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Pre-order’s are underway for two new releases at Dying For...

Thu, 23 May 2013 14:23:00 -0400

Pre-order’s are underway for two new releases at Dying For Bad Music. The new Rag Lore CD will be issued along side a resurrected album of Mount Elephant. This CD edition will feature extra material not heard on the Space Slave cassette edition. Look out!

DFBM update:

http://dyingforbadmusic.com/index.php?dfbm-news&newsdetail=20130520-170_mount-elephant-rag-lore-pre-order-action-and-info

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Mount Elephant + Rag Lore pre-order action and info

I am happy to announce, that after 2 years of announcing, the Mount Elephant re-release is finally finished. It turned out pretty nice and it needed the time to come to maturity. I mean it took 15 years to get the full recording so another 3 or 4 years are nothing.

Listen, watch and read about Mount Elephant – III and pre-order if you are conviced: http://dyingforbadmusic.com/dfbm15-mount-elephant-iii.phtml

And that’s not enough – another treasure is ready to set out. Matthew Russel Boteilho aka Rag Lore aka Poor Farm Edition Press created a splendid piece of handmade packaging that wraps perfectly around his lapsteel guitar tunes and ragas.

Listen to an alternative cut of Rag Lore – Sabah el Mitragyna Reveries and pre-order now: http://dyingforbadmusic.com/dfbm16-rag-lore-sabah-el-mitragyna-reveries.phtml

And speaking about pre-order. If you pre-order both releases you’ll get a limited label sampler with unreleased, exclusive and known material in a handprinted folder with recycled cut-up booklet and stuff. It’s limited to 25 so there is no guarantee, but as always (or mostly) the packages contain some additional stuff from my desk. Hurry up. Both releases are limited. Don’t miss them.

Weed Temple: Rag Lore - Sabah el Mitragyna Reveries

Sat, 18 May 2013 03:41:00 -0400

Weed Temple: Rag Lore - Sabah el Mitragyna Reveries:

weedtemple:

Almost 60 minutes of purely American primtive lapsteel guitar magic from Matthew Boteilho, who’s about to make a big move to Cairo, Egypt from Houston, TX. Lengthy, healthy improvisations where the shamanic string licks meet eternal drones and psychedelic atmospherics to fill your head with…

First official review of my new Rag Lore album “Sabah el Mitragyna Reveries”. Much thanks out to Jakob of Weed Temple for the kind words!

Couldn’t be more proud of the newly available, strictly limited CD edition. Fully handmade presentation, designed and produced by me. 60 copies. Available from the almighty Marcus Obst at Dying For Bad Music out of Germany.

CD edition at Dying For Bad Music:
http://dyingforbadmusic.com/dfbm16-rag-lore-sabah-el-mitragyna-reveries.phtml

Cassette edition available at Space Slave Editions:
http://spaceslave.blogspot.com/

Rag Lore - Sabah el Mitragyna Reveries Space Slave (April 30,...

Mon, 06 May 2013 15:49:00 -0400

Rag Lore - Sabah el Mitragyna Reveries

Space Slave (April 30, 2013)

SS19 - c50 Cassette
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http://spaceslave.blogspot.com/

New Rag Lore album out on Space Slave Editions. “Sabah el Mitragyna Reveries” was released alongside new tapes from Golden Pawn, Wolf Fluorescence, and Jeremie Grandsenne.

Analog saddles mindfully crafted with summer colts in mind

Type II 50 minute cassette

Color transparencies, color stamped, hand cut stickers ft. differing images

Art by Carl Koopmans and Matthew Russell Boteilho

Space Slave 19

Ed 100

Christopher Merritt/Sound Out Light - Split Goldtimers...

Sun, 07 Apr 2013 12:59:00 -0400

Christopher Merritt/Sound Out Light - Split

Goldtimers (2011)

014 - c30 Cassette

.MP3 - 320 kbps

.JPGs of front/back of Jcard and tape labels

http://www.mediafire.com/?1c2b1ej49ed740m

http://www7.zippyshare.com/v/85107032/file.html

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Side A - Christopher Merritt

Armed With Earth

Side B - Sound Out Light

Meridians

Daniel Bachman & Ian McColm - Taman Shud Feeding Tube...

