(idm) Dick Hyman

From Erkki Rautio
Sent Tue, Jan 27th 1998, 16:21

> Moog Indigo is a great record but the one that really does it for me is
> the reissue of Dick Hyman's moog record.  Every time I listen to it I
> have to again struggle to convince myself that it's really 30 years old.

Yes, the version of James Brown's "Give It Up Or Turn It Loose" is
really phooonky - could it be called in its mixture of funk and synth
sounds even a kind of proto-techno? - and I'm glad Hyman avoids the novelty 
sounds à la Gershon & Kingsley which can get really annoying from time to 
time. 
 

  erkki rautio, also known as pHinn
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