Ominous was invited by the good people in Ny Musik För Hållbar Utveckling to accompany them to Göteborg for a whole day of distro/dj's/live bands.
So, apart from having a great time, I got my hands on some great music as well.
Chicagojazzen - Brachiosaurus (Tape on Native Parts Records)
Chiacgojazzen - Brachiosaurus II (Tape on Native Parts Records)
Harold Shipman - Hat & Högmod (Tape on Pissoar Cassettes & Records)
Martin Herterich - Psalm (Tape on Ideal Recordings)
Tsukimono - Née (CD on Kalligrammofon)
Yo Amoeba - Assault and Battery (7'' self-released, Website)
Heinz Hopf / Kam Hassah (Split 7'' on Release The Bats)
Erik Enocksson - Apan (LP on Release The Bats)
Haven't had the chance to get myself through all of it but I just had to mention Yo Amoeba (Myspace).
Therese Holm (Yo Amoeba) was institutionalized, suffering from schizophrenia, bought a digital recording device and recorded sounds from inside the ward and on furlough.
This 7'' is not very long, each side runs on 45rpm and contains mostly (first track on each side is the longest) short samples/snippets, but it's so extremely compelling and honest. It also has piano, guitar and some vocals, but mainly sounds.
I am amazed by how a track called "the Elevator", that probably isn't longer than 30 seconds, can give me the feelings and connotations I got.
This 7'' is well worth a purchase. So get it from her as soon as you can!
måndag 10 oktober 2011
onsdag 28 september 2011
Late summer and early fall (of mankind?)
Nicoffeine! Was in Berlin last weekend and finally got my chance to see them live. First heard about them from Arthur (Under The Pledge Of Secrecy), the promoter who organized two Digression Assassins shows at AZ Aachen 2008/9. I was looking through a box of vinyls he had brought with him to the show in 2008 and he showed me the two he had with them and told me about it. I was instantly intrigued but being on tour, I had other things to use my money for, like food, so I didn't buy them, but as soon as I came home I started scanning the net for music to dl. Since I didn't find anything they sort of disappeared from under my radar until the next year I was in Aachen with D.A again, but again, wasn't that rich ufortunately. So I didn't buy a vinyl then either. It wasn't until this year actually, when hosting sites made the music search a whole lot easier that I actually came across the three latest albums (Savant Lies Away From Home, Admiring Those Artholes and Lighthealer Stalking Flashplayer) that I finally got the chance to listen to more than live clips and videos on youtube. They blew me away, just as I had expected, it only took 3 years. I listened quite a lot to those three albums, and then when me and a friend decided to go to Berlin and visit friends there I saw that they were playing our first night there. So, of course, there was no question about it. I had to see it live! And it was an amazing show. I don't even know how to describe it, on record the rock is a lot more audiable or how to decribe it, but on stage this three-piece was controlled chaos. Impressive, hard-hitting and technically skilled drummer Jörg Schneider in the back, guitarist/vocalist Soheyl Nassary in the middle to the right, stomping on effects, screaming, headbanging, completely shattering all pre-existing thoughts of how to use a guitar, and at the front, lefty side of Schneider, bassplayer Guido Lucas. Him I don't even know how to describe, a very friendly looking man, possibly around his fifties (forgive me Guido if I'm wrong), wiping sweat from his forehead with the curtains to the stage and ordering (getting?) drinks from the audience. 
