Avant-prog binge 2024

[Kcrimso]

What GT and AI have in common is some degree of repetition in phrasing and word choice that wouldn't occur in a natural human writer's output.

In fact it is very easy is to change synonyms in Open AI process but that is of course semi-manual work and it kind of depends on the day how much I bother to do that when translating.

[Kcrimso]

My avantish binge of the last three weeks:

Steve Reich : Phases - A Nonesuch Retrospective CD 4 (US, 2006) ****-
Art Zoyd : 44½ Live + Unreleased works CD 10 (FR, 2017) ***+
Fred Frith & Tim Hodgkinson : Live Improvisations (UK, 1992) ***-
John Zorn : Homenaje a Remedios Varo (US, 2023) ****
David Bedford : The Rime Of The Ancient Mariner (UK, 1975) ***+
Anthony Braxton: 4 (Ensemble) Compositions – 1992 (US, 1993)
Thierry Zaboitzeff : Le Passage (FR, 2024) ***½
Art Zoyd : Musique pour l'Odyssée (FR, 1979) ****+
News From Babel : Sirens And Silences / Work Resumed On The Tower (UK, 1984) ****+
Stormy Six : Al Volo (IT, 1982) ***½
Mary Halvorson : Cloudward (US, 2024) ****+
Samla Mammas Manna : Måltid (SE, 1973) ****
John Zorn : Parrhesiastes (US, 2023) ****-
Chris Cutler / Lutz Glandien : Domestic Stories (UK/DE, 1992) ****½
John Zorn : New Masada Quartet, Vol. 2 (US, 2023) ****
Sleepytime Gorilla Museum : Of The Last Human Being (US, 2024) ****+
Howard Shore & Ornette Coleman : Naked Lunch (US, 1992) ***½
Fred Frith : Guitar Solos (UK, 1974) ***½
Krakatau : Volition (FI, 1992) ***½
Alice Coltrane : Eternity (US, 1976) ***½
Alice Coltrane: Transcendence (US, 1977)
Mary Halvorson : Amaryllis (US, 2022) *****
Bob Drake : Planets & Animals (US, 2021) ***
Area : Are(A)zione (IT, 1975) ****-
Fred Frith : Fifty (UK, 2024) ****

Related reading:

John Zorn : Homenaje a Remedios Varo / Parrhesiastes https://pienemmatpurot.com/year-by-y...lbums-of-2023/
Mary Halvorson : Amaryllis https://pienemmatpurot.com/review-ma...maryllis-2022/

[Kcrimso]

My avantish binge of the last three weeks:

Scott Walker : Bish Bosch (US, 2012) *****
Slapp Happy/Henry Cow : Desperate Straights (UK, 1975) ****½
Lutz Glandien : The 5th Elephant (DE, 2002) ***½
Zamla Mammaz Manna : Schlagerns Mystik / För Äldre Nybegynnare (SE, 1978) ***+
Sleepytime Gorilla Museum : Of The Last Human Being (US, 2024) ****½
John Zorn : Nova Express (US, 2011) ***½
Wojciech Kilar : Lament, September Symphony (PO, 2010)
Wojciech Kilar : Koscielec 1909, Piano Concerto, Bogurodzicam, Exodus (PO, 2010)
Present : This Is NOT The End (BE, 2024) ****+
Rabbit Rabbit Radio : Rabbit Rabbit Radio, Vol. 1 (US, 2013) ****½
Bela Bartok : Pierre Boulez Conducts Bartok cd 5 (HU) ****+
Univers Zero : Lueur (BE, 2023) ****+
John Zorn / Pat Metheny : Tap : Book Of Angels Volume 20 (US, 2013) ****+
Cheer-Accident : Vacate (US, 2024) ****
Cheer-Accident : Fades (US, 2018) ****½
Fred Frith: Impur (UK, 2006)
Jack O' The Clock : The Warm, Dark Circus (US, 2023) ****½
Alban Berg: Alban Berg Collection, CD 1 (AT, 2003)
Cheer-Accident : Vacate (US, 2024)
Béla Bartók: String Quartets Nos. 2,4 & 6 (HU, 2016) ****½
Thumbscrew : Ours (US, 2018) ****
György Kurtág / Karlheinz Stockhausen: Grabstein für Stephan, Gruppen (HU/DE, 1996)
Henry Cow : 40th Anniversary Box Vol. 7 : Later and post-Virgin (UK, 1976-77/2008) ****½
John Zorn / Mary Halvorson Quartet : Paimon : Book Of Angels Volume 32 (US, 2017) ****+
Free Salamander Exhibit : Undestroyed (US, 2016) ****-
Arnold Schoenberg : String Quartets Nos. 1 & 3 (AT, 2022)
Thierry Zaboitzeff : Prométhée (FR, 1984)

Related reading:

Univers Zero: Lueur: https://pienemmatpurot.com/year-by-y...lbums-of-2023/
Jack O' The Clock: The Warm, Dark Circus https://pienemmatpurot.com/review-ja...k-circus-2023/

[Mascodagama]

I just found Avalanche Kaito.

