Cuneiform Records SEPTEMBER 2023 Newsletter

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CUNEIFORM RECORDS   SEPTEMBER 2023  NEWSLETTER: New Releases & Concerts    view this email online – on laptop/computer:  click menu links & jump – on mobile: scroll down ~~~~~~ COMING OUT SEPTEMBER 29, 2023 JAZZ I.P.A. – GRIMSTA ALL-STAR SCANDINAVIAN JAZZ QUINTET I.P.A. RELEASE A THIRD ALBUM FOR CUNEIFORM ~~~~~ OUT NOW! ON CUNEIFORM RECORDS ELECTRONIC released in digital format August 25, 2023 CUNEIFORM RELEASES THE ENTIRE HERETIC CATALOG FROM JAPAN – ' KYOTO'S ANSWER TO HELDON' – REMASTERED AND WITH BONUS TRACKS: HERETIC, HIRO KAWAHARA'S UNDERGROUND ELECTRONIC BAND FROM THE 1980'S-1990'S  See list of 9 ALBUMS & option to purchase COLLECTED WORKS  ~~~~~ OUT NOW ON CUNEIFORM RECORDS AVANT PROGRESSIVE MUSIC released in digital format July 28, 2023   A LIGHT SLEEPER  –  EQUAEVRERPOISE [U.S.A.] MILLER TWINS  – EARLY COMPOSITIONS 1973-1976 [U.S.A.] PICCHIO DAL POZZO  –  IN CAMPORELLA [ITALY] RASCAL REPORTERS  – THE STRAINGE CASE OF STEVE [U.S.A.& EUROPE] ~~~~~ SNEAK PEEKS  COMING OUT OCTOBER 27, 2023 IN DIGITAL FORMAT CURLEW – CBGB NYC, NY 1987 // TAKLOS FESTIVAL, BERN, SWITZERLAND 1986 Previously unreleased live recordings by Downtown NY / Knitting Factory scene legends, Curlew. Jazz / Rock / Post-genre firebrands [USA] 5UU'S – LIVE AT A.K.W., WURZBURG, GERMANY, APRIL 8, 1995   Previously unreleased live recordings from the 5UU's 1995 tour of Eastern Europe. Avant progressive/ Rock In Opposition music  [USA] ITOKEN - KLIMPEREI - FRANK PAHL – IKP   New recordings by international/ tri-continent art rock/ post rock collaborative IKP [JAPAN / FRANCE / USA] VOLAPUK – PUKAPOK Reissue of live album by Volapük, drummer/composer/ Etron Fou Le Loublan alumni Guigou Chenevier's art rock/ avant progressive/ post-rock trio [FRANCE] ~~~~~  COMING OUT LATE 2023 AND IN 2024 LIST OF UPCOMING RELEASES ~~~~~ CUNEIFORM ARTISTS ON TOUR: LIVE CONCERTS & TOURS   ~~~~~ ENJOY A WORLD OF MUSICAL ADVENTURE with  CUNEIFORM RECORDS ONLINE:   • EXPLORE Cuneiform Records'  SOCIAL MEDIA // BANDCAMP PAGE // YOUTUBE CHANNEL //  SOUNDCLOUD PAGE ~~~~~ • Purchase music from 100s of labels at WAYSIDE MUSIC, our sister store, estab.1980 ~~~~~ • Missed seeing a CUNEIFORM NEWSLETTER? Access prior issues at cuneiformrecord.blogspot.com/   ~~~~~ – view this email online –   mark your calendar: 2024 is CUNEIFORM RECORDS' 40TH ANNIVERSARY!!! return to top COMING OUT SEPTEMBER 29, 2023 ON CUNEIFORM RECORDS: I.P.A. – GRIMSTA BIO INFO: I.P.A. TITLE: GRIMSTA (Cuneiform Rune 522) FORMAT:  CD / DIGITAL LABEL: CUNEIFORM RECORDS FILE UNDER: JAZZ   Scandinavian jazz supergroup I.P.A. expands its instrumental palette with Grimsta, a program that goes deep into the woods for new sonic adventures. listen to "Ballet" from I.P.A.'s Grimsta, on SoundCloud   Keeping an all-star collective ensemble going is a steep challenge in the best of times. I.P.A., a quintet that brings together some of Scandinavia’s most esteemed improvisers, has created a striking new album in the worst of times. The group’s sixth release overall and third for Cuneiform, Grimsta is an emphatic statement about the ineluctable power of musical communion; it’s a project bristling with energy sparked by shaping new works together in real time.    Featuring Oslo’s Atle Nymo on tenor saxophone and bass clarinet, Buddy Prize-winning Norwegian bassist Ingebrigt Håker Flaten, Trondheim drummer Håkon Mjåset Johansen, Swedish trumpeter Magnus Broo and Stockholm vibraphonist/soprano saxophonist Mattias Ståhl, I.P.A. sounds energized and fearless on Grimsta, a program that explores a wide array of kinetic jazz idioms. In many ways, Broo’s title track sets the agenda, with his pulsing trumpet riding high and low-register currents powered by Ståhl’s riotous vibes and Nymo’s insistently rumbling contra bass clarinet line. Named after an ancient forest near Broo’s house in Stockholm, it’s an expansive blast of acoustic metal jazz that quickly gathers momentum.        The album opens with Broo’s “Ballet,” a vividly jagged tune that feels like an alternate track from Eric Dolphy’s seminal Blue Note album Out to Lunch (with Ståhl’s vibes mapping the sonic terrain). Relatively concise at four minutes, the piece moves from a compressed drum solo to a round of statements, with each player elaborating on the previous commentary, punctuated by pregnant pauses building tension that’s never quite released. “Magnus has his own character as a composer, very distinct, and clear,” says Ståhl. “His best one’s are like a sharp knife, and this is one of them.”   Ståhl contributes two pieces to the session, starting with his woozy jazz ballad “Stray,” a lovely late-night theme in honor of Billy Strayhorn that unfolds twice without opening up for solos. With its unusual odd-length phrases it’s a sing-song melody that seems destined for a lyric. His other tune, “Empathy Fog,” rides a unison horn like that brings Thelonious Monk to mind, particularly his shuffle dance when the band was cooking.    Nymo brought three pieces to the session, starting with “Epic,” a raw, multi-section piece marked by deep contrasts. Arranged in the studio, it’s a quintessential I.P.A. performance in the way it plays with space and density, keying on a duo vibes/tenor sax passage. “Flow For Feste” reveals yet another instrumental palette for the quintet, with Ståhl taking up soprano sax to create riffing three-horn lines inspired by the Ethiojazz Nymo has been engaged with in recent years. The album closes with “Pop,” another brief piece suspended on a gentle two-note bass and contra bass clarinet drone.    After so many months not playing together, Grimsta captures the quintet’s excitement at getting back to work. “The album came about out of the urge to make some new music,” Atle says, noting that almost every piece was a fresh addition to the repertoire. “We don’t know what the others will write, what they’ll bring in,” Ståhl adds. “In spite of us meeting us for a few gigs before the recording, it felt like a fresh beginning.”       