TEO MACERO " Teo " (US, 1980)

"TEO" is the historical second release of Kip Hanrahan's label American Clave. Hanrahan throws, here, the lights towards the pure artistic but less known side of the man who was, as a producer, behind the making of some of the most popular works in jazz history ("Kind Of Blue", "Bitches Brew" and numerous others). The several eras  material, the variety of styles and collaborations, along with the playing, composing, and arranging skills of TEO MACERO (1925 - 2008) make this collection a good listen for the friends of eclectic jazz sounds.

TEO (12 tracks, 37min)

DIFONDO "Habitat" (ITA, 2010)

Italian experimentalists DIFONDO continue their explorations in electroacoustics! Their new work "Habitat" is available for free downloading through My Space

FOTE "Perfect Sense" + "Shaking The House" (1981)

British musician Robert Haigh has released since 80's a diverse series of  musics with origins to piano minimalism, ambient, avant-electronics, ritual music, experimentalism...

His early obscure years comprise eponymous solo works,  and also several collaborations and disguises under bandnames as  Sema, Truth Club, Fote, and others... 

Fote - "Perfect Sense" (12'', Le Rey Records, 1981)

Fote was a Haigh's experimental project circa 1980-81. Line up included drummer Trevor Reidy (Nurse with Wounds, Danielle Dax, Monochrome Set...) and Deborah Harding on vocals. They released two 12'' EPs "Perfect Sense", "Shaking The House" and the Truth Club / Fote  split 7'' single "Sleight / Looking For Lost Toy".

Fote - "Shaking The House" (12'', Le Rey Records, 1981)

Wider recognition and commercial success for Robert Haigh came in 90's, when Haigh dealt both as musician (Splice, Omni Trio, etc...) and labelman (Parlament Music, Candidate Records...) with  pioneering and hardcore dance electronica, drum'n'bass, jungle... mixing his  atmospheres with breakbeats.

Recently Haigh has returned to ambient-classical piano works.

"Perfect Sense" + "Shaking The House"

JAVIER PAXARIÑO "Perihelion" + "Temura"

Perihelion 

 Temura

Spanish wind player (flutes, clarinets, saxes...) and composer Javier Paxariño makes music based, mainly, on the traditions and the history of mediterranean civilizations. His explorations through space and time bring in light elements from cultures grown in Iberica, South Europe, North Africa, Balkans, Middle East... and fuse them in seductive world-jazz-folk forms.

 These efforts -that although don't seek a new, genuine language, they lack no originality-  reach their best with albums "Temura" (1994) and "Perihelion" (1996) , two works that demonstrate Paxariño's ability for composing clarity and imaginative arrangements, perfectly balanced between ethno-colours and modern instrumentation.

"Temura", influenced by judaic esoterica, is named after a cabbalistic technique to extract hidden meanings from the mystery of sentence. "Perihelion", on the other hand, focused on the timeless worship of light, recalls the ancient sun ceremonies of mediterranean and subsaharian lands.

Ali Farka Toure & Tony Coe

Ana Sefalelku

'Ana Sefalelku' is a song from the collaboration of Ali Farka Toure with english saxophonist and clarinetist Tony Coe. It appeared in the Coe's album "Les Voix d'Itxassou" (Nato, 1990). It is posted here in memory of great Ali and for the Malian friends who have asked to listen to it...

The JazzWorld of The ACT Company

German ACT Company, one of the most successful world-music labels of the current era, founded in 1992 by Siegfried Loch. Internationally acclaimed for its debut -inspired and produced by Loch himself- projects, ACT extended activities and soon became home to many popular jazz artists. ACT's releases are focused on german new jazz scene, nordic contemporary music and ethno-fusions of mediterranean, african, latin, far east and american origins... This remarkable global-sound profile is portraited here:

Act One
TORBJORN SUNDE arctic
("Meridians", 1998)
NGUYEN LE mangustao, pt 2
("Tales From Viet-nam", 1996)
HUONG THANH the soaring of the heron
("Moon and Wind", 1996)
MARKUS STOCKHAUSEN lonconao
("Sol Mestizo", 1996)
JONAS KNUTSSON, JOHAN NORBERG resan
("Skarren:Norrland III", 2008)
NGUYEN LE, DHAFER YUSSEF kithara
("Homescapes", 2006)
ULF WAKENIUS u-dance
("Notes from the Heart", 2005)
BEIRACH, HUEBNER, MRAZ around dubrawuschka
(V.A. "Global Magic", 2001)
ESBJORN SVENSSON TRIO serenade for the renegade
("Strange Place For Snow", 2002)
ACTRONIC frontside backside
("Hamlet", 2001)
ODDJOB where eagles dare
("Clint", 2010)
MICHAEL RIESSLER orange
("Orange", 2000)
CORYELL, CATHERINE, KUHN deus xango
("Twin House + Splendid bonus tracks" [reissue], 1992)
GERARDO NUNEZ templo de lucero
("Andando El Tiempo", 2004)
KNUT ROESSLER, JOHANNES VOGT canaries
("Between the Times", 2007)
NILS LANDGREN emil kahl
("Gotland", 1996)


