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AVRAM, ANA MARIA/IANCU DUMITRESCU: Oiseaux Celestes, New Arcana etc. - EDMN 1015 - £12 DRAKE, BOB: Little Black Train - CTA 6 - £11 Thinking Plague, Hail, EC Nudes, 5UU's bassist and mixmaster with his second solo CD. Fast and furious country picking meets weird fragmentation and fast cut compositions. Guitars, Bass, Drums, Violin and odd unidentifiable noises all flawlessly performed, recorded and mixed into a single organism of musical strangeness. One of a kind. See also ReR. DUMITRSCU/AVRAM: Soleil/Oiseaux £11 - EDMN 1016 Contains: Soleil Explosant and New Meteors (I) - computer assisted music, Multiple for 3 groups of percussion, Oiseaux Celestes (new version), "Traces, Sillons, Sillages" for ensemble and tape and Doryphories I for ensemble. DUMITRESCU, IANCU /ANA MARIA AVRAM: Etoiles Brisees/Anamorphosis/Seconde Axe - EDMN 1012 - £11.50 Orbit for bassclarinet, saxophone, percussion and string orchestra - soloists Tim Hodginson and Chris Cutler (radio recording), Ascent for Chamber Group. Eon (I) is computer assisted music and Eon (II) for bassclarinet, percussion, string ensemble and live electronics. Soloists again Chris Cutler and Tim Hodgkinson. Temps is for ensemble and live electronics. See also: Misc FAUST: Ravvivando Vinyl - £16 - By Name. Collectors.12"+ 10" records in a gatefold sleeve. Same material as the CD but with one extra track. FAUST: The Land of Ukko and Rauni double CD - £16.50 - EKTRO 007 CD FRITH, FRED: Stone, Brick, Glass, Wood, Wire ([Photo]Graphic Scores 1992-95) - Double CD with substantial Book - £18 Fred's large, flexible ensemble project using marked photographs and rules as scores. Fred directing and conducting as well as playing. Permanent members are Ikue Mori and Zeena Parkins, otherwise the balance of the 44 strong ensemble changes. Recordings here are taken from 5 concerts, including the first in 1992 at AngelicA, and features 44 musicians (including Jean Derome, Lesli Dalaba, Paulo Angelli, Co Streif, Rene Lussier, Jean Marc Montera, Guy Klucsevek, Myra Melford, Han Bennink, Chris Cutler, Daan Vandewelle, Massimo Simonini and Hans Koch). It comes beautifully packaged with a full colour book containing all the [Photo]Graphic Scores, instructions on interpretative rules and a history by Fred. See also: ReR label. MARINI, GIOVANNI: Requiem - IDA 015 - £11 For large chamber ensemble and choir. This is a huge and substantial work, uniting classical and folk motifs and arrangements. New Music Workshop led by BORIS KOVACS: Silencio - Order by name - £12.50 Nine compositions by various hands performed by this 10-piece ensemble led by Boris who also plays. String based, with voices (mostly instrumental/choral), guitar, bass and Boris himself. Varied programme: Chamber music, meditative, Balkan dance.. Limited number produced, by Boris. Order soon. OSTERTAG BOB: Sooner or Later £12 - By Name Long out of print, now reissued in limited edition metal boxes by Bob himself, Sooner or Later is a powerful piece (for sampler) derived from the sounds of a Salvadorian boy burying his father: a shovel striking rock, a voice, a buzzing fly. Some guitar sounds by Fred Frith are added in part two. This tells only of the sources; what Bob does with them is compelling and hypnotic. PAUL PLIMLEY TRIO: Safe-Crackers - VICTO CD 066 - £12 RING RING 99: Around the World (Various artists) - £12 Since we were busy illegally bombing Jugoslavia last year, it was impossible to hold the annual Ring Ring festival in Beograd. So, artists around the world organised Ring Ring around the world concerts during the planned festival weekend to ensure that in spite of the murderous ambitions of our governments the festival would go ahead anyway. It goes without saying that the organisers of this festival are no more connected with the territorial policies of their governments than you, I hope, are with yours. So this was an expression of proper solidarity with real people and their desire to get on with their lives in spite of the greed and stupidity of their leaders. There is always a compilation CD released after each festival and this one is no exception. Contributors include Haco, Filament, Tudosok, Steve Buchanan, NORMA/Chris Cutler, Phantasmagoria and Eva Kant. This year Ring Ring was again held, not without difficulty, in Beograd. Buy this CD. And the previous Ring Ring compilations. Life is hard enough. ROSE, JON: The Violin Factory £11 - HDCD001 Made with a 25 piece string orchestra, Er Hu, factory guide and additional processing by Kaffe Mathews, this is a through composed, modular work hung around a tour of a Chinese violin factory, with interruptions. Rich, highly listenable and more like real music than most of Jon’s wilder records (I know he’ll forgive me for that if it will trick you into buying it). Pitch 2: another great record from the Woody Allen of music (experimental, prolific, obsessed, undervalued). Just buy it. Great booklet, text and packaging, this is a Czech release by the curator of the Rosenberg Museum, Violin (no kidding). SOFT MACHINE: Noisette - RUNE 130 - £12 A rare recording of the 1970 quintet (with Dean and Dobson added to the classic trio) which includes versions of Eamonn Andrews, Moon In June, We did it Again, Backwards. Taken from the same (professional) tapes as "Facelift" (on Soft Machine Third), sound quality is good. Vital for SM fans. WALL, JOHN: Constructions 1-4 - Utterpsalm CD4 - £11.50 His new CD. Introducing work from 1997-99.
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