#jason ajemian

[garadinervi]

jaimie branch – FLY or DIE, Directed by Mark Pallman, International Anthem, 2017. Cinematography / Editorial: Mark Pallman. Color: Alex Frankland. Audio Mix: Ben Treimer

FLY or DIE jaimie branch – trumpet Tomeka Reid – cello Jason Ajemian – bass Chad Taylor – drums

Cameos by: Matt Schneider – guitar Ben Lamar Gay – cornet Josh Berman – cornet

jaimie “breezy” branch ♥

#art #music #music album #video #jaimie branch #mark pallman #alex frankland #ben treimer #tomeka reid #jason ajemian #chad taylor #matt schneider #ben lamar gay #josh berman #international anthem #2010s

[ohc-and-the-music-tapes-archive]

Review of the Circulatory System’s show, Flagpole, 14 July 2004

[source]

transcript:

CIRCULATORY SYSTEM, THE LAY ALL OVER ITS Flicker Theatre & Bar Wednesday. June 30

I woke from a hard late afternoon sleep and a spy dream; spies that cling to the ceiling and under floorboards. It was blustery and I was to head to Flicker for "acoustic" Circulatory System. Good thing I got there in time, as the night would sell out. Even the outdoor seating was retracted. Even a woman who'd flown from Boston for just this concert was turned away I felt an out-of-season "Christmas Carol" window scene on my back as dozens of hopefuls did their best Tiny Tims, hoping to get a crumb off the feast inside. The dimly lit theatre lengthened my awake/ asleep fog as the opening act readied.

The Lay All Over Its were down from Chicago, with Jason Ajemian on double bass and vocals, and Nori Tanaka on drums. Ajemian plays in free- jazz trio Triage, though he’s no stranger to the rootsier approach; his Born Heller duo with Josephine Foster is a new kind of Americana, highly idiosyncratic with an eye towards the past. Tanaka, originally from Fukuoka, Japan, now calls Illinois home. He plays in various configurations with the likes of Jett Parker and Tatsu Aoki. demonstrating remarkable flexibility and spontaneous adaptations. And so it began. Washes of cymbals and toms and strumming and singing in perpetual motion arched like Gorecki's “Third.’ Harmonics, drones, displacement of rhythms, headbobbing throughout. Circular sheets of pulse modestly dispatched (from Tanaka's kit. from his heart

Taps to end, like the rain.

Then bowing—sad, multivoiced broken folk—beautiful, as drums entered again, but it took a while to notice their intermittent punctuations. More frenetic, this kind of heavy still had forward momentum with no obvious subdivisions. The audience was quiet. A major key explosion and the drums dropped out. It was a train what kept rollin’ in the brushes and a hard-formed triplets. Ajemian in his upper reaches sang what I couldn't understand—but didn't need to— overtop “No. no. no, no, no, no. no.' his intonation like on a Smithsonian Folkways recording. Patter of snare, scratch of bow. it sounded timeless. Plucked pointillist ghost notes, pizzicato expressionism, continue drum creating rapid call and response. Busy with high flourishes like Little Richard slowing and starting. Deep African groove book-ended by knotty swing jazz vamps to a sparer rat-a-tat percussion solo Drums front and center, just as they've been the whole way, though now we focus on the undercurrent. A chance to stretch, to fixate on cells of rhythmic exchange. Bass entry on cue in seamless integration. More raw singing, like a field song, and it stopped.

I was still that (good) groggy, maybe more so; my spy dream seemed reality as people may well have hung from the ratters and snuck through doorways, in expectation. (And I'd love to check out Circulatory System's record collections; the in-between band music was cool-headed.) We waited in this calm... Finally, with spare sustained tones, Will Hart sang “been such a long time" (if it had. all was forgiven) over a gentle propulsion. Julian Koster sawed away his echo chamber opera. This continued until drummers Hannah Jones and Derek Almstead kicked in with the big beat; it was Pink Floyd planetarium. King Crimson angularity and classic-rock catharsis as John Fernandes' bass clarinet bottomed out. Soon traditional instruments were traded for two pitchers of water, pouring from one to the other as Lay All Over Its’ Ajemian added high sparkle and low bow. There was even kissing of the microphone, close up.

