Daily Planet Playlist

[Michael]

Evan Parker and Eddie Prevost: London, May 6, 2012
Alexander von Schlippenbach: Twelve Tone Tales Vol. 1
Tom Waits: Alice; Blood Money
Marion Brown: Why Not?
John Coltrane: Giant Steps
Bruce Gilbert: Monad
Swell Season: s/t
Led Zeppelin: Presence

[scorched earth]

My favorite of the recent releases I've heard:
John Zorn:  The Gnostic Preludes

Tzadik hype (which I pretty much agree with, some beautiful music if you can endure the sweetness and light, which bizarrely works for me in part because I have an image of Bill Frisell reaching out to shake my hand with a smile on his face, that is, because the sweetness rings true, more compelling for me than the typically mellow Frisell and Zorn work of late because of the pairing of Frisell's playing and Zorn's writing):

Get ready for some of the most beautiful music Zorn has ever made! The Gnostic Preludes is the latest volume in the mystical quest of In Search of the Miraculous, The Goddess and At the Gates of Paradise. Here Zorn turns to chamber music simplicity with an intimate ensemble of harp, vibraphone and guitar inspired by Early Music, Debussy, the minimalism of Reich, Riley and Glass and esoteric spiritual traditions from around the world. The music is lyrical and hypnotic, perfect for early morning meditation, a lonely afternoon, or midnight contemplation. Performed with great feeling by long time Zorn collaborators Bill Frisell, Carol Emanuel and Kenny Wollesen, who interact with sensitivity and grace The Gnostic Preludes is one of Zorn's most tender and subtle creations.

Also,
Spiritualized: Sweet Heart, Sweet Light (some very poppy songs that took me a few listens to not be bored with, but then there's Evan Parker who fits well in the break on "I Am What I Am")

[Geno]

Sun Domingo, Songs for End Times (eMusic)
I don't think I'll kill myself to make sure to catch their set before the Marillion show next month, but it's not hard to hear why these guys keep getting invited for that opening slot. They're similar enough to make a good complement (smart pop-alt-rock with a nice melodic sense) even if they don't seem to have quite the same depth & craft. Regardless. I'm enjoying the songs themselves well enough so far, and a Belew guest spot never hurt anyone.

Gotye, Making Mirrors
Pleasant fun, sunny and springtimey. I'm kinda glad I don't listen to the radio or watch Glee, or else I might already be too sick of this stuff to enjoy it this much.

The Fierce and the Dead, On VHS
Now also at Burning Shed.

Archetribe, Earthtones
REM, Collapse Into Now
Flying Colors s/t
KTU, Quiver
OSI, Blood / Fire Make Thunder
Ian Anderson, Rupi's Dance / Thick as a Brick 2
ProjeKct Zero, The Repercussions of Angelic Behavior
KC, Thrak / Mainz '74
The Brian Blade Fellowship, Denver 9.10.11 (early & late sets) (from the usual place)
Marillion, Anoraknophobia / Misplaced Childhood / Marbles Live
Goldbug, The Seven Dreams

[Geno]

Storm Corrosion
A sample listen courtesy of Sazzle. It really doesn't work as background to a Munchkin game and we didn't quite finish it all, but I very much liked what I heard. It sounds like a decent complement to Damnation (if really nothing alike), and much more appealing than Grace for Drowning. Must hunt it down for myself soon.

This was accompanied by a sampling of Indukti, a Polish (?) group I'd never heard of, which has a noticeable larks'-tongues-in-modern-jelly feel to it. I'm quite intrigued.


An assortment of other stuff to tax a houseguest's patience and brain cells:

Devin Townsend, Ghost
Gotye, Making Mirrors
Nik Bärtsch's Ronin, Holon
Trombone Shorty, Backatown
Elbow, The Seldom Seen Kid
Stick Men, Absalom
The CGT, Whitewater
Marillion, Marbles Live
David Poe, The Late Album
Jim Matheos, First Impressions

Grumbling about being back at work today, but arriving to find a Stick Men Open CD (!) already waiting for me has helped make it more bearable.

