Experimental Music on Spotify Worth Checking Out

OccultHawk · 05-22-2016, 10:01 AM

The Sounds of Günther Uecker at Work

Günther Uecker - The Sounds of Günther Uecker at Work CD 26911,

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Track 1 features Uecker working with hammer and nails. On track 2 he uses an axe to split a wood panel.

Günther Uecker - Artists - Dominique Levy Gallery

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Across the 1950s, Uecker cultivated a strong interest in repetitive practices, such as archery, and in purification ritual, such as Gregorian chants. Concurrently, he became fascinated with the philosophies of Buddhism and Taoism, which embody both repetitive ritualism and a striving towards purity. Gradually, Uecker developed ritual of his own, such as the lengthy, repetitive, meditative hammering of nails, and proceeded to translate theory into his artistic practice ritual.

OccultHawk · 05-22-2016, 05:16 PM

Back to free jazz.

Sabir Mateen

Sabir Mateen - Sabir Mateen

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Having moved to New York in 1989, Sabir became a world renowned artist and has performed with the greats such as Cecil Taylor, William Parker Ensembles (Little Huey Creative Music Orchestra & The Inside Songs Of Curtis Mayfield), Alan Silva, Wilber Morris, Jemeel Moondoc, Charles Downs (Rashid Bakr), Marc Edwards, Mark Whitecage, Raphe Malik, Dave Burrell, Butch Morris, Henry Grimes, Kali Z. Tom Bruno, Roy Campbell, Daniel Carter, Steve Swell The Sun Ra Arkestra, Frode Gjerstad, William Hooker

FRODE GJERSTAD

About | FrodeGjerstad.com

Very humble bio

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FRODE GJERSTAD was born in Stavanger, Norway, 24-03-1948. He started trying to play improvised music as a trumpeter in 1968. When he moved to Lund in Sweden (1971 to 1975) he got a chance to meet, talk and play with musicians interested in this music. He had at that time started playing tenor saxophone (1969).

Recommended listen:

Sound Gathering
By: Sabir Mateen / Frode Gjerstad

Not Two Records Home Page

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As a leader the eminently lovable and immensely creative reeds giant, Sabir Mateen, records all too rarely. This makes this session all the more important and worthy. ' It does sound as if Sabir is directing the quintet through sections of wide-ranging density; things change with an obvious inner-logic. Remarkable results!

grindy · 06-30-2016, 12:14 PM

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Originally Posted by OccultHawk

Drop em here

I'm all ears!!!

Totally forgot about this.

So...
First of all check out Sergey Kuriokhin. One of the most amazing pianists ever.
"The Ways Of Freedom", his first album, might be a little rough around the edges, but it's mindblowing stuff. "Friends Afar" with Keshavan Maslak and "Jet Lag" with Maslak and Vladimir Volkov are top notch as well.
I'm pretty sure you already know The Ganelin Trio, but if not check them out. "Catalogue: Live In East Germany" is a pretty good starting point.
Also check out Anatoly Vapirov's "Forgotten Ritual" (also featuring Kuriokhin).
Pretty sure you know Sainkho Namtchylak as well, but the album "Not Quite Songs" with Nick Sudnick gets way too little exposure. Not free jazz, more like a very weird mix of tuvan throat singing and Sudnick's self-made, industrialish instruments.
"In Search Of A Standard" by Vyacheslav Gayvoronsky, Andrey Kondakov & Vladimir Volkov is also required listening for free jazz fans.
"Zencore" by ByZero is some face-melting stuff in the vein of The Flying Luttenbachers. Also check out "Livestock" by Half By Zero & Nik Rubanov, recorded with a reduced line-up of just sax, bass and drums.
Let's leave it at that for now.

OccultHawk · 06-30-2016, 12:50 PM

There's a lot to address there but since it's my journal I'll take it piece by piece as I see fit.
Sergey Kuryokhin: I recognize his name because I ordered and own the now out of print Leo Records compilation Golden Years of Soviet Jazz that he's featured on. As far as I can remember that's all I know of him. I'm listening to The Ways of Freedom right now. I don't need any more evidence about it's profundity. I'm glad it's on Spotify.

Thank you for the suggestions. Man, he's going off right now, I guess it's pretty obvious to mention Cecil Taylor but you know... this feels more classical though maybe Xenakis...

It's very masculine. Obviously intensely atonal but feels very solid structurally.

