Borbetomagus (band)

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Borbetomagus (1999)

Borbetomagus is an American improvisation ensemble of noise , which is considered to be the pioneer of aggressive improvised noise music.

history

The group was formed in 1979 when saxophonists Jim Sauter and Don Dietrich met guitarist Donald Miller . The trio named themselves rather coincidentally after the Celtic name of Worms . It received no exchange with other musicians of the New York noise scene, for example with John Zorn , but has been recording with improvisation musicians from the European scene such as Tristan Honsinger , Peter Kowald or Hugh Davies since 1980 . In 1984 it made its first appearance in Europe; it played at the Leipzig Jazz Days and had a joint appearance with the Swiss duoVoice crack ; later two recordings were made with this duo. In the late 1980s, the group worked as a quartet with bassist Adam Nodelman. The group temporarily expanded its instruments to include the accordion , glass harmonica and harp . In 2006 the ensemble performed together with Hijokaidan at the Canadian Festival International de Musique Actuelle de Victoriaville .

Sauter and Dietrich often place the opening of their saxophones against each other when playing. The group has influenced American bands and musicians such as Sonic Youth , Pelt , Thomas Ankersmit and Kevin Drumm . Filmmaker Jef Mertens portrayed the group in his film Borbetomagus: A Pollock of Sounds (2016).

The Borbetomagus Brass (2014)

Discography

  • Borbetomagus (Agaric 1980)
  • Work on What Has Been Spoiled (Agaric 1981, with Hugh Davies)
  • Borbetomagus (Agaric 1982, with Brian Doherty)
  • At In Roads (Sound Cluster 1982, Cause & Effect, PSF PSFD-19 1993)
  • Industrial Strength ( Leo LR113 1983, with Honsinger, Toshinori Kondō , Kowald and Milo Fine)
  • Barbed Wire Maggots (Agaric 1983)
  • Borbeto Jam (Cadence CJR 1026)
  • Zurich (Agaric 1984)
  • Bells Together (Agaric 1985)
  • New York Performances (Agaric 1986)
  • Live in Allentown (LowLife LL02 1986, Agaric 1998, with Adam Nodelman)
  • Seven Reasons for Tears (Purge Sound League 027, Agaric 1993, with Adam Nodelman)
  • Barbetomagus & Voice Crack Fish That Sparkling Bubble (Agaric 1987 / Uhlang Production UP 06 with Andy Guhl , Norbert Möslang , Adam Nodelman)
  • Snuff Jazz (Agaric 1988, 1990)
  • Barefoot in the Head (Forced Exposure 1990) with Thurston Moore
  • Barbetomagus & Voice Crack Asbestos Shake (Agaric 1989, Uhlang Production UP 08, V-Records V2 with Andy Guhl, Norbert Möslang, Knut Remond)
  • Buncha Hair That Long (Agaric 1990)
  • Borbetomagus & Shaking Ray Levis Coelacanth (Agaric 1991)
  • Experience the Magic (Agaric 1992)
  • L'Atlas Des Galaxies Etranges (Non Mi Piace NMPR 01 OK, 1993)
  • Live in Tokyo (Alchemy ARCD 1997)
  • Songs Our Mother Taught Us (Agaric 2003)
  • Borbetomagus & Hijokaidan Both Noise Ends Burning (Disques Victo 2007)
  • Borbetomagus à Go Go (Agaric 2009)
  • The Rape of Atlanta (Unlabeled 2010)
  • Trente Belles Années (Agaric 2012)
  • Vole Lotta Love (Tyyfus / Verdura 2013)
  • The Eastcote Studios Session (Dancing Wayang 2016)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Borbetomagus at Allmusic (English)
  2. ↑ Interview (Paris Transatlantic)
  3. ^ Dick Soulsby: Thurston Moore: We Sing a New Language . Omnibus Press, 2017
  4. ↑ Film announcement
  5. ↑ Industrial Strength at Allmusic (English)