Sun, 07 Apr 2013 12:59:00 -0400

Daniel Bachman & Ian McColm - Taman Shud

Feeding Tube Records (2012)

FTRCS107 - c30 Cassette

.MP3 - 320 kbps

.JPGs of front/back of Jcard and tape labels

http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?p3x6xkegut80ekn

http://www7.zippyshare.com/v/25490289/file.html

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Daniel Bachman - Guitars + Drones
Ian McColm - Drums + Drones

Side A

WRGOA

MLIAOI

BABD

MLIABO

Side B

STGAB

ITTMT

PANET

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Really wild improv here from the duo of Daniel Bachman and Ian McColm. If you are familiar with Daniel’s solo work, you’d never be able to expect what’s to come on this tape here. This is some of my favorite recordings associated with his prolific output and surely shows the wide tonal range that is possible with just an acoustic guitar. Free jazz, experimentation, an avant garde ‘mess’ in the best possible way.

Ian is such a great performer that there’s plenty of times where there is no discernible difference between the drums and guitar, it’s hard to tell which sounds are coming from which instrument.

“Taman Shud”, meaning ‘ended’ or ‘finished’ in Farsi, is the name of an unsolved murder case of Australia circa 1948. The tracklisting seems to come from undecipherable ‘code’ associated with the case.

Bermuda Link - Passed Lives Housecraft (2013) HR146 - c77...

Sun, 07 Apr 2013 12:59:00 -0400

Bermuda Link - Passed Lives

Housecraft (2013)

HR146 - c77 Cassette

.MP3 - 320 kbps

.JPGs of front/back of Jcard and tape labels

http://www7.zippyshare.com/v/59876542/file.html

http://www.mediafire.com/?31oerzvuecnacev

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Bermuda Link is Jeffry Astin and Josh Burke

Housecraft press release:

“A collection of choice, remastered excerpts from rare, limited tour tapes and cdrs circa Summer 2009. Improvisational explorations via Josh Burke (Sky Limousine, Bad Rep, etc..) and Jeffry Astin. All maps lead over and out. Whatever lurks there reports back in its native tongue which is wholly other and consistently impossible to reference. Another time, another place; lost within.”

Amjad Ali Khan - Music Of The Monsoon Odeon India...

Mon, 25 Feb 2013 15:16:05 -0500

Amjad Ali Khan - Music Of The Monsoon

Odeon India (1968)

SMOAE 179 - LP

.MP3 - 320 kbps

.JPGs of front and back cover

http://www.mediafire.com/?9htypg292rrw9vv
http://www69.zippyshare.com/v/55989894/file.html

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Amjad Ali Khan - Sarod

Side A

Raag Mian Ki Malhar Pt. 1 (20:15)

Side B

Raag Mian Ki Malhar Pt. 2 (19:59)

Pine Smoke Lodge - Eta Carinae Cloud Valley (2009) CV 98 -...

Mon, 25 Feb 2013 15:16:02 -0500

Pine Smoke Lodge - Eta Carinae

Cloud Valley (2009)

CV 98 - CDr

.MP3 - 320 kbps

.JPGs of front and back cover

http://www.mediafire.com/?ik28cer5juz4101

http://www69.zippyshare.com/v/73348019/file.html

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Pine Smoke Lodge - Matt McKeever & Hillary Dickerson

Untitled I (23:34)

Untitled II (9:39)

Untitled III (23:20)

Recent interview I did with Dying For Bad Music....

Fri, 22 Feb 2013 12:45:27 -0500

Recent interview I did with Dying For Bad Music. Design/music/etc///

You can stream the first half of the next Rag Lore album that’ll be coming out soon on their label - small CD edition, sometime in Spring 2013.

Thanks Marcus!

dyingforbadmusic:

The Poor Farm & Rag Lore of Matthew Russell Boteilho – Interview / american primitive, americana, folk, feature, interview / Dying For Bad Music

Smith Casey - The Library Of Congress RecordingsRecorded in 1939...

Wed, 20 Feb 2013 15:02:00 -0500

Smith Casey - The Library Of Congress Recordings

Recorded in 1939 by John A. Lomax

Commercially Released as “Library of Congress Vol. 4” (1942)

Catalog number 17-B-1

.MP3 - 320 kbps

.JPG of album boxset & .JPG of aerial photo of Clemens State Farm

http://www53.zippyshare.com/v/68872712/file.html

http://www.4shared.com/zip/ct31b7e-/Smith_Casey_-_The_Library_Of_C.html
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In the ’30s John A. Lomax was commissioned by the Library of Congress to collect recordings for their project called Archive of American Folk Song. Original intentions of this project obviously imply the goal to archive the vast American songbook of the early 20th century. But select recordings collected by John A. Lomax were later edited by his son Alan and released commercially as sets of 78rpm records. Born in 1895, Smith Casey was a prisoner at Clemens State Farm in Brazoria, Texas, an area just south of Houston. John Lomax came to the prison in 1939 to record for the Library of Congress project. It was there that he recorded a variety of choral work songs and then 11 solo performances of Smith Casey.

