directions-you can't just sleep it off like that EP

This new Directions EP was written over the course of three years by Arlo Brooks, and featuring a strange assembly of genres and players. Genres covered include jazz, mashup, noise, electronic, classical, and hip-hop. It was written in
Ashland, OR
Pasadena, CA
Winchester, UK
with small changes made in other parts of Europe.

http://www.mediafire.com/?u73bfj6ptfp6t5l

Zach Hill

Zach Hill-Face Tat
One of the best drummers alive. Solo album. Some of his best work.
http://www.mediafire.com/?rfsqqmgc6wm3m4j

Hella-Church Gone Wild
Under the "Hella" monicker but in fact it's a solo album by Hill. Some of the more progressive (and frustrating) music I've heard these days.
http://www.mediafire.com/?42xt1ujtytt

Chll Pll-Aggressively Humble
Great duo, with some of Zach's more subdued drumming. Still very impressive.

The Ladies- They Mean Us
Zach meets with the lead from Pinback. Great. Some of his chillest stuff.
http://www.mediafire.com/?uqrdxdwxlgd

Bygones-By
Zach meets with the guy from Tera Melos. Also fantastic. Wonderfully technical and melodic.
http://www.mediafire.com/?2b1h4ib5mzdsen5

Some Writing 2/20/11

I identify with poor women, forced to row the sea
of warm water, soaking sweetly in the bathtub
before they slap their husbands around
like victims.

There are few things in life one can truly enjoy without noticing something else, sneaking, unsettling, just beneath the surface.

almost everytime
more gangsters show up.

Neighbors-January

This is the work of Evan McDermott and Arlo Brooks. They are a couple guys based in Ashland, Oregon, recording experimental improvisational music independently, using guitars, keyboards, vocals, computers, samplers, loopers, you name it. This is their first release, made available to the public on January 29th, 2011. It was recorded in three weeks over the course of several extended jams and sparse editing.

Neighbors-January

http://www.mediafire.com/?ctxg4dcu6m8rrmc

Yamataka Eye and John Zorn

This is a free-form extreme assault of improvisation featuring Yamataka Eye playing with toys and electronics and screaming, John Zorn wailing on sax and Fred Frith awkwardly making sound on the guitar. The former two work together perfectly...Frith isn't quite as caught up but he's only on for a song or two. This is interesting stuff...not for everyone but good.

50th Birthday Celebration Volume 10 (by Yamataka Eye/John Zorn, 2005)

http://www.mediafire.com/?e0g5yg4s1bbbjkb