Night Watch
Sunday November 12th, 2017 with Dav Fot
The Return of Son of Gutbucket Comp!! 4 releases from Chant Records!!
Back in the drivers seat after the Funding Drive (many thanks to all who donated!!), with a look at the new The Return of Son of Gutbucket Comp, and finishing up with a good hour-and-20-minute look at a great new label from New York called Chant Records!!
| Starting out with a feature on a great new comp from Cardinal Fuzz, featuring all sorts of great Canadian psych/space rock, like Moths & Locusts are diehard space-rock explorers hailing from the pulsating heart of Vancouver Island (formed ~2011); Saskatoon space-rock dreamers The Radiation Flowers (formed ~2015); Also hailing from Saskatoon, Shooting Guns are hard at work fortifying the heavy end of the psychedelic spectrum since 2010! |
| Genghis Khan Moths & Locusts - Comp - Return of the Son of Gutbucket 
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| Stuck In A Maze Radiation Flowers - Comp - Return of the Son of Gutbucket
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| United Fruit Shooting Guns - Comp - Return of the Son of Gutbucket
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| Faster Train (redux) TBWNIAS - Comp - Return of the Son of Gutbucket
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| After that, we continue with an obscure mid-90's classic from Japan, High Rise... more weirdness to follow! |
| Mainliner High Rise - Dispersion |
| The Last of the Who Heads Expandafuzz - The Last of the Who Heads 12"
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| Cheerleader Expandafuzz - The Last of the Who Heads 12"
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| Finally layed my hands on Ottawa's own tripsters Expandafuzz' brand-spankin' new lathe-cut 12", 'The Last of the Who Heads'!! Now on to a later-period (1985) effort from French weirdos, Etron Fou Leloublan!! |
| Blanc Etron Fou Leloublan - Face Aux Elements Deschaines |
| The Flowers of Romance Public Image Ltd. - Flowers of Romance |
| Moving from the more concise to the less concise with Ottawa's own trance-ambient maestros, Crab Boat!! |
| MRI (Part 1) Crab Boat - Quality Rolls (Split LP with TBWNIAS)
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| Solar Motel Part IV Chris Forsythe - Solar Motel |
| Oranje Vrijstaat Ahora Mazda - S/T (1970) |
| Making the move to some more jazz-and-prog-and-funk!! |
| Something's Cast a Spell Univeria Zekt - The Unnamables |
| Solar Winds Probe 10 - There is a Universe |
| Yama Nekh Toubabou - Le Ble et le Miel
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| Shikkoku Dub Bill Laswell + Hideo Yamaki with Josh Werner - Chant Records Strength in Numbers comp
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| Finishing with one track from the 101-song-compilation offered by new New York Label Chant Records!! Founded by Jon Madof (Zion80, Rashanim, Matisyahu) and Shanir Ezra Blumenkranz (Yo-Yo Ma, John Zorn, Cyro Baptista, Yemen Blues). The label’s first event - a free, massive 101-song compilation called STRENGTH IN NUMBERS - is available now at ChantRecords.com. On November 1, Chant Records launched with the release of new albums by Zion80, The Fugu Plan, Darshan and Sandcatchers, and we will have a look at a few tracks from each of these bands, starting out with the Sandcatchers. Sandcatchers was formed by oud player and guitarist Yoshie Fruchter (Pitom, John Zorn, Cyro Baptista), along with Myk Freedman on lap steel, Michael Bates on double bass, and Tim Keiper on drums, Fruchter combines the Middle Eastern oud and Americana-infused lap steel to create a new sound inspired both by Arabic maqam and the Appalachian Trail. Called ‘a Middle Eastern pastoral Americana jamband’ by New York Music Daily. |
| Drop Stars Like Memories Sandcatchers - What We Found Along the Way
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| Washed and wild Sandcatchers - What We Found Along the Way
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| These Are the Oldest Things Sandcatchers - What We Found Along the Way
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| Next up, The Fugu Plan’s MukashiBanashi is based on the secret customs and ancient folktales of Japan, exploring traditions of ritual, tribal, and spiritual music. The band is fronted by Yuka, a mesmerizing singer and composer from Sado Island, a place of banishment starting in the 8th century. MukashiBanashi pays tribute to the island’s preservation of the traditions of old Japan while incorporating a mixed bag of musical influences including Ennio Morricone’s film music, psychedelic rock and free improvisation. The album features a stellar band of musicians including Blumenkranz and special guest, master percussionist Cyro Baptista. |
| Holy Mountain The Fugu Plan - MukashiBanashi
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| Hidden Fox The Fugu Plan - MukashiBanashi
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| Tengu No Uchiwa The Fugu Plan - MukashiBanashi
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| Firefly The Fugu Plan - MukashiBanashi
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| The next Chant Records Release to be profiled: Darshan, a groundbreaking collaboration between world-soul singer Basya Schechter (Pharaoh's Daughter) and esoteric indie rapper ePRHYME (Eden Pearlstein). Pharaoh’s Daughter has been called “one of the most original and exciting groups in the Jewish Music Movement” by Rhythm Magazine and ePRHYME has been praised by Tiny Mix Tapes for his “consciousness-raising Jewish hip-hop.” Joined by an all-star cast of musicians (as well as a choir), the result is a kaleidoscopic fusion of Hip Hop, Rock, World, Soul, and Jewish music. |
| Arrives the Bride Darshan - Raza
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| These are the Journeys Darshan - Raza
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| We already are Darshan - Raza
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| And we finish up the Chant Records Feature with Jon Madof's own Zion 80, and their new release, Warriors (their third, following two albums on John Zorn’s Tzadik Records), focuses on Madof’s original songs and finds the band delving deeper into their singular mix of deep Afrobeat grooves, mystical Jewish melodies and improvisational madness. The band will follow the release of Warriors with an album of Zorn’s music from his acclaimed Masada songbook (on Tzadik Records) and tour dates in the US and Europe. |
| In Our Youth Zion 80 - Warriors
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| Wandering Stone Zion 80 - Warriors
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| I Lift My Eyes Zion 80 - Warriors
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