For some reason I’ve skipped Xaphan from The 2nd Masada Songbook on Tzadik. I thought this year’s invincible Bar Kokhba Sextet release was the first one yet indeed Trey Spruance’s madmen Secret Chiefs 3 were the first to step up to that holy task of getting 16 bar sheets of music from John Zorn and crafting them into their own creations.

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Another day another Tzadik release, this time by the eccentric percussion guru Cyro Baptista. I’ve known him from the Electric Masada ensemble and also I’ve listened to his track Matan on the wonderful Dichotomy of Epiphany mp3blog a few months ago. His percussion and dance ensemble released their second album on Tzadik in 2005. Cyro [...]

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Here’s a lame haiku:
Another myspace feat
Everybody is making music now
Let’s listen to some

Stonefridge or Fridgehenge? you decide.
Micusnule. 4 piece band from France led by Mr. Christophe Micusnule himself who plays ukulele and guitars. This is hyperactive electronic pop music with orchestral elements in songs. Silly melodies abound, kinda like the early DAT Politics albums [...]

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I know I sound like a Tzadik fanboy sometimes because half of the shit we feature on here is from Tzadik, but I really admire their constant output of noteworthy stuff. Koby Israelite’s new album on Tzadik’s Radical Jewish Series is a genre breaker. In his bio he mentions that he likes music that [...]

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