On Fri, 7 Jan 2000 AeOtaku@aol.com wrote:
quoted 7 lines Was wondering if anybody could give me a> Was wondering if anybody could give me a
> good description of this that doesn't sound
> like one of those press releases where they
> manage to not even mention the music (i.e.
> everything) - maybe even a Real Audio link
> or something. Also any other Omit recommendations
> are welcome.
The bulk of the Omit output is comprised of a churning, drone miasma
presented with a liberal dollop of alien vibes (strongly suggested by the
otherwordly artwork). Heavy-lidded effects and copious use of delay seem
to suggest a narcotic rendition of an imagined Martian swamp. Earliest
available recordings (_Intromit_) were veritable studies in how to use
effects to transform household appliances into cosmic sound automatons and
subsequent recordings show advancement by leaps and bounds. Most of the
releases are self-released cassettes (just shy of ten, last I checked) and
are/were available from Anomalous records for pennies (about the price of
blanks + postage from NZ)- I haven't seen any listed recently, so I don't
know if any/all parties involved are taking a breather or what.
Comparable to: the sixties work of Pauline Oliveros, who pioneered the
tape-delay system that Brian Eno ripped off/watered down and used to make
his elevator music classic _Discreet Music_. See CDs on Paradigm and
especially Pogus Productions (Alien Bog/Beautiful Soop) and approach her
recent, new-agey work with caution.
The 2CS set _Ionospheres_ is also pretty great. I've not been a fan of
his collabs (the Dust/Omit CD on Corpus Hermeticum was particularly
unimpressive), so perhaps diving right in with _Quad_ is the right move.
-rob
np- second disc of IOSS (Ios Smolders) 2 CD-R set of old school concrete.
Fans of Quiet Artworks LP _need_ apply
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