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| :: Posted by Sid Smith on Thu., May 17, 2012 |
Currently on tour in South America, Stick Men are about to release a new album. Open will be released June 1st.
Featuring You can hear previews of the record and indeed pre-order it here.
Writing about the background to the album, Markus Reuter notes "Stick Men announce the release of their new CD, titled OPEN. The recording is a departure from the previous two from the band (Soup and Absalom) - it is all improvised, though based on prepared textures by the band before recording.
Between their touring segments, Stick Men have long been working on a
major release box set, to be titled DEEP, with release scheduled for Fall 2012. The OPEN project has given the band a musical breath of fresh air, as well as allowing them more time to fine tune that later release.
In the music from OPEN, the unique flavor of the band comes through as strong as ever, with it’s unique instrumentation; Tony Levin playing the Chapman Stick, Markus Reuter playing his self designed Touch Guitar, and Pat Mastelotto playing an assemblage of percussive devices executed on laptop, ipad & iphone.
The music can be described as both ambient and powerful."
The album is also available from Tony Levin's website.
Don’t forget the UK will have a very rare opportunity to see Stick Men play a series of gigs in June playing double-header gigs with Gavin Harrison and 05Ric. The dates are:
June 3rd Manchester Manchester Academy 3
June 4th Birmingham O2 Academy2 Birmingham
June 5th Cardiff Clwb Ifor Bach
June 6th Bristol O2 Academy2 Bristol
June 7th London O2 Academy Islington
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Torn's TED Tumour Talk
:: Posted by Sid Smith on Tue., Jun 18, 2013
Dave Torn - one-time guitarist with Bruford Levin Upper Extremities - talks about his experiences with a brain tumour in the 90s. Alongside his brief talk there's a ten minute solo outing. The whole performance and talk can be seen here.
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Nashville 2000 Bundle Available
:: Posted by Sid Smith on Mon., Jun 17, 2013
All four warm-up shows performed at Nashville's 12th and Porter in May 2000, ahead of the double duo's Europe are now available in one money-saving download.
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Cat Food Again & Again
:: Posted by Sid Smith on Sun., Jun 16, 2013
My thanks to Sean Hollenhors for sending me this undated advert for Cat Food. Almost certainly a photoshop fake but with copy such as "taking tabby mountain by flavour" what’s not to like?
DGMLive visitor Royston adds "Hmm. The Seventies were strange enough times that the Purina Eno ad
could actually be genuine. Judging by the expiry date on the coupon,
it’s from 1974 (or purports to be), which is of course consistent with
the album references. Well, it would be, wouldn’t it?
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those who want a copy for their wall or simply in order to read the
text, there’s a hi-res version. "
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Gunn On The Move
:: Posted by Sid Smith on Sun., Jun 16, 2013
Trey Gunn will be adding some more air miles to his account next month as he moves between the USA, Mexico and Austria. In Mexico he's playing a concert with Michael Manring and Alonso Arreola on July 18th and straight after that he'll be in Austria hosting a tapping workshop with Markus Reuter from July 22nd. Check out the details of both events here.
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Happy Birthday John Wetton
:: Posted by Sid Smith on Wed., Jun 12, 2013
John Wetton celebrates his birthday today. 64 years young and as busy as ever with Asia (where has was in Sweden earlier this week), here's an archive interview with John from 2010. Finally we ask What's your favourite John Wetton moment? Answers on the guestbook please.
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In A State Of FLUX
:: Posted by Sid Smith on Wed., Jun 12, 2013
Adrian Belew talks in more detail about his ongoing FLUX project over on Something Else
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Mister Stormy's Monday Selection
:: Posted by Sid Smith on Mon., Jun 10, 2013
The dust has been blown off this alternative take of Prelude: Song Of The Gulls.
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More On Belew
:: Posted by Sid Smith on Mon., Jun 10, 2013
My thanks to FinnegansWake for letting me know Adrian Belew's departure from NIN has now found its way into the mainstream UK press. The Guardian are running the story here. As FinnegansWake points out "Great to see Ade getting this international coverage. Wouldn't it be nice to think they'll spend as much energy writing about Belew's new project. No. didn't think so"
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