Tuesday 5 November 2024

ODG184 - ODG196 : Alinovsky / America decides + Decided



Cover art y A.L.


ODG184: Alinovsky feat. Dominique Van Cappellen-Waldock / America Decides

Alinovsky says:
'Dominique ( Baby Fire, Fleur de Feu...) provided me with some vocals to sample and play with. Finally I used the 2 tracks she gave me without any cutting and went directly on assembling beats, effects and synths... The result is strange and reminds me a bit of the Peloponnese voices... Hope you'll enjoy them!"

Specially composed for the day of the US elections on the 5 of November 2024.

Digital release on the 5th of November 2024.

Track listing:

1: The Dream
2: The Reality

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Cover art by A.L.



ODG196 : Alinovsky / Decided

After 'America decides' released on the 05/11/2024 for the US elections comes naturally 'Decided' on the 08/11/2024...
So be it!

PS: those 2 tracks were recorded in January while Biden was still the front runner of the Democratic party and while I was almost certain of the Trump victory...

Digital release on the 8th of November 2024.

Track listing:

1: Prepare your AK47! 
2: And the winner is...! 

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Friday 1 November 2024

ODG198 : The Wrong Object / In and Outflown Takes

 


Cover art by Marc Atkins



ODG198 : The Wrong Object / In and Outflown Takes

The Wrong Object was born from various short-lived Liège-based groups formed in the late 1990s, including a duet involving Michel Delville and Andrew Norris (featured here on several tracks as a slide guitarist and a lyricist alongside singer Isabelle Doyen). Its infancy was marked by an effort to create musical objects and mobiles inspired by their current heroes, who, as the band’s first home-made flyers claimed, included Bartok, Mingus and Amon Tobin alongside Zappa and the Canterbury Scene. This release has no other ambition but to document ten previously unreleased or unavailable compositions, most of them rescued from antique flash drives, minidisc recordings and reel-to-reel tapes. These are pieces of original material recorded both in the studio and live (sometimes by the band themselves, sometimes by someone in the audience) in the prototypical phases of the development of the band’s music and aesthetics. This was largely before the band began to stabilize into durable, semi-permanent units around the personalities of band founder Michel Delville and tenured drummer Laurent Delchambre (the Stories from the Shed and the After the Exhibition line-ups lasted for ca. five and eight years, respectively), which is when Delville and his cohorts went on to explore more complex and intricate post-modal chamber jazz rock territories, recording and touring extensively across Europe in the first two decades of the twenty-first century. At that time The Wrong Object was still basically a musical collective rather than a band in the traditional sense (for a non-exhaustive list of musicians having contributed to the band’s development over the last twenty-five years click here), one whose goal was, as critic Jim Allen fittingly puts it, to “arrive at an amalgam of jazz, rock and prog with a wicked sense of humor … gleefully pulling the rug out from under you whenever the spirit moves them”.






All compositions by Michel Delville
Lyrics on 1, 4 & 8 by Andrew Norris 
Artwork © Marc Atkins: www.marcatkins.com
© (P) Michel Delville & The Wrong Object, 2024. 

Digital release on the 1st of November 2024.

Track listing: 

1: Space Debris 0:38
2: Icy Uncle 8:45
3: The Honeypump Riff 7:44
4: Halfway Back to Cyclops 3:47
5: Wet Weather Wet 4:58
6: Cogs Fate 4:07
7: How It Is 4:30
8: Waterlily 4:17
9: Besotten but Not Forgotten 10:10
10: Bellini June Treat 9:58 

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Friday 25 October 2024

OVD084 : Pierre Vervloesem / Easy Solos

 


Cover art by Pierre Vervloesem




OVD084 : Pierre Vervloesem / Easy Solos

A Bandcamp only release for your pleasure!

Digital release on the 25th of October 2024.

Track listing:

1: Mosquito Nets
2: Folk Wrestling
3: Glass Tea Towel
4: First Walk In The Snow For Sam The Dog
5: Clearly Uncertain
6: It Must Be Free
7: Beauty In All Its Relative Glory
8: Sharing Of Territories
9: Viking Kung-Fu
10: Rock'N'Roll Beatitude
11: The Long Road To Veganism
12: Tcherno Deal

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Friday 18 October 2024

ODG194: John Americus Witt / VS The Sad Bandits - Sacalagrimas (remix)

 

Cover art by Silas Plum



ODG194: John Americus Witt / VS The Sad Bandits - Sacalagrimas (remix)

John who was part of helping the 2 brothers from The Sad Bandits' for their first album (see ODG167) is back this time with an absolute and complete remix of their second album 'Sacalagrimas'. 