The Library of Congress originally typed his name as Cason Smith on their record of documentation, and later during commercial release changed his name to Smith Casey. It was found that Casey’s father’s surname was actually Smith, so it may be that this guitarists real name is Casey Smith. But as it goes, we may actually never figure out this mix up. No photos of Casey are known to exist either.

The commercial release of Casey’s music in Archive of American Folk Song series saw an inclusion of just a couple of his 1939 performances. The rest of his music was released on LP in 1979 when Flyright took on the task of doing a series specifically on the Library Of Congress recording sessions.

When asked who gave the best performance they ever saw, many traditional Country Blues players of the older generations would sometimes state a person who had never been recorded - commercially, in the field, or otherwise. Hearing Casey’s music here defiantly serves as a reminder that perhaps hundreds of great rural players were actually never heard outside of their locale or the places they performed - and thus were never recorded. The very idea that Lomax could have easily not recorded Casey during his visit to Clemens State Farm is a daunting thought.

Would’a been a huge shame if Lomax never visited Casey, as these 11 selections are some of the greatest country blues pieces I’ve heard; complete with perfect slide work, nimble finger work, and a massive voice. I’ve always preferred field recordings for their impromptu nature, and the ‘rawness’ as it were is pretty apparent in these recordings here. On ‘Jack o’ Diamonds’ you can hear Casey ask “Again!?” in such a way that we can imagine Lomax having difficultly with this recording equipment, asking Casey play this piece over and over again.

I especially love the instrumental ‘East Texas Rag’ for it’s slide work. ‘Santa Fe Blues’ is another favorite complete with bass string snapping and high note bends that sound much the melody lines in the traditional piece of ‘Vestapol’. ‘See That My Grave Is Kept Clean’ is referred to here as ‘Two White Horses Standin’ In Line’ and as such is what Flyright titled the LP release that featured these 11 Smith Casey recordings. Casey was paroled in 1945 and moved to Huntsville, Texas, dying of tuberculosis in 1950.
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 *** Re-up, Mediafire is cracking down now. For documentation and completionist sake, the mp3 file titled “East Texas Drag” is actually published as “East Texas Rag” and you may re-name the file after download.

Let me know if you run into errors -
info@poorfarmeditionspress.com

Daniel Bachman 12/22/2012 - 12/28/2012 Self released...

Mon, 28 Jan 2013 01:59:00 -0500

Daniel Bachman

12/22/2012 - 12/28/2012

Self released (2013)

CDr - 45min

.MP3 - 320 kbps

.JPGs of front/back cover and blank CDr

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Cdr distributed on January 2013 tour. Caught old buddy Daniel on his stop in Houston, Texas at the Avant Garden. Thankfully have been able to see him perform many times in Virginia and now in Texas, and as always puts on an awesome show. This tour was accompanied by drummer Ian McColm; who has backed Daniel on multiple releases and also put out a duo recording with Daniel called “Taman Shud” - a cassette release on Feeding Tube Records.

Ian performed his upcoming work “Virgin Skins”. Which was a great set of drums + electronics using massive screeches, drones, thuds, bells, yells, and rhythm. Daniel performed selections from his recent release on Tompkins Square, Seven Pines”.

This CDr is the first to feature Daniel on lap slide guitar. This recent tour saw him performing a new composition on it as well. “Nandina” is my personal favorite - choice cut, prime grade stuff here. Banjo player Charlie Devine accompanies Daniel on the bulk of these tunes.

Daniel will be back on the road in two weeks roaming through the west coast, be sure to catch him when he comes around. I’ll be looking forward to his upcoming show at SXSW where he will be sharing the bill with William Tyler and Harry Taussig. SXSW 2013 marks the very first live performance of Harry Taussig’s elusive guitar playing. Look out!

MV & EE - Terrastock Raga Heroine Celestial Agriculture...

Fri, 16 Nov 2012 00:16:29 -0500

MV & EE - Terrastock Raga

Heroine Celestial Agriculture (2011)

20min - CD

.MP3 - 320 kbps

.JPGs of front/back album sleeve and CD label

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MV & EE with Barnes, Willie, Doc, and Muscox

Recorded on 06/22/2008 at Terrastock 7

Tempera - 4.7.06/4.13.06 L’animaux Tryst Field...