On to Pete Erchick’s keyboard bass pulse and a big stadium sound, a nice slurry clarinet break all mellowed out in staccato rhythm through the changes, an expanded sense of time. As Hart chanted “one by one" all stopped and resumed together, an Arnold Dreyblatt insistence and calm. The System shifted from jazzy to straightforward rock and back. A living cross-fade to slow dirges into Beatles-disco speedup-hushed freakout. The last suite: a mid-tempo shuttle, a guitar and voice reduction, some trading bass. “Now is the only time." Easy waves as Fernandes walked backwards down the center aisle with some sort of noisemaker. I slept well, spies be damned.

Erik Hinds

#Circulatory System #Will Cullen Hart #Julian Koster #Hannah Jones #Derek Almstead #John Fernandes #Pete Erchick #The Lay All Over Its #Jason Ajemian #Nori Tanaka #reviews #2004

[coffeejoshy]

Some tracks that didn’t quite make the cut (but honestly were pretty interchangeable for #50-#40).

#music reviews #new music #soty #2023 music #lady moon #jaimie branch #jason ajemian #angie mcmahon #mannequin pussy #sampha #aja monet #the last dinner party #men i trust

[sinceileftyoublog]

jaimie branch Album Review: Fly or Die Fly or Die Fly or Die ((world war))

(International Anthem)

BY JORDAN MAINZER

Though the late trumpeter and composer jaimie branch's third album Fly or Die Fly or Die Fly or Die ((world war)) is a final statement, it's even more effective as an eternal one. It begins with keyboards that sound like church organs, an eerily somber sonic manifestation of irrevocability. As Chad Taylor's rolling drums enter, branch gives us one of her trademark trumpet blares, as if to announce, "I'm here." She wasn't one to spend much more time announcing her presence, though--the track segues into an Afro-Latin style jam, clacking percussion and horns in line with Lester St. Louis' nervy bowed cello. ((world war)) from then on spends most of its runtime just the way branch liked it, in a groove, with some breaks along the way to remind us of the urgency of the moment.

The story behind ((world war)) is bound to become lore. It was recorded in April 2022 during branch's artist residency at the Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts in Omaha. It was almost completed when she unexpectedly passed away later that year; her sister Kate, family, friends, and International Anthem then finished the album as they envisioned branch would have. It's branch's finest statement, both in terms of sonic virtuosity and cohesive ideality. On tracks like "borealis dancing" and "baba louie", the band stunningly changes rhythm and style halfway through, to shuffling hip-hop and funk on the former and from calypso to drippy jazz dub on the latter. Lead single "take over the world" is a masterclass in controlled chaos. branch repeats the refrains "Gonna take over the world / and give it back to the land" with stutters and trills, shouting koans atop simmering cello, driving drums, and Jason Ajemian's chugging bass. Eventually, branch puts delay pedal on her voice, sounding like something straight out of Kid A, uncanny but comforting and hopeful instead of glacial and isolating.

Perhaps the standout track on ((world war)) is "burning grey", which sees branch deliver more mantras atop the musical propulsion, howling like a wolf while begging us, "don't forget the fight". It's when she repeats "I wish I had the time" that she not only unintentionally breaks our hearts, given the context, but puts the onus on us to continue what she started. Midway through, the song collapses in on itself, almost a show of what happens when you do forget the communal mission of the human condition. branch was always inspiring, but on ((world war)), she galvanizes us into action.

#album review #international anthem #jaimie branch #bemis center for contemporary arts #jason ajemian #lester st. louis #Fly or Die Fly or Die Fly or Die ((world war)) #chad taylor #kate branch #kid a #Youtube

[dustedmagazine]

Fly or Die — Fly or Die Fly or Die Fly or Die ((world war)) (International Anthem)

Fly or Die Fly or Die Fly or Die ((world war)) by jaimie branch

In an oft-referenced interview with Aquarium Drunkard, jaimie branch – an innovative and dynamic trumpet player, composer and bandleader who didn’t like capital letters – said that she’d initially shied away from the vulnerable emotional component of improvised music, “because I thought it was cheesy or corny or something like that. Like playing a simple melody is probably not something I would have done in 2007 or 2008.” 

Fly or Die Fly or Die Fly or Die ((world war)), the last record by the branch-led quartet Fly or Die, released almost exactly a year after her death on August 22, 2022, is marked by just these sorts of simple melodic phrases. You can understand why a young, punkish, avant-garde artist might avoid crowd-pleasing earworms, but emotional sincerity suited branch well. As she put it, she meant every note that she played.

Lead track “aurora rising” opens with the sound of an organ (convincing, though it’s really branch on keyboard) dirgy at one end and bright at the other, laughing, almost, over Chad Taylor’s stormy timpani. branch announces herself with a regal flourish of trumpet. It’s a moment of almost smirking formality before the organ marches into “borealis dancing,” bringing bassist Jason Ajemian and cellist Lester St. Louis along into a heavy Latin groove.

