Other Music New Release Update
March 21, 2001

In This Week's Update:

Special Section:
   Serge Gainsbourg reissue program Part I
Def Jux comp. w/Aesop Rock, Company Flow, Cannibal Ox
Boredoms remixed by DJ Krush
"Overcome!" Trikont gospel series (2 volumes)
Nobukazu Takemura
Franco Battiato reissues
Neil Hagerty
Alpha
Afrika Bambaataa collection
Saint Etienne
Ellen Band
ESP reissues: "NY Eye and Ear Control", Sun Ra, Ayler, Logan
Joe McPhee
Bill Cole
Lars Hollmer
Restocked:
   Fischerspooner
Just in:
   Bonnie Prince Billy
   Appendix Out
   Free Design
   Windy & Carl
   Howe Gelb (Giant Sand)


Serge Gainsbourg Reissues:

To commemorate the 10th anniversary of his passing, Philips France
has completely overhauled Serge Gainsbourg's entire studio catalog.
The following five titles are presented for the first time on CD, like
the original LPs but lovingly remastered to 24-bit perfection with
beautifully restored artwork and exclusive additional photos and liner
notes. Each title is unique and essential and cannot be more highly
recommended. Dig in!

SERGE GAINSBOURG "Du Chant A La Une!?" (Philips, France) CD  $14.99
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The excruciating intimacy of his debut album will undoubtedly surprise
those only familiar with his late '60s/early '70s era -- a 4-year span
that pretty much defined the "La Decadanse" section here at Other
Music. From the opening notes of 'Le Poinconneur Des Lilas' onward,
Gainsbourg keeps one foot tentatively in tradition while lurching out
towards something else quite decidedly dangerous. Over the course
of the album, Alain Goraguer's (later of "Le Planete Sauvage" fame)
crystal-clear yet minimalist arrangements simmer behind an
unprecedented vocal style that could best be described as in-your-
face. Entirely human yet otherworldly, he succeeds by dragging the
nostalgic comfort that had come to characterize the French Chanson
kicking and screaming past post-bop and into the age of the Atom
as celebrated that very year at the 1958 World's Fair in Brussels. [JG]
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SERGE GAINSBOURG "No. 2" (Philips, France) CD $14.99
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The cover shot of "No. 2" finds a pinstripe-clad Serge seated at a
table. Cigarette in hand, he regards us knowingly yet suspiciously.
On the table are a revolver and a bouquet. The original Guns 'N'
Roses? Clearly, Gainsbourg knew how to dance the thin line between
amour et deteste in 1959! And dance he does, with support from
Alain Goraguer and his expanded orchestra as a Franco-Latino fest
ensues. Just try sitting still during 'Mambo Miam Miam'. Can't be
done! [JG]
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SERGE GAINSBOURG "No. 3 / L'etonnant" (Philips, France) CD $14.99
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Following a year of touring, soundtrack work and singles releases,
Gainsbourg returned to the studio with Goraguer in 1961 and
released this 10" album. Aside from two early stabs at what would
soon be known as ye-ye, this is a real make-out affair inspired by
Miles Davis' 'Kind Of Blue'. Tempos slowing to a standstill, Serge's
voice oozes romance, demonstrating both his maturity as a
songwriter and his ever-increasing confidence as a recording artist.
[JG]
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SERGE GAINSBOURG "No. 4" (Philips, France) CD $14.99
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Another 10" album with Goraguer from 1962 and showcasing
'Intoxicated Man', a great leap forward even for Serge, and a hint
as to the heights of greatness the latter part of the decade would
bring. Other highlights include 'Les Cigarillos' and 'Ce Grand Mechant
Vous', his initial forays into the realms of Brazilian batucuda, and
'Requiem Pour Un Twister', a sly vamp that would foreshadow his
seminal 'Requiem Pour Un Con' six years later. [JG]
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SERGE GAINSBOURG "Confidentiel" (Philips, France) CD $14.99
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1963 finds Serge abandoning Goraguer's orchestra and
arrangements in favor of the spare support of electric guitar (Elek
Bacsik) and bass (Michel Gaudry). "Confidentiel" truly lives up to its
title, bringing us full circle back to the intimacy of his debut five
years earlier, only now we begin to hear Lolita references in
addition to occasional ye-ye refrains. An album of unparalleled
beauty! [JG]
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Featured New Releases:

[V/A] "Def Jux Presents..." (Def Jux/Ozone) CD $12.99
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If you're looking for the face of new, reformist hip-hop, this is the
top shelf. This sick compilation is the final production from the
larger-than-life Company Flow. Comprised of El-P and Big Juss,
along with DJ Mr. Len, CoFlow is the very core of the underground.
