Man and Mallard

Another entry for the WEIRDSOUNDZ site and an LP by Welsh rock band (with proggy influences) Man and a funky track called "Erotica" from the "Revelation" LP.

Picked up three LPs cheap today whilst in Burgess Hill of all places for a £1 each and in nice condition as well.

Mother Mallard "Migration" (Cuneiform 1988) - David Borden's systems music project ,all synths and Riechian and Glass infuenced minimalism.

John Adams "Music From Nixon In China" (Nonesuch 1988) - a highlights LP which i might keep although i have the whole opera on CD.

Deep Purple "Burn" (Purple 1974) - heavy progged rock from the masters of that form.

Popped into Snoopers this morning with some books for the stall from the lucky dip bags from Notting Hill Book and Comic Exchange place,and a couple of LPs. Noticed my other copy of Olodum "Egito Madagascar" LP hadn't sold so now i have two copies on the stall,and the Joyce LP is still there. The Wedgewod set from Mike still hasn't sold nor the Discolator thingy. People are so fickle.

Did buy a compilation of Man's early stuff from Across the Tracks together with "An Introduction To" Quintessence CD.These two covers the years 1969 to 1971,and a classic post hippie period for me.

Busy day tomorrow and another early start and our usuual stall meeting in the evening.

RLW - Tulpas

Been playing RLW (Ralf Wehowsky) "Tulpas" 5CD set of interpretetations and sound creations of his work by other artists such as Bruce Russell,David Grubbs,Rehberg & Bauer, Brume,Aube,John Duncan,Lionel Marchetti,Francisco Lopez, Jim O'Rourke, Merzbow and many more.Tulpas is a fitting title for such ghost-in-the-shell music created through willpower of interperetation.

A tulpa is, in Tibetan mysticism, a being or object which is created through sheer willpower alone. In other words, it is a materialized thought that has taken physical form (a thoughtform).

The concept was brought to the West in the 19th century by Alexandra David-Neel, who claimed to have created a tulpa in the image of a jolly, Friar Tuck-like monk which later developed a life of its own and had to be destroyed. Many authors and artists have since used tulpas in their works, both in the context of fiction and in writing about mysticism. Horror author Clive Barker, for example, envisioned his famous "Candy Man" killer to be nothing more than a myth gone terribly awry in his original story. Additionally, there was a legend that talked about a Mexican shaman by the name of Don Juan Matus, who had taught his student Carlos Castaneda about the true nature of the physical universe and how intense concentration can summon, apport, and even materialize objects out of thin air. It was said that Carlos Castaneda was able to materialize a living squirrel on the palm of Don Juan's hand based on the latter's instruction.

Likewise RLW has materialised eminations from like-minded souls in this set of sonic subversions.

Okay been on the magic mushrooms again!

But this 5CD set is great - and available from Selektion on their website.http://www.selektion.com/releases/rel_avail.htm



RLW: TULPAS SCD 024
Ralf Wehowsky was founder of the group P16.D4 and the label SELEKTION in the eighties. Since the early nineties he releases under the name RLW. For TULPAS he invited some 50 artists to interpret and reflect his pieces. The participants of this project are Action Concret (UK), Artificial Memory Trace (B), Aube (J), Baraka[H] (D), M. Behrens (D), Brume (F), M. Buesser (D), Contrastate (UK), Crawl Unit (USA), P. Duimelinks & R. Meelkop (NL), J. Duncan (NL), W. Durand (D), M. Gendrau (Crawling w. Tarts) (USA), D. Grubbs (USA), Ch. Heemann (D), Husk (UK), Idea Fire Company (USA), R. Ikeda (J), In Be Tween Noise (USA), A Jasenka (LT), R. Kundrotas (LT), K. Kusafuka (J), E. Lanzillotta (USA), F. Lopez (E), L. Marchetti & J. Noetinger (F), K. Marutani (J), Meeuw (NL), Merzbow (J), B. Moreigne (F), N.N. und aehnliche elemente (D), NMF (B), J. O’Rourke (USA), Rehberg & Bauer (A), Runzelstirn & Gurgelstock (CH), B. Russel (NZ), M. Sato (J), J. Smolders (NL), J.P.E.R. Sonntag (D), Ch. Steiger (D), Das Synthetische Mischgewebe (F/D), toy.bizarre (F), J. Thomasius (D), A. Tietchens (D), G. Toniutti (I), E. den Uijl (NL), F. de Waard (NL), J. Watermann (Aus), A. Wollscheid (D).
The 5 CD-set comes in unique packaging, containg a 40 p booklet designed by Charly Steiger. - released 1997