Through the rousing major chords of the first half of “baba louie,” branch’s ebullient trumpet dances along with sparkling percussion, then the song dramatically shifts to showcase the sultry end of branch’s vocal range. We hear another side of her on the clamoring, frantic “take over the world.” It’s not without a little well-aimed menace that she vows to give the world “back back back back to the la la la land.” A version of the Meat Puppets’ “Comin’ Down” (here titled “the mountain” ) – a track which feels both out of place and well-placed on the record – we hear yet another side of branch as she harmonizes with the handsomely-voiced Ajemian.

branch’s work was always characterized by seamless genre fluidity, thanks to a  mishmash of influences. She was born in New York to a  Colombian mother and then raised in Chicago; she picked up  trumpet from her brother and was naturally very good at it. Her family introduced her to Michael Jackson and the Beastie Boys  and Streisand and Elvis, and then she discovered punk, grunge and Ornette Coleman. Throughout her life, she collaborated with many different artists and made music that sounded both familiar and excitingly new. She was, by all accounts, a great listener, as one in her artistic position would have to be.

Political protest was baked into her music, often in very explicit ways. Performing “prayer for amerikkka pt 1&2,” from 2019’s FLY or DIE II: bird dogs of paradise in Switzerland, she reminded her audience, “it’s not always time to be neutral.”

Speaking truth to power (or audiences, anyway) is one thing, but branch engaged in the arguably more difficult political project of community-building. On the snakey, heart-thumping “burning grey” she warns that there are people out there who will tear your heart out without a second thought. “Everything feels broken,” she sings, but “trust me/just for one moment/believe me/the future lives inside us/don’t forget to fight/don’t forget to fight/don’t forget/don’t forget/don’t forget.” She lets out a wolf-like howl, and I believe her.

Margaret Welsh

#fly or die quartet #world war #international anthem #margaret welsh #albumreview #dusted magazine #jaimie branch #chad taylor #jason ajemian #lester st. louis #jazz #trumpet #the meat puppets

[spilladabalia]

jaimie branch - take over the world

#take over the world #jaimie branch #lester st louis #jason ajemian #chad taylor #fly or die fly or die fly or die ((world war)) #2023 #Youtube

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ETERNITIES + earthworm + AUGUSTÉ VICKUNAITÉ + SIMONAS NEKROŠIUS + ALANAS GURINAS

MARDI LE 05.03

ETERNITIES us earthworm  us AUGUSTÉ VICKUNAITÉ lt SIMONAS NEKROŠIUS lt ALANAS GURINAS lt

TREIZE 24 rue Moret 75011 M° Couronnes / Ménilmontant

19:30 PORTES

20:00 ACTION !

P.A.F.6€

ETERNITIES us utah nyc " deep presence, resonant feedback, melodic drone, and overtone magic, in the fluid realm between intention and indeterminacy. We use harmonic tones from wind instruments played within feedback systems to create deep spectral drone. "

Duo composé de Katie Porter ( clarinette basse ) et Bob Bellerue  ( electronics, feedback ).

Musicienne spécialisée surtout dans la musique expérimentale / contemporaine ( interprétant p. ex. les musiques de John Luther Adams, Jason Ajemian, Mike Kelley, Michael Pisaro, Larry Polansky, Stephanie Richards, Morris Rosenzweig, Arthur Russell, James Tenney, Maayan Tsadka, Christian Wolff, entre autres ) mais pas que  ( "   She exists mainly in the experimental realm, but can sometimes be found elsewhere. " ) , Katie Porter est aussi curatrice, passionnée par la création de communautés musicales - elle a cofondé p.ex. Listen/Space (Brooklyn) et est commissaire des Listen/Space Commissions, responsables de 46 nouvelles œuvres pour groupes de chambre mixtes.

Elle co-dirige également le Symposium biennal VU pour la musique expérimentale, improvisée et électronique (Park City, Utah) et travaille sur un projet de longue haleine ( jeu de mots intentionnel ) pour clarinette solo dans l'installation Sun Tunnels ( 1976 ) - en cours de restauration -  de  la land-artiste, Nancy Holt, dans l'Utah.

Plusieurs projets dont le duo RED DESERT ENSEMBLE (   “a finely poised musical partnership”- THE WIRE,  ) avec le percussionniste/compositeur Devin Maxwell, qui a publié un album  sur le label de feu Phil Niblock, XI.

