STEAMROOM 3 (2013)

A RECORDING OF A LIVE SET IN KOBE, THOUGH A QUESTION IS FOR SETS THAT INVOLVE A GREAT DEAL OF COMPUTER IS HOW MUCH OF THE LIVE EXPERIENCE IS LIVE, AND WHAT EXACTLY IS LIVE MUSIC ANYWAY? IN THIS ERA WHERE GIGS ARE VERBOTEN I FEEL LIKE I WOULD GO AND SEE SOMEONE PRESS PLAY ON A TAPE IN A ROOM JUST FOR THAT EXPERIENCE OF BEING THERE.

THIS IS A NICE DRONE RECORD THAT WAS PROBABLY GREAT FUN LIVE. THERE ARE PROGRESSIVE DYNAMIC CHANGES BUT NEVER VVV FORTISSIMO OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT. THE INTERVALS MOVE BETWEEN COSMIC, TROUBLED, AND PLAINTIVE. USE IT TO SOUNDTRACK THE LAUNCH OF YOUR NEXT LUNAR MODULE.

STEAMROOM 1 (2013)

OK THIS IS A CURVEBALL - NOT MUSICALLY - BUT I HAD NO IDEA THAT THIS STEAMROOM SERIES EXISTED. SINCE 2013 (POSSIBLY WHEN HE MOVED TO JAPAN) JIM HAS BEEN PUTTING OUT RECORDS ONLINE W/NO PHYSICAL RELEASE. AND BECAUSE HE'S A MASSIVE PRECOCIOUS PROLIFIC BASTARD WITH NO SENSE OF WHAT THE BLOGGER OF THE FUTURE MIGHT WISH THERE ARE, AT TIME OF WRITING, 50 OF THESE THINGS. IN FOR A PENNY, IN FOR A POUND.

 

TWO TRACKS BOTH ABOUT 19-20 MINUTES HERE. THE FIRST ONE IS A NICE COSMIC DRONE UNDERPINNING SOME GENTLE MEANDERINGS AWAY. THE SECOND ONE FEELS LIKE A REVISITING OF THE SAME MATERIAL BUT WITH HEAVILY PROCESSED GUITAR BORDERING ON FEEDBACK THAT MAKES THINGS SWIRL IN THE ATMOSPHERE AND PICK UP SOME DUST.

IF THIS IS THE APPROXIMATE QUALITY FOR THE NEXT 49 THEN THIS IS DOABLE BUT I WOULD HOPE IT PICKS UP SOME.