The second LP compendium of Emahoy Tsege Mariam Gebru’s early solo piano works, recorded throughout the 1960s – finally available again. Emahoy Tsege Mariam Gebru is a true original – her compositions and unique playing style live somewhere between Erik Satie, Debussy, liturgical music of the Coptic Ethiopian Church, and Ethiopian traditional music. It is some of the most moving piano music you will ever hear! These original compositions, performed by Emahoy Tsege Mariam Gebru herself on solo piano, were originally self-released in Germany in small editions as fundraisers for orphanages, support organizations for widows of war victims, and other philanthropic causes. We are humbled and proud to present this album in collaboration with the EMAHOY TSEGE MARIAM MUSIC PUBLISHER and Foundation, and to assist in continuing her life-long mission of using music as a vessel to care for those who have been abandoned by society, or harmed by strife. Black vinyl LP comes in black inner-sleeves and heavy cardstock jacket with color printing and gold-foil stamping, and song notes by the composer herself. Restored and remastered by Timothy Stollenwerk.
Emahoy Tsegué-Mariam Guèbru – Emahoy Tsegué-Mariam Guèbru
In house label for Cafe OTO which documents the venue's programme of experimental and new music, alongside re-issuing crucial archival releases.
OTOROKU is proud to reissue Evan Parker's first solo LP "Saxophone Solos". Recorded by Martin Davidson in 1975 at the Unity Theatre in London, at that time the preferred concert venue of the Musicians' Co-operative, Parker's densely woven and often cyclical style has yet to form; instead throaty murmurs appear under rough hewn whistles and calls - the wildly energetic beginnings of an extraordinary career. Reissued with liner notes from Seymour Wright in an edition of 500. --- "The four pieces across the two sides of Saxophone Solos – Aerobatics 1 to 4 – are testing, pressured, bronchial spectaculars of innovation and invention and determination. Evan tells four stories of exploration and imagination without much obvious precedent. Abstract Beckettian cliff-hanging detection/logic/magic/mystery. The conic vessel of the soprano saxophone here recorded contains the ur-protagonists: seeds, characters, settings, forces, conflicts, motions, for new ideas, to delve, to tap and to draw from it story after story as he has on solo record after record for 45 years. ‘Aerobatics 1-3’ were recorded on 17 June 1975, by Martin Davidson at Parker’s first solo performance. This took place at London’s Unity Theatre in Camden. ‘Aerobatics 4’ was recorded on 9 September the same year, by Jost Gebers in the then FMP studio in Charlottenburg, Berlin. Music of balance and gravity, fulcra, effort, poise and enquiry. Sounds thrown and shaken into and out of air, metal and wood. It is – as the titles suggest – spectacular." - Seymour Wright, 2020.
Evan Parker – Saxophone Solos
Download only arm of OTOROKU, documenting the venue's programme of experimental and new music.
We have collaborated with long term Cafe OTO friend Han Bennink to design the first ever OTO t-shirt. These are made on good quaity fair trade Stanley/Stella tees - more info under the design detail. The Dutch drummer and multi-instrumentalist Han Bennink has had a colossal impact and influence in the fields of free jazz and improvised music - not just as a percussionist but also as an organiser, designer and visual artist. Bennink trained at the Gerrit Rietveld Academy in Amsterda and was strongly influenced by the anti-art of Dada. Out of what he calls 'a kind of involvement with things', Bennink reuses seemingly worthless objects from his immediate environment, such as broken drum skins and sticks. They are given a second life in his sculptures and installations. For his drawings and collages, Bennink draws on his personal memories and intuition. Birds and airplanes often return in these, symbols of the same freedom that he personifies during his performances. His artwork graces the covers of several corner stone recordings released on FMP, ICP, Incus, hat ART, psi and more. "It simply has to be beautiful and preferably appeal to an emotion as well. In [Bennink's] case that emotion doesn't have to be very dramatic or deeply hidden. You could rather call his art, his visual art anyway, light-footed, the way poems by Rutget Copland and Hans Verhagen can be." - Hans Sizoo, Jazzwereld nr 16. Photo by Corral
Han Bennink Tee
XXXCLUUSIVO !! These aren't available outside of the US, don't delay ! The 4th album by JCC. Limited edition CD / LP version of “Estrella Por Estrella” in special case with double-sided artwork by Puro Fantasía. Includes one exclusive track “Chupa-te ~Reflexion~” which will not be available digitally. "Estrella Por Estrella is a series of compositions for acoustic and electric guitar. Opener “Unifying Force” mixes glistening tones mix with crushing riffs; though the track only has a four minute runtime, it seems to stretch out as far as the night sky. Crampton wrings different emotions out of these basic sounds (see the meditative “Now That I Know U” or the blistering mania of “Acidito”), but his compositions on Estrella Por Estrella are all unified by a shared sense of scale. This is huge music, an album that often feels as vast as the universe itself." - undrcurrents --- Composed, performed & recorded in Northern California by JCC for electric and acoustic guitars.[Un-Mastered]"Sol, mi música siempre es un regalo para ti. I hope you reach for this one when it catches your eye" ---
Joshua Chuquimia Crampton – Estrella Por Estrella
Beautiful vinyl pressing from Drag City of Scott Walker's monumental, groundbreaking masterstroke from 1995
Scott Walker – Tilt
Original version released by Ananana, Lisbon, in 1994. Tracks 1 — 5 are from the CD version (Moikai/ Drag City): mastered at Noise Precision in 1999. Tracks (3) and (5) were re-recorded. Tracks (4) and (5) are different from the original release. Tracks 6 — 8 are from the double LP reissue (Drag City, 2018). Tracks (6) and (8) previously released on "Early Works" (Tomlab, 2002) Track 7 is the first studio recording of AER 2, especially produced for the LP. This piece appears as a live recording on the original Ananana release, but this version has slight alterations. released July 21, 1994 All music by Rafael Toral. Performed on electric guitar except (2), guitar, bass and sampler. Recorded in various locations in Lisbon, 1990 - 1993. Track (7) recorded at Noise Precision Regada, 2017.
Rafael Toral – Sound Mind Sound Body
Rafael Toral – Spectral Evolution
Limited edition riso done for Dali's residency. 25 white, 25 orange, printed by Good Press on uncoated "Arena Rough Natural" 200gsm and 230gsm Orange. Designed by Oli Barrett.
Dali de Saint Paul A3 Riso Print
The invisible force meets the ancient object — two ensembles for the price of one and a half! Synths, sintir, and much more. Sky music by deep earth people...
Natural Information Society and Bitchin Bajas – Automaginary
Recording of Otomo Yoshihide's set at B10 Live, Shenzhen. --- 大友良英 Otomo Yoshihide / 吉他 Guitar / 人声 Vocals --- 录制于2014年4月28日,深圳B10现场. Recorded April 28, 2014 at B10 Live, Shenzhen
Otomo Yoshihide – Otomo Yoshihide Live in Shenzen