Bob Bellerue est artiste sonore / noisician, ingé-son, technicien et entre autres choses, curateur, entre autres, et notamment LE responsable principal de l'immensissime festival de musiques oufissimo-interlopissimes, ENDE TYMES. 

Sa pratique sonore tourne souvent autour des systèmes de rétroaction résonnante, utilisant des instruments, des objets, des enregistrements et des espaces amplifiés, en combinaison avec des composants électroniques et des logiciels écrits dans le langage de programmation de synthèse audio Supercollider.

Au cours des 30 dernières années, il a été impliqué dans la création et la présentation d'un large éventail d'activités sonores – entre noise, art sonore, musique expérimentale, percussions junk metal, gamelan balinais, bandes son pour la danse/théâtre/vidéo/art de la performance et  installations vidéo / son. 

Il a publié moult enregistrements, notamment chez Elevator Bath Records, iDeal Recordings, Banned Productions, Fabrica, P-Tapes, RRR Records, Love Earth Music, Prison Tatt Records, Los Discos Enfantasmes, Zelphabet, Peyote Tapes, No Rent Records ou sur ses propres labels, Anarchymoon Recordings and Sleepy Hollow Editions. 

earthworm us uk Nouveau duo / projet collaboratif composé de Christi Denton, artiste sonore et compositrice polyvalente originaire des États-Unis et de France, et de Margaret Fiedler McGinnis ( US / UK ), auteur-compositeur et multi-instrumentiste connue pour son travail avec au mitan des années 90s MOONSHAKE et LAIKA ensuite, et plus récemment avec  PJ Harvey & Wire ( excusez de peu).

 Dans une pièce spécialement composée pour Le Non_Jazz aux Nautes, elles s'aventureront dans le domaine de l'improvisation structurée. Conçu pour faire écho aux pousses vertes tendres de la saison, SPRINGS promet une expérience sonore immersive. Denton et Fiedler McGinnis créent une partition graphique unique pour l'électronique réactive, la guitare et d'autres éléments qui n'ont pas encore été révélés. Cette approche innovante s’entremêle avec les battements de cœur des musiciens et d’autres rythmes organiques, créant une interaction dynamique entre les interprètes et l’esprit éveillé de la saison.  https://www.christidenton.com/

AUGUSTÉ VICKUNAITÉ lt   Performeuse / collagiste sonore, avec une formation en sciences physiques ( ! ). Elle utilise principalement des magnétophones à bandes pour jouer, enregistrer et créer des compositions instantanées à base de d'enregistrements de terrain divers, dysfonctionnements de la technologie vintage ou encore des sons d'instruments enregistrés dans des environnements naturels.

Sa performance contiendra des boucles de bandes audio et des collages effectués à partir de de bandes trouvées.

SIMONAS NEKROŠIUS lt Artiste interdisciplinaire de Vilnius, spécialisé dans l'art sonore et la construction d'instruments électro-acoustiques et d'objets sonores faits maison.

Son travail est souvent associé aux notions de « ready-made » et de « DIY ». Il perçoit la créativité et les objets d'art comme un processus, réduisant ainsi l'importance des résultats finalisés dans ses projets. En conséquence, son travail a tendance à être indéterminé et transformateur au fil du temps.

https://www.youtube.com/@SimonasNekrosius 

ALANAS GURINAS lt Jeune artiste interdisciplinaire, adepte des performances sonores et des installations audiovisuelles.

Dans sa démarche, il explore le son en tant que phénomène textural, les thèmes de l'éphémère et les relations entre divers objets et espaces audibles et inaudibles.

A slightly light tone  ( Strained paper sheets, weights, vibro motors, various sound objects ) 

est une performance sonore acoustique live qui utilise le papier comme matériau principal pour produire du son. Différents types de papiers sont placés entre deux pinces en bois et, à l'aide de poids, sont tendus jusqu'à ce qu'ils trouvent leur état de résonance. En conséquence, différents tons, drones et textures g��nérés par du papier en suspension sont produits. (La durée de la représentation est de +- 30 minutes)  

Fly - Jo L'Indien

[cavegirl66]

°°° Jaimie Branch °°° ° Take over the world ° composed by jaimie branch (trumpet, vocals), featuring Lester St. Louis (cello), Jason Ajemian (bass, vocals), and Chad Taylor (drums). Furious Avant-Garde-Jazz from the album Fly or Die Fly or Die Fly or Die ((world war)) by jaimie branchLast year, the avant-garde jazz trumpeter jaimie branch died suddenly at the age of 39. In her lifetime, branch was a prolific collaborator, but she was also known for her solo work and for what she did as one half of the duo Anteloper. Shortly before her death, branch finished work on a solo album that she recorded last April, during a residency at Omaha’s Bemis Center For Contemporary Art. That album titled Fly or Die Fly or Die Fly or Die ((world war)), will come out later this summer, right around the one-year anniversary of branch’s death.

