(idm) Re: (313) wow

From jjdavis
Sent Tue, Dec 2nd 1997, 13:44

On Mon, 1 Dec 1997 16:01:58 +0000 (GMT), Tom Chuchill <xxxxxx@xxxxxx.xx.xx>
said:


>
>As One - Planetary Folklore (Mo'Wax)
>   So impressed was I with Kirk Degiorgio's set that I went out the next
>day and bought his new album. I've got 'Celestial Soul', 'Objet D'Art' and

i second tom's kudos for this one.  you've got to be in the right
smoke-filled room frame of mind for it, but KD takes the tech-jazz fusion
trip several orders of magnitude past the seminal roots of jupiter jazz era
UR and even the latest ferox style musical messages from the desert. 

genres don't mean much anymore (thank god), but suffice to say that this
record by this guy (who we all know wishes he was from inside the 10 mile
road perimeter) on this label (known more for ill trip hop) is probably
gonna get "filed under jazz" by most non-clued shop clerks who happen to
give it a spin.  save for one fairly traditional op-art track (brown, blue,
brown on blue) this record as a whole doesn't "sound" very electronic.
 
the influences here are many, but it all comes together and WORKS, in a
very freeform adlib solo open tuned soul sort of way.  exploratory
technical musical aspects like modal chord progressions, eastern flavored
woodwinds and bizarre time sigs are tied down with more familiar elements
as lovely acoustic guitar (ian o' brien: that boy can play!), live trap set
drumming and even a great jazz vocal track (away from all of this).  

the closer (mind filter) is a verve suckah punch openmike jamsession sundae
with the k-degiorgio trio, featuring carl craig on the arp and ian o brien
jabbin isaac hayes shaft wah-wah guitar stabs in yer craw.  different, but
definitely tastee...........

it's unlikely that many of you will be spinnin' doubles of this alongside
purpose maker 5 (well, on 2nd thought...) but i think planetary folklore
should be regarded as a good (maybe even important?) record.  get yourself
a bottle of campari, turn the lights down and check it out.  then start
diggin' out those old brubeck and coltrane plattahs........


peeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeece,




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