September 23, 2017
Flat Earth Society -- Live bootlegs
Kay Hoffmann – Floret Silva (1985, Germany)
September 21, 2017
KHA - YM – 10 "GMT (1979, LP, France)
Tracklist:
A1 Balance 3:29
A2 Un Eté À St-Amand 2:20
A3 San Fedo 3:22
A4 Rencontre Impromptue 3:01
A5 Big Ben 4:16
A6 Dernier Flash 3:39
B1 Voyage Ou Comment Y Aller 3:03
B2 Seven Easy Calls 10:37
B3 Special 2 1:48
B4 Mélopée À Retard 1:50
B5 Georges 3:50
B6 10"G.M.T. 0:10
Musicians:
Bass, Voice, Percussion, Guitar, Keyboards, Words By, Music By – Alain Gerbe
Drum, Tabla, Voice – Jacky Michaud
Kha-Ym was a duo of Alain Gerbe and Jacky Michaud. Alain conceived the album on his own and essentially played all the other parts on the recording – base, percussions, guitars and keyboards. He brought in Jacky to fill out the drums and add additional percussions. Influenced by their interest in progressive music, they decided to create an album. Alain wrote the music, and the duo practiced for some time before they began recording, in their home, with two Revox A77 tape machines.
That way they put together all the tracks recorded to be included on their only album – 10² G.M.T. Knowing in advance that no big label would sign them because their music was not commercial (and punk was the flavor of the season at the end of the 1970s), they decided to press the album themselves at FLVM, a French ‘do it yourself’ label. Before taking it to press, the guys added some overdubbing at Roanne studio with sound engineer Mark Tamburro, and the album was released as a Roanne Music record. The big advantage at the Roanne studio were the additional instruments and the polyphonic Korg synth that Alain used through the recording. avantmusicnews.com
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September 19, 2017
MELLOTRON - IL PROGRESSIVE ITALIANO - 2 ORE DI STORIA DEL POP ANNI 70 (TV, DOCUFILM)
September 18, 2017
Neo Museum – Volume 1. Nouvelles Ethnologiques de l'Obscur Muséum (1985, LP, France) Repost!
As for the album, it is a smorgasbord of maniacal Henry Cow soundscapes bouncing from pillar to post and never letting up with its catchy jazzifications and unintellectual punches of avant-garde saxophone and Frithian guitar. A delirious display of dashing Krimsionesque doodlings is also present on track 2 (Un sidérurgie no.1). Think In the Court of the Crimson King buttressed against some Larks` Tongues in Aspic and Western Culture and you should get a feel of how much of this album sounds. Track 3 (Un sidérurgie no.5) sounds very much like an abandoned Nucleus or Graham Collier track and has a very catchy riff to it. The sax work is impeccable and reminds me of a crazier David Jackson. The bass work is also very interesting and wanders around in the background yet is a vital cog in the motion that is Nouvelles Ethnologique de L`Obscur Museum.
Daniel Koskowitz: Batterie, Percussions
A1. Une Sidérurgie N° 4 - 5:34
A2. Une Sidérurgie N° 1 - 6:31
A3. Une Sidérurgie N° 5 - 3:49
A4. Erreur D'Errance Song - 5:53
Side B
B1. Premier Élément - 5:21
B2. Éléments De Paraphrase - 6:34
B3. Rahcuoba Pro Afghan - 9:04
Musicians:
Alto Saxophone - Alain Casari
Bass Clarinet, Flute [Bass] - Jérôme Bourdellon (Tracks: B3)
Drums - Daniel Koskowitz
Guitar, Bass - Antoine Gindt
Piano - Antoine Gindt (Tracks: A4)
Sopranino Saxophone - Pascal Sieger (Tracks: A1, A2)
Tenor Saxophone - Raoul Binot (Tracks: A2, B1)
Trombone - Jacques Veillé (Tracks: B1, B2)
Notes
Recorded in February, November and December 1985 and mixed in January 1986 at the Studio of the Centre Culturel André Malraux.
September 16, 2017
Banco - Live Cascina Monluè, Milano (1980, CDr, Italy)
Setlist:
Vittorio Nocenzi - Synthesizer, Vocals
Blue Motion - Blue Motion (1980, CD, Switzerland)
September 13, 2017
Rocchi - De Piscopo – Metamorphosis (1981, LP, Italy)
Metamorphosis is not the typical fragmented collection – something pretty common in the world of library music; this is a body of heterogeneous songs with a common ground, a solid body of work (which would surely fit in De Piscopo’s and Rocchi’s personal discographies). The genre is fusion, still positively influenced by jazz-funk (no muzak effect here!) but also following the impulse to experiment typical of the most progressive jazz-rock. De Piscopo is in top shape (it’s not a coincidence that, in 1981, Vai Mo by Pino Daniele was also released), sporting a bit less exuberant style of playing compared to his jazz albums of the same period – so he sounds really effective and sharp. With Farmer (who was playing with Dr. John and Professor Longhair before moving to Italy) he makes one of the best rhythm sections of Italian music of the Seventies and Eighties (if you’re not convinced, just listen to Carta Straccia and America Good-Bye, two amazing pop albums with a funk soul).
Axis -- Axis (1973, LP, Greece)
September 09, 2017
Boris Kovac – Profana Liturgija (1991, CD, Serbia)
"Music is the last relief between earth and sky. Deus sive natura. Petrol is more expensive today than yesterday. I live in a country called Yugoslavia and sometimes remember my father. Children are singing in the street… The neighbour is drunk… Thanks to all friends and enemies who help my work.
MUNJU Complete Discography: High-Speed Kindergarten (1977) Moon You (1978) Brot + Spiele (1980) Le Perfectionniste (1984) + Unreleased Material
Munju - Moon You (1978)
B4 Spion (3:52)
- Zeit - 4 track recording, mp3 converted from an audio cassette master.
- Gib Rein - 4 track recording, mp3 converted from an audio cassette master.
- Echo Groove - 4 track recording, mp3 converted from an audio cassette master.
- Strasse - Munju composition written and (all instruments) played by Dieter. From Dietri's CD:" M'ocean".
- Gruenstreifen - Munju composition written and (all instruments) played by Dieter. From Dietri's CD:" M'ocean".
- Tango - 8 track recording, mp3 converted from a VHS video copy
- Captain Kirk, beam me on board - 8 track recording, mp3 converted from a VHS video copy
- 7 Elefanten - 8 track recording, mp3 converted from a VHS video copy
- Nacht (excerpt from the album "Nickel's Spuk" featuring singer/songwriter Nickel Pallat and Munju as studio band)
- Mogadishu (secret 45 punk production under the alias GSG 9, vocals by our Italien friends. Published by Materiali Sonori/Italy)
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