#youtube #jaimie branch #avant garde jazz

[brackishbrooklyn]

THURSDAY! We’re toasting j at the record shop. 17 videos streaming online so pour one out wherever you are 🥃 Brackish Brooklyn Video Fest III
a tribute to jaimie branch
Thursday March 9, 2023
8PM cst / 9PM est

Streaming online from Experimental Sound Studio Chicago
NYC watch party at The Record Shop, 360 Van Brunt St. Brooklyn

$10-20 suggested donation to Brackish and The jaimie branch Foundation via https://donorbox.org/the-jaimie-branch-foundation

Video premieres inspired by jaimie and live footage from Brackish’s 2022 season featuring:

Miriam Parker, Raina Sokolov-Gonzalez & No Land | Lester St Louis, Kim Alpert & Jason Nazary | Helado Negro & jaimie branch | Fay Victor | Nick Dunston, Isa Crespo Pardo, Joan Sue & Zekkereya El-magharbel | Angela Morris | Jason Ajemian & jaimie branch | Janel Leppin & Anthony Pirog | Neti-Neti: Matt Evans & Amirtha Kidambi | Rose Tang & jaimie branch | Atheer Yacoub | Lester St Louis | Lesley Mok & Henry Fraser | Kim Alpert & jaimie branch | Blood Luxury: Erica Dicker & Dennis Sullivan | Dustin Carlson | Wo Chan | Ryan Easter & Gregory McCallum Jr | Laura Schuler & Aaron Edgcomb Brackish – music & art is made possible by public funds from the Greater New York Arts Development Fund of the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, the Statewide Community Regrants Program, as well as from a regrant program of the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the New York State Legislature, both administered by Brooklyn Arts Council. (at Record Shop) https://www.instagram.com/p/CpaNBWpuiRV/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[doomandgloomfromthetomb]

jaimie branch's FLY or DIE - Boot and Saddle, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, December 18, 2016

The passing of jaimie branch last week was a huge loss for the music world. It's hard to know what to say — she seemed like she had a long, brilliant career ahead of her. Just getting started!

"When I’m up there, I’m putting it all out on the table. It’s like high risk, high reward,” she told Jennifer Kelly over on Aquarium Drunkard. "I mean every note that I play."

It's hard to feel too down about branch's death if you're listening to her music, however. And thankfully, she left behind a lot of it — a life story told in sound. Here's a little more to enjoy, via friend-of-the-blog Sebastian Petsu, who brought his trusty TASCAM tape recorder to this Philly gig, capturing branch and her amazing FLY or DIE band (Chad Taylor, Jason Ajemian, Tomeka Reid) soaring at the Boot and Saddle.

For even more, don't miss jaimie's Double Decker Music Series appearance with Sebastian, wherein the trumpeter cruises through the streets of Philadelphia, cutting through the noise. So long, breezy!

#jaimie branch

[noloveforned]

no love for ned is on wlur tonight from 8pm until midnight! we kicked off our new 'songs that mention food' theme last week and we'll start tonight's show with another one! if you can't listen live you can always catch last week's show on mixcloud, setlist is below!

