Mats Gustafsson's The Thing covering Lightning Bolt?! awesomeness...

scott v · 03.18.2008, 08:45 PM

Its on The Thing's "Action Jazz" album on Smalltown Superjazz... pretty cool cover of "Ride the Skies"... Mats is great.

Sheriff Rhys Chatham · 03.18.2008, 08:48 PM

I didn't know Mats was in the thing. Then again I had just heard of them a couple days ago.

Sounds interesting though.

scott v · 03.18.2008, 08:53 PM

great "free jazz" band but i don't think they are necessarily free jazz because they do reinterpretations or covers of "rock" songs (ie the yeah yeah yeahs and lightning bolt)... so i guess the descriptive "action jazz" is pretty fitting.

Sheriff Rhys Chatham · 03.18.2008, 09:00 PM

Did they do the electric verion of Coltrane's The Ascension or was that someone else? I know it was released through atatvistic.

scott v · 03.18.2008, 09:07 PM

i think that was Nels Cline or a group he was in for that... haven't heard it but read about it somewhere...

krastian · 03.18.2008, 10:25 PM

Mats is the fucking man.....best weird sax sounds ever. I'd like to hear this insanity.

whorefrost · 03.19.2008, 09:37 AM

I heard them do this live in Stirling when they played Le Weekend with Zu. It was an OK show. I found Zu's nu-metal bassist somewhat irksome, however.

dnorsen · 03.19.2008, 10:16 AM

been meaning to check this album out! i love the live album they did with cato salsa exp and joe mcphee also on smalltown. sick version of the sonic's 'the witch'!

03.18.2008, 08:45 PM	#1
scott v expwy. to yr skull Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Buffalo, NY Posts: 1,484	Its on The Thing's "Action Jazz" album on Smalltown Superjazz... pretty cool cover of "Ride the Skies"... Mats is great.
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Sheriff Rhys Chatham invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: New England. Posts: 4,027	I didn't know Mats was in the thing. Then again I had just heard of them a couple days ago. Sounds interesting though. __________________ My Music(grunge rock) A part of this blue shit since June 24th, 2004
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03.18.2008, 08:53 PM	#3
scott v expwy. to yr skull Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Buffalo, NY Posts: 1,484	great "free jazz" band but i don't think they are necessarily free jazz because they do reinterpretations or covers of "rock" songs (ie the yeah yeah yeahs and lightning bolt)... so i guess the descriptive "action jazz" is pretty fitting.
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03.18.2008, 09:00 PM	#4
Sheriff Rhys Chatham invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: New England. Posts: 4,027	Did they do the electric verion of Coltrane's The Ascension or was that someone else? I know it was released through atatvistic. __________________ My Music(grunge rock) A part of this blue shit since June 24th, 2004
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03.18.2008, 09:07 PM	#5
scott v expwy. to yr skull Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Buffalo, NY Posts: 1,484	i think that was Nels Cline or a group he was in for that... haven't heard it but read about it somewhere...
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03.18.2008, 10:25 PM	#6
krastian invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Baltimore Posts: 7,808	Mats is the fucking man.....best weird sax sounds ever. I'd like to hear this insanity. __________________ Confusion is next and next after that is the Truth.
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whorefrost invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Arrived in Smoke, Arrived in Gold Posts: 2,572	I heard them do this live in Stirling when they played Le Weekend with Zu. It was an OK show. I found Zu's nu-metal bassist somewhat irksome, however. __________________ hehehe
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03.19.2008, 10:16 AM	#8
dnorsen bad moon rising Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: brighton, ma Posts: 216	been meaning to check this album out! i love the live album they did with cato salsa exp and joe mcphee also on smalltown. sick version of the sonic's 'the witch'! __________________ www.dnorsen.com
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