JOHN THORNE (aka: icastico) runs a blog by the name of Pen & Mallet, that "will share music that I have been involved in creating over the last 3 decades. I will only post out-of-print works that I had a direct hand in creating..."The first two things he posted were from PARA!HELION. Here is "Midaq Alley", released in very limited quantities in 1999 and featuring: Dave - Trumpet, effects; Jeff - Electric Balilaika, effects; John - percussion, loops, and acoustic bass. All songs were improvised and recorded live to two track.
So what do we get? Hmmmm... Difficult... let's say: Imagine the late 60s (US) KALEIDOSCOPE jamming with the mid-seventies MILES DAVIS in an opium den in Egypt in the 90s... Middle Eastern influenced improvisations with a very cool trumpet to the front - how would ya call that? Ethnic jazz? Amateur fake exotica?You may read a complete, very good review of "Midaq Alley" here.
Anyway, however one will call it - it's very good music! Quite trippy! Enjoy!
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Thanks for spreading the word.
People can also download from the internet archive:
http://www.archive.org/details/MidaqAlley-PartOne
http://www.archive.org/details/MidaqAlley-PartTwo
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