Takehisa Kosugi ~ Catch Wave [CBS/Sony, 1975] 320 kbps

A Mano-Dharma '74 26:35
B Wave Code #E-1 22:31

Recorded Date: September 16, 17, 1974.
Location: CBS/Sony Studio No. 1.

'I'm really happy to present this artist to the archives because I consider him as one of the greatest in contemporary experimental electronic music. After being in touch with the fluxus movement during his early 60's years, Takehisa Kosugi formed the neo-shamanic pych-freafout droning ensemble Taj Mahall Travellers. Published in 1975 Catch Wave figures among his first solo efforts. The music delivers a rather a similar ectatic musical voyage to Taj Mahall Travellers' esoteric improvisations but in this solo project, Kosugi focuses his interest on voluminous deep electronic textures. Different frequences and electronic tones accompany his ethereal, minimal amplified violin improvisations. The result is astonishing, a sonic poetry, constantly beautiful and beatific. The two epic performances published on Catch Wave represent cosmic- psychedelica at its best. Mano Dharma features magical, intergalactic, supernatural programming strings and buzzing spaced out drones. Put on a high volume and played on a good hi fi sound system, this composition will propulse you in an other galaxy. Wave Code takes back the same schema with the add of cosmic, mad-LSD voices and noises that finally progress into a ritual-like electronic amplified chant. A fantastic, attractive, abstract instrumental listening. Mesmerizing & so recommended. ' Phillipe, Prog Archives

another blawgland upgrade, this one rates rather high around here. something of a forerunner to canti illuminati. congrats if you're just finding out. 320 sounds speeding on lights, light speeding on sounds, music between riddles & solutions

Cortex - Tropeau Bleau [Disques Espérance, 1975] RE-UP @320

A1. La Rue 4:23
A2. Automne (Colchiques) 2:35
A3. L'Enfant Samba 3:00
A4. Troupeau Bleu 5:00
A5. Prelude A "60 Round" 3:52
A6. Go Round 1:20

B1. Chanson D'Un Jour D'Hiver 5:20
B2. Mary Et Jeff 2:40
B3. Huit Octobre 1971 4:22
B4. Sabbat (1ère Partie) 1:00
B5. Sabbat (2ère Partie) 3:15
B6. Sabbat (3ère Partie) 0:26
B7. Madbass 2:50

Vocals - Mireille Dalbray
Piano, Vocals - Alain Mion
Guitar - Jean-Claude D'Agostini
Bass - Jean Grevet
Drums, Vocals - Alain Gandolfi
Percussion - Jo Pucheu



'This is a wonderful lost album of grooves from France and it's got a sound that's unlike anything else we've ever heard. The group is a smooth funky jazz group with lots of electric bass and Fender Rhodes, similar to some of the Italian groups of the 70s [like The Cabildos], but they've also got a female singer in the mix, and she sings these groovy jazz vocals that have an airy breezy quality, similar to some of the best Brazilian fusion from the same time. The result is a stunning electric groove with a feeling that's really fresh, nice and warm, and funky in all the right parts. The original album's rare as hen's teeth and this reissue is very nicely done! ~ dusty

by request. seems the previous post was corrupted on a few tracks so if you grabbed it, you might wanna try this copy instead. come to find out the beatmakers for infamous prison guard Rick Ross, sampled 'chanson d'un jour d'hiver' so inventively on this track, my ears almost vomited feces! anyhow 320 remerciements à l'uploader d'origine

Alvin Curran ~ Canti Illuminati [Fore, 1982/ Fringes, 2004]

A1. Canti Illuminati [For Voice, Synthesizer, Tape] 26:50

B1. Canti Illuminati [For Choir, Synthesizer, Piano And Tape] 24:10

Chorus - Alessandro Bruno , Antonella Talamonti , Antonio Cesareni , David Thorner , Elisabetta Bordes-Page , Giorgio Caruano , Luca Miti , Manuela Garroni , Nicola Bernadini , P.Luigi Castellano , Sista Carandini

Voice, Synthesizer, Tape, Piano, Liner Notes -Alvin Curran
Recorded By - Kicko Fusco , Nicola Bernadini

