End of the year!

Hello and welcome to the annual end of the year post!

Sadly this year was the worst yet for Flying Teapot due to almost complete lack of posting. This was unfortunately unavoidable due to troubles that unexpectedly arose in my private life around late march. The ensuing situation left me with little to no will to do anything so that's why everything slowed down to almost a halt. But not all was depressing since I managed to see Swans and Colin Stetson live. Both concerts were really, really impressive and I warmly recommend seeing them live if you have the opportunity. Aside from that, I spent 7 days of this summer on an island being completely drunk and remembering very little of it afterwards (so hardcore). That was really great and I'm not being ironic. It cleans you up in a way. So yeah, lots of things happened and a lot of changes occurred in the daily lives of me and my friends. Hopefully 2014 will be a much more calmer and milder year than 2013 was. Fingers crossed.

Aside from personal bullshit 2013 was really great for music. Plenty of good albums came out although very little jazz records piqued my interest this year but maybe I'll eventually find something that flew under my radar. Plenty of black metal tho so that's a plus also I heard some rumors that Noevdia will release something big in 2014 (not DsO related).

Here's a list of alphabetically sorted albums that made a positive impression on me:

Agents of Abhorrence - Relief
Agrypnie - Aetas Cineris
Andrew Jackson Jihad - Live at The Crescent Ballroom
Aoki Takamasa - RV8
Aosoth - IV: An Arrow In Heart
Ash Borer - Bloodlands
Autechre - Exai
Autopsy - The Headless Ritual
Balázs Pándi, Mats Gustafsson & Merzbow - Cuts
Blut Aus Nord - What Once Was... Liber III
Boards of Canada - Tomorrow's Harvest
Bölzer - Aura
Boris - Praparat
Caladan Brood - Echoes Of Battle
Celeste - Animale(s)
CHVRCHES - The Bones of What You Believe
Clandestine Blaze - Harmony Of Struggle
Colin Stetson - New History Warfare Vol 3: To See More Light
Cult Of Fire - मृत्यु का तापसी अनुध्यान
Darkthrone - The Underground Resistance
Elffor - Heriotz Sustraiak
Endstille - Kapitulation 2013
Ensemble Pearl - Ensemble Pearl
Falkenbach - Asa
Fell Voices - Regnum Saturni
Fire! Orchestra - Exit!
Galdr - Ancient Lights from the Stars
Giles Corey - Hinterkaifeck
Gorguts - Colored Sands
Hatred Surge - Human Overdose
Inferno - Omniabsence Filled by His Greatness
Inquisition - Obscure Verses for the Multiverse
Iron Lung - White Glove Test
James Blake - Overgrown
Janelle Monáe - The Electric Lady
Joey Bada$$ - Summer Knights
Keaton Henson - Birthdays
Keiji Haino, Jim O'Rourke, Oren Ambarchi - Now While It's Still Warm Let Us Pour in All the Mystery
Kid Rađa - Sve Šta Đaku Treba
Kiša Metaka - Kiša Metaka
Knokkelklang - Avgrunnens Klangverk
Krypts - Unending Degradation
Light Bearer - Silver Tonge
Little Women - Lung
Mammoth Grinder - Underworlds
Matana Roberts - Coin Coin Chapter Two: Mississippi Moonchile
Mazzy Star - Seasons of Your Day
Melt Yourself Down - Melt Yourself Down
Melt-Banana - Fetch
Melvins - Tres Cabrones
Mephistopheles - Sounds Of The End
Mumakil - Flies Will Starve
Nails - Abandon All Life
Omar Souleyman - Wenu Wenu
Oranssi Pazuzu - Valonielu
P.L.F. - Devious Persecution And Wholesale Slaughter
Paysage d'Hiver - Das Tor
Plaga - Magia Gwiezdnej Entropii
Portal - Vexovoid
Pro Era - PEEP: The aPROcalypse
Rudresh Mahanthappa - Gamak
Satan - Life Sentence
Sea Of Shit - Sea Of Shit
Sex Prisoner - State Property
Shlohmo - Laid Out
Sissy Spacek - Wreck
Suffocation - Pinnacle of Bedlam
Summoning - Old Mornings Dawn
Svart Crown - Profane
The Rita & Prurient - Women Pissing
Ulcerate - Vermis
Wayne Shorter - Without a Net
Whirr - Around
きのこ帝国 - eureka

Feel free to mention your favorites in the comments!

Best wishes to everyone in the coming year and have fun on NYE. Don't drink too much and if you do at least drink something good!

