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BYG Records - 22-Jan-04 07:43 AM
BYG Records was founded by Jacques Bisceglia, Jean-Luc
Young and Jean Georgakarakos in the late 60's. The now legendary status of BYG is mainly based on some fifty excellent free jazz and experimental records by mostly American artists released under the Actuel-series.

As the 60's progressed towards the seventies the interest of major labels in free jazz started to fade away, creating a need for a new output for many American artists and their music. As a result many leading musicians visited or moved entirely to Europe, where it seemed that free jazz and jazz in general, were more appreciated than in the USA. Paris was often the place of action for the ex-patriate free jazzers, where there was always demand for live performances and people running labels willing to record your music for a release. BYG was one of these.

Most of BYG's Actuel-records are excellent free jazz discs, but they did release something else too: a couple of MEV's improvised electronic albums, some progressive rock albums and a record by Pierre Marietan and Terry Riley.

There are other BYG records around, apart from the Actuel-series, but they are mostly reissues of pretty straight forward jazz discs.

Philipp Wachsmann & Paul Lytton - Some Other Season - 24-Jul-03 05:34 AM
A very diverse work with silent atmospeheres mixing with the usual fast impro-chirps.

Paul Lytton has done some digging in his attic and compiled a pretty vast selection of different percussions. Included are from everything small metal plates to water buckets. This set differs from the minimal and basic drum setting he uses with the Evan Parker Trio. It's nothing new, since he used to use an extended kit in the early days of his career. The excecution is impeccable as usual, and his reflexes are quick as lighting.

Philipp Wachsmann may not have as grand stature in the field of free imporvisation as Lytton, but nevertheless he has operated as one of the few violinists active in the scene already from the seventies.

Wachsmann also uses the electronics to alter his and Paul's phrases but does it in a very subtle way. There's only one or two moments where electnics can clearly be spotted.

All in all a very refreshing record.

Virtalähde - Virka- ja Väkivalta - 08-Feb-03 02:07 PM

Imagine Peter Brötzmann and early Pharaoh Sanders blowing together to a microphone connected to an amplifier connected to an amplifier both tuned up to eleven. Add some Edward Vesala with hammers and full dishwashers and there you have it.

Excellent and enjoyable all the way to the otologist.

Seriously speaking, and even though unfortunately I'm no noise specialist, this surely has to be one the best noise records of the recent years.

The music is evolving and moving, and no loops are used in the upper layer of sound, whereas the rhytmich bubbling underneath shapes in a somewhat fixed pulse. This fortunately does not get in the way of extremity, since there's no clear beats to create an unnecessary feeling of comfort. The longer tracks do demand some large amounts of concentration, but hey, that's what proper music's about.

Just try to accept the sheer energy and power of the sounds mr. Powersource creates and you'll find yourself in a somewhat curiously relaxed state. Enjoyable, too.

This earfilling and brainboiling record of pure sound can easily be ordered from the saviour of finnish electronics, the great pHinnWeb.com site.

Evan Parker - 14-Sep-02 01:11 PM
Evan Parker is a virtuoso saxophonist who, with Derek Bailey, John Stevens and Tony Oxley (to name a few), pioneered the British free improvising scene in the late 60's. Since then he has developed a highly personal and unique style which employs circular breathing and total control of the saxophone.

Some of his more permanent ensembles include the Alex Schlippenbach Trio, trio with Paul Lytton and Barry Guy and the Electro-Acoustic Ensemble. In the latter he has experimented with real-time electronics, used to manipulate the improvised phrases and create soundscapes unreachable with acoustic instruments.

Ilpo Väisänen - Asuma - 26-Aug-02 03:42 AM

A bit more clear and polished than Liima or Piiri, but still mostly very rhythmic.

Excellent stuff, as usual.

There's two pressings of the CD. A limited (1000?) cardboard cover version and the regular jewel case version.

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