ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ OOOOOOOOOOO RRRRRRRRRRRRR NNN NNN Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz ooooooooooooo r rr nnnn nnn zz o o r rr nnnnn nnn zzz o o r rr nnnnnn nnn zzz o o r rr nnn nnn nnn zzz o o r rr nnn nnn nnn zzz o o r rr nnn nnn nnn zzz o o rrrrrrrrrrrrr nnn nnn nnn zzz o o rr rr nnn nnn nnn zzz ooooooooooooo rr rr nnn nnnnnn zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzZ OOOOOOOOOOO rr rr nnn nnnnn ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ rr rr nnn nnnn rr rr NNN NNN RR RR (AND OTHER NYC DOWNTOWN MUSICIANS) posts: zorn@unh.edu sub/unsub: zorn-request@unh.edu *** BACK ISSUES of this digest can be obtained in 3 ways: *** 1) anonymous FTP at cs.uwp.edu *** 2) via my homepage: http://pubpages.unh.edu/~mpj1 *** 3) send mail to mpj1@kepler.unh.edu, on the subject line, put: send #, where # is the issue you want DIGEST #81, 8-10-95 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- From demery@prl.philips.nl Tue Aug 8 12:30:11 1995 Subject: The Sunday Times on The Boredoms My apologies for not posting this sooner, but other things have a habit of getting in the way. Anyway, found this in The Sunday Times (UK) from July 23rd, 1995. Inside New York by Tony Allen-Mills Under a picture of Yamatsuka Eye captioned: "Metaphysical statement: Yamatsuka Eye of The Boredoms" comes the following: Right out of tune ----------------- As Michael Jackson's heavily hyped new album slid embarrassingly down the charts last week, New York music-lovers were being encouraged to tune into a sound that threatens to become the next big thing: The Boredoms have arrived from Japan. Accompanied by out-of-tune guitar and howling trumpet, Yamatsuka Eye screeched his way through perhaps the least tuneful song ever performed at a New York music festival. A baffled reviewer detected "humour, rebelliousness, provocation and mockery" in the performance, but noted that Eye, "with a hairdo like an exploding land mine, brutalised his voice with growls, yells, shrieks and gibberish ... leaping around the stage with karate-like kicks". The Boredoms are, apparently, making a metaphysical statement about the arbitrariness of sound and the contemptibility of bourgeois musical tastes. Their style was described as "pentatonic quasi-Japanese melody". It made a change from rap. Well, I found it amusing, and at least they didn't screw up like Rolling Stone and call him Eye Yamatsuka! Ciao, Dem (demery@prl.philips.nl) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ From proussel@ichips.intel.com Tue Aug 8 17:27:29 1995 Subject: upcoming releases on Tzadik Just got some information concerning upcoming releases from Tzadik (Zorn's domestic label) that might interest some of you: Out in September (a Zorn month!): John Zorn (EARLY WORKS 1974) John Zorn (REDBIRD, minimal compositions for strings & percussion) John Zorn (BOOK OF HEADS, guitar compositions interpreted by Marc Ribot, originally written for Chadbourne) John Zorn + Yamatsuka Eye (different than Mystic Fugu Orchestra) + reissues (US only, Evva (Japan) taking care of the rest of the world): John Zorn (ELEGY) John Zorn (KRISTALLNACHT) John Zorn (LOCUS SOLUS) Later this year: Jim O'Rourke (TERMINAL PHARMACY) Fred Frith + Ikue Mori + Hideki Kato (DEATH AMBIENT) The Masada(s) on Tzadik are planned next year, as well as the reissues of the early Zorn on Parachute and Lumina. Patrice. -- Patrice L. Roussel proussel@ichips.intel.com --------------------------------------------------------------------------- From sibbage@mercury.sfsu.edu Tue Aug 8 18:36:21 1995 Subject: Tzadik Well last week I went to Tower records (here in S.F.) and they had all of the new Tzadik stuff under Zorn but separated in its own sub-section. Also, they had the Painkiller Execution Ground Japanese import (3 cds)!, so I guess someone's been paying attention. Of the new Tzadik stuff I've gotten: NEW KLEZMER TRIO--Excellent out-Klezmer. Anyone who likes Masada likes this. MYSTIC FUGU ORCHESTRA--Eye and Zorn seem to be playing a joke on anyone who had any expectations on what their first duo CD would sound like. Nevertheless, it is a very mysterious and kind of fun way to spend 23 minutes. (Plus it's only $10!) GROUND ZERO--I haven't heard their other CDs, but I like this one a lot. Sample-heavy noisy jazzy experimental--sometimes reminds me of Naked City. DEREK AND THE RUINS--The Ruins are one of my favorites, so I was looking very forward to this, and it is even better than I expected. 99% improvised NOT like most Ruins music, but more like Derek Bailey and the two Ruins musicians playing free. This is just one of the best improvised CDs I have ever heard, being very balanced between the three musicians. Also, I just got a CD called JUNK GENIUS with Ben Goldberg, John Schott, Trevor Dunn, and Kenny Wollenson that is on Knitting Factory Works. New and creative reworkings of older jazz songs. I highly recommend this to anyone who likes the jazzier side of creative music. I love music! Jake (sibbage@sfsu.edu) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------