Cuneiform Records OCTOBER 2021 Newsletter

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view this email  in your browser Cuneiform Records OCTOBER 2021 Newsletter: New Releases & Concerts jump to, or scroll down on mobile: ~~~~~~ NEW RELEASE!  COMING OUT OCTOBER 22 ON CUNEIFORM RECORDS ANDROID TRIO – Other Worlds High powered US electric jazz / progressive rock trio ~~~~~~ OUT NOW: RELEASED SEPTEMBER 23 ON CUNEIFORM RECORDS  MUJICIAN – 10 10 10 Legendary British all-star free-jazz cooperative  ~~~~~~ RELEASED AUGUST 27 , 2021:   DAVID BORDEN – Cayuga Night Music DAVID BORDEN  – Smart Hubris Contemporary classical /  modern composition RAY RUSSELL – Secret Asylum Brit-Jazz, free-jazz, out jazz ~~~~~~ SNEAK PEEK! COMING OUT NOVEMBER 19, 2021 ON CUNEIFORM ACCORDO DEI CONTRARI  – UR– Italian progressive jazz-rock legends GHOST RHYTHMS  – Spectral Music French post- jazz/ avant-progressive  ~~~~~~ CUNEIFORM ARTISTS ON TOUR:   LIVE CONCERTS & TOURS ~~~~~~ FALL IN LOVE THIS AUTUMN W/ CUNEIFORM RECORDS ACTIVITIES ONLINE: • Explore Cuneiform Records'  SOCIAL MEDIA;  BANDCAMP PAGE; YouTube Channel • Purchase music from100s of labels at WaysideMusic.com, our sister store estab.1980 ~~~~~~ COMING OUT ON CUNEIFORM RECORDS OCTOBER 22, 2021: ANDROID TRIO OTHER WORLDS File under:  FUSION / ELECTRIC JAZZ / JAZZ-ROCK /  PROGRESSIVE ROCK / AVANT PROGRESSIVE Label: Cuneiform Records Catalog #: Cuneiform Rune 480 Format: CD, Digital   It’s not that Other Worlds, Android Trio’s second album, is going to be huge:  it is huge, as in enormously thrilling and boundlessly inventive. Ironically, the global pandemic that left guitarist Max Kutner, percussionist Andrew Niven, and bassist Eric Klerks unable to meet in the flesh for more than a year also allowed them to make a record that blends grand statements with rhythmic complexity.   listen / share:   “Get your headphones,” Android Trio guitarist Max Kutner advises. Other Worlds is a wild ride.   It’s also a great advance over Android Trio’s powerful but recorded-in-a-hot-moment debut, Road Songs. Whereas the first record is essentially a performance document, Other Worlds is a fully fleshed-out compositional statement, marked by intricate production strategies and an assortment of extraordinary guests.   “Because we weren’t limited by studio costs and all that, we just went hog-wild on overdubs,” the guitarist explains. “So we were able to make an album to a level of excess that’s more like the things we grew up listening to. Kind of like Gentle Giant, or Genesis: this huge sound.”   If you go looking for influences, others will quickly surface. Progressive rock is certainly here: Other Worlds stands comparison to King Crimson’s masterpiece of the genre, Red, and Eric Klerks is one of a handful of electric bassists who can rival Yes mainstay Chris Squire’s singular blend of grandiosity and fierce aggression. In their deployment of odd time signatures and memorable melodies, many of the new record’s tunes owe a debt to the Bill Bruford/ Dave Stewart/ Allan Holdsworth school, while traces of American fusion can also be detected.   But, as Kutner points out, “we all love video-game music,” along with American minimalism, the hyper-technical electric jazz currently coming out of New York City, math rock, and the Ghanaian drumming that all three studied during their overlapping years at CalArts. (In fact, Other Worlds kicks off with one of those beats, before guest Jonathan Sindelman’s keyboards lead “Anger Dance” off in another direction altogether.   And then there’s the intriguing fact that Kutner, Klerks, and Andrew Niven were all schooled in playful virtuosity, sprung rhythms, and no-holds-barred experimentation while playing in two of the great legacy bands of progressive music: the Grandmothers, who specialize in the playful and occasionally self-mocking reinvention of the Frank Zappa/ Mothers of Invention repertoire, and the Magic Band, drummer-vocalist John “Drumbo” French’s uncannily inspired tribute to the music of his mentor and monster, Don “Captain Beefheart” Van Vliet.    “That’s how we kind of came together,” Kutner says. “Eric I knew more, because I’d played with him in a few different projects. Andy I met later, when I did this band called the Grandmothers of Invention, which was kind of like a Zappa alumni thing. We sort of crossed paths in Australia for the first time in 2014, when Eric and Andy were doing the Magic Band. And, you know, we were all like ‘This is great, but we need to do our own thing.’ Like, we can’t just play in legacy bands forever. We have to pay homage to the things we like by making our own stuff.”   Zappa’s influence is most apparent in the new record’s “Serial Tune”, which opens with a very Zappa-esque trumpet fanfare and draws on the late guitarist’s interest in putting early-20th-century compositional strategies into more accessible frameworks. Beefheart, in turn, comes to the fore on “Secular Athletes”, an appropriately muscular take on the brittle, bent blues abstractions of Van Vliet’s landmark Trout Mask Replica.   Neither sounds like anything other than Android Trio music—but there is another historical link in the presence of co-producer, keyboardist, and guitarist Mike Keneally, who was Zappa’s “stunt soloist” during the late 1980s, as well as a great composer and songwriter in his own right.   “I knew Mike, because we’d premiered one of his orchestral pieces in L.A. in 2011, and I’ve been in close with him ever since,” Kutner says. “And I figured that if there was anybody who would get all of the different references—the reference points for what we’re trying to do—and kick us in the ass to make sure that we were tighter in doing it, it would be Mike."   “He can play, sure, but he’s going to get subtle stuff in a way that a lot of other people wouldn’t get.” he continues. “And that’s the very cool thing about Mike: even though he’s twice our age, he’s just on it. He’s professional and he’s enthusiastic about things in the exact same way.”   With Keneally on board as musical guest, band counselor, technical supervisor, and ultimate aesthetic arbiter, Android Trio has made the album they really wanted to make — and Kutner stresses that Other Worlds is an album, in the best and most old-school possible way.   “All of us really love albums as much as we love performing,” he explains. “So we wanted to make this record something that’s fleshed out, in the way of the classic albums of the ’60s and ’70s: full of weird production stuff, and arrangements that might not necessarily translate to or even be possible in a live setting. We’re not going to be selling a million copies of this, so let’s just go for it and work with what we’ve got,” he adds. “We can’t be in the same room together, but we’re not limited by an engineer’s costs, or limited time for overdubs, or physical gear, so let’s just see what happens.   “That was really the focus: our love of sound—and it was probably the most fun album I’ve ever been a part of!”   Andrew Niven – drums, percussion, synth, sequencers Eric Klerks – bass, 8-string guitar, synthbass Max Kutner – electric and acoustic guitar with Mike Keneally – keyboards, guitar, samples Jonathan Sindelman – keyboards, organ Daniel Rosenboom – trumpet Jessica Lurie – baritone sax Gregg Bendian – vibes Produced by Mike Keneally and Android Trio   pre-order on Bandcamp: return to top OUT NOW! RELEASED SEPTEMBER 23, 2021 ON CUNEIFORM RECORDS: MUJICIAN 10 10 10 File under: FREE JAZZ / IMPROVISATION Label: Cuneiform Records Catalog #: Cuneiform Rune 492 Format: CD, Digital Keith Tippett – piano Tony Levin – drums Paul Dunmall – soprano and tenor saxophones, bagpipes Paul Rogers ­– 7-string acoustic bass   listen / share:   For over 20 years, MUJICIAN set a gold standard for intuitive, highly spiritual, and near-clairvoyant communication within an improvising ensemble. Composed of four of the biggest names in the European jazz and improvised music community - PAUL DUNMALL, TONY LEVIN, PAUL ROGERS, and KEITH TIPPETT – this “super group” was nonetheless a true cooperative, a collective critically praised for its sensitive interplay and coherent voice. 10 10 10 is MUJICIAN's last studio recording, the quartet's last recorded performance before Tony Levin's and Keith Tippett's untimely deaths.      “This is a band that breathes life together,” noted Coda, “The magic level of response and the creation of mood and event between players is masterful, inspiring…”. In recent years, a groundswell of interest in improvisation has resulted in myriad groups of varied skill attempting this art; Mujician, however, stood apart.   