[Michael]

King Crimson: Zurich, 11-15-73; Discipline; Three of a Perfect Pair
Josh Berman: Old Idea
Rickie Lee Jones: Pirates
T-Bone Burnett: Proof Through the Night; Behind the Trap Door
John Cale: Fear; Slow Dazzle; Helen of Troy
Charles Tyler: Ensemble
Brian Eno: More Music for Films
The Only Ones: s/t
Morton Feldman: Neither
Keefe Jackson: Seeing You See
Robert Fripp: Newlyn, 12-06-97

[Michael]

John Butcher and Toshimaru Nakamuea: Dusted Machinery
John Butcher and the Sten Sandell Trio: Strokes
Morton Feldman: Violin and String Quartet
Hauf, Hess, Jackson, and Juun: Proxemics
Keefe Jackson and Hans-Peter Pfammatter: s/t
John Cale: Vintage Violence
Tony Conrad: Four Violins (1964)

[Geno]

I think these guys are actually overtaking KTU and TUNER to become my favorite current-day Crimson offshoot (although as with those others, even that word is unfair - this is a band in every sense, not a side endeavor to anything). This one may be a slow grower, being a little less heavy and a little more ambient than the others, but I'm loving the hell out of it. The perfect complement to Absalom that provides another piece of the picture while not at all diminishing my excitement over whatever else is coming next.

Peter Gabriel, So
To celebrate grabbing tickets for his stop in Philly in Sept. Not that it ever really needs a reason.

Otherwise, I suppose it's unofficial Africa(-ish) week around my house:

Carlos Lastra, A Child Is Born
Without seeing any names, I could almost believe this was a previously unheard reel from Coltrane's 1961 stint at the Village Vanguard (not that you'd actually confuse the two, but still). That spirit and approach are there in spades. I think a lot of it has to do with the drummer, who's studied his Elvin and then some.

Byrne & Eno, My Life in the Bush of Ghosts
The Trey Gunn Band, The Joy of Molybdenum
Miles, Agharta
The Talking Heads, Fear of Music
Big Blue Ball
Roach & Fayman, Trance Spirits
Youssou N'Dour, Immigrés
Abdullah Ibrahim, Good News from Africa / Echoes from Africa

[Michael]

John Cale: Paris 1919; Stainless Gamelan
Alexander von Shlippenbach, Aki Takase, and DJ Illvibe: Lok 03
Morton Feldman: Piano and String Quartet (Kronos with Aki Takahashi)
Roxy Music: First Album
King Crimson: Munich, 1982

Excellent performance on this last one, but the sound quality makes the Paris show the better choice.

[Geno]

The Red King, Chicago 8.7.08
Pat and Gavin may not be able to duet on the current tour, but at least we've got this...

Devin Townsend, Addicted / Ghost
Still as fresh as ever in their own ways. As much as I like the others in the DTP series, I never seem to want to reach for them much when these two are handy.

Flying Colors s/t
I can't much stand the Beatleish tune anymore. The rest is still holding up most nicely.

The Dregs, Full Circle / What If / Night of the Living Dregs
Speaking of Steve Morse. There's a good reason these are still such a mainstay in my rotation all these years later.

Garbage, Not Your Kind of People (eMusic)
Kevin Gilbert Performs Toy Matinee Live
Youssou N'Dour, Eyes Open
Michael Brook, Undefeated / Country Strong
Arch/Matheos, Sympathetic Resonance
Daniel Lanois, Shine
Shakti, Natural Elements
Stick Men, Open

[Michael]

Weather Report:  Mr. Gone; s/t (1982)

I think these are two of their best albums--certainly my favorites post-Vitous.

My Dad was a WR fan, and while I always preferred the MO and Miles, it's been nice revisiting some of these albums, many that I haven't heard in a long time.

Keefe Jackson and Frank Rosaly: Duo (45)
Tom Waits: Blue Valentine
Miles Davis: Paris, 11-6-67 (3rd show from the Live in Europe 1967 box)
John Butcher: WHFR-FM, 3-25-03
Backzkowski/Sack duo: Keet Seel

These last two are the two sides of a pre-recorded cassette.  Very odd.  The sound quality sounds like cassettes from the early 80s (I assume that's intentional), and the total running time is just over 20 minutes.  As they made only 75 copies and the list price was under 10 dollars I can't really complain, but it is.... odd.

