Slapp Happy with faUSt - Live at R.I.O. Festival 2017 (2017, France)

2017-09-17
Rock In Opposition Festival (rio 2017)
Maison de la Musique, Cap'Découverte (Henry Cow stage)
Le Garric, France

Slapp Happy: Anthony Moore, Peter Blegvad, Dagmar Krause
faUSt: Jean-Herve Peron, Zappi Werner Diermaier

Univers Zero - Live Kichijoji Star Pines Cafe, Tokyo (2012, 2xCD, Belgium)

Univers Zero Kichijoji Star Pines Cafe, Tokyo
February 12, 2012

Tracklist:
01. Earth Scream
02. Presage
03. Xanataya
04. banter
05. Les Poires Perdues
06. Straight Edge
07. banter
08. Retour De Foire
09. Drum solo
10. Bruit Dans Les Murs
11. Civic Circus
12. banter
13. Dense
14. encore break
15. Toujours plus a l'Est
16. Les Cercles D'Horus

OPENER: Electric Asturias
17. intro
18. Silent Tears (short version)
19. Double Helix
20. The Time Watch
21. Rogus

L'imbroglio – Krar / Qelt (2007, CD, Italy)

Krar and Qelt are two separate works for trio, each subdivided in several parts or segments. Presented in the booklet as "improvised sonic thoughts", the music is indeed about free form, rhythmic minimalism or slowly raising explosions with a noisy edge (the guitarist makes an important use of his jacks and amp, the electronics are used to morph the sounds or alter their shapes), disturbing or unquiet atmospheres, etc... Common to the elaboration of the two pieces is the presence of drummer Lucio Bonaldo (also founder of the band) and guitarist Gi Gasparin; the main difference between the two pieces will have to be found in the third member, Emiliano Brescacin (bass and electronics) on Krar, trumpetist Enrico Antonello on Qelt. The music makes an important use of atonality, dissonances, spacy sounds, percussive rumbling, fractal playing; not easy to categorize in any box, it is anyway imo not very far from the musical universe of a band like Mexican Decibel and certainly NOT for the fainted heart! L'Imbroglio is an Italian band based in the Venezian area, with 3 releases in own name made between 2005 and 2010.

Re-Up#17

Tasavallan Presidentti ‎– Pop-Liisa 01 (1973/2016, LP, Finland) post
Jukka Hauru & Superkings ‎– Pop-Liisa 02 (1973/2016, LP, Finland) post
Wigwam ‎– Pop-Liisa 03 (1973/2016, LP, Finland) post

Stormy Six - Live in La Spezia, Teatro Civico (1981, 2xCD, Italy)

Hatfield and the North - Live in De Kade, Zaandam, Holland (2005, 2xCD, England)

Set 1

01  Licks For The Ladies 2:46

02  Take Your Pick (Including The Yes-No Interlude) 14:13

03  crowd 0:18

04  Share It 3:10

05  crowd 0:12

06  Keep On Caring 9:07

07  crowd 1:15

08  Seven Sisters 10:16

09  Crowd 0:18

10  Calyx 8:24

11  Underdub 7:21

12  God Song --> 4:10 (start muted by nylifer)

13  Lything And Gracing (Finale) 4:16

14  crowd 0:21

Set 2

15  What's Rattlin' 7:44

16  crowd 0:08

17  What In The World 8:46

18  crowd 0:17

19  Disassociation (From 9 Feet Underground) 4:48

20  Pip Speaks 1:39

21  Halfway Between Heaven And Earth 10:38

22  Didn't Matter Anyway 5:50

23  Halfway Between Heaven And Earth 7:34

24  Didn't Matter Anyway 5:50

25  Felafel Shuffle 8:30

26  crowd 0:01

Musicians:

Alex Maguire - keyboards

Phil Miller - guitars

Richard Sinclair - bass, vocals

Pip Pyle - drums

Mark Fletcher - drums

YoungPumpkin's original notes: Some places this gig was announced as "Reunion Tour". IMHO, this is an ongoing development. As far as I know, Hatfield and the North never performed before with double drums. I consider this as an experiment which is definitely succeeded. Enjoy as much as I did!