Again injecting his usual electronics and talents and bringing the album in another more 'electronica' journey than their typical Chiapas/ world music vibes which make it a new discovery! Enjoy!

Digital release on the 18th of October 2024.

Track listing:

1: Yaxchilán (feat. The Sad Bandits)
2: San Cristobal de Las Casa (feat. The Sad Bandits)
3: Palenque (feat. The Sad Bandits)
4: San Juan Chamula (feat. The Sad Bandits)
5: Toniná (feat. The Sad Bandits)
6: Cañon del Sumidero (feat. The Sad Bandits)
7: Unión Juárez (feat. The Sad Bandits)
8: Tapachula (feat. The Sad Bandits)
9: Tuxtla Chico (feat. The Sad Bandits)
10: Metapa (feat. The Sad Bandits)
11: La Trinitaria (feat. The Sad Bandits)
12: Ocosingo (feat. The Sad Bandits)
13: Salto de Agua (feat. The Sad Bandits)
14: Coapilla (feat. The Sad Bandits)

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Wednesday 16 October 2024

ODG193 : Baby Fire / The Red Robe 10th anniversary


Cover art by Alice Smith


ODG193 : Baby Fire / The Red Robe 10th anniversary 

In October 2013, upon invitation by ex Crass members Gee Vaucher and Penny Rimbaud, and producer Tony Barber (The Buzzcocks) Baby Fire set to record at Dial House - Crass’ legendary former headquarters.
The Red Robe was crafted in the Sheddio, one of the sheds on the premises. The album featured special guests Eve Libertine and Penny Rimbaud on vocals.

To celebrate the album’s 10th anniversary (see album here) Off is releasing two remixes: ‘The Red Robe’ - the album’s title track - by Déhà (Wolvennest, La Muerte…) and ‘Victory’ by Emmanuelle de Hericourt (aka EDH). 
We wish to thank Vincent from Cheap Satanism Records for suggesting the remix by EDH back in 2015.

The original artwork by Alice Smith has been revamped by the artist and is now blood red, reflecting all the more the title track’s raw intensity.






Digital release on the 16th of October 204.

Track listing:

1: The Red Robe - Déhà remix
2: Victory - EDH remix

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Friday 11 October 2024

OJP079 : Miss Canine Hoe / B.D.S.M.

 


Cover art by Miss Canine Hoe


OJP079 : Miss Canine Hoe / B.D.S.M.

Miss Canine Hoe composed the album over a period of six months after a  live performance in July 2023.

Mytyl composed and arranged all the tracks in her room based on field recordings and sampling working with Ableton and modulars.

The title "B.D.S.M." may sound dubious but the content is not so much or rather contains eight tracks titled by borrowing only acronyms. On the other hand, it is also true that "B.D.S.M." is an inseparable theme from Mytyl and Elly (as much as LGBTQ is), and they hope that their thoughts and feelings can be heard, especially in the two tracks that Elly wrote lyrics.

Mytyl Sheena started Miss Canine Hoe with Elly Sheena in 2021.
They have been taking a “personal journey in search of sound” and developing “sonic experiments since then.
Second Life, one of the metaverse, is the base of their activities.


Initially, Mytyl started to make music in 2017 with her inclination toward modulars, noise oscillators and field recording. Her encounters with alternative genres such as contemporary music, noise music, and experimental music have now shifted her interest to the resonance and layering of sound itself, rather than commercial "music" production.

Elly always supports Mytyl both physically and mentally, while writing lyrics and promoting.



Mytyl’s Blog : https://mch.world/ (in Japanese)
Elly’s Blog : https://mch.promo (in Japanese)
Youtube Channel : https://youtube.com/@misscaninehoe

Digital release on the 11th of October 2024.

