wtf one

wtf (short for what the fuck) is something new at the growing bin.
It's those tracks you discover while skipping through a record and
BAM! it hits you like a brick.

Here's the first one. I discovered it on a trip to Denmark some weeks ago and couldn't believe my ears.... we're talkin about 91, guys.....


wtf one

Turquoise Flusion

you like flutes? yeah me too. Love 'em! If only all sax guys changed to flutes....
As your eyes told you we have Wally Shorts' Turquoise album here. No year indicated but it sounds like early 80s. And it sounds like lovely fusion jams made in Holland. A bit of latin, a bit of funk plus a little prog and off to dreamland. According to the liner notes Wally played with Hans Dulfer, Sail, Burton Greene and Tito Puente. If that isn't enough take this: Rob V. D. Broeck on Keyboards, Neppie Noya on Percussion (of course!) and Danny Wood (whoever this is) is doing pretty well with his SYNTHI.

cheers, Basso

infinite options (IO) after contemporary music

tracklist:

Weimar Gesang - Du Bist
Dome - Ba-Dr
The Golden Palominos - Hot Seat
William S. Burroughs - The Five Steps
A.T.R.O.X. - Frosting Of Cloudless Nights
Arturo Stalteri - Il Prisma Magico
Skyline - Negativ Land
Betha Sarasin / Bruno Spoerri - Skulpturenklänge
Godley & Creme - I Pity Inanimate Objects 
Hepp / Spoerri - Way Back And Now
Miša Blam - Dobro Jutro
Robbie Krieger - Big Oak Basin
Kenneth Sherman - Why Can't We Live Together?
Hiromi Go - Swinging Bachelor
Steve Arrington - You Meet My Approval [Sottosopra Edit No Edit]
Godley & Creme - Worm And The Rattlesnake

Also here.

Vangelis Tames the Wild Rockers

It's no secret Phos was one of the finest progressive rock albums produced after Aphrodites Child parted ways. Including Vangelis on keyboards was a stroke of genius and most folks consider the result of this collaboration the best offering from Socrates Drank the Conium. Vangelis mellowed the sound and though he co-authored only one track on the record his influence is heard throughout the  recording. My copy and my rip are from the US version on Peters International Cosmos. (label = Phonogram). This is a modified rip and the tracks are stretched a bit length-wise. It you like your tunes longish, this is your rip.

the joy of cooking #20: a coffe, a beer, green tea and some fresh orange juice

at least i found a pic with green tea and orange juice (kyoto!). please imagine the coffe and the beer - and feel free to check out another show of the joy of cooking aired tuesday 12th of april:

here (stream)
service
the lovely restaurant

including tracks by Sloe Gin, Radar, Aragon, Kaseke, Wolfgang Käfer, Exkurs and others.... Cheers, Basso

in the wake of Cabinboy's sunshine

Fal Frett – Fal Frett 2
LP 3A [3A 167]  (1979)

Personnel:

Piano, Synthesizer, Vocal, Composer - Jacky Bernard
Bass, Vocal - Alex Bernard
Saxophone, Vocal, Composer - Bib Monville
Lead Vocal, Percussions - Ralph Thamar
Flute, Vocal, Composer - Robin Vautor
Percussions, Vocal - Nicol Bernard
Drums, Vocal - Jacky Alpha

Engineer, Mixer - Robert Denis
Photo - Philippe Bourgade

Buy it here or here.

You have to thank Cabinboy who shared with me this fantastic record. Thank you Cabinboy!

Jeff Resnick... nine minute sample of a holy grail record

That's a nine minute taste of one of my favourite albums "ever".

I have to thank Reza's post for letting me discover it.

That's how Jazzy Jeff Resnick (who recently joined The Growing Bin: thank you Jeff!) describes his Holy Grail record:

In 1978, I scored the music for a promotional film about the School of American Craftsmen and School of Art and Design at the Rochester Institute of Technology. My challenge was to create “tone poems” as an emotional connection to each department within the schools. Thus, the song titles on this CD! The first 5 tracks were recorded and mixed in four hours, thanks to very talented musicians from the Eastman School of Music. When the money ran out (rather quickly), I was asked what I could do for Side 2 of a promotional LP to be pressed as a hand-out to prospective students nationwide. I fired up my 4-track reel-to-reel deck and entered the bizarre world of the “one-man-band” for the first time. That process is much easier today with computers and MIDI, but in 1978 I was way ahead of the curve! The final four selections were layered, track upon track, using a metronome for tempo. That was the last I heard about the project until 30 years later, when the “last sealed copies” of the LP were sold on the Internet for more money than I remember being paid in 1978 to produce the entire project! Since then, music from the film has been heard worldwide, leading me to produce this “Collector Limited Edition.” I hope you enjoy it as much as I enjoyed working (and playing) on it. And Thanks to Gianni for "finding me."
Jeff Resnick
http://www.jeffresnick.com/Music.html

So, you have three options:

1) keep searching on ebay another copy of 1978 original vinyl
(I suggest you to start saving a lot of money: check here or here)

2) buy a personalized (thank you Jeff!) 14,99 $ CD copy here!

