May: I Come Again - Mish Mash

On October 4, 2016 I shared a release by Alan Bishop (Alvarius B) here. Al B is one of the founding members of Sun City Girls, a band that I hold in high esteem. I've also shared several by the other surviving Bishop brother & Sun City Girl, Sir Richard here & here.

Sun City Girls was formed in Phoenix, AZ in 1981 by multi-instrumentalist brothers Alan & Richard Bishop with their friend, drummer Charlie Gocher. Gocher died on February 19th, 2007 after a long battle with cancer at the age of 54. The Bishop brothers continued together as Brothers Unconnected. Both also have extensive solo careers as well as numerous varied side-projects. 

 

Alan runs Abduction & Sublime Frequencies labels. He has travelled extensively including long stays in Indonesia & Egypt. He has been in over a dozen groups & has released solo material as Alan Koeswoyo, Uncle Jim, Hitman Kong Thep, & Alvarius B.

Here's one from Alvarius... 

 

Alvarius B - Baroque Primitiva, Abduction ABDT046, 2011.
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The Dinner Party    
Mussolini's Exit    
Humor Police
You Only Live Twice
Face to Face With a Couple Axes    
Well Known Stranger
Naturally Absolute    
Funny Thing Is...    
3 Dead Girls
Like That Madri Gal    
God Only Be Without You

 

 

 

 

In the early 2010s, Alan formed a band based in Cairo, Egypt amidst mysterios circumstances. The band is called El Ayadi El Kafeyya (or The Invisible Hands). The band consists of Alvarius B with     Adham Zidan, Cherif El Masri, Magued Nagati, & Aya Memeda.

This is their second offering from 2014. Here they are joined by Eyvind Kang, Mohamed Asem, Mohamed Ibrahim, & Sammy Sayed..

 

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The Invisible Hand - Teslam, Abduction ABDT054, 2014.

Invisible Hands    
Slaughterhouse    
Places    
Over Easy    
Eyes in the Back of Your Head    
Weasel Down    
The Great Implosion    
The Blaze    
Spaces    
Priests & Poets    
Carrion

 

 

 

 

 

Brother Richard Bishop released his first solo record (while still a member of Sun City Girls) Salvador Kali on John Fahey's esteemed Revenant Records label in 1998. It was issued under the name of Sir Richard Bishop (the name stuck). Nowdays, Richard is mainly known as an experimental solo guitarist whose work often reflects the shadow worlds of India, the Middle East, North Africa, & other points along the Gypsy trail. 

Tangier Sessions was released in 2015 by Drag City. It consists of a series of improvisations recorded in Tangier, Morocco in 2014 using a 19th century parlor guitar of mysterious origin (seen above). Them Sun City Bros. love their mysteries.

 

 

Sir Richard Bishop - Tangier Sessions, Drag City DC618CD, 2015.

Frontier
Bound in Morocco
Safe House
Hadija
Mirage
International Zone
Let it Come Down

 

 

 

Revisiting,
NØ

Sir Sun City & the Freaks

Tying in with the last share, another two-fer (really a three-fer, kinda)...Richard Bishop & cohort Derek Monypeny.

Sir Richard Bishop doing music from the Freak of Araby sessions live in 2009. 

Bishop on guitar with Derek Monypeny on bass & Mike Guarino on drums. 

 

Sir Richard Bishop & His Freak of Araby Ensemble - Live Somewhere in the USofA, 2009.
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Live set

 

 

 

Derek Monypeny ripped up the bass on that last share. Here's some more. 

ALTO! was a project Derek was involved in back in 2012. They were based in Portland,OR & include Derek, Kyle Emory, & Steve Stone. This is their first... 

 

ALTO! - LP1, Raheem Records 002, 2012.

Side A -
Pieces 1-3

Side B -
Piece 5 (H.F.F.L.)
Piece 7 (excerpt) 

 

 

 

 

This is a more recent solo outing by Derek Monypeny recorded & edited by Derek at Studio Pendejo, Yucca Valley, CA, April-May 2020. 

 

Derek Monypeny -Unjust Intonation cassette, Trouble in Mind TIM.EXP 012, 2021

Side A -
Unjust Intonation Part One
Unjust Intonation Part Two

Side B -
Unjust Intonation Part Three
Unjust Intonation Part Four

Enjoy,
NØ

Munchin' in München

Was listening to this first one last night & once more thought of FRENZ Sven in München. Thought he'd really eat this up, so I made it a two-fer just for him (oh, yeah...& all the rest of you reading this, too, of course). 

 

Ed Yazijian is known globally for his solo LP & CD releases. He is also known for his long running but sparsely documented collaborations with Dredd Foole. He has also been a collaborator/guest performer with groups such as Sun City Girls & Cul De Sac both that I've shared here in the past. In the mid-90s he was in the highly regarded rock band Kustomized along with Pete Prescott(Mission of Burma) & Yucki Gipe(Bullet Lavolta).

His solo recordings weave through personalized spaces using guitar, Eastern percussion, & Ed's trademark  mainlined/cosmic/drone violin.
      "For anyone expecting 'simply' a series of solo violin and guitar readings, Six Ways To Avoid The Evil Eye (Ed's first solo LP) will come as a real curveball, as the central orbit around which most of these tracks swing is mostly based in rhythmic/percussive ritual in a way that more immediately brings to mind the rain of stones that defines much of the Angus MacLise back catalog. There's a heavy, devotional air to much of the activity that speaks of personal trance as eloquently as the works of Alice Coltrane, albeit transposed to a much more punk primitive palette of hand-drums, bows and traditional acoustic drones". – David Keenan, The Wire 

 

Ed Yazijian - Six Ways to Avoid the Evil Eye, Onetree 6WTATEE, 2007.
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Intro
Circuit House Fever    
Kamroop (Day Nine)    
Orange Sky, Black Clouds    
Gaya Local
Orange Sky (slight return)

 

 

 

 

& a pairing with another musick maverick, Sun City Bishop. This one finds Ed at his Cosmik violin finest.

 

Sir Richard Bishop & Ed Yazijian - Self-titled, Unrock 016, 2019.

Side A -
Untitled
Untitled

Side B -
Untitled

Enjoy,
NØ