Track listing:

1: Belphegor
2: Dark Side of the Moon
3: Six Nine
4: Memento Vivere
5: Butterfly
6: Dimidium
7: Sol Omnibus Lūcet
8: Memento Mori

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Tuesday 8 October 2024

OUC047 : Kasra Faridi - Houman Dehlavi / Seven Skies Vol.I

 

Cover art by Nasser Azizi Joshan - A. L.


OUC047 : Kasra Faridi - Houman Dehlavi / Seven Skies Vol.I


Kasra Faridi (see his beautiful album here), the performer of the album, has noted:

“I decided to record this valuable collection, firstly because these pieces are rich in compositional value and quality, beautiful in melody, and consistent in form and harmony. Moreover, the collection is deeply pianistic and intimately familiar with common and standard classical piano techniques, which I believe is a distinctive aspect. The pianistic nature of these works is significant—a quality often overlooked by composers in works by living composers.

And secondly, over the years of performing and teaching, I have seen the need for such balanced and refined works among serious audiences and students. Pieces that maintain their identity without merely repeating old traditions without understanding them, but rather offer a perspective born from years of study and research, developed into a mature artistic vision.”

The pieces are classical for solo Piano, not too long, and easy to listen to. I've recorded over half of them myself, and the rest have been captured by another pianist which will be on the Vol. 2. Their scores have been around for a while and have been published in Iran, and we teach the pieces in our teaching methods.

I hope you will enjoy his music and my rendering of those pieces.".

Houman Dehlavi

About Seven Skies Vol.I Houman Dehlavi says:

“The pieces in this collection reflect my personal narratives and musical experiences developed over the years. Drawing inspiration from small melodic ideas, many of which are influenced by the music of Iran and its regions, I have aimed to create harmonic textures that emerge organically from the melodic lines themselves. Rather than following conventional formulas, each piece's harmonic structure is tailored to its individual needs. These compositions feature structures with consciously crafted dissonant chords, intricately designed forms inspired by classical music traditions.

Despite the fact that the sheet music was released years ago, no audio recordings of these pieces existed due to various reasons. It was only through the suggestion and efforts of two talented pianists that this collection was recorded over a span of two years. Recording these performances in different studios with various pianos posed a significant challenge in achieving consistent and suitable audio standards that would match each piano's unique sound qualities. However, thanks to the expertise of the esteemed sound engineer, Sadegh Nouri, this challenge was largely overcome during the final mixing and mastering process.

Ultimately, I opted to release this collection in two parts to ensure that the stylistic and structural coherence of each part complements that of the others more effectively. The first part, showcasing the artistry of the distinguished pianist Kasra Faridi, comprises seven pieces recorded in Toronto and Istanbul during the summer and fall of 2023”

Houman Dehlavi was born in 1971. He learned music from early childhood under the supervision of his father, a famous composer and conductor, and his mother, who is a renowned Persian musician. He studied piano and violin under well-known masters, and learned the fundamentals of music composition from his father, Hossein Dehlavi, and later from Ahmad Pejman, an acclaimed Persian composer. Houman holds a bachelor's degree in piano and a master's degree in music composition from the University of Art. During his education, he benefited from training under masters such as Rafael Minaskanian, Emanuel Melik-Aslanian, and Thomas Christian David, an Austrian musician, by participating in master courses in music composition and conducting. He began his teaching career at various music institutes and privately, but shortly thereafter started teaching at the University of Arts.

Throughout his career, he has composed and arranged a variety of music for piano solos, duets, quaDrtets, string orchestras, symphonic orchestras, and other ensembles that include Persian instruments and vocals. His works have been performed in Europe, Canada, and the USA. Additionally, he has composed music for several theatrical plays and documentary movies. Houman has published two music books for piano and has released two CD albums.

Composer : Houman Dehlavi 
Pianist : Kasra Faridi 
Recorded in : The Canterbury Music Company - Toronto and Babajim studio - Istanbul 
Mix and mastering : Sadegh Nouri at Modern studio - Tehran 
Cover: Nasser Azizi Joshan
Graphics: Mohammadsh - 1968

Digital release on the 8th of October 2024.

Track listing:

1. Seven Skies, 1st Movement
2. Seven Skies, 2nd Movement 
3. Seven Skies, 3rd Movement 
4. Seven Skies, 4th Movement 
5. Prelude No. 1, Clouds 
6. Prelude No. 2, Rain
7. Elegy for the Moon

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