3) buy mp3s here or here.

What can I say more?
I agree with Reza's comment:
great to see the cd "Collector Limited Edition" is available to purchase on your website, hope your receiving some just rewards, think the whole thing would be worthy of a proper vinyl reissue, up in my top ten fave albums, thank you

Holy Grail territory.
All Killer No Filler.

Cosmic Petrology

More Lasry? Of course; never too much Lasry in the Bin. Seven Stones is another RCA Victor production media outing. This time we have help from Denis Lable on electric guitar and Joël Fagerman playing a Prophet 5 synth on Amethyst, the first track on the B side of this lp. Multi-instrumentalist Lasry plays: RMI Keyboard Computer, ARP Odyssey, Micro Moog, Prophet 5, Korg Polyphonic Ensemble, Korg 3300, Fender Piano, soprano saxophone, clarinette, flutes, drums and percussion. How's that for a credits list? Lasry is a champion instrumentalist.  The record was released in 1979. Nuff said . . .

Jean-Louis Bucchi - Sunflower

Jean-Louis Bucchi - Sunflower (Trema, 1978)

Having been unable to find a decent rip of this French gem, I figured I had to give it a spin. Enjoy!

http://www.mediafire.com/?048mmu6aw6l5zc2

For more Bucchi, check out Dusty Shelf here and here.
If links are acting up, try to copy/paste them in a fresh window. Don't ask why..

Maricha - Illumination

woohoo! another guest mix  - and not just another guest mix. This lovely one comes from Maritina aka fantastic DJ Maricha from Thessaloniki, Greece. She is running a great place called HIGHER LOVE, that you have to visit immediately!

But make sure to download and listen to this before you leave

Tracks:
Jan Akkerman & Kaz Lux - Fairy Tale
Giorgio Moroder - Irena's Theme
Kulpowicz - Ananda
Gal Costa - Minha Estrela E Do Oriente
Ryuichi Sakamoto - Thousand Knives
Alan Sorrenti - Casablanca
Caldera - Exaltation
Roland Bocquet - Djerba
Bo Hannson - Flight To The Ford
Jean-Luc Ponty - In Spiritual Love
Synthesizers Unlimited - Funky Dromedary
Emerson, Lake & Palmer - From The Beginning
Miki Petkovski - Iluminacija

χίλια ευχαριστώ Maricha!!

Postcards from the Underground

Moving on into 1976 with Sensations' Fix. This time the recordings were made in a studio with professional equipment. Some say this is the best album, though for me that's a tough call. I have a fondness for the first two. Finest Finger features more vocal tracks with some great lyrics. Falsini has a unique way with words. The group is now a quartet with the addition of Steve Head on keyboards. Falsini is still contributing keys to the sound, as well, so lots of synth sounds on this one.

badrena

Manolo – Manolo LP A&M Records [SP 4783]  (1979)

Personnel:
Bass - Abraham Laboriel, Jaco Pastorius
Drums - Jorge Fattoruso, Manolo Badrena
Guitar - Carlos Rios
Keyboards - Hugo Fattoruso, Manolo Badrena
Percussion, Composer - Manolo Badrena
Piano - Hugo Fattoruso
Trombone, Trumpet - Gary Gazaway
Violin - Alfredo De La Fe
Vocals - Manolo Badrena, Maria Fatima, Sybil Thomas
Backing Vocals - Carmen Twillie, Gary Gazaway, Hugo Fattoruso, Jorge Fattoruso, Lani Hall, Manolo Badrena, Maria Fatima, Venette Gloud
Producer - Herb Alpert, Manolo Badrena
Engineer - Mark Smith
Engineer [Assistant] - Steve Katz.

Art Direction - Roland Young
Design - Amy Nagasawa
Photo - Michael Going

never add wieners to your scrambled eggs

damn right - never never never add wieners to your scrambled eggs!
Not even organic wieners..... something told me it might be tasty with the wieners chopped up in thinnest slices but it fucked up my breakfast this morning.