Oh and Terror Noise Audio is going to be up and running again in 2014.

Get in The Van (audio book)

The views and opinions on Henry Rollins are as varied as his life and travels are. I like the guy, yeah he has his flaws and yes he can be a douchebag at times but I still find him interesting and worth listening to. His solo musical career isn't really something that's very relevant to me nor do I pay much attention to it. Black Flag during his time sounded great (but Nervous Breakdown is still my favorite release by them) no matter the hate they got but I find his spoken word stuff to be the best of his work yet.

During his travels with the band he kept a journal or notes which he probably wrote during long hours of driving to wherever the band was playing next. What makes this an interesting "listen" is the stories and the bleak reality of being in a (work-serious) band. Not being American and not really knowing how it was in the US during the 80s to me this was quite revealing stuff and it helped me put a lot of things that I already (kinda-sorta) knew into a much more clearer perspective among all the new things that I've learned. Rollins details really well the atmosphere of concerts, after-parties and weird adventures the band had during the off hours. Probably the most nihilist and also the best part of the whole book are their tour(s) in Europe and how much punk there was in a sharp contrast with the punk in US. I would recommend this to anyone who ever toured or plans on touring or being in a band but also to anyone else who is interested in knowing the inner-workings and thinking of a band. A lot of the problems and situations in this book/audio book still hold to this day. Great stuff all in all.

Part 1 and 2.

The book is read by Henry Rollins.

Thantifaxath - Thantifaxath

Thantifaxath is a black metal band from Ontario that has, so far, released just this one EP back in 2011. The quality of the recording is actually really great. It does not sound necro or kvlt (as the cover with its murky colors suggest) but it's not really overproduced garbage either, it's right in the middle (the best middle possible!).

After a brief choral intro the EP plunges right into the jist of this 15 minute EP. The sound is a mainly in the style of US (or American if you will) black metal but there are touches of the old continent as well. The guitar work is a mixture of dissonant DsO-ish riffs and tremolo based riffs that mostly remind me of Krallice. Must be the high pitch that gives me this feeling. All this is stitched together with ambient/droning passages that, to me, tend to kinda kill the joy but not enough for me to dismiss the whole EP outright. All I'm saying is that those parts could be shorter but oh well. The vocals themselves are probably the most uninteresting that this EP can offer since its just standard screaming through some fx effect fare.

I found this EP by accident and it made a positive impression on me and hopefully it will do the same to you. It's a promising band and I look forward to hear more from them as they go along the path since they show a lot of potential.

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Ichiko Aoba - うたびこ

Folk (or singer-songwriter "genre" to be more precise) is kind of a strange beast when I think about it. I mean, nothing much has changed over the years really. When it comes down to it it's still the same principle as it was decades ago. Yet it still intrigues us and there's always something interesting and new to hear.

This particular folk album is from Japan where this genre seems to have quite a holding underneath the surface of so many female pop groups. The cover, while bordering on minimalist ridicule, is actually very representative of its overall sound. There's really not that much dressing around this one. It's just one acoustic guitar and just one lovely female voice. With this the album manages to convey a very solitary feel in all of its songs. Luckily the album does not wear out its welcome and the songs are varied enough to guarantee at least a second listen. The vocals themselves are in the mid-range (similar to Shione Yukawa) and are very calm and soothing to the ears. The music as well maintains a very chill atmosphere throughout although sometimes it tends to drift off into more murkier tones and melodies.

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Live footage.

Klapa Primošten - Primoštensko Plavo More

Uhh I don't really know how to compactly write all this so it might turn up disjointed. For those of you who didn't know: I come from a tiny country called Croatia. It can roughly be divided into two areas which is the coastal area and the inland area (but "we" don't like to divide ourselves like that). I come from the coastal area which is (depending on who you ask) either really beautiful and unique or just a cheaper and less crowded version of Greece. I often seek out ethnic or folklore music from distant countries/areas. They always fascinate me and it made me think how there are maybe/probably people who might consider my area exotic, distant or unknown in terms of music. So I thought I'd share one of the most popular traditional musical styles from my parts. It's called klape or klapsko pjevanje.

The basic premise of this music is: five to eight dudes singing as a choir but each dude has his own pitch and they all sing the same thing at the same time. This kind of style probably originated from church choirs in the south a long time ago but it spread all over the coast. Unlike church songs these songs usually are about boats, women, alcohol, food and the bright blue sea. Most groups that sing this also include one or two instruments (mainly guitars and mandolins) although the original style should only have vocals. This type of music is insanely popular here, each town has at least one or two groups like this (especially along the coastline but inland towns started to get in on the fun) and you can hear it everywhere throughout the summer. Especially in the south.