I.P.A.’s origins go back to 2007 when Nymo, Flaten and Johansen released their electrifying interpretation of Don Cherry's 1966 album Complete Communion. When Broo joined forces with the triumvirate the following year, I.P.A. was born. The quartet introduced itself on Norway’s Bolage label with two critically hailed albums, 2009’s Lorena and 2011’s It’s A Delicate Thing. By 2014’s Bubble, which came out on the top-shelf Swedish indie Moserobie, vibes master Mattias Ståhl had expanded the band to a quintet and All About Jazz proclaimed the ensemble “one of the best kept secrets in the fertile Nordic musical scenery.” With I.P.A.’s 2016 Cuneiform debut I Just Did Say Something the quintet raised its profile in North America, earning widespread praise and due respect.  In 2020, they released another acclaimed album on Cuneiform, Bashing Mushrooms.    While all the players are committed to an array of bands and projects, the five musicians in I.P.A. have found kindred exploratory spirits in the group. With Grimsta, the players have taken another step into the void, bringing new sounds into the world informed by their multiplicity of connections, influences and relationships. “Everyone is contributing,” Ståhl says. “There’s not an obvious leader in the band. We all bring something different into the band and out of each other. That’s what I find so cool.”   pre-order I.P.A.'s Grimsta on Bandcamp: credits ATLE NYMO – tenor sax/contrabass clarinet MAGNUS BROO – trumpet MATTIAS STÅHL – vibraphone/soprano sax INGEBRIGT HÅKER FLATEN – bass HÅKON MJÅSET JOHANSEN – drums Recorded by Dag Erik Johansen at Athletic Sound, Halden, Norway May 31–June 1, 2022. Please credit Paweł K. Koźmińsk for all band photos buy / hear I.P.A.'s previous Cuneiform releases on Bandcamp: OUT NOW!! RELEASED AUGUST 25, 2023 IN DIGITAL FORMAT ON CUNEIFORM RECORDS: THE COMPLETE CATALOGUE OF JAPANESE ELECTRONIC MUSIC PIONEER HIRO KAWAHARA'S HERETIC 1980s–1990s Japan's ingenious response to France's Heldon and other cutting-edge electronic music from the West, Heretic fused synthesizers and electronics with guitars, cello, bass and drums to create electronic music that was strikingly original, uncommonly organic, and sonically rich, with evocative compositions and emotional depth Multi-instrumentalist Hiro Kawahara's synthesis of synthesizers and guitars, and experimental electronics with mysticism was unique in late 20th century Japan. His creative, Eastern twist on electronic music brought fresh energy and inspiration to the global electronic music scene. In late August, Cuneiform releases the entire catalogue (nine albums) by Hiro Kawahara's band Heretic – a 1980s and 1990s underground Japanese electronic band featuring synths and guitar – as well as a "digital box" that has all nine albums bundled together.  All of these albums (including one by Kawahara & German electronic musician Peter Frohmader) are either previously unreleased or have bonus tracks. All are released by Cuneiform in digital format (various digital file formats and streaming) via BandCamp, and include notes by Kawahara. HERETIC / HIRO KAWAHARA   COMPLETE WORKS    (2023) 9 works by Hiro Kawahara + 2 bonus tracks, (Total time 13h 36min 27sec)  ORDER Heretic's COMPLETE WORKS on BANDCAMP: "During the golden era of the late 1970s-1980s Japan had many provocative artists and bands experimenting with electronic, symphonic, and new wave music. Hiro Kawahara was one of the original pioneers of the genre, fusing synthesizer with celestial guitar excursions. He produced his first LP as Osiris in 1980. Then in 1985, he formed Heretic with Tohru Ohta, Suguru Mori and Robbin Lloyd (joining for the second album) and his musical conception grew to explore dimensions that were even more expansive. Over the next 20 years he released some of the most deeply beautiful, diverse and powerfully strange music on the Japanese indie scene. Heretic's music was relatively unknown during its creative period. Now with the reevaluation of all that came before musically in full swing, upon a second listening it more than stands up to the test of time. Some artists gained more recognition back then, but little of the music made displayed the vast range of sonic diversity and creative imagination contained in Hiro's extensive catalog."  – Archie Patterson, liner notes for The Golden Age (Eurock: 2000) WATCH a 3min 09sec introductory VIDEO from HERETIC's Live - Kyoto '85 and Tokyo '88' (Longer audio samples from this and other Heretic albums are available on Cuneiform's Soundcloud site under Tracks: https://soundcloud.com/cuneiformrecords/tracks  RELEASED/ REISSUED/ REMASTERED  HERETIC ALBUMS OUT NOW ON CUNEIFORM: Heretic – 1984-1988 (Cuneiform Rune 3373) Heretic – Yayoi Dream (Cuneiform Rune 3374) Heretic – Interface (Cuneiform Rune 3375) Heretic – Drugging For M (Cuneiform Rune 3376) Heretic – Past In Future (Cuneiform Rune 3377) Heretic – Escape Sequence (Cuneiform Rune 3378) Hiro Kawahara and Peter Frohmader – 1998 (Cuneiform Rune 3379) Hiro Kawahara / Heretic – Requiem (Cuneiform Rune 3380) Heretic – Live Kyoto '85 and Tokyo '88 (Cuneiform Rune 3381) Hiro Kawahara – Complete Works (Cuneiform Rune 3382) Videos for each of these Albums are available on Cuneiform's YouTube Channel/Videos:  https://www.youtube.com/@CuneiformRecords/videos   HERETIC  INTERFACE OUT AUGUST 25, 2023 ON CUNEIFORM RECORDS "Kyoto, Japan's answer to Heldon. Dense synth/guitar sonic excursions. The first album, originally released in 1985." – Hiro Kawahara listen / buy on Bandcamp: Hiro Kawahara's notes on Track 1, "Interface": " 'Interface' was originally composed in 1982, some parts as a work of OSIRIS which was my solo project before Heretic. Since I got to know Ohta in June of that year it was recorded...our project partnership had started and continued for many years from this... Heretic's 1st was a self-released, private press lp. Moriyama was a classmate of mine in high school, and I forced him to participate because I really wanted to incorporate the cello sound. At that time, I also took in many of his opinions/advice regarding the direction of the music. He later became a famous university professor. In addition to the composing and recording experience I had in OSIRIS, I tried to study about hardware technology (there was no MIDI specification at the time) and conceptualized musical direction/idea such as what sound is and what would happen if different cultures coexisted at the same time. Heretic also had the 'conceptual art' idea; for example, I was using an analog synthesizers at the time, I have also practiced 'time art' that changes the timbre (synth's sound color) from moment to moment from this work. In addition to the synthesizer's sound, I also partially processed for the hi-hat sound of the drum machine....not