Act Two
GERMAN JAZZ MASTERS song for bam bam
("Old Friends", 2000)
SORIBA KOUYATE, DIDIER MALHERBE diya
(V.A. "Global Magic", 2001)
PAOLO FRESU predagoria
("Sonos E Memoria", 2001)
ROBERTO DI GIOIA TRIO sahara
("Abracadabra" [celebrating Klaus Doldinger], 2006)
RENAULT GARCIA-FONS, GERARDO NUNEZ un amor real
(" Jazzpaña II, 2000)
JAVIER PAXARINO, GLEN VELEZ temura
("Temura", 1994)
KLAUS PAIER, ASJA VALCIC tango loco
("A Deux", 2008)
CARSTEN DAERR, DANIEL ERDMANN reveal your identity
("Berlin Calling", 2007)
JONAS KNUTSSON polska efter jon marsen (trad)
("Cow Cow: Norrland II", 2005)
LARS DANIELSSON, LESZEK MOZDZER follow my backlights
("Pasodoble", 2007)
ODDJOB sewerside blues
("Sumo", 2008)
ELBTONALPERCUSSION st agnes & the burning train
("Four Elements", 2005)
LAUER, GODARD, HUSBAND de cuir et de cuivre
("Blues In Mind'', 2007)
JENS THOMAS sakyi's song
(V.A. "Global Magic", 2001)
PETER APFELBAUM & NY HIEROGLYPHICS it is written
("It is Written, 2005)
NILS LANDGREN, ESBJORN SVENSSON song from the valley
("Layers Of Light", 2001)

ACT one + ACT two

compiled by LaFolieDuJour

SYSTEMS "Total Recall " (UK, 1981)

SYSTEMS - "Total Recall / Still Outside" (1981)

SYSTEMS is one of those quite remarkable early 80's short-lived bands that did one or two singles for Liverpool's cult new wave label Open Eye Records and then disappeared...

Systems

THE LIGGERS Peel Session (1980)

Μια απ'τις συμπαθείς μα βραχύβιες και με ελάχιστη δισκογραφική παρουσία μπάντες της μετα-πανκ περιόδου που ξεπήδησαν στο Μάντσεστερ, παράπλευρα στη Object Music, οι THE LIGGERS, εμφανίστηκαν σε κανα-δυό συλλογές της εποχής κι έκαναν ένα radio session για το ΒΒC..."Πρώτα πεθαίνουν τα Όνειρα" τραγούδησαν το Σεπτέμβρη του 1980 στο show του John Peel. Ύστερα χάθηκαν. Κι αυτή η μικρή φτιάξτην-μόνος-σου ομορφιά έκτοτε τους στοιχειώνει...

[One of the postpunk/diy short-lived bands that left no much music behind, Manchester's THE LIGGERS did this 3-track session for John Peel's radio show in September 1980.]

Tracklist:
1. Me and Mary Jane
2. Pretty Girl
3. Dreams Die First

The Liggers:
Patti Owens (keys, vocals), Gina Sobers (bass, keys), Neil Anderson (guitar, drums), Andrew (guitar), Donna Sullivan (bass, keys)

Liggers - Peel Session

Music From No Man's Lands

world experimentalists Armchair Traveller


avant vocalist Shelley Hirsch


japanese jazz ensemble Gato Libre

A collection of avant/experimental sounds & obscurities selected from the releases of the specialized in innovative music No Man's Land and its sister label Review Records.

