15 for 2015

15 for 2015

1)  Coin Coin Chapter Three: River Run Thee – Matana Roberts

2)  For Ed Blackwell – Hamid Drake/Michael Zerang

3)  Site Specific – Ken Vandermark

4)  This Is Not Art – Double Basse (The Craftsman Part 1)

5)  Divers – Joanna Newsom

6)  You Can Be Mine- Fred Lonberg-Holm & Paal Nilssen-Love (The Pleasure Principle)

7)  A Magnetic Center – Jon Mueller

8)  Experiments With A Leaf – John Butcher & Andy Moor (Joy Is the Headlight)

9)  Warsaw Improvisers Orchestra (Split Cassette) – WIO (This…That…And The Other)

10) Alone Together – Joe McPhee

11)  Double Arc – The Resonance Ensemble (Arc Two, Section A/Arc Two Section D)

12)  Full Bleed – Thurston Moore / John Moloney Caught On Tape

13)  The Bridge – Hervé Perez & André Darius (Couleurs Primaires)

14)  Pool Blunt – Marriage (Church Of The Horny Goat)

15)  Show Us The Fire – Zelienople (Uptown/Blue Sands)

Off the top of my head a few other things that while not released in 2015 helped make my year and made me smile:  DKV’s blistering Milwaukee 2013 set on the Motion In Sound box set (2014), the positively gorgeous Ville Vesten from Moskus (2006), Neil Hagerty’s syrupy pop classic Out Of Reach (2003), The Swell Maps’ deliciously hectic Big Maz In The Desert, and last but not least John Carter & Booby Bradford…and Fred Anderson.

Moonra’s top 2013 picks

I attempted the impossible here, which is to compile a fav’s list mixing all genres of music. Why not? It is what it is, but in the end squeezed out a lot of potential picks.

1. Ken Vandermark’s TOPOLOGY Nonet featuring Joe McPhee- Impressions of PO Music.
(Joe McPhee: tenor saxophone / Jason Adasiewicz: vibraphone / Josh Berman: cornet /
Jeb Bishop: trombone / Tim Daisy: drums / Kent Kessler: bass / Fred Lonberg-Holm:
cello and electronics / Dave Rempis: saxophones / Ken Vandermark: clarinets and
tenor saxophone)
2. I.P.A. – Bubble (Atle Nymo / Magnus Broo / Mattias Stahl / Ingebrigt Haker
Flaten / Hakon Mjaset Johansen)
3. DKV + Gustafsson / Pupillo / Nilssen-Love – SCHL8HOF (Hamid Drake / Kent Kessler
/ Ken Vandermark / Mats Gustafsson / Paal Nilssen-Love / Massimo Pupillo)
4. The Spyrals – Out Of Sight (Mock Records)
5. Atomic – There’s a Hole in the Mountain (Fredrik Ljungkvist / Magnus Broo /
Havard Wilk / Ingebrigt Haker Flaten / Paal Nilssen-Love)
6. Califone – Stitches (Dead Oceans)
7. Tarbaby – Ballad Of Sam Langford (Orrin Evans / Eric Revis / Nasheet Waits)
8. Goat – Live Ballroom Ritual (Rocket Recordings)
9. Frank Rosaly – Cicada Music (James Falzone – clarinet / Jason Stein – bass
clarinet / Keefe Jackson – bass clarinet, contra bass clarinet, tenor / Jason
Adasiewicz – vibraphone / Jason Roebke – bass / Frank Rosaly – drums)
10. Made To Break – Lacerba (Ken Vandermark / Christof Kurzmann / Devin Hoff / Tim
Daisy)
11. Valerie June – Pushin’ Against A Stone (Sunday Best)

Brent’s “A” List

Songs

 

1. Airships – Athletico Spizz 80 (Do A Runner)

2. Rheinhardt and Geradline – Kevin Ayers (Joy Of A Toy)

3. Admit It – Ambitious Lovers (Greed)

4. すべて売り物 – Aunt Sally (Aunt Sally)

5. Epilogo – Ars Nova (The Devil’s Nest)

This is a cover version: Il Balletto Di Bronzo’s out of sight original  – HERE!

6. Nothing Means Nothing Anymore – Alley Cats (Dangerhouse 7”)

7. Kitchen Life – After Dinner (Paradise Of Replica)

8. Akan Konomama Kaesanai  – Afrirampo (Afrirampo)

9. La Novia – Acid Mothers Temple & Melting Paraiso U.F.O (La Novia)

10. Tensity – Cannonball Adderley (Quintet & Orchestra)

Should most likely have placed “Somethin’ Else!” on this list but this is my pick today.

Albums

 

1. Spirits Rejoice – Albert Ayler – (Spirits Rejoice)

2. Fanfare For The Warriors – Art Ensemble Of Chicago (Nonaah)

3. Big Science – Laurie Anderson (From The Air)

4. Sightsong – Muhal Richard Abrams

5. Fred Anderson/DVK – Fred Anderson/DVK Trio – (Black Woman)

6. Open Air Sweet – Air (Card Two: The Jick Or Mandrill’s Cosmic Ass)

7. The World As It Is Today – Art Bears ((Armed) Peace)

8. Yeti – Amon Duul II (Eye Shaking King)

9. Tel – Maarten Altena Octet

10. Boom Boom – Atomic