Fima Ephron

chimp · #1 12-12-2004, 11:08 AM

Anyone heard of this guy? he is one of my favorite bassists check him out at http://screamingheadlesstorsos.com/Website/SHT.html

the rest of the band is pretty incredible as well.

NJL · #2 12-12-2004, 01:34 PM

these dudes are the real deal. fima and gene lake really get the groove on.

a buddy of mine just bought the DVD, but is waiting for it to come in

rulyøngo · #3 12-12-2004, 10:16 PM

CHECK OUT HIS SOLO CD:

Soul Machine

It's Really good!!!

chimp · #4 12-13-2004, 05:26 AM

i saw it in my cd shop awhile back i was pretty impressed its alot more subdued than the SHT stuff but i realy got into it! i would love that dvd looks like its gonna be a good one.

fima lays down so nice layed back solos they were my first solos that i realy enjoyed hes keeps laying down good grooves the man is incredible!

JimK · #5 12-13-2004, 07:18 AM

I would not call Soul Machine 'more subdued' than the SHT; it's is different, to be sure. It is worth having!
If you like the Klezmer-Jazz-Funk of Soul's Machine, check out one of Fima's other projects, The Hasidic New Wave(also with 'Fuse').

Lost Tribe, which sounds like Downtown meets M-BASE, is another Fima project worth looking into.

chimp · #6 12-13-2004, 08:22 AM

cool ill check those out i think i got lost tribe mixed up with soul machine if lost tribe is the mellow one and soul machine the not so mellow. Good to see so many people into this stuff!

**j-raj** · #7 12-13-2004, 10:22 AM

nAH...... never heard of him at all.....

Fima is the bomb and one of the coolest cats out there... Soul Machine is a great album!

http://fimamusic.com/

***I have been listening to SHT and HT's for a while and I have to thank JimK for turning me on to Hasidic New Wave and Lost Tribe...

chimp · #8 12-13-2004, 10:28 AM

Hopefully i will get to listen to this stuff soon but it not easy to find his stuff in south africa! Deffiantly going to get the new SHT and will look out for sould machine and Hasidic new wave

**j-raj** · #9 12-13-2004, 11:27 AM

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Originally Posted by chimp

Hopefully i will get to listen to this stuff soon but it not easy to find his stuff in south africa!

Why not just get what you can through Lian (on the site). I know that they have a bunch of international customers, so I bet it wouldn't be a problem to get what you want.

I know that there are some Fuze disc's on : http://www.audiophileimports.com

I bet there are other's that Fima is on as well, plus the search function allows to search by personel that is on a given album... not just the headliner.

jerry · #10 12-13-2004, 05:21 PM

Fima's one of my favorite players of the last fifteen years, I usually buy almost anything with him on it

I just love his concept on bass.....same with Fuze on guitar!

**j-raj** · #11 12-14-2004, 09:46 AM

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Originally Posted by jerry

Fima's one of my favorite players of the last fifteen years, I usually buy almost anything with him on it

Same here, and looking constantly...

It is cool that his site has a discography with a few of the CD's linked.

andruca · #12 12-14-2004, 11:04 AM

Only time I saw the Torsos live it was in Buenos Aires with Patrice Blanchard (whom I had the pleasure of hanging with after the show). I really love Fima's work with SHT.

ANDRUCA

chimp · #13 12-15-2004, 03:49 AM

Are there any other bands out there with a sound like this that doesnt involve 'Fuze' in it?

JimK · #14 12-15-2004, 06:08 AM

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Originally Posted by chimp

Are there any other bands out there with a sound like this that doesnt involve 'Fuze' in it?

A couple of other things I really like...somewhat in the same league as SHT-

The Music Revelation Ensemble(w/ "Blood" Ulmer)
In The Name Of... & Elec Jazz are probably my favourites from them.
...also, "Blood" Ulmer's Black Rock.

Ronald Shannon Jackson's Decoding Society
I have What Spirit Say.

Sonny Sharrock-
Rock The Ages & Seize The Rainbow

Some of Vernon Reid's "Free Funk/Jazz" thingees.
Or Defunkt.

A band that I just recently got hooked upon is John Zorn's Naked City...what took me so long?! Anyway, Radio is pretty frantic; same, too, for Naked City & Electric Masada.

**j-raj** · #15 12-15-2004, 08:52 AM

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Originally Posted by JimK

A couple of other things I really like...somewhat in the same league as SHT-

The Music Revelation Ensemble(w/ "Blood" Ulmer)
In The Name Of... & Elec Jazz are probably my favourites from them.
...also, "Blood" Ulmer's Black Rock.

Ronald Shannon Jackson's Decoding Society
I have What Spirit Say.

Sonny Sharrock-
Rock The Ages & Seize The Rainbow

Some of Vernon Reid's "Free Funk/Jazz" thingees.
Or Defunkt.

A band that I just recently got hooked upon is John Zorn's Naked City...what took me so long?! Anyway, Radio is pretty frantic; same, too, for Naked City & Electric Masada.

Yeah there are a few David Torn albums out there that have a similar vibe... Masada, Bar Kochba and Gamepieces from Zorn. Naked City is a bit of some crazy stuff; noisey and lovely!

RE: "Blood" Ulmer's Black Rock, watch out that's a pretty smoking album!!!

I need to get more into Sharrock.

Is Defunct still around, seriously...

There was a female bassist with them for a while that was pretty good.

DaveBeny · #16 12-15-2004, 09:19 AM

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Originally Posted by j-raj

I need to get more into Sharrock.

''Ask the Ages' is one of my 'desert island' discs! Not sure whether it is OOP, but I know that it is increasingly difficult to find. www.dtmgallery.com is the place to go for Sharrock and other jazz/rock/avant stuff.

I've been looking the Last Exit albums on CD for some time now - if anyone knows of any shop with any in stock, let me know.

**j-raj** · #17 12-15-2004, 09:36 AM

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Originally Posted by David Benyahia

''Ask the Ages' is one of my 'desert island' discs! Not sure whether it is OOP, but I know that it is increasingly difficult to find. www.dtmgallery.com is the place to go for Sharrock and other jazz/rock/avant stuff.

I've been looking the Last Exit albums on CD for some time now - if anyone knows of any shop with any in stock, let me know.

Downtown Music Gallery rocks!!! That is where I tend to find most of the Tzadik that I have been looking for.

B'tween Audiophile Import and DTMG, there is a wealth of amzing hard-to-find music!!!

jerry · #18 12-15-2004, 02:08 PM

The chick bassist from Defunkt was Kim Clarke. She definitely had the funk

I have her on a few other projects as well, and she always kicks ass. She wasn't on the last few Defunkt albums though

JimK · #19 12-15-2004, 04:46 PM

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Originally Posted by j-raj

B'tween Audiophile Import and DTMG, there is a wealth of amzing hard-to-find music!!!

www.dustygroove.com out of Chicago has a TON of great hard-to-find R&B & Chicago Avant/Free Jazz selections.

DMG is putting me in the Poor House.
I just bought Defunkt's Heroes from DMG.

chimp · #20 01-11-2005, 08:46 AM

well i just got the new SHT cd SIGNED BY FUZE! its pretty cool im enjoying it i feel like its a lil more laid back then my older cd but still funky and a groove that hits you so hard. the DVD is out of stock so gonna have to wait a lil longer for that and then one totaly off topic piece of info my new weather report dvd should be here soon aswell so gonna have plenty to keep me happy and get me trying new stuff.