I REMEMBER BROADENING MY HORIZONS IN THE EARLY 00S AND GETTING THE WIRE (MAGAZINE, NOT TV SHOW) AND TRYING TO LISTEN TO SOME OF THE NAMES THAT WOULD REPEAT BACK ON ME LIKE THE HAFLER TRIO AND NURSE WITH WOUND AND KALI Z FASTEAU. THE EXPERIENCE LED TO AN ALMOST PARODIC SESSION OF BEING SNEERED AT IN A RECORD SHOP IN ARCHWAY, NORTH LONDON, WHERE I LEFT WITH THE MOST POPULIST THING THEY STOCKED (THE NEW FENNESZ).
I'M NOT PRO- OR ANTI-GATEKEEPING. IT SEEMS LIKE A NATURAL PHENOMENON BUT ALSO PEOPLE COULD BE LESS DICKISH GENERALLY. THIS EXPERIENCE DID MAKE ME RELUCTANT TO DELVE FURTHER AND HOPE THAT, ORGANICALLY, THE WORLDS OF ATMOSPHERIC/DETACHED/CEREBRAL MUSIC AT THE FRINGES OF ACADEMIC AND MUSIQUE-CONCRETE WOULD REACH ME.
I SUPPOSE IT KIND OF HAS, BUT IT HAS TO BE SAID THE EXPERIMENTAL/ACADEMIC MUSIC I LIKE IS THE STUFF THAT DOES MAINTAIN A LINK TO SOMETHING TRADITIONALLY ENJOYABLE. ELIANE RADIGUE'S L'ISLE RE-SONATE IS A GOOD EXAMPLE, MANAGING TO SOUND LIKE BOTH A SINISTER DECODING OF A TRANSMISSION AND THE MANGLED HAUNTED TRANSMISSION OF A BEAUTIFUL PIECE OF MUSIC ITSELF.
SCEND IS JIM - A COLLEGE STUDENT AT THE TIME, I THINK - OUT DOING CEREBRAL MUSIQUE-CONCRETE TO THE FULLEST EXTENT; THE KIND OF MUSIC THAT THE WIRE BACK IN 2001 WERE HOPING PEOPLE LIKE ME WOULD GO OUT AND GET GROOVY TO. IT'S A SERIOUS AND HEAVY UNDERTAKING AND PRIMARILY A DARKLY TEXTURAL ONE. I THINK I LIKE IT THOUGH, DESPITE MUS-CONC NOT BEING MY NORMAL CUP OF TEA EVEN THESE DAYS.
I'M SURE O'ROURKE WANTS US TO LISTEN IN DEPTH TO EVERYTHING HE DID BUT OF EVERYTHING I'VE HEARD SO FAR IN THIS BLOG, THIS IS THE ONE THAT MOST SEEMS TO REQUIRE YOU TURN IT UP AND LISTEN CAREFULLY. IT IS VERY FULL AND RICH AND CONVINCING THOUGH PROBABLY BEST NOT THROWN ON WHEN THE LADS ARE OVER FOR A BARBEQUE.
SCEND WAS RE-RELEASED DIGITALLY AS PART OF JIM'S STEAMROOM SERIES. THIS RELEASE APPENDS A SHORTER TRACK CALLED PURGE THAT IS IN THE SAME VEIN, THOUGH TREBLIER AND NOT AS SUCCESSFUL.
No comments:
Post a Comment