SHIKU YANO. CHIEKO MUTSURRA. MARCIO MATTOS. EDDIE PREVOST - Sutton House, 1993

SHIKU YANO - shakuhachi
CHIEKO MUTSURRA - koto
MARCIO MATTOS - bass,cello
EDDIE PREVOST - percussion

1. 7:45  (SY.CM)
2. 5:56  (SY)
3. 15:20 (SY.MM.EP)
4. 7:15  (SY.MM)
5. 29:21 (SY.CM.MM.EP)

Sutton House, London.  July 1993

BBC Radio 3

AMM - Glasgow 2003

Wishing all AMMerry Christmas.

EDDIE PREVOST - percussion
JOHN TILBURY - piano
KEITH ROWE - guitar, electronics

1. 28:40

Instal Festival, Glasgow.  12th November 2003

BBC Radio 3 'Mixing It'

KUNIYOSHI-KUHN / MATTOS / PREVOST - EARLHAM STREET BREAKOUT 1989

AKEMI KUNIYOSHI-KUHN - piano
MARCIO MATTOS - double bass
EDDIE PREVOST - percussion

1. 29.25

Earlham Street Breakout at Donmar Warehouse, London.  30th July 1989

Listening to the ‘Handscapes’ LP (below) and enjoying it after many years, prompted me to dig out my old cassette recording of the same trio. Funny how it’s easy to dismiss a recording you’ve made because of one little wrong thing.  I always thought this was a dusty sounding old thing, recorded rather distantly from the music, up in the balcony. Transferring from tape today, I was pleasantly surprised.  With the dolby on it’s not too hissy, at one point a baby cries, but it sounds pretty good really.  Anyway if you enjoyed Handscapes, you might want to hear this.

Bozo rightly commented that Akemi once played with saxophonist Chris Green. Consulting an old copy of WIRE (issue 49 March 1988), they played together in Coherents, producing K’Tah (Prime Tapes) and Red Shift (Prime LP).  If anybody has these, it would be good to hear them. 

KUNIYOSHI-KUHN / MATTOS / PREVOST - HANDSCAPES

AKEMI KUNIYOSHI-KUHN - piano
MARCIO MATTOS - double bass
EDDIE PREVOST - percussion

1. Bird's eye view  15:28
2. Handscapes  6:47
3. In winter  13:40
4. Rise to the future  8:50

Recorded 9th August 1983  Leo Records LR143  LP

AMM - October Gallery 15.12.91 Set 2

AMM

EDDIE PREVOST, percussion
LOU GARE, violin, tenor sax
KEITH ROWE, guitar, electronics
JOHN TILBURY, piano

Second set  45:09

October Gallery, London.  15 December 1991

Maybe this only applies to non-drivers like myself, but have you ever been at a gig/concert when you know you have to leave by a certain time to catch the last train/bus and, as good as the music is, you’d like it to finish, but it doesn’t, it seems to go on forever, even when there was a natural obvious ending five minutes ago?  Well this gig wasn’t like that, not for me anyway. I was getting a lift from the wonderful girl who used to drive to most of the venues around England where I made the recordings I’ve been posting.  (Eternal thanks to her.) No, I was relaxed, knowing I could hear every last note, scrape and thrum.  But John Tilbury, on the other hand, needed to catch his train and left halfway through this second set.  Thus turning AMM into the Masters of Disorientation I suppose.

Thank you to the six people who kindly left a comment to set 1.  Your encouragement gives me a sense of purpose.

 

@Maready, Lou Gare was the opposite of a front-man.  He would stand, or walk around at the back of the rest of the group.  I only met him a few times but he came across as a very humble, gentle and thoroughly nice man.  It’s a shame we don’t hear more of him.  It’s well worth hearing the AMM albums made when it was just the duo of Prevost and Gare:  ‘At the Roundhouse’ (Anomalous Records) and ‘To Here and Back Again’ (Matchless Recordings).  Also his solo (tenor) album ‘No Strings Atttached’ (Matchless Recordings).  Obviously ALL the AMM albums are worth hearing.

Lou Gare on YouTube 

AMM - October Gallery 15.12.91 Set 1

AMM

EDDIE PREVOST, percussion
LOU GARE, tenor sax
KEITH ROWE, guitar, electronics
JOHN TILBURY, piano

Set 1.  39:34

October Gallery, London.  15 December 1991

DEREK BAILEY and EDDIE PREVOST. 2002

DEREK BAILEY, guitar
EDDIE PREVOST, percussion

1. 35:07

291 Gallery, Hackney, London.  20 August 2002.

Thanks to Gus for this please.

EDDIE PRÉVOST - solo "ULRICHSBERG, 2000"

Eddie Prévost, percussion

1. >Concert< 41:52

Recorded April 28, 2000 at the Jazzatelier, Ulrichsberg, Austria.

Note: do not let you irritate by the lone clasper at 16:20 ;-)
Silence at the beginning of the CD is part of the concert.

DUNMALL - MATTOS - PREVOST. 1997

PAUL DUNMALL,  tenor sax
MARCIO MATTOS,  bass
EDDIE PREVOST,  drums

1. 47:26

Spitz, London.  25th September 1997

EDDIE PREVOST - JOHN STEVENS DOUBLE TRIO. 1978

Old cassette of radio broadcast transferred by Gus.  Thanks to him.

