AUM Fidelity (New York, USA)
Based in Brooklyn NYC, AUM Fidelity started making records in late 1997.
The principal mission then and now is to record and promote the vanguard
group works from some of today's Masters of Jazz. These are among the
most gifted artists working in this distinctly African-American idiom
of pro-creative improvisation. Passion and adventure in equal measures;
deeply human music designed for healing through sound!
AUM is operated single-handedly by Steven Joerg, formerly producer of
the David S Ware albums Cryptology & Dao/Tao, and Joe
Morris' Elsewhere, on the Homestead imprint (previously released
in NZ by Just Jazz Records).
AUM Fidelity is dedicated to presenting the vanguard works by some of
the Masters of Music Today. Capitalized because it's True. One need only
listen to hear. If you are looking for human-organized sounds to potentially
transform you, your search has here yielded a treasure:::
CD releases from AUMFidelity, by year:
1997
AUM001 - David S Ware Quartet: Wisdom of Uncertainty
AUM002/3 - William Parker/Little Huey Creative Orchestra: Sunrise
in the Tone World
AUM004 - Joe Morris Trio: Antennae
1998
AUM005 - Whit Dickey Trio: Transonic
AUM006 - Other Dimensions in Music: NOW!
AUM007/8 - Various: Vision One Vision Festival 1997 Compiled
AUM009 - Joe Morris Trio: A Cloud of Black Birds
AUM10/11 - William Parker: The Peach Orchard
1999
AUM 012 - Test (Frank Bruno, Daniel Carter, Matthew Heyner, Sabir Mateen):
TEST
2000
AUM 013 - Other Dimensions In Music/Matthew Shipp: Time Is Of The
Essence: The Essence Is Beyond Time
AUM 014 - Joe Morris & Mat Maneri: Soul Search
AUM 015/16-2CD - William Parker & The Little Huey Creative Music Orchestra:
The Mayor of Punkville
Visit the AUM Fidelity website at www.aumfidelity.com
Eremite (Massachusetts, U.S.A.)
A relatively new American label from Massachusetts. Run by Michael Ehlers,
Eremite produces what Steven Joerg of AUM calls "Ecstatic Music"
and features the welcome return of Jemeel Moondoc to the leader's role,
and exciting new CDs from Raphe Malik, Tom Bruno & Sabir Marteen live
in New York's Grand Central Station, Christopher Cauley, and Gregg Bendian's
new group Interzone.
The Eremite catalogue comprises:
MTE 001 - Jemeel Moondoc Trio: Tri-p-let
MTE 002 - Ellery Eskelin/Andrea Parkins: Green Bermudas
MTE 003 - Gregg Bendian's Interzone: s/t Interzone
MTE 004 - Assif Tsahar: Shekhina
MTE 005 - Raphe Malik: The Short Form
MTE 006 - Chris Cauley: FINland
MTE 007 - Tom Bruno & Sabir Mateen: Getting Away With Murder
MTE 008 - Jemeel Moondoc Trio: Fire In The Valley
MTE 009 - Denis Charles: Captain of the Deep
MTE 010 - Trio Hurricane: Live at Fire In The Valley
MTE 011 - Sabir Mateen Trio: Divine Mad Love
MTE 012 - William Parker: Through Acceptance of the Mystery Peace
MTE 0013 - Raphe Malik w/ Denis Charles, Sabir Mateen, William Parker
ConSequence
MTE 0014 - Sunny Murray & Sabir Mateen: We Are Not At The Opera
MTE 016 - Malcolm Goldstein: Live at Fire In The Valley
MTE 017 - Alan Silva/William Parker: A Hero's Welcome: Pieces For
Rare Occasions
MTE 028 - Jemeel Moondoc Vtet: Revolt of the Negro Lawn Jockeys
MTE 029 - Moondoc, Jemeel & the Jus Grew Orchestra: Spirit House
MTE 026 - Alan Silva & the Sound Visions Orchestra: Alan Silva
& the Sound Visions Orchestra
Visit the Eremite webite at: www.eremite.com
Erstwhile Records (Jersey City, NJ, U.S.A.)
Run unself-consciously by Jon Abbey, Erstwhile specialises in electro-acoustic
gems from all over including Auckland, New Zealand's own Dean Roberts.
ERST 001 VHF: Bart
ERST 002 - Haunted House: Up In Flames
ERST 003 - Earl Howard / Denman Maroney: Fire Song
ERST 004-2 - Thomas Lehn / Gerry Hemingway: Tom & Gerry
ERST 005 - Keith Rowe / Günter Müller / Taku Sugimoto: The
World Turned Upside Down :
ERST 006 - Kevin Drumm / Martin Tétreault: Particles and
Smears
ERST 007 - John Butcher / Phil Durrant: Requests and Antisongs
ERST 008 - Burkhard Stangl / Christof Kurzmann: Schnee
ERST 009 - Dean Roberts / Werner Dafeldecker: Aluminium
ERST 010 - Günter Müller / Lê Quan Ninh: La Voyelle
Liquide
ERST 011 - Otomo Yoshihide / Voice Crack: Bits, Bots, and Signs
ERST 012 - Thomas Lehn/Marcus Schmickler: Bart
ERST 013 - Toshimaru Nakamura/Sachiko M.: do
ERST 014 - Phil Durrant/Thomas Lehn/Radu Malfatti:
No More Records (New York, U.S.A.)