Re-Up#16

Peter Gordon – Leningrad Xpress (1990, CD, Usa) post
Knead ‎– Knead (2002, CD, Japan) post

Banco del Mutuo Soccorso - Live Milano Marittima (1974, Italy)

Tracklist:
01. Dopo...niente è più lo stesso
02. Canto nomade per un prigioniero politico
03. Non mi rompete
04. Metamorphosis
05. 750,000 anni fa...l'amore?
06. Outside (R.I.P.)

Musicians:
Francesco Di Giacomo - voce
Vittorio Nocenzi - organo Hammond, sintetizzatore, spinetta
Gianni Nocenzi - pianoforte
Rodolfo Maltese - chitarra elettrica, chitarra acustica
Renato D'Angelo - basso, chitarra acustica
Pierluigi Calderoni - batteria, percussioni

(thanks to verso-la-stratosfera.blogspot.com)

Adalberto Cevasco – Pajaros Electricos (1988, LP, Argentina)

Tracklist:

A1 Pajaros Electricos
A2 Los Que Quedaron
A3 Cancion Para Mi
A4 Cancion Para Barbara
B1 Reencuentrons N° 2
B2 Recuerdos Tristes Y Alegres
B3 Dos Modos De Ser
B4 Comparsa Color De Leon

Former member of Rodolfo Alchourrón and Gato Barbieri's bands, Cevasco's first solo effort is a combination of fusion jazz with a pinch of unexpected Brazilian flavours and electronic sounds that now, more than 30 years after the original release of the album, still evoke a refreshing feel of modernity in the same vein as many other experimental Argentine and Uruguayan artists from the same era. Includes guest appearances from artists such as Litto Nebbia or Ruben Rada.

Atmospheres Featuring Clive Stevens – Voyage To Uranus (1974, LP, Usa)

Tracklist:
A1 Shifting Phases 6:55
A2 Culture Release 6:50
A3 Inner Spaces And Outer Places 5:15
A4 Un Jour Dans Le Monde 4:43
B1 Voyage To Uranus 5:52
B2 Electric Impulse From The Heart 4:15
B3 Water Rhythms 8:44
B4 Return To The Earth 5:15

Musicians:
Written-Arranged By – Clive Stevens
Congas, Timbales, Percussion – David Earl Johnson
Drums – Michael Thabo Carvin
Electric Bass – Stu Woods
Electric Guitar, Acoustic Guitar – John Abercrombie
Electric Piano, Clavinet, Twelve-String Guitar [Acoustic 12 String] – Ralph Towner
Tenor Saxophone [Electric], Soprano Saxophone, Flute [Alto], Effects [Echoplex, Wah Wah Pedal] – Clive Stevens

Atmospheres is a project by Clive Stevens, who plays mostly pedal-effect-altered woodwind instruments, but his compadres is one of the most impressive and prestigious line-up ever in the world or JR/F, where he's probably the lesser-known individual. Indeed, not only is there Oregon's Ralph Towner (keyboards and devices) and Mahavishnu Orchestra's Billy Cobham and Rick Laird (drums & bass respectively), but also the guitar pair of John Abercrombie and Steve Khan 'can you imagine' The line-up is completed by percussionist Harry Wilkinson, and the first album was recorded in 73 and released in early 74 on Capitol with an uncommitting artwork sleeve. The result is a steaming JR/F that sometimes from improvs to dissonant free jazz, but this extreme is occasional.