usually done at the time. Except for the improvisation, I was in charge of the basic composition, and Ohta was in charge of arranging and rhythm's arrangement." Read Hiro's extensive notes for each track, and view track list & credits at: https://cuneiformrecords.bandcamp.com/album/interface-2 listen to "Excerpts from Interface" from Heretic's Interface Lineup: Tohru Ohta (elec-guitar, synthesizers, elec-per) Hiro Kawahara ( synthesizers, keyboards, elec-Vil, elec-guitar, elec-per, ac-per, tape effects, devices) Takurou Moriyama (cello on 1, 2) with Tomoko Nozaki (organ and synthesizer on 1) Yumiko Inoue (synthesizer on 1) Akiko Yuki (voice on 2) Recorded and mixed at Sound of Poppy studio, Arashiyama, Kyoto, Japan, August 1984 Remastered by Hiro Kawahara, 2022 Includes: Heretic - Interface (1985) 1 Interface (34:29) 2 El Rayo De Luna (11:37) plus Bonus Tracks: 3 Interface (Symphonic Version) (13:02) 4 Interface (Rehearsal 1984-07-24) (11:56) return to top HERETIC ESCAPE SEQUENCE OUT AUGUST 25, 2023 ON CUNEIFORM RECORDS   "Heretic's second album, released in 1988 with the participation of many guests. Think of it as Kyoto, Japan's answer to King Crimson, Heldon." – Hiro Kawatara   listen / buy on Bandcamp: "At this point, I set up my personal recording studio. Many friends and acquaintances participated for this 2nd release, and we were able to release it on the Belle Antique (Marquee) label." INCLUDES all 4 tracks from Heretic - Escape Sequence (LP: Belle Antique (Marquee): 1988) plus 3 Bonus Tracks; "Do Heretick Original Version" (1985-11-01) (38:44) "Do Heretick Sound Idea" (1987-10-11) (4:49) "Do Heretick Session" (with Taiqui Tomiie, 1987-10-18 at ZipGunn Studio, Kyoto) (18:32) Excerpt from Kawahara's notes for Escape Sequence Track 2, "Fail Safe Error": "2) Tohru Ohta composed this music, and was created as a original, alternative soundtrack for the US movie, 'Fail Safe' (1964). As of 2023, I think there is more and more recognition of the nuclear danger from a certain country. Since those days, we had such a sense of crisis, so if you are interested, please listen to it."   See Hiro Kawahara's notes for each track; track list & credits at: https://cuneiformrecords.bandcamp.com/album/escape-sequence    listen to "Excerpts from Escape Sequence" from Heretic's Escape Sequence Lineup: Tohru Ohta (syn, elc-g, elc-perc, noise, sequencer) Takurou Moriyama (cello, syn, ac-perc on 1, 2, 4, 5) Robbin Lloyd (ac-per, syn-bass on 1, 4) Minako Urasawa (voice on (1, 4, 5) Hiro Kawahara (elc-g,elc-violinl, guitar-synthsizer, voice, noise, ac-perc, tapes, devices, treatment) with Yozox (elc-g on 4) from Ain Soph Taiqui Tomiie (drums, elec-perc on 1, 8) from Ain Soph Kazuya Takeuchi (ac-g, elc-g on 3) from Anonymous, Nagoya Ikuo Masuyama (vocals on 3) from Anonymous, Nagoya Hiroshi Kanai (elc-g on 1) from Rose Band Mizue Ikeuchi (voice on 2) from Duppi Jun Moriyama (ac-p on 5) Recorded April 1986 to February 1988 Recorded at Sound of Poppy studio, Arashiyama, Kyoto, and aterie Infortecture, Katura, Kyoto Mixed at aterie Infortecture, Katura, Kyoto Remastered by Hiro Kawahara, 2022-2023 return to top   HERETIC  KYOTO '85 AND TOKYO '88 OUT AUGUST 25, 2023 ON CUNEIFORM RECORDS "This album is taken from Heretic's few live and rehearsal performances, all of which are previously unreleased. ...this live work is a rare recording" – Hiro Kawahara listen / buy on Bandcamp: Includes 3 tracks: (1) Recorded live at Ritsumeikan University, November, 4, 1985 (2) Rehearsal at Aterie Infortecture, Katura, Kyoto, March 13, 1988 (3) Recorded live at Meguro Live Station,Tokyo. March 19, 1988 Remastered by Hiro Kawahara, 2022-2023 "Heretic has performed live only 5 times in total. Therefore, I think that this live work is a rare recording. 1985-03-03: Doushisya University, Kyoto 1985-11-04: Ritsumeikan University, Kyoto 1986-06-22: Ritsumeikan University, Kyoto 1987-09-14: Egg Plant, Osaka as backing band of DUPPI 1988-03-19: Meguro Live Station,Tokyo – Hiro Kawahara, 2023 See Hiro Kawahara's notes for each track, track list & credits at: https://cuneiformrecords.bandcamp.com/album/live-kyoto-85-and-tokyo-88 listen to "Excerpts from Live Kyoto '85 and Tokyo '88" from Heretic's Live Kyoto '85 and Tokyo '88 Lineup: Tohru Ohta (syn, elc-g, guitar-sysnthezer, elc-per) Robbin Lloyd (various ac-per, shakuhachi, keyboard) Hiro Kawahara (elc-g, elc-vil, guitar-synthsizer, synthesizer, sampler, computer) with Kazuya Takeuchi (sampler, elc-g on 2, 3) Chihiro S. (b on 3)   return to top HERETIC    PAST IN FUTURE OUT AUGUST 25, 2023 ON CUNEIFORM RECORDS "...the music straddles the line between electronic rock and ambient, hovering somewhere between the random soundscapes of Biota, the aggressive imagery of Richard Pinhas, and the ambient driftiness of Forrest Fang's Migration, but in fact is like none of these. This is completely original."  – Peter Thelen, Expose, 1996-08-01 "There is so much electronic music today that shows no imagination, 'Past In Future' literally overflows with creative ideas." – Archie Patterson / EUROCK listen / buy on Bandcamp: " ...I envisioned 3 works as the theme of the new work: past, present, and future. (1) is the theme of 'the past'. (2) is the theme of 'the future'. (3) At that time, I couldn't make music as 'the present' theme. But now (2022/2023), this music is dedicated to Peter Frohmader, who passed away in May 2022, and this 3D remix music, positioned as 'present', was added as a bonus track."                     – Hiro Kawahara, 2023         See Kawahara's notes and track list on Past in Future on Bandcamp: https://cuneiformrecords.bandcamp.com/album/past-in-future   listen to "Excerpts from Past in Future" from Heretic's Past in Future CREDITS:  Hiro Kawahara (Computers, Korg DSS1*2, DSM-1, M3R, Roland U-110, R-8M, Emu VintageKeys Plus, Oberheim Matrix-1000, DPX-1, elec-guitar, bouzouki, devices on 1, 2), guitar, synthesizer, sound effect and 3D processing on 3) Peter Frohmader (bass, synthesize on 3) (1) and (2) are demo & studio live tracks released on limited CD-R in 1996. (3) composed and remixed by Hiro Kawahara 2022 Read Expose's 1997 Interview with Heretic:  www.expose.org/index.php/articles/display/osiris-is-dead-long-live-heretic-the-heretic-interview-1997.html return to top HERETIC  YAYOI DREAM OUT AUGUST 25, 2023 ON CUNEIFORM RECORDS "New technology brings new opportunities, yet few musicians have the imagination to make the most of it. Hiro Kawahara is, I feel, one of those at the cutting edge exploiting it to the full." – Nigel Harris listen / buy on Bandcamp: "Hiro Kawahara and his group Heretic are one of the most neglected and underated of 80's Japanese Progressives. Unlike many of their peers, they were not a cute symphonic rock clone. Their two LP's take as their starting point the prime territory of Euro-Rock: King Crimson, Heldon, Ashra, on which to build their own strangely familair compositions. Heretic are an example of how the Japanese learn from the West and then attempt to adapt, and if possible, improve it. ... At around 35 minutes, 'Yayoi Dream' is his biggest creative leap. A vast, restless sound tapestry of sampled, ethnic and synthetic components, that evoke, as Peter Thelen, of the American prog journal Expose pointed out, 'open doors into the subconscious realm.' Each door takes us to a different musical environment; Gamelan-like dreamscapes; forests of near abstract electronic patters; quirky, sparkling interludes reminiscent of Vangelis on Beaubourg or Invisible Connections, but thanks to excellent percussive and flute samples, and a tight reign on the use automation, manages a to produce a unique Asian perspective to music tech. ... With 'Yayoi Dream', Hiro is breaking free of his progressive rock influences. His term, Infortecture, not only implies building musical structures via info-tech, it also hints at the monolithic size and complexity of these new compositions, while the word 'Yayoi' hints at Japan's remote past before the 10th century where history merges with legend. New technology brings new opportunities, yet few musicians have the imagination to make the most of it. Hiro Kawahara is, I feel, one of those at the cutting edge exploiting it to the full. But despite all this emphasis on technology in music, it is essential to recall as Hiro says, 'that technology is the tool, not the purpose,' and that the 'exploration of new sound is dependent on one's creativity, not technology.'" – Nigel Harris in 1996 CD liner notes. See Hiro Kawahara's notes, track list & credits at: https://cuneiformrecords.bandcamp.com/album/yayoi-dream  listen to "Excerpts from Yayoi Dream" from Heretic's Yayoi Dream Lineup: Tohru Ohta (syns, bouzouki on 1) Robbin Lloyd (electric percussion on 1) Hiro Kawahara (syns, samplers, electronics, devices, computer programming) Composed and MIDI recorded at Atelier Infortecture between 1990 and 1996. Mix down : August 1996 Heretic - Yayoi Dream (CD:1996) Remastered by Hiro Kawahara, 2022 Bonus Tracks: "For Peter Frohmader" (0:51) WATCH a VIDEO from HERETIC's Yayoi Dream (Audio samples from this and other Heretic albums are available on Cuneiform's Soundcloud site under Tracks: https://soundcloud.com/cuneiformrecords/tracks For more Heretic videos, see:  https://www.youtube.com/@CuneiformRecords/videos return to top   HERETIC  DRUGGING FOR M OUT AUGUST 25, 2023 ON CUNEIFORM RECORDS "A post-apocalyptic future using a couple of interactive control MIDI softwares."  – Hiro Kawahara listen / buy on Bandcamp: "Overall, I think this music was one of Heretic's final goals for me. ...at that time, the performance of composing in real time/interactively using Macintosh computer was a very interesting experience for me. Furthermore, in the liner notes of the CD at the time [Belle Antique 1997], Nigel Harris wrote, "Their paradoxical fusion of clinical detachment and emotive unbalance makes Drugging For M stand apart from the mediocre, soporific mainstream of generic synth music. Drugging For M is not nihilistic like 'Japanoise', but is more profound. Drugging For M seems to reflect the disquiet of a post-cold-war world fearful of an uncertain future filled with unknown dangers, real and imagined." I would like to modestly add that the total image of this work, including the jacket design, was a premonition of the COVID-19 global pandemic that began several years ago." –Hiro Kawahara, 2023 See Hiro Kawahara's notes for each track, the track list & credits at: https://cuneiformrecords.bandcamp.com/album/drugging-for-m   listen to "Excerpts from Drugging For M" from Heretic's Drugging For M Lineup: Kohzi Ishii : Chapman Stick Masahiro Noda : Electric Guitar Robbin Lloyd : Electric Percussion Hiro Kawahara : Electric Guitar, Theremin, Synthesizer, Sampler, Electronics, Effects, Computer Programming Recorded at Atelier Infortecture between December 29, 1996 and January 2nd 1997. Mix down : January 3rd 1997 Remastered by Hiro Kawahara, 2022     Heretic - Drugging For M (Belle Antique:1997, remastered 2022) Includes: 1 Drugging For M 2022 Remaster (34:05) plus bonus track: 2 TD-7 with Robbin Lloyd (elc-per) (1997) (2:25) return to top HIRO KAWAHARA & PETER FROHMADER  1998 OUT AUGUST 25, 2023 ON CUNEIFORM RECORDS "Dedicated to the late Peter Frohmader." – Hiro Kawahara listen / buy on Bandcamp:   "I liked Peter's first solo work, Musik Aus Dem Schattenreich (1979)' I also liked some of his other works, so if the opportunity arose, I hoped to collaborate with him. In 1997, the Internet was not yet widespread, so my first contact (November 1997) was by letter, and after that we used FAX. When I first contacted him, I also sent him my CDs, and he liked them, so this collaboration was decided. At that time he had just finished his collaboration work with Richard Pinhas, Fossil Culture [Cuneiform Records: 1999]. At that time, he didn't use Apple computers yet, he was making music with Atari computer and ADAT multi-track recorder. As for our collaboration method, I used the basic tracks from his CDRs that he sent to me. I copied each track to an analog 16track tape machine, then over-dubbed my guitar and synthesizer sounds on another track, and mixed down in my studio. .... His feedback about the rough mix of some tracks on the original 1998 version: 'I really like this version - will be a strong CD, I think.' ...I moved from Kyoto to Tokyo in 1999. After that, I was so overwhelmed with work that my musical activities practically stopped. ...last year (2022) I began to remaster all of my past music, and took time to complete the remastering of all works. Among them was this collaboration with Peter, so when I tried to contact him last year (after 24 years), I was stunned to learn that he died suddenly on May 2, 2022. Of course he didn't get listen to this 2022 remaster version.... Although I never met him in person, I would like to dedicate these works to him in mourning for his death." – Hiro Kawahara 2023 Read Hiro's extensive notes for each track, and view track list & credits at:  https://cuneiformrecords.bandcamp.com/album/hiro-kawahara-and-peter-frohmader listen to "Excerpts from 1998" from Hiro Kawahara and Peter Frohmader's 1998 Lineup: Peter Frohmader (bass, synthesizer) Hiro Kawahara (guitar, synthesizer, sound effect and 3D processing) Hiro Kawahara and Peter Frohmader (1998: Remaster 2022) 1) composed and remixed by Hiro Kawahara 2-5) composed by Peter Frohmader 1998 2-5) overdubbed by Hiro Kawahara, 1998 in Kyoto.   