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News from the darkest corners of the
musical universe:
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Monday, January 31, 2005 ◦
Hatwise Choice, the first volume of Hatfield & The North's archive CD series, is out now. This is the first album in thirty years to be entirely performed by the classic Hatfield line-up of Phil Miller, Pip Pyle, Richard Sinclair and Dave Stewart.
Hatwise Choice consists of over 68 minutes of 100% unreleased material culled from live concert tapes and first generation BBC radio recordings, the latter taken from the band's four John Peel sessions. The gig tapes show aspects of Hatfield's music never before heard on record - on stage, the tight control of the group's studio work is replaced by a looser, improvisatory approach. Flashes of humour give way to frightening electronic landscapes, interspersed with extended arrangements of the band's compositions and occasional moments of utter musical madness.
Order info here.
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Sunday, January 30, 2005 ◦
A request from the webmaster of the Enoch Light website:
Dear all -
Some of you may be aware that this year marks the 100th anniversary of the birth of Enoch Light! The actual date of the centenary is 18 August and I'm hoping that, with a little help from my exotic friends, I can get something to happen on that date.
I'd like to see something happen in NYC as that's where Enoch Light was based for most of his life as a producer. But it would also be good if something could happen in Canton, OH, as that's where he was born.
Being as I live some 3,000 miles away from New York, however, it's not going to be particularly easy to organise anything from this side of the pond - but this where you come in!
So, if anyone on the ground in NYC (or in other locations around the world) would like to help me organise something special for 18 August do please get in touch.
What I'd hope to do is get in touch with as many musicians who were involved in playing/arranging on Enoch Light's productions and get them all under one roof for an evening of chat, reminiscences and music (ideally in a venue where performances could actually take place).
Interested folk can email me directly and/or join an Enoch-specific discussion list I've just set up over at Yahoo Groups: http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/enochlight/
Looking forward to hearing from you.
Robbie
www.enochlight.com
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Saturday, January 29, 2005 ◦
The redesigned version of Weirdomusic.com is now online!
In case you were wondering why there were so few updates in the past months, this is the reason. We hope you'll like the new, less cluttered design. We will be finetuning some things in the next few weeks, so please contact us if something's broken. There's plenty of new material we want to add too. If you want to write a review or article or have any comments about the new look, please don't hesitate to contact the webmaster.
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Sunday, January 09, 2005 ◦
Yma Sumac (who has spoken of possible permanent retirement recently) will make a rare personal appearance for an autograph signing on Feb 18th and 19th 2005, at Ray Court's show in Burbank, CA (Los Angeles).
Call 1-818-843-6000 for details, or go to hollywoodcollectorshow.com.
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Monday, January 03, 2005 ◦
German artist Charles Wilp, known to music lovers for his Charles Wilp fotografiert Bunny LP, has died, age 72.
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Sunday, January 02, 2005 ◦
The Residents have announced details of a brand new album, their first for Mute, to be released on Valentine's Day 2005. "Animal Lover" follows the 25th Anniversary re-release of the Commercial Album in the Autumn of 2004.
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Saturday, January 01, 2005 ◦
Artie Shaw, the jazz clarinetist and famed American bandleader, has died at the age of 94, after a lengthy illness.
Shaw, one of the major figures of the swing and big-band era, became a national star with "Begin the Beguine" in 1938. Another of his many recorded hits was "Stardust."
Shaw was ranked with such notables as Benny Goodman and Tommy Dorsey, among the greatest bandleaders of the time.
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