Shiggajon

Shiggajon is in its current form what you see plus a lot of jammingLatest news:
April - 26 - 2008
I recently stumbled upon this foxy digitals-review 'levende vand':
"Albert Ayler seems to be the spiritual forefather to much of the jazz-informed avant gunk currently gushing from basements across the globe. On face, this is something of a curiosity, as few of Ayler's acolytes share the melodic sensibility that was the backbone of the sax player's work. Most of the acts today identify more emotionally than sonically. They sense the abandon that Ayler felt, the devotion to his muse that pushed him away from most of the jazzmen of the day. In pursuit of his holy aurals, Ayler dipped into marching music, old spirituals, and, towards the end of his career, rock and roll. Today's energy-music practitioners do not share Ayler's specific musical and cultural background; rather they share his mystic vision, his fluid approach and his belief in music as a higher force over worldly trappings.
So now we have the Danes of Shiggajon channeling Ayler through another vessel. One part warbling free jazz, one part commune rock, Shiggajon is largely brass-driven but feels different from the more explicitly out-jazz outfits like Owl Xounds Exploding Galaxy or Graveyards. It could be the emphasis on Christian esoterica or the heaping helpings of cosmic guitar work, but Shiggajon bears more than a passing resemblance to the musical rituals of Ya Ho Wha 13. Replace Yod's barrel-chested code-sermons with star-licking saxophone squeals and you've got yourself a dead ringer-though second coming would probably be the better phrase.
Both sides of "Levende Vand" maintain an admirable level of excitement and mystery, trading off drone meditation for psych majesty for jazz elation. The tile translates roughly into "water of life," which could not be more appropriate, as this music is constantly trickling into something else, becoming something but never quite being. Stay tuned after the B-side fades, and you'll be treated to a excoriating, overdriven blowout miles away from the carefully executed sounds otherwise found here."
By Bryan Berge
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March - 3 - 2008
It's ready. Download it here
February - 28 - 2008
A new shiggajon-tape is ready. The tape is limited to 12 ex and is called 'fire sange i gul og rød'. Very soon, it will be free to download. Go to: www.pcib.blogspot.com
February - 18 - 2008
The split with SOYC is now downloadable from the pcib-blog. Go to: www.pcib.blogspot.com
December - 14 - 2007
Finally our new tape is ready. You can order it through Beyond Repair. Go to: HERE for further info.
November - 17th - 2007
We have started pressing the artwork, and levende vand should be ready soon. This update is though to state that:
Shiggajon is searching for a drummer.
Our former (great) drummer, Aske Sonne, has moved to Germany, wherefore we are now searching for one to take his place. If you are interested, please write to us here or to our email, which is: shiggajon Ø gmail com.
October - 17th - 2007
Our next release will be a cassette limited to 57 copies. The title is "levende vand" (translates into something like "living water" or "water of life"). It will be released on the magnificent danish tape-label Beyond Repair with artwork by us. More info to come.
August - 21st - 2007
We've done a lot of mixing and editing, and hence a lot of new material should surface soon. More info to come.
May - 3rd - 2007
Our split-tape with SOYC just got reviewed by Bryan Berge in the Tape Hiss-column of stylus magazine. This is what was written of us:
"Shiggajon is based in Arhus (couldn’t find the shortcut for the krouzek), the second-largest city in Jutland. Their piece, titled “Forklarelsen Pa Bjarget,” refers to the transubstantiation of Christ on the mountain. The Christian theme doesn’t dominate the piece explicitly, but it does figure in now and then, particularly in an interesting stretch that seems to drag a gospel choir in over the slur of raga-tinged string drones at the base of Shiggajon’s sound. Shiggajon, however, are not to be counted among the drone and noise crew, despite their affection for both. The band is too restless, venturing at a brisk but unhurried pace into percussive ritual, chime-laden folk reverie, and smoky, serpentine Eastern vamps. Their sound seems informed by an idealistic bucolia, undeterred by issues of cultural appropriation and the over-analysis such issues engender, focused instead on a private spiritual aurality informed by multiple cultures, texts, and musical modes."
Thanks to Bryan Berge for this kool review. Read the whole thing here: X
April - 4th - 2007
Shiggajon is looking for a singer. Female! For doing stuff with microphones and pure un-amplified vocal-stuff. Maybe also some drumming. We practise a lot and are planning on practising even more. Put all your shyness aside. If you like us, please do give it a try. If you don't live in Ã…rhus, there should be room for one more in our house.
March - 9th - 2007
Today our split-tape with SOYC on plane crash in boxes is released. PCIB writes:
"You want to get this one. First ever release from Jutlandish Shiggajon and the to date most ragapsychish release from the marvellous SOYC of Sjælland. The SOYC side is one track of great shruti box-folk. Like eastern chanting with a groovy psych-folk twist. Hippie-trance-folk just the way you like it. The Shiggajon side is the composition ‘Forklarelsen på bjerget’ (The transfiguration on the mountain for the biblically oriented to spot the Christian undercurrent). Going from drone-folk through more jazzy/gospel-like parts to pure atmospheric psych and collage, this is no usual folk-track. All in all – a piece of more western folk from western Denmark and one of more eastern folk from eastern Denmark. Bonus for packaging-fetishists: paintings, silk-screens and photos"
Which is pretty much what is to be said about it. If you want one of these, you can either buy it from us or from plane crash in boxes (www.planecrashinboxes.com or www.myspace.com/planecrashinboxes).
We have also got a cd-r version of 'Forklarelsen på bjerget' which is our side of the tape. It is 2$ if you buy it with the tape and 4$ if you don't. We've done a lot of listening, and agree that the sound on the tape is a lot better than that on the cd, so considering that and the fancy tape-artwork, we recommend the tape.
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Releases:
"Chants and prayers like holy water"
split c60 with SOYC
Plane crash in boxes - PCIB007
Released the 9th of March 2007
Ltd. 75 - available through us or PCIB
"Levende Vand"
c45 and cd-r
Beyond repair - beyond 24
Released December 2007
Ltd. 57 - available through us or PCIB
"Fire sange i gul og rød"
limited c45 and free mp3
pcib
Released 5th of March 2008
Ltd. 12 - from the pcib-blog
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Contact Shiggajon through mail: shiggajon a gmail dot com
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Chants and prayers like holy water
Levende Vand
Fire sange i gul og rød
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