, but I am not sure... I mean, to be honest, guys like Dave Liebman and Marc Copland are not the ones that grab my attention, and they did quite a number of discs for Uehlinger - but then when we interviewed him, one of the discs he gave us was Copland's "Time" solo recording, which contrary to my expectations, I like quite a bit. True, I tend to forget about these ones. I have practically all the hatOLOGY releases up to #569 (released in 2002), and very few of the later ones (and the latest one is already #633!). Anybody heard this Polweschel hatOLOGY disc, btw? And Liebman I just can't stand. Copeland is good, IMO (have his very tasteful solo on Sketch).

Tony, I have all of these. I remmebr liking them all a lot. I would not remmeber now which is which, but all really good stuff - and very different from each other. In general, as with hatOLOGY, you would normally be safe buying any hat[now]ART stuff.

I am less than enamoured of Rempis playing - I found him thoroughly trite. Same for Daisy. Evan Parker / Joe McPhee duo, on the other hand, is very impressive - some of the best recent Evan Parker playing on record - and McPhee is at least just as good here. I still owe you a report on excellent Dörner/Capece concert - some time later.

I thought the same of Bennink till I heard him on Chat Room - a duo with Simon Nabatov on Leo. Bennink can still play wonderfully. To hear HAN BENNINK on record and to hear him live is two different things. On record, when he is not in a "clownish" envirronement (like with CHADBOURNE, by example) he surely can play. Live, I'm afraid that it is a lost cause. It seems that he is not able to refrain his exhibitionnism anymore. Most of the concerts where he is involved that I've seen, turn to be a mess quickly, like a promising duo with COR FULHER few years ago who ended as a disaster. I agree. I saw Bennink live with Misha Mengelberg several month ago, and all this clownship (at the detriment of music) was very disappointing. Bennink with Fuhler indeed sounds potentially very interesting. ----------------------- Plan to go to the following concert on Saturday: > Boris Baltschun / Serge Baghdassarians VARIATIONEN OHNE THEMA > Lucio Capece / Axel Dörner DUO Axel Dörner > Trompete Lucio Capece > Bassklarinette, Sopransaxophon

Anyone already heard this new Leo release? ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Mulhouse Jazz Festival, August 21-26

I thought the same of Bennink till I heard him on Chat Room - a duo with Simon Nabatov on Leo. Bennink can still play wonderfully. More drummers: I remember being quite amazed by Billy Kilson's work in Dave Holland's quintet when I saw them live. I have him on trio record with Tim Hagans - gotta revisit that disc. Joe LaBarbera is very good (I'm thinking of his contribution to Anthony Ortega's "Scattered Clouds"); and Phil Haynes.

Bill Stewart - yes. Cyrille, Graves and Fielder I like, but they are not among the very favorite drummers. What was the last thing Rashied Ali recorded? Does he still play (well)?

i really like that amalgam disc. it might be too prosaic for a funny ratt-er? it is weird. i don't know too much tippett, but i would imagine this is one of his most straight performances. but it is isn't a straight set. just sort of rhythmically um plodding? Got this one, and it is beautiful. Watts has such a gorgrous forceful alto sound; Tippett is joyfully extatic (this is not that mainstream for Tippett, actually - his (excellent) discs from late-60s / early-70s (reissued most recently on Disconforme - with Tippett's permission, for a change) are quite easy-listening), and Kent Carter's bass is nice. For me the only quibble is John Stevens too straight-ahead heavy-handed drumming on one (last) track. But overall, an excellent disc. Gokhan, what do you think of it?

Buy directly from the label, they have good shipping rates and accept PayPal. Yesterday, during the Brötzmann tentet concert saw a Brötzmann / Zerang duo live release "Live in Beirut" on Lebanese Al Maslakh label. Didn't feel in the mood to shell out CHF 30 for it (got two Lonberg-Holm CD-Rs, one of them being a duo with Carlos Zingaro ( ), instead). Will write about the concert later. In short - it was good, and totally different from what I saw/heard four years ago.

This got me thinking who my favorite living drummers are - so here is the top-whatever in no particular order: Mark Sanders Paal Nilssen-Love Michael Wertmüller Michel Lambert John McLellean Daniel Humair Tony Oxley Paul Lovens Raymond Strid Paul Lytton Jeff Arnal Ramon Lopez Vladimir Tarasov Martin Blume