FRONTIER SCOUTS "Museum Collection" (AUS, 1984)

Following a similar path to the early GO BETWEENS and associated with them, talented australian indiepop songwriter ANDREW WILSON enters late 70's Brisbane scene with his outfit FOUR GODS. Under this moniker WILSON releases (for Able label) the single "Enchanted House / Reastless" (1980), helped by GRANT McCLENNAN on bass and LINDY MORRISON on drums.

His next step is FRONTIER SCOUTS, a band that Wilson forms in Sydney in 1982. Wilson's songwriting is now more matured, moving from post-punk angularity to a fresh indie-pop feeling. FRONTIER SCOUTS though remain a nearly unknown band... and soon disband leaving behind only one single ("When Daddy Blows His Top"/"Out Of Your Shell") and one 5-track EP ("MUSEUM COLLECTION", 1984), both for Au-Go-Go label.

Third and final act in WILSON's music career is ANDREW WILSON + ASSOCIATES. With that outfit, which includes, among others, contributions from Robert McComb (TRIFFIDS), Wilson makes a 12'' EP in Melbourne (1987). Late 80's Wilson quits music as one of the neglected heroes of australian alternative scene... and remains forgotten up to 1999 when Chapter Music presents the retrospective compilation AMATEURISM with 18 cuts from all Wilson's bands... and liner notes by Robert Forster.

FOUR GODS: Andrew Wilson (voice, guitar, percussion) - Grant McLennan (bass) - Lindy Morrison (drums) - Keryn Henry (drums) - Peter Morgan (guitar, vocals)

FRONTIER SCOUTS: Andrew Wilson (voice, guitar, perc.) - Brad Allen Waters (bass) - Graeme Hutchison (drums) - Debbie Auchinichie (backing vocals)

ANDREW WILSON + ASSOCIATES: Andrew Wilson (voice, guitar, perc.) - Nigel Harford (bass) - Steve Miler (guitar) - Robert McComb (guitar, vocals) - Julien Wu (guitar, vocals)


FRONTIER SCOUTS - When Daddy Blows His Top

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The Free Sounds Of SOUL NOTE (ITA)

With its numerous exciting works (recorded mostly in NY or Milano) by some top american, italian and european free-jazzmen and improvisors, italian SOUL NOTE label has established itself as one of the most creative forces in avant-jazz and innovative music of the last 30 years...

Few selections from the endless catalog of SOUL NOTE are here:

A

01. MENGELBERG/LACY/LEWIS/GORTER/BENNINK
the happenings (1984, "Change Of Season")
02. MAX ROACH
The drum also waltzes (1984, "Survivors")
03. BILLY BANG (featuring SUN RA)
Foggy day in London town (1993, "A Tribute To Stuff Smith")
04. GIANLUIGI TROVESI
Dance for a king (1998, "Around Small Fairy Tales")
05. HAMIET BLUIETT
Nu tune (1984, "Ebu")
06. JIMMY GIUFFRE 4
Cool (1983, "Dragonfly")
07. CONFERENCE CALL (G. ULLMANN/M.J. STEVENS/JOE FONDA)
Could this be a polka (2002, "Final Answer")
08. MAL WALDRON, STEVE LACY
Azure (1986, "Sempre Amore")
09. CHARLIE HADEN (w GERRI ALLEN, PAUL MOTIAN)
Sandino (1987, "Etudes")
10. DAVE DOUGLAS
Ballad in which Macheath asks everyone to forgive him (1993, "Parallel Worlds")
11. TONY SCOTT
Spirits return (1984, "African Bird Come Back! Mother Africa")
12. BILL DIXON
Dusk (1981, "In Italy vol 2")
13. RAN BLAKE
Vradiazi (1986, "Short life Of Barbara Monk")

B
01. PETER KUHN
Being human (1982, "The Kill")
02. GEORGE RUSSELL
Esoteric circle (1993, "Trip To Prellarguri")
03. GIORGIO GASLINI
Lampi (1994, "Lampi")
04. STEVE LACY TRIO
Flakes (1988, "The Window")
05. GIANLUIGI TROVESI
Verano (1998, "Around Small Fairy Tales")
06. CONFERENCE CALL
Liquid cage (2002, "Final Answer")
07. BILLY BANG QUINTET
Broken strings (1981, "Rainbow Gladiator")
08. ELLERY ESKELIN
The sun died (1996 "The Sun Died")
09. TOM VARNER
Prayer (1993 "The Mystery Of Compassion")
10. LEE KONITZ QUARTET
Taking a chance on love (1991, "Zounds")
11. ENRICO PIERANUNZI TRIO
L'heure oblique (1996, "Seaward")
12. BORAH BERGMAN, ANDREW CYRILLE
Red Shadows (1993, "The Human Factor")

compiled by LaFolieDuJour

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Sounds from 80's Australian Underground

LIZARD TRAIN - Beauty Underground

(7'', Greasy Pop, 1987)

tracks:
beauty underground - the day the sky went black

THE NEW CHRISTS - Born Out Of Time
(7'', Citadel, 1986)

tracks:
Born out of time - no next time

MINUTEMAN Voodoo Slaves
(7'', Citadel, 1982)
tracks:
Voodoo slaves - i wanna be your minuteman

YA YA CHORAL - Such A Dutch Man
(7'', M Squared, 1982)
tracks:
waiting time - god's buzzsaw - nonsense



THE CHAMPAGNE EDGE - Selftitled
(7'', Au-Go-Go, 1980)
tracks:
a different direction - the wind - in my house - facelift

ALAIN GIBERT "Chariot D'Or" (FRA, 1995)

The art of ALAIN GIBERT is related with both traditional musics and avant-garde. As a search for a new music idiom, it explores territories between folk memory and folk imagination. "CHARIOT D'OR" is one of the most characteristic acts of this quest. Recorded the period 1994-95, the album comprises 14 tracks, four of which are based on traditional themes derived from french region AUVERGNE (south France), while the rest are Gibert's compositions. The composer plays piano, trombone and sings in the strange local dialect. The line up includes also BRUNO CHEVILLON on contrabass, JEAN-LOUIS MATINIER on accordion and the well known LOUIS SCLAVIS on clarinet and soprano saxophone. The music, jazzy-acoustic, turns to advantage the simplicity of sounds and extends the soul of old traditions towards innovatism and improvisation without spoiling the original warm folk feeling. However, "L' Auvergne imaginee" is rather the place where the "old" and the "new", have lost their meanings.

Alain Gibert


ALAIN GIBERT - Santa Catarino