Other Music ~ USA ~ San Francisco, California

Incidents Out of Context (1983)

Other Music were a band from Marin County north of San Francisco who managed to put out two albums before splintering. To date I haven't heard their debut Prime Numbers but Incidents Out of Context is a fine example of World Fusion and experimental music. A mix of systems electronic music, Asian ethnic scales/instruments, unusual tuned percussion, classical chamber music structures and.... fuzz guitar. This latter element just slays me every time, especially in this context (so to speak). One of a kind, that's for sure.

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In 1998, yours truly had a four month long-term consulting engagement in Manhattan. The gig was in Soho on the edge of Greenwich Village and my hotel was in Chinatown / Little Italy. Not only did I eat like a king, but at least once a week I'd work off the meal by taking a brisk 20-25 minute walk up Lafayette to Other Music, one of the great "hipster" stores that featured all kinds of our style of music. I have often wondered if they arrived at the store name via this San Francisco based group - an album they most assuredly would have found somewhere during the 1980s or early 90s (as I did).

Former ownership: 1983 Flying Fish (LP). Acquired in 1993.

Not reissued as I update this post (4/7/26).

1993; 4/3/19 (review / new entry)