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Philip H. Sherburne
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Wed, 15 Jan 1997 16:50:12 -0500 (EST)
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Re: (idm) tortoise notes
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On Tue, 14 Jan 1997, Philip H. Sherburne wrote:
quoted 13 lines i'll prob'ly get in trouble here, but ah well...> i'll prob'ly get in trouble here, but ah well... > > Kent wrote: > >Labradford (Kranky 013) The Labradford boys were ambient before ambient > >was cool, they were indie back when it meant something, and groups > >like Tortoise have to give them their due as originators of the only > >adventurous genre left in guitar rock. > > tortoise do pretty different things than labradford. Perhaps one of the > greatest things tortoise has done lately is to offer a feasible crossover > between rock instrumentation & dj remixing. Labradford was remixed by Jim > O'rourke early on, but haven't made a contribution anywhere near that of > Tortoise's.
While we're on the subject of Tortoise... does anyone know why their first remix lp (Rhythms, Resolutions, and Clusters) is out of print? I mean are they trying to encourage the trainspotter/collector mentality or are there copyright issues involved? I recall seeing some of the titles on a Japanese cd but don't exactly feel like paying $30+ for it. The pisser is I vividly remember seeing this album in the bins a year or two ago _before_ I got into them. thanks, Howie