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scary shit. Jeez.

I haven't dug these LPs out in ages, but they are indeed music for the ages.

Sounds like him. He was deeply into synthesizers and computer music, and also seemed like a rather eccentric cat.

Sad news from the Japanese jazz & electric fusion front: Ryo Kawasaki has passed at age 73. I'm not seeing a cause of death but I am seeing this bit of unfortunate circumstance from a year ago: https://www.gofundme.com/f/support-ryo-kawasaki RIP.

yeah, that would be the duo I was thinking of.

Reichel was a genius. Also a master of typeface! https://www.fontshop.com/families/ff-daxline Didn't see the thread the first time around but concur with the recommendations. The Boni LP I often return to is his first, on Futura, a solo record titled L'Oiseau, L'Arbre, Le Béton.

Sad news, but a life really lived! RIP.

Definitely recognize the name as well. May he rest in peace.

came here to post all of what you and colin mentioned! I have in mind a Rutherford/Bailey or Lewis/Bailey somewhere but not sure if it actually exists as part of Company, Iskra 1903, or some other context. I think there might be something in Günter Christmann's discography as well but I'll have to dig around and look for it.

Right, in Japan only. Eh, I see it but can agree it's a stupid point and has no bearing on my life whatsoever.

I like it, and file it with my Waldron records (the reissue, that is). But it's more of a Lafayette Afro-Rock Band side project than anything. Calumet was a subsidiary of Musidisc and operated by Pierre Berjot; their only other release was Frank Wright's Church Number Nine. Candy Girl was originally pressed up in a small number of copies right before the label folded, and they didn't even make a cover for it. Keep in mind that Musidisc/America also released two other Lafayette Afro Rock Band titles as well -- Soul Makossa and Malik.

It's totally stupid. Of course they were not designed with this in mind (these are the reissue covers anyway). But I guess I see what Aric was talking about, even if it's not true.

Beast of a bassist -- RIP.

Ha -- that's wild. I mean, now that you say it, I see it, but never would have thought to look.

Pretty hard to maintain safety protocols using mass transit in a densely-populated city. A lot of those workers likely don't live in SF proper and have to get there by bus, train, whatever. And then asking those workers to schlep boxes of books to the P.O. every other day? It's just too risky and sorry, as much as we love books, these aren't essential supplies like food or toilet paper. I live in NYC and record/book stores had to do this too.

Well said, as always.

I have the Silkheart in storage somewhere... hopefully can dig it out once travel is safe again. Yeah, Hiuchi-Ishi is very good too.

Thanks for the reminder on this one; it's very good.

According to one of his colleagues at Bard College, electronic musician and composer Richard Teitelbaum has passed at 80. Sad news -- his work in MEV and with Anthony Braxton and Steve Lacy is music for the ages. Was lucky to see him perform a few times though I never really spoke with him. His departure was apparently non-COVID related; he'd had a series of strokes recently and was having a rough go of it. May he rest easy.

Awful news. He went through the ringer health-wise.

He was one of the most individual individuals I ever encountered. RIP.

I do have it. Lacy's playing is outta sight.

This one is cool, too: https://www.discogs.com/Gil-Evans-And-His-Orchestra-European-Tour-July-1978/release/5110919