Martin Kippenberger, Ohne Titel, 1982
Hey kids, I’m back in Istanbul after last week’s trip to Vienna. I won’t be able to say that it’s a nice city to live in, if you’re not a) old & rich b) poor & addicted to alcohol c) have a family history that goes up to the Habsburgs.
Of course [...]

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Back to our usual programme, here’s a review I promised you before our holiday break, the new effort by Marc Ribot’s power trio Ceramic Dog, “Party Intellectuals” out on Pi Recordings. The left handed avant/jazz/punk/rock guitar mammoth Marc Ribot teams up with Shahzad Ismaily and Ches Smith from Secret Chiefs 3, to give another taste [...]

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Fellow Turkish guitarist and composer Erdem Helvacioglu has released a full length on the prestigious contemporary music label New Albion. His 2003 release “A Walk through the Bazaar” on Locust Music was part of the Met Life Series which focuses on field recordings & soundscapes. One of the [...]

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Let me introduce you to our new author Sam Houser aka Fistula Spume from the MOG Community. He’s our first international author and might I add he’s one of the most prolific and sophisticated writers on MOG. Hope to see him writing here frequently, but I should advise you to subscribe to his MOG page [...]

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No time for a real post today, so instead of us read these great publications and blogs. :) See you tomorrow!

Orgy in Rhythm : wow, essential collection of retro jazz here. Stuff that’s been left on shelves for long, now exposed. People like Sabu Martinez, Art Blakey, Vannier, Sun Ra etc.. Here’s what the owner [...]

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Fedayi Pacha has been on my tracklist for a few months, but the time to post about him has just come. I first heard about him on a French dub compilation featuring him and Zenzile among others. Then I got his album Dub Works, out on Hammerbass a French Label. The music is what you [...]

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