Avant-prog binge 2024

[Kcrimso]

What GT and AI have in common is some degree of repetition in phrasing and word choice that wouldn't occur in a natural human writer's output.

In fact it is very easy is to change synonyms in Open AI process but that is of course semi-manual work and it kind of depends on the day how much I bother to do that when translating.

[Kcrimso]

My avantish binge of the last three weeks:

Steve Reich : Phases - A Nonesuch Retrospective CD 4 (US, 2006) ****-
Art Zoyd : 44½ Live + Unreleased works CD 10 (FR, 2017) ***+
Fred Frith & Tim Hodgkinson : Live Improvisations (UK, 1992) ***-
John Zorn : Homenaje a Remedios Varo (US, 2023) ****
David Bedford : The Rime Of The Ancient Mariner (UK, 1975) ***+
Anthony Braxton: 4 (Ensemble) Compositions – 1992 (US, 1993)
Thierry Zaboitzeff : Le Passage (FR, 2024) ***½
Art Zoyd : Musique pour l'Odyssée (FR, 1979) ****+
News From Babel : Sirens And Silences / Work Resumed On The Tower (UK, 1984) ****+
Stormy Six : Al Volo (IT, 1982) ***½
Mary Halvorson : Cloudward (US, 2024) ****+
Samla Mammas Manna : Måltid (SE, 1973) ****
John Zorn : Parrhesiastes (US, 2023) ****-
Chris Cutler / Lutz Glandien : Domestic Stories (UK/DE, 1992) ****½
John Zorn : New Masada Quartet, Vol. 2 (US, 2023) ****
Sleepytime Gorilla Museum : Of The Last Human Being (US, 2024) ****+
Howard Shore & Ornette Coleman : Naked Lunch (US, 1992) ***½
Fred Frith : Guitar Solos (UK, 1974) ***½
Krakatau : Volition (FI, 1992) ***½
Alice Coltrane : Eternity (US, 1976) ***½
Alice Coltrane: Transcendence (US, 1977)
Mary Halvorson : Amaryllis (US, 2022) *****
Bob Drake : Planets & Animals (US, 2021) ***
Area : Are(A)zione (IT, 1975) ****-
Fred Frith : Fifty (UK, 2024) ****

Related reading:

John Zorn : Homenaje a Remedios Varo / Parrhesiastes https://pienemmatpurot.com/year-by-y...lbums-of-2023/
Mary Halvorson : Amaryllis https://pienemmatpurot.com/review-ma...maryllis-2022/

[Kcrimso]

My avantish binge of the last three weeks:

Scott Walker : Bish Bosch (US, 2012) *****
Slapp Happy/Henry Cow : Desperate Straights (UK, 1975) ****½
Lutz Glandien : The 5th Elephant (DE, 2002) ***½
Zamla Mammaz Manna : Schlagerns Mystik / För Äldre Nybegynnare (SE, 1978) ***+
Sleepytime Gorilla Museum : Of The Last Human Being (US, 2024) ****½
John Zorn : Nova Express (US, 2011) ***½
Wojciech Kilar : Lament, September Symphony (PO, 2010)
Wojciech Kilar : Koscielec 1909, Piano Concerto, Bogurodzicam, Exodus (PO, 2010)
Present : This Is NOT The End (BE, 2024) ****+
Rabbit Rabbit Radio : Rabbit Rabbit Radio, Vol. 1 (US, 2013) ****½
Bela Bartok : Pierre Boulez Conducts Bartok cd 5 (HU) ****+
Univers Zero : Lueur (BE, 2023) ****+
John Zorn / Pat Metheny : Tap : Book Of Angels Volume 20 (US, 2013) ****+
Cheer-Accident : Vacate (US, 2024) ****
Cheer-Accident : Fades (US, 2018) ****½
Fred Frith: Impur (UK, 2006)
Jack O' The Clock : The Warm, Dark Circus (US, 2023) ****½
Alban Berg: Alban Berg Collection, CD 1 (AT, 2003)
Cheer-Accident : Vacate (US, 2024)
Béla Bartók: String Quartets Nos. 2,4 & 6 (HU, 2016) ****½
Thumbscrew : Ours (US, 2018) ****
György Kurtág / Karlheinz Stockhausen: Grabstein für Stephan, Gruppen (HU/DE, 1996)
Henry Cow : 40th Anniversary Box Vol. 7 : Later and post-Virgin (UK, 1976-77/2008) ****½
John Zorn / Mary Halvorson Quartet : Paimon : Book Of Angels Volume 32 (US, 2017) ****+
Free Salamander Exhibit : Undestroyed (US, 2016) ****-
Arnold Schoenberg : String Quartets Nos. 1 & 3 (AT, 2022)
Thierry Zaboitzeff : Prométhée (FR, 1984)

Related reading:

Univers Zero: Lueur: https://pienemmatpurot.com/year-by-y...lbums-of-2023/
Jack O' The Clock: The Warm, Dark Circus https://pienemmatpurot.com/review-ja...k-circus-2023/

[Mascodagama]

I just found Avalanche Kaito.

