Whatever else you hear by them, be sure you hear Beanfield's "The Seasons
(Swag remix)" on the Om Lounge 4 comp. (you might have to, uh, download it
or something) - their single best track - I'm going to be a nerd and quote
my own review:
"A conga-fueled rhythmic river flows inexorably over a syncopated but loose
jazzy bottom end with a circle of electric piano chords supported by cello
floating above. The vocals alternate between Blakean pastoral-mystic spoken
segments and an understatedly beautiful melody that mysteriously distributes
the lyrical syllables at uneven intervals across the bar lines."
"The Seasons" is one of the best tracks on their 1999 full-length, Human
Patterns.
I'm listening to 1998's self-titled debut on Compost for the first time in a
while - it starts out inauspiciously with a sort of cheese-funk track - the
downside of the whole Compost records nu-jazz thing (IMHO) - the second
track had me thinking "wow, this sounds like a faster, more chirpily
electronic take on something from Can's "Saw Delight" - looking at the
sleeve, I see the track is called "Elektro-Kraut" so I guess that's what
they want you to think.
Overall, the first is more electro and more intentionally inorganic while
"Human Patterns" has more of a latin-percussion serious early-70s kozmigroov
feel - similar to Jazzanova or even Ian O'Brien - preferable for me but
perhaps not everyone.
Bob
-----Original Message-----
From: kingmob@nmt.edu [mailto:kingmob@nmt.edu]
Sent: Thursday, February 13, 2003 1:28 AM
To: idm@hyperreal.org
Subject: [idm] Beanfield recommendations/reviews?
I was wondering if anyone could recommend any Beanfield stuff. Thanks
in advance.
Hooray for Pokey!!!
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