Cousin Mary 11/13/2019 A Library, CD
Excellent instrumental work from this 4-piece ensemble from Toholampi, Finland (about 500 kilometers north of Helsinki). All original compositions by lead guitarist Mika Jamsa. Twang, surf, jazz influences with some extra instruments and electronics that add interesting touches to the guitars, bass and drums. Something a little different to play in your surf set.
Cousin Mary 11/13/2019 A Library, CD
David Shea (student of Morton Feldman, collaborator with John Zorn) wrote or recomposed these tracks in 1997. Instruments and samplers show a great variety that includes piano, percussion, Tibetan singing, vibraphone, etc. Captivating, frequently lovely, original, magic!
lexi glass 11/13/2019 12-inch, A Library
Troller is the Austin, TX darkwave trio of Adam Jones, Justin Star-Goers and Amber Star-Goers; this 2016 release on HoloDeck (Jones’ label) is their second album. While not quite the pain factory that the album’s art might suggest, Graphic aches with dark, synth-laden pop made for a dungeon dancefloor – from the bleak title track (T2), to the forlorn ballad “Not Here” (T3), the grind of “Nothing” (T7), the heavier “Sundowner” (T9), and the final sinister slowjam “Torch” (T10) – all driven by Amber Star-Goers’ powerful, agonized vocals. Between the beats are shorter instrumental interludes (T1, T4, T7, T8), and the Lynchian dream pop of “Storm Maker” (T5). All tracks can easily writhe their way into a set alongside recent additions like Boy Harsher, Kaelan Mikla, Lebanon Hanover, and other dealers in beautiful misery.
aarbor 11/13/2019 A Library
A beautiful collection of gamelan music from 1928 in Bali. If you love gamelan music you will find music you will like here.
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aarbor 11/13/2019 A Library
This is the soundtrack from the 2007 film Gili 45 ancora una volta (Gillian who is 45 once again). In fact this soundtrack is a compilation of other (mostly Italian) soundtracks. There’s something everyone can enjoy here. AArbor
aarbor 11/13/2019 A Library
On delicately pink vinyl, this is the 3rd release from Los Guapos Sensibles which came out last Valentines Day. A side: Bigoton was written by Alfredo Varela which features some vocoder vocals. On the B side: Decimas del Desamor (tenths of Heartbreak) was written by Ryan Drury (who is also part of Los Discos Duro and Los Jalogüines) and M. Juarez. This is danceable Cumbia music. AArbor
aarbor 11/13/2019 A Library
The debut single release (09/19) for Ritmos Tropicosmos who are a 7 piece cumbia group from Oakland. These are perfect for Halloween. Side A is the Mummy’s Tomb – a story about an ancient mummy locked up for several centuries in a worm-infested tomb. After several centuries she is finally set free to dance all night by the power of the Cumbia. The B side – The Kiss of Death is an instrumental which gives a nod to various maestros de Organo Cumbia: Eduardo Surita, Tulio Enrique Leon and Gabrielle Meza. AArbor
aarbor 11/13/2019 A Library
The Sons of Kemet are a British jazz group formed in 2011. On this album (which was named Release of the Year 2018 by The Wire magazine), bandleader Shabaka Hutchings wrote and plays saxophone on all tracks, Theon Cross plays tuba, Seb Rochford and Tom Skinner play drums. It also features toaster Congo Natty and performance poet Josh Idehen. The album title and sleeve notes refer to the British monarchy and how it does not represent black immigrants; “Your Queen is not our Queen / She does not see us as human”. Instead the track titles all refer to influential black women throughout history. Ada Eastman was Hutchings’ great grandmother from Barbados. Most Americans know who Harriet Tubman and Angela Davis are, but here’s a run down of who the other “queens” are. Mamie Phipps Clark was an American social psychologist who investigated the African American children’s attitudes toward race and racial self-identification which influenced the Brown vs. Board of Education court case. Anna Julia Cooper an American who earned at PhD at the Sorbonne, was sometimes called “the mother of Black Feminism”. Nanny of the Maroons was an 18th century leader of the Jamaican Maroons – she was named a National Hero of Jamaica. Yaa Asantewaa was the queen mother of Ejisu in the Ashanti Empire who led the Ashanti War of the Golden Stool against British colonialism. Albertina Sisulu was a South African anti-apartheid activist. Doreen Lawrence, Baroness Lawrence of Clarendon, OBE promoted reforms of the police service after her son was murdered in a racist attack in South East London in 1993. AArbor
atavist 11/12/2019 12-inch, A Library
Carlton Melton does psych—or, to quote The Quietus from a nice write-up of the album, astral psych. One observation from The Quietus that resonates with me is the idea that CM have been on a mission to distill their sound over the years, perhaps break it into its component parts. Their recent live mic in the Pit (11/2/2019) is evidence of their current working method, and the same could be said of “Mind Minerals”, their most recent LP, released last year. Each track takes a limited host of sounds and explores them inside and out, giving them time to breathe and expand. The album has its more rocking moments, but a lot of it is slow and patient jams and noodlings. So definitely more open-ended, free-form, and minimalistic than, for example, “Out to Sea” from 2015.
