Bill Laswell matches minds with Herbie Hancock on Hancock's latest "Future 2 Future" album... The has amazing moments... Especially those with Jack Dejohnette and Tony Williams... Laswell is great and plays the entire album... Hip-Hop meets psychedelic jazz, perhaps?
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Date: Mon, 1 Oct 2001 14:08:09 -0400
From: "andrew" <ahorton@vt.edu>
Subject: new Zorn fan, and intro;
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Hey everyone- just joined this list and wanted to give a little intro.=20
I just got turned on to Zorn at the beginning of the summer, via "The =
Gift"- i've been a Tom Waits/Ribot Fan, and my friend suggested I check =
it out. I had always heard that Zorn was only a skronk-master, so I was =
surprised at the super-smooth album.=20
Anyway, since then, I've picked up "Taboo and Exile", "Naked City" =
(self-titled with the dead guy on the cover), "Spillane", the first =
"Filmworks", "The bribe", "Xu Feng", and Mr. Bungle's "California" (not =
really zorn-related, except for the patton link and the fact that zorn =
produced bungle's first album, but someone told me that if I liked "The =
Gift", i would dig "california.").=20
Anyway; i'm just here to learn more about Zorn, his work, and other =
like-minded composers and musicians.=20
Anyway; i've checked out some of the Masada stuff, and I'm just NOT =
feeling it, whatsoever. I really like the more experimental stuff that =
Zorn does- certain moments on "Taboo and exile", the use of turntables =
and strings in the final track on "spillane", and the craziness that is =
"Xu Feng." I tend to shy away from straight-up jazz stuff (small =
ensembles, etc.), and only occasionally get into chamber arrangements.=20
So....where do I go next, with Zorn?=20
andrew
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<DIV>The first Fantomas is all original material, but quite good, a bit in the Torture Garden vein of short songs with many changes within them. The metallish side is a bit 'purer' there than Torture Garden, but I guess that depends on your perception.</DIV>
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<DIV>All the Bungles are worth getting, though I still hold Disco Volante to be the best. It's definitely the weirdest, the most experimental, though there's an experimental edge to everything the band does. California is them trying to be the Beach Boys meets metal meets film music meets Taraf de Haidouks, etc. It's the poppiest of them all, so if you like catchy melodies, that's the one. The first one is great, the most party-oriented, though I'm totally burned out on it. It came out when I was a junior in high school, and for two years, that, Torture Garden and Frank Zappa dominated about 75% of my listening. The Zappa is all that's held up for me over the years, FWIW. If you haven't heard it, though, definitely get it.</DIV>
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<DIV>As far as the Tzadik Patton stuff, it depends on what you consider 'too weird.' Adult Themes is all voice, microphone, and effects boxes into a four-track. It's definitely worth hearing a bit of, if you can. Pranzo Oltranzista I haven't listened to in a long time; they're experimental sound pieces, though maybe someone else is better suited to comment upon it.</DIV>
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<DIV>BTW, the new Patton band, Tomahawk, has an album and tour coming up. It figures to be pretty awesome, just some heavy, angry rock. There's a sample song at the Ipecac website.</DIV>
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<DIV>BTW, anyone ever heard Dentro by Ossatura/Tim Hodgkinson? I'm listening to it now; what a great album! Textural group improv, all played live, with very little post-production, save a little editing. </DIV>
