1. Heinz Riegler, Sleep Health (A Guide to Saints CS): Burbling.
2. Motion Sickness of Time Travel, Remixes (Tabs Out CS): Fine listening. Includes 12-page spiral-bound booklet of cat collages.
3. Noah Howard, Live in Europe Vol. 1 (Sun LP): Sound is a bit thin, but I can't get enough of Noah Howard's soulful tone.
4. Noah Howard, Patterns (Altsax LP): Jammer. Han Bennink brings a lot to the table on this session.
5. Nate Young, Regression Vol. 3 (Demdike 2LP): The Sammy Davis Jr. of noise kills it on this one.
6. Faint Wild Light, Faint Wild Light (Digitalis LP): Any time a label that puts out mostly experimental stuff releases a pop album, it's usually exceptional. That's the case here.
7. Je Suis le Petit Chevalier, Those Vermilion Sands (NNA CS): Lost in a cistern.
8. Savage Young Taterbug, Syrupy Evenings (Night People CS): Deranged hobo pop music that sounds like its coming from a jack in the box.
9. Marilyn Crispell, Live in Berlin (Soul Note LP): I've always dug Crispell--even the ECM stuff. This one's a burner.
10. Angles 9, In Our Midst (Clean Feed LP): If it's Clean Feed, it's gotta be good.
11. Tamio Shiraishi, Steve Baczkowski and Bill Nace (Open Mouth LP): Only one side, but it's hot!
12. Mortuus Auris & the Black Hand, Transit of Venus (Skell CS): It's a slow and beautiful journey.
13. Tamio Shiraishi & Sean Meehan, In the City (Fusetron LP): Jamming under an overpass.
14. Globe Unity Orchestra, Compositions (Japo LP): There's something about a big band...
Best of 2013 (no particular order)
Je Suis le Petit Chevalier, Those Vermilion Sands (NNA)
http://jesuislepetitchevalier.bandcamp.com/album/those-vermilion-sands-cs
http://jesuislepetitchevalier.bandcamp.com/album/those-vermilion-sands-cs
Aaron Dilloway/Jason Lescalleet, Building a Nest (Hanson)
https://soundcloud.com/hansonrecords/dilloway-lescalleet-building-a
https://soundcloud.com/hansonrecords/dilloway-lescalleet-building-a
Bill Orcutt, A History of Every One (Mego)
Masayoshi Urabe & Fukuoka Rinji, Barcelona Express (8mm)
Attenuated, Deep Opacity (Space Slave)
Steve Baczkowski, Chris Corsano, Greg Kelley, Bill Nace,
Live At Spectacle (Open Mouth)
Diamond Terrifier, The Subtled Body Wears a Shadow
(Terrible)
Es., Void (PSF)
Cody Yantis, American Surfaces (Digitalis)
Reissues/Archival
Bernard Parmegiani, De Natura Sonorum (Recollections GRM)
https://soundcloud.com/editionsmego/bernard-parmegiani-accident
US Steel Cello Ensemble, Bitter Suites (Holidays)
Evan Parker, Vaincu Va
Remind me what the speakers were please. I recall they were good ones. How did the rehab improve the sound.? Curious how that works, how it sounds now.
ReplyDelete"Hobo pop"??? "Deranged hobo pop"??? Huh? Sounds scary.
Re: #13. When I was a little kid, my brother and his pals used to practice doo-wop music; they always went under the overpass Some things never change.
I like how you buried that Crispell admission in the middle of the list
;-)
I think his speakers were the Cantons. I really am on the fence with Crispell. I like her with Braxton and that is it.
ReplyDeleteShe's done some good, non-ECM things with Barry Guy too.
ReplyDeleteBraun 710s. I had them rewired and the bottom speakers on both were replaced.
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