QBICO
omicron, pi, rho, sigma, tau, upsilon, phi,
chi, psi, omega
10 LP box with printed inner sleeves (front & back)
dedicated to the late Conrad Schnitzler
OMICRON 2LP
KLUSTER AND FRIENDS- 1969-1972
Conrad Schnitzler, Klaus Freudigmann, Wolfgang
Seidel and friends
rec. in Berlin, 1969/1972
unissued ASA (middle part), side A/CVC (beginning) side B/DAV (end) side C/FUGI (end) side D
"when i did the Kluster box i had too
choose from 6 CDs that the late Con sent
me, all (except Beta) were +/- 60 minutes
long. to fit an LP size and to make a box
under two Kg. (for shipping reasons) i had
to make max 6 albums and stay max at 40/45
minutes lenght. so these are the missing
parts, in this way you'll have the complete
music that Con originally sent me. Beta side
miss only 7 minutes, so it was not worth
press that one, plus missing part of Ex was
released already as a one-sided in the Kluster
ltd ed set. example: if you wanna hear the
complete Asa rec. you'd play side A from
the Kluster box, Asa side from this box (middle
part) and to finish the B side from the Kluster
box record."
RHO LP
CONRAD SCHNITZLER- Film music 1975
"this was sent to me by the late Con
a while ago... for sure one of the greatest
musician and xhol who rec. for qbico. he
wrote me few days before he passed away,
saying it was nice with you and i remember that i replied to him the
very day he passed away (August 4th)."
SIGMA LP
HARTMUT GEERKEN/MICHAEL RANTA- The Heliopolar egg, Bangkok, Dec. 11, 1976
Hartmut Geerken
piano, prepared piano, piano strings, tibetan
tingshak, water tingshak, waldteufel, mokkatam
pot rattles, bells, water bells, sleigh bells,
gongs, water gongs, tibetan boo-chals, water
boo-chals,
musical clock, tibetan horn, singing tube,
maracas, wood block, temple blocks, peking
opera gongs, castagnets, lead camel bell,
short-wave receiver, swarmandal, whistles,
argool, monkey drum, toy xylophone, lion
bell, gopichand, egyptian cymbals & sagat,
waterphone, voice, toy glockenspiele, thumb
piano
Michael Ranta
mallet instruments (xylophone, marimba, metallophone,
vibraphone), tabla, flexatone, castagnets,
japanese oboe, argool, gongs, tamtams,
short-wave receiver, chinese violin (er-hu,
jung-hu), wood block, echo machine, cup bells,
indian israj, vco, vcf, vocals
artwork by Michael Ranta
"as with Kluster, i wanted to make it
complete: this is the only missing gig that
Hartmut sent me. also with the Heliopolar
box i had to press max 6 albums, for shipment
reasons... at radom i placed all the CDs
on the floor and pick up the one which'd
stay out... hoping that one day i'll find
the right occasion to make it available.
this is probably one of my favourite gig,
along with Manila."
TAU LP
SABU TOYOZUMI/MOTOTERU TAKAGI- Live at Barber Fuji
Sabu Toyozumi- drums, percussion
Mototeru Takagi- tenor sax
rec. January 17, 1994 Tokyo
"that was sent to me by Sabu a while
ago... to be sincere i remember that i asked
for more to Sabu and he then sent me the
rec. i released as qbico 95... well, i re-listened
to this live rec. with more attention and
finally i realized that it's a subtle gem
! a typically & unique Japanese take
on free music... with Mototeru san never
been too much wild in his playing, but more
focused on sound.and still out there.. under Sabu's spare rhythm... fortunatly
i kept it aside..."
UPSILON LP
side A
ARTHUR DOYLE/WILBER MORRIS/RASHID BAKR- Live at the Alterknit, NYC
rec. August 9, 1997
Arthur Doyle- tenor sax, recorder
Wilber Morris- bass
Rashid Bakr- drums
"that's for sure one of Doyle's craziest
rec. ever ! my original plan was to make a series
of one-sides with cut corners covers, to
finish the series with the Live in Nashville
& Louisville full LP (and no cut corners),
which finally came out Sagittarius... i also
originally tought that two sides of that
punk stuff was too much !? so, with this
new side, you got the complete concert."
side B (also known as Qbico PI)
STEVE BACZKOWSKI/RAVI PADMANABHA- Improvisations, 2005
SB- bombarde, kalimba, flute & percussion
RP- frame drum, tabla & percussion
artwork by Michael Straub
"beautiful spontaneous improvisations
from this underrated duo. i had it laying
around for a while 'cos i never find the
right occasion to present it as a one-side....
until now."