Recorded February / March 1982 at the author's studio and at Mammuth Studios, Roma.
Reissue produced by Fringes and Mapidar. Edition of 1000 copies with two 6-page booklets. Originally issued by Fore in 1982, with original cover and liner notes, plus an updated presentation written by the composer



'Long out of print, this is an overdue reissue of American composer Alvin Curran's third record. Following his involvement in the live electronics performance group Musica Elettronica Viva, Curran embarked on a more personal pursuit utilizing his own voice and a patchwork of minimal synthesizer and field recordings. The two parts of Canti Illuminati show clear affinities to the vocal style of Pandit Pran Nath and Poppy No Good era Terry Riley, while also coming off like a denser version of Takehisa Kosugi's Catch Wave. Curran has had a lifelong affinity to the resonances of foghorns and their sonorities seem to serve as the general underlying drone and pulse of the first section. Curran's vocals, however, are what give the piece its rhythmic push. His tapestry of tape work and synthesizer delays matches the vocal intensity of his delivery; Canti Illuminati pt. 1 ends up most resembling the shimmering dronescapes of late-era Boredoms.

For the beginning section of the second half of Canti Illuminati, Curran brought in a choir; this is probably the least successful section of the disc. That may just be a matter of taste as I generally find chorus' of extended vocal technique to be somewhat corny. However, at about the 10-minute mark of the 24-minute piece the chorus fades away to an exquisitely beautiful extended passage comprised only of Curran's wordless vocals and lyrically minimal piano phrasing. Memorably haunting stuff that devolves at the final two minutes to a little bit of piano improvisation that seems to have been taken from the Great American Songbook. AWESOME!' ~ source

canti illuminati is love at first listen. for this drop i generously offer the option of FLAC, however kindly note that the 'cue' aspect was corrupted & i hastily deleted it, but the tracks are still separated, so deal. utterly essential listening; that brief snippet is hardly representative of the epic grandeur. some heady bidness. thx & praise to thee originilluminator. further more hither & thither

P.E. Hewitt Jazz Ensemble ~ Winter Winds [1972]

01. Im Wondering Why
02. More Than Anything
03. Its Got Two, And Thats Alright (Show Me The Way)
04. Ill Love Song
05. Oma Rakas
06. The Winter Wind
07. Baon Que Bash
08. Tuija
09. Betrayed
10. Its Doesnt Matter...Yes It Does,...But I Cant Stop





'P.E. Hewitt’s Winter Winds is one of the rarest damn-good 70s jazz albums you could ever hope to come across. That’s a subtle, but important distinction. There are many rare jazz albums in every imaginable subgenre – funk, free, fusion… But Hewitt, a composer, arranger, vibraphonist, pianist and pilot, helmed a crack group of musicians and recorded a damn-good album… Without ever taking the time out to name his record company. His three albums – pressed in a maximum run of one hundred pieces per album – recently surfaced. 'Winter Winds' is so damn-good that neither a micro press nor forty years of silence could suppress its reemergence.' ~ egon

'A brilliantly soulful set from the PE Hewitt Jazz Ensemble – an early 70s group with a style that mixes the sunny and the spiritual! Hewitt's group works at a level that's definitely in line with some of our favorite indie jazz at the time – really pushing the boundaries with a great sense of spirit – stretching out towards new ideas, yet never getting too free or too outside to lose their sense of swing. But at another level, there's a slightly groovy undercurrent to the record too – one that comes from the wordless vocals of singer Nina Scheller, whose style reminds us a bit of the singing on the Sound Of Feeling record with Oliver Nelson – particularly given the modal grooves on the best numbers here. Rhythms are really in the lead at the album's strongest points – driven by Phil Hewitt's work on piano and vibes, and topped with alto sax and flugelhorn too.' ~ crusty groove

we love vibraphone & weird, wordless vocals. Phil Hewitt was only 19 when he dropped 'Winter Winds', his third privately pressed album as a leader. this one falls somewhere between the Butterflies, Cortex & Stark Reality, but those are admittedly lazy comparisons, like most comparisons in general. fabulous percussion too. just don't sleep, dear friend