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All selections by Jennifer Hor

1. Nekrasov, ‘Into the No-Man’s Sphere of the Ancient Days’
   From Into the No-Man’s Sphere of the Ancient Days, AUSTRALIA EXOTIC CORPSE NO NUMBER CD (2007)
2. Bachi da Pietra, ‘Farfallazza’
   From Non Io, ITALY DIE SCHACHTEL ZEIT 04 CD (2007)
3. Spektr, ‘Revelations’
   From Mescalyne, FRANCE DEBEMUR MORTI PRODUCTIONS DMP0030 CD (2006)
4. Eroc, ‘Norderland’ (1975)
   From Eroc 1, GERMANY UNIVERSAL 0602249827945 CD (2005)
5. Caetano Veloso, ‘Átras do Trio Elétrico’ (1969)
   From Caetano Veloso, RUSSIA LILITH RECORDS LR144 CD (2007)
6. Neptune, ‘Yellow River’
   From Gong Lake, USA RADIUM TOE-CD-811 CD (2008)
7. Iván Patachich, ‘Magánhangzók’ (1976)
   From Hungarian Electronic Music, USA CREEL PONE #3 CDR (2005)
8. Sun, ‘Help Yerself’
   From I’ll Be The Same, AUSTRALIA PRESERVATION PRE014 CD (2007)
9. Luasa Raelon, ‘Hunted’
   from The Poison City, USA EIBON RECORDS LUA056 CD (2005)
10. René Joly, ‘Princesse’ (1969)
    From Chimène, FRANCE MAM PRODUCTIONS 3930650 CD (2007)
11. Ahousen, ‘Donpan Busi (Folk Song)’ (fade)
    From Ahousen, JAPAN PSF RECORDS PSFD-172 CD (2007)
12. Brothers of the Occult Sisterhood, ‘Quetzlcoatl’s Return’
    From Animal Speak, AUSTRALIA MUSIC YOUR MIND WILL LOVE YOU mymwly0005 CDR (2004)
13. Black Forest / Black Sea and Larkin Grimm, ‘On the Cliffs at Fort Wetherill’
    From Terrastock Six, USA SECRET EYE AB-OC-26 CD (2006)
14. Nadja, extract from ‘Now I am become death the destroyer of worlds’
    From Radiance of Shadows, CANADA ALIEN8 RECORDINGS ALIENCD72 (2007)

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1. The Black Lodge Ensemble, ‘Snare Trap’
   From Jim-Bum, USA BLACK LODGE PRODUCTIONS NO NUMBER CD
2. Parking Non-Stop, ‘Zero in Grimaldi’s Playing’
   From Species Corridor, GERMANY KLANGBAD 36 CD (2008)
3. Ignatz, ‘The Water’
   From III, NETHERLANDS KRAAK KO56 CD (2008)
4. Ergo Phizmiz, ‘Ladies and Gentlemen’
   From Handmade in the Monasteries of Nepal, GERMANY GAGARIN RECORDS GR 2021 LP (2008)
5. Chris Forsyth, ‘Anxious’
   From Live Journal at the Mice Machine VIP Dance Floor, USA INCUNABULUM INC 007 CD (2008)
6. él-g, ‘Al-Kado’
   From tout ploie, NETHERLANDS KRAAK KED04 LP (2008)
7. Ala Muerte, ‘Grim’
   From Santa Elena, USA PUBLIC GUILT PG016 CD (2008)
8. Per Svensson, ‘See The Light’
   From Sonogram, SWEDEN OLOF BRIGHT OBCD 18 (2007)
9. Safe with Dennis Cooper, ‘III’
   From Ugly Man, IRELAND DOT DOT DOT MUSIC 08CD (2008)
10. Greg Kelley, ‘Anxious Drift’
    From Self-Hate Index, USA SEMATA PRODUCTIONS SEM-002 CD (2008)
11. MIJ, ‘Grok (Martian Love Call)’ (1969)
    From Yodelling Astrologer, USA ESP-DISK’ 1098 CD (2008)
12. Zeitkratzer, ‘Bouchimich’
    From Volkmusik, GERMANY ZEITKRATZER RECORDS ZKR 0002 CD (2007)
13. Jozef van Wissem, ‘Thelema’
    From A Priori, USA INCUNABULUM 009 CD (2008)
14. Peter Rehberg, ‘Black Holes’
    From Work for GV 2004-2008, AUSTRIA EDITIONS MEGO 092P CD (2008)
15. Karel Velebny, ‘The Uhu Sleeps Only During The Day’ (1968)
    From SHQ, USA ESP-DISK’ 1080 CD (2008)
16. The Skull Defekts, ‘Day One is Done’
    From The Drone Drug, SWEDEN RELEASE THE BATS RTB#41 CD (2008)