CHI 2LP
Mr. QBICO ORCHESTRA- Live at Studio Kuu
Eero Savela- trumpet
Simo Laihonen- bamboo flutes, perc
Virginia Genta- soprano, tenor sax, perc
Sami Pekkola- tenor sax, perc
Tiitus Petäjäniemi- alto sax
Taneli Viitahuhta- baritone sax
J. Koho- harmonium, perc
Qbico- organ, perc
Hermanni Yli-Tepsa- violin
Marko Ylianttila- electric guitar, recordings
Tero Kemppainen- bass
David Vanzan- drums, perc
rec. August 25, 2008 Helsinki
artworks by Mayra & Troglosound
"lot of fond memories here... that magical
Tour of Finland with the Jooklos and Tero,
all the way up to Rovaniemi, Lapland... we
finsihed the tour on the 23rd in Helsinki
were we played in a kind of trendy bar and
were with great pleasure i saw a kool fella
menace some of my friends on stage with a
bottle, kindly asking to stop playing that
shit !? on the 25th all the Finnish brotherhood
united at hip Studio Kuu (moon in Finnish): Reverend Simo (from Black Motor), Sami the Pekkola man (from Mohel), Teroooo (from Rauhan Orchesteri), Taneli & Hermanni
(from Boris Morgana), Vapaa and Tulasi folks,
Eero savela funk... once back Tero sent me the recordings
and on the CDs it was written Mr. Qbico Orchestra... an honour !"
PSI LP
MURA
Makoto Kawabata and friends, rec. early 80's
in Nara, Japan
4 cassettes had been issued back then, in
very very ltd quantities
artwork by Bobby BeauSoleil
"rare music from Makoto, one of his very 1st group
and earliest rec."
OMEGA LP
DARK REVOLUTION COLLECTIVE- Live
Makoto Kawabata- hand-made percussion, synth
Tetsushi Kawagishi- hand-made percussion
Yasuo Iwaki- hand-made percussion
rec. Nara, Japan, 1979
artwork by Bobby BeauSoleil
"i know about the existence of another
DRC rec. since at least 2005... a live one
(among few friends) ! well, Makoto waited
before i turned 40 last year to give it to
me (along with Mura) in person ! so special indeed ! i started & ended qbico
with the Dark Revolution Collective, now the circle is complete."
regular ed, numbered 1/50
aquamarine matte paper with red, black and
green tiny dots here and there, white paper
inside (numbered on bottom right corner)
26 ltd ed, hand-made by qbico, numbered from
A to Z
with an exclusive ep's portrait by Bobby
Beausoleil as insert and with an extra 7"
(the one & ONLY on qbico !) with hand-made azul labels by qbico
PHI 7"
STEVE BACZKOWSKI/RAVI PADMANABHA- Improvisations, 2004
SB- nadaswaram
RP- thavil
"Wow, Nadaswaram !!? that's the most
beautiful instruments in the world ! i made
a thesis at school when i was 22 about this
instrument..." Mats Gustafsson
boxes available in the following versions
(outside/inside):
aluminium & metallic azul x1
aluminium/orange x1
gold/ochra x6
light azul/ochra x3
metallic azul/aluminium x1
metallic azul/ochra x1
metallic azul/orange x4
metallic lemon/ochra x1
metallic lemon/orange x1
metallic red/orange x2
metallic red/red x1
red/orange x1
red/ochra x3
metallic azul (front panel)/orange (inside back panel)
red (front panel)/ochra (inside back panel)
metallic red (front panel)/red (inside back panel)
metallic lemon (front panel)/orange (inside back panel)
gold (front panel)/ochra (inside back panel)
DJ qbico, letter Q, copy:
front/back
inside
inside front panel/inside back panel
20 musicians' copies, unumbered
inside is all white
5 test press for the musicians, hand-made,
numbered I/V
with Bobby BeauSoleil portrait and qbico
PHI 7" (white label)
ochra inside panels and with images &
stamps arrangment same as on the ltd ed
19x qbico PHI 7" with hand-made gold
labels, for the musicians
WORDS:
Hi,
being back from Christmas holidays and having
thoroughly investigated
its contents, I just want to let you know
that I really really
appreciate the HUGE effort you have put in
making this box! I really
love it and I'm very glad to have it!
Of course, it's the recordings that are brilliant
(the Arthur Doyle side
really knocked me off my feet, with the Qbico
Orchestra, I took a deep
space flight, and all the others are great,
too), but then the packaging
makes for a truly uplifting experience with
the birds outside and the
arranged symbols inside, and also the intense
colors...
That box is really something unique and shows
what can be done with the
vinyl format and what a great experience
it can be.
I was really off my feet when I opened the
package on Christmas Eve...
my 2-year-old son was sitting next to me
playing with a wooden train he
got for Christmas, and I'm sure we both were
in some other place during
that moment!
Yeah, just wanted to let you know that---and
that I'm of course looking
forward to new releases on Sagitarrius A-Star.
I'm very grateful to you
for having put out so many brilliant records
over the years with so much
love and energy!
All the best,
Alex