Subject: Re: David Soldier and the Thai Elephant Orchestra
One of the network evening news programs also had some footage of this about 2-3 weeks ago. I think it was ABC. They were showing the orchestra at work and had interviews with Soldier and curious tourists who were fascinated by this.
Agreed! I've had the pleasure about 2-3 times in the last year or so and it really does make a difference. In everyone's favorite series, Jazz, there was a great quote (Giddins I think) about how Taylor's demanded that the audience come to it rather than the other way
around (as it usually is with other music).
Best,
Jason
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<p><br>Agreed! I've had the pleasure about 2-3 times in the last
year or so and it really does make a difference. In everyone's favorite
series, Jazz, there was a great quote (Giddins I think) about how Taylor's
demanded that the audience come to it rather than the other way around
I think Patton will be recognized as one of pop music's most important figures of the 1990's. Almost all of the Radio Heavy Metal of the past couple years owes a great deal to this man. I don't understand why he's not really getting his credit. Korn, Limp Bizkit--they're all just bad Mike Patton rip offs. Don't you agree?
Steve Spangler
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Date: Tue, 13 Feb 2001 12:38:14 -0500 (EST)
From: Ethan <eclauset@webslingerZ.com>
Subject: Re: David Soldier and the Thai Elephant Orchestra
I'm on the digest version, so sorry if this is redundant:
http://users.rcn.com/ritterd/elephant.html
you asked for it, you got it: the elephant keyboard.
recorded at the same sessions as the Thai Elephant Orchestra
watch the video!!
e
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Date: Tue, 13 Feb 2001 08:59:39 -0800
From: "Patrice L. Roussel" <proussel@ichips.intel.com>
Subject: Re: David Soldier and the Thai Elephant Orchestra
On Tue, 13 Feb 2001 11:51:13 -0500 Perfect Sound Forever wrote:
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> One of the network evening news programs also had some footage of this about
> 2-3 weeks ago. I think it was ABC. They were showing the orchestra at work
> and had interviews with Soldier and curious tourists who were fascinated by
> this.
Now we have the risk that if Sonic Youth interprets "Third Construction in
Metal", people will say: if an elephant can play it, why not Sonic Youth?
Patrice.
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Date: Tue, 13 Feb 2001 10:13:48 -0800 (PST)
From: simon hopkins <simonphopkins@yahoo.com>
Subject: various threads
ôSimon Hopkins had much to do with all this, so maybe
he can let us know if they're still around.ö
Mea culpa. ItÆs been over three years since I was at
Virgin, so IÆm not sure about the exact status of the
AMBT-prefixed series. I DO know that most of those
albums will be nearly at the end of their license
period, so if you see any of them around and fancy
them, donÆt hang around.
ôTokyo Invasion Vol 1: Cosmic Kurushi Monsters" is
just about the opposite compilation: a major label
scavengingàö
I can see how that might appear, but it isnÆt really
what happened. Through Virgin, IÆd put out about a
dozen compilations of left-field electronica, jazz,
rock and so on - compilations put together by Kevin
Martin, David Toop, Kodwo Eshun and, on occasion
myself û and because IÆd been enjoying a lot of
Japanese underground music, I asked Tony Herrington
(then the editor of æThe WireÆ) to put together a 2CD
set which would do the scene justice and introduce it
to newcomers. That last point is important. With the
whole series, I was trying very hard to get æobscureÆ
music released via a major label, and hence heard by a
new audience. If æTokyo InvasionÆ didnÆt satisfy
hardcore followers of the scene, it wasnÆt mean to.
But getting away from the actual history, just think
about the idea of a major label æscavengingÆ the
Japanese underground music scene and ask yourself:
why? The truth is that I had to fight tooth and nail
to get said major label to release any of these
albums. I thought I was using the label to æspread the
wordÆ. It seems from the observation above that I
should have stuck to releasing TV-advertised
compilation of classic rock and chart pop. That way I
might a. still have a job there, b. be a lot wealthier
and c. not end up being called a scavenger. What can
you do?
ôI think Patton will be recognized as one of pop
music's most important figures of the 1990's.ö
Absolutely! And if he isnÆt, who cares?! Patton is
God.
ôPaul Schutze: where can you find his albums?ö
David HodgsonÆs excellent Playing By Ear mail order
service carries a lot of PaulÆs releases. Email me
