Sean Osborn: American Spirit (Albany Records, CD)
"A lovely program of American music for clarinet performed by Sean Osborn, who performs clarinet music by Copland, Martino, Schickele, Schocker, Mandat, and others. Sean Osborn has traveled the US and Europe as soloist and traveled the world during his eleven years with the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra. He has also performed as principal clarinet with the New York Philharmonic, Pittsburgh Symphony, the Seattle Symphony and the American Symphony Orchestra. The New York Times dubbed him "...an excellent clarinetist," and the Boston Globe called him "...a miracle.""
Available at Amazon.com, and most major CD stores.
Fognode: Thin Faces (Infrasound Collective, LP)
"The third full-length release from Brian Siskind features Ed Petry (Seattle), Demogorgon (Portland), Jeff Coffin (Flecktones), Mark Fauver (Seattle), and more. Siskind has played with lots of people who are considered "cool" and credible, and this should make you feel secure in buying this rare recording. Rolling Stone called Siskind's work "unsolicited" and "return to sender". Each record will be hand-numbered 12" 140-gram quality clear vinyl, and costs $12.00 USD."
Available exclusively through www.fognode.com.
Christopher DeLaurenti: N30 double edition (mimeograph.net, CD)
"This two disc set collects the last remaining copies of N30: Live at the WTO Protest November 30, 1999 and its sequel, N30: Who guards the Guardians? On November 30 1999, armed with a portable DAT deck, Chris ventured into the streets of Seattle to make front-line field recordings of the heady and harrowing protest against the WTO. Spattered by pepper spray, enshrouded in tear gas and pelted with rubber bullets, he captured the sonic maelstrom of drums, slogans, chants, screaming and violence. N30: Who guards the Guardians? fuses official and unofficial recordings of police transmissions made on November 30, 1999 into a simmering polyglot of radio traffic, polyphonic speech, splashes and sprays of tape hiss, enigmatic numbers glossolalia, and other broadcast anomalies."
Available at http://www.delaurenti.net/music.htm
Anaphylaxis/Hollydrift/Kava Project/The Devouring Element: Describing Paranoia (Parasomnic Records, CD-R)
"We are very pleased to offer the second release from Parasomnic Records, a limited edition CDR entitled "Describing Paranoia". This 4-way split CD features over 70 minutes of ethereal ambient and avant-garde electronic noise manipulation from Anaphylaxis, Hollydrift, Kava Project and The Devouring Element. Each artist contributed three tracks to the album, providing an exquisite cross-section of otherworldly sounds that will capture the attention of even the most discerning experimental music listener. Each CD is packaged in a hand-made letterpress 'pocket folder'. Limited edition of 200 copies."
Available at www.parasomnicrecords.com
Ghidra: Strawberry Skinflint (Sol Disk, CD)
"The debut release by Ghidra on the Sol Disk outside music label is entitled Strawberry Skinflint and it features Bill Horist playing guitar, Wally Shoup playing alto saxophone, and Mike Peterson playing drums. This album is stunning, a hard mix of free jazz and punk, and it captures the group in fine form. Not only does it drive fear into the heart of the mainstream, but these guys demonstrate that they have no reservations about taking their listeners far outside to places unpredictable and unknown. The cover, an LP-style jacket with inner sleeve, features the fine art work of Wally Shoup taken from two separate oil paintings."
Available at Wall of Sound, Playback Music, Silver Platters, and online at http://www.soldisk.com
Tom Baker: Sounding the Curve (Present Sounds Recordings, CD)
"A unique and eclectic solo record by fretless guitarist and composer Tom Baker. Sounding the Curve includes six original compositions by Baker, a new work for classical fretless guitar by former Seattle composer Christian Asplund, and fretless arrangements of tunes by Bill Evans and Mort Dixon. The record also features percussionist Dale Speicher playing cactus. "Upon hearing Tom Baker's new CD, I felt a whole new wing had been added to Chateau de Fretless. It is the best blend of composer, player, and instrument I've ever heard from a fretless guitarist." (Ned Evett of fretlessguitar.com) Personnel: Tom Baker (classical fretless guitar, electric fretless guitar, and 12-string acoustic fretless guitar); Dale Spiecher (Cacti)."
Available at Wall of Sound, Easy Street Records, and Tower University.
Available on-line at presentsounds.com.
Duo Alea: Vienna Prague Moscow Tacoma: Music from the Heart (Alea Recording, CD)
"This new CD of music for bass clarinet and piano features music by Wolfgang Gabriel (Vienna), Vaclav Kucera (Prague) and Sergei Rachmaninoff (Moscow) - the Tacoma connection is the father-daughter Duo Alea, Michael Davenport, bass clarinet, and Kimberly Davenport, piano, both natives of Tacoma who reside, perform and record in the "City of Destiny". Personnel: Michael Davenport (bass clarinet); Kimberly Davenport (piano)."
Various Artists: WE BORE 2 (toast and jam recordings, CD)
"The artists include: Dsico, Tim Koch, Lamp Leaking Dead Flies, Emanon+Hadi, Gerald Wenzel, Steev Hise, dan.d, Edward Coli, The Bran Flakes, The Square Root of Evil, and Jansky Noise. "Use music you hate to create music you like" We are proud to release this second installment of the WE BORE compilation series. This time we asked a wider range of people to be involved and as a result have a wider range of musical styles represented."
Available at http://www.tandjrec.com/webore2/
Paul Rucker: History of an Apology (Jackson Street Records, CD)
"Eight original compositions featuring 17 of the Northwest's finest musicians including Bill Frisell, Julian Priester, Michael White, Hans Teuber, Jay Roulston, Jovino Santos Neto, Bill Horist, Amy Denio, Elizabeth Pupo-Walker, Jeff Hay, Neil Gitkind, Erik Anderson, Issac Marshal, Jacques Willis, Farko Dosumov, Flora Mcgill, Josephine Howell. Educational facts about the Tuskegee Experiment are included on this CD. Visit Jackson Street records website to hear audio samples."
Available at most area stores and at www.jacksonstreetrecords.com
Paul Rucker/Hans Teuber: Oil (Jackson Street Records, CD)
"Freely composed instrumental improvised music with Hans Teuber on alto saxophone and Paul Rucker on cello. Visit Jackson Street records website to hear audio samples."
Available at most area stores and at www.jacksonstreetrecords.com