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December 1, 2009: special: LAFMS retrospective joined by Rick Potts, Tom Recchion, Joe Potts, Fredrik Nilsen, Dennis Duck, and Vetza Trussell, plus live set from AIRWAY
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Clockwise: Airway live at Gramercy Theater NYC (pic Danny Gromfin), Danny Gromfin, Tom Recchion, Rick Potts, Dennis Duck, BT, Joe Potts @ WFMU, Rick Potts + guitar, Tom & Rick in session (pix BT)
| Artist | Track | Album | Comments | New | Approx. start time |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tom Recchion | Jazz 2,000 A.D. Part 3 | Various: LAFMS: The Lowest Form of Music | 0:00:00 ( ) | ||
| Airway | Perpendicular Thrust | Various: Darker Scratcher | 0:03:18 ( ) | ||
| South Pasadena Free Music Ensemble | Live Garfield Park 1977 | Various: Blorp Essette | 0:06:10 ( ) | ||
| Tom Recchion | Martin Denny In Spain | Various: LAFMS: The Lowest Form of Music | 0:10:20 ( ) | ||
| Tom Recchion | Mother | Various: LAFMS: The Lowest Form of Music | 0:18:32 ( ) | ||
| Le Forte Four | Amazing Three | Various: LAFMS: The Lowest Form of Music | 0:19:54 ( ) | ||
| Le Forte Four | Japanese Super Heroes (live Century City Playhouse) | Various: LAFMS: The Lowest Form of Music | 0:23:29 ( ) | ||
| Rick Potts | Ode to Archeopterx | Various: Blub Krad | 0:27:56 ( ) | ||
| The Doo-Dooettes | (Twenty-Four) | Live at the Brand | 0:29:21 ( ) | ||
| Dinosaurs With Horns | Merge | Dinosaurs With Horns | 0:32:52 ( ) | ||
| Dinosaurs With Horns | On Her Moonshiner (live on KXLU 2000) | Return of the Disco-Aristo-Sarcophagus | 0:35:56 ( ) | ||
| The Pablums | Under My Gums | Various: Blorp Essette | 0:45:54 ( ) | ||
| Ju Suk Reet Meate | Short Wave | Solo 1978 + 1979 | 0:49:03 ( ) | ||
| Fredrik Nilsen | Insecticide | Assemblee General | 0:51:55 ( ) | ||
| Human Hands | Crazy | Human Hands | 0:54:40 ( ) | ||
| Paul Is Dead | Jasper Johns | Various: LAFMS: The Lowest Form of Music | 0:59:53 ( ) | ||
| Rick Potts | Sum Of Time | Labyrinthitis | * | 1:10:01 ( ) | |
| Airway | Live in the WFMU Studios | Engineered by Mark Triant | Formed in the early 1970's, the Los Angeles Free Music Society was a collective of experimental artists and musicians that produced a gushing river of output (well-documented in Cortical Foundation's 10CD box set in the late 90's) with severe dedication to anything-goes sound invention. Groups like the Doo-Dooettes, Le Forte Four, Solid Eye, Extended Organ, Smegma and others delved into free jazz utilizing homebuilt instruments, junkyard noise and bizarre live antics that melded with the L.A. punk explosion (and in many cases excelled its extremities). In the 1980's the LAFMS scene directly fed the fledgeling noise scene of Japan, with one group in particular, Airway, providing direct inspiration for the Hanatarash and Hijokaidan. On today's show, Brian welcomes Airway to the studio for a live set and overview of the history of the LAFMS, with key players Tom Recchion, Dennis Duck, Rick Potts, Joe Potts, Fredrik Nilsen and vocalist Vetza Trussell in house! Airway also played at the Mike Kelley-curated noisefest for Performa at the Gramercy on November 21st! More info: www.lafms.com. Thanks to everyone for coming out to the station, and special thanx to Danny Gromfin and Mark Triant for the assist. | 1:18:14 ( ) | |
| Airway | Interview in the WFMU studios (Part 1) | Tom Recchion, Rick Potts, Joe Potts, Fredrik Nilsen, Dennis Duck, Vetza Trussell | 1:41:52 ( ) | ||
| The Doo-Dooettes w/ Keiji Haino | Blueprint for the Shimmering Quivers of the Deep Purple Ultraviolet Tuning Fork (excerpt) | Free Rock | 1:55:03 ( ) | ||
