2016年9月16日金曜日

音楽 : Mothers of Invention (Frank Zappa) / Uncle Meat (Bizarre Original)


Mothers of Invention (Frank Zappa) / Uncle Meat (Bizarre Original)

2LP : USA 1969 / Bizarre / 2MS 2024 ***

[A]
1."Uncle Meat: Main Title Theme" 1:54
2."The Voice of Cheese" 0:27
3."Nine Types of Industrial Pollution" (Listed as "400 Days of the Year" on the label of the original vinyl release) 5:56
4."Zolar Czakl" 0:57
5."Dog Breath, in the Year of the Plague" 5:51
6."The Legend of the Golden Arches" 1:24
7."Louie Louie (At the Royal Albert Hall in London)" Richard Berry2:28
8."The Dog Breath Variations" 1:36
[B]
1."Sleeping in a Jar" 0:49
2."Our Bizarre Relationship" 1:05
3."The Uncle Meat Variations" 4:40
4."Electric Aunt Jemima" 1:53
5."Prelude to King Kong" 3:24
6."God Bless America (Live at the Whisky a Go Go)" Irving Berlin1:22
7."A Pound for a Brown on the Bus" 1:29
8."Ian Underwood Whips It Out (Live on stage in Copenhagen)" 5:08
[C]
1."Mr. Green Genes" (Remixed on all CD issues of the album)3:10
2."We Can Shoot You" 1:48
3."'If We'd All Been Living in California...'" 1:29
4."The Air" 2:57
5."Project X" 4:47
6."Cruising for Burgers" 2:19
[D]
1."King Kong Itself (as played by the Mothers in a studio)" 0:53
2."King Kong (it's magnificence as interpreted by Dom DeWild)" 1:15
3."King Kong (as Motorhead explains it)" 1:44
4."King Kong (the Gardner Varieties)" 6:17
5."King Kong (as played by 3 deranged Good Humor Trucks)" 0:29
6."King Kong (live on a flat bed diesel in the middle of a race track at a Miami Pop Festival...the Underwood ramifications)" 7:22

THE MOTHERS at the time of this recording were:
Frank Zappa guitar, low grade vocals, percussion
Ray Collins left the group in May 1968 swell vocals
Jimmy Carl Black drums, droll humor, poverty
Roy Estrada electric bass, cheeseburgers
Don (Dom De Wild) Preston electric piano, tarot cards, brown rice
Billy (The Oozer) Mundi drums on some pieces before he quit in December 1967 to join Rhinoceros
Bunk (Sweetpants) Gardner piccolo, flute, clarinet, bass clarinet, soprano sax, alto sax, tenor sax, bassoon (all of these electric and/or no-electric depending)
Ian Underwood electric organ, piano, harpsichord, celeste, flute, clarinet, alto sax, baritone sax, special assistant, copyist, industrial relations & teen appeal
Artie (With the Green Mustache) Tripp drums, timpani, vibes, marimba, xylophone, wood blocks, bells, small chimes, cheerful outlook & specific inquiries
Euclid James (Motorhead/Motorishi) Sherwood pop star, frenetic tenor sax stylings, tambourine, choreography, obstinance & equipment setter-upper when he's not hustling local groupies

Special thanks to:
Ruth Komanoff who plays marimba and vibes with Artie on many of the tracks, and
Nelcy Walker the soprano voice with Ray & Roy on "Dog Breath" & "The Uncle Meat Variations."

Uncredited:
Pamela Zarubica as Suzy Creamcheese

Frank Zappa producer
Jerry Hansen engineer
Euclid James Sherwood equipment technician, choreographer
Art Tripp adviser
Cal Schenkel package design
Roy Estrada prop design
Ian Underwood copyist, public relations, special assistance

音楽 : ELODIE (ANDREW CHALK+TIMO VAN LUIJK) / ODYSSEE


ELODIE (ANDREW CHALK+TIMO VAN LUIJK) / ODYSSEE

北 欧出身、現在ベルギーを拠点として活動。初期の90年代からNOISE-MAKER'S FIFES名義でのD.I.Y ELEKTRO/EXPERIMENTAL/IMPROVISATIONが独特と注目を集め、結果H.N.A.SのCHRISTOPH HEEMANNにMIRROR,IN CAMERA等で活動を共にした才人TIMO VAN LUIJKと海馬に触れるような懐かしい心象風景を音像化する既に大御所の風格漂うイギリスの新アンビエント提唱者ANDREW CHALKとのデュオELODIE。2016年早くも3作目となるリリースは2015年ドイツでのライヴ・レコーディング音源。緩やかに流れる持続音とフ ルートの暖かいメロディが生み出す至高のドローン・インプロヴィゼーション。今回もマスタリング処理にTHE WHO、HEAVEN 17、BLACK SABBATH、ELVIS COSTELLOらの大物からインダストリアル・エクスペリメンタルの重要作家NURSE WITH WOUND、WHITEHOUSE、DEATH IN JUNEといった幅広い音楽家に支持されるDENIS BLACKHAM。見開きハンドメイド・ジャケット (引用)