A1: Big, amorphous intro.
A2: Establishes a straightforward beat, pretty deliberate in not changing up the routine too much to start.
A3: Mellow, serene. Staring up at a starry night sky.
A4: Starts out with the drums running solo, and then the guitar comes in hot. Definitely the most rocking song on this side.
B1: Droney synths with a hint of percussion, minimalistic.
B2: Easy drive down a country back road. Rolling along, but not in a hurry. The fields pass by.
C1: Let’s open it up a bit and ride the cymbals, let the amps scream. Let’s not be hasty and settle into it.
C2: Droney, meandering guitars and minimal percussion. Sun-faded memories.
C3: A synth patterns starts out this very minimal slice of mood.
D1: Blissed out, spaced out patterns. Best track for considering the inner spaces.
D2: Turned-up amps blazing. One last jam before fading to noise.
Hemroid The Leader 11/11/2019 A Library, CD
Finnish composer Einojuhani Rautavaara (pronounced AY-no-yu-hah-ni ROW-ta-vah-ra) was born in Helsinki on Oct. 9, 1928. Cantus Arcticus & Symphony No. 5 performed by the Leipzig Radio Symphony Orchestra. String Quartet No. 4 performed by the Sirius String Quartet.
Canticus Arcticus (1972) is a Concerto for Birds and Orchestra. Foggy & textural gradients. 3 movements, 17 min.
String Quartet No. 4 (1975) cool postwar quartet, Schoenberg 12-tones. Indeterminate pitches. Meditative. Different from the usual Western stuff. 3 movements, 22 min.
Symphony No. 5 (1985) is big and ambitious, a little disjointed here and there, maybe from the large scale. Entertaining and likeable. Maybe listen to the first half. 31 min.
Devlyn 11/10/2019 A Library, CD
African Rhythm Messengers 54:13
July 4th 1995 Live Remote from San Jose America Festival
Featuring KFJC DJs, Grawer and Earl Grey
“African Rhythm Messengers is a group of musicians headquartered in Nigeria. Their music mixes Caribbean, Reggae and African beats.” AllMusic.com They released a CD entitled Bottom Belle in 1998.”
Best Known songs written by Rex Lawson:
This recording was digitized from an archival VHS tape by Devlyn on 9//19/2019.
Devlyn 11/10/2019 A Library, CD
African Rhythm Messengers Disk 2/2 57:33
July 4th, 1995 live KFJC Remote recording from the San Jose America Festival.
The recording features KFJC DJs, Grawer and Earl Grey.
“African Rhythm Messengers is a group of African musicians based in Nigeria. Their music mixes Caribbean, Reggae and African beats. They released a CD entitled Bottom Belle in 1998.”
Best Known songs were written by Rex Lawson:
Last song on this CD is the traditional song: Onye Ga Gba Egwu
Digitized from an archival VHS tape by Devlyn on 9/19/2019.
Devlyn 11/10/2019 A Library, CD
1987_SAX_Blowout- A KFJC Live Mic_at_JJs_Blues_Cafe Disk 2/2 XXXXX
Recorded 12/22/1987 (1 hr 16mins :49 secs) 847661Recorded at JJ’s Blues Cafe in Mountain View CA
Features JJs house band, Bucket of Blues, including: Deacon Jones (organ and MC ) Our best guess this is: “Melvyn “Deacon” Jones (December 12, 1943 – July 6, 2017) an organist and founding member of Baby Huey & the Babysitters in Chicago” Wikipedia
Jamie Brian,
Mr Sticks
Sax Blowout starts with Terrible Tom (Probably TJ Politzer (SAX) of the Fabulous sundogs) Songs includes “I feel Good”
Noel Coutoura (SAX) comes on later
Bucket of Blues vocalist Rick Baker added in the end
The original tape runs out before the concert ends and is faded out.
Digitized from archival VHS tape by Devlyn. Some tape hiss when folks are talking. Not really noticeable when music is going, Concert is broken up into 2 CDs.
Devlyn 11/9/2019 A Library, CD
PRI – A KFJC Live Mic recorded on 2-5-1983 41 mins & 18 seconds
Genre: Punk/Metal
This recording was pulled from an old CD found in KFJC storage. The recording was labelled with the band name and the date recorded. No information about where it was recorded or information about what any of the tracks are found in the recording. Remastered by J Devlin 8/2019
We are assuming it is a recording of P.R.I.. (Peaceful Revolution Impossible), a Metal /Rock band out of Dallas, Texas performing in this period.
Devlyn 11/8/2019 A Library, CD
SXSW KFJC Live Mic CD 1 847188
Recorded on March 18, 1994
In 1994, KFJC Recorded and engineered performances at the South by South West Music Fest and broadcast those recordings live on KFJC airwaves and on 50 other radio stations that picked up the feed. Following is a Best of: KFJC Special featuring sets pulled from that live broadcast.
Recorded at @ Lazona Rosa Club in Austin Texas.
