wow great allan i'm on one of their vinyl nice guys
On Sat, 17 Feb 2007 02:29:59 -0500 Alan Sondheim <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > Qbico 56 LP review > > Review @ http://www.volcanictongue.com/ > > Alan Sondheim > 56 > Qbico #56 > LP > �12.99 > > Poet, metalinguist, cultural theorist and musician Alan Sondheim is > best-loved by consumers of sub-underground fare for the stellar > sides he > recorded for ESP-Disk in the late-60s. But prior to that he was > already > active as an improviser in Rhode Island working with Ritual All 770, > a > multi-disciplinary group that combined brass, vocals, tranced hand > percussion, bass and drums with a great up-ending attitude to avant > garde > sources that was reminiscent of the way that the Los Angeles Free > Music > Society would later use a goofy strategy of provocative art prank as > a > cover to allow non-initiates to work on serious formal > breakthroughs. The > Songs - an early collaboration between the two - was originally > issued on > Riverboat Records in 1967 and has remained fairly unknown outside of > All > 770's appearance on the legendary Nurse With Wound list that > appeared in > copies of that group's first album, Chance Meeting On A Dissecting > Table > Of A Sewing Machine And An Umbrella. 56 represents his first new LP > in 35 > years. Here Sondheim is solo, using guitar, alpine zither, > electronics and > field recordings. The guitar material orbits a bunch of singular > hemispheres that would seem to locate the arc of his melodic > thought > somewhere between the odd, baroque constructions of Sandy Bull and > the > knotty dissonance of John Fahey - or even at points Derek Bailey - > while > the electronics and field recordings are full of subtle concentric > rings > of melodic suggestion and feel almost like close-ups on organic > events, > full of refracted slow-motion pulses and coronas of phantom tone. > The > whole set is perfectly assembled, with tracks short enough not to be > too > gruelling and long enough to reveal their full transportational > properties. Indeed, I'd go so far as to say it was Sondheim's most > accomplished work to date. A classic of avant extension and highly > recommended. > > > news tip of the tongue catalogue contributor > columns > label events email updates contact > order info > secondhand & rare wholesale & distribution photos > > http://www.a-musik.com/cart/catalog.php?label=739&am_id=238b... > > SONDHEIM, ALAN 56 > red vinyl with white, photos by alan sondheim, cover by qbico. rec. > 2005/06 in ny and la. "after releasing two unique lp back in the > 60's for > the legendary esp label with his ritual all 770 and another one for > riverboat, finally alan sondheim is back ! this is his 1st lp after > nearly > 35 years and here he plays guitar, alpine zither, electronics, > field > recording... as usual he present us an eclectic mix of fascinating > sounds..." (label info) > > QBICO > > LP > E?17.90 > > http://www.lifegatemusicshop.it/catalog/product_info.php?ln=fra&products_ id=C68061 > > Recherche Avanc�e Recherche Avanc�e > SONDHEIM, ALAN - 56 > > 22.03 Euro > Date de sortie:2007-02-01 > Support:1 LP > Genre:EXPERIMENTAL MUSIC > Label:QBICO > Disponibilit� dans:20-22 jours > Barcode: > Imprim� en:NL > > > === Also look for FireMuseum ski/nn and The Songs, ESP recordings, > etc. > === >
