From: zorn-list-owner@xmission.com To: zorn-list-digest@xmission.com Subject: zorn-list Digest V2 #19 Reply-To: zorn-list@xmission.com Errors-To: zorn-list-owner@xmission.com Precedence: zorn-list Digest Thursday, 17 October 1996 Volume 02 : Number 019 In this issue: Re: well.. CDs for sale\trade Re:Derek Bailey/Zorn/William Parker and Derek Bailey/Ninj Members of Mr Bungle to perform John Zorn's Cobra in Melbourne Australia Re: Zorn/ND split flexi!?!? Frisell/Horvitz Inquiry Re: Frisell/Horvitz Country F.Frith, Masada, Praxis concerts in Poland Wayside New Music Web tour Re: Wayside praxis and masada questions Re: Frisell/Horvitz Inquiry Re: Wayside zorn-list INFO PACK (please save) Sorry bout the multiple Zorn @ICA posts! painkiller question Re: Zorn in Europe Re: painkiller question Re: painkiller question Re: Wayside Aizona? Re: Aizona? See the end of the digest for information on subscribing to the zorn-list or zorn-list-digest mailing lists and on how to retrieve back issues. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Steve Smith Date: Tue, 15 Oct 1996 14:35:38 -0700 Subject: Re: well.. JonAbbey@aol.com wrote: > My somewhat informed guess on this is that the Avant catalog is currently in > a type of limbo. Rumor has it they're in negotiations with Koch for > distribution, which won't affect prices but may help with availability. I never fail to be impressed by the way information gets around... :-) As the saying goes, I have no comment at this time. I'm not being coy... it's just not something I know too much about just yet. But it wouldn't surprise me. Steve ssmith@kochint.com ------------------------------ From: Matt Walsh Date: Tue, 15 Oct 96 17:59:00 PDT Subject: CDs for sale\trade Hello, Either my room is shrinking or my CD collection is just getting way too big, so I'm interested in selling\trading some of my CD's to remove some of the cluttered mess. Only a few are really Zorn related, so here's the few that I'm willing to sell\trade that pertains to this list. Mystic Fugu Orchestra - "Zohar" - Zorn & Eye - Strange stuff I'm sure you've read about many times here. Improvised Music - New York, 1981 Zorn, Fred Frith, Derek Bailey, Sonny Sharrock, Bill Laswell, Charles Noyes. - Recording quality isn't very good, but I've NEVER seen this CD anywhere (well, except this one) Guitar Organism - Kazuyuki K. Null w/ Fred Frith, Guy Lohnes, Ichiro Agata, Jim O'Rourke Noisy guitar duets, What you'd probably expect from Null. I may have more, but it could take forever to get through my CD collection. I have tons of rock\alternative stuff I'm interested in unloading, so if you're looking for something along those lines, let me know and I might have it. Anyone interested in any of the above can e-mail me a price or a list of possible trades. Sorry to use this list for selling stuff, but I figured if they're just going to sit in my room, then better to find someone on this list that might want them. Also, someone posted the dates for Masada, and I thought since it was left out that I'd mention again that they will be coming to Philadelphia at the International House at Penn University on November 3rd. Hope to see some of you there. Matt Walsh mattw@smginc.com ------------------------------ From: richie@cst.com.au (Richie Teh) Date: Wed, 16 Oct 1996 09:20:17 +1000 Subject: Re:Derek Bailey/Zorn/William Parker and Derek Bailey/Ninj >>is the Derek Bailey/Zorn/William Parker >>CD on Avant out of print? i put off >>buying it and now can't find it anywhere. >>wup! >> >>hasta. >>Yes. Beautiful, wonderful nature. Hear it sing to us: *snap* Yes. natURE. >It's still at a shop here in Northampton, Mass. >-Sean Saw a copy in Gaslight records in Melbourne Australia :-) Also, has anyone bought the Derek Bailey/Ninj release on AVANT? What is it like? Take care and God Bless! - ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Richie Teh Email: richie@cst.com.au Software Engineer URL: www.cst.com.au/~richie Creative Software Technologies, Australia "Gassy, the little-known, unloved eighth dwarf." - ----------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------ From: richie@cst.com.au (Richie Teh) Date: Wed, 16 Oct 1996 09:34:25 +1000 Subject: Members of Mr Bungle to perform John Zorn's Cobra in Melbourne Australia Hi all, Member of Mr. Bungle and others (They're touring Oz at the moment) will be performing John Zorn's Cobra here in Melbourne at The Continental Cafe on the 21st Oct. I received my tickets yesterday!! Take care and God Bless! - ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Richie Teh Email: richie@cst.com.au Software