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Re: (idm) nobukazu takemura review

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1999-05-09 09:40(idm) nobukazu takemura review
└─ 1999-05-10 16:01daniel Re: (idm) nobukazu takemura review
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1999-05-09 09:40Echophoria@aol.comIn a message dated 5/9/99 3:22:22 AM EDT, roesch@augsburg.edu writes: >Is this out yet? I'
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In a message dated 5/9/99 3:22:22 AM EDT, roesch@augsburg.edu writes:
quoted 2 lines Is this out yet? I've seen no evidence of it's existense or even a definite>Is this out yet? I've seen no evidence of it's existense or even a definite >release date or title.
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.... ----------------------- Headers -------------------------------- Return-Path: <idm-owner-Echophoria=aol.com@hyperreal.org> Received: from rly-zd02.mx.aol.com (rly-zd02.mail.aol.com [172.31.33.226]) by air-zd03.mail.aol.com (v59.4) with SMTP; Sun, 09 May 1999 03:22:21 -0400 Received: from hyperreal.org (taz.hyperreal.org [209.133.83.16]) by rly-zd02.mx.aol.com (8.8.8/8.8.5/AOL-4.0.0) with SMTP id DAA01376 for <Echophoria@aol.com>; Sun, 9 May 1999 03:22:20 -0400 (EDT) Received: (qmail 1798 invoked by uid 6000); 9 May 1999 07:22:12 -0000 Received: (qmail 1785 invoked from network); 9 May 1999 07:22:10 -0000 Received: from roland.augsburg.edu (141.224.64.1) by taz.hyperreal.org with SMTP; 9 May 1999 07:22:09 -0000 Received: from Moonbeam.augsburg.edu (138-59.campus.augsburg.edu [141.224.138.59]) by roland.augsburg.edu (8.8.7/8.8.7) with SMTP id CAA23981 for <idm@hyperreal.org>; Sun, 9 May 1999 02:22:07 -0500 (CDT) Message-Id: <3.0.5.32.19990509021153.008b2460@augsburg.edu> X-Sender: roesch@augsburg.edu X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Light Version 3.0.5 (32) Date: Sun, 09 May 1999 02:11:53 -0500 To: idm@hyperreal.org From: Moonlight <roesch@augsburg.edu> Subject: Re: (idm) Freeform composition In-Reply-To: <19990508.232154.10758.1.andregurov@juno.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Sender: idm-owner@hyperreal.org Precedence: bulk >>
1999-05-10 16:01danielEchophoria@aol.com wrote: > overall: impressive. blows away the slick, poppy, hiphoppy (fi
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quoted 5 lines overall: impressive. blows away the slick, poppy, hiphoppy (first) Child's> 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. >
Coincidently I just picked up changing hands. I don't think it can be compared to Takemura's solo work. The work is a collaboration (though they never met face to face to colloborate) and it's point is much different because of that fact. Takemura's music is off in the experimental realm. However, changing hands has more in common with DJ krush and DJ Shadow. Good stuff all around but you definitely have to approach it in a different manner. Have you heard childs view - funfair (on bubble core)? from your description of the thrill jockey album it seems to be very similar. thanks for the review. Daniel Head Monkey mad monkey records