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Black Artists Group - In Paris, Aries 1973 LP (Aguirre) LISTEN
Coalescing in St. Louis out of informal jam sessions with various avant-garde players, the Black Artists Group (aka BAG), came together around drummer Charles Bobo Shaw, trombonist Joseph Bowie (Lester’s younger brother) and saxophonist Oliver Lake. The group challenged the status quo of jazz by creating an unsettling sound while stimulating and ascending new heights in their own playing. This kind of jazz was not welcome at traditional clubs in St. Louis. They were pushed to the fringes creating rackets at coffee houses and theatres instead while collaborating with dancers and actors. Encouraged by their friends in the Art Ensemble of Chicago, BAG flew to Paris in 1973 to perform a set to an audience that would no doubt support cutting-edge music. Joined by trumpeters Baikida Carroll and Floyd LeFlore, the result is this LP, brought back to life by the excellent label Aguirre. BAG’s improvisations are given space and room to breathe with African percussion such as woodblocks, gongs, marimbas and log drums. Solos and structural compositions are not the motive here. Shape-shifting flourishes, schizophrenic and sparse rhythmic order and a feeling of oneness are what shine through on this record. It’s an exploratory and unorthodox session and the lone evidence of BAG’s innovative and experimental life. (Dom)
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V/A - Switched-On Eugene 2LP
(Numero Group) LISTEN
Beautiful and much-needed exploration of the PINA records that were coming out of the Pacific NW, and in this case, Eugene, OR. The Eugene Electronic Music Collective (EEMC) sought to issue local and experimental records and cassettes by home-recording gurus and basement wizards with their head in the clouds and their spirits in the infinite cosmos. There’s so much to dig into throughout Switched-On Eugene from bizzaro synth-grooves, interstellar explorations, forward-thinking pop, lo-fi synth manipulations, ambient new age, dense improvisations and serene folk-like synth compositions. And it’s put to tape by an idyllic group of post-hippie futurists.
This is a great example of a scene being unearthed and presented in worthy fashion by the always reliable Numero. All the artists are completely obscure and to cover this on your own would be insurmountable (and quite expensive). Maybe the comp of the year! (Dom)
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From The New Arrivals Bin
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Every week we dive in and pull records that are for sale (for now) in our choice batch of New Arrivals.
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Lothar And The Hand People – S/T LP
(Capitol)
From '68, totally out-of-step, New-York based band with a penchant for electronic experimental alongside top shelf psych moves. "Machines" is a killer! (Dom)
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Jan Jelinek – Zwischen LP
(Faitiche)
12 second poetry collages of non-semantic sound particles. Hmm, interesting... (Lee)
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The Pretty Things – Emotions LP
(Fontanta '78 Dutch RE)
The worst Pretty Things record but amongst their amazing discography, pretty damn good. (George)
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Ludacris - Word of Mouf 2LP
(Def Jam South)
The best rap album to come out ever, when I was in 5th grade. (Nick)
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The Middle Class – Out Of Vogue - The Early Material LP
(Frontier)
Classic west coast hardcore with their signature song, from '78. (VII)
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More New Records NOW AVAILABLE
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Charles Mingus - Jazz In Detroit 5LP Box Set (BBE)
Tom Morello – The Atlas Underground LP (Mom + Pop)
Shabaka And The Ancestors – Wisdom Of Elders 2LP (Brownswood)
Yussef Kamaal – Black Focus LP (Brownswood)
Gaika - Basic Volume LP (Warp)
Kelly Moran - Ultraviolet LP (Warp)
Marie Davidson – Working Class Woman LP (Ninja Tune)
Daniel Brandt – Channels LP (Erased Tapes)
Laura Gibson - Goners LP (Barsuk)
bvdub – Drowning in Daylight LP (Apollo)
Homeboy Sandman & Edan – Humble Pi LP (Stones Throw)
Moe Tucker - I'm Sticking With You: Introduction To Moe Tucker LP (Modern Harmonic)
Exit Group - Adverse Habitat LP (Castle Face)
The Prodigy - No Tourists (colored vinyl) LP (BMG)
Ty Segall - Fudge Sandwich LP (In The Red)
Metallica - And Justice For All 2LP (reissue) (Blackened)
Nick Cave / Warren Ellis - The Proposition LP (reissue) (Mute)
Kids See Ghosts - S/T LP (G.O.O.D Music / Def Jam)
Daughters - You Won't Get What You Want 2LP (Ipecac)
Jessica Moss - Entaglement LP (Constellation)
Ian William Craig - Thresholder LP (Fatcat)
Unwound - Leaves Turn Inside You 2LP (Numero Group)
Tallawit Timbouctou - Hail Diallo LP (Sahel Sounds)
Big Black - Songs About Fucking (remastered) LP (Touch & Go)
Oneohtrix Point Never - Returnal LP (Editions Mego)
V/A - To Catch a Ghost: Field Recordings from Madagascar LP (Sublime Frequencies)
V/A - Take A Knife And Open My Heart LP (Sound Miracle Recordings)
Michael Hurley - Living In Ljubljana LP (Feeding Tube)
William Shatner - Shatner Claus LP (Cleopatra)
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