It was a massive sonic assault and as soon as it was over I was over by the merch stand to get my hands on a number of vinyls. Bought "Savant..." and "Lighthealer...", then got talked into getting the split with Lude instead of "Admiring...". Then I started talking to Soheyl and Guido and said that if they were interested I would love to do a tape release with them on my label and that I really wanted to try and bring them to Stockholm for a show. Now, a couple of days later, a release has been decided and Nicoffeine will release a 40 min live set on a tape through Ominous Recordings and I have already started to get in touch with contacts in order to try and get them a 4-5 dates mini tour through Sweden. I guess that Stockholm will be the hardest place to get them a good venue, preferred supporting bands and the audience. But I'll work on that. Well, enough excitement and egoboosts, back to music. AIDS Wolf is amazing Arab On Radar-ish noiserock with female vocals. Really noisey, atonal, freakishly improv-feeling-y and harsh. Have listened a lot to The Lovvers LP, Cities of Glass and March to the Sea. Also listened a lot to A.H. Kraken and actually contacted them to ask them if they would be interested in releasing a tape on Ominous, but all I got was the very sad news that they are no longer active and have disbanded. Their debut album "Elle avait peut-être 19 ans mais pour moi elle en aura toujours 12" is amazing. The new wave of no wave! After a quick listen to a friends ipod I went home and looked up Phantom Pregnancies and have played their album "The Compilation That Could Have Been A Contender" a load of times, really skronky punk/rock (the good kind you know). After stocking up on some ugExplode items and getting some for myself of course, I really got hooked on the band White Suns, they recently released thir debut album on ugExplode, entitled "Waking In The Reservoir" and is well worth both your money and time. Really noisey punk/hc/sludge!
It was a massive sonic assault and as soon as it was over I was over by the merch stand to get my hands on a number of vinyls. Bought "Savant..." and "Lighthealer...", then got talked into getting the split with Lude instead of "Admiring...". Then I started talking to Soheyl and Guido and said that if they were interested I would love to do a tape release with them on my label and that I really wanted to try and bring them to Stockholm for a show. Now, a couple of days later, a release has been decided and Nicoffeine will release a 40 min live set on a tape through Ominous Recordings and I have already started to get in touch with contacts in order to try and get them a 4-5 dates mini tour through Sweden. I guess that Stockholm will be the hardest place to get them a good venue, preferred supporting bands and the audience. But I'll work on that. Well, enough excitement and egoboosts, back to music. AIDS Wolf is amazing Arab On Radar-ish noiserock with female vocals. Really noisey, atonal, freakishly improv-feeling-y and harsh. Have listened a lot to The Lovvers LP, Cities of Glass and March to the Sea. Also listened a lot to A.H. Kraken and actually contacted them to ask them if they would be interested in releasing a tape on Ominous, but all I got was the very sad news that they are no longer active and have disbanded. Their debut album "Elle avait peut-être 19 ans mais pour moi elle en aura toujours 12" is amazing. The new wave of no wave! After a quick listen to a friends ipod I went home and looked up Phantom Pregnancies and have played their album "The Compilation That Could Have Been A Contender" a load of times, really skronky punk/rock (the good kind you know). After stocking up on some ugExplode items and getting some for myself of course, I really got hooked on the band White Suns, they recently released thir debut album on ugExplode, entitled "Waking In The Reservoir" and is well worth both your money and time. Really noisey punk/hc/sludge!
torsdag 4 augusti 2011
Summer 2011 (Artist/album link madness)
I don't even know where to start! I have listened to a shitload of excellent music this summer.
For starters I should mention the bands releasing on my label Ominous Recordings later in August:
Avgrunden and Stillheten.
Avgrunden could be described as a more minimalistic Earth or a Bohren & Der Club Of Gore who out of nowhere decided that folk/drone was the new shit.
Stillheten tends to the same crops as Badgerlore and other similar, more folk/ambient, artists, subtle yet powerful and hauntingly beautiful.
Then there's this Harry Pussy compilation "You'll Never Play This Town Again" which I listened several times in a row.
Also, finally, taken myself the time to listen to The Dead C. Started with the albums "Harsh 70's Reality (1992)", "Trapdoor Fucking Exit (1993)" and "The White House (1995)" which are supposed to be the "best" ones.
All three excellent albums, but I have to say that "Trapdoor Fucking Exit" is my personal favorite.
Also got a Lau Nau CD from my drummer. I enjoyed it but didn't think that much about it. It was something else, different but with certain connotations.
But then a week ago I got a mail from discogs saying that one of the items in my "want list" was for sale, (Badgerlore - We Are All Hopeful Farmers, We Are All Scared Rabbits) and then saw that the seller had two albums by Islaja for sale, after realizing it was similar music to Lau Nau, that made me re-listen the Lau Nau album.
It really opened a new world for me, new finnish folk psych.
Since then I have listened to Lau Nau, Islaja and Kuupuu daily. At least one album from one of the artists.
The seller also had a Charalambides album for sale, a reason for me to check out what the Carters are mainly doing, besides working in Bastard Wing and Badgerlore
This is just some of the stuff I have been listening to.
