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 best of 2007 !!! 
drag city (usa) #dc 349 lp

sir richard bishop “polytheistic fragments” long playing record

  • cross my palm with silver (4:02)
  • hecate's dream (3:21)
  • elysium number five (2:02)
  • rub' al khali (4:05)
  • free masonic guitar (4:58)
  • cemetery games (1:53)
  • quiescent return (2:48)

  • saraswati (10:48)
  • tennessee porch swing (1:57)
  • canned goods & firearms (5:15)
  • ecstasies in the open air (4:13)
september 2007 release; the second album this year alone from sun city girls’ sir richard bishop ...
drag city press release...
sir richard bishop
polytheistic fragments
dc349 lp/cd

is sir richard bishop just another virtuoso or something more powerful, like a magus or sorcerer? it’s hard to tell through the mystic fields that his playing always conjures — but we can hear enough in our somnolence to tell that he is a lord of guitar among the many greats, and that his first drag city release, polytheistic fragments, gathers the glittering slivers of his sound into a divine procession.

it goes without saying that polytheistic fragments is an instrumental release — who among us would want it otherwise? in the tradition of his classic debut, salvador kali, this new record features equal amounts of improvisation and composition. sir richard’s powers lie in his ability to captivate with just the sound of his guitar, but he doesn’t completely abandon studio processes, which allow polytheistic fragments to communicate a greater wholeness: all sir rick, all the time, if you will.

as a member of sun city girls and co-founder of the sublime frequencies label, sir richard bishop is a comfortable traveler in the vast landscape of ethno-musical tradition. we have come to expect a few solo acoustic guitar pieces with the gypsy stylings of his hero, django reinhardt — and as if to tenderize our consciousness and prepare it for the ride, “cross my palm with silver” meets and exceeds our expectations. “rub ‘al khali” is an ode to the oud, a northern african lute of sorts. on “free masonic guitar,” sir richard manifests free form acoustic playing wholly in his own style. peppering the mix are the sounds of electric guitar and lap steel guitar, bringing contrast and color. “hecate’s dream” is a dreamy praise to a dark greek goddess, but “tennessee porch swing” and “canned goods and firearms” switch gears to good old down home americana and country twang.

sir richard is renowned for his prowess and mastery with the guitar, but the piano playing on polytheistic fragments shows a fluid, meditative style. “saraswati” is a lengthy river piece bathed in hindustani serenity, while “cemetery games” is a short celebratory skeletal dance, with more light-heartedness than spook.

in a record with so many spirits, bishop fills in the space where necessary and rounds out the feeling with catchy tunes such as “elysium number five” and “ecstasies in the open air.” polytheistic fragments shows that the divinely inspired sir richard bishop cannot be contained in one form.

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folk
free-improvisation

drag city (usa) #dc 349 cd

sir richard bishop “polytheistic fragments” compact disc

  • cross my palm with silver (4:02)
  • hecate's dream (3:21)
  • elysium number five (2:02)
  • rub' al khali (4:05)
  • free masonic guitar (4:58)
  • cemetery games (1:53)
  • quiescent return (2:48)
  • saraswati (10:48)
  • tennessee porch swing (1:57)
  • canned goods & firearms (5:15)
  • ecstasies in the open air (4:13)
september 2007 release; the second album this year alone from sun city girls’ sir richard bishop ...
drag city press release...
sir richard bishop
polytheistic fragments
dc349 lp/cd

is sir richard bishop just another virtuoso or something more powerful, like a magus or sorcerer? it’s hard to tell through the mystic fields that his playing always conjures — but we can hear enough in our somnolence to tell that he is a lord of guitar among the many greats, and that his first drag city release, polytheistic fragments, gathers the glittering slivers of his sound into a divine procession.

it goes without saying that polytheistic fragments is an instrumental release — who among us would want it otherwise? in the tradition of his classic debut, salvador kali, this new record features equal amounts of improvisation and composition. sir richard’s powers lie in his ability to captivate with just the sound of his guitar, but he doesn’t completely abandon studio processes, which allow polytheistic fragments to communicate a greater wholeness: all sir rick, all the time, if you will.

