Fritz Pape
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insane mail day today
November 17, 2025 at 6:23 PM
insane mail day today
Hi all, popping back in to share my ridiculous haul from the local record fair today. A store I never am able to get to often gets scary collections and it just so happens the collection this time was pristine ECMs, including the genuine shocker at the end
November 8, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Hi all, popping back in to share my ridiculous haul from the local record fair today. A store I never am able to get to often gets scary collections and it just so happens the collection this time was pristine ECMs, including the genuine shocker at the end
popping back on here to let everybody know that the new Necks album is absolutely incredible and continues to reveal more of itself with every listen
October 15, 2025 at 11:45 AM
popping back on here to let everybody know that the new Necks album is absolutely incredible and continues to reveal more of itself with every listen
poking in to this JAPO Joint that I've been curious about for a while, another in the long line of "lets just play some songs written by Carla Bley" records. This one shifts between prickly amorphous shred and subtle, spacious ambiance. Good stuff!!
September 25, 2025 at 12:38 PM
poking in to this JAPO Joint that I've been curious about for a while, another in the long line of "lets just play some songs written by Carla Bley" records. This one shifts between prickly amorphous shred and subtle, spacious ambiance. Good stuff!!
(maybe I should come post here some more?)
now Swooning; I had a real burst of Steve Kuhn energy ages ago but I haven't dug back in to any of his work since then - deftly ebbing/flowing between new age cascades and string-snapping force. Almost Cecil Taylor-esque in glances! A stunner!
now Swooning; I had a real burst of Steve Kuhn energy ages ago but I haven't dug back in to any of his work since then - deftly ebbing/flowing between new age cascades and string-snapping force. Almost Cecil Taylor-esque in glances! A stunner!
August 8, 2025 at 11:24 AM
(maybe I should come post here some more?)
now Swooning; I had a real burst of Steve Kuhn energy ages ago but I haven't dug back in to any of his work since then - deftly ebbing/flowing between new age cascades and string-snapping force. Almost Cecil Taylor-esque in glances! A stunner!
now Swooning; I had a real burst of Steve Kuhn energy ages ago but I haven't dug back in to any of his work since then - deftly ebbing/flowing between new age cascades and string-snapping force. Almost Cecil Taylor-esque in glances! A stunner!
now digging; despite everything I've never really done a deep dive into Sun Ra's discog, so now I'm gonna! What's yr favorite Sun Ra record?
July 2, 2025 at 11:09 AM
now digging; despite everything I've never really done a deep dive into Sun Ra's discog, so now I'm gonna! What's yr favorite Sun Ra record?
"Being able to hold a twisted, distorted visage in ones own two hands and mold it into relentless kindness is the only currency that will matter in the near and distant future. The electric guitar offers us an opportunity to learn how"
Thank you guitar, thank you Cyrus Pireh
Thank you guitar, thank you Cyrus Pireh
June 24, 2025 at 2:18 PM
"Being able to hold a twisted, distorted visage in ones own two hands and mold it into relentless kindness is the only currency that will matter in the near and distant future. The electric guitar offers us an opportunity to learn how"
Thank you guitar, thank you Cyrus Pireh
Thank you guitar, thank you Cyrus Pireh
🚨🚨🚨NEW NECKS TRIPLE ALBUM IN OCTOBER THIS IS NOT A DRILL 🚨🚨🚨
June 20, 2025 at 1:32 PM
🚨🚨🚨NEW NECKS TRIPLE ALBUM IN OCTOBER THIS IS NOT A DRILL 🚨🚨🚨
The second of a handful of Haden/Bley's Liberation Music Orchestra excursions, an exuberant, overflowing rallying cry for people who's voices can't be amplified on their own, full of anger and fury and beauty from every corner.
June 19, 2025 at 12:52 PM
The second of a handful of Haden/Bley's Liberation Music Orchestra excursions, an exuberant, overflowing rallying cry for people who's voices can't be amplified on their own, full of anger and fury and beauty from every corner.
now spinning; significantly more interesting than that AllMusic review gives it credit for, lots of blissful saccharine moments alongside some real blistering shred
June 16, 2025 at 8:43 PM
now spinning; significantly more interesting than that AllMusic review gives it credit for, lots of blissful saccharine moments alongside some real blistering shred
next up; I met someone at Big Ears who was the self proclaimed biggest Hermeto fan in the world (I believe him) and he said this was his favorite!
June 16, 2025 at 3:30 PM
next up; I met someone at Big Ears who was the self proclaimed biggest Hermeto fan in the world (I believe him) and he said this was his favorite!
gonna keep ripping thru Hermeto's discography, someone I've really been meaning to get into for years (no time like the present!)