They bleed attitude, with their thudding beats, coarse delivery and
aggressive lyrics. On the first track, they force their iron lyrical grip
on stuttered, collapsing rhythms. With a razor-sharp wit and
almost digital precision, CoFlow does not always illuminate the
bloodied alleyways of the mind. In the coda, the duo gives
shout-outs to Utah, Maine and Denmark -- one point proclaiming
that "Vermont Got It!" On the third track, Def Jux introduces us to
the like-minded Cannibal Ox, who blow out of the gate with
'Iron Galaxy,' an absolute triumph of synths, beats and rhymes.
RJD2, a producer waving the progressive-beat banner, makes a
stunning debut on track 4, and the cold-as-ice delivery of the
wonderful Aesop Rock kills track 6. They are both totally and
completely on point. This whole compilation, as a sampler of
Def Jux and Ozone, is a glimpse into the new, forward-thinking
avant-garde hip-hop underground, a movement that has two
axes: Ozone in NYC and the Future Primitive collective in S.F.
A sound so far removed from the Eminem crowd it obliterates
any memories you may have of the mainstream. And that is a
good thing. [DD]
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BOREDOMS remixed by DJ KRUSH "Re-Bore Vol. 3" (Warner, Japan) CD $27.99
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Where the last two Boredoms remix albums ("Rebores" 1 & 2, by
UNKLE and Ken Ishii respectively) took the Boredoms material and,
more often than not, just shaped it into a long long beat-jam,
Krush's approach, his DJ-ness notwithstanding, takes the form of
a rolling thundercloud sending out streaks of lightning. Roughly
separated into two sections (though one continuous 44-minute
track), Krush uses Boredoms' excellent raw materials to build a
thickly atmospheric miasma, from which spikes a yelp, a crash, a
small pocket of beats. His part two builds on the crashing grooves
of "Vision Creation New Sun", grinding them into the steadily jerking,
robotic rhythms you can bang your head against the wall to. From
there he creates ladders to different rooms full of enchanting swirls
of sound, with mechanical twitters, an embrace of fairydust, a rave
in miniature. Krush is one of those remixers that can spin straw into
gold. With an array of precious materials at his disposal, he lives up
to them entirely, making a piece that doesn't just springboard off of
their excellence but is based first and foremost on his own. (I also
think this is the best so far in the series?)[RE]
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[V/A] "Overcome! Vol. 1 Preaching in Rhythm and Funk" (Trikont, Germany) CD $13.99
[V/A] "Overcome! Vol. 2 Sanctified Soul and Holy House" (Trikont, Germany) CD $13.99
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Another set of glory-ous selections from those professors of American
culture at Trikont Records. This area, the intersection of gospel and
popular music, has been a particular pet fondness of mine for a while,
so when I got these I got all excited -- they've included some of my
favorite tracks from the last forty or so years of gospel. The
selection on both discs (this and the one below) is strikingly good,
among the best I've seen, especially covering this particular era.
Vol. 1 is far less funk than the title would lead you to believe,
instead centered on deep, soulful gospel and preach-singing
tracks, peppered with a number of incredible testifiers (Rev.
Julius Cheeks, one of gospel's best shouters, has a track here).
