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| | | doubtmusic (japan) #dm 113 cd masayuki takayanagi / new direction for the art “complete la grima” compact disc | march 2007 release of the complete version of the new direction for the art’s “la grima” (“tears”) suite, recorded live at the legendary genyasai festival in 1971...
at this stage takayanagi had stripped down his “unit” to a mere guitar / sax (the endlessy blaring kenji mori) / drums (the insanely propulsive hiroshi yamazaki) trio... all three are absolutely on fire throughout (take a listen to the sound-sample; keeripes - just a flat-out explosion of sound straight out the gate... no wonder there was an uprising...)
with each successive issue of takayangi’s work, we get a much clearer picture on just how remarkably ahead of his time he really was... this rivals any contemporary free-jazz/guitar-noise blow-out session. highly recommended. |
| | doubtmusic press release... |
| doubtmusic / dmh-113
takayanagi masayuki new direction for the art
complete "la grima"
takayanagi masayuki (guitar)
mori kenji (saxophone)
yamazaki hiroshi (percussion)
"la grima" (tears) was performed on august 14. 1971. at the genyasai festival in sanrizuka. japan. the first six minutes or so of this performance can be heard on the omnibus lp genya (released on co in 2004). six minutes is far too little time for such a rich. dense mass projection piece. however. and the excerpt served only to frustrate listeners. this co presents the complete. unedited version of the performance.
the genyasai was part of the anti-airport protest movement taking place at the time in sanrizuka. a district of narita city. and as such was not a music festival in the pure sense of the term. it isn't surprising, then. that the audience reacted violently against the "new jazz" of the time. of which takayanagi was the leading figure.
as if to slash through the audience's scornful. jeering reaction to takayanagi's opening remarks. the group launched into a fiercely convulsive performance. despite having a variety of objects thrown at them. takayanagi and the others kept on playing. they ended the performance to a storm of booing and shouts of "go home!"--further evidence that takayanagi's musical concept was over 30 years ahead of its time.
the tape of the complete performance, which had remained in takayanagi's home. made its way to doubtmusic via saitoh yasunori of jinya disc. for this release it was meticulously remixed and then mastered. thus. the performance of "la grima" by the newly-launched new direction for the art has been reborn in a fresher, more vivid form. |
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