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Guest presenter Harley Richardson

A collage of the following tracks:

1. Pharoah Sanders, ‘The Creator Has a Master Plan’
   From Karma, EC IMPULSE! IMP11532 CD (reissue 1995; original issue 1969)
2. Spontaneous Music Ensemble, ‘Withdrawal Soundtrack – Part 1A’ (1966)
   From Withdrawal, UK EMANEM EMANEM420 CD (1997)
3. Can, ‘Peking O’
   From Tago Mago, EU SPOON SPOONCD006/7 CD (reissue 1989; original issue 1971)
4. Damon & Naomi, ‘The Earth is Blue’
   From The Earth is Blue, USA 20|20|20 202020.01 CD (2005)
5. Les Baxter, ‘Tahiti: A Summer Night At Sea’ (1957)
   From The Fruit of Dreams, UK EL RECORDS AMEM57CD CD (2005)
6. The Feelies, ‘Away’
   From Only Life, USA A&M RECORDS AMA5214 LP (1988)
7. Old Time Relijun, ‘Cold Water, Deep Underwater’
   From Lost Light, USA K RECORDS CD (2004)
8. Creedence Clearwater Revival, ‘Ramble Tamble’
   From Cosmo’s Factory, UK FANTASY CDFE505 CD (reissue date unknown; original issue 1970)
9. Francesco López, ‘La Selva’
   From La Selva, NETHERLANDS CD (1998)
10. Soundtrack to Psychomania feat. Beryl Reid and George Sanders (1973)
    From V/a comp Savage Pencil presents Angel Dust: Music for Movie Bikers, UK BLAST FIRST FU3LP LP (1988)
11. Sonic Youth, ‘Rain on Tin’
    From Murray Street, USA GEFFEN RECORDS 493319-2 CD (2002)
12. Raymond Scott, ‘Space Mystery (Montage)’ (1963)
    From Manhattan Research Inc., HOLLAND BASTA 90782 2XCD (2000)
13. Annea Lockwood, ‘Wine Glass’ (1968-1970)
    From Early Works 1967-82, USA EM RECORDS EM1064CD CD (2007)
14. Silver Apples, ‘Water’ (1968)
    From Silver Apples / Contact, EU TRC TRC039 (1994)
15. P Reno, ‘Secrets of the Deep’ (1963)
    From V/a comp Lunar Probe, details unknown
16. Hugh Le Caine, ‘Dripsody’ (1955)
    From V/a comp OHM: The Early Gurus of Electronic Music: 1948-1980, USA ELLIPSIS ARTS CD3670 3XCD (2000)
17. Boredoms, ‘Super Going’
    From Super æ, USA BIRDMAN BMR019 CD (1998)
18. Joe Meek feat. the Blue Men, ‘Glob Waterfall’
    From I Hear a New World, UK RPM RECORDS RPM103 CD (reissue 1991; original issue 1960)
19. The Velvet Underground, ‘Ride Into The Sun’ (1969)
    From Bootleg Series volume 1: The Quine Tapes, USA POLYDOR 514589067-2 3XCD (2001)
20. Black Sabbath, ‘Black Sabbath’
    From Black Sabbath, UK CASTLE COMMUNICATIONS CLACD196 CD (reissue 1986; original issue 1976)
21. Ground Zero, ‘Miagetegoran, Yoru no Hoshi wo’
    From Plays Standards, UK RER MEGACORP RERGZ3 (reissue 2002; original issue 1997)
22. Bongwater, ‘Rain’
    From Double Bummer +, NETHERLANDS SHIMMY DISC EUROPE SDE8901/DCD-2 2XCD (1989 expanded reissue; original issue 1988)

