IMAGINE LOVING INSIGNIFICANCE AND RUNNING OUT TO BUY THIS, WHICH IS EMINENTLY POSSIBLE AS THEY WERE THE SAME YEAR AND FAIRLY WIDELY-REVIEWED AND -DISTRIBUTED. THIS IS A FUNNY THOUGHT BECAUSE INSIGNIFICANCE IS UNCUT-MAGAZINE FRIENDLY WORDY FOLK ROCK, WHILST THIS IS...A DIFFERENT WORLD.
THAT SAID, I'M HAPPY IS AN ELECTRONIC AND PROGRESSIVE RECORD BY JIM THAT IS ACTUALLY MARKED BY A GENERAL SENSE OF LISTENABILITY AND ACCESSIBILITY.
IF YOU RECALL THAT PIECE BY MATTHEW WEINER THAT SAID, AMONG MANY CRUEL THINGS, THE FOLLOWING:
Despite having left the invention of his music to others, O’Rourke has worked hard to vary his shtick, splicing and combining styles with great command and understanding, a la Bad Timing.
WEINER WAS WRITING IN 2002 AND PERHAPS TOO CLOSE TO APPRECIATE THE EFFECT THAT A RECORD LIKE THIS HAS ON THE FUTURE OF MUSIC. IT'S NOT A TERRIBLE CRITICISM, IN AND AMONG SOME OF THE MEANER THINGS WEINER SAYS, TO SUGGEST THAT O'ROURKE TRAILS IN THE WAKE OF PIONEERS AND UNDERSTANDS THEIR LANGUAGE WITHOUT CREATING NEARLY AS MUCH HIMSELF.
HOWEVER, I SUBMIT: THIS RECORD DOES. IT IS A CLEAR BRIDGE BETWEEN THE OUTER WORLDS OF LAPTOP JIGGERY-POKERY AND THE GLITCH-INFLECTED POP WORLD TO COME. ADMITTEDLY DNTEL, WHOSE FIRST RECORD CAME OUT AT AROUND THE SAME TIME, MIGHT LAY CLAIM TO A MORE SIGNIFICANT STAKE IN THE SONIC OUTCOME (THOUGH O'ROURKE'S WAS RECORDED BETWEEN 1997 AND 1999). BUT THIS IS AS MUCH OF A FOUNDING STONE.
THIS GOES ALONGSIDE EARLY FENNESZ AND EKKEHARD EHLERS AND NOBEKAZU TAKEMURA IN THE PANTHEON OF IMPORTANT AND HUMAN-CENTRED ELECTRONIC MUSIC OF 01/02 THAT STILL STANDS UP TODAY. THE CLOSING TRACK 'AND A 1-2-3-4' IS SOME OF JIM'S BEST WORK TO DATE FROM BOTH THE PERSPECTIVE OF 2001 AND THE PERSPECTIVE OF THIS ERA-AGNOSTIC BLOG.
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