From Moonlight Sent Fri, Jul 2nd 1999, 07:55
From Moonlight Sent Fri, Jul 2nd 1999, 07:55
"Scope" finally came in the mail today from CDnow. (Warning: I dig this guy, so here are a lot of random thoughts about this.) This is really interesting, (Read "Not sure if i like it, but pretty sure i'll listen a lot to try to figure this out"). I think i like "Funfair" more so far. That earlier Tom Millar review "NOBUKAZU TAKEMURA MAKES A RECORD -a play in fifteen minutes" was actually right on the money. Lots of it sounds like alternate mixes of "Funfair." Ex: "Icefall" off Scope vs. "The Cradle of the Light" off Funfair. Takemura's definitely gone a bit further in the Oval/skippy/clicky direction. I've also recently picked up the "Child's View Remix" album and "For Tomorrow" single, from back when he did "Krush"y-Acid Jazz/Hiphop. Wondering what his old fans think of this new stuff. I'm wondering if there's anything in between these two phases, like his remixes for United Future Org and Roni Size. "Kepler" sounds kindof like these, very glockenspiely. The "Child and Magic" album maybe? Listening more, there are a few Pole-ish static things in "On a Balloon" that i hadn't heard in any of Takemura's earlier stuff. And "Taw" is just wierd. Computer Farts turn into farty processed sqpshr "Rotted" bass, back to the first farts and then Into aphex-like sound deconstruction. And then more wierd shit. At least thats how i hear it. The Millar review makes sense again "It sounds like a fax machine. If fax machines could vomit" and "So what's this song about? Constipated robots?" _________________________________ Adam Roesch / xxxxxx@xxxxxxxx.xxx University of Idaho / Moscow / ID / USA Visit my Fila Brazillia/Pork Recordings fan site: http://dogbert.augsburg.edu/~roesch/pork/ "Because success needs killing" TRICKY