quoted 5 lines & Gilberto at least has some of the loungey Esquivel vibe that makes his
> & Gilberto at least has some of the loungey Esquivel vibe that makes his
> record amusing to listen to while drinking heavily and thrusting your
> pelvis around like an idiot.
> I'll agree it has nothing to do with Big Loada, but by no means does
> that mean it's not a fun record.
my story with gilberto: a few months ago (perhaps a year even, can't
remember), i enter the record store & doing so discover two brand new
ninja tune full-length albums by gilberto & the irresistible force with
accompanying singles. i'm broke, so i decide on checking out the
singles as they are much cheaper. i put 'nepalese bliss' in the
listening station. listen. wonder 'what the FUCK?' & put it back where
it was. then i figure that at least the gilberto single 'deliver the
weird' must at least be good (plus it has a nicer sleeve) so i pick it
up instead, without even listening to it. what a mistake. upon
arriving home i realize that the record is, well, what it is. sell the
record back. buy something else. god knows what.
incidentally, the only ninja tune related record i bought since then is
neotropic's '15 levels of magnification' which i thought was quite
boring. that's all a shame since i really liked some of ninja's output
(amon tobin, funki porcini, animals on wheels) but everything else i've
checked out was simply not my taste -- too simple, too tame -- so i was
expecting ntone, which is lauded as the 'experimental' side of ninja
tune (no offence ninjeff & other ninja execs, but please allow me to
cough some on that one) to make up for the lack of chin-scratching. i'm
considering giving flanger a try, though, but that's because i have a
huge fondness for atom heart's (or more precisely lisa carbon's) take on
jazz. i'm going to recommend 'experimental post-techno swing' for the
rest of my life i'm sure, even though i'm positive most of you would
hate it. :)
it should also be said that my record buyings were quite unfortunate
around that time, & that on the same day i also bought such tired & tame
records as jessamine's 'the long arm of coincidence' & rachel's'
'handwriting', both of which i sold back & for that am quite a better
man i'm sure.
god knows WHY anybody would care about this last rant, but it felt good
to spew.
--
david turgeon at
http://www.notype.com