Mario Schiano – alto sax , Italy

one very very personal saxplayer and pioneer of Italian and European improvised music.

just check the eminent article by the great Italian writer Francesco Martinelli:

http://www.pointofdeparture.org/archives/PoD-12/PoD12EuropeanProposal.html

great recordshopping in Vancouver , BC…. I tell you….

GREAT SHIT!

after a very nice evening with trading, listening and hanging… I came out of this AMAZING recordshop with HEEEAAVVVY stuff in my bag:

*Sun Ra – Daddy´s Gonna tell you no lie – a saturn 7″ !!! killing doo woop arkestra insanity!

*the Plastic Cloud – shadows of your mind, a Allied records 7″…. amazing early garage… amazing….

* Something Wild – Trippin´out on Psychadelic Records!!!! man oh man, this 45 has been on the top of my list for a couple of years now… the vinyl of the year! this is the BOMB!!!!

and some very very very neat 12″ :

*The Millenium – Begin (are you kidding me ??? this is a masterfuckinpiece of music! – it has it all!!!!, cant believe it… I finally found the 1st pressing of this monster!!!)

*The Golden Dawn – Power Plant… wow… wow… fuckin hell…. never heard of before… absolute chock! “five young men, with a powerful message” as it says on the beautiful sleeve. amazing garage / psych insanity!!!!

and another GARAGE BOMB!!!!!:

REIGN GHOST …again an ALLIED Record… and this is another BOMB!!! the weirdest, most beautiful voice in a garage setting, blowing your freakin brains OUT!!!!

and may more things ….

I tell you now… If you are around British Columbia, Canada,  at some point, just stop by this eminent vinyl shop for the greatest garage / psych stuff available!

http://dandelionrecords.ca/

vinyls vinyls vinyls… recent finds and recommendations:

*Spider Burks presents LEO´S FIVE – LG records

a very very young Hammett(Hamiett) Bluett (Bluiett) on baritone sax. must be the first (?) recording of this GREAT baritone player! Honking and bluesing around in late 50´s horn & organ based rock outing!

very rare record almost to the extent of being unknown ( to me at least…). thank god I have two copies…

very very interesting and swining like MAD! please check out the solo monster LP by Bluiett: Birthright on India Navigation. that is a MONSTER solo record! breathtaking at least…

*Clint Jackson – Mother Africa – Palm 9

A real Free Jazz killer  from a Jef Gilson produced session in Paris in 1974. with my alto fav Byard Lancaster ripping the flesh out of the air! never seen this one before… Thanx Henrik for getting it for me.Lancaster is really something else! his tone is the SHIT!

*Paul Gonsalves – boom-jackie-boom-chick – vocalion LAE 587

the man on tenor sax. THE MAN! a record I have been listening to every day for two months now. this is JAZZ… JAZZ!!! Gonsalves´s tone is inside… inside everything… and at the same time, just freakin outside. moving freely… improvising !!! and in great british company! To bad I only have this LP in a japanese pressing! anyone that wants to get rid of his original pressing ?

and what a title !!! “I should care” is treated with so much love… its almost painful. BEAUTIFUL!!!

*PJ HARVEY – 4 track demos – Island LP

well…. this is raw… raw and naked. I have no words for this music.I  finally found the original pressing of this masterpiece. yes, its a fuckin masterpiece! just because its so raw and in a way “not” ready… but IT IS! No safety nets here! why cant more musicians be more daring and try the same “demo” idea like Polly Jean, I think that would be really interesting on many layers.     with the original “naked” cover. this is truly a GEM! HIGHLY recommended!

*Lars Lystedt Sextet – Jazz Under the Midnight Sun – Swedisc LP 10

One of the true KILLER records of swedish jazz. A group from Umeå ( my hometown iy happens to be …;)) playing with all their guts and fantasy! inspired by Mingus and alikes they are most of all creating their own Jazz. absolute amazing alto playing by Ulander and Sten Öbergs way of treating time and colour on the drums is just astonoshing! One of the best hidden secrets in European Jazz!!! Its a rare lp… but worth looking for! I promise!

and… right now…in the mail from Italy: a Lp I have been looking for forever:

Mario Schiano´s “If not Ecstatic , we refund”…. a MONSTER! a KILLER!

I should have it in a week. a MONSTER!

New exhibitions with Clay Ketter!

and they freakin RULE! This is art for real… with direction and sense… with dynamic and poetic beuty… and the shit is explosive!

I love it!!!!

one in malmö, NOT TO MISS!!!!!

http://www.aklundh.se/

and one in stockholm, NOT TO MISS!!!!!

http://www.modernamuseet.se/v4/templates/template1.asp?id=4149

more news and images soon of the mega rare 12″ with original print and etching in the vinyl by Clay Ketter and music by the Art Farmer!

Gunter Christmann, Paul Lovens, Marten Altena  – Weavers – Po Torch 7 / absolutely insane free improvised music with everything you need in music; action, space, phrasing and sense of form. an absolute MASTERFUCKINPIECE!!!! ( I had the pleaseure of playing with Lovens and Christmann this week in Hannover… nothing could be better… The focus and dedication these two masterplayers has is without compare… I kid you not!!! )

Bill Callahan – Sometimes I wish we Were An Eagle – Drag City / the ultimate song record by Callahan. what we have been waiting for since the Red Apple Fall LP. beautiful… just beautiful…

but please check out swedish Freddie Wadling… there is some elements in Callahan´s record that really remindfs me of the great Wadling moments in Cortex and Blue For Two and other great swedish groups from the past

Ida Maria – Fortress round my heart – mercury / a surprise of many during the tour w the thing in the US and canada… picking up vinyl all over the place… the cover made me curious. And the fact this is a Swede that I didnt know about… fanfuckintastic voice and really great songs. and the production is real cool to. I like!!!