If you've never heard the Staple Singers 'Uncloudy Day', above,
prepare yourself. It's one of the most shudderingly powerful pieces
of music I've ever heard, sacred or secular. Gospel music went
through its own revolution following the success of the Edwin
Hawkins Singers' 'Oh Happy Day' (not on here, go find it though,
if you've never heard it). That song hit number four on Billboard's
pop charts in 1968 -- an unheard-of phenomenon in gospel
music, especially during the rock era. At that point, gospel
musicians all over the country realized that they could shift their
message to a new audience by edging towards different, more
popular genres of music. One was through a re-integration of
soul -- a little like the parent learning from the child; another
was grafting a message into even more modern forms. Think
about it -- James Brown was known to spit out a 'Good God!'
quite often. And Jeremiah WAS a bullfrog. Vol. 2 has more than
a few tracks of large choirs fronted by singers who usually
top-out their own voices into gravelly distortion repeatedly,
singers using a fantastically funky soul form, even a few tracks
influenced by disco and house music (not as much of a stretch
as one might think -- think of the usual sampled divas that center
of house music -- this just uses different words). I mean, if Moby
can do it? [RE]
"Overcome!" Vol. 1
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"Overcome!" Vol. 2
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NOBUKAZU TAKEMURA "Hoshi No Koe" (Thrill Jockey) CD $13.99
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By all acounts, Mr. Takemura has quite a task in front of him. His
last release, "Scope", served as an entry-point into the powerbook
glitchno world for hundreds of Thrill-Jockey-loving indie-rockers,
blowing many a mind with its spindly, structural soundscape. Still
others knew Takemura for his Child's View releases: playful, jazz-
oriented and pop. With "Hoshi No Koe," the Kyoto-based Takemura
combines his minimalien yin with his popstar yang to make a delicate,
pixilated delight. Headphones rejoice! Takemura plays with virtual
bells, scratched CDs, digital xylophones and silicon cellos. All told,
this album is a softer, simpler, smirking sound. Wubbles, squiggles,
titles like "Anemometer" and "Trampoline," the colorful, folky cover,
all illustrate a particular, nearly innocent joy of sound. This is the
soundtrack to digital dreams. Technology tamed, fluffed up and
then trained to do flips. [DD]
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FRANCO BATTIATO "Fetus" (BMG, Italy) CD $14.99
FRANCO BATTIATO "Pollution" (BMG, Italy) CD $14.99
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Italy has a weird tendency to embrace their own experimental
musicians in a huge way, out of scale to any other country. I mean,
Demetrios Stratos used to fill stadiums there! Battiato, too, was
(and still is) hugely popular, sort of the equivalent to Caetano Veloso
in Brazil on the popularity/innovation axis, only Battiato's music was
much more difficult at times. These two albums are his apex, in that
psychedelic space between experimental music and pop filled so well
by the best Krautrock and Tropicalia -- Gal Costa, the Mutantes, or
even contemporaries such as Gorky's Zygotic Mynci. "Foetus", from
1971, is a meditative pop cycle tracking the biological process of
birth, comparing it to life in space. Odd, but also clean, Battiato
brings fiddle, synth washes, traveling rock patterns, and
gargantuan organ chords along for the journey. A wonderful,
unique album: the closest thing I could compare it to would be
Robert Wyatt's work a number of years later. This, btw, is the
Italian version -- we've had the English one in stock before, which
is just as good (his lyrics do hold up to translation). "Pollution",
recorded in 1972, is prog at it's finest, NOT vaulted into the land
of the nth-minute long guitar solos and rambling vocals. With a
baroque atmosphere: crowded, embellished sound, his psych-rock
world is made with early electronics, simple piano or guitar lines,
vocal chants and mournful singing as an extension of both folk
music and sacred musics. Battiato's range is immense, as he then
turned from this sound to experimental minimalism for "Za" and
"Juke Box", yet later became a finalist in the Eurovision contest!