no love for ned on wlur – august 11th, 2023 from 8-10pm

artist // track // album // label the memories // iced oatmilk latte // watching movies cassette // gnar tapes sweet knives // i don't wanna see // burnt sienna blues 7" // red lounge thee mightees // killer in the movies // woman life freedom- music for iran, vol. 2 compilation // free them now boyracer // i've got it and it's not worth having // four track demos, 1992 // (self-released) bunnygrunt // don't forget who your friends are // split 7" w/ trauma harness // tower groove the invisible hands // invisible hands // teslam // abduction the johnson family band // fall down // know wisdom cassette // 20/20 amanda x // guatemala // amnesia // siltbreeze scarlet // violet // know my ways cassette // aspiration tapes creep wave // cat call // winter sucks cassette // (self-released) mac mccaughan and mike krol // fair warning // mac krol 7" ep // merge electric eels // agitated // spin age blasters // scat monocot // it turns around again // leave to cool // astral editions scrawl // hymn // smallmouth // rough trade bridge gamble // always on time // the narrow gate cassette // discontinuous innovations allegra krieger // i wanted to be // i keep my feet on the fragile plane // double double whammy claire rousay // sigh in my ear // sigh in my ear - single // saddle creek simon joyner, michael krassner and fred lonberg-holm // bird of spring // this is where the ocean begins // grapefruit frank meadows, jessica ackerley and eli wallace // live at mise-en-place in brooklyn on october 12th, 2021, part one // maw live recordings cassette // notice jaimie branch featuring jason ajemian // the mountain // fly or die fly or die fly or die ((world war)) // international anthem steven r. smith // arroyo tree complex // heartmend compilation // eiderdown by storm // double trio // double trio digital single // (self-released) party dozen featuring billy woods // earthly times (billy woods rework) // earthly times (billy woods rework) digital single // temporary residence noname featuring $ilkmoney, billy woods and stout // gospel? // sundial // (self-released) shira small // eternal life // the line of time and the plane of now // numero group lord jah-monte ogbon featuring phiik // more than gold // beautifully black // rrc music co. stan ipcus featuring max bent // pumpkin cheesecake // foliage // (self-released) loose fit // on land (hugh b dub) // remixes and dubs // fat cat drop nineteens // scapa flow // hard light // wharf cat anya baghina // not that important // anya baghina cassette // (self-released) the laughing chimes // arboretum miles // arboretum miles ep // slumberland the reds, pinks and purples featuring morgan alice // best sides // unloveable losers ep // burundi cloud the judy's // vacation in tehran // wonderful world of appliances ep // wasted talent

#wlur #radio shows

[freethejazzblog]

Free The Jazz #104 [for Alan Bishop]

Welcome back to FTJ [phase 2?]. It’s been a while.

1 - Jaimie Branch - Prayer For Amerikkka Pt. 1 & 2 (from "Fly Or Die II: Bird Dogs Of Paradise", 2019 International Anthem)

2 - Kjetil Møster / Jeff Parker / Joshua Abrams / John Herndon - Anicca (edit) (from "Ran Do", 2017 Clean Feed)

3 - Irreversible Entanglements - Homeless​/​Global (edit) (from "Homeless​/​Global", 2019 International Anthem)

4 - ‎أحمد [Amed] - Farah ‘Alaiyna (Joy Upon Us) (edit) (from "Super Majnoon (East Meets West)", 2019 Otoroku)

5 - Kuzu - Spilled Out (edit) (from "Lift To Drag", 2019 Medium Sound)

As previously, new mixes debut over at 8K, before finding their way to the FTJ page at mixcloud, or simply click play down below. And as always, play it freakin’ loud!

#jazz #free jazz #free the jazz #8k #8k.nz #alan bishop #jaimie branch #kjetil møster #camae ayewa #pat thomas #seymour wright #dave rempis #tyler damon #tashi dorji #jason ajemian #chad taylor #jeff parker #john herndon #joshua abrams #tortoise #luke stewart #moor mother #international anthem #clean feed #mixcloud

[lyssahumana]

JAMIE BRANCH "FLY OR DIE"

Jamie Branch, Lester St. Louis, Jason Ajemian, Chad Taylor

Music Unlimited, Wels, Austria, November

(photo by me)

#concerts #music #Jamie Branch #Lester St. Louis #Jason Ajemian #Chad Taylor #my photos #Wels

[ib2se]

The B:sides-Playlist 2020-02-10 @ Radio Vättervåg 98,5 Mhz

This week: Elk Drive

starter: 'B:zväng' TextMix & reading af MrZ Komposition & Produktion af SkåneJokke Lütz [0:41]

💿 All Albums from Chant Records 💿 1. [5:49]

Eyal Talmudi Quintet – AYALON ZAFON Performed by Eyal Talmudi, Sefi Zisling, Uzi Feinrman, Gilad Abro, Aviv Cohen Composed by Eyal Talmudi Arranged by Eyal Talmudi Produced by Eyal Talmudi and MOMO sessions Engineered by Uri Barak – MOMO Recorded at Kicha Studios TLV PEACE

2. [2:57]

Felipe Hostins – É pra Sorrir Performed by Davi Vieira (percussion), Felipe Hostins (Accordion – Bass) Composed by Felipe Hostins Arranged by Felipe Hostins/Davi Vieira Produced by Felipe Hostins/Jake Owen Engineered by Jake Owen Recorded at Jake Owen’s Home Studio

3. [3:41]

