I don't remember anybody bringing this up in any detail, so I just thought
I'd mention that vert's "k?ln konzert" on sonig is a fantastic little piece
of work. It's basically a reconceived/recontextualized Keith Jarrett concert
(Jarrett's own K?ln konzert, natch) that uses Jarrett's own or similar piano
themes, but loops them and subjects them to cut-up jobs, sound treatments,
and added noise in lovely, very well-considered ways. Much of it's a bit
reminiscent of some Nobukazu Takemura, but the warmth and depth of tone is
almost unprecedented (to my ear) in this kind of consciously mechanistic
composition. I've been grinning over this one for a little over a month now.
I can't say I've ever been a huge fan of Keith Jarrett himself, but even the
overfamiliar theme quoted on the last track of vert's version stirs up warm
flush and gooseflesh. This record sounds like a beautifully-timbred piano
being played in an echoey concert hall that's currently under construction,
with little bits of noise leaking in and out through the empty, wide open
spaces. Nice, that.
As a matter of fact, if anyone who's heard this can offer up some
recommendations outside of, say, Bubblecore recs or the early minimalists,
I'd be much obliged. This record makes me happy.
Cheers,
M.
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"Machines are sober, uncomplaining, endlessly efficient, and work
ceaselessly through all hours for the good of all, said the Dead Father.
They dream, when they dream, of stopping. Of last things."
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