音楽 : ANDREW CHALK / EVERYONE GOES HOME WHEN THE SUN SETS


ANDREW CHALK / EVERYONE GOES HOME WHEN THE SUN SETS

揺るぎのない新世紀アンビエント・ドローンの提唱者にして英国アンビエント・ドローンの象徴的存在アンドリュー・チョークの2016年最新作が到着。邦題 『夕焼け空 一緒に帰ろう』のタイトルが象徴するように、ノスタルジック & センチメンタルな世界観、ANDREW CHALKにしか体現出来ないアンビエント・ドローンを展開。しかし、輪郭のはっきりとしたメロディがチョーク氏自身の新たなステージへの進化を感じさせ る"MISTY ISLAND"、幼き頃の思い出を思い起こさせるような優しさいっぱいのサウンド・スケープ、細部にまでわたった音響構築が素晴らしい"PLATFORM UNDER THE STARS"などを収録。(引用)

2016年9月11日日曜日

音楽 : La Monte Young I - XI


ARTIST : La Monte Young
TITLE : La Monte Young I - XI

Private US?

信者の間でも実物を目にした者は極わずかと云われる幻のブツ。90分×11本のカセットテープ(それぞれに英文の短いキャプション付き)が二つの手製箱に収められた非公式作品。Gramavisionのものとは内容が異なる『The Well-Tuned Piano』の他、Marian Zazeela、John Cale、Angus MacLise、Tony Conradが揃うThe Theatre Of Eternal Musicや、Terry Riley、Forever Bad Blues Bandを交えた音源など、収録曲の多くが未発表。90年代に発売されたもので、曰く84年に行われた大規模な回顧コンサートの…、或いは当時の映像作品から起こした…、と様々噂されますが真相は不明。音質はすごく悪いという程でもなく、ヒスノイズの煙霧に霞む『The Well-Tuned Piano』なんてなかなか風情があってよい塩梅。発売当時の価格は二箱で2万円前後。中古市場に出てくることは極めて稀と思われます。(引用)

音楽 : La Monte Young ‎– Draw A Straight Line And Follow It


La Monte Young ‎– Draw A Straight Line And Follow It

レーベル: Not On Label (La Monte Young) ‎– none
フォーマット: 7 × CDr, Compilation, Unofficial Release
国・地域: Japan
ジャンル: Electronic, Non-Music, Classical
スタイル: Minimal

収録曲

Disc 1

1. Composition 1960 #7 (1966)
2. The Lower Map of The Eleven’s Division in The Romantic Symmetry (1990)
3. Piano Piece for David Tudor #3 (1960)
4. The Fire Is A Mirror (1963)

Disc 2

1. For Brass (1957)
2. Arabic Numeral (Any Integer) to H.F. (1960)
3. 2 Sounds (1960)

Disc 3

1. Poem for Chairs, Tables, Benches, etc. (1960)
2. Day of The Antler (The Obsidian Ocelot) (1965)
3. Drift Study (1967)
4. Map of 49's Dream The Two Systems of Eleven Sets of Galactic Intervals Ornamental Lightyears Tracery (1966)

Disc 4

1. Bb Drian Blues (1963)
2. Early Tuesday Morning Blues (1964)
3. The Tortoise Droning Selected Pitches from The Holy Numbers for The Two Black Tigers, The Green Tiger and The Hermit (1964)

Disc 5

1. Raga Bhairava (1960)
2. The Tamburas of Pandit Pran Nath (1982)

Disc 6

1. Trio for Strings (1984)

Disc 7

1. The Well-Tuned Piano (Excerpt)
Live in NYC, May 10, 1987

ノート

© La Monte Young, Marian Zazeela. All Rights Reserved.

