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Firestorm is an intense and musically assaultive release of killer, balls-out free jazz that will appeal to those who long for the most bombasic works of Broetzmann, Ayler, Takayanagi and Cecil Taylor! This release reveals many shades of intensity and mood while remaining frenzied and inventive at all times. Featuring Taylor alumni Marco Eneidi (alto), Marc Edwards (drums), Lisle Ellis (bass), Elliott Levin (tenor), Sun Ra Arkestra legend Marshall Allen (alto), bassist Damon Smith and manic Austrian reedist Mario Rechtern, Firestorm is a delerious concoction of new energy music that pushes beyond the stratosphere of sound!

You can send a paypal for $15 pp to damon@balancepointacoustics.com If you would like one. Buy This CD

A few copies of "Healing Force" are available You can send a paypal for $15 pp to damon@balancepointacoustics.com If you would like one.

Vinny Golia-reeds
Aurora Josephson-voice
Henry Kaiser-guitar
Mike Keneally-piano, guitar and voice
Joe Morris-guitar and double bass
Damon Smith-double bass
Weasel Walter-drums

Seven major figures from the art-punk, free-jazz, brutal prog, improvisational and modern jazz world come together for a ROCKING tribute to the unfairly ignored, misunderstood and vilified late period works of Albert Ayler. These late period songs have always seemed to me like they may have been some of the most personally spritually resonant for Ayler, but the musicians and the culture of the late 1960s were possibly not able to successfully translate and perform his concept of spirituality, free jazz, boogaloo, nursery rhythms, marching bands, blues and r'n'b, and certainly the free-jazz following public was not ready to accept it. Now, 40 years and many stylistic mash-ups later, perhaps these works can be better enjoyed.

“Albert Ayler's later works (Love Cry, New Grass and Music is the Healing Force of the Universe) seem to be generally reviled. Through meditations, dreams, and visions, the players on this project were given the message to once again attempt to send the people of earth a message of love, peace, and spiritual understanding. We selected a representative set of tunes for this material and essentially let it play itself through us. We hope you will be as surprised as we still are by the results of this invocational experiment. We hope you will like this record.”
- Henry Kaiser, producer and guitarist Buy This CD

Limited copies of the "Noisy People" dvd are available here. It is a Film by Tim Perkis featuing Damon Smith and other Bay Area Musicians. Includes footage of Gratkowski/Bryerton/Smith and Wolfgang Fuchs' Six Fuchs Project. Buy This CD

Improvised music form Oakland and Tel Aviv from the Jerusalem based Kadima Label.
Aurora Josephson - voice
Ariel Shibolet - soprano saxophone
Jen Baker - trombone
Scott R. Looney - piano
Damon Smith - double bass Buy This CD

"Ghetto Caylpso" Peter Kowald/Marco Eneidi/Damon Smith/Spirit out now on NOTTWO records. Buy This CD

New from Nuscope Records: Biggi Vinkeloe, alto saxophone, flute; Damon Smith, double-bass; Kjell Nordeson, drums, vibraphone Buy This CD

Forthcoming CD's

BPA 013 "Pepper Spray" Ariel Shibolet/Jen Baker/Damon Smith/Jerome Bryerton

Bertram Turetzky/Damon Smith ThoughtBeetle

All CD's are $15.00. That includes postage and handling anywhere in the world. Shopping cart is provided by PayPal
"Jus" Jacob Lindsay - Ab, Bb, Bass & Contrabass Clarinets; Ava Mendoza - Guitar; Damon Smith - 7 String Ergo Bass, lloopp; Weasel Walter - Percussion	"Zen Kaiju" Duo improvisations for Shakuhachi and Guitar recorded in 2006 at Fantasy studios.	"Healing Force" Seven major figures from the art-punk, free-jazz, brutal prog, improvisational and modern jazz world come together for a ROCKING tribute to the unfairly ignored, misunderstood and vilified late period works of Albert Ayler.
"Untitled (1959)" Improvised music form Oakland and Tel Aviv from the Jerusalem based Kadima Label. Aurora Josephson - voice, Ariel Shibolet - soprano saxophone, Jen Baker - trombone, Scott R. Looney - piano, Damon Smith - double bass	"revolt" more than 60 minutes of blistering, high energy free jazz that will appeal to the Ayler/Brotzmann/Cecil Taylor school of intensity and speed. studio and live tracks featuring various combinations of Weasel Walter (drums), Damon Smith (bass), Randy Hunt (bass), John Gruntfest (alto saxophone), Aram Shelton (alto saxophone), Josh Allen (tenor saxophone) and Henry Kaiser (guitar). limited to 500	"Firestorm" is an intense and musically assaultive release of killer, balls-out free jazz that will appeal to those who long for the most bombasic works of Broetzmann, Ayler, Takayanagi and Cecil Taylor!
"Ghetto Caylpso" NOTTWO - Peter Kowald/Marco Eneidi/Damon Smith/Spirit	"Ausfegen" Recorded at 1510 8th St. Studios in Oakland, CA on Friday, August 25th, 2006 and the Luggage Store Gallery in San Francisco, CA on Thursday, August 24th, 2006. Paul Hartsaw - Soprano and Tenor Saxophones, Kristian Aspelin - Guitar, Broom, Damon Smith - Double Basses, Jerome Bryerton - Percussion	"Noisy People" Limited copies of the "Noisy People" dvd are available here. It is a Film by Tim Perkis featuing Damon Smith and other Bay Area Musicians. Includes footage of Gratkowski/Bryerton/Smith and Wolfgang Fuchs' Six Fuchs Project.
"Domo Arigato Derek Senset" bpaltd202 - Henry Kaiser + Derek Bailey and many others	"Sextessence" bpa011 - john butcher/aaron bennett/henry kaiser/danielle degruttola/damon smith/jerome bryerton	"A Night In Palermo" BRD041 - Rastascan Records BRD 041/Curva Minore CM04 Gianni Gebbia/Lelia Giannetto/Gino Robair/Damon SmithTom Nunn/Garth Powell
"Elegans" with - Biggi Vinkeloe, alto saxophone, flute; Damon Smith, double-bass; Kjell Nordeson, drums, vibraphone	"cruxes" with - aurora josephson/joelle leandre/damon smith/martin blume	"sperrgut" with - birgit ulher/damon smith/martin blume
"the happymakers" with - wolfgang fuchs/jacob lindsay/damon smith/serge baghdassarians/boris baltschun	"zero plus" with aurora josephson, phillip wachsmann, jacob lindsay, damon smith, martin blume	"sense of hearing" with carol genetti/damon smith + fred lonberg-holm
"the voice imitators" with Frank Gratkowski, Jerome Bryerton and Damon Smith	"desert sweets" with Biggi Vinkeloe, Mark Weaver and Damon Smith	"Three October Meetings" Wolfgang Fuchs/Jerome Bryerton/Damon Smith
The Sale Of Tickets For Money Was Abolished -OUT OF PRINT-	"Mirrors - Broken But No Dust" Peter Kowald/Damon Smith -OUT OF PRINT-	Tripple D "the unstable qualities of three" -OUT OF PRINT-