ORIGINALLY RELEASED AS A SPLIT WITH SYLLYK AKA ERIC LA CASA, A FRENCH FIELD RECORDIST OF SOME GREAT REPUTE, AND RE-RELEASED UNDER O'ROURKE'S STEAMROOM SERIES WHICH I NOW FIND IS NOT ALL NEW ORIGINAL MUSICS BUT SOME ARE OLD OBSCURE AND HARD TO FIND STUFF RE-PRESENTED. I HAVE GONE THROUGH ALL 50 THUS FAR AND WILL TRY AND POINT OUT WHERE OLD STUFF HAS A NEW NAME.
NO DISRESPECT TO ERIC LA CASA BUT I AM JUST REVIEWING THE JIM PORTION OF THIS RELEASE. WHAT WE HAVE HERE ON A TRACK CALLED 'SCAN' APPEARS TO BE A BRINGING TOGETHER OF SEVERAL FIELD RECORDINGS, SOME MANIPULATED MORE THAN OTHERS, TO CREATE A KIND OF AUDIO SURVEY THAT RANGES FROM NAIVE PERCUSSION TO EARTHY DRONES AND WHAT ALMOST FEEL LIKE INTERRUPTIONS (WE HEAR THE TAPE 'CLUNK' OFF INDICATING A SWITCH, PERHAPS?
THIS IS NOT THE MOST COMPELLING JIM RELEASE TO BE HONEST. THE AESTHETIC RIGOUR IS THERE BUT I NEVER FELT A COHERENCE NOR A COMMITMENT TO A LACK OF UNITY. IT JUST FEELS ARBITRARY, AND I THINK THAT THAT IS THE KEY TO UNCOMPELLING AVANT-GARDE MUSIC. I WATCHED THIS STOCKHAUSEN DOCUMENTARY YESTERDAY AND HE TALKS ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF AN AVANT-GARDE APPROACH TO DYNAMICS AS MUCH AS NOTES/RHYTHMS/INTERVALS/TEMPI ETC., AND HOW AN UNDYNAMIC PIECE SOUNDS FLAT AND UNYIELDING. THIS IS KIND OF THAT. IT'S WEIRD BUT IT DRIFTS AND NEVER TAKES YOUR EAR.
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