WATCH an introductory VIDEO from Hiro Kawahara and Peter Frohmader's 1998 (Longer audio samples from this and other Hiro Kawahara & Heretic albums are available on Cuneiform's Soundcloud site under Tracks: https://soundcloud.com/cuneiformrecords/tracks For more Heretic videos, see:  https://www.youtube.com/@CuneiformRecords/videos return to top HERETIC  REQUIEM OUT AUGUST 25, 2023 ON CUNEIFORM RECORDS "Dedicated to my friend Manuel Gottsching, and also to the many affected Japanese people in the big Tsunami on March 11, 2011." – Hiro Kawahara, 2023 listen / buy on Bandcamp: "As a basic stance of this remastering work, all tracks emphasize the bass sound. In addition, a reverb effect is also partially added. If you can feel the rumbling of the ground in the first track, 'Spiral', you will understand my basic style of sound creation. With this release, we can travel back in time, allowing us to relive my musical journey all the way back to my first project in 1980, OSIRIS and the live group, Astral Tempel. ... From 7 onwards, I added my pre-Heretic projects (OSIRIS, Astral Tempel). ... If you listen to these recordings, you can understand the transition of my music. The year after this original 'Requiem' CD [2010] was released, the big earthquake in Japan caused a tsunami that killed many people, as well as a nuclear power plant meltdown in Fukushima..... The meaning of the title when it was released was my music memoir, but after that terrible March 11, 2011, the meaning of the title changed....." – Hiro Kawahara 2023   See Kawahara's complete notes and see full track list for Requiem on Bandcamp: https://cuneiformrecords.bandcamp.com/album/requiem-extended-version   listen to "Excerpts from Requiem" from Heretic's Requiem Lineup: Hiro Kawahara (Electric-Guitar, Guitar-Synthesizer, Acoustic-Guitar, Synthesizers, Samplers, Violin, Various Percussion, Computer programming, Effect Devices on all tracks) Tohru Ohta (elc-guitar on 5, elec-per on 5, synths on 3) Robbin Lloyd (electric percussion on 3) Takurou Moriyama (cello on 5, 6) with Aki Kawahara (synthesizer on 1) Tomoko Nozaki (organ and synthesizer on 5) Yumiko Inoue (synthesizer on 5) Akiko Yuki (voice on 6, 14, 15, 16) Kojima (drum on 10, 12) Okabe (bass on 11) Maeda (drums on 11) Ohtsuki (bass on 12) GOA (drums on 17) Remastered by Hiro Kawahara, 2022   Read Hiro Kawahara's 2010 Interview with Eurock: www.eurock.com/Display.aspx?Content=HiroKawaharaInterview.aspx   return to top HERETIC  1984-88 listen / buy on Bandcamp: OUT AUGUST 25, 2023 ON CUNEIFORM RECORDS "Kyoto, Japan's answer to Heldon. Dense synth/guitar sonic excursions. This compilation has material from the 1st and 2nd albums + improvisation session, and bonus tracks." – Hiro Kawahara, 2023   Hiro Kawahara's notes on track 9, the 9" "Resource": "(9) Heretic's only studio session held the day after Tokyo live. At that time, I always had the 8-track recorder running and had a lengthy jam session. Ohta, Robert and me, Takeuchi of Anonymous, Chihiro. S (Golden Avant Garde, Lacrymosa) and Takeshi Naganuma (ds of Lacrymosa), [and] Robert's friend, Victor Wells who has played for Akina Nakamori (famous female vocalist). So, just before the end of this Jam recording, Mr. Takesako of Noa (a Bill Bruford style drummer) came and we had a session with him for this recording. I met with him the first time, so just say 'Hello', then started improvisation. Without discussion among parties. Chihiro.S kindly joined to play in the previous day's work as a bassist. He is currently playing as solo musician. Mr. Takesako is the leader of Noa and a former member of Aquapolis. Noa is now back in CD release and live act." Read Hiro's extensive notes for each track, and view track list & credits at: https://cuneiformrecords.bandcamp.com/album/1984-1988 listen to "Excerpts from 1984-1988" from Heretic's 1984-1988 Lineup: Tohru Ohta (syn, elec-g, elec-per, noise, sequencer) Takurou Moriyama (cello, syn, ac-perc on 3, 4, 5, 7, 8) Robbin Lloyd (ac-perc, syn-b on 4, 7) Minako Urasawa (voice on 4, 7, 8) Hiro Kawahara (elec-g, elec-vil, guitar-synthesizer, voice, noise, ac-perc, tapes, devices, treatment) with Yozox (elec-g on 7) from Ain Soph Taiqui Tomiie (drums, elec-perc on 4) from Ain Soph Kazuya Takeuchi (ac-g, elec-g on 6) from Anonymous, Nagoya Ikuo Masuyama (vocals on 6) from Anonymous, Nagoya Hiroshi Kanai (elec-g) on (4) from Rose Band Mizue Ikeuchi (voice on 5) from Duppi Jun Moriyama (ac-p on 8) Chihiro S. (b on (9) Ichirou Takesako (drums on 9) Compilation 1984 to 1988 11 tracks, including different remaster versions of various tracks from Interface, Escape Sequence, & Requiem; the 9" previously unreleased "Resource", and two bonus tracks.  Remastered by Hiro Kawahara, 2022 return to top scroll below for CUNEIFORM RELEASES THAT ARE !!OUT NOW!! RELEASED JULY 28, 2023 !OUT NOW!   A LIGHT SLEEPER EQUAVERPOISE Bio information: A LIGHT SLEEPER Title: : EQUAEVERPOISE  (Cuneiform Rune 3366) Format: DIGITAL Label: CUNEIFORM RECORDS Release date: JULY 28, 2023 FILE UNDER: CHAMBER ROCK / AVANT PROGRESSIVE /  POST ROCK   New recordings by Chicago avant progressive rockers A Light Sleeper (Maria Elena Hernandez/ Traci Huff / Matthew Jung / Dheeru Pennepalli) Listen / buy on Bandcamp: return to top !OUT NOW! MILLER TWINS EARLY COMPOSITIONS 1973-1976   Bio information: MILLER TWINS Title: : EARLY COMPOSITIONS (Cuneiform Rune 3368) Format: DIGITAL Label: CUNEIFORM RECORDS Release date: JULY 28, 2023 FILE UNDER: CHAMBER ROCK / AVANT PROGRESSIVE /  POST CLASSICAL   New recordings of previously unrecorded and unheard early compositions by Michigan twins  Ben and Laurence Miller,  the multi-instrumentalists and composers of Fourth World Quartet and Destroy All Monsters.   