I was incredibly shocked and honored to find that “Water Under Mouse” off of the debut “VESSEL” by GiantFace has made its way to the Watt from Pedro Show,hosted by the one and only Mike Watt. As a human, and bass player Watt has had an influence on me, and the show is great, definitely my favorite podcast,and Im not just saying that ‘cuz he played my song.Here’s a link to the podcast. http://twfps.com/pages/show.php?sid=211

highlights:

* on-air guest skipper jeff

* february 27, 2001 interview w/ron asheton

* spiel from watt in between tunes he plays from his and his guests’ collections hour one:

“goldsboro express” john coltrane
“under pressure” petra haden

“guitars” tenko
“politics of hate” bass army
“lame talking” tohban djan

“bass is my bf” heavygrinder
“julie told suzie” gravity of the situation
“tugboat/jetboat” telomere repair
“cut with me” og

hour two:

ron asheton interviewed by john griffin on wcbn (ann arbor, mi) feb 2, 2001

hour three:

“flatter” sandy yang
“dirty blue gene” (ver 1, 1971) captain beefheart
“dirty blue gene” (ver 2, 1971) captain beefheart
“recession war blues” charlie noakes
“the roof blew off/open up” the cohen brothers

“your lamplight” boy in sleep
“burned baby doll” gahanna
“certifiable” signals
“indiana man” community currency

“water under mouse” giantface
“an astronaut’s nightmare” korean noise research
“peak experience” scotch wiggly band
“look out” super synth modulation

faces
worn
telling stories
from people
that know the meaning
of pain
and knots of hunger
gurgling up from
empty stomachs
on baseless plains
featureless, flat
swelling, breathing
with that human power
to see inside
finding beauty in nothing
and love from indifference
I was once a child of ignorance
so that now my false wisdom inflates my ego
so that no one can hear me
so that in my intellectual prism
I am but
a prisoner
in the chains of spoken words

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lifted straight from my new favourite tumblr - jazz channel, coltrane’s giant steps in time with the written music. the genius doesn’t come though just the notes on the page but seeing them in time with his playing is humbling and inspiring:

Epiphany
Tuesday, December 1
9pm
Faire Gallery Cafe Bar

ij5

synergyisnowepiphanysogetupondis&jammysistas&brothers
Life is a rehearsal 4 eternity
sogetupondis
callin all
onlysinginindashowermofo’s
ivory feelers
pubescent jazzophiles
babysmomas
lonely travelers
booty juice bassist
maniac membranophonist
horny horn blowers
2daultimate jam experience
(formerly known as synergy)
but since we all know each other
hot tub felatio
peep shows
plumbers cracks
dry humps
& holy sodomy
it’s time 4 :
Epiphany

Colt + Rane è un sito davvero ermetico dalla grafica minimale. Prima di capire bene di cosa parlassa ci ho messo un pò, anche perchè non c’è alcun testo, alcun About, alcuna informazione in merito.

L’home page si apre con un elenco di immagini, con una piccola didascalia contenente il nome dell’artista, ognuna di queste è clikkabile e nasconde una specie di “articolo” fatto da una selezione di foto. All’interno dell’articolo è presente un form in cui ogni utente può postare un commento.

Interessante per trovare nuovi spunti e vedere artisti molto creativi.

- Fazer um curso de culinária. Sei cozinhar, mas nada mega elaborado. Quero entender mais de temperos, texturas e combinações menos óbvias de sabores. Junto quero paciência divina pra voltar às panelas.

- Comer mais frutas. Duvido que cumprirei mais que alguns dias. Diminuir o chocolate pode ser uma alternativa.

- Não esquecer de passar protetor solar todo santo dia no rosto.

- Programar feriados com antecedência se o trabalho permitir.

- Ouvir mais Coltrane. Conhecer melhor o dub. Ampliar mais a sonoridade musical.

- Cortar a coca-cola.

- Viajar para algum país europeu ou pro sul da Bahia. Aliás, conseguir tirar férias já seria mais do que bom.

