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This is good stuff. Guitars and electronics. This may put some of you off, but this is really reminiscent of some of the stuff Eno did with James on "Wah-Wah"...experimental and warbly at times, other times breathey and beautiful. Sometimes you get a good guitar riff and that captures your attention, other times it's a glitch, still other times I get a real My Bloody Valentine vibe from it...and now and then, silly-sounding vocals that just f*cking WORK with what he's doing. Radiohead tried to bridge some gaps between electronics and guitar with Kid A and this guy (Kristian Craig Robinson) seems to be exploring similar territory artistically, though not necessarily musically. I don't know anything about this guy, but I wouldn't be surprised to hear that he's classically trained. He's definitely doing something different and you should just find it and listen if you want to know more. On a tangent, I think of A Reminiscent Drive in the same way, especially with "What's Your Style?" from Ambrosia. There's something to be said for a 'scene' that trickles down from Aphex and Autechre, but this one is an example of someone coming at these sounds from a different direction and it's highly recommended from where I'm sitting. For those of you who have heard this one, what can you tell me about this guy? Is there more out there? Who else is doing similar stuff these days? I'm definitely curious now. ---brian ------------------------ Brian W. Gause Senior Technical Writer SECTORBASE.com 568 Howard Street First Floor San Francisco, CA 94105 Direct: (415) 365-8203 Fax: (415) 365-8263 --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: idm-unsubscribe@hyperreal.org For additional commands, e-mail: idm-help@hyperreal.org