Brent’s 1998

Sorry to be AWOL last month…hectic time and something had to give.

Albums

1)  Aeroplane Over The Sea – Neutral Milk Hotel

2)  Mark Hollis – Mark Hollis

3)  Peter Brotzmann Chicago Octet/Tentet (Aziz)

4)  Pennsylvania – Pere Ubu (Woolie Bullie)

5)  The Circle Maker – John Zorn/Masada Chamber Ensembles (Yatzah)

6)  Little Birds Have Fast Hearts – Die Like A Dog Quartet (Little Birds Have Fast Hearts)

7)  Amplifier Worship – Boris (Huge, Hama) 

8)   Georgia Stomps, Atlanta Struts – John Fahey (Full Show – awesome)

9)  A Scientific Dream And A French Kiss – Dagmar Krause/Marie Goyette (A Scientific Dream And A French Kiss, Among His Books)

10)  Macha – Macha (Light The Chinese Flower, The Budda Nature)

– Perhaps a historical nod here as this was easily my favorite lp back in ‘98…still like…in ’98…loved.

 

Songs

1)  Crystal Ball – Prince (Crystal Ball- Official)

– If you know Prince you know there is no video link…so a brief description as I don’t envision anyone searching out this 3 disc gem (4+The Truth). First few minutes are minimal drum loops and ambience which tweaked a bit wouldn’t be out of place on the below Boards Of Canada or Clint Mansell tracks (These were cut after I wrote this :()…then  3 minutes or so of some of the most naked funk of his career…lyrics conflating sexuality, mysticism, and god…finishing off with 4 min of studio funk wizardry…just to prove some sort of point…that he is indeed a bad motherfucker alone in the studio.

2)  Super Roots 7 – Boredoms

3)  Floating Boy – Fugazi (End Hits)

4)  Regular John – Queens Of The Stone Age (Q.O.T.S.A.)

– A bit more Kyuss tone…less QOTSA…

5)  Stevie – Royal Trux (Accelerator)

6)  Sister Sleep  – The Loud Family (Days For Days)

6)  The Boy With The Arab Strap – Belle & Sebatian (The Boy With The Arab Strap)

7)  Dog Gone – Frank Black (Frank Black & The Catholics)

8)  The Season Reverse – Gastr Del Sol (Camoufluer)

9)  Wild Flower Soul – Sonic Youth (A Thousand Leaves)

10)  Mysterious Tunnel – Vic Chestnutt (The Salesman & Bernadetee)

– Lp version is vastly superior to this live version…my opinion…this or the next track Arthur Murray.

 

PS… Came across this from The Vandermark 5 in ’98 on you tube…not familiar with it enough to put on this list but wow.

Brent’s Supers

This one was tough as I had a bit of trouble defining SUPERGROUP in my head. Whenever SUPERGROUP is mentioned I always think of Blind Faith, Derek & The Dominos, etc….either that or King Crimson and Pere Ubu (aren’t all incarnations of Crimson/Ubu SUPERGROUPS of a sort?). No straight Jazz here as I’m not sure it applies. Anyway…here goes:

1) Carla Bley/Paul Haines/Michael Manter

Tropic Appetities (Cast) – Indonesian Dock Sucking Supreme, Caucasian Bird Riffles

Escalator Over The Hill (Cast) – Businessman, End of Rawalpind

The Hapless Child (Cast) – The Remembered Visit, The Sinking Spell

Not Jazz, Not Prog, Musical Theatre perhaps? I find these recordings such great fun!

2) Venomous Concept –  Infest

Shane Embury (Napalm Death), Danny Herrera (Napalm Death) Buzz Ozborne (Melvins),Kevin Sharp (Brutal Truth, Primate). Guest appearance (front row in baseball hat…Bobby)…I was wise enough to stay the hell away from the pit.

3) Jack Bruce/Bill Lorden/Robin Trower –  No Island Lost, Into Money

Power Trio…I admit it…I love me some Robin Trower.

4) Centepede (Cast) – Septober Energy

Keith Tippett’s conglomeration of pretty much the entire Canterbury scene.

5) Slapp Happy/Henry Cow –  Riding Tigers

6) League Of Gentlemen – Minor Man, Dislocated

Robert Fripp (Crimson), Barry Andrews (XTC)

7)  Cato Salsa Experience/The Thing/Joe Mcphee –  Who The Fuck, I Can’t Find My Mind

Nuff Said…

8)  The Styrenes – All The Wrong People Are Dying

Gut…Wrenching…

Cleveland amalgamation of Mirrors/Electric Eels/Pagans etc…this track includes Cellist Fred Lonberg-Holm as well.

9)  Rova Saxophone Quartet & Nels Cline Singers –  Trouble Ticket

Ok…Maybe one Jazz outing here 😉

10) Macha Loved Bedhead – Believe, Only The Bodies Survive