I want more Exploding Customer.

MRS · January-19th-2005, 12:05 AM

Jan, if a wolf is chasing your sleigh, throw him a sugar cookie. Don't stop to bake him a cake.

Tom Storer · January-19th-2005, 02:55 AM

What the hell are you talking about?

JaSt · January-19th-2005, 03:45 AM

Michael,
The cake is just put in the oven but will be baked slowly in high temperature.
There is not only one wolf - it's a pack!

Steve Reynolds · January-19th-2005, 07:15 AM

me like this Schaumann much better than baseball Schaumann

I'm not convinced that you ain't the infamous Marc Lombardo

before your time, unless you be the one

tom - Exploding Customer is a band, and a mightly fine one, indeed

Rob C · January-19th-2005, 07:59 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Michael Schaumann

Jan, if a wolf is chasing your sleigh, throw him a sugar cookie. Don't stop to bake him a cake.

LOL.

I'll take any little morsel Exploding Customer cares to drop in the road.

Enforcer · January-19th-2005, 09:11 AM

I don't have to understand what Schaumann is talking about to like what he says. It's kind of hard to explain.

Steve Reynolds · January-19th-2005, 09:41 AM

like the crazy electronic shit for me - don't have any idea why I like it or why it is good or great - I just simply sometimes just love it....

Steve Reynolds · January-19th-2005, 09:42 AM

btw - Nags - anxiously awaiting some more of your commentary on that electronic crazy shit

and awaiting the word that you have now heard the *great* Mark Sanders on the kit

Gentle Giant · January-19th-2005, 09:44 AM

First there is an Exploding Customer. Then there isn't. Then there is.

Steve Reynolds · January-19th-2005, 09:46 AM

they have a CD on Ayler Records

going in my portable CD player on da bus this morning

you might like it, GG - tunes and all with some fire on the horns and a grooving drum & bass....

JaSt · January-19th-2005, 09:59 AM

Unfortunately, we should need many more ”Michaels” = buyers of the CD ”Exploding Customer – Live at Glenn Miller Café” in order to economically justify a second release of this wonderful group. The sales of this CD is more or less a catastrophe.

We made a new recording in 2003 but we decided to not go ahead with that one.

But in November, 2004, the group toured Scandinavia and made a tremendous success with a kind of fresh and enormous strong music which go direct into the soul.
I’m now sitting here listening to two fantastic recordings from this tour and thinking that this music must be released whatever it will cost us.

Just hoping that there will be some more wolfs chasing the music this time.

Rob C · January-19th-2005, 10:11 AM

Any chance of EC touring the U.S.?

I put Live at Glenn Miller on my top ten of the first half of the decade. I love it. So would 90% of the people who participate on this board, I think. I for one promise to buy their next disc upon release!

Steve Reynolds · January-19th-2005, 10:16 AM

and I think only a very few here have heard it

I did a review of some sort over on the organissimo board a few months back in the AOTW section if anyone is interested

or maybe it was just a rant...

bluenoter · January-19th-2005, 10:20 AM

aylCD-030

Exploding Customer
"Live at Glenn Miller Café"

Martin Küchen, ss, as, ts
Kjell Nordeson, dr
Tomas Hallonsten, tp
Benjamin Quigley, b

Total time: 62:50
Recorded at Glenn Miller Café, Stockholm, Sweden, on May 27, 2002.

http://www.ayler.com/

(And there's a link to Silkheart Records)

aylCD-030.

Joe Milazzo · January-19th-2005, 11:02 AM

If Alan Jones could, he would make the same appeal M. Schaumann has.

I will, however, go on record as saying that LIVE AT THE GLENN MILLER CAFE is a damn fine rekkid.

clinthopson · January-19th-2005, 11:06 AM

Imploding vendor

Dr Dave · January-19th-2005, 11:25 AM

Critical musings about Exploding Customer can be found here.

sample quote:

"Obviously more inspired by late '60s "New Thing" jazz (that blistering blend of free improvisation and post-bop solidity) than the wild-ass anarchy of their European brethren, Exploding Customer relies on a rock-hard rhythm section to keep Küchen's squonks on terra firma."