NE ZHDALI & BILLY TIPTON MEMORIAL SAX QUARTET Stitch
("Pollo D'Oro", 1998)
SKELETON CREW Birds of Japan
("Country of Blinds", 1986)
LES HALMAS 67 piranhas
("Hop", 1997)
SEMANTICS Split shift
("Semantics", 1986)
DAVID GARLAND I'm here
("On the other side of the window", 2003)
SHELLEY HIRSCH & DAVID WEINSTEIN R-mania
("Haiku Lingo", 1989)
MOTOR TOTEMIST GUILD Amaterasu
("All America City, 2000)
GUY KLUCEVSEK Old woman who dances with the sea
("Scenes from a mirage", 1987)
GATO LIBRE In Budapest, in April
("Nomad", 2006)
CHRIS NEWMAN I know it's so
("New songs of social conscience", 1998)
ARMCHAIR TRAVELLER 45'03' n + 16'23' e
(" The perfect record for the armchair traveller", 2001)
SUGARCONNECTION track 09
("Play Allien cakes", 1994)
DAVID WEINSTEIN The economist (for P Fox-Penner)
(V.A. "A classic guide to No Man's Land - Pieces & Songs", 2003)
WORLDS OF LOVE Flowers
("Worlds of love", 1989/2000)
DAVID GARLAND Tea time
("On the other side of the window", 2003)
LINDSAY COOPER Assassination waltz
("Music for other occasions", 1986)
GATO LIBRE In Barcelona, in June
("Nomad", 2006)

compiled by LaFolieDuJour

link: No Man's Land / Review Records

THE WORLDS OF LOVE: Unconvectional Re-Inventions Of The Romantic Song

The Worlds Of Love

DAVID GARLAND
vocals, synths, accordion, bass, guitars, flute, melodica, theremin, toy piano, percussion, vibrolute
IKUE MORI
vocals, hand-played drum machines, powerbook, percussion
CINNIE COLE
vocals, banjo, synthesizer

front cover of LP edition (1989, Review Records)

front cover of CD edition (2000, Review Records)
[reissue with new-written extras]

artwork from CD edition

Paper Cup

Here’s my paper cup;
won’t you fill it up?
It should last just long enough for me to drink.

Soon my time is up;
soggy paper cup
falls apart so flimsily and spills my drink.

Pour it all in
My paper cup is waterlogged
but the liquid reached my lips.

Why should I give up,
when my paper cup
gives me drinks, and even sometimes gives me thirst.

Pour it all in.
For all intents and purposes
my old paper cup is all I need.

[lyrics by David Garland]

Paper Cup

"I want to be free of stylistic assumptions, so that as i create music i'm not thinking about traditions, but instead i'm working with the elements of melody, harmony, rhythm, words and sonic color to built a new and true experience" -David Garland

St. Atom HRT605 - Smiling Autumn Leaves

Smiling Autumn Leaves: Unobtrusive Ambient that flirts with nature sounds and images, revoking familiar, tender (and sometimes repressed) feelings, and often points -and refers to- nostalgic visions.

A quite interesting, home-made production by St. Atom HRT605.

Smiling Autumn Leaves
For more information:
http://statomhrt605.bandcamp.com
http://www.myspace.com/ellanios68

SKETCHES OF BELGIUM

Rudy Trouve Sextet

Kiss My Jazz

Franco Saint De Bakker


Die Anarchistische Abendunterhaltung! [DAAU]

Sketches of Belgium
[ Avant-art-jazz sketches from the belgian scene of 90s and beyond... ]

01 ZITA SWOON titles - a song of two humans
("Music inspired from Sunrise, a film by F.W. Murnau", 1997)

02 X-LEGGED SALLY liquid
("Slow Up", 1991)

03 EVERYTHING IS SLOW! bidonjazzville
("Symbols and Cymbals", 1995)

04 LOUISE AVENUE articule
("Let's Take One More", 1993)

05 DAAU dip'n'dodge
("We Need New Animals", 1998)

06 COMBO BELGE batumambe
("Soyons Moderne", 1989)

07 FRANCO SAINT DE BAKKER no one knows
("Live at the Ancienne Belgique", 2005)

08 REVE D'ELEPHANT ORCHESTRA les folies de cecile
("Racines Du Ciel", 2001)

09 KISS MY JAZZ small town lovers stroll
("In A Service Station", 1999)

10 THINK OF ONE the right tool
("Juggernaut", 1998)

11 CRO MAGNON cleo
("Zapp!", 1992)

12 CHRISTIAN GENET & JEAN-LUC PLOUVIER bar des amis
("Plaisirs et Penitences", 1990)

13 FRANCO SAINT DE BAKKER i see you
("Live at the Ancienne Belgique II, 2006)

14 FLOWERS FOR BREAKFAST the knight
("Baron Samedi Conducts The Union Philharmonique", 1996)

15 REVE D'ELEPHANT ORCHESTRA un chat sur le toit
("Racines Du Ciel", 2001)

16 OCTURN quadrature
("Dimensions", 2002)

17 RUDY TROUVE SEPTET end of a sweltering day
("Songs & Stuff Recorded Between 2003 - 2007, 2007)

18 KRIS DEFOORT'S BASEMENT PARTY anoraxia
("Sketches of Belgium", 1993)

compiled by LaFolieDuJour