Yas-Kaz Does Jazz

 

Yas-Kaz - Virgo Indigo

Yas-Kaz is a Japanese percussionist. His works are often filed under ambient, experimental, new age and classical. This record released in 1986 is more in the jazz vein. There are tracks on this record that would fit the experimental tag, and a couple could be heard as leaning towards the cosmic side of sounds. Weather Reporter, Wayne Shorter is featured on soprano sax on the title track. Sounds of flute, violin, guitar, guitar synthesizer, keyboards, and off course, lots of percussion fill out the mix. 

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West Coast Experiment

Jazz? Maybe . . . Gnawa? Could be. Techno? Hmmm. Ethno-jazz-hop? Whatever it is, it works. This head scratcher was released in 2009 in Portland, Oregon. Very limited release, very scarce, very good. This duo outing with guests goes by Sesqui and Tahrei. The release is called Setenta Y Dos. We get lots of ethnic percussion, keyboards and jazzy horns and a bit of chanting on a couple tracks. This pair could produce a very entertaining live show.

robotronic

tracklist:

Steve Jolliffe - Earths Effects
Dragon - Introduction (Insects)
Ströer - Think It Over 
Katarina II - Treba Da Se Čisti 1
Stepchild & Lash - Bike 
Thomas Leer - Looks That Kill 
Mario Peach - Untitled
Nik Turner's Sphynx - God Rock (The Awakening) 
Rüdiger Lorenz - Untitled 
Rollkommando - Untitled
Process Blue - Control Panel 
Akasha - Electronic Nightmare 
Dig It Al(l) - Siouxsie Sioux Two 
Farlocco - Superpotenza
Sinister Dexter - Heart Of Darkness
Francesco Messina - Uffici Del 126° Piano 

Also here.

infinite options (IO) after contemporary music

tracklist:

Weimar Gesang - Du Bist
Dome - Ba-Dr
The Golden Palominos - Hot Seat
William S. Burroughs - The Five Steps
A.T.R.O.X. - Frosting Of Cloudless Nights
Arturo Stalteri - Il Prisma Magico
Skyline - Negativ Land
Betha Sarasin / Bruno Spoerri - Skulpturenklänge
Godley & Creme - I Pity Inanimate Objects 
Hepp / Spoerri - Way Back And Now
Miša Blam - Dobro Jutro
Robbie Krieger - Big Oak Basin
Kenneth Sherman - Why Can't We Live Together?
Hiromi Go - Swinging Bachelor
Steve Arrington - You Meet My Approval [Sottosopra Edit No Edit]
Godley & Creme - Worm And The Rattlesnake

Also here.

le curve

tracklist:

Roberto Colombo - Metronomo 138
Osamu Shoji - Night Flight
In Search Of Orchestra - Time Traveler
Etron Fou Leloublan - L'Extravagante Montée Des Ascenseurs, Nous Resterons Fideles A Notre Calme Détermination
Solar Plexus - Frygisk Samba
Vagif Mustafa Zadeh - Самый жаркий день в Баку
Jan Jankeje Mlada Muzika - Sokol
Cătălin Tîrcolea - Zboruri
Krzysztof Zgraja - Laokoon
Montreux - Sign Language
Sigi Busch / Alexander Sputh - That's Me (And That's My Edit No Edit)
Alfredo Puntieri - Un'Istante Basterà
Robson Jorge & Lincoln Olivetti - Eva
Saratoga Space Messengers - Surf
Todd Rundgren - A Treatise On Cosmic Fire (A Monte A Valle Edit No Edit)
Holger Brasen - Sunpower Special (Excerpt)

Also here.

Terrordisco - Shortwave

here's a great / experimental mix from Terrordisco a.k.a. Sveinbjörn from Reykjavík, Iceland. He contacted me after hearing Abel's last mix for the growing bin describing "Short Waves" with words like this: "It's kinda conceptual, rooted in memories of playing around with shortwave radios when I was a kid."
Yep, that's what it is! And it's full of wonderful bittersweet moments....
Please check it out!! It's a highly entertaining piece of art
Thanks Sveinbjörn!!