as a member of sun city girls and co-founder of the sublime frequencies label, sir richard bishop is a comfortable traveler in the vast landscape of ethno-musical tradition. we have come to expect a few solo acoustic guitar pieces with the gypsy stylings of his hero, django reinhardt — and as if to tenderize our consciousness and prepare it for the ride, “cross my palm with silver” meets and exceeds our expectations. “rub ‘al khali” is an ode to the oud, a northern african lute of sorts. on “free masonic guitar,” sir richard manifests free form acoustic playing wholly in his own style. peppering the mix are the sounds of electric guitar and lap steel guitar, bringing contrast and color. “hecate’s dream” is a dreamy praise to a dark greek goddess, but “tennessee porch swing” and “canned goods and firearms” switch gears to good old down home americana and country twang.

sir richard is renowned for his prowess and mastery with the guitar, but the piano playing on polytheistic fragments shows a fluid, meditative style. “saraswati” is a lengthy river piece bathed in hindustani serenity, while “cemetery games” is a short celebratory skeletal dance, with more light-heartedness than spook.

in a record with so many spirits, bishop fills in the space where necessary and rounds out the feeling with catchy tunes such as “elysium number five” and “ecstasies in the open air.” polytheistic fragments shows that the divinely inspired sir richard bishop cannot be contained in one form.

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december 4th, 2009

first in stock on
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 best of 2007 !!! 
no-fi (uk) #narc 001 ep

sir richard bishop “plays the sun city girls” seven inch single record

  • space prophet dogon
  • esoterica of abyssnia
just fantastic - i’d been lamenting my oversight of this, the first release on the fledgeling no-fi label back in june 2006, as by the time i’d heard about it it was already unattainable... and in fact it is... ‘cept for the ‘rediscovery’ of some 100-odd copies at the pressing plant, ultimately leading to the scant few copies skimmed/put aside for mms.

again; this is long gone folks. rick bishop recorded live @ newcastle’s legendary morden tower (check yr 60s/70s poetry journals / 80s tnb discography) covering two chestnuts from the vast scg songbook. excellent stuff. yes; a tad on the pricey side, but better than no price at all...
no-fi press release...
sir richard bishop 'plays sun city girls' 7" (narc001)

first release in no-fi's archive series recorded live at morden tower, july 2005, and featuring scg classics from torch of the mystics: 'space prophet dogon', 'esoterica of abyssynnia" and a touch of 'the vinegar strokes'. live recording by andrew hodson.

released june 2006.

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march 15th, 2010

threads:
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electro-acoustic-composition
playback-music
sound-poetry

 best of 2010 !!! 
uzu audio (canada) #uzu 003 lp

messenger girls trio “the excelsior salon trio” long playing record

  • untitled (1) (13:49)
  • untitled (2) (4:17)

  • untitled (3) (2:17)
  • untitled (4) (2:09)
  • untitled (5) (7:24)
  • untitled (6) (1:09)
  • untitled (7) (5:01)
february 2010 release ; years-in-the-making, this, the second collaborative lp between sir richard bishop, the climax golden twins’ robert millis & jeffery taylor, and david knott is finally tangible ...

a mixture of cgt’s musique concrète / tape-manipulation tactics, gypsy-guitar flourish, sparse room-recorded free-improvisation, and even an honest-to-goodness song / vignette here & there, this one pushes the majority of my own buttons regarding factor / form ; easily my single favorite outing from all involved parties (esp. nice to hear bishop get going on some almost brian ruryk-ian free-gtr scrabble) ...

gorgeous lp edition c/o kris burwash’s uzu audio ; a hand-made screen-printed sleeve (detail of the gatefold below) comes with a photograph attached via metal bracket to the top front center of the cover ... lp itself is a 180g pressing, and is sounding marvelous ; highly recommended !!!
uzu audio press release...

messenger girls trio - excelsior salon trio

messenger girls trio … the excelsior salon trio ... comprised of sir richard bishop (by appointment to her majesty—what the old broad did to deserve that, we'll never know) and david knott (improvisationally board certified music therapist), in congress with robert millis and jeffery taylor (often known for their recreational duties in both climax golden twins and afcgt). the quartet last released a trio album in 2002 for the anomalous record label. or perhaps the trio released a quartet album. after that richard bishop toured. dave knott put people's minds back together or took them apart--it just depends on your point of view. climax golden twins devoured 78rpm records and other victrola favorites. meanwhile the quartet trio tape kept rolling—cassette players, digital devices, dictaphones, micro cassette, wire recorders, phonautographs, notes on paper.