Mujician formed in England in 1988, after Paul Dunmall assembled Keith Tippett, Tony Levin, and Paul Rogers to play a gig on July 11, 1988.  Impressed by how well they worked together, the four musicians decided to form an ongoing, leaderless cooperative ensemble. The group decided to call itself ‘Mujician’, a name that Tippett had used in the early ‘80s for a solo piano series.  The term ‘mujician’ derived from Tippett’s daughter Inca’s mispronounciation of her father’s profession as a small child.  All four musicians liked what ‘mujician’ evoked; in Tippett’s words: “a combination of magic and music…[and] also the word “mu” contained in it as well, which some people regard as a sacred word.”   Whether on record or in performance, the quartet always worked within the simple-yet-vast idea of completely free improvisation, always adhering to their one ground rule of never discussing music prior to playing it. Mujician at Pisa, l/r: Keith Tippett, Paul Dunmall, Paul Rogers, Tony Levin Paul Dunmall recalls:  “In 2010 Mujician did a short tour organised by to celebrate Tony Levin's 70th year. Whilst on tour, on 10th October, Mujician were recorded in the Victoria Room at the University of Bristol Music Studios by the great engineer Jonathan Scott. Little did we know this would be the last time we would record, as Tony Levin passed away a few months later.   Mujician were together for 22 years, and in that time we played throughout Europe, Canada, Russia, South Africa and many concerts in the UK. In 2020 Keith Tippett died after a long illness.   I believe that Mujician was one of the great groups in jazz history. It wasn't just a free jazz group; it covered so many areas that I think all we can say is it played outstanding music.”  – Paul Dunmall, 2021 buy/listen to Mujician 10 10 10 on Bandcamp: "With Mujician, the rule of thumb is to expect the unexpected. Their music is affirmative but never trite and it seems to embrace virtually all musical and emotional possibilities...group members are almost prescient in their knowledge of each other's moves, and even though very little on this date is scripted, there is always an impression of common purpose. Simply put, this is spontaneous, interactive jazz at its best."  – William Tilland, AllMusic return to top SNEAK PEEK! TWO ALBUMS BY EUROPEAN GROUPS COMING OUT ON CUNEIFORM RECORDS NOVEMBER 19, 2021: ACCORDO DEI CONTRARI UR – File under:  ROCK / AVANT PROGRESSIVE / FUSION / JAZZ-ROCK Label: Cuneiform Records Catalog #: Cuneiform Rune 489 Format: CD, Digital   listen / share a track from UR– , on Soundcloud: GHOST RHYTHMS Spectral Music File under:  JAZZ / AVANT PROGRESSIVE / FUSION / JAZZ-ROCK Label: Cuneiform Records Catalog #: Cuneiform Rune 486 Format: CD, Digital   listen / share a track from Spectral Music on Soundcloud: return to top Three albums by RAY RUSSELL and DAVID BORDEN released AUGUST 27, 2021 on CUNEIFORM RECORDS available in DIGITAL FORMAT via BANDCAMP RAY RUSSELL SECRET ASYLUM A reissue of UK free-guitar pioneer Ray’s fifth album, first released in 1973, and the last of his '70s free classics.  File under: BRIT-JAZZ, FREE-JAZZ, OUT JAZZ Label: Cuneiform Records Catalog #: Cuneiform Rune 3354 Format: Digital (download & Bandcamp streaming)   All titles written and arranged by Ray Russell Ray Russell – electric and acoustic guitars, and piano  Harry Beckett – trumpet and flugel horn  Gary Windo – tenor sax and flute  Darryl Runswick – bass  Alan Rushton – drums  buy / listen on Bandcamp If, as Mailer said, Picasso is medically good for your eyes, then Russell  is medically good for your ears – Charles Shaar Murray  return to top DAVID BORDEN CAYUGA NIGHT MUSIC A reissue of Borden's 1993 tribute to Cayuga Lake's awe-inspiring beauty. Contemporary American classical music blending synth-minimalism and new age ambiance, transcendent vocals and visionary composition. File under: CONTEMPORARY CLASSICAL, MINIMALISM, NEW AGE, AMBIENT Label: Cuneiform Records Catalog #: Cuneiform Rune 3355 Format: Digital (download & Bandcamp streaming) All compositions by David Borden David Borden, Synthesizers  Ellen Hargis, Soprano  Les Thimmig, Soprano Saxophone Gabriel Borden, Electric Guitar     buy / listen via Bandcamp: David Borden: "I got the idea for these pieces after several years of running at night along the railroad tracks that follow the east shore of Cayuga Lake. I simply walked across the street from where I lived...and ran north. In less than half a mile I was in deserted, barely accessible terrain. On the west is the lake and West Hill. Directly to the east are sheer, moderately high cliffs which now and then give way to rolling hills, gorges, and a few summer cottages. This was during the 1980s and in the early morning hours there was a sense of isolation and wonder.  