Koby Israelite – Sultan Suleyman Performed by Koby Israelite Composed by Koby Israelite Arranged by Koby Israelite Produced by Koby Israelite Engineered by Koby Israelite Recorded at Bamba Studios, London

4. [3:15]

Koichi Makigami – Kurubushi Performed by Koichi Makigami vocal, cornet, Khomus-ukulele Composed by Koichi Makigami Arranged by Koichi Makigami Produced by Koichi Makigami Engineered by Koichi Makigami Recorded at 1714 studio in Atami Japan

5. [5:08]

Kretzmer/Ajemian/Shea – The Kiss Performed by Yoni Kretzmer – tenor sax, Jason Ajemian – double bass, Kevin Shea – drums Composed by Kretzmer/Ajemian/Shea Arranged by Kretzmer/Ajemian/Shea Produced by Yoni Kretzmer Engineered by Jim Clouse Recorded at Park West Studios

6. [4:18]

Laushaus (Kyle Sanna, Jonathan Goldberger, Todd Sickafoose, Mathias Künzli) – Elk Drive Performed by: Kyle Sanna – guitar Jonathan Goldberger – guitar Todd Sickafoose – bass Mathias Künzli – drums Composed by Laushaus Arranged by Laushaus Produced by Kyle Sanna, Mathias Kunzli Engineered by Jeff Hill Recorded at The Stable

7. [4:33]

Lemon Juice Quartet (Eyal Maoz, Avishai Cohen, Shanir Ezra Blumenkranz, Kevin Zubek) – Qua Performed by Eyal Maoz – guitar Avishai Cohen – trumpet Shanir Ezra Blumenkranz – bass Kevin Zubek – drums Composed by Eyal Maoz Arranged by Shanir Ezra Blumenkranz and Lemon Juice Quartet Produced by Shanir Ezra Blumenkranz Engineered by Martin Bisi Recorded at B.C. Studio from the album REPLUBLIC

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Sharabi feat. Frank London & Deep Singh – Roma (Electric Hot Pot Mix) Performed by: Frank London – trumpet, flugelhorn Deep Singh – dhol, tabla, dholak & percussion Brian Drye – trombone Lynn Ligammari – sax Booker King – bass Tony Lewis – drums Jeremiah Lockwood – guitar Brian Marsella – keys Rob Curto – accordion Traditional, Arranged by Frank London & Deep Singh Produced by Frank London & Deep Singh Engineered by Jeremy Scott Recorded at The Civil Defense Published by Nuju Music, BMI & Deep Singh, ASCAP From the upcoming CD ‘SHARABI’ Mixed & Mastered by Deep Singh

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Shimoni Street Children’s Orchestra – Embryons Desséchés Performed by Shimoni Street Children Orchestra Composed by Erik Satie Arranged by Shimoni Street Children Orchestra Produced by Shimoni Street Children Orchestra Engineered by Shimoni Street Children Orchestra

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Tarana (Rick Parker & Ravish Momin) – Natrang Performed by Rick Parker- trombone/synths; Ravish Momin- drums, electronic programming, samples Composed by Ravish Momin Arranged by Ravish Momin/Alap Momin Produced by Alap Momin Engineered by Phil Weinrobe Recorded at Figure 8 Recording Mixed by Alap Momin @ Uptown Mixers, Harlem, NYC 2017

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Shrine Umbrella (On Ka’a Davis) – ” Scene # 9 / I Am Near You “ Performed by: On Ka’a Davis (Conduction, Guitar) Valerie Kuene (cello) Will McIntyre (vibes) Daniel Jodocy (electronic turntables) Naomi Watanabe (percussion) Peter Barr (drum set) Cavassa Nickens (electric bass) Albey Bogosian (electric bass) Nonoko Yoshida (alto sax) Avram Fefer (alto sax) Jason Candler (tenor sax) Nick Gianni (tenor sax; flute) Welf Dorr (bass clarinet) Tom Chess (ney) Composed by On Ka’a Davis Arranged by On Ka’a Davis Produced by On Ka’a Davis Engineered by On Ka’a Davis Recorded Live at the Stone, NYC, October 22, 2012 On Mu Music (ASCAP)

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Jaimie Branch – Fly or Die (International Anthem)

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Who is Jaimie Branch? As an answer to that question, Fly or Die is definitive. The Chicagoan-turned-Brooklynite’s overdue debut is bursting with the pent-up energy of years spent cultivating an impishly bold voice and collaborating widely without the deserved reward of a reputation outside the local scene. Perhaps there’s something romantic about the image of the artist toiling under-recognized — in the face, not to mention, of commercial implausibility and historical prejudice (she’s a female free jazz musician) — but as Branch has pointed out, “existential crisis aside,” the primary force antagonizing big city artists is money. The struggle is real. At the same time, maybe the hustle is a forge, and those who never face the choice — Fly or Die — may never get off the ground. Survivors in an inhospitable environment, the pigeons presiding over the album cover look like lords of the city. 

