Unearthed Peter Brotzmann/Han Bennink recordings!

This Tuesday, Atavistic will release a 2xCD set of Peter Brotzmann and Han Bennink improvising in the Black Forest... literally. Recorded in the late '60s/early '70s, the two would set out into the woods at the end of winter and record duets in which Bennink, who didn't bring his drums, would play on trees and stones. Rarely am I one to be more interested in the the context of the recording, but unlike most who record in non-studio spaces, this sounds like the landscape is actually an integral part of the music. Hope I get to hear it because I've put myself on a one-month music-buying ban.

(Oh, and check this out:But when John Corbett played it at a festival in Athens, Georgia, a couple of years ago I was very surprised about the freshness of the music and the process we used to make it. That means they talked about the recording during the ACME Festival right here in Athens. I don't know what kind of convincing I need to do to bring that festival back.)

New Orbit may or may not be on tomorrow night due to a broken transmitter. We'll see. I have some Archie Shepp and the Pat Methany/Ornette Coleman Song X: Twentieth Anniversary (more on that later) I wanna spin.