Mining the Audio Motherlode, Volume 30

Give the Drummer Some's
6 Favorite Downloads from the MP3 Blogosphere

This last Mining the Audio Motherlode post of summer delivers a half-dozen killer-dillers: Ghanaian percussionist Guy Warren's rare session with Brit jazz greats is worth the price of admission, but don't overlook the compelling contributions from Chicago's Tiny Topsy and Kraków's Ewa Demarczyk. If you dig noise, Monoshock's side-project, Sternklang, will curl your nose hairs (in a good way), as will the debut LP from Blind Idiot God (who, one night at CBGB's produced the loudest beauty I've ever heard). All in all, some terrific beach listening.

Before you head out with your SPF 45 and flip flops, take a brief moment to observe the passing of the legendary woodwind maestro Joe Maneri, who died on Monday. Joe was an astonishingly inventive and original improviser and composer, but his greatest legacy may be the wisdom he imparted to generations of musicians. For nearly four decades Joe taught performance, theory and composition at the New England Conservatory of Music.

A few Friday's ago on Give the Drummer Some, I aired a home recording of an unreleased blues number Joe performed at one of the gazillion wedding gigs he played. It is one of the most audacious, breathtaking, heart-in-your-throat 3 minutes and 8 seconds of sound you'll ever hear. To listen, go to my playlist and scroll down to the fourth tune in the fourth set. (When you're done, pick yourself up off the floor and check out more Joe Maneri genius—a recording from 1963—in the first full-album link offered below.)

Simply One of the Greatest Recordings Ever
Joe Maneri  ~  "Paniots Nine"
(A Blog Ain't Too Much to Love)

Unburied Treasure
Guy Warren  ~  "Afro-Jazz"
(Fat Toro)

R&B Sessions in Miniature
Tiny Topsy  ~  "Aw! Shucks Baby"
(Rockabilly Ranch)

 

Extreme! Noise! Now!
Sternklang  ~  "1"
(Blog: FM Shades)

Polish Melodrama Queen
Ewa Demarczyk  ~  "Ewa Demarczyk 1974"
(Blog: Easy Music)

I Dub You Very Much
Blind Idiot God  ~  "Undertow"
(Blog: Colostomy Grab-Bag)

Listen for music from these and other incredible finds on
Give the Drummer Some, Fridays on WFMU, 9 to Noon (ET).

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Comments

[Wendy]

I thought that Joe Maneri wedding recording was terrific, but it made my dog leave the room...

[Jrld]

Joe Maneri! Mmmm-mmmm! Early destroyer of western scale fascism.

Some well worn jazz progressions, but the definitive makam grooves! Got to love.

[Icastico]

Picked up the Guy Warren when it was posted. Good choice.

Here's a couple of others I like...

Francis Dhomont - Forêt Profonde (1996)
http://wharfinger.extra.hu/?p=422

And some dub...

http://ramdogsroughsite.blogspot.com/2009/08/on-u-sound-discoplates-1234-6.html

[dee es]

I've been a dedicated follower of the Miner's digs since the beginning and have enjoyed all the treasures, but I must say that this week is especially great. Aside from Tiny Topsy, all these artists are new to me and they're all new favorites.

Right now I'm especially enjoying the Ewa Demarczyk. In search of a track list for the '74 album, I came across two more rich audio melodramas here (at a site I think you've featured before?):

http://proskynesis.blogspot.com/2007/07/dont-panic-were-from-poland-part-1.html

Also, in case anyone is still searching, here's the track list for the '74 recording:

1. Grande Valse Brillante
2. Tomaszów
3. Imię Twoje
4. Groszki I Róże
5. Na Moście W Avignon
6. Biedna Dziewczyna
7. Jaki Smieszny
8. Cyganka
9. Skrzypek Hercowicz

[erik r.]

does anyone have a line on any english translations of Ewa Demarczyk's lyrics? her voice is so powerful i want to know what she's singing about!

[fatty jubbo]

Faun Fables covered Demarczyk's The Marry-go-round with Madonnas in English...that's the only translation of her lyrics I can find. It's on their myspace page. I love her!