COR FUHLER, THE ARTIST WITH WHICH JIM COLLABORATED ON THIS RELEASE, PASSED AWAY EARLIER THIS YEAR AT THE AGE OF 56. THIS AUTOMATICALLY SEEMS TO SUGGEST COVID-19 (IF YOU ARE READING FROM THE FUTURE, THERE IS A GLOBAL PANDEMIC AS I WRITE THIS AS A WAY OF PROTRACTEDLY IGNORING THE NEWS ON THIS ISSUE AND SEVERAL OTHERS WHICH CAUSE CRIPPLING BOUTS OF ANGER AND DEPRESSION) TO ME. YOU CAN'T FORGET MORTALITY EVEN IN THE SONIC PLAYGROUND OF CONTEMPORARY IMPROVISED MUSIC. SIGH.
FUHLER'S THING WAS THE USE OF ELECTRO-MAGNETISATION TO STIMULATE ACOUSTIC INSTRUMENTATION - CREATIVE USE OF EBOW AND SUCH, AS WELL AS INVENTING VARIOUS ELECTROACOUSTIC HYBRID INSTRUMENTS. I GENERALLY LIKE WHEN PEOPLE HAVE A MATERIAL IMPACT AS WELL AS A SONIC ONE, OR WHEN THE TWO THINGS ARE INTERRELATED.
THE GREAT SUMMIT MEETING OF THESE TWO SONIC TITANS OCCURRED IN 2000 AND THIS RELEASE IS A LIVE SET PERFORMED BY THE TWO. IT FEELS LIKE FUHLER IS THE KEY GENERATOR OF SOUNDS AND O'ROURKE IS GENTLY TWISTING THE SOUNDS WITH A BUNCH OF GIZMOS. IT IS PLAYFUL AND BOHEMIAN IN TONE.
TRUTH BE TOLD THOUGH I REALLY DON'T LIKE THIS. AGAIN IT STOPS SHORT OF BEING A DUD BECAUSE I CAN FEEL THE IDIOSYNCRASY OF APPROACH EVEN THROUGH THE SPEAKERS. THIS ISN'T PHONED-IN IMPROV MUSIC AND FUHLER SEEMS LIKE A VERY INTERESTING AND NOVEL GUY IN THIS WORLD.
THE MAIN PROBLEM FOR ME IS I FOUND IT PROFOUNDLY IRRITATING; AT ONE POINT I COULD BOIL THE SOUND DOWN TO 'MAN PLAYS VIOLIN BADLY AS A SLOWED-DOWN RECORDING OF DOG BARKING AND TUGGING AT HIS CHAIN GLITCHES'.
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