Avalanche Kaito: the exhilarating combination of Burkina Faso born urban griot Kaito Winse and fellow experimentalists Belgian guitarist Nico Gitto and French drummer/producer Benjamin Chaval. This transnational avant-rock trio created waves with their visceral self-titled 2022 debut, bagging notable festival appearances (Supersonic, End of the Road), a KEXP session and much deserved critical and audience enthusiasm.

Their new album Talitakum, is deeper and more sonically varied, revealing an energy and spiritual weight that has undoubtedly emerged from the group's incessant touring. The live shows are indeed revelatory, twisting and turning with an unexpected intensity and collectiveness. It is a arresting, shapeshifting sound that spins freely from ancient griot traditions to full-throttle thrash (with many stops in between).

Polyrhythmic futurism, raw epiphanies, Burkinabe parables.
A rattling ritual of ecstatic noise.

First album:



Talitakum:



It's not avant-prog but I figured summa youse might like it.

[Mascodagama]

And a new album by the (I suspect largely forgotten) Swiss post-modern funsters öz ürügülü is coming, entitled Della Morte dell'Artista:



I wasn't expecting that.

[thedunno]

This is an interesting album


https://visionintoart.bandcamp.com/album/ancient-city

Ancient City by by Paola Prestini and Nelson Patton

I was familiar with Paloa Prestini as a modern classical composer but this album is a lot closer to avant prog. Closer to Art Zoyd than to Philip Glass.

Half composed - half improvised. Dark and brooding with lots of horns. Worth checking out.

[Kcrimso]

My avantish binge of the last three weeks:

Hugh Hopper : 1984 (UK, 1973) ****½
Dave Newhouse: Natura Morta (US, 2024)
Sebastian Fagerlund : Oceano (FI, 2021) ****½
Lindsay Cooper : Sahara Dust (UK, 1993) ****½
In Love With : Axel Erotic (FR, 2016) ****½
Manna/Mirage : Autobiographie (US, 2023) ****½
Elton Dean : The Vortex Tapes (UK, 1992) ***½
Magma : Zëss (FR, 2019) ****½
Fred Frith : Gravity (UK, 1980) *****
John Zorn: The Hermetic Organ Volume 12 - The Bosch Requiem (US, 2024)
Present : This Is NOT The End (BE, 2024) ****+
The Watts : Decoherence (UK, 2019) ***½
Pharoah Sanders : Black Unity (US, 1972) ****+
Comus : First Utterance (UK, 1971) ****½
Fred Frith: Impur (UK, 2006) ****-
John Zorn / Pat Metheny : Tap : Book Of Angels Volume 20 (US, 2013) ****+
John Zorn / Mary Halvorson Quartet : Paimon : Book Of Angels Volume 32 (US, 2017) ****+
PoiL : Sus (FR, 2019) *****
Chris Cutler / Lutz Glandien : Domestic Stories (UK/DE, 1992) ****½
Ornette Coleman : The Shape of Jazz to Come (US, 1959) ****
Darrifourcq/Hermia/Ceccaldi : God At The Casino (FR, 2016) ****
Öz Ürügülü: Fashion And Welfare (CH, 2016) ***+
PoiL/Ueda : Yoshitsune (FR/JA, 2023) ****½
Avalanche Kaito: Talitakum (BE, 2024)
Last Exit : Iron Path (DE/US, 1988) ****-
Wojciech Kilar : September Symphony, Lament (PO, 2003) ****
Cheer-Accident : Vacate (US, 2024) ****-

Related reading:

Magma : Zëss https://pienemmatpurot.com/review-magma-zess-2019/
Manna/Mirage : Autobiographie https://pienemmatpurot.com/year-by-y...lbums-of-2023/
Comus : First Utterance https://pienemmatpurot.com/review-co...tterance-1971/
PoiL/Ueda : Yoshitsunehttps://pienemmatpurot.com/year-by-y...lbums-of-2023/

[Kcrimso]

Any fans of zeuhl-influenced italian avant-prog band Sonata Islands Kommandoh? I wrote a review of their album Quasar Burning Bright: https://pienemmatpurot.com/review-so...g-bright-2020/

[XavGel]

This is an interesting album


https://visionintoart.bandcamp.com/album/ancient-city

Ancient City by by Paola Prestini and Nelson Patton

I was familiar with Paloa Prestini as a modern classical composer but this album is a lot closer to avant prog. Closer to Art Zoyd than to Philip Glass.

Half composed - half improvised. Dark and brooding with lots of horns. Worth checking out.

I love that, thanks

[XavGel]

I just found Avalanche Kaito.



First album:



Talitakum:



It's not avant-prog but I figured summa youse might like it.

Quite great, really. Love it