listen / buy on Bandcamp: Recorded at Midvale Musique, Ypsilanti, Michigan, December 2022 thru April 2023. return to top !OUT NOW! PICCHIO DAL POZZO IN CAMPORELLA Bio information: PICCHIO DAL POZZO Title: : IN CAMPORELLA (Cuneiform Rune 3365) Format: DIGITAL Label: CUNEIFORM RECORDS Release date: JULY 28, 2023 FILE UNDER: IMPROVISATIONAL ROCK / AVANT PROGRESSIVE /  POST JAZZ   Live 2004 recordings of improvisational rock / post-jazz music by Italian progressive rock legends Picchio Dal Pozzo (Aldo de Scalzi - keyboards /  Aldo di Marco - drums / Paolo Griguolo - guitars / Claudio Lugo - sax) listen / buy on Bandcamp: return to top !OUT NOW! RASCAL REPORTERS THE STRAINGE CASE OF STEVE Bio information: RASCAL REPORTERS Title: : THE STRAINGE CASE OF STEVE (Cuneiform Rune 3367) Format: DIGITAL Label: CUNEIFORM RECORDS Release date: JULY 28, 2023 FILE UNDER: AVANT PROGRESSIVE /  POST ROCK   Avant progressive/ post-rock duo Rascal Reporters (Steve Kretzmer & James Strain) release new tunes for their 1st Cuneiform release, & invite global guests such as Guy Segers, Dave Newhouse, Dario D’Allessandro, Kimara Sajn on a few tracks   listen / buy on Bandcamp: return to top ! SNEAK PEEKS WITH SOUNDS! COMING OUT OCTOBER 27, 2023 IN DIGITAL FORMAT ON CUNEIFORM RECORDS: CURLEW – CBGB NYC, NY 1987 // TAKLOS FESTIVAL, BERN, SWITZERLAND 1986 (Live recordings by the legendary Curlew, THE best live band from the NY Downtown / Knitting Factory scene)   jazz/ rock/ blues/ post-jazz/ beyond genre [USA] listen on soundcloud George Cartwright - saxophones Wayne Horvitz - keyboard and keyboard bass Pippin Barnett - drums Tom Cora - cello Davey Williams - guitar ITOKEN - KLIMPEREI - FRANK PAHL – IKP   art rock/  [JAPAN / FRANCE / USA] New recordings by international art rock/ post rock collaborative IKP listen on soundcloud VOLAPUK – PUKAPOK Reissue of live album by Volapük, drummer/composer/Etron Fou Le Loublan alum Guigou Chenevier's art rock/ post-rock / RIO trio [FRANCE] listen on soundcloud Guigou Chenevier : drums, sax, vocals, electronics Michel Mandel : bass clarinet, clarinets, taragot, vocals Guillaume Saurel : cello, vocal 5UU'S – LIVE AT A.K.W., WURZBURG, GERMANY, APRIL 8, 1995   Previously unreleased live recordings from the American avant progressive/ RIO band 5UU's 1995 Tour of Eastern Europe [USA] listen on soundcloud Scott Brazieal - keyboards Bob Drake - bass, vocals Mike Johnson - guitar, lap steel guitar, backing vocals Dave Kerman - drums, percussion Maggie Thomas - live sound mixing (which is why this 30-year-old board cassette sounds so good!) Recorded live to cassette. Mastered by Bob Drake return to top SNEAK PEEKS OF DISTANT TREASURES   COMING OUT IN LATE 2023 AND 2024 ON CUNEIFORM RECORDS (Listed in alphabetical order. Sound samples to come out in future newsletters)   ~~~~~ JAZZ GHOST RHYTHMS – MISSING TIMES  (new studio album by young French avant progressive ensemble [FRANCE] ~~~~~ JANEL LEPPIN / ENSEMBLE VOLCANIC ASH COMING OUT JUNE 2024 (new studio album by composer/cellist Leppin's all-star DC jazz ensemble with guitarist Anthony Pirog/ drummer Larry Ferguson / bassist Luke Stewart / saxophonists Brian Settles & Sarah Hughes) [USA] ~~~~~  JANEL & ANTHONY  COMING OUT JUNE 2024 (new studio album by reknowned DC/Silver Spring-based cello/guitar/electronics post-rock/ post-jazz / beyond-genre duo, Janel Leppin & Anthony Pirog) [USA] ~~~~~  TOMEKA REID QUARTET  (new studio album by composer/cellist Reid's jazz all-star quartet with guitarist Mary Halvorson/ drummer Tomas Fujiwara/ bassist Jason Roebke) [USA] ~~~~~   ROCK AHLEUCHATISTAS – LIVE 2006  COMING OUT IN DIGITAL FORMAT DECEMBER 2023 (live recordings by fiery Southern avant-rock/ post-punk guitar/drums/bass trio) [USA] ~~~~~ ANTISTATIC – RELICS COMING OUT JANUARY 2024 (Premier release by young Danish minimalist / post-rock quartet of two guitars, bass & drums) [DENMARK] ~~~~~ CHEER ACCIDENT – VACATE COMING OUT FEBRUARY 2024 (Chicago post-pop/ avant rock legends Cheer-Accident release a new studio recording for Cuneiform) [USA] ~~~~~ FRENCH TV – FTV: 15 - A GHASTLY STATE OF AFFAIRS COMING OUT NOVEMBER 2023 (new studio release by Mike Sary's longstanding Louisville-based fusion/ avant-progressive band) [USA] ~~~~~  JANEL & ANTHONY  COMING OUT JUNE 2024 (new studio album by reknowned DC/Silver Spring-based cello/guitar/electronics post-rock/ post-jazz / beyond-genre duo, Janel Leppin & Anthony Pirog) [USA] ~~~~~   PRESENT – THIS IS NOT THE END  COMING OUT MARCH 2024 (studio recordings made by Present, composer Roger Trigaux's longstanding band, of music the legendary chamber rock/ avant progressive composer was making for Cuneiform at the time of his 2021 death) [BELGIUM] ~~~~~ SOFT MACHINE – HOVIKODDEN 1971 (4 disc set) COMING OUT MAY 2024 (4-disc set of previously unreleased live recordings by British electric jazz/ jazz-rock legends, Soft Machine) [UK] ~~~~~   CONTEMPORARY CLASSICAL  /  ELECTRONIC  MOTHER MALLARD'S PORTABLE MASTERPIECE CO. / DAVID BORDEN – MAKE WAY FOR MOTHER MALLARD (Two discs of previously unreleased music - one from 1970s, one from 2010s - by electronic music pioneer/ classical minimalist composer David Borden and his band, Mother Mallard's Portable Masterpiece Co.) [USA] ~~~~~   ELECTRONIC – ROCK PASCAL GLOBENSKY – ZIGZAG COMING OUT IN DIGITAL FORMAT DECEMBER 2023 (Solo release by Miriodor's long-time keyboardist and co-composer) [QUEBEC, CANADA]   ~~~~~~  RADIO MASSACRE INTERNATIONAL – GALACTIC FURNACE  (New double album by longstanding prolific UK electronic trio) [UK]   return to top CUNEIFORM ARTISTS ON TOUR 2023 CALENDAR IMPORTANT COVID REMINDER: In an evolving (and now endemic) 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 happening worldwide, but we remain aware that emergent variants - as well as severe weather - can unexpectedly affect schedules. See also the Tours Page at Cuneiform Records. A LIGHT SLEEPER “…not quite rock, not quite jazz, not quite worth labeling, but most certainly worth hearing.”  — smilepolitely.com _______________________________ October 8 - The Hideout - 354 West Wabansia Ave - Chicago, IL - Sunday Sessions with a Light Sleeper: Autumn Edition (with Akosuen) December 10 - The Hideout - 354 West Wabansia Ave - Chicago, IL - Sunday Sessions with a Light Sleeper: Winter Edition (with Wihuba)   Listen to & Buy:  Equaiverpoise CHEER–ACCIDENT "...one of the most impressive concerts I saw was the Dragon Drop/Cheer Accident/Free Salamander Exhibit show in Indianapolis. ...Cheer Accident blew me away... The music was innovative and powerful and brave and everything I’d hoped it would be."