On Thu, 13 Mar 1997, Radio Aleph wrote:
]Also: as someone paranoid of growing-up to be 45 years old & 800 miles
]from a sampler or a turntable, is anyone out there aware of any acoustic
]artists (guitar, handdrums, free jazz, etc.) who do shit similar to
]Squarepusher or Autechre? Crazy architectural rhythm-variations, but not
]dependent on a federal electricity supply? 'Cuz what happens when you got
]all these wild rhythms in your head but the lights go out?... What then?
]Who makes jungle/hip-hop brilliance, but electricity-free?
Though it's far from jungle, if you're looking for mad beats done totally
live and with no electricity, check out any of the number of tabla players
and their solos on classical indian music recordings (i.e. Ravi Shankar).
It's also interesting that this isn't the first time I've had a reason to
mention good old Ravi nor will it be the last -- he and his mates are very
accomplished musicians. On one particular disc that I own "Live at the
Monterey Pop Festival", the tabla solo is simply incredible: it sounds
like 2 or 3 people all beating out various metamorphosizing rhythms, but
it's (as expected of a `solo') done by one guy.
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