Fri, 16 Nov 2012 00:16:00 -0500

Tempera - 4.7.06/4.13.06

L’animaux Tryst Field Recordings (2006)

LTFR 007 - c45 Cassette

.MP3 - 320 kbps

.JPGs of front/back sleeve, tape label, and personal note

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Tempera is Corinna Marshall and Nicholas Barker

Side A

4.7.06

Side B

4.13.06

Herbcraft - Flowering Julia Dream Recordings (2012) JDR 001 -...

Fri, 16 Nov 2012 00:16:00 -0500

Herbcraft - Flowering

Julia Dream Recordings (2012)

JDR 001 - c45 Cassette

.MP3 - 320 kbps

.JPGs of front/back Jcard and tape label

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Herbcraft is Matthew Lajoie

Side A

Turquoise

California Poppy

Journey To The Center Of Your Hive

Magic Carpet Ride Hallucination No. 4 (note: a must-hear freakout)

Sunset Glow

First Knock

Side B

Second Knock/Answer

Flowers Strewn

Psychic Spore Travellin’

Roll Away The Stone

Mannateas - Everglade Housecraft (2012) No. 139 - c40...

Sun, 11 Nov 2012 00:48:00 -0500

Mannateas - Everglade

Housecraft (2012)

No. 139 - c40 Cassette

.MP3 - 320 kbps

.JPGs of front/back Jcard and tape label

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Mannateas is Jeff Astin (Xiphiidae) and Sean McDonald (Heat Sureens)

Mastered by Sean Mccann

Side A

Sailes Set

Second Story

Clear Brush

Trouble

Side B

Owls Mess (feat. Arthur Roseales)

G Sweems/Tricorn and Queue - Split Housecraft (2012) No. 135 -...

Sun, 11 Nov 2012 00:43:00 -0500

G Sweems/Tricorn and Queue - Split

Housecraft (2012)

No. 135 - c26 Cassette

.MP3 - 320 kbps

.JPGs of front/back Jcard and tape label

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G Sweems is Kaisha King

Tricorn and Queue is Xiphiidae + Kane Pour

Side A

From A Great Distance

Red Delicious

Bayou

Side B

Mona Versa

Anthologie de la Musique Classique de l’Inde The Alain...

Tue, 02 Oct 2012 01:28:00 -0400

Anthologie de la Musique Classique de l’Inde

The Alain Danielou Collection (1962)

3 LP Boxset - 2.6 Hours Total

Ducretet-Thomson (320 C 096-7-8)

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Volume 1 LP

Volume 2 LP

Volume 3 LP

.MP3 - 320 kbps

.JPG of boxset cover & side A/B/C/D/E/F labels

.PDF of booklet (words in French, music notations & artist photos)

JPGs + PDF are found in the ‘Volume 1’ link

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Legendary collection of classical Indian artists and recordings. Alain Danielou traveled throughout North & South India during the 1950s to complete this documentation. This boxset is stated as the earliest long-playing overview of classical Indian music released in a western context.

Key landmark of this set is its feature of the first LP-length recorded duet between Ali Akbar Khan & Ravi Shankar; prior to which only a couple 78-issued recordings of their duets were scarcely heard in India. A highlight for me is the recording “Svara Mandala” by Svami D.R. Parvatikar. Here Parvatikar plays a dulcimer-type instrument called the Cimbalom; really beautiful sounds.. (and on another note matching something not unlike a dream where Tuluum Shimmering composes on the harp.) The vocal performances by the Dagar brothers are also my favorites; jump to track 16 for the “Alapa” performance.. slow, great big drone leanings.

This boxset was re-released in 1997 on CD by Auvidis in commemoration of Mr. Danielou who had passed away 3 years earlier in 1994. There’s a pretty good review on the discogs page for the CD re-release; I’ll include it below for some further details. But onward though - took a while to get this whole thing ripped but it’s a great one, enjoy!

Grumpiness writes:

“An exquisite compilation put together in honour of the cultural philanthropist Alain Danielou. When I first heard this album, my hair stood on end. I’m fairly familiar with the Indian Classical genre, but this was a whole new experience. The majority of the instrumental pieces are performed in the northern Indian style, which has taken some of its influence from the Mughal Empire and therefore has a more Middle Eastern flavour. The vocal performances are sung in the South Indian style, which was never touched by the Mughal Empire, and therefore draws more influence from Dravidian folk music. The effect of these vocal pieces is positively spine chilling. Being accustomed to the North Indian vocal style, I’m used to, (and reasonably fond of) the somewhat grandiose, melodramatic delivery of North Indian Ragas, especially when dealing with pieces which are designed to be a lament, or a dirge. The South Indian Ragas, by contrast, are performed cold. Surprisingly, having been stripped of the roller coaster vibrato, and overacted presentation of the Northern style, these songs come across as even more desolate. I can’t be sure if these Ragas were actually meant to be laments, because I don’t understand the language, (most of them are sung in Kannada, the regional language of Karnataka) but the loneliness, and haunting quality of the melodies is palpable, even though some of them are sung at a relatively fast tempo. I suspect some people may find the style a little disturbing.”

