>> >NP - Meshuggah, "The Exquisite Machinery of Torture," _Chaosphere_
>>
>> GREAT ALBUM!!!!! New Meshuggah is a masterpiece!
>
>Yeah, I've only been living with it for a couple of days but I'm
>inclined to agree. However, let me ask your opinion... the fan reviews
>at Amazon.com, while admiring "Chaosphere," nearly unanimously said it
>was a notch inferior to "Destroy Erase Improve." From that album I've
>only heard the live, remix and unplugged versions of the song "Future
>Breed Machine" on the EP "The True Human Design," all of which were
>impressive.
>
>Anyone care to share thoughts on how these two albums compare (not that
>I've been able to find a copy of "Destroy Erase Improve" anywhere in
>town)? BTW I'm posting this one message to the entire list for
>response, but if no one's interested I'd be happy to take it to private
>correspondence with Greg...
>
>Steve Smith
>smsith36@sprynet.com
>NP - King Crimson, "Easy Money," _The Mince_
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Date: Fri, 5 Feb 1999 00:30:16 -0400
From: Greg Smith <greg@cnotes.com>
Subject: Erik Friedlander's TOPAZ
I saw the record release party tonight. Very good show! At times, the=
material hints to me of that smooth jazz stuff, but those moments are few=
and far between. I think it might be the fretless bass, as amazing as Stomu=
Takeishi is, there are times when that sound just reminds me of CD 101.9=
(aaaaaahhhhh!!!). VERY grooving, great players... much better live than on=
the disc.
Anyone else see the show?
Greg
http://www.unchain.com/
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Date: Fri, 5 Feb 1999 17:25:01 +1100
From: "Julian" <jcurwin@hartingdale.com.au>
Subject: Re: Previte
> Is Previte's "Bitches Brew" band the same as his "Horse" or "Horses"?
It is not actually the Horse as others have been saying. It is the same
music, but with a focus on Bitches Brew. On this tour to Australia (I don't
know whether he is going anywhere else with this at the moment) he got in
touch with SIMA (Sydney Improvised Music Association or something) and they
found him basically the best musicians for the job that they could (very
close to the instrumentation on Bitches Brew).
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Date: Fri, 05 Feb 1999 02:07:21 -0500
From: Steve Smith <ssmith36@sprynet.com>
Subject: Isham! [was Re: Shepp!]
Mark Isham's next CD for Columbia, dubbed "The Silent Way Project," is made up
of electric-period Miles Davis tunes, from "In a Silent Way" onward (and also a
couple of originals and earlier-period tunes like "Milestones") with a quintet
including neo-prog-rock drummer Michael Barsimanto and former Group 87 bandmate
Peter Maunu on guitar. And Mark plays the material awfully well, and employs
his Harmon mute wisely.
Which doesn't necessarily imply that I endorse it.
For more information, check out http://www.isham.com -- as a matter of fact,
L. Ron Hubbard says... NO! (gurp, wretch, yelp, nyechh) no, no, no, look away,
look away!!!
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Date: Fri, 05 Feb 1999 03:42:25 -0500
From: Steve Smith <ssmith36@sprynet.com>
Subject: Re: Erik Friedlander's TOPAZ
Greg Smith wrote:
> I saw the record release party tonight. Very good show! [snip]
> Anyone else see the show?
Well, yeah, me.
My general feeling was that I'd had Friedlander's Topaz figured all wrong, and this having never even heard them. I'd simply read some lazy journalists' prose dubbing this as Erik's "Miles-influenced" electric project.
Like hell. I found this to be a really swell worldfusion band, in the same continuum that ranges at least from Shakti to Pachora. At times I was amazed at how the alto sax and cello could sound like the same instrument (with my eyes were closed, I sometimes couldn't tell Andy Laster and Erik apart).
At other times, when Friedlander and Laster played the same notes in different octaves, the two combined sounded like an accordion played by a single player. And on an inspired cover of Julius Hemphill's "Skin 2," it seemed fairly ingenius to have the cello play the bass line while the electric bassist played the melody in unison with the alto sax player...
Aside from that, bassist Stomu Takeishi played impossible stuff on (fretted but sounding fretless) electric bass, as only he can. Percussionist Slatoshi Takeishi played a great deal of music on a few hand drums, a few frame drums and a few brake drums, sitting on the floor all the while. He made me want to take tabla lessons right away.
Didn't have enough scratch on the way out the door to buy Erik's Topaz disc (see http://www.siamrecords.com). The journalist with whom I'm exiting Tonic asks "you still pay *money* for new discs?"
Yes, I'm afraid I do, and at the moment can't even comment online... ;-P
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