two weeks in Japan and Korea has resulted in a various numbers of recordings. live and studio… we dont know what to do with all the insane music that has been produced…

insane….

live recordings with The Thing w Otomo Yoshihide w special guest , Jim O `rourke, Yosuke Yamashita and Akira sakata, all from Tokyo. The Thing + Otomo live recordings from the tour and video recordings….my, oh my….

and from Korea a totally great studio recording w The Thing + Otomo and special Korean guests:

Ruy Hankil, Hong Chulki, Jin Sangtae, Park Danham and joe Foster…. unfuckinbelievable!!!!

so, be prepared for box sets coming up!!!! updates will arrive on this page later….

and Paal Nilssen – Love has finally became Paal Percussion:

paal-percussion

new one sided vinyl out soon…. Mats G plays Ayler!

On the great italian Qbico label. watch out for release date and further info on this site!

strictly limited edition: 125 copies….

The Thing + Otomo Yoshihide´s SHINJUKU CRAWL IS OUT!!!!

recorded sep 2007 in Tokyo by Jim O`Rourke.

its an…. explosion… of a cd…

relaesed of course on Smalltown Superjazzz, watch for more news on the web:
http://www.smalltownsupersound.com/v1/superjazzz/news.php

The Japanese / korean tour of Otomo + The Thing is continuing right now as we write…

with guests Yosuke Yamashita, Jim O `Rourke and Akira Sakata guesting the quartet in Tokyo….and now quartet gigs in Nagoya, Sapporo, Kobe and Kyoto ( again w Jim )….

its an …. explosion… of a tour….

new group FIRE!

Mats gustafsson – saxes, electronics and fender rhodes (!)

Joahn Berthling ( of Tape fame ) – bass, guitar, organ

Andrea Werrlin ( of Wildbirds & Peacedrums fame ) – drums and percussion

new LP / CD on Rune Grammofon

www.runegrammofon.com/news/

first couple of reviews out now… first tours and concerts coming up in oct 2009 (sweden) and january (Europe)+ september ( Japan) 2010

http://www.junkmedia.org/index.php?i=2517

checklist coming up on heavy heavy heavy sax players that of different reasons are forgotten or hardly heard about in the history of  jazz and improvised  music….

in close collaboration with Harald Hult of Andra jazz & Blue Tower Records ( and  artist Edward Jarvis )  will a list of 20 names be published on this site really soon.

wait for it…..

negotiations is going on at the moment to agree on the content of the list…..

checklist of 20 sax players of extreme importance… coming up!!!!

and many more (un)important list will be published in the near future… for diskaholics, freaks and related human beings…

two reviews of The Thing´s BAG IT! in spanish….

we think they are positive…

http://www.elintruso.com/article.php?id=1688

http://www.tomajazz.com/bun/2009/09/thing-covers-top-10-continuacion.html