Klapa Primošten is one of such groups. They come from a little town called Primošten and they are a very classic example of this kind of music. I like this kind of stuff, it's really relaxing and not really demanding on the ears. The unison of voices are really soothing on the ears and the soft accompanying music fits seamlessly with the voices.

If you're curious, check this one out. You might like it but I can't guarantee it.

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Ashra - New Age of Earth

Once upon a time there was a German band called Ash Ra Tempel and they were a part of the loose collective/movement known today as krautrock or cosmiche musik. Manuel Göttsching played in that band but later on he decided to focus on a more electronic and ambient style of music. Ashra was the name of this progression which also led, with time, some other previous band members to join up.

They never really made it big but they did release a couple of albums with this being my favorite one. There's nothing on here that's really inventive or "out there" but nevertheless this album certainly  is pleasant and enjoyable to listen. The music itself is synth+guitar based with very little else but each song has its own unique idea and approach to such style. Some are more upbeat and fast while some are really expansive with few overlapping melodies that flow in and out on the track. It's all very spacey, distant and meditative. It's a record that I often find myself playing while I'm reading something or just laying down and drifting away for a while.

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Clifford Brown & Max Roach - Rehearsal Tapes

Here's something (potentially) interesting.

I know nothing about this release. I don't remember how I got it or where I got it and I don't see this passed around at all. I think I got this in some random sharethread on 4chan a year or so ago but I can't really remember. I also have no idea who was playing on these recordings but assuming that this was from 1954 (it was tagged like that) I'd venture a guess that Clifford Brown recorded this with the Max Roach quartet. When I got this the album title was simply labelled as "Rehearsal Tapes" but I doubt these are recordings from a rehearsal because it sounds like a live recording from some club or clubs. At one point you can hear someone clanging with platters so I'm pretty sure it was a live setting. This might also be a hint that this was an unofficial recording? A bootleg of some sorts?

But this is all just minute details, what is important is that it's more Clifford Brown material and what material it is! This is bebop in its purest form. There are only a few tracks on this, including an original unknown tune, yet most of them clock over 10+ minutes so in total you get about an hour of music. The longest track actually goes on for 21 minutes. Such long tunes give ample of space for every musician to explore and improvise solos. It may very well be a live rehearsal as these guys spare no time with improvising as a group or just soloing. The quality of these recordings is bad (for jazz standards) with a lot of tape hiss so I would recommend this only to Clifford Brown enthusiasts or if you're into jazz jam sessions.

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Isohunt dies.

Isohunt dies.

You've been a great friend. Hopefully your possible reincarnation will prove to be even better.

Olivia Block ‎- Heave To

Now here's something a bit different from the usual on this blog.

Olivia Block is a musician and electroacoustic composer from Chicago, Illinois using chamber instrumentation, field recordings and digital effects and synthesis. Alongside her audio releases, she produces site-specific installations as well as scores for performance and film. That's what Discogs says at least.

Heave To is  a relatively short (for this kind of music at least) ambient album that she released back in 2006. What strikes me the most here is the closeness of the sound. As soon as this little beast starts roaring its inhumane sounds it feels like your in the dead center of it. I don't know how she does this but the audio quality of his album is pristine. The sounds themselves, much like the cover, are very cold and intense. Often among the drone and really low noise orchestral music kicks in that remind me most of Penderecki's work in sonorism. But I'm not very versed to claim such things (it just sounds like that to me, I might be wrong).

Overall this is a really great, intense ambient/noise album that's actually really accessible and even if you're not into this sort of thing perhaps you should give this a try if you're in the mood for some cold and unforgiving music.

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Various ‎– What Remains Of Eden: Anatolian & Levantine Music 1928-1952

Music can be a very powerful force, if it weren't so people wouldn't strive to make so much of it. Different music serves different purposes and invokes different things in the listener.

Recordings like this one serve as vessels to different times and places. It's a voyage, it takes you away and brings you somewhere completely different from your usual surroundings. This is why I love these kind of recordings. It invokes something really unique and it offers different views and interpretations of music from far and near.


So if you're feeling adventurous today check this record out and take a trip through the old world of Anatolia and Levant. See how it was then and listen to the melancholic songs of its people.

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Andrew Hill - Judgment!