My favorite time to run was between 2:00 and 3:00 am; I did it in all seasons and weather conditions. I sense that this ideal state of affairs is ending as the Ithaca-Lansing area is becoming over- developed; more and more docks appear, a marina, and homes closer to the lake’s edge and along the top of the cliffs. Already more than one of my favorite meditation spots has disappeared as trees are cut down and brush is cleared away. It’s fortunate for me that these pieces were composed before my inspirational scenes became too cluttered with man-made objects or disappeared altogether." – David Borden, Ithaca, NY 1993    return to top DAVID BORDEN SMART HUBRIS Seven new millenium works by composer David Borden for synthesizer and computer plus violin. File under: CONTEMPORARY CLASSICAL / MODERN COMPOSITION Label: Cuneiform Records Catalog #: Cuneiform Rune 3356 Format: Digital (download & Bandcamp streaming) Compositions by David Borden   David Borden - synthesizers and samplers  Martin Davids - electric violin buy / listen to Smart Hubris via Bandcamp David Borden: "The title SMART HUBRIS (2005) was derived from and is an anagram of Ritsu/Brahms. Violinist Ritsu Katsumata asked me to write a piece for her using the violin part from Brahms’ Violin Sonata No. 3 in d minor, Op. 108. Ritsu is primarily a performer on electric violin, so composing this piece for her, accompanied by synthesizers, was a natural choice. Ms. Katsumata was also familiar with my work as a performer with Mother Mallard’s Portable Masterpiece Co., my synthesizer ensemble.  Johannes Brahms composed the violin part and I composed everything else. The idea of borrowing material from other composers and adapting it to one’s own use has been a part of music history from the beginning. ... K216.01 (2003) is, like much of my work from that era, a polyphonic composite utilizing a melodic part from another composition. In this case, Mozart’s Violin Concerto No. 3 in G Major. ...These works receive their inspiration from Buckminster Fuller’s definition of synergy (..behavior of whole systems unpredicted by the behavior of their parts taken seprately) and by the work of painters Chuck Close, Roy Lichtenstein and George Deem. ...this method forces the use of techniques different from those normally at the artist’s command. The results are surprisingly different from the catalysts. I hope this is the case with these musical works as well. " – David Borden, 2021  return to top CUNEIFORM ARTISTS ON TOUR 2021 CALENDAR In an evolving COVID-19 world, these dates are ALL tentative. Please check with venues, close to the concert date, to confirm. We're ecstatic that live concerts are resuming in many locales, and look forward to music venues and concert halls opening worldwide, when health and safety measures allow. See also the Tours Page at Cuneiform Records. JONATHAN BADGER “"The sheer volume of ideas and instruments explored here defy categorization...Verse is an excursion worth your attention."  – A Closer Listen    Maryland-based composer and guitarist Jonathan Badger has traveled extensively, performing his riveting style of “guitaristic” electronic music, processing guitar through an assortment of customized software and hardware - folding and weaving signals together into complex patterns of interlaced rhythm, harmony and texture. The resulting aesthetic is an ambient, avant-rock hybrid with DIY sensibilities.  October 22, 2021 - St. John's College - Great Hall - 60 College Ave. - Annapolis, MD 20401 Listen to & buy: Verse DESERTION TRIO “[Desertion Trio] hits the sweet spot between Neil Young's exploratory Crazy Horse jams and a spaghetti western soundtrack." – NPR    Philly's Desertion Trio (Nick Millevoi / Johnny DeBlase / Jason Nazary) celebrate Numbers Maker – their 3rd album and 1st disc on Cuneiform – with a post-pandemic live show in DC, Cuneiform's home town. October 23 - Rhizome DC - 6950 Maple St NW - Washington DC 20012 [Record Release Show!] Listen to & buy: Numbers Maker EMPIRICAL "The coolest of Britain's young jazz bands." – Daily Telegraph   "[Empirical] remains enthusiastically devoted to remaking jazz for a contemporary audience... This fine set is a significant renewal of Empirical’s commitment to giving 1960s hard bop and free jazz (probably still their deepest loves) a 21st-century identity."  – John Fordham / The Guardian October 7 - Elgar Room Late Night Jazz @ Royal Albert Hall - Kensington Gore, South Kensington, London SW7 2AP, UK  November 21 - Pizza Express Live Holborn London Jazz Festival - 99 High Holborn, London WC1V 6LF, UK Listen to & buy: Connection GHOST RHYTHMS A remarkable, eclectic and electric "Jazz and beyond" large ensemble, Ghost Rhythms perform across France in 2021, celebrating their upcoming new disc on Cuneiform, Spectral Music, their sixth release and their second on Cuneiform.  ___________________________________________________________   November 12 - La Péniche Antipode - Face au 55, quai de la Seine - 75019 Paris, France December 10 - Le Sunset - 60 Rue des Lombards, - 75011 Paris, France 2022 February 23 -  La Dame de Canton - Port de la Gare - 75013 Paris. France Listen to & buy: LIVE AT YOSHIWARA THE GREAT HARRY HILLMAN The exuberant Swiss jazz/ pop/ beyond group - named after the American triple-Gold Medal winner at the 1904 Summer Olympics - are one of the most active groups on the European festival and club circuit, top-notch live performers ceaselessly honing their skills. October 7 - JazzChur - Chur, Switzerland October - Hombis Salon - Zürich, Switzerland October 9 - Zoglau 3 - Reut, Germany October 23 - Donau115 - Berlin, Germany October 24 - Saxstall - Pohrsdorf, Germany October 25 - C-Keller - Weimar, Germany December 6 - Isebähnli - Baden, Switzerland Listen to & buy: Tilt JANEL LEPPIN / VOLCANIC ASH ENSEMBLE  DC cellist /composer Janel Leppin's post-classical ensemble   October 2 - Rhizome DC - 6950 Maple St NW - Washington DC 20012 [with: Matt Mitchell / Luke Stewart / Brian Settles / Anthony Pirog / Kim Sator / Sarah Hughes / Larry Fergusen] October 29 - Rhizome DC - 6950 Maple St NW - Washington DC 20012 [with: Matt Mitchell / Luke Stewart / Brian Settles / Anthony Pirog / Kim Sator / Sarah Hughes / Larry Fergusen] November 26 - Rhizome DC - 6950 Maple St NW - Washington DC 20012 [with: Matt Mitchell / Luke Stewart / Brian Settles / Anthony Pirog / Kim Sator / Sarah Hughes / Larry Fergusen] December 27 - Rhizome DC - 6950 Maple St NW - Washington DC 20012 [with: Matt Mitchell / Luke Stewart / Brian Settles / Anthony Pirog / Kim Sator / Sarah Hughes / Larry Fergusen] JANEL & ANTHONY  (with Luke Stewart!) Both guitarist Anthony Pirog and cellist Janel Leppin, together and separately, have long been an important and active part of Washington D.C.’s new-music scene. Besides recording together, they've also recorded with other ensembles and toured internationally. Their duo music alternately charms and challenges, with music that draws from classical, experimental, jazz, rock and electronic traditions to transform into a soundworld uniquely theirs. Here they perform with another well-known figure on DC's jazz and avant-music scenes: bassist Luke Stewart.   TBD / October  - Out Music In Outer Space - 3840 Bladensburg Rd - Cottage City, MD Janel & Anthony with Luke Stewart doors at 5:00 / music at 6:00 [with Luke Stewart Silt Trio (Cuneiform's latest signing) and Chad Taylor Trio] Listen to & buy: Where is Home HENRY KAISER Grammy winner Henry Kaiser is widely recognized as one of the most creative and innovative guitarists, improvisers, and producers in the fields of rock, jazz, world, and contemporary experimental musics. –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– THE HENRY KAISER MONTHLY SOLO SERIES, presented exclusively on the CUNEIFORM RECORDS YouTube Channel  When Covid pandemic lockdowns began in 2020, Henry Kaiser began curating & presenting a weekly series of pre-recorded music videos exclusively on Cuneiform's YouTube Channel for music lovers isolating at home. These "live" concerts are taped beforehand and not streamed - Henry discusses the process in a Guitar Moderne interview, "The New "Live"".  