hi folks,
baja vol.4 aka AETHER OBELISK is available now. worldwide.
plus, i am happy to announce that there will be a video for the AEO ..s opening
song (and one of my favourites!) called "KITTEN (chaos & numerology)" courtesy of nadim/content is missing.
more very soon!
d

ba-da-dam...lalla-la-la...

AETHER OBELISK finished. mastered. wrapped up in hayez/kudeta artwork. release via Other Electricities later this year...o.e.17

GRADIENT album: in the making. the surprise du chef.....progression, progression, oh zarathustra... well, well, well....

tracklist: the magnetic firmament/teeth tectonics/double betrayal triple fantasy/xast lock..d/enneagramme/riddles and parting gifts/illuminol/xibal rises, we..re dead in the air. 44 minutes.

INTO THE NIGHT OF YOU: yes. also. a little pause is required...instrumentals ready. more overdubs. more instruments...10 or 12 songs. time will tell.

else?

GRAVES AND ORCHESTRA PITS: duo with yoshihiro kikuchi. album in the making. we bow to electric gitters and acoustic drümmings. thanks to the bones of rock..n..noise. not very minimal though.

shalalalala-la-la,

d

dear friends/music lovers,

due to major line-up difficulties and irreversible logistical problems concerning the dates and venues, there will be NO baja(band) tour with portugal the man in february. sorry.

i feel really bad, since i was really looking forward playing live but under the given circumstances it is simply not possible to play satisfying shows. sorry folks.

more news soon!

d

movies: taxidermia, the last winter, bug, 28 weeks later...

music: new cd´s from dungen, dartz!, blitzen trapper, stars like fleas, einstürzende neubauten, grizzly bear ("friend ep"), thesea&cake, little dragon, jef neve trio, david torn, nels cline ("new monastery") fog, the cancer conspiracy, the fashion...

some "dancefloorstuff":...mstrkrft, michael fakesch, prins thomas, kitsuné (comp. 3&4),...

vinyl from kindertotenlieder ("II"), caribou...

books: pynchon, sorokin ("serdcza cetyrech"), jerofejew, albert speer, zygmunt baumann, faldbakken, flanagan...

 it´s always incomplete...:

the congos: heart of the congos
bob marley: exodus
saint vitus: heavier than thou
john martyn: one world
miles davis: kind of blue/bitches brew/agartha
pantera: cowboys from hell/vulgar display of power
jimi hendrix: electric ladyland (?)
botch: we are the romans
verve: the verve e.p.
pavement: crooked rain
archers of loaf: all the nations airports
the sea&cake: the fawn (and probably the previous/following album too)
gastr del sol: camoufleur
material: hallucination engine
pigface: gub
jim o ´rourke: eureka
boogiemonsters: riders of the storm (underwater album)
daft punk: homework
don caballero: II
prong: beg to differ (1990?)
pharoah sanders: thembi
house of pain: first album
gas: zauberberg
edvard grieg: peer gynt
codeine: barely real
meshell ndegeocello: bitter
mogwai: rock action
morphine: cure for pain
union carbide productions: from influence to ignorance
aloha: that´s your fire
method man: tical
the future sound of london: lifeforms
entombed: wolverine blues/left hand path
black flag: the first four years
rollins band: end of silence
yo la tengo: painful
the police: outlands d´amour
jaylib: championsound
ryoji ikeda: op.
mineral: end serenading
mobb deep: hell on earth
mc 900ft. jesus: one step ahead of the spider
elliott smith: either.or/roman candle
neu!: first
tony oxley: 4 compositions for sextet
gil evans orchestra: out of the cool
supersilent: 4/5
gabor szabo: the sorcerer
a tribe called quest: the love movement
godflesh: pure


to be continued...

naked city: torture garden
todd rundgren: something/anything
einstürzende neubauten: 1/2 mensch
hum: downward is heavenward
can: future days
nick drake: pink moon
beatles: sgt. pepper
john coltrane: a love supreme
charles mingus: mingusmingusmingusmingus
daniel goode: tunnel funnel
dillinger escape plan: calculating infinity
van morisson: astral weeks
jeff buckley: grace
king crimson: larks´ tongues in aspic
milford graves: grand unification
owls: s/t
boards of canada: music has the right to children
steely dan: countdown to ecstasy
the smiths: the queen is dead
laika: silver apples of the moon
sonic youth: goo
fugazi: end hits
derek bailey: improvisation
debussy: la mer
alog: red shift swing
tortoise: millions now living...
cristian vogel: station 55
honegger: symphony no.1
kraftwerk: computerwelt
pixies: surfer rosa
ligeti: melodien/lontano/atmospheres
squarepusher: budokhan mindphone ep
satie: gymnopédies
daf: alles ist gut
robert wyatt: rock bottom
moondog: s/t
terry riley: a rainbow in curved air
mr. bungle: album 1 & 2
minor threat: compl. discography
soft machine: VI
merzbow:  a taste of...
hecker: sun pandämonium
sleep: holy mountain
isis: oceanic
the who: ...sell out
pil: second edition
cpt. beefheart: trout mask replica
gruppo di improvisazione nuova consonanza: musica su schemi
kayo dot: choirs of the eye
joan of arc: the gap
funkadelic: maggot brain
cypress hill: first album
the for carnation: s/t
luc ferrari: cellule 75
this heat: deceit
killah priest: heavy mental
jeru the damaja: wrath of the math
mad villain: madvillainy
prince: paisley park
fleetwood mac: tusk
de la soul: stakes is high
nas: illmatic
kyuss: sky valley
nin: the downward spiral
masada: the circle maker
seaweed: spanaway
sunny day real estate: pink album
stevie wonder: talking book
john zorn: redbird

hi folks,

the official worldwide release date of baja volume III aka "wolfhour" will be january the 22nd 2008.

if you want to check out a new song (return to anthol - to be precise), i recommend the free label sampler from other electricities called "ground works".

there are a couple of copies left.

 i hope.

and - yes, there will even be some nice wolfhour t-shirts and the obvious baja buttons in some very nice colours.

stay tuned!

blitzen trapper: wild mountain nation (wonderful new 4track darlings. olivia tremor control, the byrds etc.one of the  top 10 albums for 2007?)
oliver messiaen: quatuor pour la fin du temps (excellent  chamber music aka  ganztonschritte leicht gemacht)
nektar: journey to the centre of the eye (note: this is not a german krautrock band. but it´s good organ driven hardrock psychedelia from 1971)
the cancer conspiracy: omega (farewell album from the best underrated instrumental prog/post/mathrock combo ever. very ambient. top ten 2007?)
holy fuck: s/t (chemical bros for people who don´t like the chemical brothers)
joan as a police woman:   real life   (who the fuck is feist?)
junior boys: last exit (good electronica on domino records. more beats, more ass-shaking, more melancholic melodies)
low: a lifetime of temporary relief (everybody likes low. box set of b-sides and rarities)
egberto gismonti: works (old ecm comp. great guitarplayer/composer. tropicalia-jazz-chambermusic)