From Jeff Waye Sent Sat, Sep 18th 1999, 00:14
From Jeff Waye Sent Sat, Sep 18th 1999, 00:14
Off the top of my head I happen to think the new Labradford record 'E Luxo So' is a lovely piece of post-rock meets film score record. Although I disagree about Tortoise not being as good post-Bundy (I think TNT is brilliant...we still play it in the office almost daily), I do agree that Bundys work is excellent. The Directions 12" on Soul Static Sound being my personal fave. He just completed a tune with DJ Food for their new record which is also really good (due out early next year). I'm sure I could think of lots of other good early-Tortoise like suggestions, but I'm not at home looking at my records so...maybe later. Unrelated note, picked up the soundtrack to The Adromeda Strain by Gil Melle. Funky hexagon shaped vinyl in weird multi-folding foil like cover (can't download that kinda quality). Really excellent weird electronic record. Buy if you see (thanks Linus for paying to much for yours and paving the way for my 2 copies...wahahahahaha) Take Care Jeff >i've traced the end of my interest in tortoise to the departure of bundy >brown, whose subsequent projects and remixes -- including directions and >directions in music, as well as those under his own name -- have, for the >most part, contained those aspects present in the first tortoise lp that i >think were absent from "millions now living..." and "tnt." > >then there's the brokeback lp, which is tortoise's doug mccombs. i'm really >fond of much of this lp as well. the thrill jockey site at brainwashed >lists mccombs' impetus for the group as his desire "to explore something >not as densely structured" as tortoise et al. i think that's a pretty good >starting point for what i like about directions, brokeback, and the earlier >tortoise releases. > >my question: what else in the vein of this description is out there? (note: >should be instrumental.) > >thanks, > >sc