Ambient releases
ArtShop
Sorry to be late in getting news out. My wife and I have just brought
home a brand new baby boy, William Wallace Davis, and that's made me a
tad behind in a lot of things. As ususal you'll find the latest
Artist Shop Newsletter in its entirety at
<http://www.artist-shop.com/news.htm>. But here are some excerpts for
ambient fans.
Coming soon from Kit Watkins <http://www.artist-shop.com/linden>
Kit Watkins/Rolling Curve
Rolling Curve is Kit Watkins' release for 2001 as he jumps headlong
into the world of ambient music with the help of such friends as Steve
Roach and Brad Allen. This special release also contains multi-media
material and mp3's of all tracks.
soundbite - <http://www.artist-shop.com/linden/curve.ram>
Kit Watkins/Beauty Drifting
Beauty Drifting was Kit's release for 1996 now newly remastered for
2001! This is a collection of contemplative piano works, generally
mellow in flavor, but ranging from dark to light. Superb music, suberb
artwork, superb release! This one is really outstanding, I love the
acoustic piano and the VL1 parts. ... I'm struck by perfect balance of
all elements: notes, space, tone color, and ambience. Please continue
to rain these stunning works of art down upon us from your mountaintop
in Virginia! -- John A. Trevethan, Antarctica Media
soundbite - <http://www.artist-shop.com/linden/drifting.ram>
Available now from 3rd Stone <http://www.artist-shop.com/3rdstone>
John Masoni with Sonic Boom/The Sundowner Sessions ....import CD mini
album
Sonic Boom and John Masoni first met when Masoni was in London
recording for Blast First. When asked who'd he like to remix a song
Masoni mentioned Sonic's name, having long admired Spacemen 3 and
Spectrum and Sonic's work with sound and his ideas toward minimalism.
They struck up a bond and every time Sonic came to Seattle to do a
show he'd stay at Masoni's digs. He was now there for a few days and
they were hitting some thrift stores and the like looking for cool
stuff, spending some time talking about music and such. Sonic knew
Masoni was kind of going thru a personal crisis in regards to where
his life was going. Masoni had lost a lot of faith in his music. Then
one day, Sonic locked Masoni up, downstairs with him and said they
were going to get some recording done. Masoni made up all kinds of
excuses to not do this, one being his lack of proper equipment, etc.
Over to John Masoni; "But the guy can make something out of almost
anything. He'd just pick out a tape of mine (I have a bunch of tapes
with sound and drone experiments), and work something into a piece.
His focus and ability not to be undermined by the limits surrounding
him is really amazing to watch. We worked well into the night - thus,
the Sundowner Sessions were born. Things I learned from Sonic: less is
often more, first trick to take out is the drums (ha ha), and that you
can make music from almost any source. Sure, there was some other
stuff I learned but I'll keep that under my hat for now."
soundbite - <http://www.artist-shop.com/3rdstone/sundown.ram>
Available now from Materiali Sonori
<http://www.artist-shop.com/materiali>
Arlo Bigazzi, Chianura, Henson/Drop 6 The Wolf And The Moon
Featuring Hector Zazou & William Orbit, Richard Barbier, No-Man,
Alexander Robotnick, Maffia Sound System, Militia, Eraldo, Bernocchi,
Roger Eno, Pier Luigi Andreoni, IT/Ivan Iusco
soundbite - <http://www.artist-shop.com/materiali/wolf.ram>
Andrea Centazzo/Piano Music
Deep Music New Classical Series...Explores the piano music of modern
composer Andrea Centazzo as peformed by Denis Biancucci. Closely
compares to the work of Erik Satie.
soundbite - <http://www.artist-shop.com/materiali/pianomus.ram>
Jon Hassell vs. 808 State/Voiceprint
soundbite - <http://www.artist-shop.com/materiali/voiceprt.ram>
M.Asher, H.Zazou, H.Budd, Bel Canto, Tuxedomoon, Taraf de Haidouks,
Sainkho, Kocani Orkestar/Crammed Eclectica
soundbite - <http://www.artist-shop.com/materiali/eclectic.ram>
Masala, H.Budd, Howard & Laswell, Third Ear Band, Nusrat Fateh Ali
Khan, Tuxedomoon/Materiali Sonori Olis
soundbite - <http://www.artist-shop.com/materiali/marco2.ram>
Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, Brian Eno, M. Asher, H. Zazou, Masala, D. Shea,
Bill Nelson/Alternative Meditation #1
soundbite - <http://www.artist-shop.com/thirsty/drop.ram>
Jah Wobble, Sainkho, H. Budd & A. Partridge, Lama Gyourme, B. Eno, B.
Laswell, Militia & D. Shea/Alternative Meditation # 2
soundbite - <http://www.artist-shop.com/materiali/altmed2.ram>
On our forthcoming imports page
<http://www.artist-shop.com/catalog/imports/preorder.htm>:
JADE WARRIOR-ELEMENTS: ISLAND ANTHOLOGY (2CD)
UK reissue of the prog-rock act's now deleted 1995 compilation that
contains all four of Jade Warriors' 70's Island albums.
This is one title that I definitely want to bring to your attention.
This excellent collection contains Jade Warrior's four Island albums -
Floating World, Waves, Kites, Way of the Sun - in their entirety!
These classic works were a unique amalgam of ambient, world music and
progressive long before ambient and world music had developed their
own genres. It had been released in the US a few years back, but,
unfortunately, was deleted shortly after it's release. Since then
I've had hundreds of inquiries from Jade Warrior fans desparate to get
this. Some have ended up paying $60 to $100 to get a copy from eBay.
So for those of you still looking, heads up! I also have it listed in
our Jade Warrior corner at
<http://www.artist-shop.com/hinote/index.htm#jade>.
Gary
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Gary Davis
The Artist Shop The Other Road
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phone: 877-856-1158, 330-929-2056 fax:330-945-4923
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