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Here are six new hot items from ESP-Disk’ in NYC, five of them reissues from their back catalogue and one example of contemporary jazziness. I have never counted myself any kind of ‘expert’ on this recondite label but yikes! – so much of this stuff is completely new to me – I never even knew they’d issued it. On the free jazz wing, we got Lowell Davidson’s Trio (ESP 1012) which is a 1965 session where the pianist is taking up arms against the drum kit of Milford Graves and the bass of Gary Peacock. Davidson’s work, recommended to the label by no less than Ornette Coleman, is quite new to me but is compared favourably with Cecil Taylor. We’ve also got the Gunter Hampel Group with Music From Europe (ESP 1042) with some 1966 recordings made in Holland – perhaps not unsurprisingly, the excellent sax blaster Willem Breuker is featured heavily. I’m very keen on his 1970s records he made with his groups and I think this 1966 sesh will be the earliest thing I ever heard from him. Further European free improvisation stylings on SHQ (ESP 1080) from Karel Velebny and his men, on a recording made in Germany in 1968. The madcap titles, and inexplicably strange cover art, raise my hopes regarding this one’s score on the zane-o-meter.

Zane. As you all know ESP-Disk’ had quite a reputation from taking chances with peculiar and far-out recording artistes. I guess MIJ, also known as Jim Holmberg, will reveal himself as one such on Yodeling Astrologer (ESP 1098). Originally issued as Color By The Number, the album comprises nine songs by the man, his voice and his guitar, recorded in less than three hours in a NY studio. MIJ was one of the ‘discoveries’ of label boss Bernard Stollman. Can’t wait to hear if ‘Martian Love Call’ is every bit as fried as it promises; recorded in 1969, this could be a document from the darker side of the hippy psych. Which brings us to Charles Manson Sings (ESP 2003), the record of songs which he recorded in 1967 and 1968 in Beverley Hills with backup singing from the women in his ‘family’. I have never pursued anything to do with the Manson myth with much enthusiasm, but it looks like my job now requires me to expose myself to his music. Originally out in 1974, this reissue has been expanded to 26 tracks. Lastly we have Jugendstil (ESP 4048), credited to Chris Speed, Chris Cheek and Stephane Furic Leibovici. One sax, one clarinet and a double bass on these 2006 recordings, compositions by Leibovici.

1. Ma Banlieue Flasque, ‘N.S.K.’
   Original issue Ma Banlieue Flasque, FRANCE CELLULOID LTM 1.021 LP (1979)
2. Jean Guérin, ‘Triptik 2′ (1971)
   From Tacet, ITALY ELICA MPO-3560 CD (2001)
   Original issue FRANCE FUTURA SON 04 LP
3. Fille Qui Mousse, ‘Cantate Disparate’ (1972)
   From Trixie Stapleton 291, FRANCE SPALAX 14919 CD (1998)
4. Pierre Bastien, ‘Gypsy Rhythm’ (1986)
   From Les Premières Machines 1968-1988, FRANCE MUSEA GAZUL GA 8687.AR CD (2006)
5. Lard Free, ‘Acide Framboise’ (1973)
   From Lard Free, FRANCE SPALAX 14225 CD
6. Jac Berrocal, ‘R.a.s.’ (1979)
   From Catalogue, ITALY ALGA MARGHEN plana-B 9TES.o58 CD (2005)
7. Red Noise, ‘Galactic Sewer-Song’
   Original issue Sarcelles Locheres, FRANCE FUTURA RED 01 LP (1970)
8. Pascal Comelade, ‘Vertical’
   Original issue Paralelo, FRANCE PARASITE PAR 002 LP (1980)
9. Nu Creative Methods, ‘Brikhebana’
   Original issue Nu Jungle Dances, FRANCE D’AVANTAGE DAV05 LP (1978)
10. Jac Berrocal, ‘Leila Concerto’
    Original issue Musiq Musik, FRANCE FUTURA RECORDS SON 06 LP (1973)
11. Bernard Bonnier, ‘Blue Marine’ (1984)
    From Casse-Tête, CANADA ORAL 23 CD (2008)
12. Pascal Comelade, ‘Séquence 1-4′ (1978)
    From Back to schizo, FRANCE MUSEA GAZUL GA 8679.AR CD (2004)
13. Bernard Vitet, ‘Trolley Grésilleur’
    Original issue La Guêpe, FRANCE FUTURA SON 05 LP (1971)
14. Mahogany Brain, ‘Sky-Fish’
    Original issue With (Junk-Saucepan) When (Spoon-Trigger), FRANCE FUTURA RED 02 LP (1971)
15. Jean-Baptiste Barriere, ‘Situations Extremes’
    Original issue Pandémonium: Non, Jamais l’espérance, FRANCE ATEM 7004 LP [1976]

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