Listen & Download
Terrordisco on Soundcloud

Cheers, Basso

how does Brown taste?

maybe Jan Huydts knows? Or Ali Haurand or Leo De Ruyter?? Maybe you'll know after listening to this fine piece of experimental jazz from 1970? Released on the tiny JG label (Jazz Groove... yep it got some groove as well) this record does not wait in every box at the fleamarket, so I thought sharing it would be a nice thing to do.
If you dug this post over here and you wanted it a little less sweet then check out Brown Taste. It's completely different.... Most definitely something for fans of Third Eye. (Hyutds and Haurand were founding members).
Enough of the namedropping - go beg for a link in the comments ....

cheers, Basso

night launch

tracklist:

Salvatore - Days Of Rage 1
Megatrip - Song For Syd
Jean-Philippe Rykiel - Miles Around
Georges Rodi - UFOs
Haruomi Hosono - Prepared Quartz
Internationales Geräuschorchester - Ataï (L'eau Est Chaude)
Λένα Πλάτωνος - Αιμάτινες Σκιές Από Απόσταση
Bruno Spoerri - Baustellenmusik
Leon Lowman - Listen
Visible - Palo Alto
Car Crash Set - Fall From Grace (This Graziato Edit No Edit)
Jonas Palm - Ängen Är Grön, Ängen Är Giftig (The Meadow Is Green, The Meadow Is Poisonous)
Arnold Dreyblatt & The Orchestra Of Excited Strings - Untitled
Clark Hutchinson - The Light Burns On
Tullio De Piscopo – Fastness (Slower Please Edit No Edit)
Friedemann - Wednesday's Intermezzo
Traumklang - Dancing Bells 

Also here. 

we are leaving diesen planeten

Bruno Spoerri & Reto Weber – The Sound Of The Ufos LP Gold Records [11058] (1978) Drums, Marimba, Cymbal, Talking Drum, Bells, Bell Tree, Finger Cymbals, Triangle, Percussion, Composer, Arranger - Reto Weber; Recorder - Peter Pfister; Synthesizer, Vocoder, Composer, Arranger, Producer, Remix - Bruno Spoerri. Recorded live at Thearena, Zurich, March 15, 1978. Buy it here.

Bruno Spoerri plays:
Wind Synthesizer Driver/EMS Vocoder 2000, VCS-3, Pitch To Voltage Converter & Random Generator/Arp Odyssey & Omni/Mini-Moog & Micro-Moog/Sequential Circuits & Arp Sequencers/Bode Frequency Shifter/Echoplex & Roland Space Echo/Roland Rhythm Box/Mu-Tron Bi-Phase.

Reto Weber plays:
Bass Drums 24" & 20"/5 Tom-Toms/Snare 14"/Hi Hat 13"/one octave of tuned Gongs/8 Symphony Gongs/2 Bass Cymbals/2 Tenor Cymbals/ Cymbal Tree with 4 tuned Cymbals/11 Soprani Bells/3 Proto Cymbals/3 Burma Bells/Bell-Tree/6 Icebells/14 Tuned Cowbells/2 Marimbas/Talking Drums/Balafon/Triangle/5 Finger Cymbals/Singing Saw/plus many accessory instruments from all over the world.

challenger

Jacky Giordano - Challenger LP Freesound [FS 3/74] (1974) Arranger, Composer, Leader - Jacky Giordano.

orchestra sperimentale bis

Ennio Morricone – April Orchestra Presente RCA Sound Vol. 3 LP RCA [FPL1 9103] (1976) Composer, Producer, Conductor - Ennio Morricone. Buy it here or here.

orchestra sperimentale

Bruno Nicolai – April Orchestra Présente RCA Sound Vol. 2 LP RCA [FPL1 9102] (1976) Composer, Producer, Conductor - Bruno Nicolai. Buy it here or here.

Guest Mix: Seven Towers by Tolouse Low Trax

 

I'm superhappy to present Seven Towers - a mix by Tolouse Low Trax, solo recording artist, member of Kreidler and the man behind the world famous Salon Des Amateurs. If you know previous mixes like "Ocean" over at Lovefingers, "Savant Dance" at Kosmonautenschule or Mix at Vessel you know what to expect. If you don't - I give you 4 words: Deep, Intelligent, Obscure, Percussive and Experimental. And that's just the tip of his iceberg......... here you go ... diving.