June 13, 2025 at 11:07 AM
gonna keep ripping thru Hermeto's discography, someone I've really been meaning to get into for years (no time like the present!)
the other half is just out of frame!
June 9, 2025 at 8:03 PM
the other half is just out of frame!
oh trust me there are piles like this scattered all over the house - another reason to finally be doing this!
June 9, 2025 at 7:32 PM
oh trust me there are piles like this scattered all over the house - another reason to finally be doing this!
Been actively trying to get off of my phone throughout the day, so I'm gonna start cataloging the whole CD shelf (which I've been meaning to do since I did the same with the records in 2020)
or: You Can Only Pick One
or: You Can Only Pick One
June 9, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Been actively trying to get off of my phone throughout the day, so I'm gonna start cataloging the whole CD shelf (which I've been meaning to do since I did the same with the records in 2020)
or: You Can Only Pick One
or: You Can Only Pick One
can we get a cohesive list of the Least ECM-ey ECM Album Covers going?
June 8, 2025 at 2:00 PM
can we get a cohesive list of the Least ECM-ey ECM Album Covers going?
gonna be honest with you all; I really love the new Stereolab record
June 8, 2025 at 1:01 PM
gonna be honest with you all; I really love the new Stereolab record
an incredibly exciting gift from the record store homies that they found in a box; the full length making-of documentary of Escalator Over the Hill (which, from what I can tell, does not exist on the internet outside of a few short YouTube clips)
June 5, 2025 at 10:47 PM
an incredibly exciting gift from the record store homies that they found in a box; the full length making-of documentary of Escalator Over the Hill (which, from what I can tell, does not exist on the internet outside of a few short YouTube clips)
Coming back to the new Swans today since I have time to listen to it in full instead of in sections; I am biased of course but this is up there with the best they've ever been
June 4, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Coming back to the new Swans today since I have time to listen to it in full instead of in sections; I am biased of course but this is up there with the best they've ever been
new Alan Sparhawk / Trampled By Turtles record is so astounding - handful of moments that I genuinely almost can't handle. Highest of recommendations
June 3, 2025 at 11:33 AM
new Alan Sparhawk / Trampled By Turtles record is so astounding - handful of moments that I genuinely almost can't handle. Highest of recommendations
"I'll just pop into the weird little record store that opened up near work" he said, like an idiot. "They don't really ever have anything good but maybe today's the day," he said, a complete rube, moments before seeing this at the front of the shelf
May 31, 2025 at 9:40 PM
"I'll just pop into the weird little record store that opened up near work" he said, like an idiot. "They don't really ever have anything good but maybe today's the day," he said, a complete rube, moments before seeing this at the front of the shelf
Swans are a really important band for me and I'm very, very excited to listen to their new album today:
May 30, 2025 at 11:29 AM
Swans are a really important band for me and I'm very, very excited to listen to their new album today:
now Swooning on another one that didn't quite click the first time around but is sitting nicely on round two: a pretty incredible mix of the haze of The ECM Sound and the grind stone ooze of electric Miles
May 29, 2025 at 11:13 AM
now Swooning on another one that didn't quite click the first time around but is sitting nicely on round two: a pretty incredible mix of the haze of The ECM Sound and the grind stone ooze of electric Miles
Ralph Towner - Solstice / Sound And Shadows (US '77)
The sequel to one of the best early ECM super groups, and not just warmed up leftovers - Garbarek's skronk, Weber's sproing and Towner's cascades melt together perfectly again into a free flowing miasma of almost-melodies
The sequel to one of the best early ECM super groups, and not just warmed up leftovers - Garbarek's skronk, Weber's sproing and Towner's cascades melt together perfectly again into a free flowing miasma of almost-melodies
May 28, 2025 at 12:41 PM
Ralph Towner - Solstice / Sound And Shadows (US '77)
The sequel to one of the best early ECM super groups, and not just warmed up leftovers - Garbarek's skronk, Weber's sproing and Towner's cascades melt together perfectly again into a free flowing miasma of almost-melodies
The sequel to one of the best early ECM super groups, and not just warmed up leftovers - Garbarek's skronk, Weber's sproing and Towner's cascades melt together perfectly again into a free flowing miasma of almost-melodies
Couple new stunners in the house now; homie who was selling the Armonicord record (late 70s small press French free jazz with a harpsichord, not to be missed) also put up the Bruninghaus so I simply had to go for it - and, of course, the new Groop joint!
May 26, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Couple new stunners in the house now; homie who was selling the Armonicord record (late 70s small press French free jazz with a harpsichord, not to be missed) also put up the Bruninghaus so I simply had to go for it - and, of course, the new Groop joint!