Hi aidmll...
My brother sent me an article from the NY Times about various "Top 10 Albums that Most People Missed" The following are of particular relevance to this group. Does anyone have any opinions of them?
State of Bengal, "Visual Audio" (Six Degrees). Sam Zaman
doesn't just mix East and West in his Anglo- Indian electronica. He
throws in North and South, too, slicing the samples just large
enough to be recognizable as they boomerang around a beat that
might come from a computer one moment, tablas the next.
Vladislav Delay, "Multila" (Chain Reaction). A former jazz
percussionist in Finland, Mr. Delay turned to electronics and began
deconstructing ambient music the way Jamaican dub producers
deconstruct reggae. On this collection of his singles, each so lush
yet painstakingly complex, he creates a hypnotic wash of clicks,
pops and sweeps in which rhythm is just sound.
Fenno'berg, "The Magic Sound of Fenno'berg" (Mego). Improvised
on laptop computers by Christian Fennesz, Jim O'Rourke and Peter
Rehberg the matinee idols of the new electro-acoustic improv
scene this album serves up the dislocating, wrenching,
mind-boggling sonic textures that this type of music routinely
offers, but also a real sense of humor and entertainment.
Ch'e, "Sounds of Liberation" (Man's Ruin). "Desert rock," it
has been called, and you can imagine this whomping, earthy stuff as
a soundtrack to accompany you as you ride a hog through the Mojave
after leaving your job, disconnecting your phone and not showering
for six days.
Regards,
..(Sunsp0t)...
Sunspot@umailme.com
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