Danke Detlef!

dierk & mike's spiral circles

Circles - More Circles
LP Einhorn Music [EM 2005] (1984)

Guitar, Bass, Synthesizer, Flute, Cymbals, Electric Percussion, Vocals - Mike Bohrmann

Synthesizer, Clarinet, Violin, Sequencer, Guitar, Electric Percussion, Vocals, Producer - Dierk Leitert

Trumpet - Buschi Buchweitz

Drums - Gerd Poppe

Hydravion N° 2

Besombes and Cooky Rhinoceros returned to the studio in 1978 and 1979 to record their final tracks as Hydravion. The sound is a bit more experimental this time with a couple tracks sounding like small theater pieces. New member, Dolores De Las Palmeras adds her voice to a couple tracks. There is a new bassist, Patrick Woindrich, and drummer, Bernard Wantier. Christ Saint Roch is back but only on vocals. The flute on Singaraja is by Jean-Pierre Le Normand who also lends vocals to a couple tracks.

Stratos Airlines

Cosmic Aviators

Another Besombes experiment, this time with his band Hydravion. This is the first of two lps recorded at the end of the 7os, this one in 1977. Three guitarists in the band including Philippe himself, still the sounds of synthesizers predominate. 5 tracks ranging in duration from 3½ to 10½ minutes.

Philippe Besombes - Synthesizers, Mellotron, Electric Piano and Guitars
Patrick Verbeke - Guitar
Cooky Rhinoceros - Guitar
Christ Saint Roch - Bass and Synthe Bass
Pierre Bataillet - Drums
Dominique Esnault - Drums
Christian Werbrouck - Special Effects

Hydravion

Bloooood!

Here's Yan Tregger' Bloodnight from 1982.
I posted several of the tunes over @ the Dream Chimney's Track of the day - all from Side A which is the discoish of the both. The second side is the horror! I must admit I have not seen any of Lucio Fulcio's movies, but I think I will do in the future...

Get your popcorn and fake blood and enjoy the LP here

cheers,
Basso

Sandworms vs Earworms

Zed - Visions Of Dune (1979 Initial Recordings)

As far as Discogs knows this is Bernard Szajner's first LP. It is inspired by Frank Herbert's science fiction novel "Dune" and it's a trip! Two side-long tracks that take you to Arrakis and beyond. Have a nice flight!

PS. If you like this check out Szajner's later works

PPS. MAN! Everything is up here already. This LP has already been posted on almighty Mutant Sounds. At least I added some pictures.... Seems like I have to rip Brute Reason now

How I love this world ......

What is the most beautiful thing about Disco-Music written for a ballet?
You (imagine being the performing artist) don't have to care too much about the masses spread across the globe's dancefloors yearning for cheap hooks and stupid refrains (not that I don't fall for them...). Instead you may care about the MUSIC an make it something unique. I'm incredibly happy that Monsieur Petit got that chance to produce this LP along with some well known (at least for all you Discodiggers) musicians such as Andre Ceccarelli, Piere-Alain Dahan and Jean Schultheis in 1980(what a wonderful year!).
Jean Claude Petit is really going wild on various instruments (see Discogs for the LIST of synths, sequencers and keyboards JCP used) and I therefor praise him. I wanted to write a bit about the songs included, but to be honest I don't where to start and how to reduce it to a bit then. So I quit losing words and move to the point. Due to the fact that this quite rare LP unfortunately has not been reissued wether on CD nor LP I don't have any pangs of conscience to post this beautiful piece of music here or here

I hope you like it!
Cheers,
Basso


P.S. A million thanks to T. and V. for bringing this into my world. Rocko's the name!

Bouillabass versus Lauren

The Crew's 3rd release on Calig featuring Lauren Newton.
There's a lot more freedom in here and it's not my cup of tea.
But ( and this is a very big but) "Bouillabass" is a monster of a tune
and I like "Flying Bird" just as much (check out KEY's same titled LP
from 1977 on Calig including the wonderful "Birds Flying").
Please understand that I cannot say too much about the rest of the tracks
except from "great instrumentation" or "interesting structures" and a "voice".

Cheers,
Basso