Established by Alan Schneider in 1995 with Matthew Shipp's solo CD Symbol
Systems, No More Records quietly releases very few but very potent
recordings of new improvised music. Whatever misgivings one might have
about Braxton recording solo piano, one has to admire a label that is
prepared to do it!
No More Records' catalogue includes:
1995
NoMore No.1 Matthew Shipp piano: Symbol Systems
NoMore No.2 Anthony Braxton: Solo Piano (Standards) 1995
1997
NoMore No.3 Rob Brown & Matthew Shipp: Blink of an Eye
NoMore No.4 Joe Morris/William Parker: Invisible Weave
NoMore No.5 Billy Bang: Commandment
1998
NoMore No.6 William Parker: Lifting The Sanctions
NoMore No.7 Roy Campbell/Pyramid Trio: Ancestral Homeland
2000
NoMore No.8 Rob Brown Quartet: Jumping off the Page
NoMore No.9 Mat Maneri/Randy Peterson: Light Trigger
RITI (Cambridge, Mass., U.S.A. )
RITI 01 - Joe Morris: Sweatshop
RITI 02 - Joe Morris Trio: Flip & Spike
RITI 03 - Rob Brown, Whit Dickey, Joe Morris: Youniverse
SCREWGUN (New York, U.S.A.)
Screwgun - Tim Berne's label, based in New York, begun in 1996 - is done
guerilla-style on a shoestring. The CDs come wrapped in monochrome cardboard
covers "deranged by" artist, Steve Styram, and, as if to emphasise
the "We're only in it for the food" title of a Bloodcount track,
each title comes with a recipe for a South of the Border gourmand's delight.
Allegedly, most of the Bloodcount tracks are recorded using a single microphone.
Screwgun releases by year:
1996
SCR 70001 - Tim Berne Bloodcount: Unwound
1997
SCR 70002 - Tim Berne-Paraphrase: Visitation Rites
SCR 70003 - Tim Berne Bloodcount: Discretion
SCR 70004 - Bloodcount - Saturation Point
1998
SCR 70005 - Marc Ducret: un certain malaise
SCR 70006 - Michael Formanek: Am I Bothering You?
SCR 70007 - Django Bates: Quiet Nights
SCR 70009 - Tim Berne: The Empire Box
1999
SCR 70008 - Julius Hemphill: Blue Boyé (2CD)
SCR 70010 - Marc Ducret: L'Ombra di Verdi
SCR 70011 - Tim Berne Paraphrase: Please Advise
Visit the Screwgun website at: www.screwgunrecords.com
little brother records (Oregon, U.S.A.)
LB013 - Tim Berne/Michael Formanek: Ornery People
Visit the little brother Website at: www.littlebrotherrecords.com
Revenant (Nashville, Tennessee, U.S.A.)
More accurately known as John Fahey's Revenant, this label is co-owned
by John Fahey and Dean Blackwood who acts as the label manager. It is
dedicated to producing "RAW" musics and "...alerts new
audiences to a hidden history of American music, retrieved from the tiny
regional labels scattered across its rural hinterland." - The
Wire #174, 8/98 . A very impressive line-up here including the sound-shell
experience of Derek Bailey's guitar accompanying Min Tanaka dancing in
a Paris thunderstorm; Cecil Taylor's immortal Montmartre concert of 1962,
and Jim O'Rourke's apocalyptic Happy Days.
RVN 101 - Jim O'Rourke: Happy Days
RVN 102* - Sir Richard Bishop: Salvador Kali
RVN 201 - Derek Bailey with Min Tanaka: Music And Dance
RVN 202 - Cecil Taylor: Nefertiti, The Beautiful One Has Come
RVN 203* - Stanley Brothers: Earliest Recordings: The Rich-R-Tone
78s (1947-1952)
RVN 204 - Bassholes: Blue Roots
RVN 205 - Dock Boggs: Country Blues: Complete Early Recordings
(1927-29)
RVN 206* - Various: American Primitive Vol. 1
RVN 207 - Jenks Tex Carman: Chippeha! The Essential Dixie Cowboy!
(1948-53)
* Out of print
Wobbly Rail (North Carolina, U.S.A.)
Formed in 1998 by Mac McCaughan, the label had six improvised releases
by the end of the year.
1998 releases on Wobbly Rail:
WOB-001 - Wadada Leo Smith/Harumi Makino Smith: Condor, Autumn Wind
WOB-002 - AALY Trio/Ken Vandermark: Stumble
WOB-003 - Steve Lacy: Solo: Live at Unity Temple
WOB-004 - Jeb Bishop: 98 Duets
WOB-005 - Susie Ibarra/Denis Charles: Drum Talk
WOB-006 - John Butcher/Phil Durrant: Secret Measures
WOB 007 - Georg Graewe Quintet Concert in Berlin 1996
WOB 008 - Ken Vandermark + AALY Trio Live at the Glenn Miller Cafe
WOB 009 - Paul Lytton
WOB 010 - Whit Dickey Quartet: Big Top
Visit the Wobbly Rail Website at: www.wobbly.home.mindspring.com
last update 13 July 2001
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