***I have an extra copy of this boxset. It’s an ex-library, overall G quality. Vinyl plays fine and has it’s fair share of hairlines, book cloth covered boxset is in good shape, no stains or rips, but the inside of the box is covered in hand-written library notes + check out dates. Reach me at shout@matthewrussellboteilho.com

Georgia Blues Today - Compilation Flyright (1981) FLY 576 -...

Mon, 10 Sep 2012 22:26:00 -0400

Georgia Blues Today - Compilation

Flyright (1981)

FLY 576 - LP

.MP3 - 320 kbps

.JPGs of front/back covers and A/B labels

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Side A

Cecil Barfield (William Robertson) - Love Blues

Cecil Barfield (William Robertson) - Baby Please Don’t Go

James Davis - Old Country Book

John Lee Ziegler - Poor Boy

John Lee Ziegler - John Henry

Jimmy Lee Williams - Hoot Your Belly and Give Your Backbone Ease

Jimmy Lee Williams - Shortening Bread

Side B

John Lee Ziegler - Used To Be Mine But Look Who Got Her Now

James Davis - James’ Boogie

Cecil Barfield (William Robertson) - My Babe

Cecil Barfield (William Robertson) - Hoochie Coochie Wagon

John Lee Ziegler - If I Lose Let Me Lose

James Davis - Good Morning Little Schoolgirl

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Really (really) great, late 70s, collection of field recordings from Georgia by George Mitchell & Dennis Coelko. One of my favorite country blues compilations I own. It was re-released by Fat Possum on CD and more recently, the majority of these tunes were featured on the Mississippi compilation “Sticks Over My Shoulder”. Any material by Cecil Barfield is gold, especially the song “Hoochie Coochie Wagon”. The John Lee Ziegler tracks have always been my go-to when spinning this record; his clean picking & voice + the mic picking up the children playing in the background… perfect stuff. Check out the liner notes by George Mitchell on the backside of the sleeve.

I originally found a copy (new & unplayed!) of this LP from 50 Miles Of Elbow Room a couple years back. Highly recommend checking out Adams store for rare country blues records & other ecstatic sounds.

POOR FARM EDITIONS PRESS About a week now, been putting together...

Mon, 10 Sep 2012 21:58:00 -0400

POOR FARM EDITIONS PRESS

About a week now, been putting together a copy
of the Old Rag Box for a recent order —
Took a small bunch of photos before sending it off.

Old Rag Mountain - A Box From The Field (PFST05)

www.poorfarmeditionspress.com

Matthew “Doc” Dunn - Church of the Transfiguration -...

Thu, 02 Aug 2012 15:17:00 -0400

Matthew “Doc” Dunn - Church of the Transfiguration - Part 1

Matthew “Doc” Dunn - Church of the Transfiguration - Part 2

Beniffer Editions (2008)

#10.26.79 - x2 cassette c45

.MP3 - 320 kbps

.PDF of 40 page silk screened art book

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Side A: Parts I-IV

Side B: Parts I-IV

Side C: Parts I-II

Side D: Parts I-III

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One of my favorite tapes of the past or so 5 years. Been outta print for a couple years now. I’d first heard Dunn’s playing with MV & EE and subsequently grabbed this tape after recognizing his name. Ever since I’ve really dug all his solo material, Peace Be Your Rider was the ‘follow-up’ to this x2 tape set, and he also had a few albums before ‘Church of the Transfiguration’ on Medusa and InYrDisk. Doc Dunn is also associated with the group Transcendental Rodeo who put out a great ‘Volume 1’ CDr on Beniffer Editions in 2009 and a recent 2011 release on Healing Power Records.

Tape 1 is a bit more over-arching in terms of crafting some perfect drone + steel string picking: singing bowls, eastern instruments, gamelan pounding, & ominous tones. Tape 2 goes into more minimal & abstract paths. Beniffer put together a booklet full of Doc Dunn’s photographs translated through bright layers of color and a silk screened process. I’ve scanned this whole book and packaged it as a PDF - it is present in ‘Part 1’ of the download.