[RE]
"Fetus"
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NEIL HAGERTY "Neil Michael Hagerty" (Drag City) CD/LP $13.99/$13.99
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For much of this record it seems like Neil Hagerty, formerly 1/2 of
Royal Trux, is trying to disappear inside everything he's conjuring;
working himself into a very tapestry of women carpenters, engine
trouble, and the feeling like "a rabbit in a glass box" that is so
diligently woven. He does this principally with his guitar, taking
stabs at some sort of tasteful, if anonymous, electronic backdrop --
and sometimes shooting right out over the top of everything. An
unfair, avid overviewer of situations would say, if he wandered into
the room while this was playing, "sounds like Hendrix jamming out
with the Young Marble Giants." That would be partially correct, the
only other apparent references might be the Byrds or Joe Cocker(?),
but otherwise you're not going to be drawing many parallels with
anything else you've heard before -- at least none which are going
to register with any direct spikes of recognition. There's a rigorous
formlessness to this self-portrait that belies not only a fascination
with 'folkloric' imagery but also with the idea, as I mentioned
before, of himself as part of the 'folk.' Yet this is still a humble
album, which makes it all the more beguiling and great. [DHo]
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ALPHA "Impossible Thrill" (Astralwerks) CD $15.99
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The long-awaited sophomore album from this Bristol duo finally here,
and it's quite good. But to be honest, I would have liked to have had
this record three months ago! It would have provided a lovely
soundtrack to snowstorms. The dark, dubby keyboard lines, snatches
of strings, and pathos-tinged female vocals would have meshed
wonderfully with my home-brewed whiskey cocktails this past winter.
It'll have to be next year, then. To those starving for stellar
downtempo soul, posture-free -- this is for you. Beautiful, but a real
downer -- dark, abstract, fragmented -- not driven by grooves but by
mass. [DH]
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AFRIKA BAMBAATAA "Looking for the Perfect Beat 1980-1985" (Tommy Boy) CD  $15.99
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Afrika Bambaataa Aasim, born Kevin Donovan, originated not just
the phenomenon of the breakbeat, but politically helped link the
Black Panther movement of the previous decade to an Afro-pride
phenomenon continuing today, with his Zulu Nation in the early '80s.
This CD contains his most influential tracks covering the first five
years of his career, with guest input in the studio from James Brown,
Melle Mel, Shep Pettibone and even Harry Belafonte! Best listened
to where the bass thwacks can vibrate not just your speakers but
your shoulders too, his slamming music hitting your eardrums, the
sounds shooting out of the drum machines, keyboards and samples
used like swords thrust through The Man. His particular near-
monotone forceful rap style became the standard and foundation
for hip-hop for that entire decade. And he also proved that you could
integrate a positive message (almost for the message's sake) into
music and still be popular. If you could only have one Bambaataa
record, this would be the one to have, with his greatest and most
influential hit 'Planet Rock' and everything that surrounded it. [RE]
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SAINT ETIENNE "Interlude" (Sub Pop) CD $13.99
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Recorded at the same time as "The Sound of Water", these twelve
tracks represent a somewhat looser, more relaxed side of Saint
Etienne. If "TsoW" is where they charged ahead, the songs and
fragments of "Interlude" represent the breaths and space in
between. And it presents a very different side of Saint Etienne,
one that is rarely tapped amidst their admittedly fab pop gloss.
A few long cymbalom notes start this 'record', with a felted
instrumental feeding into the low-key, padded sparks of
'Northwestern'. Everything here sounds very mid-range and
intimate, as if they're recording surrounded by lovely wool
blankets with specially-knitted covers for all the equipment.
No edges, Cracknell coos more, the arrangements are more
muted but elegant. Four songs never on anything else, the rest
are b-sides and bonus tracks, strangely they make a cohesive
album. There's Beach Boys cover, and two remixes are tacked
upon the end. [RE]
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ELLEN BAND "90% Post Consumer Sound" (Experimental Intermedia) CD  $13.99
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Ms. Band's work takes everyday sounds and makes them into
songs, or imitates everyday sounds with the instruments at her
disposal. I first heard her on an edition of "The Aerial" (a very good
CD series that collected experimental radio pieces) and her piece
was transfixing (and reproduced here). She took the clangs at a
railroad crossing gate and layered them -- as if played by a
gamelan orchestra. Plus sounds of motorcycles whizzing by and
hydraulic bus-door brakes (sniffs) became a complementary drumkit.
