....there is a "nobukazu takemura flood" right now at:
alt.binaries.sounds.mp3.indie
alt.binaries.sounds.mp3.dance
milano,scope,hoshi no koe,for tomorrow ep....are among the available.
doo bee doo....just to let you know..
pete
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Fra: "Kurt Hoffman" <supine@bway.net>
Til: "Irene McC" <substar@iafrica.com>
Cc: <v.kuoppala@pp.inet.fi>; <idm@hyperreal.org>
Sendt: 5. januar 2002 04:05
Emne: Re: [idm] Nobukazu Takemura (his best album)
quoted 29 lines Nobukazu Takemura's best album is "Child and Magic."
>
> Nobukazu Takemura's best album is "Child and Magic."
>
> Best integration of his poly-stylism within his larger melodic,
> faux-naif thing. Lots and lots of strong tracks.
>
> Funfair would be my second choice.
>
> Otherwise....his albums tend to have a few good or even great things
> amidst exhausting mediocrity, which was my problem with Scope and
> even more so with Hoshi No Koe.
>
> There's a certain thing he gets into a lot on the somewhat dashed-off
> Miyake albums, where he uses samples of conventional instruments to
> make minimal, classical-ish (or, at least, "composed") music. at a
> certain point the pieces sound like midi demos of pieces that should
> have just been played by real instruments for more nuance. Or
> something; frustratingly close to being very good.
>
> But, again, somehow his minimal quasi-chamber pieces on "Child and
> Magic" just sound wonderful. Ah, those lyrical horn melodies...and
> that beautiful, shimmering, almost "Pet Sounds"-like track that
> closes the album....mm...
>
> k
>
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