After these few days of br00tal music I think it's about time for some sweet jazz. Well, it's not exactly sweet sounding but it's sweet to the ears nonetheless. If I could, I would share everything Andrew Hill ever made. I adore this guy and his playing, he does this mixture of free jazz and post-bob so well that it's always a joy for me to listen to his albums.

Judgement! is a special album in his discography because he is joined by none other than Bobby Hutcherson on vibraphone. Their interaction is the biggest part of this whole album. The sound of vibraphone and Andrews dissonant chords and passages fit very well with each other and they give this album  a very sinister and brooding feeling. And all this is held together by great playing from Elvin Jones on drums and Richard Davis on double bass (who participated on some great records like Out To Lunch!). Overall it's a great album, not really that "far out" but it's still restless and adventurous. Certainly worth a try.

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Sinister - Diabolical Summoning

Yeah, I'm one some kind of old school metal trip lately. Here's another gem that might not be too well known around the scene.

Sinister comes from Netherlands and they've been around for quite some time releasing a slew of albums. The quality of these albums are disputable, the fandom seems to be divided about it but I can't really have a say in this since I only head their first two (which are apparently the only two good ones).

Diabolical Summoning was the second of the "only two good albums" and it is a journey through some excellent riff based death metal (that reminds me of Suffocation a lot). The album starts with a massive bass riff with guitars pummeling through soon enough and it does not stop until the end of the album. For me, Sinister did everything right on this album. It has that Altars Of Madness intensity, great guitar riffs, excellent tone and production coupled with those great raspy death metal vocals. If you're looking for some 90s death metal then this is something you should definitely try out.


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Sadus - Death To Posers

Speaking of good demos, here's another one. This one comes from the very popular thrash band called Sadus. I guess they're most famous for their Chemical Exposure debut album that they put out in 1988 but they're also probably well known for sucking in doing anything after 1990. I got a hold of this demo a long time ago so I'm not sure if this is a direct rip from the demo or if I got it from a reliable source. So I'm not sure if all the tracks are legit. My main suspicion is on the first track which differs in production a lot from the rest but it also differs in style and in speed as well. It has more of a Kreator shtick. I dunno. It can be anything.

The main part of the demo is really fast, floppy and wild "no bullshit" thrash metal with Darren Travis screaming at the top of his lungs. The vocalist may be the deal breaker here for a lot of people mainly because his vocals tend to break at higher registers and he often does those. But for me this is probably the best part of this demo. It's just a couple of dudes giving everything they got on this little tape from 1986.

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Suffocation - Reincremated

While death metal might not be the most experimental or "out there" genre it still has its share of great bands. Be it traditional or more adventurous there's always some good band hiding around the corner.

Suffocation might not be the most adventurous band out there but what they do - they do good. They also happen to be one of my favorite bands from the genre. Their discography contains some really good and interesting albums while maintaining a steady formula that works well. The newest one is actually really good but perhaps a bit overproduced in my opinion. It's too clean for my taste. Speaking of clean their first (and only?) demo is fucking raw. It rips shit up; VERY INTENSELY.

The demo contains three tracks that will appear on the Human Waste EP and on their first full length but here is where it all started for Suffocation. Unlike a lot of demos their talent and musicianship really shines here. The production (if you can call it that) is lacking that depth which is very iconic for Suffocation albums in the 90s so this demo sounds more like a thrash metal album from '84. But it's all good and well. The raw production and the thrashy sound really makes this demo shine.

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Drudkh - Forgotten Legends

Speaking of autumnal feelings here's another record that I've been highly enjoying lately. I was aware of Drudkh for a very long time. Ever since Swan Road came out I kept reading about it and their past albums all the time on the forums I used to frequent but I never really could get into them. They were monotone and boring to me. The guitars sounded horrendous.

But times change, so do people and so does their choice in music. When the Eternal Turn of the Wheel came out last year my interest in this band resurfaced and after liking it a lot I decided to revisit their discography. It turns out Drudkh have been really busy all these years with releasing a lot of albums. They certainly tried a lot of things with their formula and sound to change things up a little bit but the results were welcomed with mixed views on their releases accompanied with "selling out" accusations and the usual black metal drama that goes on these days.

Personally I find most of their discography enjoyable but whenever I think of listening to some Drudkh I always come back to their first three albums first. Yeah, I guess I'm more of a traditionalist when it comes to this band. There's something really magical in this and their next two releases. Yes, the production isn't top notch and neither are the riffs overwhelmingly original but there's something there. There's this unique charm that this album gives. It might take a while to sit right in your head but once it does this album is great.

