Saturday, June 5, 2021

Phi-Psonics - Mama / Drum Talk (June 2021 Second Thoughts Records)

1. Mama (Trio Version) 04:43
2. Drum Talk 03:31

Mitchell Yoshida- Wurlitzer 200A electric piano
Sylvain Carton- Tenor Sax
Josh Collazo- Drums
Seth Ford-Young- Bass

All tracks composed by Seth Ford-Young (sewfoyomusic, ASCAP) except "Drum Talk" by Seth Ford-Young, Sylvain Carton (TZME Music, ASCAP) and Josh Collazo (Joshua Michael Collazo, ASCAP)
Produced, recorded, and mixed by Seth Ford-Young at Means of Production, Los Angeles, CA
Additional engineering by Yohei Shikano
Mastered by Myles Boisen at Headless Buddha Mastering , Oakland, CA

Phi-Psonics - Still Dancing / The Searcher (June 2021 Second Thoughts Records)

Recorded during the Spring 2020 lockdown, these two songs are a response to the Pandemic and the challenges faced by our families and communities. Second Thoughts Records and Nightnote Records teamed up to create a limited run 45 of the tracks "Still Dancing" and "The Searcher" with hand stamped sleeves. This will be a vinyl / Bandcamp digital only release.

1. Still Dancing 04:50
2. The Searcher 04:39

Mitchell Yoshida- Wurlitzer 200A electric piano
Sylvain Carton- Tenor Sax, Bari Sax, Flute
Josh Collazo- Drums
Seth Ford-Young- Bass

All tracks composed by Seth Ford-Young (sewfoyomusic, ASCAP)

Produced, recorded, and mixed by Seth Ford-Young at Means of Production, Los Angeles, CA
Additional engineering by Yohei Shikano
Mastered by Myles Boisen at Headless Buddha Mastering , Oakland, CA

Devin Gray - Melt All the Guns (feat. Ralph Alessi & Angelica Sanchez) June 2021 Rataplan Records

Melt All the Guns.

Dear friends and music supporters, I hope this note finds you well.

I am very happy to share this project with you. The music on this recording was composed during the fall of 2019 after several gun violence incidents took place. The increase of gun violence over the years and particularly in the United States has upset me so much that I need to speak out. Simply put, we need to expand awareness and work for a future free from gun violence. Today, June 4th is the 7th National Gun Violence Awareness Day. In the link below there are local events and resources including the Wear Orange Campaign that I recommend your involvement.

This trio recording features the incredible Ralph Alessi and Angelica Sanchez, which was luckily captured after we played some concerts in Canada and the States, and uniquely explores expressions of my feelings around those infuriating times albeit pre-pandemic. I hope you can support not only the impact of the song titles, but also all artists you know and love during these challenging times.

Lastly, as the reopening continues, please mark your calendars now as we will be celebrating the release of this music on July 9th in Brooklyn at the wonderful SoapBox Gallery with limited in person audience and live stream concert!

I truly hope to see you all soon!

My Best,

Devin Gray
1. Think About It 03:26
2. Jet Lag Party 03:35
3. Micro Waves 04:30
4. Melt All the Guns 04:31
5. Protect Our Environment 03:25

Ralph Alessi - Trumpet
Angelica Sanchez - Piano
Devin Gray - Drums & Compositions

Gregg Belisle-Chi and Tim Berne / Koi: Scoring & Performing the music of Tim Berne (June 2021 Screwgun Records)

The following are the scores used for the recording of Koi: Performing the music of Tim Berne. They were adapted for solo acoustic guitar in a number of ways. Some of them were rewritten from two staves (bass and treble, or treble and treble) to one. One of them was a handwritten score with chord symbols. But in all cases, they were at one time re-written and computerized by me, printed out, and penciled with notes, phrase lines, fingerings, reminders to call my mom, etc.

I think it was a really useful process, taking the original scores and rewriting them. It was the first step in making the music mine, in a way. Of course, I’m not taking credit for the compositional brilliance here. All credit of course goes to Tim in that regard. But in terms of finding my identity through in the music, it first started with taking some ownership in it.

At first, I thought about adding fingerings to the charts included here, as that was an invaluable tool for me in learning and digesting the music. But I don’t want to deprive you from having that experience, if that’s something you choose to pursue. Instead, I’ve included a few performance notes and anecdotes from my musical experiences over the years and, more specifically, in putting this set of music together with the help of Tim and David Torn.

On a personal note, 2020 was an extremely dark year, full of suffering and hardship worldwide. Even now, as I write this, things are getting better…but it feels like we’re still a ways away from enjoying life the way we used to. I found myself quite lost, musically speaking, during the middle of 2020. It wasn’t until I started transcribing Sacred Vowels, Tim’s solo saxophone record, that I found some kind of direction again. That project then turned into this project, which I’m very happy with and excited about. I consider myself extremely lucky that I was able to find some light in the darkness through Tim’s music.

I hope these pages illuminate something to you and sustains your musical life in some way, as they have for me, in more ways than I can say.

Gregg Belisle-Chi
Kingston, New York
April 8, 2021

1. Chance 05:51
2. Three Whisky Exception 03:58
3. Trauma One 04:56
4. Giant Squids 03:42
5. Huh:Brokelyn 06:35
6. Middle Seat Blues 03:16
7. Huevos 04:01
8. Reception 05:31
9. Starfish Blues 03:50
10. Sequins 02:32

Felippe Oliveira Group (2021)

Five instrumental tracks recorded in Cambui, Minas Gerais, Brazil in 2019

1. Garoa 05:31
2. Maria 03:58
3. Mimi 04:10
4. Rapa Do Tacho 04:08
5. Terrinha 05:02

Felippe Oliveira - Nylon String & Electric Guitars, Composer
Ze Eduardo Nazario - Drums
Daria Chernakova - Double Bass
JP Barbosa - Flute
Rubem Farias - Double Bass (on Maria)
Rodolfo Guilherme - Trumpet (on Maria)

Daniel Pereira - Sound Engineer
Juninho Costa & Andre Kbelo - Mix & Master

Marcelo Monteiro - Deyeh (June 2021)

Marcelo Monteiro, saxophonist from Sao Paulo, Brazil, releases his new album, Deyeh. On this album, he experimented with arrangements with flutes and saxophones, exploring the sound combining contemporary jazz, Brazilian rhythms, in a modern concept. The album was recorded remotely with each musician recording from their own home studio.

1. Kahkoon 03:25
2. Deyeh 06:24
3. Kitah 05:06
4. Linha 9 05:04
5. Hermetiza 05:11
6. Diflauta 04:20
7. Auabu 04:41

Marcelo Monteiro - Tenor, alto, soprano, bari saxophones and flute.
Daniel Amorin - Bass
Gustavo Souza - Percussions
Marcelo Castilha - Keyboards
Mauricio Caetano - Drums

Mixing by Fernando Narcizo