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From:
sun rob and his arkestra
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Greg Clow
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Date:
Wed, 21 Apr 1999 11:37:39 -0400 (EDT)
Subject:
(idm) p-sonic/transam, short reviews
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quoted 2 lines LADDIO BOLOCKO> > LADDIO BOLOCKO
(laddio bolocko description snipped) these guys sound pretty cool. no wonder they're opening for trans am.
quoted 4 lines scratches the surface of Laddio Bolocko's deep musical pockets. The band's> scratches the surface of Laddio Bolocko's deep musical pockets. The band's > structured music forms, written entirely by the group, > give each musician an opportunity to freely 'express' themselves within > each song.
hmm. sounds like jazz. that's not an insult (i love jazz) but really, the only reason post-rock stuff doesn't get called jazz is because it usually doesn't involve horns. you'd think miles had taken care of that "if it's got a guitar it must be rock!" thing in the 70's. more-idm content: picked up the best of the orb yesterday- quite nice to have little fluffy clouds, toxygene and assassin all together on one disc. listening to the remixes disc now (somebody priced it like a single used disc!) which is pretty nice, not stunning. in the stunning category though: mad monkey record's enter the monkey. this thing is the bomb and a half. i can't recommend it highly enough. perfect variety: ambient, digital mischief, noise, cd-skipping, funky complex rhythms and more. every track has its own distinct feel, but they somehow give each other a context like no other label sampler i've ever heard. great efforts by a number of listmembers if i'm not mistaken. you owe it to yourself to pick up this record, and peep the full review in grooves #2 (plug plug). -rob