I think I might like these guys.

mke · January-19th-2005, 11:43 AM

Listening to it at the moment, excellent groovy free jazz for the people.

Jason Bivins · January-19th-2005, 12:02 PM

Damn, but no link to my review in Signal to Noise. I just echoed what everyone else said: the record rocks!!!

JaSt · January-19th-2005, 12:30 PM

You guys are for sure encouraging us to make a second EC release!
I may even have to convinced Slim at NorthCountry to order some more of the first one (?).
Thanks a lot!

January-19th-2005, 01:23 PM

I thought this was going to be a thread about suicide bombers!

Gentle Giant · January-19th-2005, 01:36 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Steve Reynolds

they have a CD on Ayler Records

going in my portable CD player on da bus this morning

you might like it, GG - tunes and all with some fire on the horns and a grooving drum & bass....

I'm certainly intrigued. I'll look into it.

(EDIT, having just looked into it.]
Wow, I really liked both the new tunes at http://www.explodingcustomer.com/mp3.htm! Definitely get the new record out!

jazzfiend · January-19th-2005, 04:02 PM

Jan, I was knocked out by the live disc, and still enjoy it muchly. This wolf will happily chase down any "exploding" morsel you might throw in my direction, hopefully in the not too distant future. And I'll certainly notify all my friends about any impending release.

Jan, also happy to report my total enjoyment of the Henry Grimes Trio cd. Henry, along with David Murray & Hamid Drake, challenge the mind & spirit with some marvelous music throughout the session. Very satisfying stuff!

jaka · January-20th-2005, 04:20 AM

The kind of thread which definitely makes you want to hear the record.

Just ordered it on ayler.com

Derek Taylor · January-20th-2005, 08:29 AM

All three of my thumbs are heartily hoisted on this one too. Jason, does STN publish it’s stuff online someplace? I’d love to check it if they do.

John B · January-22nd-2005, 05:38 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Steve Reynolds

and I think only a very few here have heard it

I did a review of some sort over on the organissimo board a few months back in the AOTW section if anyone is interested

or maybe it was just a rant...

No, it was definitely more than a rant. The Exploding Customer disc has gotten several rave reviews over there. Hopefully one or two of them led to some additional sales.

I'll add my voice to the chorus praising this disc. I just finished listening to Live at Glenn Miller Cafe again and it is a fantastic album! A lot of people would love it if they gave it a chance.

jaka · January-25th-2005, 01:21 PM

I have still a good deal of time to spend with their recording (which I received yesterday), but I can already tell I want more Exploding Customer too.

tyrone d.c. washington · January-27th-2005, 08:00 AM

I saw EC in Tampere Jazz Happening 2004, one of the few interesting performances there....the bassplayer has the best facial expressions ever! and the saxman's wobbly legs, wuuhaa! and the music was good, too!

and hello to Jan Ström, you might remember me, i used to order stuff from ayler to Digelius & Eronen...belated thank you for the 'Ayler Record Artist'-Tshirt you send me (actually, it's falling apart from heavy use...can I get a new one? ha ha)

PEOPLE! Support the small labels! They (We) need the €€€€€€!

-tyrone-

JaSt · January-27th-2005, 12:52 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by tyrone d.c. washington

thank you for the 'Ayler Record Artist'-Tshirt you send me (actually, it's falling apart from heavy use...can I get a new one? ha ha)-tyrone-

Didn't i tell you that you shouldn't use it when digging in the garden??

tyrone d.c. washington · January-27th-2005, 03:28 PM

no, actually i've been wearing it 24-7 and tellin' people that i'm Sunny Murray.

(with giant knitting needles sticking out of my backpocket).

-ty-