Avant-Garde, "New Music", Now Playing>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

I like their work and saw them play at Cafe Oto a couple of times - and when I looked up my gig list I saw that the last time was nearly 5 years ago!

 

This is incredibly good… You inspired me to pick it up last year and I’ve listened to it a lot. Every now and then I forget about it, then I’ll remember and put on one of the tracks.

 

This is a gorgeous one.

 

Ulrich Krieger - Wall of Sound: Drones Patterns Noises (Sub Rosa 3CD, 2020)

Krieger plays solo and overdubbed wind instruments on pieces by (among others) Alvin Lucier, Terry Riley, and Lee Ranaldo. This is sort of a compilation, in that some of the tracks have been previously released, but not all.

 

William Parker - Mayan Space Station
2021, AUM Fidelity

William Parker: bass, compositions
Ava Mendoza: electric guitar
Gerald Cleaver: drums

 

Looking forward to first listen of both this and Painter’s Winter(both on vinyl!) today!

 

In which one of the Earth's best horn players(Shiroishi) takes on many other instruments/noisemakers, including electric toothbrush.

 

Mind sufficiently blown. Mendoza is officially a monster in my book.

 

Yeah I was thinking the same... He is relentless on this album.

I love the trio format here. For the most part I enjoyed Migration of Silence Into and Out of The Tone World, but a lot of the vocal music isn't really my thing. This, on the other hand, is right in my wheelhouse.

 

She!

 

Beat me to it.

 

Whoa... Yeah not sure how I missed that, hahaha.

 

And, if you're like me and need to hear more of what the great Ava Mendoza has to offer, you could do far worse then this recently released nugget. Less trad pyrotechnic, more free, Derek Bailey/Keith Rowe.

Death In the Gilded Age, by fluke-mogul / Liberatore / Mattrey / Mendoza

 

Tributaries, by Jack Cooper & Jeff Tobias

 

Greg Davis - Midpoint (bandcamp download, 2009)

Two long, beautiful drones.

 

I feel an overwhelming need to purchase some of her albums now.

 

Another album on my list for the short-term... Can't wait to check it out!

 

Home Normal is a fantastic ambient record label. I subscribed to get their releases on Bandcamp a few years ago, but never listened to this one. I'll definitely check this out soon. Thanks!

 

Exquisite is the best way I can describe it.

 

For those who are interested in Home Normal, their early releases (of which Midpoint is one) are currently available for pay-what-you-want. I believe that is a limited-time offer, but am not sure when it ends.