- Proglodytes "Cheer-Accident are the quintessential Chicago post-rock band... They've been exploring head-scratching, creatively fucked-up time signatures and sideways guitar shenanigans for 20 years now, leaving a pronounced influence on the Windy City's art-rock scene. Their playful musical approach is a ripe aesthetic of absurdist humor." – Pitchfork _______________________________ September 15 - Public Brewing - Kenosha, WI [with The Mercury Tree] September 16 - Reggies - Chicago, IL [with The Mercury Tree] March 13 - tba - Chicago, IL [opening for Sleepytime Gorilla Museum]   Listen to & buy  Chicago XX, Putting Off Death,          No Ifs, Ands or Dogs, Fear Draws Misfortune      "Tons of weird rock records have streamed out of Chicago over the past two decades, but none have blended pop smarts and avant-garde impulses as skillfully as this marvelous brainteaser..." – Time Out New York   GHOST RHYTHMS "The music here walks a wide loop around Soft Machine and Magma, Univers Zero and Henry Cow, Miles Davis and Miriodor, Van Der Graaf Generator and Art Zoyd. It's impeccably assembled and played, while freely indulging the more insane aspects of progressive rock, avant-garde chamber music, and electric jazz....Despite the musical sophistication and adventure on Live at Yoshiwara, this music is extremely accessible to a wide swathe of listeners. Its release signals the magnificent arrival of Ghost Rhythms on American shores. Get it now." – AllMusic _______________________________ September 7 - La Dame de Canton - Porte de la Gare - Paris, France   Listen to & buy:  Spectral Music  //  Live at Yoshiwara      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). Over time, the series converted to monthly and currently, a quarterly release schedule.  All 52 videos from the Henry Kaiser's Weekly Series, the entire two year Monthly Series and all current quarterly videos are archived & available on Cuneiform's YouTube Channel.  We invite you to visit and follow Cuneiform Record's YouTube Channel to see the videos that Henry regularly presents. A must see: the SUMMER 2023 video is HENRY KAISER QUARTERLY #2, featuring Henry's awesome guitar work along with performances with friends. In addition to his video series, Kaiser occasionally presents special videos:  some focusing on current events and guitar legends, and some providing free guitar lessons, focusing on tunes associated with legendary guitarists. His September 2022 guitar lesson video, focusing on the whole tone scale and Sonny Sharrock, is titled The Whole Tone Scale! Sonny Sharrock’s DICK DOGS lesson with Henry Kaiser. Besides his work as a musician, Kaiser is also a scientific diver and underwater videographer in the U.S. Antarctic program. Several of his Solo Series videos on the Cuneiform channel feature Henry's stunning underwater videography in addition to his guitar playing, as in this stunning video from May 2020:  HENRY KAISER : Cuneiform Weekly Solo #2 : Under The Ice Again . Because all videos are archived on the Cuneiform Records' YouTube Channel, 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 LE REX Consisting of two saxophonists, trombone, tuba and drums, the Swiss band Le Rex is street smart & road-tested, ferociously grooving & lyrically charged: a new millennium jazz brass band powered by indie rock energy & attitude.   October 20 - Heitere Fahne - Dorfstrasse 24, - Berne, Switzerland December 21 - BeJazz - Könizstrasse 161 - Liebefeld, Switzerland February 22 - Dekadenz- Obere Schutzengelgasse 3a, Brixen, Italy Listen to & buy: Escape of the Fire Ants, Wild Man      ROGER CLARK MILLER Roger Clark Miller is a guitarist, pianist, bassist, composer, singer, percussionist and occasional cornet player. His career officially began in 1979 when he co-founded the influential post-punk band Mission of Burma on guitar and vocals. He formed Birdsongs of the Mesozoic on piano in 1981, and from 1983-1989 he began his Maximum Electric Piano work. Miller joined the Alloy Orchestra in 1998 - "the best [orchestra] in the world at accompanying silent film" says Roger Ebert – which continues today as The Anvil Orchestra. He recently released new solo looping-based music on Cuneiform - Dream Interpretations for Solo Electric Guitar Ensemble.. Boston Globe: "Less a recital than a musical minefield... Miller is a man in constant motion, a one-man symphony."   Roger C. Miller featured with The Anvil Orchestra: September 6 - [featured with THE ANVIL ORCHESTRA]  - Coolidge Corner Theater - Brookline, MA Listen to & buy: Roger Clark Miller, Eight Dream Interpretations for Electric Guitar Ensemble      Birdsongs of the Mesozoic Dawn of the Cycads, The Fossil Record       The Fourth World Quartet, 1975 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! –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– Don't miss seeing the ED PALERMO BIG BAND live!  Their shows often sell out, so buy your tickets well in advance. ~~~~ October 28 - The Falcon - 1348 Rte 9W - Marlboro, NY 12542 December 23 - The Falcon - 1348 Rte 9W - Marlboro, NY 12542   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 via his group Heldon and solo projects, guitarist and electronic musician Richard Pinhas tours Mexico in Fall 2023. Check back for venue updates. __________________________ September 30 - FestivAlterNativo 2023 - Centro Historico - Corral de Comedias - Venustiano Carranza 39 - Centro Historico, Mexico October 5 - Casa del Lago - Bosque de Chapultepec, Ciudad de Mexico - Mexico City, Mexico October 14 - Rhino Records - 5458 Moreno St - Montclair, CA October 18 - 220 Arts - 2220 Beverly Blvd - Los Angeles, CA 90057 [with Upsilon Acrux] Listen to & buy releases by Richard Pinhas & friends on Cuneiform: Richard Pinhas: Process and Reality, Desolation Row, Metatron, Metal/Crystal, Tranzition, Event & Repetitions                    Richard Pinhas & Barry Cleveland: Mu  Richard Pinhas & Oren Ambarchi: Tikkun    Richard Pinhas & Merzbow:  Keio Line, Rhizome, Paris 2008            Richard Pinhas & Yoshida Tatsuya: Welcome in the Void    Schizotrope (Richard Pinhas & Maurice Dantec): The Life & Death of Marie Zorn   ANTHONY PIROG "[Palo Colorado Dream] covers a sprawling musical terrain–avant jazz, atmospheric soundscapes, earthy Americana, math-rock...with an arsenal of effects hardware and studio production techniques..." – JazzTimes "One of jazz’s most reliable conduits to a living, breathing audience is electric-guitar heroism, and Anthony Pirog, from Washington...seems poised to become a hero of the instrument." – The New York Times ________________________________ Anthony Pirog [featured with THE MESSTHETICS]: September 8 - Black Cat - 1811 14th St, NW - Washington, DC   Listen to & buy: Anthony Pirog: Pocket Poem; Palo Colorado Dream .       