Not new:
Ken Ishii's "Garden on the Palm." Get it if you find it. 2 X 12" of very
experimental stuff, yet seems more dancefloor-oriented (or if not oriented,
at least compatible) than other Ishii I've heard (i.e. UTU, Pneuma ep and
Tangled Notes). BTW, does anyone think the little blurb inside R & S'
Ishii compilation CD is embarassingly...neo-colonial...er...guilty of
"orientalism"...? I do.
Sorta-new:
Dan Curtin's "Silicon Landscapes." Curtin-esque yet/and fresh... Great sounds
all around, some strange twaekings of knobs (909 ride tweaking is easy
and subtle but makes me smile) and benders. Strange roughness/smoothness
like his other works. 2 X 12"...second disc (esp. second side) slows down
and gets fonky, ending with "Blue Apple Funk Drops" which begins with
"i-i-i-i-inhale..." hmm.
What you may not have heard yet...but maybe, who knows:
Sublime's Curtin e.p. with Ken Ishii remix. Ishii tweaks the original track
almost beyond recognition, retaining the smooth pad from the original. I've
forgotten the song names but keep an eye out! Wierd pitch envelope tricks!
The othe Sublime things I hear were quite good. I listened to them briefly...
One was Yakota, and it seems (with hope?) he's moving away from his Harthouse
sound...or at least word has it that he wants to.
In the words of Mad Mike: kirk out. Happy listening.
-morgan geist