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Kazue Sawai - Plays 'Koto' Classics

Koto oriented music always had a special place in my tiny little heart. I love the sound of it, it might not sound very special but it really rubs me the right way. It sounds sinister yet really beautiful. Dunno, I just like it.

This album is for you if you share this passion. There's not much to say about it aside from the fact that there's a lot of koto playing involved. The pace is slow and brooding, there are tracks where there's singing but most of the time it's instrumental and the tracks all last for a long time.

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Jackie McLean - Jacknife

I've noticed that I posted only one Jackie McLean album on here. This is weird. I love how this dude plays, I should post more so here's one of my top favorite albums by him. Now this album has a convoluted release history that I won't get much into but suffice it to say this was supposed to be a double album and the version I'm posting is the re-release of the first part (or album) on CD from 2002. You can read the details on Wikipedia.

By this time (1965) McLean was leaving his established hard bop sound and was exploring some new grounds. It was an interesting period for jazz with a lot of musicians doing different things and McLean was no different from his peers. What he tried to do was incorporate a more loose or free jazz with hard bop roots. So basically there still are tangible choruses, melodies and themes but the solos are more loos, adventurous and more dissonant. The star of the show on this album for me is definitely Jack DeJohnette (drummer) who absolutely rips shit up on each track. His talent really shines here so no wonder Miles Davis picked him up a few years later. But anyway, all players here are great aside from Lee Morgan who appears on a few tracks. I don't know, I feel like he does not fit into this kind of group. Perhaps it's just me but his solos seem out of place. Aside from that little complaint this albums is excellent.

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Battlefield Band - The Road of Tears

It has been a long time since I last made a post and it's raining heavily outside so I've decided to share something sad (but not really) and rainy.

Battlefield Band is one of those bands that is now less of a band and more of an institution. They formed way back in 1969 and they released a lot of albums but changed even more members. I haven't heard much of their stuff but what I did I liked it so I presume most of their discography is good if not excellent. This particular album is from more modern times and the music itself is a mixture of traditional music from Scotland and "modern instrumentation". So basically they're kinda like the Old Crow Medicine Show of Scotland on here.

This album packs a lot of songs so it clocks for about an hour. While the overall tone is somewhat sad there are plenty of merry instrumentals which are probably the best part of this album. Aside from the instrumentals there are a few traditional folk songs (Scottish and Irish) so there's a bit of everything in here.

In any case, it's a smooth listen if you're into it.

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Jazz Legacies: A Conversation with Ron Carter

Lately I've been going through some Ron Carter albums (where he was the group leader) and while reading about him I stumbled upon this great, hour long, interview.

The interview is led by the critic Gary Giddins and they cover a lot of Carters work and associations with other musicians. Carter is great in this interview and appears to be a very clear minded and noble person. Be sure to check it out if you're into jazz or if you're an aspiring bassist.

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David Murray - Home

David Murray might not be among the best known jazz musicians out there but everyone who know about him seems to love him. Murray has his roots in free jazz but overall I wouldn't categorize him in one single sub-genre of jazz because he tends to experiment a lot with personnel and style. He often switches between octets, big bands, quartets etc. so there is always something interesting and new with each record.

Home is a particular favorite of mine from what I have heard of his work so far. The album was released back in 1981 with an octet. The recording is a loveable mix of swing, bebop and free jazz and it starts wonderfully with a blues piece aptly named Home as it invokes a very nostalgic feeling. It's melodic and it's soothing but as the album progresses from song to song it just gets wilder and wilder. The chains break free but not fully as there is always a stable rhythm section that back the whole thing up. There are coherent choruses and riffs but the solos and some chords are often dissonant and aggressive. Often you will find places in this album where a rhythm section plays this modern type of swing, the saxophones play two different (but intertwined) solos while the piano blasts some strange dissonant chords. It all comes together beautifully and daring. It's as if you got together a really old swing group that's just tired of playing the same songs over and over so they just go wild.


Absolutely love this album. Check it out!

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The Art of Alice: Madness Returns

Alice: Madness Returns was a game that was released back in 2011. From what I gather it's a remake/sequel of an earlier game called American McGee's Alice. Truth be told I never played Alice: Madness Returns and it's something that won't change very soon (or late). I did play the "original" back in primary school and I remember it being very bleak and hard to control. Most platformer-esque games were like that back in the day when 3D was still a new, clunky, thing. But the game felt unique and memories of it are still stuck in my mind.