Janel & Anthony, Where Is Home      in other groupings: Five Times Surprise The Spellcasters, Music from the Anacostia Delta   Janel Leppin Ensemble Volcanic Ash RADIO MASSACRE INTERNATIONAL UK electronic ensemble Radio Massacre International bring "Berlin School electronics" into the 21st  century and onto the live stage. The longstanding improvisational synth & electronics trio has released dozens of recordings - including 3 on Cuneiform – and mesmerized festival audiences worldwide.   October 21 - Awakenings Festival - Lea Hall Pavillion - Sandy Lane, Rugely, Staffs - WS15 2LB, UK   Listen to & buy: Time & Motion, Rain Falls in Grey, Emissaries         TOMEKA REID QUARTET 2022 MacArthur Award winning cellist Tomeka Reid's all-star Quartet  (Jason Roebke-bass,Tomas Fujiwara-drums, 2019 MacArthur Award recipient Mary Halvorson-guitar, Reid-cello) plays new material while also celebrating Old New, its second release and first on Cuneiform Records. Both accessible and adventurous, Old New became a critically acclaimed 2019 jazz favorite, reviewed in numerous publications and featured on Best of Year lists worldwide! October 19-21 - Edgefest 2023 - Ann Arbor, MI   Listen to & buy: Old New WADADA LEO SMITH Acknowledged as a National Treasure by DownBeat Magazine, American composer/ trumpeter/ improvisor Wadada Leo Smith is one of the world's premiere Creative musicians. Recipient of numerous awards, he was a Pulitzer Prize Finalist for Ten Freedom Summers. The Brooklyn College shows feature works from Ten Freedom Summers spiritual  sequel.   September 8 - Don Buchwald Theater - Brooklyn College - 2900 Campus Road - Brooklyn, NY September 9 - Don Buchwald Theater - Brooklyn College - 2900 Campus Road - Brooklyn, NY September 10 - Don Buchwald Theater - Brooklyn College - 2900 Campus Road - Brooklyn, NY September 11 - Don Buchwald Theater - Brooklyn College - 2900 Campus Road - Brooklyn, NY   Listen to & buy: WADADA LEO SMITH RECORDINGS ON CUNEIFORM RECORDS:   Wadada Leo Smith America's National Parks // Ten Freedom Summers Spiritual Dimensions   Wadada Leo Smith's Organic Heart's Reflections      Wadada Leo Smith's Golden Quartet Tabligh Henry Kaiser & Wadada Leo Smith: Yo Miles! Sky Garden // Upriver To set up press and radio interviews with Cuneiform Artists while on tour or at home, please contact: promo@cuneiformrecords.com return to top   WE'D HOPED TO 'SEE YOU IN SEPTEMBER'  AND NOW, IT'S TIME! SPEND THE FALL WITH MUSIC & VIDEOS ONLINE !   CUNEIFORM RECORDS has a treasure chest of interesting music to serve as soundtrack, inspiration and solace during these evolving and challenging times. Our mammoth catalogue of over 500 releases by artists from around the world includes many of avant music's most esteemed icons as well as young rising stars, and is available for purchase in digital and physical formats at the CUNEIFORM RECORDS BANDCAMP store, and in physical formats at one of our sister companies, WAYSIDE MUSIC as well as in RECORD SHOPS worldwide (see our DISTRIBUTORS).  Your purchases of our CDs, LPs, and digital downloads supports or indie musicians, indie labels, and small businesses.    • VISIT the official CUNEIFORM RECORDS WEBSITE  for extensive information on the artists and recordings on our label,  upcoming concerts & much more.   • WATCH VIDEOS on Cuneiform Records' YOUTUBE CHANNEL Cuneiform Records has an extremely active YouTube Channel which you should bookmark as a favorite:  free music videos, videos of live shows, & samples from 500+ adventurous releases!   And we began expanding our video content during the pandemic, most notably with an ongoing video series curated  and produced by guitarist Henry Kaiser.  • PURCHASE & LISTEN to releases on CUNEIFORM RECORDS BANDCAMP PAGE  Discover new music on our Bandcamp Page, and support artists & our indie label by purchasing music.   • PURCHASE music from100s of LABELS from around the world at  WAYSIDE MUSIC, our sister store.  At our internet store, WaysideMusic.com (established in 1980!), you can purchase hard-to-find CDs and LPs from ALL your favorite labels!  • ENJOY and SHARE SAMPLES of music by releases of countless Cuneiform artists on the Cuneiform Records' SoundCloud Site. • VISIT, LIKE & FOLLOW  Cuneiform Records' Official FACEBOOK PAGE.  • JOIN the Cuneiform Records FACEBOOK GROUP:  FANS Of Cuneiform Records.  • FOLLOW @CuneiformRecord onTWITTER • LICENSE music from Cuneiform for movies, ads etc via our sister site TheMusicOutpost.com. • SIGN UP for the CUNEIFORM RECORDS NEWSLETTER if you're not already one of our subscribers, and  get BOTH this monthly newsletter in your email box AND receive notices for Cuneiform's weekly "$5 Friday" offers – Cuneiform selects a special album from its archive each weekend,  to be sold in download format via Bandcamp, that weekend only,  for half price. • VISIT our TOURS PAGE for upcoming concerts WORLDWIDE by our artists.   • ACCESS PRIOR ISSUES of the CUNEIFORM RECORDS MONTHLY NEWSLETTER at cuneiformrecord.blogspot.com/     Cuneiform Records' Monthly Newsletter announces and gives in-depth info on ALL of the label's NEW RELEASES - both physical and digital formats - and also provides TOUR / CONCERT info from its artists. return to top CUNEIFORM RECORDS SOCIAL ONLINE Cuneiform YouTube Cuneiform Website Facebook FanGroup Facebook Page Cuneiform Twitter Cuneiform SoundCloud Cuneiform Bandcamp Instagram Email Cuneiform return to top Cuneiform Records' Monthly Newsletter is compiled by Joyce [Nalewajk] Feigenbaum, DIRECTOR OF THE MUSIC OUTPOST – PUBLICITY FACEBOOK PAGE: MusicOutpostPublicityAndLicensing TWITTER: @TheMusicOutpost Copyright © *|CURRENT_YEAR|* Cuneiform Records, All rights reserved.   Washington, DC // Silver Spring, MD Our mailing address is: Cuneiform Records P.O. Box 8427 Silver Spring, MD 20907 Want to change how you receive these emails? You can update your preferences or unsubscribe from this list. Was this email forwarded to you from a friend? Subscribe to the Cuneiform Records Newsletter. Read this email online   return to top