Philip H. Sherburne wrote:
quoted 8 lines Andrea Parker has used strings quite a bit in her work. "The Rocking>
> >Andrea Parker has used strings quite a bit in her work. "The Rocking
> >Chair" is compsed almost entirely with strings and "Atacama Giant" (on the
> >Mo Wax release with "Melodius Thunk") has some haunting chords in the
> >background which sound like a cello or bass.
>
> what's her stuff like? is "atacama giant" (is this the name of the ep? or
> is it off something else?) still available?
funny, i think you quoted the answer to half your question(s)!!
OK, IDM...you want music? you want music-related opinionry...
Here's what i can tell you...
(as far as I know...i.e. i'm not the law ont his stuff)
As far as solo work, she's got two ep's (STILL IN PRINT, of course) on the
Mo' Wax label.
melodious thunk (95, CD and 12")
the rocking chair (96, CD and 2x12"....uhh, buy the CD)
both...INCREDIBLE. "melodious" has incredible low-frequency eeriness to it.
beautifully percussion-laden, almost tribal. a truly DARK, entrancing aura about it.
the b-sides include said "atacama giant" and two others. these 3 aren't as good as
"melodious" IMHO, but produced in very much the same style as the "thunk" piece.
dark, BASSY instrumentals with some strings in there.....all DARK yet hauntingly
beautiful at the same time. an EP i HIGHLY recommend.
as far as "the rocking chair"...astonishing in it's OWN way. slower, this time, CELLO
and strings are prominent. stark, sad (as in beautiful sadness!) quality to it. no
'real' b-sides (other than a quick interlude piece) per se, but remixes by andrea
herself (the ELECTRIC CHAIR mix, i.e. no strings), attica blues ('nother mo' wax
staple), and someone else i forget. regardless, an EP completely worth it for the
single version alone.
there's also a new Andrea Parker song on (the forthcoming) TEX 5, the track is called
"unconnected". here's what has been said about though...
quoted 2 lines the andrea parker track is a very hard electro track....sounds like the jedi> the andrea parker track is a very hard electro track....sounds like the jedi
> knights...but alot harder. it's cool though..
in addition, ms. parker's done a remix for lamb's third single, "god bless"...
an OUTSTANDING 8 minute epic of typical andrea electro-bass groove, with eery strings
attached...great stuff.
but you know what may REALLY catch your ear is her work with david morley on the
"angular art" EP (infonet 95). 4 tracks of instrumental ambience (morley's infl)
and andrea's almost-tribal, stark percussion. the b-side cuts ("undercurrents" and
"after dark") are probably my favorite parker tracks next to "melodious")....so very
dark and brooding and CHILLING....
and just when you thought i'd shut up....i can say that select magazine did a thing on
her in dec '96 "first bass" (dance music pages section whatever) where she lists some
of her favorite releases....and what's #3???
gescom: "sounds of machines our parents used"
HELL YEAH! (uhh, nice pick there IMNSHO)
that's what i can tell you...
ASG
(thanx to the wise one, ACM, for the intro to andrea's work)