- Poder voltar a fazer mega trajetos a pé e com pique de quem treina (sonhar pode, né?).

I’d like to talk about an issue that I’ve seen come up a few times over the years that I think every musician who is ever endeavoring to travel and work abroad might experience. Let’s take a musician and we’ll name him John Smith. Now John Smith lives in Ny and has been called to do a festival in London for a week. Now John’s going to be there for a week for only 1 gig. That leaves for a lot of downtime. John has plenty of musician friends in Europe, one of them being a pianist that lives in Paris who happens to be a real aggressive hustler for gigs and he’s successful at it. John calls the pianist (let called him Jacques for now) and lets him know that he’ll be in London for a week for a festival and that he has a few days free. Jacques has some good paying gigs lined up already in Paris and would like to have John on those.


Now here’s where it’s gets tricky. John agrees to do these gigs. The festival organizers in London have already spent 900+ dollars to fly John over the Atlantic to the gig. So now all Jacques needs to do is buy a round trip ticket for John from London to Paris, which is relatively inexpensive (certainly cheaper than footing the bill from NY to London and back). This is called piggybacking on the behalf of Jacques. Now Jacques is ethically obligated to compensate the organizers of the London gig for the initial flight from NY.
Over the years, festival organizers have really started to crack down on this. Most agents work in a network and they all talk to each other so they know who’s playing where. If two agencies are presenting the same act during the same tour for that act, they’ll share the cost of airfare, especially for the U.S. based bands playing abroad (the cost to bring over a quartet or quintet is very expensive and it’s killed every prospect of me bringing my band abroad anytime soon, so I gave up trying to find work for my band abroad). Most acts that perform abroad from the U.S. have to have an “anchor” gig(s) (a gig(s) that covers for the plane tickets) to have any chance of making a profit on the tour.


So for all musicians looking to work abroad, when you do find work please be honest if you are playing elsewhere during your stay if you are questioned about it. Our reputations rely on this…

Until next time,




Jason Palmer

“Sometimes I wish I could walk up to my music for the first time, as if I had never heard it before. Being so inescapably a part of it, I’ll never know what the listener gets, what the listener feels and that’s too bad” (Coltrane)

Au début je me sentais comme compressé, entre le nombre incalculable de disques que je devais chroniquer, et le temps que réclame le dernier album de Sunn O))), “Monolith And Dimensions”. Car ce disque n’est pas un de ceux qui s’aborde avec facilité, où l’absence de mélodie pop  fait perdre tout sentiment de confort et de luxe acquis, parfois bien utile pour se faire une opinion. Pour ce “Monolith And Dimensions” j’ai donc pris le temps d’abandonner quelques repères afin de rentrer dedans, cette musique répétitive et ambiante s’apprécie plus par l’expérience de son écoute que par la commodité de sa composition.

A la manière de certains exégètes de la musique expérimentale, Greg Anderson et Stephen O’Malley de Sunn O))) joue du drone. A savoir des notes répétitives, des micro-tonalités, dont les enchainements se révèlent hypnotiques et ambiants. Si on écoute sans trop y faire attention, on a l’impression d’entendre la même note pendant vingt minutes, ce qui déclenche naturellement un état d’obnubilation dans notre cerveau, et si on s’attarde sur les détails, on y entend tout un tas de petites variations qui sonnent comme des incantations envoutantes. Pharoah Sanders avait introduit ces éléments là dans le jazz avec son saxophone, Terry Riley faisait du drone avec un synthétiseur Yamaha, Sunn O))) poursuit ces expériences avec des guitares électriques noisy jouées sur un mur d’amplis.

