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Yearly Archives: 2016

Hedda Plecher – Death Metal

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Der Oi Jazz Verlag steht für Oi und Jazz. Könnte man meinen. In diesem Fall jedoch steht der Verlag für Death Metal, eben das Subgenre, nach welchem der aktuelle Roman des jungen, dynamischen Verlags benannt ist.  Björn Ganslandt, einer der Macher hinter dem Verlag, löst das Pradoxon in dem er ein zentrales Prinzip des Verlages erläutert:”Also ganz ehrlich, wir nehmen alles wo saufen vorkommt”.

“saufen”, wie es Ganslandt nennt, spielt tatsächlich eine wichtige Rolle in dem Roman, jedoch keine so zentrale wie in der ersten Veröffentlichung des Verlags.  Die Handlung ist schnell zusammengefasst. Eine extraterrestrische Lebensform landet im Körper eines Death Metal Drummers und erlebt dort sowohl die Ups and Downs des menschlichen Daseins, als auch die seiner Band. Das Ganze wird dann, speziell gegen Ende, ein bisschen abgehobener als es sich hier anhört. Gutes Ding. Lesenswert.

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Spektrum Wiese #147 – Afro 10

Tony Allen & Band – Losun [Honest Jons]
Orchestre Dama-Dama – Diplome Tché Houè [Voix Africaine]
Karl Hector & The Malcouns – Orange [Now Again]
The Ramblers – Grazing In The Grass [Decca]
Orchestra – Baobab – Souleymane [Mr. Bongo]
Victor Ola-lya And His Cool Cats – Bonsue [Philips]
Gyedu-Blay Ambolley & The Steneboofs – Simigwado [Mr. Bongo]
Nath & Martin Brothers – Livingstone [Voodoo Funk]
Sharero Band – Sharero 75 [Afro 7]
Mary Afi Usuah – Ima Mma Uyem [Voodoo Funk]

Ashley Khan – The House That Trane Build

… or the story of impulse! records.

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Within this roughly 280 pages Ashley Khan gives a comprehensive overview of one of the finest jazz labels around (during the ’60s). Starting with the foundation of the label in 1960/61 and ending in 1975/76 when impulse! was basically not functioning any longer. And yes, the first 140 pages or so are mainly about John Coltrane, who was THE dominating artist on the label until his death in ’67. The book has quite a lot of features on the key albums of the label, which include stories about the making of and, where possible, also interviews with the artists. Unfortunately Ashley Khan has at no point a critical opinion on the label (e.g. this and that album sucks), basically praising it to heaven all the time, which is sometimes a little bit tiring. Further it is written a lot from an executive perspective (quoting frequently of CEOs, marketing guys and even lawyers of the label) explaining the management decisions of the label and telling which albums sold in which quantity. For a music connoisseur this is not really of relevance, however can be entertaining at some occasions, e.g. when Sun Ra negotiates about a paragraph in his contract which regulates the distribution rights of his works on planets other than earth.

With all ups and downs this is probably the best, and possibly the only, book dealing exclusively with the history of the label and is a good entrance point for everybody who is interested in the more spiritual side of jazz.

Spektrum Wiese #146 – Funkmaster P.

Mr. Chop & CL Smooth – Sratighen It Out (Inst.) [5 Day Weekend]
Ernie Hines – Our Generation [BGP]
The Emotions – Blind Alley [Originals]
The Detroit Emeralds – Watcha Gonna Wear Tomorrow [Westbound]
Lil Buck & The Top Cats – Monkey In A Sack [Funk 45]
The Heliocentrics – Dance Of The Dogons [Now Again]
The Light (Jim Sharp Edit) [Dusty Donuts]
Marc Hype / Jim Dunloop – Antique Anthem [Dusty Donuts]
DJ Pump & Hedspin – No Ecapin’ This [Friday’s Funk 45]
Screamin’ Jay Hawkins – I Put A Spell On You [Okeh]

Black Moon (1975)

Black MoonThis certainly was the role of Cathryn Harrisons life. At the tender age of 16 she stars this rather obscure and occasionally disturbing independent film about a schizophrenic young woman ending up at a country house somewhere in the middle of nowhere, England. I am not sure if the plot yields a deeper or hidden meaning, however this seems to be second-rank. Lily is chasing a Unicorn round the cottage, meets an old women who talks a lot of gibberish, and makes friends with another two Lilys. Most time it is hard to judge what happens only in Lilys mind and what happens for real.  Cathryn Harrisons play Lily with a incredible innocence which gives the movie a twitch, which makes it easy to watch, despite the messy plot. For some reason this film did not lounge her career into outer space.

German actress Therese Giehse makes her last appearance in her almost 50 years lasting career on before she past away in early 1975. She is doing a great job as old confused lady and is a great counter-pole to the young Lily.

Spektrum Wiese #145 – Keep Cool

Appleblim – Girder [Skull Disco]
Junior Cat – See Di Bobo Dread [Colonel Mustard’s]
Reverend Danny Dread – Chatty Mouth Defeat [Colonel Mustard’s]
Alter Echo & E3 – The Sound Tonight [ZamZam]
Stand High Patrol – Automatic Attack [Patate Records]
Tommy McCook / Glenmore Brown – Funky Reggae [Santic / Dub Store]
Mo Kolours – Keep Cool [One Handed Music]
Dennis Brown – Open The Gate[Iroko]
Horace Andy – Brutality [New Star]
Johnny Clarke – Enter Into His Gates With Praise [Attack]

Teenage Dance Party #35 – Pre-Christmas Show

Episode #35 of the Teenage Dance Party is online now. Without Mr. Mumble, however with an awful lot of discoveries made in 2015.
Originally broadcasted on the 23th of December on Pi-Radio.

Give it a listen here:
http://cba.fro.at/series/teenage-dance-party