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Borbetomagus: The Eastcote Studios Session
by John Eyles
Borbetomagus--Donald Miller on electric guitar, Don Dietrich and Jim Sauter on (tenor) saxophones--have been together since the late 70's. They soon established their own distinctive sound and working methods that suited the unconventional instrumentation and gave the trio a strong identity. With Dietrich and Sauter owing a debt to such free saxophonists as Albert Ayler, John Coltrane (Ascension more than Giant Steps) and Peter Brötzmann, and Miller to Jimi Hendrix as much as Derek Bailey, the three specialised in improvised ...
read moreAlan Courtis & Aaron Moore: Bring Us Some Honest Food
by John Eyles
Bring Us Some Honest Food marks an important landmark for Dancing Wayang. Since its first release, A Gold Chain Round Her Breast by Motor Ghost, in 2007, this is the label's tenth album. That total of ten records in eight years is indicative of the care and attention that is lavished on every aspect of each of the label's limited-edition vinyl albums. As has become customary on Dancing Wayang records, for Bring Us Some Honest Food the pairing of Alan ...
read moreOren Ambarchi and Eli Keszler: Alps
by John Eyles
A release on the Dancing Wayang label is always cause for celebration for several reasons. Firstly, they are few and far between, with Alps being only the label's ninth release since it began issuing records in 2007; rarely do two appear in a year, and never more than two--which makes 2014 a special year as Alps follows the release of Motion by N.E.W. earlier in the year. Secondly, the reason for their scarcity is that each Dancing Wayang release is ...
read moreN.E.W.: Motion
by Mark Corroto
The candy known as Reese's peanut butter cups ran an advertisement for years where two snackers feigned and argument that went something like; “you got your peanut butter in my chocolate!" followed by “no, you got your chocolate in my peanut butter!" The parties ultimately agreed that these two flavors, taste great together. Same can be said for the trio N.E.W. of drummer Steve Noble, bassist John Edwards and guitarist Alex Ward. Their flavors of rock and improvised jazz merge ...
read moreN.E.W.: Motion
by John Eyles
Together for over a decade, and having released two previous albums on the Bo' Weavil label, N.E.W.--the trio of drummer Steve Noble, bassist John Edwards and Alex Ward on electric guitar--need no introduction. They have nothing left to prove. Live and on disc they have shown that they are a force to be reckoned with--tight, energetic and bursting with ideas. Now, the good news is that their third album, Motion, again displays all those strengths in abundance. ...
read moreOkkyung Lee & Phil Minton: Anicca
by John Eyles
Following previous Dancing Wayang releases from the duo of John Edwards and Chris Corsano, and a solo release from Mats Gustaffson (with another from Peter Evans in preparation), the label continues its successful series of freely improvised music with this first recorded meeting of vocalist Phil Minton and cellist Okkyung Lee, recorded at Eastcote Studios in May 2009. As always with the label's releases, Anicca is released as a limited edition on 180gram vinyl, in a beautiful, hand screen-printed, wraparound ...
read moreMats Gustafsson: Needs!
by John Eyles
For anyone who has recently seen Mats Gustafsson live in concert, either with The Thing or in his own right, Needs! is likely be a surprise. In addition to his baritone and slide saxophones, here Gustafsson employs live electronics and “bug treatments." Photographs of him in action indicate that these involve miking the bell of his saxophone and then processing the output. He combines the acoustic sounds of his saxophones with the amplified sounds of the electronic devices, mixing them ...
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