I just wish I had some african stew instead!!
By the way -  it seems like i forgot to post Part II of that mix I made earlier this year.
It might suit the sunny days we are experiencing over here so here it is:

African Stew, Part II

Here's the tracklist:

Bopol - Bonjour Le Soleil (DAMN RIGHT!!)
Elvis Kemayo - Ainsi Va La Vie
Them Mushrooms - Mateso
Eddie Quansah - Track B4
Afro National - Gowa
Kapingbdi - You Go Go You Go Come
Homowo - Black Light (Not crackly ; )
African Brothers Band - Me Poma
Jabula - Our Fathers
Dele Abiodun - Adawa Super Dub
Super Biton De Segou - Niénema Miné
A. B. Crentsil - Jealousy

Library Curiosities

Another production library record? Sure, why not . . . I'm not sure what Ralph Haldenby contributed to this very fine slice of library vinyl other than his name. The songs were composed by Uwe Buschkötter. There is no Haldenby listed in the credits, either. Side A of the record is titled Action and features uptempo tracks with lots of bass and synth driven melodies. The B side is titled Lyrical and is slower and more laid back. Electronic instruments are still featured but the sound is much mellower. Something for everyone on this one. Thanks to Basso for giving me the heads up on this record. Just shared this one with a friend and since it's ripped and uploaded, may as well share it with the world, eh?

new jazz quintett

Naima New Jazz Quintett – Morning Part One  LP Jazz Haus Musik [JHM 05 ST]  (1980) Bass - Andreas Lonardoni; Drums - Kurt Bilker; Guitar, Composer - Ralf Schlüssel; Saxophone [Tenor, Soprano], Bass Flute, Composer - Wollie Kaiser; Vibraphone, Composer - Jochen Schmidt; Engineer - Ansgar Ballhorn; Cover - Ernst P. Schmutz; Photos - Jürgen Kling.  Buy it here.

A Fine Fix

Portable Madness is the third triplet in the set Falsini and crew recorded in the early 70s. First was a self-titled promo-only set followed closely by Fragments of Light. All three were recorded in their studio on a farm near Florence, probably on the same Teac 4-track used to record and mix this album. All three were released in 1974. The records have similarities, being siblings from the same parent, but also display distinct personalities. This set is all instrumental where Fragments had a few vocal tracks. If you enjoyed Fragments you'll probably be happy with this one, as well.

le curve

tracklist:

Roberto Colombo - Metronomo 138
Osamu Shoji - Night Flight
In Search Of Orchestra - Time Traveler
Etron Fou Leloublan - L'Extravagante Montée Des Ascenseurs, Nous Resterons Fideles A Notre Calme Détermination
Solar Plexus - Frygisk Samba
Vagif Mustafa Zadeh - Самый жаркий день в Баку
Jan Jankeje Mlada Muzika - Sokol
Cătălin Tîrcolea - Zboruri
Krzysztof Zgraja - Laokoon
Montreux - Sign Language
Sigi Busch / Alexander Sputh - That's Me (And That's My Edit No Edit)
Alfredo Puntieri - Un'Istante Basterà
Robson Jorge & Lincoln Olivetti - Eva
Saratoga Space Messengers - Surf
Todd Rundgren - A Treatise On Cosmic Fire (A Monte A Valle Edit No Edit)
Holger Brasen - Sunpower Special (Excerpt)

Also here.

Latter Lasry

Back to Amazonia was one of Teddy Lasry's last full lps. It was released in 1987 on the Sonimage label. The tracks are the usual eclectic mix of jazz, ambient and cosmic sounds. Lasry had help from Jean-Michel Hervé and Jean-Philippe Rykiel with the synthesizers. Guy Cassuto plays trumpet on a few tracks. Multi-instrumentalist Lasry takes care of the rest (reeds, keys, percussion, and strings).

Terrordisco - Shortwave

here's a great / experimental mix from Terrordisco a.k.a. Sveinbjörn from Reykjavík, Iceland. He contacted me after hearing Abel's last mix for the growing bin describing "Short Waves" with words like this: "It's kinda conceptual, rooted in memories of playing around with shortwave radios when I was a kid."
Yep, that's what it is! And it's full of wonderful bittersweet moments....
Please check it out!! It's a highly entertaining piece of art
Thanks Sveinbjörn!!

Listen & Download
Terrordisco on Soundcloud

Cheers, Basso

The Cosmic Equation

More Lasry for synth fanciers. This one is from 1976 on the RCA Victor production media label. Lots of spacy noodling and some fine percussion on a few tracks. Lasry is credited with all instruments except bass which is covered by Jannick Top. Lasry's instrumental credits include reeds (flute, sax, and clarinet), mallets (marimba and percussion), keys (synths, clavinet, electric piano and piano). Some nice long tracks are included with this release, so it's one of my favorite Lasrys.