Hi,
I've got a couple of questions.....
Could some body please supply a discog or info. on Multiphonic Ensemble, Bisk, and
Nobukazu
Takemura. I have a few of each of their albums but would like to know more. Also,
is there any thing else of interest coming out of Japan which any body has noticed?
The other day at work some one put on a CD of some "dance hall" like music. I
don't know if that's what it would be called because it was somewhat slower than
the little dance hall that I've heard, and invariably had a kick hit on one and
four, and snare on seven of an eight beat measure (like on some commercial hip hop
I've been hearing around). The beats and instrumental elements were very sparse
(sometimes a bit quirky, and on a few of the tracks, even a bit glitchy and
"electronic" sounding), and the music relied mostly on the beautiful aggressive
scratchy Caribbean voices on top of it. I was wondering if anybody could tell me
first; what the music is called, and second; if they have heard of, or heard any
electronic experimentation involving this kind of music as a starting point.
Cheers,
Christophe
Peter Hollo wrote:
quoted 46 lines Multiphonic Ensemble's new album on Sub Rosa, _Cirque_, is a lot weirder and
> Multiphonic Ensemble's new album on Sub Rosa, _Cirque_, is a lot weirder and
> more diverse than his first album from 1997. That was well-produced drill'n'bass
> with a Japanese sampling kind of slant to it.
>
> The new album retains the fucked-up drum'n'bass elements but widens out to
> incorporate a lot more noisy free-jazz and avant-classical sounding stuff (other
> instrumentalists include a violinist, saxophonists, guitarists) and lots of
> circus elements (not surprisingly). The sound reminds me a lot of Nobukazu
> Takemura's "Child & Magic" album on Warner Japan, and of the manic sample frenzy
> of the more recent Stock, Hausen & Walkman releases. The album is very much
> recommended to anyone into those artists in particular. I'd also compare it
> favourably with Bisk, another Japanese artist on Sub Rosa.
>
> There are a couple of tracks which are basically deranged drum'n'bass workouts.
> The beats sound at first like the barlines are changing all the time, but are
> actually more regular than it sounds. Still, nothing happens quite as you'd
> expect on this album.
> Some of the tracks echo both Nobukazu and Bisk in their evocation of French
> Impressionist music, which has I suppose a lot in common with the Japanese
> musical aesthetic.
> This is definitely music that takes a couple of listens to get into. At first it
> sounds too disorganised and abrasive to work, screaming saxes and odd changes
> all over the place, but once one gets into the feel of it, it all makes a
> certain weird sense. The third time I listened to it, I wasn't doing anything
> else, and found myself laughing out loud to some of the tracks, and found my
> attitude changing from a disinterested "this is kindof alright weird stuff" to
> "this is really clever and cute and funky!" Once one's tuned in, the rhythmic
> element is surprisingly groovy. And the humour is pretty explicit in some
> pieces, with a very digitally chewed up sample from Bach in one of the later
> tracks, and odd juxtapositions all over the place.
>
> Definitely worth a listen, some will like more than others.
> Cheers,
> Peter.
> --
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> "Of course, dance music can be a music where you lie on your back and
> your brain cells dance" -Michael Karoli of Can, quoted in Wire mag.
>
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