<DIV>Hell yes, me too. I've discovered tons of new music and musicians through the 'Erstwhile axis,' and I wouldn't say that I've even really disliked anything I've purchased on that label. I must say its been frankly dominating my listening fairly heavily over the past 6 months or so. That and a healthy dose of death metal/grindcore and post-war avant-garde classical music.</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>-mm</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>That said, I'm continually grateful that Jon's out there documenting this</DIV>
> Build your own website in minutes and for free at http://ca.geocities.com
>
> -
>
- -
------------------------------
Date: Sun, 2 Dec 2001 09:43:27 -0600 (CST)
From: Whit Schonbein <whit@twinearth.wustl.edu>
Subject: RE: bbc radio show + o'rourke/mueller question
On Sat, 1 Dec 2001, Steve Smith wrote:
> I also really dug the Dorner/Drumm.
One of my first acquisitions from erstwhile, and still one of my favorites
> The Kelly/Lescalleet is my fave of the recent releases, and I don't
> doubt that it's most likely due to the fact that, as a human and a
> musician (albeit non-practicing), I can relate to Kelly's need to
> breathe - and thus can interpolate myself into his music no matter how
> far flung it may be.
I thought about mentioning this myself. The presence of a traditional
wind operated instrument lends a certain familiarity to the work which is
comforting. the extended techniques then serve to blend this familiarity
into the sonic terrain of lescalleets tapes (and i gather that lescalleet
is also using samples of the trumpet to construct these terrains, hence
the very effective blending). very nice.
> much as I try, I'm still not FEELING the
> sinewave thing just yet
Me neither. I loved the use of sinewave on Yoshihide's 'Cathode'. But
the (mostly) all-sinewave icepick-in-your-head approach of Toshimaru
Nakamura/Sachiko M left me unsatisfied (actually, i'm not even sure i've
ever made it all the way through). It is challenging to listen to, and it
is interesting (for example, move to a different place in the room and it
as if you are hearing a different performance), and i think it qualifies
as music (contrary to the opinions of some of my friends), but i still
don't really get it, except in an intellecutalized way. (that's also what
i thought of coltrane many many years ago...)
one thing i've always wondered with sine wave performers is why they seem
to restrict themselves to high pitches, when sine waves can of course be
of any frequency. i suppose it must be a limitation of the equipment
being used? or perhaps it's just a conscious decision to pick a group of
sounds with a certain feel, and that happens to be the high end of the
sonic spectrum?
just curious,
whit
np - the hum of my computer, the footsteps of my upstairs neighbor, etc.
- -
------------------------------
Date: Sun, 2 Dec 2001 09:06:02 -0800 (PST)
From: Theo Klaase <river_of_dogs@yahoo.com>
Subject: Massacre - Meltdown/Naked City
- --0-287650230-1007312762=:32271
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
How do you zorners like this new Massacre Live release "Meltdown"? Blistering, burning, un-ending, impovs that just shake the foundations of your ear-drums, aye?
Does someone have a tentative date for the live Naked City release? I can't sleep...
- -Theo
- ---------------------------------
Do You Yahoo!?
Buy the perfect holiday gifts at Yahoo! Shopping.
- --0-287650230-1007312762=:32271
Content-Type: text/html; charset=us-ascii
<P>How do you zorners like this new Massacre Live release "Meltdown"? Blistering, burning, un-ending, impovs that just shake the foundations of your ear-drums, aye? </P>
<P>Does someone have a tentative date for the live Naked City release? I can't sleep... </P>
<P>-Theo</P><p><br><hr size=1><b>Do You Yahoo!?</b><br>