A second album Voyage To Uranus was released at the end of 74, but the awesome line-up couldn't be kept, so only Towner and Abercrombie remained in anotherwise fairly different ensemble. Musically however, this second album was well within the continuation of the first album, still dishing the same red-hot fusion. Sadly that second album would signal the end of the group. Clive Stevens would not record another album as a leader until the closing of the century, when he would release two in a couple of years time. Sadly the two Atmospheres album have never (as of early '10) not receive a Cd reissue, which is a complete shame given the all-)star line-up of the first lp. (progarchives)

Lesiman – High Tension Vol. 3 (1978, LP, Italy)

Tracklist:

A1 Bassorilievo 2:28
A2 Fiaccole Di Pino 3:30
A3 A Caro Prezzo 2:36
A4 Irruzione 2:46
A5 Presunta Minaccia 2:10
A6 Ritrovamento 2:27
A7 Trepido E Ilare Giorno 2:28
B1 Padmina 4:07
B2 Rosso E Nero 2:09
B3 Faci Notturne 1:55
B4 Arrocco 2:10
B5 Angolo Critico 2:02
B6 Barker 1:46
B7 Irruzione (2a Versione) 2:46

Moonstruck – Moonstruck (1976, LP, Canada)

Tracks:
A1 Opus 1
A2 Slidin'
A3 Rondo In G Major
A4 Cog
A5 My Mother Forgot To Tie My Shoes This Morning
A6 Oceans Notions

B1 Dance Of The Aardvarks
B2 The Joker And The King
B3 Gord's Tune
B4 Interlude In F Major
B5 A Space In Time
B6 Invention
B7 Heather

Musicians:

Bass Guitar, Electric Guitar, Vocals – Gordon Tucker
Flute, Electric Guitar, Bass Guitar – William Wallingham
Mellotron, Piano – Tony Murphy
Percussion, Drums – Daniel Iceton

Instrumental Progressive Rock with strong guitar, flutes, piano and some mellotron with Jazzy overtones (their sole release).

Starting off as a cover band in Eastern Canada, Moonstruck quickly morphed into a tight progressive outfit playing small live gigs in the region. However, without a recording contract, the group privately recorded/ pressed these 13 tracks at Solar Audio & Recording (*SAR) studios in Halifax, composing all their own tracks, self-producing and self-financing the effort on their own "Lunatunes" label, reportedly pressing only around 500 copies.

* Solar is well known in Canadian vinyl collectors' circles for having pressed some of Canada's rarest LP's to come out of the Atlantic provinces (Blue Max, Happy Dolls, Moonstruck, Molly Oliver (EP), etc).

* Original founding members, drummer Dean MacDonald and bassist Bo Hanson left the band just before this album was recorded.

Atrium – Color Seed (1979, LP, Germany)

A1 Side Street - 5:38
A2 Southern Breeze (Für Barbara) - 6:03
A3 Balance - 4:42
A4 Asyl - 3:31
B1 Vierwetterhaus - 2:55
B2 First Theme - 3:51
B3 Quasimodo Man - 7:26
B4 Snail Dance - 5:05

Musicians:
Bass – Uli Krug
Drums – Stefan Leidig
Guitar, Vocals – Ede Janson
Keyboards, Engineer – Wolfgang Steiger
Percussion – Michael Weil
Trombone, Vocals – Paul Schütt

German cross-genre outfit from the late 1970's. Atrium played a varied light jazz-rock and funky prog akin to Cry Freedom's later LP's, and numerous other such German bands of the era.

Claudio Rocchi and The Effervescent Elephants ‎– Claudio Rocchi and Effervescent Elephants (2011, CD, Italy)

Tracklist:

1 Niente Di Meno - 2:40
2 Apollo & Le Muse - 7:51
3 Hear, Here - 4:48
4 Gli Apostoli - 4:56
5 I Banchi Di Imrel - 4:11
6 (Andando Al)La Mecca - 10:11
7 Rigel S Trail - 6:13

Musicians:

Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar – Lodovico Ellena
Bass – Sergio Monti
Flute – Domenico Salussolia
Keyboards – Lorenzo Proverbio
Vocals, Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, Piano, Electronics – Claudio Rocchi