Engineer URL: www.cst.com.au/~richie Creative Software Technologies, Australia "Gassy, the little-known, unloved eighth dwarf." - ----------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------ From: Anthony J Saunders Date: Tue, 15 Oct 1996 19:55:36 -0400 (EDT) Subject: Re: Zorn/ND split flexi!?!? well, thje flexi consists of two napalm death songs from just as they began to suck, and i think one new naked city song + one from torture garden. Check the 180's+ release zorn discography list for more details, availible somewhere on the net... On Mon, 14 Oct 1996, Howie Voigt wrote: > > Hey! > > I just got word from my friend that he is getting a Zorn/ND split > flexi disc that was supposedly given away in some 'zine!! > > Can anyone post _any_ info on this? > I'm too excited to wait for my friend to get his end of the > trade! (^_^) > > Thanks! > Howie > > ------------------------------ From: Tom Benton Date: Tue, 15 Oct 1996 20:36:11 -0500 (CDT) Subject: Frisell/Horvitz Inquiry Ok, here's one to ponder: I was glancing back through what I guess was last March's issue of Down Beat, with Mr. Bill on the cover. It kind of blew through a bunch of what he would be working on (touring, new Ginger Baker record, etc), and one thing they mentioned was that he and Wayne Horvitz had been down in Nashville (yes, Nashville) working on a country (yes, country) record that should see the light by the end of this year. Is anyone able to at least marginally validate this and affirm I'm not crazy? If this is the case, then I can't begin to imagine.... Later on all, have a good one... Tom ------------------------------ From: Matthew Ross Davis Date: Tue, 15 Oct 1996 23:09:10 -0400 Subject: Re: Frisell/Horvitz Country At 8:36 PM 10/15/96, Tom Benton wrote: >Ok, here's one to ponder: I was glancing back through what I guess was >last March's issue of Down Beat, with Mr. Bill on the cover. It kind of >blew through a bunch of what he would be working on (touring, new Ginger >Baker record, etc), and one thing they mentioned was that he and Wayne >Horvitz had been down in Nashville (yes, Nashville) working on a country >(yes, country) record that should see the light by the end of this year. >Is anyone able to at least marginally validate this and affirm I'm not >crazy? If this is the case, then I can't begin to imagine.... I imagine it would sound very much like the Copland "covers" that Frisell has done...his sound lends itself very much to country music and American-folk harmony (a la Copland) in many ways. And as Zorn says in the liner notes of News for Lulu: "When Bill does surface from the trio texture he kills you with one of his tasty country funk lines." | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | m-a-t-t-h-e-w r-o-s-s d-a-v-i-s university of maryland http://www.butterfly.net/mozart school of music | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | ------------------------------ From: Marcin.Witkowski@wor.tvp.com.pl Date: Wed, 16 Oct 1996 09:23:09 +0100 Subject: F.Frith, Masada, Praxis concerts in Poland There are still much trouble to buy Zorn etc. CD's in Poland. Not only that they're not available but also for the price. I've got the "unofficial" VHS "PAL" copy of official, proffesional recording of MASADA, F.Frith and PRAXIS concerts in Poland made by Polish Television. MASADA played on Warsaw Summer Jazz Festival, July 1994, F.Frith played with Rene Lussier, Mark Stewart and Nick Didkovsky in Bydgoszcz, October 1995, supported by polish "MAZZOLL and Arythmick Perfection" PRAXIS played on Warsaw Summer Jazz Festival, June 1996. I am interested in exchanging these materials for CD's which I can't buy in Poland (e.g. FILMWORKS II) by post. (One VHS copy for one CD). All of these VHS copies are the first copy from professional Betacam SP tape. Everybody who is inerested in and would like to help me, please conact on e-mail: Marcin.Witkowski@wor.tvp.com.pl I could also buy and send an unique polish edition of "LIVE IN POLAND": Wayne Horvitz & Pig Pen in the same way. Sorry for my English. ------------------------------ From: Torsten Nielsen Date: Wed, 16 Oct 1996 10:05:24 +0200 (METDST) Subject: Wayside I've lost Wayside's email adress. Could somebody please send it to me? ------------------------------ From: herb@eskimo.com (Herb Levy) Date: Wed, 16 Oct 1996 02:16:48 -0700 Subject: New Music Web tour I've recently put together a new music "tour" for Arts Wire, an online community of artists & arts organizations. This "tour" lists about 60-70 new music sites with brief descriptions. While it's by no means entirely "downtown" oriented, I hope you find it useful. If you have suggestions for other new music sites, please respond to this or send them to the e-mail address at the site. And if you want to learn more about Arts Wire, check out their general site. Bests Herb Herb Levy herb@eskimo.com ------------------------------ From: Deborah Christman Date: Tue, 15 Oct 1996 14:40:11 -0700 Subject: Re: Wayside i wish zorn would die. ------------------------------ From: slawlor Date: Wed, 16 Oct 1996 10:01:49 -0400 (EDT) Subject: praxis and masada questions Hi there. Are there any web sites with audio files of masada recordings so I can hear what they sound like? Also, I've seen a lot of reference on this list to Praxis. Who are they and what kind of sound do they have? thanks for the information. scott K. Lawlor 3358 Prange Dr. Cuyahoga Falls, OH. 44223 Phone, 330-922-4895 http://w3.gwis.com/~slawlor ------------------------------ From: Steve Smith Date: Wed, 16 Oct 1996 10:26:13 -0700 Subject: Re: Frisell/Horvitz Inquiry Tom Benton wrote: > [snip] and one thing they mentioned was that he and Wayne > Horvitz had been down in Nashville (yes, Nashville) working on a country > (yes, country) record that should see the light by the end of this year. It's true. Can't say too much about it except that it's done, and includes the angelic-voiced fiddler Allison Krauss as well. Evidently she's a fan... Recorded for Nonesuch and probably coming next year, not this. Steve ssmith@kochint.com ------------------------------ From: improv@peak.org (Dave Trenkel) Date: Wed, 16 Oct 1996 09:45:59 -0800 Subject: Re: Wayside >i wish zorn would die. Why, so all those obscure records we've been collecting all these years would finally get some collectors value? So Zorn could finally be recognized as an important composer? So that record labels would finally re-issue all of his out of print works? Or just so that he could jam with Jerry Garcia? ------------------------------ From: rizzi@netcom.com (m. rizzi) Date: Wed, 16 Oct 1996 11:49:25 -0700 (PDT) Subject: zorn-list INFO PACK (please save) The zorn-list and digest now has 411 subscribers. What follows is the zorn-list info packet that I send out periodically (I would never be so bold as to say monthly). If you don't have a copy saved, please do so now...it will be useful someday (like when you need to unsubscribe). Thanks and Have Fun, mike rizzi zorn-list-owner ABOUT THE ZORN LIST The Zorn list was created so that fans of John Zorn and his MANY projects could come together and chat about the man and his music...Naked City, Masada, Painkiller, etc..... 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Sorry about my VERY goofy multiple posting of the line-up for the upcoming shows at the Boston ICA! My AO(smel)L wuz telling me that my email was not recieved...Guess it's REALLY time to drop their sorry excuse for a service once and for all... Thank god for the new free email services like Juno Software (shameles plug) Please resume yer discuss... Jonathan ------------------------------ From: slawlor Date: Wed, 16 Oct 1996 16:55:55 -0400 (EDT) Subject: painkiller question I noticed in the info message about this list that john zorn is or was with a group called painkiller. I went over to cdconnection and they have a cd by the group called execution ground. Does anyone have this and can you give me a review on it? Thanks for the information. scott K. Lawlor 3358 Prange Dr. Cuyahoga Falls, OH. 44223 Phone, 330-922-4895 http://w3.gwis.com/~slawlor ------------------------------ From: Torsten Nielsen Date: Thu, 17 Oct 1996 00:25:12 +0200 (METDST) Subject: Re: Zorn in Europe Anyone has any dates for the Fred Frith Quartet? JOHN ZORN BAR KOKHBA =20 European Tour - October 1996 =20 __________________________________________ =20 October 1996 =20 Tuesday 22 Hamburg (Germany) - Fabrik =20 Wednesday 23 Basel (Switzerland) - Kulturwerkstatt Kaserne =20 Thursday 24 Mestre VE (Italy) - Teatro Toniolo =20 Friday 25 Stainach (Austria) - Cultur Centrum Wolkenstein =20 Saturday 26 Salzburg (Austria) - Elisabethb=FChne =20 Sunday 27 K=F6ln (Germany) - Stadtgarten =20 Monday 28 Utrecht (Holland) - Tivoli =20 Tuesday 29 Gent (Belgium) - Vooruit Kunsten Centrum =20 Wednesday 30 Bochum (Germany) - Bahnhof Langendreer =20 Thursday 31 Paris (France) - Hot Brass =20 ------------------------------ From: Jeff Spirer Date: Wed, 16 Oct 1996 16:21:01 -0700 Subject: Re: painkiller question At 04:55 PM 10/16/96 -0400, slawlor wrote: >I noticed in the info message about this list that john zorn is or was >with a group called painkiller. I went over to cdconnection