ODG012 : Roedelius and Morgan Fisher / Neverless

ODG012 : Roedelius and Morgan Fisher / Neverless

Hans-Joachim Roedelius has long been regarded as a subtle and contemplative pioneer of ambient music. It was inevitable that one day his path would cross with Morgan Fisher, who by the 21st century had reached a similar tranquil plateau of creativity, having moved far from his roots in 60's soul and rock music. The album was recorded "via emails" sending audio files back and forth between Roedelius' home near Vienna, and Morgan's longtime personal studio in Tokyo and was released originally in 2005. It's been sold out for more than 7 years now and it's my pleasure to re release it now on the Digital only series.
Out on the 1th of July 2013.

                                                                Morgan Fisher

                                                                                      Hans-Joachim Roedelius

Track Listing:

1. Always                 8:03

2. Whatelse              7:10

3. However                7:52

4. Inparticular          19:47

5. Wherefrom          15:14

Roedelius: Synthesizers, pre-prepared sound material.

Morgan Fisher: Sampler, variophon, clavinet, percussion, voice.

Fabio Capanni: Guitar Track 3.

Felix Jay: Guitar Track 4.

Composed/improvised by Roedelius/Fisher, except:

Track 3: Roedelius/Fisher/Capanni.

Track 4: Roedelius/Fisher/Jay.

Basic tracks recorded at Roedelius studio, Austria and The Handmade Studio, Tokyo.

Overdubbed and mixed by Morgan Fisher at The Handmade Studio, Tokyo, July 2002 to August 2003.

“Gold” photographs by Morgan Fisher. Cover by Kiekebiche

Photograph of Roedelius by Nadine Blanchard.

Photograph of Morgan Fisher by Virginie Aussedat.

ODG011 : SUTT / Hymne Til Hjemmet

Cover art by Kiekebiche

ODG011 : SUTT / Hymne Til Hjemmet

SUTT is a duo formed in Berlin in June 2012 by Sofie Trolde ( vox, sampler ) and Utku Tavil (drums, electronics). 
Influenced by numerous genres, but especially sample based and error music, the duo tries to explore the far out limits of two of the oldest ( if not the oldest two ) instruments, the voice and the percussions, with the use of the live or pre-recorded samples and their manipulation.
You can explore already their music here:  http://www.utkutavil.com/music/sutt/

Digital releases on the 22th of July 2013.

Track listing:

1 : Hymne Til Befrielse

2 : Interlude I

3 :  Før Hjem

4 : Interlude II

5 : Efter Hjem

And in Bandcamp:

ODG010 : The Zoo Wheel / Ear Falls

Covert art by Kiekebiche

ODG010 : The Zoo Wheel / Ear Falls

This is the new Ep/mini album from Liz Payne and her solo project called The Zoo Wheel.

Charles Rumback (see also OCD005, OCD009, ODG009) is drumming on it. They first met playing music together as the rhythm section in Via Tania. Tania Bowers ( http://www.viatania.com/ ) is adding extra vocals while Josh Berman is playing cornet on it ( http://joshberman.net/ ).

All songs were written, performed and recorded at home and outside by Liz Payne in 2010.
The drums were recorded by Brian Bullard  who also did the mix and the mastering at Spank Music, in Chicago.

What Liz says about the project:

"Ear Falls is a collection of songs long in the making, and long in the aging. It was completed in 2010 after a period in which it suffered a few lengthy interruptions. As a result of this, many songs for the collection were created and subsequently scrapped, and for the songs that survived, many versions were created. For this collection I was trying to make songs which held a place for me; a figurative place in memory, and a literal marker of place by the use of my field recordings. Over the years many places and events came and disappeared; these songs stand for the places that stayed with me."  
                                                      

                                                           Charles and Liz


Liz Payne is a bass and guitar player and is most renowned for her tallented playing with those bands:
Everyoned, Joan Of Arc, Lake Wandawega Resort Band, Pillow, Town And Country

http://www.discogs.com/artist/Liz+Payne 

Here under a nice small video of Liz performing a version of High Honies, one of the track on the Ep.



This is a digital only release. It will be out on the 6th of May 2013

Track listing:

1: Meantime Tenderness     3:21

Drums – Charles Rumback

Fields – bell miner, Australia; train, Wisconsin; ice on window, Chicago

2: High Honies              7:14

Drums – Charles Rumback

Cornet tones – Josh Berman

Fields – crickets and boot, Wisconsin; skate park, Australia; katydids, North Carolina; bells, Australia

3:  Certain Illogical Remix          2:49

Fields – bell miner, Australia; ice on window, Chicago

4:    Tzero (For Diane)        6:42

Drums – Charles Rumback

Cornet tones – Josh Berman

Extra vocals – Tania Bowers

5: The Old Adage is True (For Dad)     2:24

Drums – Charles Rumback

Extra vocals – Tania Bowers

And on Bandcamp:

