>> I'm one of those people who never got with LOCUS SOLACE. Kept wondering if
>> I was missing something, went back to it a few times, but there's something
>> about it that sounds to me like it's groundwork for something a little more,
>> for lack of better words, planned.
>
> Locus Solus is about the instant. Trying to say the maximum in the minimum
> amount of time (like DNA). This is not a Mahler symphony and your critical
> approach has to adjust to the objective in mind. The record is not perfect
> (like what you would expect from one where the musicians are taking risks),
> but the hights are awesome, like "The Violent Death Of Dutch Schultz", and
> the global energy and power of the record is... dearly missed these days.
> This is music that only Zorn could do and this record triggered the initial
> excitement about him. Planned? This is neither Masada.
>
> Patrice.
You sound like me describing ARCHERY.
skip h
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Date: Mon, 09 Jul 2001 18:49:25 +0200
From: Ari <ari.hoste@skynet.be>
Subject: Re: zorn's computer equipment?
on 09-07-2001 17:15, Andreas Dietz at andreasdietz@hotmail.com wrote:
>> From: Jeroen de Boer <jeroen@cyberslag.nl>
>>=20
>> I haven't heard Songs From The Hermetic Theatre yet, but it should be in
>> the
>> mail in short notice.
>=20
> sometime back we had a discussion about Zorn and the Zornlist and someone
> posted that he asked the man and he was surprised about the list but
> wouldn=B4t participate because he didn=B4t like and didn=B4t use computers (as =
I
> remember)...
Are the songs from the hermetic theatre in one way or another comparable
with the "soundsculptures" on Filmworks IV?? Zorn made these with the help
of David Shea because, as he said himself, "I know very little about
electronic equipment, and even less about computers". But that was in 1994,
so maybe he learned something about these things in the last 7 years.
np: hajime / eye - nani nani
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Date: Mon, 9 Jul 2001 09:59:59 -0700 (PDT)
From: Theo Klaase <river_of_dogs@yahoo.com>
Subject: Xu Feng and others...
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When I first bought Xu Feng I was extremely disappointed, especially given the line up... After listening to Massacre (w/ Fred Frith) my thoughts on Xu Feng have come almost full circle... I now find the album enjoyable and interesting... yet I'm unable to account for the change in attitude (even after scrutinizing my "inner-self" - don't laugh now)... I adore the Tracks on Taboo and Exile that feature the line up: Ribot, Frith, Lombardo, and Laswell and have enjoyed the pieces much more over a period of listens... Perhaps this is the key, perhaps it's how one "feels," for lack of a better term, on a particular day, plus or minus the amount of times one has heard the song... plus or minus (enter your varible here.)
Locus Solus? Great album...
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<P>When I first bought Xu Feng I was extremely disappointed, especially given the line up... After listening to Massacre (w/ Fred Frith) my thoughts on Xu Feng have come almost full circle... I now find the album enjoyable and interesting... yet I'm unable to account for the change in attitude (even after scrutinizing my "inner-self" - don't laugh now)... I adore the Tracks on Taboo and Exile that feature the line up: Ribot, Frith, Lombardo, and Laswell and have enjoyed the pieces much more over a period of listens... Perhaps this is the key, perhaps it's how one "feels," for lack of a better term, on a particular day, plus or minus the amount of times one has heard the song... plus or minus (enter your varible here.)</P>
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Date: Mon, 9 Jul 2001 12:54:48 -0400
From: "&c." <parksplace@hotmail.com>
Subject: Re: Free Improve (sort of)
I don't hate Arronofsky, I just hated his most recent work. I loved Pi and
thought everything he used in it contributed to the single effect of Max's
madness. The tricks were warranted and implemented well, as they are in
other films. I found the "gimmicks" in Requiem for a Dream to be gratuitous
if even warranted at all. The gimmicks detracted from the grittiness that
was also attempted. The acting, though done well (even a decent performance
from Jared Leto), was over shadowed by the "artsy" camera work. I haven't
given up on Arronofsky, but I think he should cool it with the "cool" camera
tricks for his next film (I hope it can be called such). He is talented,
maybe just inexperienced.
Zach
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Date: Mon, 09 Jul 2001 18:01:10
From: "William York" <william_york@hotmail.com>
Subject: Re: Locus Solus
A couple of things:
1) I'm in the minority that likes this album, esp. the tracks w/ Marclay and
Blegvad, then the ones at the end w/ Whiz Kid and M. Miller. It was one of
the first Zorn things I heard, and I instantly liked it, although it is hard
to explain why, so I will refrain form attempting at the moment ... I don't
listen to it everyday, but like Patrice says there is an excitement to it
that isn't always there with Zorn's stuff. I think it is a LOT more "rock
and roll" than so much rock/punk/whatever, though; maybe that is just me
being swayed by the liner notes.
2) Speaking of the liner notes, in the CD, Zorn mentions something about his
"original liner notes" for the album, but for some reason they are not
reproduced in the CD. I would love to see these ... Does anyone know where
they can be found (aside from in the record)???
3) I also noticed the "Disco Volante" coincidence, but like someone else
pointeeed out, it must be the James Bond connection. It is interesting how
many (well, maybe just a few) of the other titles have also shown up as band
or album names (White Zombie, Sign of the Four, Locus Solus, etc.), but
again, it's probably something to do w/ Zorn using all these archetypal or
referential phrases/terms/etc.
Still, I think this is probably one of those albums that you would either
really get into, or really not get into, so there's no use beating yourself
up trying ...
WY (currently in third consecutive (work) day of listening to entire Anthony
Braxton "Willisau (Quartet) 1991" 4CD set ... I'm shooting for the record on