For starters I should mention the bands releasing on my label Ominous Recordings later in August:
Avgrunden and Stillheten.
Avgrunden could be described as a more minimalistic Earth or a Bohren & Der Club Of Gore who out of nowhere decided that folk/drone was the new shit.
Stillheten tends to the same crops as Badgerlore and other similar, more folk/ambient, artists, subtle yet powerful and hauntingly beautiful.
Then there's this Harry Pussy compilation "You'll Never Play This Town Again" which I listened several times in a row.
Also, finally, taken myself the time to listen to The Dead C. Started with the albums "Harsh 70's Reality (1992)", "Trapdoor Fucking Exit (1993)" and "The White House (1995)" which are supposed to be the "best" ones.
All three excellent albums, but I have to say that "Trapdoor Fucking Exit" is my personal favorite.
Also got a Lau Nau CD from my drummer. I enjoyed it but didn't think that much about it. It was something else, different but with certain connotations.
But then a week ago I got a mail from discogs saying that one of the items in my "want list" was for sale, (Badgerlore - We Are All Hopeful Farmers, We Are All Scared Rabbits) and then saw that the seller had two albums by Islaja for sale, after realizing it was similar music to Lau Nau, that made me re-listen the Lau Nau album.
It really opened a new world for me, new finnish folk psych.
Since then I have listened to Lau Nau, Islaja and Kuupuu daily. At least one album from one of the artists.
The seller also had a Charalambides album for sale, a reason for me to check out what the Carters are mainly doing, besides working in Bastard Wing and Badgerlore
This is just some of the stuff I have been listening to.
fredag 6 maj 2011
Friday 6/5 2011
Since I want to update this blog often with new tips for you, I have decided to do it in a smaller scale than planned.
I'll just post album covers, titles and short reviews on a hopefully daily bases, since I listen to music every day and almost the entire day.
From time to time there will be larger "articles" and of course I'll do live reviews when I find the time.
Here's the first daily update:
Ches Smith - Congs For Brums (Free Porcupine Society)
It's drums, percussion, vibraphone.
The man has provided drums for acts such as 7 Year Rabbit Cycle, Xiu Xiu, Redressers, Good For Cows, Secret Chiefs 3, Trevor Dunn's Trio Convulsant, Marc Ribot, Tom Waits. What else is there to say? This album is interesting, gripping and exciting even though it's just the man and a bunch of drums and junk.
Death Grip - Exmilitary Mixtape (Free download at http://thirdworlds.net)
A week ago a friend of mine told me about this Zach Hill-project.
As I downloaded their free mixtape Exmilitary and gave it a listen, Death Grip rose to be the best hiphop I've heard for a very, very long time.
Redressers - To Each According... (Free Porcupine Society)
Jazzy decadence from Ches Smith, Devin Hoff, Karla Kihlsted and Marika Hughes. It's given me pictures of old black/white films, booze smuggling and a dirty nightclub.
Well worth your time.
I'll just post album covers, titles and short reviews on a hopefully daily bases, since I listen to music every day and almost the entire day.
From time to time there will be larger "articles" and of course I'll do live reviews when I find the time.
Here's the first daily update:
Ches Smith - Congs For Brums (Free Porcupine Society)
It's drums, percussion, vibraphone.
The man has provided drums for acts such as 7 Year Rabbit Cycle, Xiu Xiu, Redressers, Good For Cows, Secret Chiefs 3, Trevor Dunn's Trio Convulsant, Marc Ribot, Tom Waits. What else is there to say? This album is interesting, gripping and exciting even though it's just the man and a bunch of drums and junk.
Death Grip - Exmilitary Mixtape (Free download at http://thirdworlds.net)
A week ago a friend of mine told me about this Zach Hill-project.
As I downloaded their free mixtape Exmilitary and gave it a listen, Death Grip rose to be the best hiphop I've heard for a very, very long time.
Redressers - To Each According... (Free Porcupine Society)
Jazzy decadence from Ches Smith, Devin Hoff, Karla Kihlsted and Marika Hughes. It's given me pictures of old black/white films, booze smuggling and a dirty nightclub.
Well worth your time.
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