SUPERDELUXE WAS, FOR THE BEST PART OF TWO DECADES, A NUCLEUS FOR THE JAPANESE EXPERIMENTAL CIRCUIT. I HAVE SOME PALS WHO LIVE IN JAPAN AND THEY WOULD POST PICS OF THIS QUITE NICE-LOOKING SPACE WITH SOMEONE (OCCASIONALLY THEM) DOING SOMETHING DARING WITH AN INSTRUMENT AND I WOULD THINK "I AM GLAD THESE PLACES EXIST IN THE WORLD" EVEN THOUGH NOW SUPERDELUXE IS SHUT AND POSSIBLY DEMOLISHED.
JIM WAS A REGULAR PATRON AND PERFORMER THERE. ON STEAMROOM 16, A LIVE RECORDING OF A PERFORMANCE THERE, WE SEE HOW THE STEAMROOM SERIES CAN BE CONSIDERED DIARISTIC. THIS IS A RE-VISITING OF A SERIES OF TAPE CONCERTS JIM GAVE WHILE A STUDENT IN THE LATE 80S AND EARLY 90S: A TENT OR A LOT OF TENTS FEATURE, BUT I AM NOT SURE HOW. MANY TENTS? MANY TAPES IN ONE TENT? IS THE TENT ON STAGE OR IS IT LIKE AN ART SPACE? I DO NOT KNOW. WRITE ME.
WHAT WE HEAR ON STEAMROOM 16, I THINK, IS A COLLAGE OF VARIOUS TAPES FOR A FEW MINUTES EACH, SPLICED TOGETHER INTERESTINGLY. SOME ARE CLANGING INDUSTRIAL THINGS THAT THE DRILLING OUTSIDE MY HOUSE WENT WITH VERY NICELY. SOME ARE GENTLE AND DRIFTING, SOME ARE STOIC AND DISTANT BUT MUSICALLY PRESENT. SOME SEEMED FAMILIAR? ALL ARE WORDLESS AND ULTIMATELY INEFFABLE.
I DID QUITE LIKE THIS ONE THOUGH
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