ODG009 : Meyer -Trim - Rumback / Look At Me, So I Can Get Close To You

ODG009 :  Meyer - Trim - Rumback / Look At Me, So I Can Get Close to You

Charles Rumback is best known to you and Off with the releases of the two fantastic albums from Colorlist ( see also OCD005, OCD009 and ODG010).
In the beginning of 2013, beeing already busy playing with various bands, Andrew Trim started a new trio. 
This is what Charles says about it: " It is a trio consisting of Danny Meyer (tenor saxophone), Andrew Trim (guitar) and myself on drums...
The project happened because Danny and Andrew are old friends from Colorado. Andrew is living in Chicago now, and Danny in New York. But when Danny came through, they scheduled a recording session and asked me to play on it. I didn't quite know what to expect, but the music came out beautifully I think. So we've made a record out of it, and did 5 shows together... 3 in Chicago and 2 in Milwaukee. The music just happened naturally with no rehearsing. It just felt like we had played together for years. We're planning on keeping the group going and hopefully recording again later this year."
And this what Andrew says:
"Broadly, the record is the culmination of two individual musical relationships that I developed over the years - the first with Danny in Colorado and later with Charles in Chicago.
More directly, the record is our collective exploration of the immediacy of musical communication without rehearsal. Our goal in recording together was to cultivate our deep appreciation for strong melody, subtle textures, taking chances, all the while continuing our search for truth in the creative process.
All of the music by our slightly unconventional trio was recorded live with no overdubs by our friend and engineer Brian Sulpizio in one short session. The session began with our interpretations of six compositions by Danny and myself and concluded with the trio freely improvising pieces of various lengths.
To our surprise, our NYC based collaborator, Minor Ninths, asked if he could remix the title track upon hearing the record for the first time. The result was so cool that we asked to include it as a bonus track on the release. Glad we said yes.
We hope you enjoy the record!"

Here are some links to their individual websites:
http://www.danny-meyer.com/ 

http://www.andrewtrim.com/ 

http://www.charlesrumback.com/ 

Digital only release on the 10th of May 2013

The latest video of them performing Realm Devil:

Track listing:

1. What a Perfect Day to Smile

2. Children

3. Look At Me, So I Can Get Close to You

4. Realm Devil

5. Grown

6. A Bag in the Wind

7. Fines

8. Nimo

9. Alone, Waiting in Line

10. Orchid

11. Thom Told Them to Take the Train There

12. Boulder Goose

13. Look At Me, So I Can Get Close to You (Minor Ninths remix)

And on Bandcamp:

Spotify / Deezer

Dear all, it's a pleasure to see that everyday there are more and more people either downloading, either going to listen to the Off music on Spotify or Deezer.
I just want to remind all of you that, though really excited to see people all over the world listening to various titles, the streamings on Spotify / Deezer give 0,002€ per listening. It means that Off gets 1€ every 500 streamings for one song. After paying the Author rights and the providers fees, Off gets around 0,60€. Which means around 0,30€ for the Artist...
The digital series ( and the rest of the catalogue) beeing at a bargain price, I suggest that if you really enjoy the music, you download once and for all the album or the track you like.
Nevertheless, for those who still want to just listen in streaming, feel of course free to do so!
I prefer to know that each day Off gives the pleasure of listening to great music to a big amount of people all over the world!
So whatever, you choose, enjoy the music!

ODG008-ORT003-OUI023 : Giovanni Di Domenico - Arve Henriksen - Tatsuhisa Yamamoto / Distare Sonanti

                                                 Cover art by Dale Lloyd / Re-working by Kiekebiche

ODG008-ORT003-OUI023 : Giovanni Di Domenico -Arve Henriksen -Tatsuhisa Yamamoto  / Distare Sonanti


Following the release of the highly acclamed album Clinamen in 2010 ( see also: ORT002: Giovanni Di Domenico - Arve Henriksen - Tatsuhisa Yamamoto / Clinamen ), Giovanni Di Domenico started in the beginning 2012 to listen back to the recordings of the sessions and decided to publish some unreleased tracks. You can now discover them on the new album Distare Sonanti.

Physical release end of October on the either/OAR record label ( USA) : http://www.and-oar.org/pop_either_7.html 
Digital release on Off at a bargain price on the 23th of November! 

Track listing:

1) Mlouk
2) Charivari
3) Alma Venus
4) Naked Skin Of Empty Spaces
5) Sahel Glacé
6) Sensire

                                              Front cover of the physical release / covert art by Dale Lloyd

CD: SOLD OUT

And on Bandcamp:

ODG007 : Jessica Constable and Philippe Gelda / Live in Toulouse

                    photo credit: Christophe Bergon

ODG007 : Jessica Constable and Philippe Gelda / Live in Toulouse

Jessica Constable and Philippe Gelda have been improvising, composing song suites and performing live together since 1991. 

They have created site specific and other works for voice and various keyboard instruments including prepared upright piano, toy piano and organ.

In 2008 they released The Vine and Vein Collection: Cool Things for Organ and Voice (Dark Holler 2008). a set of songs ranging from “microscopically and metaphysically amplified pieces, shifting with noticeable poise to more ferocious and unforgiving moments howling electronic noise and barked vocals, and then to elegant, star-blasted songs of a dreamlike detachment and a cosmic sense of vastness.” (Cyclic Defrost Magazine)

“Live in Toulouse” was recorded at a rare concert at the Mandala Club in Toulouse, France in 2006.

This is one of the most astonishing voice ever.

A nice bio in French here under:
http://interzones.free.fr/constable.htm

Previous interesting albums by Jessica are:
 'Ten' with Andrea Parkins, Jim Black, Marc Ribot, Ellery Eskelin & Melvin Gibbs, Hatology, 2004
'Cities and Eyes' with Andrea Parkins ( as The Skein ), Henceforth Records, 2008

Digital only release at a bargain price on the 19th of October 2012

Track listing:

1) Wonder
2) Spinners
3) Infa
4) Fishes
5) Cool Things 1+2
6) Clay Mountain Flood
7) Caristoï
8) Back Room
9) Turning
10) Hymn