Liof Munimula
The Jonah Syndrome (LP)
LabelGarlic RecordsGenreJazz & Improvisation
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condition (record/cover): NM / VG+ (creased corner)
Read the name backwards and you have the joke, which tells you most of what you need to know about the sensibility. Liof Munimula have been playing collective free improvisation in Ohio since the mid-seventies, without a fixed instrumentation, without any interest in a career, and without stopping, which makes them one of the longest continuously operating improvising groups in the United States. The Jonah Syndrome was self-released on their own Garlic Records and it sounds exactly like what it is: unhurried, argumentative, occasionally very funny music made by people who play together because they want to.
Original private pressing. Midwestern free improvisation entirely off the map, and almost never seen.
Release notes
Released through Garlic Records, which was set up for the release. More information at http://www.michaelzerang.com/reviews/ensemble/liof_munimula.htm Recorded Live at Club Lower Links, Chicago IL. June 14th & 15th 1988. Live-mixed directly to 2-track Sony 510 F-1.
| A1 | Bad Shave At The Zanzibar Hotel | 5:30 | |
| A2 | Electric Leprosy | 4:17 | |
| A3 | The Terrorism Of The Code | 10:50 | |
| B1 | Lost Dog On A Dirty Beach | 5:46 | |
| B2 | A Dream In A Time Of Drought | 13:20 |
- Daniel Scanlan
- Electric Guitar, Lap Steel Guitar, Cornet, Violin
- Don Meckley
- Kalimba [Hydro-kalimba], Kalimba [Electric Kalimba], Other [Shortwave Radio], Guitar [Shortwave Radio Guitar]
- Michael Zerang
- Percussion [Multiple], Metallophone [Tubaphone]
