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Wurmpth Furdber

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Music teacher. High Five. Half of microtonal rock duo Body Breaks. Member of Quinton Barnes' Black Noise Ensemble. Suns fan. Montrealer. IG: @mattlegroulx All of my music is at: https://phonautographrecords.bandcamp.com

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Wurmpth Furdber @purelava.bsky.social · Aug 22

🚨New on Phonautograph🚨

The follow-up to the first Four Way Hips album. This one's not recorded to a four-track, though.

Electronic with some Brazilian twists and big beats. I think it's a fun record.

If you like Cluster's Zuckerzeit this may be up your alley:

Fists Of Eden, by Four Way Hips

11 track album

phonautographrecords.bandcamp.com

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Wurmpth Furdber @purelava.bsky.social · 10h

Christ, I must have practised about eight hours today. Once you go down the transcribing rabbit hole it's hard to get out if there's nothing to pull you out.

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Armen Nalbandian @armennalbandian.com · 21h

is Spotify (and its distribution partners) retaliating against artists who boycott?

this video is about what happened after I removed my music from Spotify.

please reach out if you’ve experienced something similar

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Wurmpth Furdber @purelava.bsky.social · 1d

ESSENTIAL

musicdocumentaries.bsky.social @musicdocumentaries.bsky.social · 1d

RIP O Campeao.

musicdocumentaries.bsky.social @musicdocumentaries.bsky.social · Jan 23

Here's a great documentary on Brazilian composer/pianist/multi-instrumentalist/being of pure musical energy Hermeto Pascoal with English subtitles:

youtu.be/6Kiie_wVYIk?...

Wurmpth Furdber @purelava.bsky.social · 1d

This is just nuts violin playing. The phrasing is so great, it's amazing.

youtu.be/iBmhtCsY37E?...

Moose the Mooche (Remastered 2018)

YouTube video by Harry Lookofsky - Topic

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Wurmpth Furdber @purelava.bsky.social · 1d

I never get these things right. They're not as crispy as I would like. My technique is lacking. Still, they were fine.

Wurmpth Furdber @purelava.bsky.social · 1d

Look at the lineup on this! Hank Jones, Elvin Jones, Bob Brookmeyer, Milt Hinton, Paul Chambers. Heavy cats. Tom Dowd engineered. If you don't know this album go check it out.

@noragermain.bsky.social, you must be familiar with this Lookofsky album. I'd love to hear your opinion on it.

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Wurmpth Furdber @purelava.bsky.social · 1d

Pupusas...

for one.

Por favor.

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Wurmpth Furdber @purelava.bsky.social · 1d

Harry (an orchestra player) and Hank Jones wrote the solos before-hand so Harry played written parts. What's incredible is how he nails the phrasing. You never hear a classical player on any instrument phrase that way. And the solos are incredible. This page has a copy of his Round Midnight solo.

The Jon Rose Web - stringsville

Jon Rose interviews Harry Lookofsky about the legendary 1959 Atlantic album Stringville and how it was created and recorded

www.jonroseweb.com

Wurmpth Furdber @purelava.bsky.social · 1d

Fortunately it's not a big deal!

Wurmpth Furdber @purelava.bsky.social · 1d

Had some money kicking around my PayPal so I blew it on this Harry Lookofsky album which was half priced for liquidation. One of the great jazz violin records despite the fact that he doesn't improvise on it. An early feat of overdubbing in 1960. I also grabbed this Wagner Tiso album.

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Wurmpth Furdber @purelava.bsky.social · 1d

Yeah, it's beautiful.

Wurmpth Furdber @purelava.bsky.social · 1d

I was hanging out with my friend Christian last night and he gave me a copy of his Element Kuuda tape on @hothamsound.bsky.social. So happy to have this.

The element kuuda tape harbor of the north wind

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Wurmpth Furdber @purelava.bsky.social · 2d

Wow, amazing! Who was in that incarnation of the Messengers?

Wurmpth Furdber @purelava.bsky.social · 2d

That's a relief to hear!

Wurmpth Furdber @purelava.bsky.social · 2d

I thought it would change the responsiveness since there's a bit of a delay between when you hit the octave key and when the arm hits the whatever that thing is called that on the neck.

Wurmpth Furdber @purelava.bsky.social · 2d

Oh, that's a great idea. I'm gonna poke around the house and see if I have anything. I've just got some electrical tape on there for the time being. The cork that had been there was ancient, I'm surprised it lasted that long. Also surprised they didn't replace when I had my horn overhauled.

Wurmpth Furdber @purelava.bsky.social · 2d

Preeeeetty sure that used to have cork on it!

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Wurmpth Furdber @purelava.bsky.social · 2d

A Montreal institution:

World Cafe @worldcafe.bsky.social · 2d

Montreal record producer Howard Bilerman has worked with Leonard Cohen, Arcade Fire, Godspeed You! Black Emperor & others. For our Sense of Place: Montreal series Cafe host Raina Douris @rahrahraina.bsky.social talks w/ him about those and the studio he co-founded. www.npr.org/2025/10/10/n...

Meet the producer behind some of Montreal's finest records : World Cafe Words and Music Podcast

Howard Bilerman went from taping punk shows as a teen to co-founding Hotel2Tango, one of Montreal's most iconic recording studios.

www.npr.org

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musicdocumentaries.bsky.social @musicdocumentaries.bsky.social · 3d

The profile photo of this account is a still from this film of Charles Mingus drinking a glass of milk while smoking a cigarette.

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Wurmpth Furdber @purelava.bsky.social · 3d

Essential:

musicdocumentaries.bsky.social @musicdocumentaries.bsky.social · 3d

Here's a great documentary about bassist, composer, innovator Charles Mingus:

youtu.be/knPGsa3B4D4?...

Charles Mingus - Triumph Of The Underdog

YouTube video by Markus Breuss

youtu.be

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Wurmpth Furdber @purelava.bsky.social · 3d

I got lucky with Cool Struttin', it was in the used CD bin!

Wurmpth Furdber @purelava.bsky.social · 3d

Ah, that's too bad. I'm in Montreal. The record stores are pretty good and the thrifting can be excellent.

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Wurmpth Furdber @purelava.bsky.social · 3d

The work continues on Jackie McLean's Capuchin Swing. Finally working on tonguing and arpeggio fingerings. Getting my guitar fingers to be sax fingers.

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Ethan Iverson @ethaniversonpiano.bsky.social · 3d

Happy Birthday to Sphere. All the jazz greats knew what they were doing, but Thelonious Monk REALLY knew what he was doing. It was Precise. iverson.substack.com/p/tt-442-bri...

TT 442: Brief Overview: Thelonious Monk on Record

October 10 is Sphere's Birthday

iverson.substack.com

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Chris Monsen @chrismonsen.bsky.social · 3d

Some sources say the 10th, others 11th, so let’s just celebrate the magnificent Fred Hopkins, who was born around this time of October in 1947, all weekend. Play some Air! Or any of the many other recordings he made such significant and memorable contributions to. (📸Tom Copi).

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