[owen]

So, here we go again. It has been almost four months, but even I will concede this list is obscene.

There are no comments. Feel free to poke me to provide some if interested in any particular items.

real discs…

The Hitmen: Tora Tora DTK
The Hitmen: U.E.L.A.
The Hitmen: Moronic Inferno
The Hitmen: Surfin' In Another Direction
Klondike (Chris Masuak): Cowboy Angel
 ~ all on the Savage Beat 2CD reissue of Tora Tora DTK
The Hitmen: It Is What It Is ~ expanded Savage Beat 2CD reissue
The Hard-Ons: Smell My Finger
The Hard-Ons: Hot For Your Love, Baby
The Hard-Ons: Surfin' On My Face
The Hard-Ons: Girl In The Sweater
The Hard-Ons: All Set To Go
 ~ all on the Citadel 2CD reissue of Smell My Finger
Phronesis: Walking Dark
Stick Men: Open
V/A: Best of British and Beyond ~ free with Jazzwise 162, April 2012
trioVD: Maze
trioVD: X ~ upgrade from mp3, free with pre-order of Maze
The Visitors: The Visitors
Metallica: Master Of Puppets
Metallica: Ride The Lightning
Metallica: …And Justice For All
~ upgrades from cassettes
Keith Tippett, Theo May and Julie Tippetts: The Theo Trio
V/A: A Tribute To Rowland S. Howard
King Crimson: Starless and Bible Black (40th Anniversary Series)
feedtime: feedtime
feedtime: Shovel
feedtime: Cooper-S
feedtime: Suction
~ all as a part of feedtime: The Aberrant Years
Rabbit Island: O God, Come Quick
Dave Kane's Rabbit Project: The Eye of the Duck
Mark Lockheart: In Deep
Spin Marvel: The Reluctantly Politicised Mr. James
~ three album upgrades from mp3
Curios: The Other Place
Secret Quartet: Bloor Street
Ivo Neame: Caught In The Light Of Day
Miles Davis: The Complete In A Silent Way Sessions   
Miles Davis: The Complete Jack Johnson Sessions
Mick Harvey with Blixa Bargeld and Nick Cave: SOUNDTRACK - To Have And To Hold
Mick Harvey: SOUNDTRACKS - Alta Marea / Vaterland (/ Identity-Kid / Totes Geld / The Real Power of Television)
The Blue Notes: Before The Wind Changes
Black Francis: Bluefinger
Omar Rodriguez Lopez: Xenophanes
Pharoah Sanders: Elevation
Brian Henry Hooper: The Thing About Women
Autechre: Oversteps ~ upgrade from mp3
The Necks: Aquatic
John Coltrane and Johnny Hartman: John Coltrane and Johnny Hartman
Gato Barbieri Quartet: In Search of The Mystery
Johnny Griffin: A Blowin' Special
Soulfly: Enslaved (bonus tracks version)
Half Japanese: Loud
Half Japanese: Horrible
Half Japanese: Spy (single)
Half Japanese: Take It (flexi)
 ~ all as part of Loud and Horrible CD
V/A: The Wire Tapper Vol 28 ~ free with The Wire magazine
The James Baker Experience: I Can't Control Myself / Born To Be Punched
The Plunderers: I Didn't Even See Them At All / Clean Hands / Trouble Stuck
~ two Aus 7" singles in pic sleeves
Cold Chisel: No Plans
centrozoon: Boner (Marziano Fontana Version)
centrozoon: Boner (Adrian Benavides Version)
~ signed custom printed discs + t-shirt “dressed boner” package pledge preorder
Quartet For The End Of Time: Modus Novus
The Fierce and The Dead: On VHS
John Coltrane: Coltrane Jazz
John Coltrane: My Favorite Things
John Coltrane and Milt Jackson: Bags and Trane
John Coltrane: Olé Coltrane
John Coltrane: Coltrane Plays the Blues
John Coltrane: Coltrane's Sound
John Coltrane and Don Cherry: The Avant-Garde
John Coltrane: The Coltrane Legacy
John Coltrane: Alternate Takes
~ all as part of John Coltrane: The Heavyweight Champion -The Complete Atlantic Recordings
The Jazzgroove Mothership Orchestra with Kristin Berardi: Kristin Berardi Meets The Jazzgroove Mothership Orchestra
High On Fire: De Vermis Mysteriis
Larry Young / Woody Shaw / Joe Henderson / Elvin Jones: Unity
Horace Silver: In Pursuit Of The 27th Man
Squarepusher: Hello Everything
Cannonball Adderley Quintet: In Chicago (aka Cannonball and Coltrane)
Cannonball Adderley: Cannonball Takes Charge
~ both as part of Cannonball Adderley / John Coltrane Quintet: in Chicago