Avalanche Kaito: the exhilarating combination of Burkina Faso born urban griot Kaito Winse and fellow experimentalists Belgian guitarist Nico Gitto and French drummer/producer Benjamin Chaval. This transnational avant-rock trio created waves with their visceral self-titled 2022 debut, bagging notable festival appearances (Supersonic, End of the Road), a KEXP session and much deserved critical and audience enthusiasm.

Their new album Talitakum, is deeper and more sonically varied, revealing an energy and spiritual weight that has undoubtedly emerged from the group's incessant touring. The live shows are indeed revelatory, twisting and turning with an unexpected intensity and collectiveness. It is a arresting, shapeshifting sound that spins freely from ancient griot traditions to full-throttle thrash (with many stops in between).

Polyrhythmic futurism, raw epiphanies, Burkinabe parables.
A rattling ritual of ecstatic noise.

First album:



Talitakum:



It's not avant-prog but I figured summa youse might like it.

[Mascodagama]

And a new album by the (I suspect largely forgotten) Swiss post-modern funsters öz ürügülü is coming, entitled Della Morte dell'Artista:



I wasn't expecting that.

[thedunno]

This is an interesting album


https://visionintoart.bandcamp.com/album/ancient-city

Ancient City by by Paola Prestini and Nelson Patton

I was familiar with Paloa Prestini as a modern classical composer but this album is a lot closer to avant prog. Closer to Art Zoyd than to Philip Glass.

Half composed - half improvised. Dark and brooding with lots of horns. Worth checking out.

[Kcrimso]

My avantish binge of the last three weeks:

Hugh Hopper : 1984 (UK, 1973) ****½
Dave Newhouse: Natura Morta (US, 2024)
Sebastian Fagerlund : Oceano (FI, 2021) ****½
Lindsay Cooper : Sahara Dust (UK, 1993) ****½
In Love With : Axel Erotic (FR, 2016) ****½
Manna/Mirage : Autobiographie (US, 2023) ****½
Elton Dean : The Vortex Tapes (UK, 1992) ***½
Magma : Zëss (FR, 2019) ****½
Fred Frith : Gravity (UK, 1980) *****
John Zorn: The Hermetic Organ Volume 12 - The Bosch Requiem (US, 2024)
Present : This Is NOT The End (BE, 2024) ****+
The Watts : Decoherence (UK, 2019) ***½
Pharoah Sanders : Black Unity (US, 1972) ****+
Comus : First Utterance (UK, 1971) ****½
Fred Frith: Impur (UK, 2006) ****-
John Zorn / Pat Metheny : Tap : Book Of Angels Volume 20 (US, 2013) ****+
John Zorn / Mary Halvorson Quartet : Paimon : Book Of Angels Volume 32 (US, 2017) ****+
PoiL : Sus (FR, 2019) *****
Chris Cutler / Lutz Glandien : Domestic Stories (UK/DE, 1992) ****½
Ornette Coleman : The Shape of Jazz to Come (US, 1959) ****
Darrifourcq/Hermia/Ceccaldi : God At The Casino (FR, 2016) ****
Öz Ürügülü: Fashion And Welfare (CH, 2016) ***+
PoiL/Ueda : Yoshitsune (FR/JA, 2023) ****½
Avalanche Kaito: Talitakum (BE, 2024)
Last Exit : Iron Path (DE/US, 1988) ****-
Wojciech Kilar : September Symphony, Lament (PO, 2003) ****
Cheer-Accident : Vacate (US, 2024) ****-

Related reading:

Magma : Zëss https://pienemmatpurot.com/review-magma-zess-2019/
Manna/Mirage : Autobiographie https://pienemmatpurot.com/year-by-y...lbums-of-2023/
Comus : First Utterance https://pienemmatpurot.com/review-co...tterance-1971/
PoiL/Ueda : Yoshitsunehttps://pienemmatpurot.com/year-by-y...lbums-of-2023/

[Kcrimso]

Any fans of zeuhl-influenced italian avant-prog band Sonata Islands Kommandoh? I wrote a review of their album Quasar Burning Bright: https://pienemmatpurot.com/review-so...g-bright-2020/

[XavGel]

This is an interesting album


https://visionintoart.bandcamp.com/album/ancient-city

Ancient City by by Paola Prestini and Nelson Patton

I was familiar with Paloa Prestini as a modern classical composer but this album is a lot closer to avant prog. Closer to Art Zoyd than to Philip Glass.

Half composed - half improvised. Dark and brooding with lots of horns. Worth checking out.

