By turns cuddly and chaotic, San Francisco's Deerhoof mixes noise, sugary melodies, and an experimental spirit into sweetly challenging and utterly distinctive music. The group began as the brainchild of guitarist Rob Fisk and drummer/keyboardist Greg Saunier in 1994; early releases, such as 1995's 7"s Return of the Woods M'Lady and For Those of Us on Foot, had a more traditionally harsh, no wave-inspired sound, though they also included the quirky tendencies that dominated their later efforts.
Vocalist/bassist Satomi Matsuzaki joined the group in time for 1996's self-titled double 7" on Menlo Park, but other members passed through Deerhoof, including Chris Cooper of Angst Hase Pfeffer Nase. The following year they released their full-length debut, The Man, The King, The Girl, on Kill Rock Stars and the Come See the Duck 7" on Banano a year later. Fisk left Deerhoof after 1999's Holdy Paws, an experiment that saw the band trying to write songs that favored composition over individual sounds, and pursued similar ideas in his solo work and in Badgerlore. Halfbird, which was recorded before Fisk departed, was released in 2001, after John Dieterich was recruited as Deerhoof's new guitarist. That year the group also released the My Pal Foot Foot 7", a cover of the legendary Shaggs song, that also appeared on the Better Than the Beatles tribute.
In 2002, the group released the critically acclaimed Reveille; 2003's Apple O' followed soon after, and also featured auxiliary guitarist Chris Cohen. Their fifth album, the much more cohesive and focused Milk Man, appeared in spring 2004. 2005 was another busy year for the band: Not only did they embark on tours of the U.S., Europe and Japan, they released the Green Cosmos EP, the full-length Runners Four and a Deerhoof tribute album that was only available on the band's website.
Source - Starpulse.com
The St. Louis-based label Freedonia Music, which specializes in free jazz and improvisation, has just added five new CD titles to its catalog. The new releases are:
*Autonomous Oblast from The James Marshall Human Arts Ensemble, which originally was recorded in 1975 and has been digitally remastered from the original studio tapes. The CD is described as "big band old school free-blown' free jazz. Featuring rare performances by Maurice Malik King, James Marshall, Luther Thomas, Thurman Thomas, Jim Miller, Carl Arzinia Richards, Papa Glen Wright, and others."
* Esfoma, a 1984 set of solo improvisations by pianist Greg Mills, also digitally remastered.
* Dave Stone Solo, featuring newly recorded improvisations from Stone on tenor, soprano and baritone saxes and alto, soprano and bass clarinets.
* Kokopilau, from poet Michael Castro and multi-reedman J.D. Parran, described as "a ceremony of the ancient future celebrating a 30 year collaboration...Retelling mythic tales of life, death & rebirth with voice, tenor sax, indigenous hand crafted instruments and postmodern techniques."
* Endless Root, a 1996 live performance recording of performance poetry with music, from Michael Castro and multi-instrumentalist Joe Catalano.
The label, which is headed by saxophonist/multi-instrumentalist Jay Zelenka, also has a revamped Web site with a new look, improved functionality and more information about the various products and artists. Listeners can hear numerous short excerpts from each CD on the home page, and download full length MP3s of selected tunes. All Freedonia Music releases are available from the site for $10 each, which includes shipping in the USA and Canada.
Hey, hey ... très bonne soirée en perspective mercredi prochain le 27 Février à 19h, BiNoCuLaRs est invité pour la "Candy Clash Party" à la Mécanique Ondulatoire, 8 passage Thiéré 75011 Paris Métro: Bastille (Entrée: 5€)
a new song called "Here Comes" has just been added on our profile.
We recorded it live at Mélodium studio (http://www.myspace.com/melodiumparis) few weeks ago.
It is a preview of a collection of six tracks recorded in one day in a cool vintage studio in Montreuil near Paris/france.
We would like to thank Clément (http://www.myspace.com/candyclash) and Nicolas at Mélodium Studio and Adrian (http://www.myspace.com/arghmusique) for his help and advises