OccultHawk · 06-30-2016, 12:56 PM

Oh wow the track inner fear is on. Wow. Have you ever listened to Charles Thomlison Griffes?

grindy · 06-30-2016, 01:01 PM

Glad you're digging it. Yeah Cecil Taylor often comes to mind. As does Art Tatum.

Never even heard of Griffes. Will check him out.

OccultHawk · 06-30-2016, 01:17 PM

Why Art Tatum? Clarity and tone?

For Griffes go to De Profundis

grindy · 06-30-2016, 01:19 PM

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Originally Posted by OccultHawk

Why Art Tatum? Clarity and tone?

For Griffes go to De Profundis

His super-fast single-note runs sound pretty tatumesque at times. (On The Wall for example.)

Will do. Looking forward to it.

OccultHawk · 06-30-2016, 02:04 PM

Yes I know Live in East Germany

I put Friends Afar on a playlist for later

Digging on Sainkho Namtchylak for the first time. Diamanda Galas? Anyway, very cool. My experience with Tuvan Throat Singing is limited to various world music compilations I bought ages ago. I have quite a bit of out of print hard to find weird stuff. Some from mainstream sources like Nonesuch Explorer and Smithsonian Folkways and some from French labels that I don't know anything about except the music is cool. Older stuff recorded in the 60s or maybe earlier. One is labeled as "witchcraft" and in the liner notes of another they mention that it's chanting during a female genital mutilation ceremony. Very creepy, cultural bias or not.

And yes this is another very cool recommendation. Thank you.

**Frownland** · 06-30-2016, 02:08 PM

Re: The Ways of Freedom, I'll repost this from the Songs That Sound Suspiciously Like Other Songs Thread

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The track "Inner Freedom" by Sergey Kuryokhin (22:05 in this video) sounds rhythmically and melodically similar to both "A Carrot Is as Close as a Rabbit Gets to a Diamond" and "Flavor Bud Living" by Captain Beefheart.

06-30-2016, 01:01 PM	#46 (permalink)
grindy . Join Date: Oct 2014 Location: . Posts: 7,201	Glad you're digging it. Yeah Cecil Taylor often comes to mind. As does Art Tatum. Never even heard of Griffes. Will check him out. __________________ *A smell of petroleum prevails throughout.*

06-30-2016, 12:50 PM	#44 (permalink)
OccultHawk one-balled nipple jockey Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Dirty Souf Biatch Posts: 22,033	There's a lot to address there but since it's my journal I'll take it piece by piece as I see fit. Sergey Kuryokhin: I recognize his name because I ordered and own the now out of print Leo Records compilation Golden Years of Soviet Jazz that he's featured on. As far as I can remember that's all I know of him. I'm listening to The Ways of Freedom right now. I don't need any more evidence about it's profundity. I'm glad it's on Spotify. Thank you for the suggestions. Man, he's going off right now, I guess it's pretty obvious to mention Cecil Taylor but you know... this feels more classical though maybe Xenakis... It's very masculine. Obviously intensely atonal but feels very solid structurally.

06-30-2016, 12:56 PM	#45 (permalink)
OccultHawk one-balled nipple jockey Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Dirty Souf Biatch Posts: 22,033	Oh wow the track inner fear is on. Wow. Have you ever listened to Charles Thomlison Griffes?

06-30-2016, 01:17 PM	#47 (permalink)
OccultHawk one-balled nipple jockey Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Dirty Souf Biatch Posts: 22,033	Why Art Tatum? Clarity and tone? For Griffes go to De Profundis

06-30-2016, 02:04 PM	#49 (permalink)
OccultHawk one-balled nipple jockey Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Dirty Souf Biatch Posts: 22,033	Yes I know Live in East Germany I put Friends Afar on a playlist for later Digging on Sainkho Namtchylak for the first time. Diamanda Galas? Anyway, very cool. My experience with Tuvan Throat Singing is limited to various world music compilations I bought ages ago. I have quite a bit of out of print hard to find weird stuff. Some from mainstream sources like Nonesuch Explorer and Smithsonian Folkways and some from French labels that I don't know anything about except the music is cool. Older stuff recorded in the 60s or maybe earlier. One is labeled as "witchcraft" and in the liner notes of another they mention that it's chanting during a female genital mutilation ceremony. Very creepy, cultural bias or not. And yes this is another very cool recommendation. Thank you.