Dès l’inaugural Aghartha (en référence à Miles Davis), on sent physiquement s’abattre sur nos oreilles cette grosse chape de plomb noisy, où des guitares gavées de feedback commencent à nous étouffer par leur noirceur. Mais le minimalisme répétitif et abrasif de Sunn O))) laisse progressivement place à quelques cordes de violon inquiétantes, des grincements qui font peur, la voix d’Attila Csihar semblant vouloir invoquer on ne sait quelle force obscure, pour finir sur des clapotis ambiants. Cette musique donne l’impression d’avoir été lavé, comme “nettoyé de l’intérieur“. Voilà dix-sept minutes de pure beauté en terme de musique incantatoire. Big Church et Hunting & Gathering prolonge l’expérience dans un format plus compressé – 10 minutes par morceau quand même !! … – mais c’est avec Alice que Sunn O))) se révèlent d’excellents monteurs en son. Ce titre instrumental de seize minutes, composé en hommage à Alice Coltrane, progresse lentement du drone-metal vers une sorte de musique plus classique, laissant la place à des arrangements à corde, et quelques trompettes, naviguant entre BO Lynchienne et free-jazz. L’effet est saisissant et nous laisse de marbre devant tant de beauté sombre.

Voilà donc un disque qui se mérite un peu, où on doit prévoir du temps pour rentrer dans ces longues pièces musicales, mais qui se révèle fascinant de bout en bout, au fur et à mesure des nouvelles écoutes. Clairement le disque à ne pas écouter comme le dernier M.Ward , que j’ai beaucoup aimé aussi ceci dit…

Par Mathieu

Chronique publié de façon légèrement différente sur Indiepoprock.net

Begonnen hatte es damit, dass wir uns ins Café einer Buchhandlung gesetzt hatten, um dort in ein paar Reiseführern nach weiteren Tipps zu recherchieren. Irgendwo bin ich dann darauf gestossen, dass eine Kirche names “Saint John Will-I-Am Coltrane African Orthodox Church” gab. Diese Gemeinschaft hatte tatsächlich John Coltrane, grandioser Saxophonist und zweifellos einer der wichtigesten Musiker der Jazzgeschichte, zum Heiligen erklärt und ihm zu Ehren eine Kirche eröffnet…Ohne Frage, wenn auch nur von aussen, diese Kirche wollten wir unbedingt sehen!

Nachdem wir Nachmittags die Karten für die Oper bekommen hatten, sind wir direkt von dort aus weiter zur besagten Kirche gelaufen. Als wir endlich vor dem etwas unscheinbaren Gebäude standen, sahen wir von aussen, dass sich zwei Leute im inneren unterhielten. Nach kurzem zögern gingen wir dann hinein und wurden vom Archbishop King himself freundlich empfangen.

Die Kirche ist ein mittelgrosser Saal und anstelle eines Altars stehen unterschiedliche Instrumente bereit. An den Wänden hängen verschiedene Gemälde, auf den Fotos unten sind diese auch zu erkennen. Nach der Begrüssung legte der Franzo Wayne King erstmal “Interstellar Space” in massiver Lautstärke auf, und erzählte, dass er Coltrane 2x live gesehen hatte und schwärmte davon, wie fokussiert dessen Sound gewesen sei. Jeden Sonntag würde es einen Gottesdienst geben, bei dem er selbst das Saxophon blasen würde und auch die Gläubigen brächten ihre Instrumente mit und würde auf diese Weise versuchen, dem Spirit Coltranes nahe zu kommen. Dabei werden sowohl Coltrane-Melodien gesungen als auch gespielt, und natürlich viel improvisiert. Er lud uns ein, am kommenden Sonntag bei der dreistündigen Messe dabei zu sein, aber leider wollten wir da schon unterwegs nach Süden sein.

Nach 20 Minuten und ein paar schnellen Fotos standen wir dann wir im Freien, Franzo Wayne King hatte uns noch “A Love Supreme”gewünscht und das Versprechen abgenommen, den nächsten Geburtstag von John Coltrane zu feiern. Also: Wo auch immer wir am 23. September 2010 wohnen werden, es wird eine Kerze bei uns brennen, kommt vorbei und wir werden bei einem kühlen Pils mindestens ein Album des Altmeisters in den CD Player legen!

Links: Homepage – Wikipedia – NY_Times

(Above: Shot of a mural painted on the back of the Lenox-Camden housing development homes in the South End. Expect way better photos coming in the form of a slide show; this was from the reject pile.)

