-----Original Message-----
From: kurt <supine@bway.net>
To: idm@hyperreal.org <idm@hyperreal.org>
Date: Sunday, February 06, 2000 11:20 AM
Subject: (idm) vibert/cole
hm...I'm always surprised when something like a new vibert album has already
landed in the 'used' bin at my local record store and I've barely heard a
peep about it from this list. perhaps that indicates a general
dissatisfaction on the part of the readership. their live show at bowery
ballroom sure got slagged in the NYTimes...
that said, I'm curious what people make of it. "stop the panic" is a very
odd product indeed, certainly uneven. but, at best, it's a successful and
uncanny collaboration between Vibert and slide guitar player BJ Cole. it
recalls another slide guitar player, Ry Cooder and his propensity for
recording with unlikely collaborators. whereas the Cooder projects typically
result in "someone else's music + Ry", this collaboration seems remarkably
thorough and seamless. Vibert's love for exhuberant camp and genre splicing
is shared here by Cole, who gleefully and beautifully conjures western
swing, '50's exotica, hawaiian music and other more abtract forms. he sounds
like the perfect Vibert sample. anyway, he's an incredible player, and if
anyone can suggest other recordings by Cole, email me. The Vibert part of
the deal is more or less Wagonchrist-like, though the silliness factor goes
right off the chart at times (not neccesarily a bad thing), and hip hop
beats give way to swing, rock and other 'anachronistic' dance rhythms.
well, so far, it's the best "fusion" album of the year 2000...
----- i'll have to agree here. i heard it last night on some good pot and
it certainly does its job. it took me through 3 or 4 tracks of bewilderment
before i realized what the album was about. it's a total beach party
album - hawaiian dancing and vibert/THC induced hiphopping. the guitar
playing goes on throughout the album (to somewhat of a surprise). i thought
it was just a funny little touch to one track. it's very fascinating music
if you're listening to it that way, but on the other hand, it's just a
great chill-out-'smoke-a joint'-make-your-evening-feel-good album.
-----Original Message-----
From: joseph fitzpatrick <jfitz@shelby.net>
To: kurt <supine@bway.net>
Date: Sunday, February 06, 2000 1:26 PM
Subject: Re: (idm) vibert/cole
quoted 9 lines -----Original Message-----
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>-----Original Message-----
>From: kurt <supine@bway.net>
>To: idm@hyperreal.org <idm@hyperreal.org>
>Date: Sunday, February 06, 2000 11:20 AM
>Subject: (idm) vibert/cole
>
>
>hm...I'm always surprised when something like a new vibert album hasquoted 10 lines landed in the 'used' bin at my local record store and I've barely heard a
>landed in the 'used' bin at my local record store and I've barely heard a
>peep about it from this list. perhaps that indicates a general
>dissatisfaction on the part of the readership. their live show at bowery
>ballroom sure got slagged in the NYTimes...
>
>that said, I'm curious what people make of it. "stop the panic" is a very
>odd product indeed, certainly uneven. but, at best, it's a successful and
>uncanny collaboration between Vibert and slide guitar player BJ Cole. it
>recalls another slide guitar player, Ry Cooder and his propensity for
>recording with unlikely collaborators. whereas the Cooder projectsquoted 4 lines result in "someone else's music + Ry", this collaboration seems remarkably
>result in "someone else's music + Ry", this collaboration seems remarkably
>thorough and seamless. Vibert's love for exhuberant camp and genre splicing
>is shared here by Cole, who gleefully and beautifully conjures western
>swing, '50's exotica, hawaiian music and other more abtract forms. hequoted 12 lines like the perfect Vibert sample. anyway, he's an incredible player, and if
>like the perfect Vibert sample. anyway, he's an incredible player, and if
>anyone can suggest other recordings by Cole, email me. The Vibert part of
>the deal is more or less Wagonchrist-like, though the silliness factor goes
>right off the chart at times (not neccesarily a bad thing), and hip hop
>beats give way to swing, rock and other 'anachronistic' dance rhythms.
>
>well, so far, it's the best "fusion" album of the year 2000...
>
>
>
>----- i'll have to agree here. i heard it last night on some good pot and
>it certainly does its job. it took me through 3 or 4 tracks ofquoted 3 lines before i realized what the album was about. it's a total beach party
>before i realized what the album was about. it's a total beach party
>album - hawaiian dancing and vibert/THC induced hiphopping. the guitar
>playing goes on throughout the album (to somewhat of a surprise). iquoted 1 line it was just a funny little touch to one track. it's very fascinating
>it was just a funny little touch to one track. it's very fascinatingquoted 10 lines if you're listening to it that way, but on the other hand, it's just a
>if you're listening to it that way, but on the other hand, it's just a
>great chill-out-'smoke-a joint'-make-your-evening-feel-good album.
>
>
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