emusic official downloads (4 cycles plus 1 booster)…

Animals As Leaders: Weightless
Anton Quijano Quartet (Paul Dunmall, Phil Gibbs, Marco Anderson): Songs From Another Blue Planet
Dave Stapleton: Flight
Felicity Groom: Treasures
JK Flesh: Post-Human
Motorhead: We Are Motorhead
New Race: The Second Wave
Nikki Sudden: Texas
Peter Hammill: Consequences
The Scientists: Human Jukebox 1984-1986
The Aints: Shelf Life Unlimited
Elton Dean Quartet + Roswell Rudd: Rumours Of An Incident
Laughing Clowns: Live At The Gallery Of Modern Art, Brisbane 2009
Laughing Clowns: Live At The Basement, Sydney 2009
~ both part of Complete 2009 Live Recordings (download only)
Squarepusher: Go Plastic
Brian Henry Hooper: Trouble
J.P Shilo: As Happy As Sad Is Blue
XL Capris: Live at George's
Anne-James Chaton & Andy Moor: Transfer/3 - Flying Machines


non-emusic official downloads…

Centrozoon: Fire
Hazards: Demo
V/A: New Weird Australia vs Fallopian Tubes present Gloss and Moss
David Studdert and The Rising Light: The Things You See When You Don't Have A Camera
Velvet Underground: VU
Velvet Underground: Another View
Fugazi: Morrow Park Bowling Club, Newcastle, Australia 11/24/93
Erik Emil Eskildsen: Slow Fire Burning Gently
Black Sabbath: Master of Reality (Deluxe Edition)
Forenzics: Live at FBi Social 2011 (New Weird Australia presents…)
Scattered Order: Live at The Excelsior 2011 (New Weird Australia presents…)
V/A: New Weird Australia - Unpopular Music 2011
V/A: New Weird Australia - Broadcast 3
V/A: New Weird Australia - New Editions, Sampled
Sky Needle: Neckliner   
Sky Needle: Creepertown / Howlway
Sky Needle: Time Hammer / The Stain / Sweet 16 Snorks
V/A: Fast Forward issues 1-13 (complete collection)


other downloads…

The Sputniks: Second Glance / Our Boys
The Screaming Tribesmen: The Savage Beat Of The Screaming Tribesmen
Nick Patey and The Oxygen Thieves: assorted tunage
Elton Dean Quintet: The Bologna Tape
Base Hands: Whiphand / No Pain
Brave New Works: Wasteland / Mixed Up Feelings / Radiate
*****.*****: 1
*****.*****: Conflicts
A Cloakroom Assembly vs. King Crimson: The Great Deception
Dennis Gonzalez' Band of Sorcerers: Hymn For The Perfect Heart Of A Pearl
V/A: In Exile (volumes 1 and 2)
I Spit On Your Gravy: Fruit Loop City


from the usual place and the other usual places…

feedtime: LIVE - 4th October 1986, Waterfront Records, Sydney, Australia
feedtime: LIVE - 07 April 2012, The Echo, Los Angeles, CA
Irene Schweizer / Louis Moholo-Moholo: LIVE - Abbaye de l' Epau, Le Mans, France, April 29th 2009
V/A: The Crystal Ballroom Reunion Concert - The Crystal Bowlroom LIVE, St. Kilda Bowling Club, 3rd March 2011 (Highlights) DVD
Mujician: LIVE - Banlieues Bleues, Espace Paul Eluard, Stains, Paris France, 15th March 2003
Keith Tippett and Tony Orrell: LIVE - The Albert Inn, Bristol UK, June 15th 1991
Radio Birdman: LIVE - Metro Theatre, Sydney, Australia, 2002
Paul Dunmall Octet: LIVE - Desire and Liberation, Custard Factory, Birmingham UK, September 12th 1997