A mesmerizing piece that lets you hear ordinary sounds in an
entirely new way. Another piece on this collection makes a swingset
in motion become an entire ensemble, squeaks resonating against
each other in a remarkably eerie and birdlike chorus. Yet another,
made of the tiny taps and steam noises of a radiator, could have
come right from the Cologne school -- or she makes a bird into a
million clones of itself, building repeats of twitter and stutter like
mechanical robot birds on the fritz. She doesn't have to teach the
world to sing, she hears the songs that are already there, just
shaping, plumping and amping them up into a nearly human form.
[RE]
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NEW YORK EYE AND EAR CONTROL "S/T" (ESP/Calibre, Netherlands) CD  $14.99
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Perhaps THE touchstone release for the entire esteemed ESP
catalog. In July, 1964, Albert Ayler, Don Cherry, John Tchicai, Roswell
Rudd, Gary Peacock, and Sunny Murray were assembled by Canadian
filmmaker (and avant-garde musician in his own right) Michael Snow
to record the soundtrack for his newest film. "More than a soundtrack,
'New York Eye And Ear Control' is a jam session with the Albert Ayler
Trio as the core group. However, this is not an average Ayler album.
Although the compositions are credited to his name, the whole
session should have been listed as a collective effort. Instead of
the notorious Ayler songs, it gives us a glimpse of how an informal
after-show might have sounded in those early days of ESP-Disk:
wild, enthusiast, and communicative."-Remco Takken, from the liner
notes. Lovingly remastered for optimal scorch! [JG]
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SUN RA "Nothing Is" (ESP/Calibre, Netherlands) CD $14.99
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Selecting pinnacles in Sun Ra's lengthy and diverse career is almost
impossible -- there are literally dozens of completely essential
recordings from his massive discography. But one particular peak is
the newly-reissued 1966 ESP album "Nothing Is". John Gilmore's
tenor work is stellar here, full of power, yet somehow completely rich
with melody. Marshall Allen's technique on 'Exotic Forest' is equally
stunning, as his oboe dances around an entire Arkestra's worth of
percussion. This particular track shows the Arkestra at their most
primitive, with a type of commune-style jam that inspired the Sun
City Girls and No Neck Blues Band. Sun Ra is renowned for his work
on keyboards and synthesizer, but on "Nothing Is" he hovers mainly
around the piano, playing graceful melodies intertwined with flurries
of notes in a way that is often overlooked on the more space-age
sounding albums. Also on "Nothing Is" are the unmistakable soulful
group chants that somehow makes the chorus of 'theme of the
stargazers' a swinging sing-along. "Nothing Is" condenses pretty
much everything that is magical about Sun Ra's music into a
convenient and compact 40-minute format. [PW]
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ALBERT AYLER "Bells" (ESP/Calibre, Netherlands) CD $14.99
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When is an album not an album? When it is "Bells", the 20-minute
clarion-call performance May 1, 1965 at Town Hall, NYC that marked
Ayler's first recorded collaboration with his brother Donald on
trumpet. Also on board that day were Charles Tyler (alto), Lewis
Worrell (bass), and Sunny Murray (percussion). Perhaps, the
definitive ESP-Disk release, an amazing free-jazz classic, remastered
for optimal damage! "It was released by ESP as a transparent LP
recorded only on one side. The LP jacket and the back of the LP
were silk screened by hand, a wildly impractical gesture in an era
of mass production. The colors ranged from transparent to golden
yellow to cherry red, depending on what plastic was on hand in the
pressing plant. Despite the general consternation at the shortness
of the LP, it sold well, and ESP was able to make its point -- that
music is not a commodity to be sold by the pound -- or minute. That
the length of a work of musical art has no relation to its inherent
value to the listener."-Bernard Stollman, ESP founder. You go,
Bernie! Royalties, anybody? [JG]
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GIUSEPPI LOGAN "More" (ESP/Calibre, Netherlands) CD $14.99
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Another fantastic, lesser-heralded gem from the ESP-Disk archives.