That’s right, love coming at ya. Sorry I’ve been removed the past couple days. This post will be action/content packed, and you’ll even get another one on top of this (huh, literally). Here’s a recap of what I’ve been up to:

Writing papers, studying for tests, tutoring, tweaking resumes, gritting my teeth at Big Baby plays (already! He hasn’t messed up like this yet though), attending panels (meeting a journalist I look up to/that’s influenced me), motivating friends, and when I have time – some NBA 2K10.

Here’s some highlights/in-depth analysis of my week (no play-by-play):

1) I took the photo at the top of this post while working on a project for my Online Journalism class (the inspiration behind this blog), Thursday. I went all around Jamaica Plain (Centre St.) and a slice of the South End (Tremont area) shooting street murals for a slide show (alliteration, owwww). It was really astounding how much art is just lying around Boston if you open your eyes. I even found a torn down Shepard Fairey piece on Tremont St. (seen below).

JP was especially cool; I love/know a decent amount of the neighborhood since I did an ethnography a sociology report there two years ago. Although, I was saddened to see a lot of small businesses close from the last time I hung out there. (I also became sad when I overheard two little kids brag about what they stole from Stop & Shop, I considered going all Davey and Goliath on them, but decided not to.) I browsed the shelves of The Video Underground for a bit, and it was nice to see them still going strong. They didn’t carry Interstella 5555, but my man Modi of DCtoBC held that down.

2) I had an exam in my Coltrane class on Thursday as well. It’s a great course on the life and musical legacy of John Coltrane (re-evaluate your life if you needed that link to inform you on who he is). Even though it’s only been 3 weeks, I definitely appreciate jazz more. We had a listening portion of the test which required you to identify some of his music. My dude Casby was nice enough to lend me his iPod Touch full of Coltrane tunes  to prepare. I was digging one joint in particular, “My One and Only Love” (I’ve included a link to listen below).

But while flipping through Casby’s iPod I found one of the most crucial playlist ever. It was a mix of Cape Verdean music, a good portion of them old school jams. I’m 1/2 Cape Verdean, but don’t speak Creole, so I have fond memories of the music but can’t remember any song titles. It was great to reminisce and I felt like I was delving back into my childhood.

I’ve assembled a little bit of music from Cape Verdean singer Gil Semedo below, two certified classics. CV music is sort of hard to find on the net, probably because our biggest claim to fame is half Cape Verdean Amber Rose (Kanye West’s girlfriend). There needs to be a power CV blog/site/connecting resource for the community. If I spoke my language and was connected to my culture I would make one One day I’ll get around to creating one, I may not run it, but I’ll start and have others take care of it. *Adds to future goals list*

3) And of course, last but not least, I’ve been creating. (Been particularly inspired while listening to Skyzoo’s The Salvation album – I’ve included a track from that below.) Working on the mega project – the evolved form of this Mr. Martins blog. I had some great ideas, and am steadily building towards what will be be an epic launch/voyage/endeavor.

LISTEN: John Coltrane- My One and Only Love

WATCH: Gil Semedo- Sweet Honey (Video)

DOWNLOAD: Skyzoo- The Beautiful Decay (Props to 2dopeboyz for the linkage)

BONUS: Gil Semedo- Nha Funana

Trane en transe :

Por fin le perdí ese miedo patológico a las acuarelas y terminé lo que aparece hoy aquí. Tardé casi un año en lograrlo.. en serio. No era tanto por la técnica o la complejidad, era el simple miedo a cagarla. Y últimamente tantas cosas no han salido tan bien como yo hubiera querido, así que.. pues manos a la obra y si existiera la posibilidad de arruinarla, pues.. que mejor que hoy cagarla bien y bonito. Sí no, ¿Cuándo?

Esto se puede acompañar de galletas y leche mientras se escucha esto:

23 September 1926

Image From Three Little Birds blog

Pianist McCoy Tyner tells the story of how between sets while performing in San Francisco, Coltrane would walk for blocks to a less crowded area where with binoculars he could look into the night sky.

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