and they >have a cd by the group called execution ground. Does anyone have this >and can you give me a review on it? Thanks for the information. Disc One: Loud, aggressive, almost thrashy stuff, pretty hardcore. Disc Two is labeled ambient and is some of the darkest ambient around. Good stuff. Japanese version adds a third live disc. Great cover photo (can be seen at web site below on Subharmonic page.) Jeff Spirer http://www.hyperreal.com/axiom/ Axiom Records/Material Communications ------------------------------ From: martinj@SONOMA.EDU Date: Wed, 16 Oct 1996 16:56:09 -0800 (PST) Subject: Re: painkiller question in reply to your review of execution ground: the setup is Mick Harris (Ex napalm death), bill laswell (Master of the DEEP) on bass, and zorn on sax. Their older stuff (Guts of a virgin & Buried secrets) are basically spastic fits of chaos and emotion, and I LOVE THEM! Execution ground is my favorite. first off, GO BUY IT! the first disc starts spastic (one of the best album intros i've ever heard) and moves on into deathy ambient dub (DEEP BASS ala laswell). there's 3 songs, and each are awesome. Laswell's influence is more clear on this album (especially since the other disc in the set is ambient, and equally as awesome). I could go on, but you should just get it & love it. I do. Also, everyone needs at least on copy of (Pleasanton, CA locals) Smashing Lenny's mellons & a band called WALSHSTONE. ok. that's all. - -Josh martin On Wed, 16 Oct 1996, slawlor wrote: > I noticed in the info message about this list that john zorn is or was > with a group called painkiller. I went over to cdconnection and they > have a cd by the group called execution ground. Does anyone have this > and can you give me a review on it? Thanks for the information. > > > scott K. Lawlor > 3358 Prange Dr. > Cuyahoga Falls, OH. 44223 > Phone, 330-922-4895 > http://w3.gwis.com/~slawlor > > ------------------------------ From: silver whale Date: Thu, 17 Oct 1996 16:00:24 +0200 (GMT+0200) Subject: Re: Wayside On Wed, 16 Oct 1996, Dave Trenkel wrote: > >i wish zorn would die. > > Why, so all those obscure records we've been collecting all these years > would finally get some collectors value? So Zorn could finally be > recognized as an important composer? So that record labels would finally > re-issue all of his out of print works? Or just so that he could jam with > Jerry Garcia? Or Karen Carpenter? teemu _-=-__-=-__-=-__-=-__-=-__-=-__-=-__-=-__-=-__-=-__-=-__-=-__-=-__-=-__- e-mail: tkorpipa@siba.fi "There was coffee. Life would go on." Ruumen homepage: William Gibson:'The Winter Market' http://www.siba.fi/~tkorpipa/ruumen.html _-=-__-=-__-=-__-=-__-=-__-=-__-=-__-=-__-=-__-=-__-=-__-=-__-=-__-=-__- ------------------------------ From: James A Sellers Date: Thu, 17 Oct 1996 14:17:36 -0400 (EDT) Subject: Aizona? I saw a disk in a used CD bin entitled, Aizona??? or Aizonium? or something to that effect. In any case, this disk featured the Blind Idiot God guys doing some amazing noise guitar trance stuff for lack of a better description. This CD case looks exactly like the Death Cube K CD but was entitled something like Aizona or something like that. Anybody have any answers to what I'm talking about? What is the correct name? And where can I get it? - -Jim ------------------------------ From: Jeff Spirer Date: Thu, 17 Oct 1996 15:27:26 -0700 Subject: Re: Aizona? It's Azonic, mostly noisy feedbacky guitar, mostly solo except for a little bass from Bill Laswell. I like it, but I can't say I play it more than once a year. The label is Strata, availability is fairly poor since the pressing was pretty small and the label is more or less gone. It seems to pop up in used bins every now and then. At 02:17 PM 10/17/96 -0400, James A Sellers wrote: > >I saw a disk in a used CD bin entitled, Aizona??? or Aizonium? or >something to that effect. In any case, this disk featured the Blind Idiot >God guys doing some amazing noise guitar trance stuff for lack of a >better description. This CD case looks exactly like the Death Cube K CD >but was entitled something like Aizona or something like that. Anybody >have any answers to what I'm talking about? What is the correct name? And >where can I get it? > >-Jim > > > Jeff Spirer http://www.hyperreal.com/axiom/ Axiom Records/Material Communications ------------------------------ End of zorn-list Digest V2 #19 ****************************** To subscribe to zorn-list Digest, send the command: subscribe zorn-list-digest in the body of a message to "majordomo@xmission.com". 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