LOU GARE, tenor sax
MARCIO MATTOS, bass
EDDIE PREVOST, drums
TREVOR WATTS, soprano and alto sax
BARRY GUY, bass
JOHN STEVENS, drums

1. Charles Fox introduction  2:10
2. EARJOB  28:34

Recorded by BBC, London.  2nd August 1978

BBC Radio 3 'Jazz in Britain' broadcast 28th August 1978

AMM ,Teatro Antonianum,Padova Italy, 3-4-1998, AUD

AMM

Padova, IT

03 April 1998

Teatro Antonianum

Seeder/Tapers notes

"Fine concert of ten years ago by this most classic English improvising ensemble, then in its trio format."

Keith Rowe — guitar, radio

John Tilbury — piano

Eddie Prévost — percussion

sound quality: AUD B+ [59:55](initial few seconds missing)

DAT tape to CDR > EAC > FLAC

checksum file by Trader's Little Helper 

tricko bag o' tricks > august 2008

Thanks to Tricko!

Enjoy !!... and be sure to check out the Matchless Catalogue, again difficult to recommend single AMM albums, its all so good...

my personal favourites are , the complete live at the Crypt, AMM music, the Inexhaustible document, and Newfoundland... an entirely subjective proposition , based on rotation 

,

AMM,venue unknown, London 03.02.1970

03.02.1970
unknown venue, London, UK
unidentified stereo source* > CDR > hard drive (via EAC) > flac (level6) > dime

line-up*(Uncertain)
Lou Gare: sax, violin
Keith Rowe: g,eletr,radio
Cornelius Cardew: p,cello
Eddie Prevost: perc
Christopher Hobbs: perc

1. free improvisation (40:35)
(fades in + cuts out)


Seeder/Tapers-*notes:
- source:
"I received this as "SB", though I'm not sure the overall acoustic ambience of this recording really is the one of a SB-source.
- line-up & instrumentation:
Given above is the line-up the factsheet in "The Crypt"-box lists as the regular one for 1970. At some point in the history of this particular recording, the exact line-up hasn't been passed along, it seems. So this is a little speculative (is there really a second percussionist, Christopher Hobbs, audible?)
The instrumentation above is according to "The Crypt", so maybe not up-to-date for the group's point of development at this time (and I find it hard to clearly identify Gare's contributions)."

AMM. London Lighthouse, 1989

This was the first time I saw AMM and it had a great effect on me. Some of that being a confirmation that sound didn't have to be music as such to convey emotion, and be an uplifting and enlightening experience.  The concert took place in the London Lighthouse, a centre for people affected by HIV and AIDS.  The whole thing was of great sensitivity, beauty and I suppose a touch of melancholy.

Take time to listen.  Let me know what you think.

For Sotise, a big AMM fan.

AMM

LOU GARE, tenor sax, violin
IAN MITCHELL, clarinet, bass clarinet, wood flute, bicycle pump
KEITH ROWE, guitar, electronics, radio
JOHN TILBURY, piano
EDDIE PREVOST, drums, percussion

1. 46:39
2. 46:36

at the London Lighthouse, London.  7th October 1989

MASTERS OF DISORIENTATION

MASTERS OF DISORIENTATION

LOU GARE, tenor sax, violin
EDDIE PREVOST, drums, percussion
KEITH ROWE, guitar, electronics, radio

1. First set  46:22
2. Second set  46:06

Midlands Arts Centre, Birmingham.

25th February, 1990

EDDIE PREVOST - 50th Birthday Gig

EDDIE PREVOST QUARTET

EDDIE PREVOST, drums
LARRY STABBINS, tenor sax
VERYAN WESTON, piano
MARCIO MATTOS, bass

1. Improvisation  36:25

Vortex, London.  20th June 1992

For Vitko.

If you don't already know it, the cd CONTINUUM + (Matchless) is highly recommended.

Sakada Askatuta-(Prevost,Mattin,Erkizia)-RHCD-14,2004

Chewy slice of Electro Acoustic Improv.. lyrical in its Craggy way... featuring Basque activist /Improviser Bricoleur Mattin , with .. a few friends , one being AMM co founder , composer ,improviser ,Jazz drummer-Eddie Prevost.

Xavier Erkizia a like minded Spanish Improviser/sound Artist...

those who like Free floating Noise, dirty Sculpted Ambient Feedback ..and AMM, should enjoy this...cdr on the Australian Rhizome Label.

Sakada Askatuta
Eddie Prevost- Percussion
Mattin, Laptop feedback
Xavier Erkizia- Accordion, computer


Recorded 22nd of August-2003, at Arteleku Donosti
RHCD-14 The rhizomelabel, Australia
Anyone interested in Mattin's work can find more downloads completely Gratis , in Flac and Ogg.. on Mattin's own website.. here
here's a link to some Rhizomelabel, product via Mimaroglu music sales.

ENJOY!

EDDIE PRÉVOST BAND "NOW-HERE-THIS-THEN..." (SPOTLITE, 1976)

This the earliest known (to me) non AMM recording from Eddie Prévost.
Joined by Marcio Mattos on bass and two remarkable musicians - Geoff Hawkins and
Gerry Gold.
You can hear this group also on a cd which is still available on Matchless :
http://matchlessrecordings.com/live-eddie-prevost-band

It's worth every penny and more!




Geoff Hawkins, tenor saxophone
Gerry Gold, trumpet & fluegelhorn
Marcio Mattos, bass
Eddie Prévost, drums

1. 'Now' 23:12
2. 'Here' 06:11
3. 'This' 05:04
4. 'Then' 08:31

Recorded at the ICA Theatre, London on September 5, 1976.

SPOTLITE SPJ 505

(vinyl rip)