Primitive Art Group – Live Cuts 1981-1983 (2025) [FLAC 24bit/48kHz]

Primitive Art Group – Live Cuts 1981-1983 (2025)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/48 kHz | Time – 01:06:17 minutes | 772 MB | Genre: Jazz
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Amish Records

Following the recent archival release of Primitive Art Group’s studio albums “1981-1986”, we are pleased to announce the release of this 65-minute album of live PAG performances recorded between 1981 and 1983. These recordings document the beginnings of the PAG in all its raw beauty and chronicle its development into a unique improvising unit. Made from original cassettes tapes, this fills a missing part in the story of free music and in the story of underground music from New Zealand. “Live Cuts 1981-1983” contains three tracks featuring early member Pam Grey on cello and vocals, a snapshot of a remarkable and largely unrecorded musician. Wellington legend Gerard Crewdson joins for one improvisation on wordless vocals. The band work out on covers of Albert Ayler’s “Ghosts” and “Bells,” a few group improvisations, some originals and a homage reworking of Cecil Taylor’s “Unit Structures”. “Live Cuts 1981-1983” presents the band live and spontaneous, anticipating their later recorded output. Another crucial piece of the Primitive Art Group and New Zealand free music story.

Tracklist:

1-01. Primitive Art Group – Ghosts (Live) (14:40)
1-02. Primitive Art Group – Unit Structures (Live) (13:44)
1-03. Primitive Art Group – Improv / Hymnal (Live) (06:11)
1-04. Primitive Art Group – Bells (Live) (12:25)
1-05. Primitive Art Group – Group Improv / Area (Live) (06:19)
1-06. Primitive Art Group – Artic Waltz (Live) (12:56)

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