edited from hours of material recorded between 2002 and 2008. mostly improvised in living rooms and on front porches. mostly in seattle: on goat hill, at the shabby greenwood grotto studio and at the sun city girls' cavernous blue west headquarters, may it rest in pieces. mostly with acoustic guitars and percussion. occasional insects were wrangled into the proceedings. layered. sliced. stretched. messed, tweaked, poked, prodded, beaten and slipped luxuriously onto a vinyl platter for your listing enjoyment and listening pleasure by the epicureans at uzu audio.

uzu003

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may 11th, 2010

first in stock on
february 19th, 2008

threads:
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minimalism-drones
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sound-poetry

 best of 2008 !!! 
ri be xibalba (usa) #bixobal 2 mag
bixobal (usa) #bixobal 2 mag

“bixobal number 2 • january 2008” magazine

  • uncle jim’s “foggy lake of swill”
  • rob millis’ talking machine
  • sir richard bishop
  • nothing lost is nothing gained
  • the tip of the iceberg
  • phil minton
  • robert haigh
  • partick marley’s “nickles and dimes”
  • reviews
second issue of the bixobal ‘zine, published by ri be xibalba (aka anomalous records founder & recording artist eric lanzillotta) ... can you believe this? an experimental music (fan) zine that keeps a regular, quarterly publication schedule? far-out ...

this time around we’re treated to article by & on the sun city girls, no-neck blues band, climax golden twins, charlie nothing, robert haigh / sema, phil minton, and jesse paul miller - plus tons of reviews of relevant music(s) ... and of course classified ads. again, the whole’s thing’s a joy to behold, from cover to cover, and is as essential a printed-word document as the sound projector. highly recommended !!!

note: the dimensions of this magazine are roughly 8.5” x 5.5” - i.e. a piece of letter-paper folded in half. it would be nice if you ordered this along with something of equal or larger dimensions; say a 10” or lp, just for convenience’s sake. not a problem if you don’t...
ri be xibalba press release...
bixobal is a magazine published by ri be xibalba.

issue 2 is out now and features:

  • uncle jim setting everyone straight on what words not use in record reviews
  • the second installment of climax golden twin rob millis' column "talking machine" in which he talks about 78 rpm records
  • part two of former sun city girl sir richard bishop's indian travelogue from this summer
  • keith nnck's charlie nothing obituary
  • an interview with robert haigh of sema, fote and the truth club
  • an interview with phil minton by canadian writer allan macinnis
  • jesse paul miller on his habit of collecting "bad" records
  • former muckraker publisher patrick marley talking about his latest listening in the column "nickels and dimes"
  • reviews of vinyl, cassettes, compacts discs, books and dvds, both new and old: angelblood, at jennie ritchie / vertonen, the beast, the beautiful schizophonic, sir richard bishop, adam bohman, karl bösmann, olivia block, carpet floor, christina carter, sylvain chauveau, the christian family underground, climax golden twins, comet iii, crappy nightmareville, dialing in, morton feldman, kon ichikawa, jackie-o motherfucker, jason kahn, keijo, mike khoury & will soderberg, goh lee kwang, mb | hue | fhievel, joe mcphee, alfredo costa monteiro, aaron moore, norbert möslang, mudboy, brendan murray & seth nehil, the nihilist spasm band / john chambers, opitope, gabriel paiuk / jason kahn, the pitchshifters, christian renou, replicock, ruth and marvin sackner, sarin smoke, michael shannon, steven r. smith, sun city girls, supersilent, tabata, tarantism, tashi lhunpo monastery, yoshi wada, walter & sabrina, trevor watts & jamie harris, zashiki warashi, @c & vitor joaquim, "danny dark records audio & video taster", "the great koonaklaster speaks: a john fahey celebration”, "molam: thai country groove from isan vol. 2", "proibidão c.v", "the u.s. vs. john lennon"
  • classified ads

56 pages, 5.5" by 8.5", 20 lb. paper, b&w; approximately 750 copies printed

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