Taj Mahal Travellers C/D

August 1974, even

There's an auction for the P-Vine reissue on eBay right now. I rarely see it listed beyond overpriced Buy It Nows.

Is Violin Solo worth tracking down? Julian Cope hates it but he hates most of what I love. Kosugi's Violin Improvisations 1989 is really great but would fall in the "any works" that Kawabata writes off above.

Be nice if someone could be bothered to reissue this stuff outside of Japan at some point.

Violin Solo is pretty enjoyable. I'm listening to it now because of this thread. I wouldn't have shelled out cash for it, though. I found it way underpriced at Footlight Records (RIP).

I'll trade you a CDr for those force spikes ;)

xp

3.0 out of 5 stars Not anything like "Catch Wave",or TMT...., October 19, 2007
By T. Hardin
If you purchase this expecting anything remotely like Kosugi's "Catch Wave",or anything like Taj Mahal Travellers for that matter,you will be sadly disappointed.This is indeed a violin solo,with little(if any) discernable sound processing/effects.I feel like im being generous with the 3 star rating,as this kinda blows - hoping i'll "get it" with repeat listens,but right now I would recommend this to completists ONLY.Hunt down "Catch Wave" instead.That is his masterpiece!

^^ amazon review.

Dunno why the P Vine reish should be going for crazy prices cos afaik its still in print - as I say, Volcanic Tongue pretty much always have it in stock (along w/ Violin Solo and a complete, semi-legit OZ DAYS)

I have August 1974 in stock for $34 new, great record:

http://www.erstwhilerecords.com/distro.html

^^^wow that's a steal.

http://blog.wfmu.org/freeform/2011/11/the-taj-mahal-travellers-tour-film.html

while it lasts:
ebay item # 150680914198
takehisa kosugi's "catch wave" cd new sealed @ £4.99 - today - more than 10 available.

I like Catch Wave about 10x more than any TMT albums... and I like those albums A LOT!

http://blog.wfmu.org/freeform/2011/11/the-taj-mahal-travellers-tour-film.html

― Fig On A Plate Cart (Alex in SF), Friday, November 18, 2011 10:36 AM

kewl

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august 1974 > "catch wave" >>>> july 1972 >>>>>>>> july 1971

not really drone but i would also recommend "improvisation sep. 1975" which has kosugi playing with toshi ichiyanagi and michael ranta ... more of a free improv noise sort of thing along the lines of musica elettronica viva, nurse with wound, the spaciest end of can, etc but w/ that magical kosugi vibe running throughout

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0201q89

Thanks, will try later.

RIP Takehisa Kosugi.

:-(

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lqdPZbylvPU

RIP. Glad to see that link I posted above is still live - it was a terrific performance.

Oh no, RIP.

Tomomi Adachi posted a handful of wonderful Kosugi appearances on late 80's pop music records I'd never heard before

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dMHeIWU2GMA&feature=youtu.be&t=732&fbclid=IwAR1oYBCPIMBSGHL7l4ScOnSK4F9rMLqy0rAYgdgIOVKKN6CdIam-IZ0d4i0

Morio Agata (あがた森魚) - El jaguar del bandoneon (full album), solo kicks in around 12:00 - if you like Miharu Koshi circa Boy Soprano

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4JhUs6OQIvY

Ayuo with Takehisa Kosugi - Birds of Paradise

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KADnnuEKCoQ

Riri Shimada + Takehisa Kosugi - Gnossiennes No. 1 - No. 5, one of the only Satie recordings Satie would have loved

my morning's spree playlist was

Group Ongaku 1960-61 (astounding. co-founder Yasunao Tone pointed out the importance of Shukou Mizuno doing the crazier feedback bursts on these sessions)
Taj Mahal Travellers - Sound Picnic At Kuwanichika - 1977 bootleg, room recording with not much low end is the only reason this doesn't compete with August 1974; it's the same thing, but three years deeper
Kosugi - Catch Wave '97 - high fidelity room recording also sacrifices low end but the last half audibly packs in decades

Sound Picnic At Kuwanichika is on youtube as live Tokyo 1977

Sad news, but listening to July 5, 1972 right now which softens the blow somewhat into a pillow of drone

Well, the nearest thread I could find to post this.

rest in peace toshi ichiyanagi

(john cage, buddha, ichiyanagi, david tudor) pic.twitter.com/i1DJ0EM2vm

— callahan (@IRCAM_official) October 8, 2022

RIP