Yep. I think they're from 'La Mer' (that's the sea, not his Mum ;-)).
alan
P.S. Culture notes: Some would have it that Debussy was the Godfather of
Ambient (in my Mind's-Eye-Theatre there are visions of him being played by
Marlon Brando, cheeks stuffed with cotton wool, but regrettably a
performance that is less ignorable than it is interesting). Debussy is
reputed to have had his head turned on an intoxicated visit to an
exhibition in Paris 1889 involving a blend of African, Arabic, and South
East Asian, and some of that good old Balinese, after which he declared 'We
should make music which has neither motifs not themes, but is universal'
(in an appalling French accent which nearly got him arrested - so take
note, Steve Martin), before throwing up on the furniture. The furniture was
acquired by Erik Satie, who turned it into music. It turned up in a car
boot sale in 1975 and was bought by Brian Eno, who reupholstered it and
called it 'Ambient'. Geir Jenssen was round at Eno's one day and
accidentally inhaled some fumes from it, and the resulting sneeze became
the title of his 1st album: 'Patashnik' ('Dropsonde', meaning 'Bless you'
in the local dialect of Tromsø, is a belated follow-up to that original
'release'). True.
(Well, you may scoff but it's a bloody sight more plausible than the Church
of the Flying Spaghetti Monster!!)
--On 31 March 2006 07:32 +0200 Johan <antioxidant@glocalnet.net> wrote:
quoted 52 lines Yes, 10 of the 12 tracks on "Shenzhou" are based on Debussy loops.
> Yes, 10 of the 12 tracks on "Shenzhou" are based on Debussy loops.
>
> Cheers,
> Johan.
>
> 2006-03-31 kl. 04.08 skrev Nokex Aurevmu:
>
>> talking about "shenzhou" that sample that he loops i think i've heard
>> it in some composition by debussy, i think it was "sea" or something.
>> can anyone confirm this?
>>
>>
>> On 3/30/06,Johan<antioxidant@glocalnet.net> wrote:
>> Biosphere "Dropsonde" is a fantastic album. Sweet ambient music with
>> nice jazz loops, an uncommon approach (but not new: it reminds me of
>> much of the stuff on Howie B's also fantastic "Music for babies" album)
>> which should be tried out more...
>>
>> Geir Jenssens best album since "Substrata", I'd say. It's clearly a
>> Biosphere album; it has the beautiful atmospheric feel of "Substrata"
>> and the hypnotizing work with loops of "Shenzhou".
>>
>> With this album, Geir has again shown that he's the king of ambient
>> (with Pete Namlook and Brian Eno as runners-up).
>>
>> Go get it!
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Johan.
>> ------------------------------------------
>> Johan Agebjörn
>> antioxidant@glocalnet.net
>> mp3s:www.johanagebjorn.info
>>
>> ---------------------------------------------------------------------
>> To unsubscribe, e-mail:idm-unsubscribe@hyperreal.org
>> For additional commands, e-mail:idm-help@hyperreal.org
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> "So, to put it in the Leninist way: what the 'human rights of Third
>> World suffering victims' effectively means today, in the predominant
>> discourse, is the right of Western powers themselves to intervene
>> politically, economically, culturally and militarily in the Third
>> World countries of their choice, in the name of defending human
>> rights." - Slavoj ?i?ek
> ------------------------------------------
> Johan Agebjörn
> antioxidant@glocalnet.net
> mp3s: www.johanagebjorn.info