The album opens with “jump off,” 16 seconds of gritty rasping and a good reminder that you don’t get this far to start making concessions. It’s also fair warning to any unsuspecting listeners who, if they heard the second track first, might think they were in for a party record. Indeed, “theme 001” is danceable if dark, with Branch’s melodic lines engraved over Chad Taylor’s resolute groove and a menacing bed of strings courtesy of cellist Tomeka Reid and bassist Jason Ajemian. But even this tune frays apart by the end, concluding somehow with a lush, freewheeling coda textured with round-the-kit rolls, cello overtones and Matt Schneider’s chiming acoustic guitar arpeggios. These same sounds pave a segue into “…meanwhile,” a full-fledged exercise in free playing.  

Knowing the range of Branch’s influences — among many others, she names Varese, Wu Tang Clan, Eric Dolphy, and Rothko in a single breath — it’s not surprising to hear Fly or Die take on so many different shapes. Where “leaves of glass” glances back at tradition with a warped brassy echo of Miles Davis and Gil Evans, “the storm” and “waltzer” explore texture and atmosphere, the latter developing into a tender group meditation. From there to the fluid fingerpicking of closer “…back at the ranch” a few tracks later entails quite a leap — and no small breadth of vision. 

So what ties it all together? Carefully distributed repetitions across the album help: three intense but foot-tapping “theme” tracks; two brief trumpet soliloquies; the deferred conclusion to “…meanwhile” in “…back at the ranch,” matching acoustic guitar and all. At the same time, it’s Branch’s voice — both her assertive playing style and her compositional sensibility, scrappy and smart — that draws whatever she says back to a single recognizable source. Whether sputtering in the style of Joe McPhee or probing like Wadada Leo Smith, Branch’s trumpet is like a super-strong magnet, gathering everything around by a kind of force. In fact, some loosening up might not hurt: At a mere 35 minutes, Fly or Die leaves plenty of room for its all-star group to stretch out and speak up without sacrificing any of the trumpeter’s well-deserved time in the spotlight. But until the follow-up, we’ll take all the Jaimie Branch we can get. 

Eric McDowell

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HEATHEN DISCO with Blastitude 10/20/2019 <-- LISTEN

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Tracklist as follows:

Doug Set 1

Nigel Olsson - Hummingbird

Peter Green - Slabo Day

Linton Kwesi Johnson - Loraine

Plush - Fed

Clive Tanaka y su Orquesta - Beehives Betrayed Larry Set 1

Kelan Phil Cohran and Legacy - White Nile

Jason Ajemian - Ask Mr, Blount Now (45 rpm special)

Vashti Bunyan - Gunpowder

Nate Young - In the Shadow Of

Dan Melchior - Awful & Antiseptic (feat. Letha Rodman Melchior)

Majeure - Face Dancer

Dylan Nyoukis - Excerpt from "Dead Pharaoh Vs Smeared on Monkey's Eyeball" Doug Set 2

Kindergarten - Interference

The Lines - Flat Feet

Shakti - Forbidden Dreams

The Bic - Go Jo

Topdown Dialectic - B3 Larry Set 2

Nice Nice - Stun Dive

Solange - Almeda

Upsetters - Three in One

Pole - Raum Eins

Joe Strummer - The Brooding Side of Madness

Archie Shepp - Things Have Got to Change (Pt. 1)

Lightning Bolt - Husker Don't Doug Set 3

Alleged Witches - One Skilled in the Black Arts (Hodge Remix)

Moussa Doumbia - Yeye Mousso

Curtiss Maldoon - Man from Afghanistan

Stray - Sister Mary

Andrew Leigh - Magician

The Rockets - Won't You Say You'll Stay

The Ivytree - Hours Are Counted Most

Jennifer Warnes - Empty Bottles

Emptyset - Blade Larry Set 3

Brilliant Colors - Highly Evolved

Grass Widow - Shadow

Scott & Charlene's Wedding - Foreign Lands

Tyvek - Summer Things

Pink Reason - Going Home

Gong Gong Gong - Inner Reaches

Bert Jansch - The Blacksmith