May: I Come Again - Mish Mash

On October 4, 2016 I shared a release by Alan Bishop (Alvarius B) here. Al B is one of the founding members of Sun City Girls, a band that I hold in high esteem. I've also shared several by the other surviving Bishop brother & Sun City Girl, Sir Richard here & here.

Sun City Girls was formed in Phoenix, AZ in 1981 by multi-instrumentalist brothers Alan & Richard Bishop with their friend, drummer Charlie Gocher. Gocher died on February 19th, 2007 after a long battle with cancer at the age of 54. The Bishop brothers continued together as Brothers Unconnected. Both also have extensive solo careers as well as numerous varied side-projects. 

 

Alan runs Abduction & Sublime Frequencies labels. He has travelled extensively including long stays in Indonesia & Egypt. He has been in over a dozen groups & has released solo material as Alan Koeswoyo, Uncle Jim, Hitman Kong Thep, & Alvarius B.

Here's one from Alvarius... 

 

Alvarius B - Baroque Primitiva, Abduction ABDT046, 2011.
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The Dinner Party    
Mussolini's Exit    
Humor Police
You Only Live Twice
Face to Face With a Couple Axes    
Well Known Stranger
Naturally Absolute    
Funny Thing Is...    
3 Dead Girls
Like That Madri Gal    
God Only Be Without You

 

 

 

 

In the early 2010s, Alan formed a band based in Cairo, Egypt amidst mysterios circumstances. The band is called El Ayadi El Kafeyya (or The Invisible Hands). The band consists of Alvarius B with     Adham Zidan, Cherif El Masri, Magued Nagati, & Aya Memeda.

This is their second offering from 2014. Here they are joined by Eyvind Kang, Mohamed Asem, Mohamed Ibrahim, & Sammy Sayed..

 

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The Invisible Hand - Teslam, Abduction ABDT054, 2014.

Invisible Hands    
Slaughterhouse    
Places    
Over Easy    
Eyes in the Back of Your Head    
Weasel Down    
The Great Implosion    
The Blaze    
Spaces    
Priests & Poets    
Carrion

 

 

 

 

 

Brother Richard Bishop released his first solo record (while still a member of Sun City Girls) Salvador Kali on John Fahey's esteemed Revenant Records label in 1998. It was issued under the name of Sir Richard Bishop (the name stuck). Nowdays, Richard is mainly known as an experimental solo guitarist whose work often reflects the shadow worlds of India, the Middle East, North Africa, & other points along the Gypsy trail. 

Tangier Sessions was released in 2015 by Drag City. It consists of a series of improvisations recorded in Tangier, Morocco in 2014 using a 19th century parlor guitar of mysterious origin (seen above). Them Sun City Bros. love their mysteries.

 

 

Sir Richard Bishop - Tangier Sessions, Drag City DC618CD, 2015.

Frontier
Bound in Morocco
Safe House
Hadija
Mirage
International Zone
Let it Come Down

 

 

 

Revisiting,
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