I love that, thanks

[XavGel]

I just found Avalanche Kaito.



First album:



Talitakum:



It's not avant-prog but I figured summa youse might like it.

Quite great, really. Love it

[Kcrimso]

My avantish-binge of the last three weeks:


Edgard Varèse : Amériques (US, 1926/1995/2001) ****½
News From Babel : Sirens And Silences / Work Resumed On The Tower (UK, 1984) ****½
Lindsay Cooper : Oh Moscow (UK, 1991) ****½
PoiL/Ueda : Yoshitsune (FR/JA, 2023) ****½
Chromb! : Cinq (FR, 2023) ****½
Chromb! : Chromb!, Vol. 1 (FR, 2012)
John Zorn : Multiplicities II : A Repository Of Non-Existent Objects (US, 2023) ****+
Mary Halvorson : Belladonna (US, 2022) ****½
Zio Crocifisso: Campana di Legno (IT, 2024)
Lindsay Cooper : Sahara Dust (UK, 1993) ****½
Flairck : Back Alive! (NE, 2020) ****
Alice Coltrane : Ptah, The El Daoud (US, 1970) ****
John Zorn : New Masada Quartet, Vol. 2 (US, 2023) ****+
John Greaves : Verlaine (UK, 2008) ***½
Wigwam : Being (FI, 1974) *****
Meredith Monk : Do You Be (US, 1987)
John Greaves & Peter Blegvad : Kew. Rhone. (UK/US, 1977) *****
Mary Halvorson : Cloudward (US, 2024) ****+
John Zorn / Pat Metheny : Tap : Book Of Angels Volume 20 (US, 2013) ****+
Henry Cow : In Praise of Learning (UK, 1975) *****
Fred Frith*&*François-Michel Pesenti : Helter Skelter (UK/FR, 1993) ****-
Present : This Is NOT The End (BE, 2024) ****½
Manna/Mirage : Blue Dogs (US, 2015) ****+

Related reading:

PoiL/Ueda : Yoshitsune https://pienemmatpurot.com/year-by-y...lbums-of-2023/
John Zorn : Multiplicities II : A Repository Of Non-Existent Objects https://pienemmatpurot.com/year-by-y...lbums-of-2023/
Present : This Is NOT The End: https://pienemmatpurot.com/review-pr...-the-end-2024/
Wigwam : Being: https://pienemmatpurot.com/review-wigwam-being-1974/

[Mascodagama]

Here's two new offerings from Claudio Milano.

Decimo Cerchio (L'Inferno 1911 O​.​S​.​T​.​) by I Sincopatici ft Claudio Milano:



Quigyat by NichelOdeon ft borda:

[NogbadTheBad]

New release from an Australian guitarist Cameron Pikó under the band name Montresor. He quotes Henry Cow and Univers Zero as influences. Found it due to Charlie Cawood (Knifeworld, Join The Din, Lost Crowns) on bass.

[Zappathustra]

New release from an Australian guitarist Cameron Pikó under the band name Montresor. He quotes Henry Cow and Univers Zero as influences. Found it due to Charlie Cawood (Knifeworld, Join The Din, Lost Crowns) on bass.

only in my so limited Greek Facebook account could I encounter this before I see it mentioned here. I need to send you this guy's account, because it's a source of treasures regarding new releases.

[Zappathustra]

This sounds like African Rock In Opposition, if such a genre could ever exist. A totally fresh and exciting approach for both African music and experimental music from Belgium based band Αvalanche Kaito

[Nijinsky Hind]

This sounds like African Rock In Opposition, if such a genre could ever exist. A totally fresh and exciting approach for both African music and experimental music from Belgium based band Αvalanche Kaito

Gets cookin at 2:41 lol... Actually, I liked it. If this is a live spontaneous effort, these guys are pretty tight on the rails.

[NogbadTheBad]

Liking this

[thedunno]

The new album of Caroline Shaw and So Percussion 'Rectangles and Circumstance' is again a damn tasty one.
After 'Narrow Sea' and the magnificent 'Let the Soil play its simple part' this is the third release by this combo and it does not disappoint. This will end up very high in my 2024 list. As ' Avant' and 'Proggy' as it gets these days.



https://sopercussion.bandcamp.com/al...d-circumstance

[peppot]

Not exactly new music, but this fantastic live performance was remastered and uploaded in its entirety by James Grigsby:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EF1nuIIGglA

[mellotron storm]

Here's two new offerings from Claudio Milano.

Decimo Cerchio (L'Inferno 1911 O​.​S​.​T​.​) by I Sincopatici ft Claudio Milano:



Quigyat by NichelOdeon ft borda:

I really enjoyed that soundtrack that Claudio guests on. I Sincopatici have been doing these modern soundtracks for silent films, and they really bring Art Zoyd to mind with the electronics, bass and drums.