Many videos in the series depict duets and larger bands, despite the program being called the "Henry Kaiser Weekly Solo Series".  While many depict new or recent performances, other videos in this series are vintage footage of performances not available elsewhere (The Valentines' 1994 concert in the Fukuoka Dome). After lockdowns began to lift In April 2021, the series celebrated its one-year anniversary and converted to a monthly format, which continues. All 52 videos from the Henry Kaiser's Weekly Series and everything in the current Monthly Series are archived & available on Cuneiform's YouTube Channel.  We invite you to visit Cuneiform Record's YouTube Channel to see the videos that Henry presents on the first of every month. Because all videos are archived on our YouTube site, you can watch anything in the series at any time.   Listen to & buy: Albums by Henry Kaiser & Friends  on Cuneiform A Love Supreme Electric [Vinny Golia / John Hanrahan / Henry Kaiser / Wayne Peet / Mike Watt]: A Love Supreme Electric: A Love Supreme and Meditations  Yo Miles!: Henry Kaiser & Wadada Leo Smith: Sky Garden & Upriver     Five Times Surprise [Henry Kaiser / Anthony Pirog / Tracy Silverman / Jeff Sipe / Andy West]:  Five Times Surprise Henry Kaiser & Ray Russell:  The Celestial Squid Henry Kaiser: Lemon Fish Tweezer; Fred Frith & Henry Kaiser: Friends & Enemies     Healing Force [Vinny Golia • Aurora Josephson • Henry Kaiser • Mike Keneally • Joe Morris • Damon Smith • Weasel Walter]: Healing Force:  The Songs of Albert Ayler                       V.A.: 156 Strings: Nineteen Totally Original Acoustic Guitarists THE ED PALERMO BIG BAND "Twenty-first century big-band music doesn’t get more exciting and impressive than this." – Jazz Times An astounding 18 piece jazz ensemble of five woodwind players, four trumpeters, three trombonists, two keyboardists, guitar, violin, bass and drums, led by arranger, composer & saxophonist Ed Palermo, one of America's most singular arrangers who draws on jazz, pop and rock tunes for his top-notch band. There are a number of ensembles performing the music of Frank Zappa, one of the greatest American composers of the 20th century, but no one does it with the ease, skill and originality that Ed and his band do! –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– The ED PALERMO BIG BAND returns to the live stage!   October 2 - The Falcoln - 1348 Rte 9W - Marlboro, NY 12542 November 22 - Irridium - 1650 Broadway - New York, NY  December 20 - Irridium - 1650 Broadway - New York, NY  2021 May 27, 2021  - Zappa Union - Cosmopolite - Oslo, Norway Listen to & buy: Ed Palermo Big Band albums on Cuneiform: The Adventures of Zoyd Zundgren;  The Great Un-American Songbook Vols. 1&2;  One Child Left Behind;  Oh No! Not Jazz!!;  Eddy Loves Frank;  Take Your Clothes Off When You Dance                   RICHARD PINHAS One of France's major experimental musicians and a key figure in the development of electronic rock, guitarist and electronic musician Richard Pinhas will perform in 2021 in France and beyond in various groupings. _______________________________ November 27 - ScenaSonica - ExConvento di San Francesco - Pordenone, Italy [performing in a 15th century convent now dedicated to concerts and exhibitions] December 18 – La Maroquinerie – 23 rue Boyer, Paris, France [presented by magazine/ revue Gonzaï ]   Listen to & buy releases by Richard Pinhas & friends on Cuneiform: Process and Reality,  Desolation Row,  Metatron,  Metal/Crystal,  Tranzition,  Event & Repetitions                 Richard Pinhas & Oren Ambarchi: Tikkun   Richard Pinhas & Merzbow:   Keio Line / Rhizome / Paris 2008           Schizotrope (Richard Pinhas & Maurice Dantec):  The Life & Death of Marie Zorn   SCHNELLERTOLLERMEIER "Schnellertollermeier marries brutality to avant-garde rock and jazz. A classic power trio from Switzerland, the band plays with punk fury and dazzling technical dexterity to create booming, bone-rattling music that stalks, confronts and astonishes." – The Wall Street Journal Brutal-jazz power trio Schnellertollermeier doesn't compromise. Their fresh and uncompromising mix of jazz, punk, rock, sound and free improvised music, combined with great musicianship, interplay and intense energy, has awed audiences at festivals of jazz, rock, pop and experimental music worldwide. In celebration of their new release on Cuneiform, the album 5, they tour Northern Europe this coming Fall 2021. _____________________________ October 1 - ISC Club - Neubrückstrasse 10 - Bern, Switzerland October 2 - Le Singe - Untergasse 21, Biel, Switzerland October 9 - Guten-Morgen-Eberswalde - Eberswalde, Germany October 12 - Dexter - Vindegade 65 - Odense C, Denmark October 14 - Rotondes - Rue de la Rotonde - Luxembourg, Luxembourg October 15 - LantarenVenster - Otto Reuchlinweg 996 - Rotterdam, Netherlands October 16 - LOCH - Bergstraße 50 - Wuppertal, Germany Listen to & buy: 5, Rights & X      LUKE STEWART SILT TRIO Cuneiform's Newest Signing! [CD out early 2022!]   _____________________________ TBD / October  - Out Music In Outer Space - 3840 Bladensburg Rd - Cottage City, MD doors at 5:00 / music at 6:00 [with Chad Taylor Trio and Janel and Anthony (and Luke)] _____________________________ (Album out on Cuneiform in 2022!)   CHAD TAYLOR TRIO "The album...is startling, music that verges on "free" yet..the beat is so powerful.. [it] will change your idea of "power trios." ...this is music teeming with ideas, interactions, inventive solos, intelligent writing, and more. Such an auspicious recorded debut for the Chad Taylor Trio..."  – Steptempest  The Chad Taylor Trio perform live for the first time since The Daily Biological, their internationally acclaimed debut album, was released  April 24, 2020 on Cuneiform during the Covid 19 pandemic. _____________________________ TBD / October  - Out Music In Outer Space - 3840 Bladensburg Rd - Cottage City, MD doors at 5:00 / music at 6:00 [with the Luke Stewart Silt Trio and Janel and Anthony (with Luke Stewart)] Listen to & buy: The Daily Biological      KEITH TIPPET  "With [the cooperative] Mujician, the rule of thumb is to expect the unexpected. Their music is affirmative but never trite and it seems to embrace virtually all musical and emotional possibilities. ...group members are almost prescient in their knowledge of each other's moves, and even though very little on this date is scripted, there is always an impression of common purpose. Simply put, this is spontaneous,  interactive jazz at its best."  – AllMusic _____________________________ KEITH TIPPETT  [a celebration of his music] October 1 and October 2 - Bristol, UK   [click for more specific information] Listen to & buy Mujician's albums on Cuneiform:  10 10 10 (2021)     There's No Going Back Now (2006) //  Spacetime (2002)        Colours Fulfilled (1998) // Birdman (1996)          Poem About the Hero (1994) //  The Journey (1992)               To set up press and radio interviews with Cuneiform Artists while on tour or at home, please contact: promo@cuneiformrecords.com return to top   WELCOMING FALL 2021  Support live music and in-person music classes as venues and schools reopen, while also enjoying music at home via ACTIVITIES ONLINE !   Music can make a positive difference in our lives, and help us survive in evolving and uncertain times.  We're thrilled to see the world of live music beginning to reopen. Concerts calendars  are resuming in many places, and  we at Cuneiform are enjoying  seeing music and people in person, outside, most often at our fave local venue, Rhizome DC.  Globally, some music venues and festivals and festivals are allowing concerts inside, and larger crowds outside, for vaccinated audiences.  Schools are reopening, and in-person music classes are resuming.  We are sooon pleased to be able to experience live music again.  But we'll continue to also enjoy music at home, and we hope that you continue to enjoy recorded music as well on your technology of choice.  You can explore tracks from nearly 500 recordings released by Cuneiform Records since 1984 on cuneiformrecords.com, our website, or on our Bandcamp, SoundCloud or YouTube sites, and also watch recordings of recent and vintage concerts that we regularly post on YouTube.  Cuneiform Records has a treasure chest of interesting music to serve as soundtrack, inspiration and solace during these evolving and challenging times. We have a mammoth catalogue of releases by some of avant music's most esteemed icons as well as young rising stars, available for purchase at the Cuneiform Records Bandcamp store and at one of our sister companies, Wayside Music. 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