Nobukazu Takemura - Scope (Thrilljockey 068)
1. On A Balloon (22:23)
2. Kepler (13:30)
3. Taw (9:37)
4. Icefall (10:28)
5. Tiddler
release date is June 8th.
haven't given it a real in depth listen yet. ok, that's no excuse. here goes:
first track sounds like Oval mixed by Rehberg & Bauer. really.
second track ... beautiful - vibes and chimes. more like the Child's View
stuff. or Oval playing glitch-games with Northern Picture Library (remember
them?).
third track - very fucking weird. the sort of vocal garble you'd hear on
Kunstradio. digital farts and glurbs. some skewed, O'Rourke-y conception of
what constitutes rhythm, what makes a song, etc.
fourth track - holy 21st Century Classical, Batman! forget Schoenberg and his
12 Tones. this is like 24Bit Row Composition. abstract as fuck. though you
can almost hum along. can't really describe it, but it eats RDJ's pissings
for lunch. maybe Dumb Type running at 4.3x speed?
last track starts like a doped-up Bach playing elevator-music versions of his
fugues on a flute organ ... and never gets much further than that. a pretty
piece with lots of contrapuntal charm. but a trifle - or should that be a
"tiddle?" - nonetheless.
overall: impressive. blows away the slick, poppy, hiphoppy (first) Child's
View album. this work is - dare i say? - significant. eons ahead of the
Jansen/Barbieri/Takemura album (Changing Hands). though that was pretty cool,
too.
damn. now i'm craving more weird japanese shit.
and the nearest noodle house won't be open for hours.
mr. e.
now on: various: interior (nan)
ahhhh....