Monday 17 August 2020

HENCE (2018)

ANOTHER THREE-WAY COLLAB FEATURING OREN AMBARCHI (EXPECT MORE) BUT THIS TIME KEIJI HAINO IS ON HIS LUNCHBREAK AND JAPANESE TABLA MASTER U-ZHAAN STEPS UP.

THIS TIME JIM GOES ALL NEW AGE FANTASY SURVEYS ON A SYNTH (APPARENTLY HE'S A MODULAR GUY NOW) WHILE OREN WIELDS A GUITAR JUDICIOUSLY. U-ZHAAN TAPS ALONG HAPPILY. 

IT IS TOTALLY PLEASANT AND HAPPY NOT TO PUSH ANY REAL BUTTONS. 40 MINUTES JUST DRIFT BY; YOU COULD WORK TO THIS, DO THE DISHES, WALK TO THE SHOPS, DO YOGA. IS IT PARTICULARLY INTERESTING? BY THE STANDARDS OF A LOT OF INDIE AND POP MUSIC OF 2020, I GUESS? BY THE STANDARDS OF JIM O'ROURKE'S BETTER MUSIC? I'D HAVE TO SAY NOT REALLY.

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