[Steve F.]

Not exactly new music, but this fantastic live performance was remastered and uploaded in its entirety by James Grigsby

I was at that show!

[NogbadTheBad]

The new album of Caroline Shaw and So Percussion 'Rectangles and Circumstance' is again a damn tasty one.
After 'Narrow Sea' and the magnificent 'Let the Soil play its simple part' this is the third release by this combo and it does not disappoint. This will end up very high in my 2024 list. As ' Avant' and 'Proggy' as it gets these days.


https://sopercussion.bandcamp.com/al...d-circumstance

Liking this a lot, just bought it

JG Thirlwell & Mivos Quartet

Excellent angular string quartet

[Kcrimso]

My avantish binge of the last four weeks:


Pharoah Sanders : Black Unity (US, 1972) ****+
Krzysztof Penderecki : Orchestral Works Vol.1 – Symphony No. 3, Threnody (PO, 2000) ****+
Picchio dal Pozzo : s/t (IT, 1976) ****½
Michael Mantler: The School Of Understanding – Sort Of An Opera (AU, 1997)
John Zorn : Multiplicities II : A Repository Of Non-Existent Objects (US, 2023) ****+
John Greaves : Zones (UK, 2022) ***½
Michael Mantler: Coda – Orchestra Suites (AU, 2021)
Barock Project : Time Voyager (IT, 2024)
John Zorn : Homenaje a Remedios Varo (US, 2023) ****+
John Greaves : Songs (UK, 1994) ****½

Manna/Mirage : Autobiographie (US, 2023) ****½
Matt Mitchell : Fiction (US, 2013)
Pharoah Sanders : Jewels Of Thought (US, 1970) ***½
Matt Mitchell : Phalanx Ambassadors (US, 2019) ****½
John Zorn: Her Melodious Lay (US, 2024)
John Zorn / Craig Taborn, Christian McBride, Tyshawn Sorey: Flaga: Book Of Angels, Vol. 27 (US, 2016)
Tony Oxley Quintet: The Baptised Traveller (UK, 1969)
5uu's : Hunger's Teeth (US, 1994) ****+
Tim Hodgkinson : Each In Our Own Thoughts (UK, 1994) ****

Henry Cow : Western Culture (UK, 1979) *****
U Totem : Strange Attractors (US, 1994) ****-
In Love With : Coitus Interruptus (FR, 2018) ****½
Univers Zero : Uzed (BE, 1984) *****
Caroline Shaw & Sō Percussion: Rectangles And Circumstance (US, 2024)
Archie Shepp : Fire Music (US, 1965) ****-
Jonny Greenwood : Spencer (UK, 2021) ***½
Carla Bley and Paul Haines : Escalator Over the Hill (US, 1971) ****-
Amoeba Split : Quiet Euphoria (ES, 2023) ****½
Aquaserge : La Fin de l'Economie (FR, 2024) ****-

Henry Cow : Concerts (UK, 1976) *****-
Slapp Happy : Casablanca Moon (UK/DE, 1974) ***½
Charles Mingus : Mingus Ah Um (US, 1959) ****
Present : This Is NOT The End (BE, 2024) ****½
The (EC) Nudes : Vanishing Point (UK, 1994)
Jack O' The Clock : Leaving California (US, 2021) ****½
Orchestre Tout Puissant Marcel Duchamp : Sauvage Formes (CH, 2018) ****
Lindsay Cooper : Sahara Dust (UK, 1993) ****½
Alice Coltrane : Ptah, The El Daoud (US, 1970) ****+
Fred Frith*&*François-Michel Pesenti : Helter Skelter (UK/FR, 1993) ****-
Orchestra Nazionale della Luna : There's Still Life On Earth (BE/FI, 2020) ****+
Cheer-Accident : Vacate (US, 2024) ****-
Art Bears : Hopes And Fears (UK, 1978) ****½
Orchestre Tout Puissant Marcel Duchamp : We're OK. But We're Lost Anyway (CH, 2021) ****½

Related reading:

Univers Zero : Uzed /https://pienemmatpurot.com/review-univers-zero-uzed-1984/
Present : This Is NOT The End https://pienemmatpurot.com/review-pr...-the-end-2024/
John Zorn : Homenaje a Remedios Varo https://pienemmatpurot.com/year-by-y...lbums-of-2023/
Jack O' The Clock : Leaving California https://pienemmatpurot.com/review-ja...lifornia-2021/

[neuroticdog]

I'll just leave this one here

...but you might need some Tylenol afterwards...



best
Michael

[Mascodagama]

New from French Zeuhlsters Spectrum Orchestrum is Noziroh:



That's "horizon" spelled backwards (hello Sonny!) rather than Kobaian, but so what?