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New Sounds

Wednesday, May 16, 2007
  • Savage Aural Hotbed
    Savage Aural Hotbed, sparks included

    Give the Drummer Some More

    Drummer/composers take center stage in music on this New Sounds. Hear from the talented Aaron Alexander and his double-drumming punk-klezmer project Midrash Mish Mosh, and sample the sometimes melodic and fluid music of Jim Black's AlasnoAxis. Plus, drummer Brian Blade teams up with guitarist Wolfgang Muthspiel for an improvisational foray into the gorgeous, dynamic and restless spaces where loops against loops enable Blade to pick up a guitar as well. Not to be outdone, there's music from Savage Aural Hotbed, who have dubbed themselves the house band for the Orc Prom. Also, listen for the percussive kalimbas through blown-out amps and beatings on car parts of Konono #1, the middle-eastern rockingness of Raquy Danziger and more.

PROGRAM #2678, Drummer/Composers (First aired on Wednesday, 5/16/07)

ARTIST(S)

RECORDING

CUT(S)

SOURCE

Jim Black & AlasNoAxis

Dogs of Great Indifference

Oddfelt [8:00]

Winter & Winter #910120 www.winterandwinter.com
www.jimblack.com
myspace.com/alasnoaxismusic

Raquy and the Cavemen

Jordan

Jordan [6:00]

Meef #63812 www.raquy.com/cavemen

Aaron Alexander

Midrash Mish Mosh

Debkavanah [6:30]

Tzadik #7194**
www.tzadik.com*

Bobby Previte

Coalition of the Willing

Anthem for Andrea [6:00]

Ropeadope #70 www.ropeadope.com

Jim Black & AlasNoAxis

Habyor

Cha [5:30]

Winter & Winter #910073 www.winterandwinter.com

Savage Aural Hotbed

The Unified Pounding Theory

Fortnight In Londrina [6:30]

Innova #661
www.innova.mu

Various artists: Konono No. 1

Congotronics 2

TP Couleur Café, [4:00] excerpt

Crammed Discs #Cram29 www.crammed.be

Wolfgang Muthspiel & Brian Blade

Friendly Travelers

Between the Beats [4:00]

Material #017 www.materialrecords.com

Comments

  • [1] hamid from tehran-iran May 21, 2007 - 04:33PM

    Hi John;

    This playlist was a great one.

    I wish http://www.jackdejohnette.com/catalog.htm

    was among them. I have all his album from his own record label Golden Beams. If you want to buy his albums don't forget

    Golden Beams Collected, Volume 1. This latter is 100% addictive & remains into your system for @ least a month!

    Cheers.

    Hamid.

    www.videopix.co.uk


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