I normally can’t get my ass off the chair to go to a concert if I don’t know it a few days beforehand. Yesterday night though I had to act spontaneous as Marc Ribot was in town with his Spiritual Unity project playing Albert Ayler pieces. It was an intense show with little interaction between [...]

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Marc Ribot by Pennello
Here’s the second post I’ve backed up before I went on vacation, 2 great songs from 2 guitar giants. First Marc Ribot going wild with Yezriel, a bluesy song off his new album on Tzadik with a powerful riff on the wonderful Book of Angels series which previously saw the Jamie Saft [...]

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I was searching for videos of the NYC avant jazz rock power trio Rashanim on the net for some time to no avail. A few days ago I saw that they announced a live video on their myspace page. Quickly checking it revealed not one but 4 complete Rashanim pieces played live at Bowery Poetry [...]

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If you’re living in NYC and are into the avant/jazz rock scene chances are you’ve heard of the power trio Rashanim. I’ve mentioned their myspace page before, but their new album Shalosh on Tzadik deserves a dedicated post. Rashanim is guitarist Jon Madof, bassist Shanir Ezra Blumenkranz (who was also playing the upright bass on [...]

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I don’t want to get politic over music, but I do not like war, and I really hate this nationalistic tendency that’s picking up speed again over the world. No kind of racism, nationalism and war is good and excuseable, the only solution should be immediate communication and tolerance against every race, idea, gender, etc. [...]

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Here’s the second part of the list, this time a little bit more with folk and avantgarde influences.

Pierre bastien - Deuxieme Teleconcert Moderato

Pierre Bastien is a wonderful musician. His robotic orchestra and his compositional ability is almost superhuman. In a time where everything is electronic, taking the hard way and creating an unmatched [...]

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The first time I heard the name of Tzadik label, it’s strange name intrigued me a lot. Later I figured out that, it was a figment of John Zorn’s imagination, and from then on I listened to many Tzadik releases, and I am now confident that I like most of their releases (although some are [...]

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