ANOTHER EARLY CASSETTE RELEASE FROM JIM WITH THE SAME CAVEAT THAT CAME WITH SOME KIND OF PAGAN - THIS IS ALL PREPARED GUITAR WITH NO EFFECTS EXCEPT THE USE OF REVERB. HE IS GOOD TO MAKE THIS SEEMINGLY PEDANTIC POINT, AS FROM A GUITAR PLAYER'S PERSPECTIVE SOME OF THE SOUNDS HE GETS HERE ARE EXCELLENT.
MANY PEOPLE WON'T REALLY CARE ABOUT THE PROVENANCE OF SOUNDS: SIMPLY IF IT SOUNDS GOOD OR FEELS GOOD, THEN THAT'S SUCCESS. I GET THE FEELING THAT THE ORIGIN OF SOUNDS AND THEN THE PROCESS BY WHICH THEY ARE MANIPULATED ARE INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT TO O'ROURKE. I EVEN HEARD ONCE THAT O'ROURKE COULD IDENTIFY HOW ANY GIVEN SOUND WAS MADE. WISH I COULD VERIFY THAT.
THIS COMMENCES WITH SOME SUPERB WIDESCREEN DRONES BUT BEGINS TO FOLLOW A SLIGHTLY DARKER AND MORE UNSETTLING PATH AS IT DEVELOPS. BY THE MIDDLE OF SIDE B THE FEEL IS LIKE WANDERING IN A DARKENED INDUSTRIAL UNIT AT NIGHT WITH OCCASIONAL ORIENTAL-SOUNDING INTERLUDES REBOUNDING OFF THE THINGS OCCLUDING HIS PREPARED GUITAR STRINGS.
PRETTY GOOD STUFF ON THE WHOLE.
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