Track 1. The Loved Ones@ Lazona Rosa (39.16 mins) Blues 3-18-94. The Loved Ones were an Oakland-based Blues band formed by vocalist Bart Davenport, bassist Michael Therieau, rhythm guitarist Nick Rossi, lead guitarist Xan McCurdy and drummer John Kent. Their last album was Better Do Right in 1994.
Track 2. Rosie Flores and the Bad Boys -@ Lazona Rosa- Rockabilly (15 mins of a 1 hr concert was found on this tape) Flores is an American rockabilly and country music artist. She is joined on this recording by members of the Flatlanders (Jimmie Dale Gilmore, Joe Ely and Butch Hancock).
Track 3. 3. Zero Gravity Stinger (for an upcoming show)
This CD was digitized from a VHS archival tape originally aired as a Mayhem special on 5/14/94 hosted by DJ Earl Grey
Devlyn 11/7/2019 A Library, CD
Bucket of Blues with 2 extra Sax players (TJ Politzer and Noel Coutoura)
Recorded 12/22/1987 (36:03) 847010
This concert is broken up into 2 CDS. There is some tape hiss when folks are talking. Not really noticeable when music is going
Recorded at JJ’s Blues Cafe in Mountain View CA
Tape starts with the club house band Bucket of Blues including: Deacon Jones on organ and MC for the night. ( Our best guess this is: “Melvyn “Deacon” Jones (December 12, 1943 – July 6, 2017) an organist and founding member of Baby Huey & The Babysitters in Chicago” Wikipedia
With David Brian, Vocalist from Palo Alto CA. Singing: Erving Berlin’s White Christmas at 28 mins
Devlyn 11/7/2019 A Library, CD
Alexandria & Errol Slack-Blues Band – A KFJC Live Mic from 1988
Recorded Jan 27, 1988 847100
1 hr 5 minutes
No info on tape about how, where, or who recorded this. Likely recorded at JJ’s Blues, an Iconic San Jose blues bar where other KFJC Blues music was recorded in this period
Band Members: Errol Slack (organ), Alexandria Renate (vocals),
Fair amount of tape hiss that is noticeable during conversations.
Aural Pet Abuse
A piercingly shrill keening reminiscent of a high-powered flash charging up before your uncle blinds you in the annual Thanksgiving family photo begins the assault on your furbabies’ sanity but quickly evolves into synthesized balloon squeaks and other abstractions. Echos, white-noise, bleeps, bloops, and crunches. Strobes, peels, shimmering squelches and later unintelligible muffled yells. Shards of sonic glass piercing the Tympanic Membrane, as Spot attacks the speaker and Fluffy claws first the door and then your face in a frenzied search of egress. A superb album for anxiety inducing enthusiasts of unstructured knob twirling and fader fingering by noise artist Sam Clifton. Reminds this miserable volunteer of an advanced AI’s death sonnet or perhaps a Wednesday evening at KFJC.
atavist 11/6/2019 12-inch, A Library
This is beautiful, devastating black metal from 2004, re-released 15 years later. This is the last full-length from Armagedda before they disbanded to pursue other projects. Over the span of their three full-length releases, the band initially helped define black metal at the start of the century, and then immediately began pushing against nascent orthodoxies. “Ond Spiritism” is marked by a full sound—layers of immense, immersive guitar and bass, and excellent instrumentation. Vocals drip with evil while remaining clearly discernible (lyrics are in Swedish). There’s a fair amount of variety in the compositions—varying textures and tempos, including the occasional use of minimally distorted guitar. Tracks B2 and B4 are shorter, quieter pieces; the former features a simple, echoing guitar against a backdrop of falling rain, and the latter features a choral element with mournful, atmospheric keyboards. But the other tracks are furious and unrelenting. An early favorite is track A4, which uses a simple, driving structure that repeats to create an atmosphere of loss, mourning, and despair, while also teeming with urgency and dark energy. Tracks A1 and A2 both start with simple guitar passages before ramping up to full intensity. As soon as the record ends, I just want to start playing it again.
lexi glass 11/6/2019 12-inch, A Library
Civil War is the latest assault from Blood Rhythms, the noise collective fronted by Chicago-based electronic artist Arvo Zylo, here with Dave Phillips (of Schimpfluch-Gruppe), Wyatt Howland (Skin Graft) and many other collaborators. It’s a devastating – yet even beautiful – record, that might surprise non-noiseniks with its range of sounds and moods, and nearly song-like compositions. “Closure” (T1) opens with strange clarinet melodies, piercing tones, and a massive chorus of voices that finally resolves into a lone anguished scream. If the high-pitched violence of the latest Frataxin release left you begging for more, “Sick Skin” (T2) provides satisfaction, as strangled growls flail helplessly in feedback filth. With its first deep, ominous pulse, “Locked Away” (T3) descends into a forgotten underground lair, and we are overtaken by the howls of those trapped there. Side B holds the centerpiece – the colossal, confrontational “The Face” (T5) – where driving electronic rhythms collide with a cacophony of hellish horns. Yes, it’s a face-melter. The two-part finale (T6 and T7) buries heavy beats, organ bellows, metal scrap, and dying screams in a mass of noise; with one final thud, the suffocation succeeds.
KFJC 89.7FM