| Dennis Duck | Chatter-Walk/Miracle Zone | Dennis Duck Goes Disco | 2:00:22 ( ) | ||
| Le Forte Four | Excerpts | Bikini Tennis Shoes | 2:03:12 ( ) | ||
| Chip Chapman | Getting Ahead/Orbit/Painting the Roses Red | Various: LAFMS: The Lowest Form of Music | 2:06:54 ( ) | ||
| Le Forte Four | Keep That Point Up / 4000 Holes in Blackburn, Lancashire | Various: LAFMS: The Lowest Form of Music | 2:07:49 ( ) | ||
| Smegma | DIfference | Various: LAFMS: The Lowest Form of Music | 2:11:15 ( ) | ||
| The Doo-Dooettes w/ John Duncan | Live on Close Radio (excerpt) | Various: LAFMS: The Lowest Form of Music | 2:14:49 ( ) | ||
| Airway | Interview in the WFMU studios (Part 2) | Tom Recchion, Rick Potts, Joe Potts, Fredrik Nilsen, Dennis Duck, Vetza Trussell | 2:19:22 ( ) | ||
| Vetza | 1st of 5 | Various: Blub Krad | 2:36:06 ( ) | ||
| Charles Waserburg | My Skateboard High | Various: Blorp Essette | 2:38:35 ( ) | ||
| Quaternium 15 | Ruk, Connie & Hans | Various: Blorp Essette | 2:40:35 ( ) | ||
| Monique | Bathroom | Various: LAFMS Emergency Cassette | 2:43:46 ( ) | ||
| Tom Recchion | A Complex Shape in the Sky | Chaotica | 2:44:28 ( ) | ||
| Decayes | Dancehall | Various: LAFMS Emergency Cassette | 2:47:44 ( ) | ||
| Rick Potts | Squirrel Proof Man | Various: LAFMS : The Lowest Form of Music | 2:50:43 ( ) | ||
| Solid Eye | Satie Bongos | Various: LAFMS: The Lowest Form of Music | 2:52:44 ( ) | ||
| Wild Man Fischer & Smegma | The Party's Over | Sing Popular Songs | 3:00:41 ( ) |
Tue. 12/1/09 3:07pm
Jeff from St.Paul:
LETS GET BUSY!
Tue. 12/1/09 3:13pm
Steve:
Freeform? I'm glad he told me.
Tue. 12/1/09 3:18pm
barney:
I wish Garfield Park were still that lively. I grew up in pasadena/s. pasadena and had no idea about the musical history I missed. Poo-bah got plenty of my $$ for used LPs.
Tue. 12/1/09 3:25pm
m:
"big ups" to rick potts for crafting "carousel of progress" -- great stuff.
Tue. 12/1/09 3:30pm
Steve:
Just returned to So. Cal from a visit to Mt. Shasta and thought of the mystery of Zappa and Beefheart growing up in the same Lancaster Palmdale area. It really is desolate out there ... I mean nothing
Tue. 12/1/09 3:41pm
J-Mar:
Awesome show so far. Just hope I don't wind up in a meeting when the live set comes on!
Tue. 12/1/09 3:52pm
dkc:
Great just what I needed before my dentist appointment.
Tue. 12/1/09 4:38pm
slugluv1313:
hi Brian! i am LOVING this retrospective of the LAFMS! (yup i still have that "Darker Scratcher" LP too)
Tue. 12/1/09 4:39pm
Dubin:
Airway is killer so far!!! Way more "Neu" than I expected. Wicked.
Tue. 12/1/09 4:44pm
slugluv1313:
amazing stuff, so glad to hear/know that music/art/soundz like these are still being CREATED!!!
Tue. 12/1/09 5:14pm
slugluv1313:
any information about MONITOR (of "Beak"/Pet Wedding" fame)???
Tue. 12/1/09 5:15pm
Dean C. Rowan:
Meanwhile, the Kipper Kids were killing 'em in LA.
Tue. 12/1/09 5:17pm
Dean C. Rowan:
The same Smegma with which Richard Meltzer played?
Tue. 12/1/09 5:23pm
danny g:
slugluv1313 check out http://www.worldimitation.com/ - a work in progress...
Tue. 12/1/09 5:30pm
slugluv1313:
thanx, danny! did a search earlier and found that website -- not a whole lot of information, though, as to what they are all doing now . . .
Tue. 12/1/09 5:37pm
danny g:
slugluv1313 - email me directly at info@lafms.com and I'll try to fill you in
Tue. 12/1/09 5:50pm
pauldepiperssoninpurgatory:
what a beautiful piece of music, the last of tom recchion. thx tom and thx brian for playing it. sounded like aphex twin ambient works 2.
Tue. 12/1/09 5:54pm
Ike:
Agreed; also reminded me of (christ.) and Boards of Canada.
Tue. 12/1/09 5:58pm
slugluv1313:
thanx danny! will do!
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