The second album from multi-instrumentalist Logan (alto saxophone,
bass clarinet, flute and piano) finds him teamed with free-jazz
heavy-hitters Don Pullen (piano) and Milford Graves (percussion)
in concert at Town Hall and in the studio, in May of 1965. Logan had
previously worked as a sideman for Dixon, Shepp, and Sanders
before stepping out for his two crucial ESP sessions. [JG]
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JOE MCPHEE "Trinity" (Unheard Music Series) CD $13.99
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Remarkable early studio session from this most innovative, enduring,
and yet all-too-often overlooked trumpet/saxophone genius.
Recorded in 1971 for the obscure CJR label, the trio of McPhee, Mike
Kull (piano, electric piano) and Harold E. Smith (percussion) conjure
up improvisations worthy of primetime Albert Ayler, had he survived
into the post-"Bitches Brew" era and been teamed with Paul Bley
and, oh, Han Bennink at their most adventurous! At the time of its
release on vinyl, sound quality was sacrificed in order to compress
the 56-minute performance onto a single LP; consequently, this CD
reissue reveals copious delights and nuances not even found on the
original. [JG]
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BILL COLE / UNTEMPERED ENSEMBLE "Duets & Solos Volume 1" (Boxholder) CD  $15.99
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Recorded November 21, 1999, the day following the Untempered
Ensemble concert that would become a staggering double-CD set
("11 20 99: Untempered Ensemble Live") shortly thereafter, Cole
performed a smaller concert of duets with Cooper-Moore (horizontal
hoe-handle harp, didley bow), Warren Smith (gongs, trap drums),
and William Parker (bass, of course) for an invited audience. With
Cole armed to the teeth with an array of exotic instruments ranging
from Tibetan trumpet, digeridoo and shenai to sona and piri (don't
ask; find a good search engine!), these lengthy duets are quite
mantric, not unlike the work of Magic Carpathians at their most
reflective (or is that the other way around?). Two studio-record
solos (flute & shenai) from 2000 were added to round out this
remarkable set. [JG]
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LARS HOLLMER "Utsikter" (Krax, Sweden) CD $18.99
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Hollmer, a mainstay of Swedish new music, finds new ways to
combine his love of Swedish folk styles with superbly intricate
arrangements. His work is a little like anything you'd find on
Northside records or the where-are-they-now? Die Knodel, with
clever, unusual arrangements. While immediately "Utsikter" sounds
more Swedish-traditional than some of Hollmer's others, with fiddles,
accordion (Hollmer's own instrument), reedy instruments like the
oboe and bassoon. But it escapes that when he brings in touches
of cowboy music, James Bond-ish themes, somber soundtrack music
sounds, subtle drones. His work can go from happy to melancholy in
a measure, probably something about living somewhere (and
recording!) you lose 3 months of sunlight per year. If you've never
heard Hollmer (or the group he's recorded with for years, Samla
Mammas Manna/Zamla Mammaz Manna), check out the clips above.
I think of his records as the sort that should appeal to everybody,
from grandpa to the tots, pliable, travelling, ensemble instrumentals
with just enough of an edge. (btw, other records that I categorize
this same way: Zorn's Bar Kokhba, the aforementioned Die Knodel).
[RE]
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Almost singlehandedly responsible for a particular kind of '80s
revival music, Fischerspooner go way beyond that with their all
singing, all dancing multimedia shows, that feature not just sound
but a truly spectacular sense of fashion. And they expand on the
technopop formula by giving it a more driving sound, with an
updated electronic sound and a few electric guitars.
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This week's newsletter penned by: David Day [DD], Robin Edgerton [RE], Jeff
Gibson [JG], Duane Harriott [DH], Dan Hougland [DHo], Phil Waldorf [PW].


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