7CDr with gatefold insert on photograph paper housed in multi disk jewel-case type box. Disk 7 in white material pocket inside jewel-case

2016年9月7日水曜日

音楽 : Mothers of Invention (Frank Zappa) / Burnt Weeny Sandwich


Mothers of Invention (Frank Zappa) / Burnt Weeny Sandwich (UK Early Press Matrix-1)

1970 / Reprise / RSLP 6370

フランク・ザッパ/マザーズ・オブ・インヴェンションの「バーント・ウィーニー・サンドウィッチ」。
頂点を極めた名作"Hot Rats"に続くアルバムで、膨大な音源を駆使して、ザッパによる凝りに凝った編集作業が施された怪作。続く"Weasels Ripped My Flesh"(いたち野郎)は本作の続編のような位置づけ。
リリカルなピアノと前衛的なヴァイオリンが印象的な大作"The little house I used to live in"は圧巻!

激レアな英国オリジナル盤3色ラベルの初期プレス。

A1 WPLJ 3:02
Written-By The Four Deuces
A2 Igor's Boogie, Phase One 0:40
A3 Overture To A Holiday In Berlin 1:29
A4 Theme From Burnt Weeny Sandwich 4:35
A5 Igor's Boogie, Part Two 0:35
A6 Holiday In Berlin, Full Blown 6:27
A7 Aybe Sea 2:45
Piano [Solo] Ian Underwood 21:52
B1 Little House I Used To Live In
Organ [Solo] Frank ZappaPiano [Solo] Don Preston, Ian UnderwoodViolin [Electric], Vocals Sugar Cane Harris*
B2 Valarie 3:15
Written-By Jackie And The Starlites

Cover Cal Schenkel
Design John Williams
Engineer [Director] Dick Kunc
Leader, Producer Frank Zappa
Written-By Frank Zappa (tracks: A2 to B1)

Frank Zappa organ, guitar, vocals
Jimmy Carl Black percussion, drums
Roy Estrada bass, backing vocals, Pachuco rap on "WPLJ"
Janet Ferguson backing vocals on "WPLJ"
Bunk Gardner horn, wind
Buzz Gardner - trumpet
Billy Mundi drums (uncredited, left group in December 1967, possibly played on "Theme from Burnt Weeny Sandwich")
Lowell George guitar, vocals
Don "Sugarcane" Harris violin on "The Little House I Used to Live In"
Don Preston bass, piano, keyboards
Jim Sherwood guitar, vocals, wind
Art Tripp drums, percussion
Ian Underwood guitar, piano, keyboards, wind
John Balkin bass on "WPLJ", string bass on "Overture to a Holiday in Berlin"

2016年8月7日日曜日

音楽 : ESP 5014 Buck Curran: Immortal Light


ESP 5014 Buck Curran: Immortal Light

Immortal Light is the debut solo album by guitarist-singer-songwriter Buck Curran. Since 2005, Buck has recorded and performed as one half of the alt-folk duo Arborea. To date, Arborea has released five albums, including 2013's ESP-Disk' release Fortress of the Sun, and produced two various-artist compilations (Leaves of Life, a benefit for the World Food Program, and We Are All One, In the Sun, a tribute to Robbie Basho). Buck has also produced a second tribute to Robbie Basho, Basket Full of Dragons, released on July 5, 2016 by Obsolete Recordings.

Buck's music is influenced by landscapes of nature and has developed through a decade of playing with Arborea and the experience of playing Blues and Folk throughout the 1990s. He also draws inspiration from the deep well of Folk and Rock of the 1960s (Robbie Basho, Jimi Hendrix, Tim Buckley), American Blues and Folk music of the 1930s, British Folk and Psychedelic Folk/Rock of the '60s and early '70s (Peter Green, Sandy Denny, Pentangle, Davey Graham, Nick Drake, Led Zeppelin, Martin Simpson), Indian Classical music (Pandit Nikhil Banerjee), and Jazz of the '50s and '60s (Ornette Coleman and John Coltrane).

Personnel

Buck Curran: vocals, guitars, harmonium, flute, banjo.
Shanti Deschaine: backup vocals on "New Moontide" and "Bad Moon Rising." Featured lead vocals and harmonium on "Immortal Light."

Track Listing
01. Wayfaring Summer (Reprise) (2:56)
02. New Moontide (5:29)
03. Sea of Polaris (4:59)
04. Seven Gardens to Your Shore (4:41)
05. River unto Sea (7:47)
06. Bad Moon Rising (4:00)
07. Andromeda (5:54)
08. Immortal Light (13:31)

Press Quotes: early reviews of Immortal Light

"Guitar tones linger and reverberate with a mystical translucence." - Dusted

"The wonderful new Buck Curran LP on ESP-Disk', as gorgeous a psychedelic folk record as can be in 2016." - Jeff Conklin, host of The Avant Ghetto on WFMU