What most people, including myself, remember about these two games is their art. The gameplay never really was anything special but the artstyle definitely is interesting if not unique. It was/is a blend of the macabre, Victorian England and early age of industrial revolution. It made the story of Alice look really brooding, and monstrous.

Lucky for us we don't need to trod through the game just to enjoy the art because an artbook has been released for it. In it you'll find what you usually find with artbooks of this kind which is lots of concept art, sketches and fully sized paintings. There are some other interesting things like 3d models and sort of a developers commentary that makes an appearance every page or so which is interesting if you would like to learn more about their ideas and work process.

Certainly an interesting thing to look at

Get it.

Merciless - The Awakening

Speaking of metal, here's another album that I've been planning to share. Merciless is well known for several reasons. The first and most important reason is that they made excellent albums during the 90s. The second reason why they're known is because they were one of the first in Sweden to fuse thrash metal with death metal. Oh and they were the first band to be signed on Deathlike Silence.

All I can really say is that this albums really deserves the praise it gets. Despite being very short for a full length (26 minutes) it is a highly enjoyable trip through old school death/thrash metal. It's sloppy, gritty and in your face music that makes no compromises. Couple that with raspy, distant vocals and you have all that you need from music like this.

Zippyshare.

Pustota - Proch

Hello everyone!

There was a period in my life when I was obsessed with the black metal scene in Poland. I managed to find a lot of interesting bands and most of them were/are pretty good. As time went by my interest shifted to other areas and countries but recently I've discovered this relatively new Polish band and I'm happy to report that Poland still has excellent black metal output.

Pustota falls under the category of those semi-depressive black metal bands. While this can sometimes be off putting (especially to me) I'm having no problems whatsoever in enjoying this short EP. This is because they don't retread the old grounds very often. Yes there are still some of the landmark sounds and cliches in here like the reverb heavy screams, synth driven breakdowns and so on but there are plenty of interesting and new things that can be heard here. For starters the album is, composition wise, stellar so the whole journey never gets stale or boring. This is especially important because this EP has just two songs and both are about 10 minutes. The second most interesting thing on here is the use of violin in both songs. There's a thin line where the use of violins can turn from good to obnoxious but these guys know their stuff so it never feels like a bother to hear violin sections. The production as well is nicely done making all the instruments audible but not sterile or overproduced.

Overall this is a very well composed EP and hopefully (this came out in 2009 and they haven't released anything else since) we'll hear more of this band soon.

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Andrew Hill - Black Fire

Of all the albums that Andrew Hill released this is probably my most favorite one. Everything that Andrew Hill is about shines here so well. Not only is he good on this album but everyone else who participated on it. Joe Henderson (who's on saxophone here) is probably the star of the show. His expressive yet very structured play fits very well with Andrews own piano skills. This is probably most evident on the title track, Black Fire, where they both play in unison the chorus of the song.

The album itself is considered free jazz but it's actually very well structured. There's no free exploration here, it might sound free to some due to strange time signatures and unusual keys that they play (mostly major, I think?) so the album tends to sound cold and machine like. But I find a lot of beauty and energy in it. It's as if they're trying to play regular bebop but as it goes on it gets more fierce and it tries to break free of its limitations.

All in all a great and interesting album. Even if you're not that big on free jazz (or just getting into it) you might enjoy this.

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Zippyshare link.

Fav. track.

Original Dixieland Jazz Band

Hello everyone. I know I'm a "bit" late but there were problems I could not have foreseen. But never mind that, let's get to work.

Original Dixieland Jazz Band was a very old jazz, this was during the time swing became a thing. Back in the 10s and 20s of the last century they were one of the biggest bands around. And they were big rightfully so! All of the musicians in this band knew exactly what they are doing and they mastered their instruments exceptionally. When it comes to old Dixie jazz I often return to these guys. Their music was always up there with King Oliver, Hot Fives and others.

The songs I have from them aren't from just one source but from a lot of compilations (mainly from that one huge jazz compilation of 50 or so CDs). The songs themselves were sorted chronologically and I think that was a very good decision. This makes the production much more coherent and understandable. The sound itself is actually really great so there probably was some digital mastering (on a lot of newer songs you can't even hear the hiss of records).

Be sure to grab this if you're into pre-swing jazz.

Parts one and two.

Note: see comments for clarification and for a book about the band.

Not dead!

Just dormant.

I'll be back with full force next month. Things are looking great with these new hosting sites so I think I'll eventually switch from mediafire to something else (maybe megaupload or that other one, zippyshare or something).

Love and kisses!