kurt and others interested,
ive been really into takemura's stuff lately. (gearing up to see him on nov 24th)
i also checked out a couple of these new childdisc releases. me and my buddy each bought like 3 of them.
bought koota tanimura's bluff music vaudeville. its described as frank zappa meets drill n bass. well its sort of that. the CD is very schizophrenic/crazy. there are constant shifts all over the place. manic beats. bad synth sounds. silly and weird samples. piano clusters. it is almost unlistenable. but it is interesting nevertheless although i dont care for it too much.
i also got the childisc vol. 3 compilation. there are some nice tracks on here, more reminiscent of takemura's stuff. a track by asao kikuchi "invitation to world travel". one by aki tsuyuko. she also has an album out on childisc. just solo organ with layering and reverb touches. very nice and minimal if you like organs. i think she also appears on milan by takemura. a track by yabe milk "hunting" which is a bossa nova type of thing. very nice. a track by takashi mizukoshi "TP"
which is this collage song with nice melodies. sounds like cartoon music. cute. a track by arche type "child moon" which sounds like bad karaoke on acid or an old casio preset groove gone haywire. and a track by kiku. which is very sparse. little nice blips. i would say about half the songs on this disc are good.
my friend bought suppa micro pamchop and the aki tsuyuko CD's as well as the asao kikuchi "imaginary landscape" CD. i will let you know about those after i borrow them and listen a bit. im interested in hearing more of this music coming out of japan. child music is a very apt description of alot of the stuff ive heard so far. what a nice idea.
later,
greg davis
autumn records
www.amug.org/~jkdavis/autumn
np: hush little robot-bruce haack (this is really messed up stuff!!!!)
kurt wrote:
quoted 11 lines strongly interested in some of Nobekazu Takemura's work, I was intrigued to discover
> strongly interested in some of Nobekazu Takemura's work, I was intrigued to discover a half dozen or so ("new") releases from his Childisc label at my local record store yesterday. Anybody know about any of 'em?
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> Shooting in the dark, I grabbed one, "Imaginary Landscapes" by Asao Kikuchi. It is at times quite reminiscent of Takemura's work circa 'Child and Magic": the packaging and (many) track titles recall childhood; there are a number of tracks which play on Steve Reich-like patterns for vibraphones etc.; the sound collage juxtaposes a 'charming' quasi-naive instrumental sound with surprising and occasionally jarring musique concrete elements; dance beats crop up from time to time.
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> Kikuchi seems to be referencing his (?) influences when he includes, in the cd booklet, an amusingly dumbed-down depiction of Marcel Duchamp, and, on one of the tracks, a loop of dialogue from the Mothers of Invention's "Uncle Meat" ("Hi boys and girls, I'm Jimmy Carl Black, the indian of the group."). Frank Zappa is not an influence most would be quick to wear on their sleeve, but, there it is. At one point there's a track that reminds me quite a bit of 'Revolution #9".
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> it strikes me on first listen as a mixed bag. Some of the tracks are quite nice little sonic/melodic inventions. The drum programming, when it appears, strikes me as a bit stale. And, while I don't know anything about Kikuchi, there's this sense that his work is a reflection of Takemura's more robust work.
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