Geez man, what a find this label is! Thanks for that I have tons of WP but obviously need more and their other releases are impressive. More $$$ out the door!
Yeah, William Parker. I was listening to Corn Meal Dance today. O'Neal's Porch, Raining on the Moon, Luc's Lantern, his Curtis Mayfield tributes, and on and on...it's all soooo good. Hamid Drake on half his releases doesn't hurt either. Sometimes I listen just to hear his drumming. Awesome drummer.
Just wanted to chime in and say what a cool thread this is. I'm definitely enjoying a lot of what I'm finding out about on here so far.
I'm in pretty deep with Zorn, but I think that of his recorded output only about 5-10% is actually what I'd term experimental, and I struggle with genuinely left-field performance techniques. Still, great idea for a thread and it would really help if people would give some idea of what sort of work a performer/composer has done when they post to this thread.
I think I've seen them together. I've seen so many shows and concerts that some of them are just a blur in the memory. I know for sure I saw Hamid (I believe sans Parker) but I can't remember the project/concert. I do remember he was one baaad drummer. He could go from playing totally free to the tightest, funkiest groove ever at will and make it work musically.
Cinema Soloriens. See them live, if you can, as it's a multimedia experience. Cinema Soloriens is the brainchild of avant-garde filmmaker and musician James Harrar, in colaboration with Sun Ra Arkestra leader Marshall Allen. The rest of the lineup is a moving target, but when I saw them they had Daevid Allen, of Gong fame, along for the ride. It's a way-out-there, dense assault on the senses.
The William Parker box is the only CD release I have purchased from NoBusiness label. But I have purchased around a half dozen vinyl releases from various artists on the label, and they are all outstanding. A quality label indeed.
Yeah likewise. I've seen them many times together and in different iterations. Lots with Brotzmann. In fact, Brotzmann and Paal Nilssen-Love just played in duet at Earshot, up yer way.
My 'go-to' for "Avante-Garde, New Music" is the weekly podcast, "WFMU'S Do or DIY w/ People Like Us".
Good to know as I was going to order the dbl vinyl of that new Parker/Guy/Lytton as well as the Parker.
Good call. I think I will listen to some of that trio next. Their dayes on Emanem are great. I think Oxley is vastly underrated, he created an entire style of "drumming" along with Lovens and Lytto et al.
Waking up to this: Gorgeous and modern interpretation of 18th century composer Giovanni Battista Pergolesi (1710 1736), beautifully recorded and Rabbia supplements his percussion with electronics to give it just enough "out" cred.
