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"This was the much anticipated final set of Keith Rowe's week in NYC, following five duo sets with various collaborators. It took place on the 10th anniversary of 9/11, and the Manhattan atmosphere was uniquely charged. As he almost always does, Rowe rose to the challenge of the occasion, creating a moving, dense, and virtuosic set in the lineage of his 2004 set with Burkhard Beins in Berlin (ErstLive 001) and his 2008 solo set in Tokyo (ErstLive 007). The recording quality is remarkable, both recorded and mastered by Taku Unami for maximum impact, this is truly a special recording."
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"This was the 10 PM set on 9/11/11, and makes for a perfect pair with the Rowe solo -- two very different extremes. Where the Rowe set is in your face visceral, Unami and Malfatti created a gentle atmosphere within the pitch-black room (lit solely by Unami's visuals) and an overarching cumulative feeling in the listener. The too-perfect-to-be-scripted intro and outro frame a set that's almost not there, a radical recording even by ultra-minimal standards."
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EL 009CD
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"In September 2011, Erstwhile producer Jon Abbey was invited to curate two weeks of shows at John Zorn's legendary Manhattan venue The Stone, which he used as an opportunity to invite many of his favorite musicians from Japan, Europe and the US to perform. Four of those thirty-five sets will now be available in the ErstLive series. This world premiere piece, written by German composer (and Wandelweiser founder) Antoine Beuger specifically for this festival and these musicians (Ben Owen, Barry Chabala and Dominic Lash) and dedicated to Abbey, opened the first night of the festival, setting a fantastic tone and high standard for the weeks of music to follow."
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EL 010CD
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"In September 2011, Erstwhile producer Jon Abbey was invited to curate two weeks of shows at John Zorn's legendary Manhattan venue The Stone, which he used as an opportunity to invite many of his favorite musicians from Japan, Europe and the US to perform. Four of those thirty-five sets will now be available in the ErstLive series. This set was the first ever full-length duo set from these two longtime masters, bringing Rowe together with one of his early influences, New York School stalwart and John Cage collaborator Christian Wolff. This show coincidentally occurred on September 4, ending after 11 PM, so almost precisely one year before Cage's 100th birthday."
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ERSTSOLO 003CD
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"Songs About Nothing is the third in the ErstSolo series after Keith Rowe's The Room and Toshimaru Nakamura's maruto, and is the first double CD on the imprint. Songs About Nothing essentially contains two independent powerhouse releases (Trophy Tape and Road Test) from the ever reliable Lescalleet. Two of his strongest discs ever, bundled for a semi-bargain price."
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ERST 066CD
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"Crosshatches was composed, recorded and assembled by Tsunoda and Pisaro over a period of 14 months, as a single 85 minute work in eight sections."
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ERST 065CD
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"Andrea Neumann-inside piano, mixing board; Bonnie Jones-electronics."
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ERST 063CD
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"For this album Greg Kelley plays trumpet and Olivia Block plays electronics and piano."
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ERST 064CD
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"Jerome Noetinger plays tape machine Revox, and electronics; Will Guthrie plays drums, percussion, microphones, and electronics."
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ERSTSOLO 002CD
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"Recorded in Tokyo in January 2011, this is the long-awaited ErstSolo from Nakamura, which he's been working on for the last two years."
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