Wyrd Visions – Sigill – VOID 009-1 / !!! ??? what is this… another record found at great record store “Rotate this” in Toronto!!! is he singing in swedish ? yes , he is… and why…really fuckin brilliant record… slow acoustic metal. fahey/ o rourke gitarr and great voice. music I have never heard… anything like it. very cool! beautiful printed cover, lim ed of 350…

Serge Chaloff – Blue serge – Capitol /  one of he greatest records of recorded jazz…. YES, it is! together with Lars Gullin my absolute fav among bari players. and this record KILLS! it has everything… everything that JAZZ should be about. The Rhytm section of Sonny Clark, philly Joe and Vinnegar has never been better. This is a piece of vinyl that I always comes back to… EVERYY WEEK! makes me smile – makes me fly!

Wenderlea Maravilhosa -  Polydor ( brasil ) / oh oh oh … I got this amazingly fucked up music at Trolpicaliana in Furs in NYC some weeks ago.. its been spinning since then. It is one of the  most amazing mixes ever. oh my god… tropicaliana, funk, soul, pop…call it whatever u like. but it sounds like nothing else. seriously… this is ROCKIN! ( not in the way we are used to, but anyway… )

Demetrio Stratos – Cantare la Voce – Cramps / ok…. this is a serious piece of music… a voice that freakin KILLS anything in its way… like nothing else. cant really compare it with anything…  but it goes into your system like Ripley´s Alien. amazing… just amazing…. solo

45´s section:

PJ Harvey & John Parish – Black Hearted Love – Island / she is back again… in another great collab w John parish. and it twist my mind again… the lyrics… the voice… its the SHIT! sorry about the expression… but , this is the SHIT!

Lars Gullin – Freedom – Falk 102 / the holy grail for Gullin collectors. the lost piano recording that Gullin made very late in his career on a religous label in Sweden… the piano pieces of Gullin are just amazing. simple and very touching! the b-side  with the biblical choir is… something different… oh oh ohjjj….

Betty LaVette – He made a woman out of me – Silver Fox / yes YES YES! Betty is doing it! and this song anf the b-side (nearer to you) is amazing songs. aaaaaah  YES!!!! fantastic!

The Hentchmen  – the breather – a happy hour record / another great garage 45 by the hentchmen. organ, guitar and drums in a very trashy mix with NERVE and balls! just freakin great! why are no one doing this kind of kickass gagare muisc any more ?

soon here… the new sonic youth : The Eternal

the ultimate mix of great songs, noise, garage. this is the ALBUM we have been waiting for!!!!

absolutely ROCKIN!!!

relaese date : 9 th june

http://www.sonicyouth.com/

the best recordshop on the PLANET… is… of course:

ANDRA JAZZ in stockhom, Sweden.

the most amazing collection of jazz, free jazz, be bop , west coast and experimental jazz there is!!!

Smoke a cigarette, drink some brewed coffee and have a chat with owner Harald about anythin connected to jazz and vinyl. Let him spin some of his fav´s for you! Just ask for the music of Clifford Brown, Tony Fruscella, Fats, Bird, Bud, Gullin or Brötzmann, Munthe, Derek, Bert Wilson, Joe Daley and you will be well treated. Maybe even treated with a home made sandwich (!)

If you are looking for vinyl with great jazz shit of any kind. This is the place!

Hal´s in Tokyo for Free Jazz of course… that is quite a great shop for rare vinyl stuff as well…

but ANDRA JAZZ is the Mekka in Europe for all kinds of rare jazz!

ask also for the Harald produced Blue Tower records Productions!

I ll upgrade this page of recommendations soon… but ANDRA JAZZ is all you need…

call +46 8 31 07 07 for directions!

see also my and paal nilssen-love recomended shops in New York and tokyo at:

http://matsgus.com/archives/category/vinyl/shops

THE BEST COFFEE ON THE PLANET ?

the best single espresso I ever had…. EVER HAD!!!!!

is at:

ABRACO´s in New York City ( sorry italians… this is hard to beat… )

on 7th between 1st and 2nd Av.

http://www.abraconyc.com/

just CHECK IT OUT!!!!!! highest recomendations…

in new york for 6 days…

buying brazilian vinyl… ranned into a absolutley INSANE collection of tropicaliana ep´s and lps´s…. including cal costas 2 nd freak album and caetano veloso´s amazing LP singin in english!!! “I feel a little bit more blue then then”… CLASSIC!

tropicalia in furs…. a serious name for a serious shop!

and shitloads of eps…. cal costa, elis regina, maria bethania, veloso, tom ze and more…. all 1st pressings…. what are the odds ?

the collection just came in from brazil and I happened to be there. for once at the right place at the right time!

http://www.tropicaliainfurs.com/

one piece of vinyl per day keeps the doctor away!

meanwhile — check my trades out in the vinyl category and get in touch with me about tradeoffers!

mats@matsgus.com

I ll update this category as often as I possibly can.