fragments

if you happen to be in Geneva…
Le Fonds Brailoiu
…but if not there are plenty of tracks to listen to ON LINE from an amazing ethnographer.

photo courtesy of John Hubbard

why here’s a review…

Crass holiday marketing…CDRs, CGT releases, a few t shirts…

Bats in the Temple CDR limited to 50 copies. These are the last few. Of this edition. Field recordings, 78rpms records and radio collage from South India. Recorded by Cecil B DeMillis. $10.00

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Soundtrack CDR from the Sublime Frequencies DVD Phi Ta Khon: Ghosts of Isan. Molam, field recordings, Thai village dance music, they know how to party over there… $10.00

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78rpm mystery compilation CDR. Nothing cleaned up about this. No notes. No clever discographical excursions. No matrix numbers. Get lost in the surface noise and rare music from the early days of recordings. Gems from the Victrola Favorites archives–music from all the hell over creation. Guaranteed to please or absolutely no money back. $5.00

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AND we have copies of these two 2009 releases from the very fine ETUDE records label we would love to sell you. Though of course you can order both of these directly from Etude Records

Rmillis: 120 $10.00

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Climax Golden Twins: EF LP vinyl. $15.00
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ALSO! A very few Fire Breathing T shirts were discovered in the bottom of a mislabeled box. Black with a white Fire Breathing Turtle. Simple. Classic. $15.00
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Supplies are extremely limited. First Come First Serve. Emails to rmillis at speakeasy dot net or through the contact page. Let us know what you want and and we’ll work out the shipping. Paypal will work fine. Thanks. With your help Tiny Tim can have a Christmas after all.

It’s an action packed few days at the Palais de Tokyo, Paris.

(Climax Golden Twins arrive in Paris…at the Gare Montparnasse, Paris, on October 23, 1895)

Things sound much better in French, so I won’t bother to translate, but suffice to say: Climax Golden Twins, film screenings for Dust to Digital and Sublime Frequencies, 78rpm DJs (except those damn things are heavy).

Jeudi 29 et vendredi 30 octobre 2009 - Palais de Tokyo
20.00, 6 €

Jeudi 29 octobre 2009 : DESPERATE MAN BLUES (film) / Performance / 78RPM
20.00 - 20.15
* dj set 78 rpm : les mains dans sa collection de 78 tours,
R Millis célèbre ce format éphémère, l’histoire secrète de ces objets mais aussi la préhistoire
d’une information mondiale : traditions orales, communautés isolées, chants rituels, musiques indigènes de nos ex-empires coloniaux…
20.15 - 21.15
* Projection du film DESPERATE MAN BLUES,
discovering the roots of American music (55min) 2004 - Edward Gillan/ Dust to Digital
« Desperate Man Blues » retrace l’histoire de Joseph E. Bussard, collectionneur emblématique de 78 tours. http://dust-digital.com/dmb.htm
21. 30 – 22.00
* performance Rob Millis : guitare / voix
22.00 – 22.30
* dj set 78 rpm

Vendredi 30 octobre 2009 PHI TA KHON (film) / CLIMAX GOLDEN TWINS (performance) / 78RPM
20.00, 6 euros

20.00 - 20.30
* dj set 78 rpm
20.30 - 21.10
* Projection du film PHI TA KHON : GHOSTS OF ISAN 2004 – R Millis / Richard Bishop / Sublime Frequencies,
suivie d’une session de questions animée par Maxime Guitton
Avec PHI TA KHON, le Mardi gras de l’enfer, R. Millis fait son « Easy Rider ».
Ce festival des « Fantômes avec des yeux », a lieu chaque année dans la province d’Isan au nord de la Thaïlande.
Les Ghosts of Isan, aux costumes extravagants fêtent les rencontres mythiques :
ils déambulent masqués, boivent et dansent jusqu’à l’épuisement.
http://www.youtube.com/watch ?v=b0VyM6B_v4o
21.30 – 22.00
* Climax Golden Twins - folk/blues/murder ballads/hillbilly music
Loin de notre présent divinisé, R. Millis, en duo avec Jeffrey Taylor cultive l’intemporel, l’errance musicale et la mémoire du cœur…
En archéologues, ils éditent Victrola Favorites, une série d’enregistrements ultra rares du 20ème siècle.
http://dust-digital.com/victrola-favorites.htm
http://www.etuderecords.com/climaxgoldentwins.htm
22.00 – 22.30
* dj set 78 rpm

After Paris there will be a 78rpm DJ set at Worm in Rotterdam, Sublime Frequencies film screenings and performance at Occii in Amsterdam and at the Kunstencentrum in Hasselt, Belgium.

Climax Golden Twins
Diminished Men
Spoils

Diminished Men record release party…
at the Sunset Tavern Seattle
September 24 2009 9:00pm like

And here’s something fun: the strawberry roan