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Date: Mon, 13 Nov 2000 16:31:56 -0500
From: "Jesse Kudler" <jkudler@mail.wesleyan.edu>
Subject: Fennesz vs. Krakauer
> Coming weekend there are two interesting performances from artists i've
only
> heard mentioned here. Fennesz and David Krakauer. I know they are way
> different and perhaps not comparable performances, but I'd like to know
what
> to expect from them cause maybe I'll have to pick between just one of
them.
> The Fennesz performance (together with Radian) will apparently include
> visuals and is called "Music for 17 Loudspeakers", which sounds
intriguing.
Go, go, go! Fennesz is one of the very best of the recent young computer
musicians, and everything I've heard by him is great. He's been
particularly adept at melding noise with melodic or at least harmonic
material (chords), so don't be scared off if you're expecting an
inhospitable wall of noise. He also has a couple of recent live CD's out
(neither of which I've yet heard unfortunately) that have been getting very
good reviews, so I think he'll be a good bet.
Radian is also quite great. They're a bass/drum/synth trio who play a kind
of mixture of scaled-back Mego-style sine-tones and noise atop an almost
robotic syncopated back-beat. That may sound boring, but it's surprisingly
effective. They're really masterful at switching textures and building
tension just by having the bass and drums drop out and return or by slowly
shifting the synth tones. Their fist EP is live too, so you can definitely
expect them to be rewarding outside the studio.
So, yeah, go to the show.
- -Jesse
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Date: Mon, 13 Nov 2000 13:34:17 -0800
From: "Fag music" <pattonsucks@37.com>
Subject: Boredoms, not a burden
Thanks,
guys.The recommendations for John Cage will help me getting into this stuff.Right then,I wanna know:besides lead singing for Boredoms,does Yamatsuka/Yamatanka/Yamataka(kill me,for I dunno which one of these guys actually exist)Eye have another stuff out?I know he hangs around a lot with Zorn,and I just listened to their their album called Nani nani,it is great.But I wanna know:does anyone have a commented discography of him,or something????Is there actually a solo Eye album,like Adult themes for voice,for example???I'd like to hear some comments on it.So,anyone????