_aust/NWW - "Disconnected", 2007

(The eponymous NWW being obviously Nurse With Wound)
I don't know what to think about this album. There is great music here: the first track, Lass Mich, is Faust at its Faustiest, track three, Tu M'entends?, could easily have been "Ravvivando"'s gem, and the rest of the record are two droney ambient pieces. The songs are beautiful, and they hold together well, so, why am I disappointed? There probably should be more of this than these 49 minutes. It feels like an EP rather than an album proper.
PART 1 and PART2.

Statistics bloody statistics

So, it's been a month over here, and 2000 hits. Could be worse.
The most popular download were for some time Fleet Foxes, but now it is the new Fall record. I'm so glad.
The public also tend to demand Leo Ferre, Morton Feldman and Fela Kuti.
Today or tomorrow expect a 'meta-post' with links to other F-indings worth your attention. And there's more of the old Fall to come.
Thank you, and please leave comments - either here or in the box.

The _all - "Hex Enduction Hour", 1982

More from the best band on earth. In case you didn't know, this one is considered their best. It's so good that even Mark E. Smith likes it. Two guitars, two drummers, Steve Hanley on bass. "Never felt better in my life..."

The _laming Lips with Beck - KCRW Session

Around 2002, Beck recruited the Flaming Lips as both the backing band and the support act for his Sea Change tour. It's a shame these recordings were not officially released. Waiting for a boxset in 2020, perhaps.
Songs: The Golden Age, We Live Again, Cold Brains, Do You Realize? (Beck solo version!), Lonesome Tears, Lost Cause, Little One, Paper Tiger, New Pollution.

Morton _eldman - Chamber Music

The Brian Eno of contemporary classical music. Even though all of his stuff sounds samey, you can easily say which piece is better. ('Why' is a whole another matter.) If you ask me, I'll point to the two last numbers on this cd.
Tracklisting:
1. For Franz Kline (1962)
2. - 4. The O'Hara Songs (1962)
5. De Kooning (1963)
6. Piano Piece (to Philip Guston) (1963)
7. Four Instruments (1965)
8. For Frank O'Hara (1973)
Performed by Ensemble Avantgarde (of Germany), released on Wergo Records in 1996. Encoded in the .ogg format at the absurd bitrate of 500: PART 1 and PART 2.

The _iery _urnaces - "Blueberry Boat", 2004

The record that restored my faith in rawk music a few years ago. One of the few turning points in my listener's life. Everything became possible again. (How I wish the band had followed these teachings on their subsequent albums!)
Usual .ogg files, bitrate around 180 this time in order to make it less than 100 Mbytes.

The _or Carnation, 2000

If you wish Slint had made more records (or rather: more "Spiderland"-type records), then this one is for you. A lot more bottom end to their sound, yet the same gloooooom - and the same vocals from Mr. Brian McMahan. Dig especially the funeral funk on the second track, "A Tribute to", and enjoy the sound quality of the .ogg files at the bitrate floating circa 280.

The _laming Lips - "This Here Giraffe" EP, 1995

Everybody knows them, and everybody loves them, right? A grown man, I listened to just one song of theirs ("Race for the Prize" from the Soft Bulletin LP) for one whole evening eight years ago. This is an even earlier EP: not their best shot, to be frank, but the gorgeous piano-and-vocals-only cover of Bowie's "Life on Mars?" is worth as much as the whole Clouds Taste Metallic LP.
Encoded in the .ogg format at the extravagant bitrate of 500.

_ela Kuti - "Teacher Don't Teach Me Nonsense", 1986

I do know he's supposed to be _iled under K; it's just an excuse to post another one of my favourites. I may not be Black President's biggest fan, but this is the man at his most creative: the LP consists of just two half-hour long songs. Yes, songs - pretty much structured pieces, not the usual endless improvisations. Those polyphonies are mind-blowing. Highest recommendation.
The songs are in the .ogg format with the bitrate around 235.