forthcoming…

Miles Davis: Live In Europe 1967 - The Bootleg Series Vol. 1
John Coltrane: The Complete 1961 Village Vanguard Recordings
Lee Fletcher: Faith In Worthless Things ~ pledge preorder

[Geno]

Marillion, This Strange Engine / Somewhere Else / Seasons End
Post-show bliss.

Arch/Matheos, Sympathetic Resonance
I've enjoyed it on and off since the winter, but it's only now getting tossed into the rotation every other day or so. Why now? No idea, but it's still not getting stale.

Devin Townsend, Physicist / Synchestra
Genius. Wacky, wicked, brutal genius.

Miles, Round About Midnight / A Tribute to Jack Johnson
Fates Warning, Inside Out
Archetribe, Earthtones
Gotye, Making Mirrors
The Brad Mehldau Trio, Anything Goes
Sun Domingo, Songs for End Times
Bon Iver s/t
Secret Quartet, Bloor Street
The Dead, Terrapin Station

Weather Report:  Mr. Gone; s/t (1982)

I think these are two of their best albums--certainly my favorites post-Vitous.

Really? Interesting picks. I like the second s/t a lot, but still wouldn't rank it up with MT or Black Market. (I suppose this is another reminder that I really do need to finally check out Mr. Gone too. Wonder if the library's got one lying around somewhere...)

There are no comments. Feel free to poke me to provide some if interested in any particular items.

Poke:
trioVD: Maze
trioVD: X ~ upgrade from mp3, free with pre-order of Maze

I missed hearing about X, although I'm sure you must have mentioned it somewhere. A companion piece or live recording, I guess?

And
Ivo Neame: Caught In The Light Of Day
Centrozoon: Fire

[Michael]

Really? Interesting picks. I like the second s/t a lot, but still wouldn't rank it up with MT or Black Market.

Well, keep in mind the source.    I'm not a big fan of either MT or Black Market (I think they're just "OK").

Mr. Gone is less accessible than most of their albums.  It's certainly not avant garde, but it is a bit less structured.  Jaco's presence is quite heavy.  Down Beat's famous over reaction, a one star review (they gave HW 5 of 5), combined with Josef and Jaco's public anger over the review (which they should have blown off) has over shadowed a very interesting album.  My only criticism would be not enough Wayne. 

Regardless of whether you end up liking it, yeah, you really need to hear it.

[Geno]

Fripp & Eno, Evening Star
Enjoyed quietly after waking up an hour early hacking and sneezing and then retreating downstairs so as not to wake anyone up. It's still not too often I just lie down and take something in without doing anything else, but every time makes me think I should make it more of a habit. When and if it's possible.

Otherwise it's been a few classic heat-wave selections:

Passion Sources (v/a)
Miles, On the Corner
Shakti, Saturday Night in Bombay
Can, Future Days
Tabla Beat Science Live in San Francisco at Stern Grove
The Steve Morse Band, Southern Steel

Well, keep in mind the source.    

Ha - always. I'd remembered reading about the review controversy, but somehow I thought it was about one of the other late-period albums like Procession. Funny how much I've ignored that era while being such a big fan of the previous two in their own ways. Regardless, the library doesn't have it, but Amazon does (used for under $3), so I think I'll finally correct the oversight.

My only criticism would be not enough Wayne.

I've always said that about MT, yet somehow it's still tied for my favorite. It's regrettable, but won't necessarily put me off either.

[Michael]

My only criticism would be not enough Wayne.

I've always said that about MT, yet somehow it's still tied for my favorite. It's regrettable, but won't necessarily put me off either.

Well, Mr. Gone is still my second or third favorite, so same here.