From Nate Harrison Sent Wed, Oct 7th 1998, 19:49
From Nate Harrison Sent Wed, Oct 7th 1998, 19:49
On Mon, 5 Oct 1998, Michael Upton wrote: > On Fri, 2 Oct 1998, Nate Harrison [Toshok Laboratories] wrote: > > | Yes a good album indeed....though I find 'In with their Arps...', it's > | predecessor, to be even more engaging.... > > Is it in a similar style? I have that one on Shield (Art of Deception?) > and don't like that sound so much - the distortion, and things being less > overtly jazz influenced. sorry this took so long...'In with their Arps...' is in a similar style, though it is a touch more 'electronic' sounding, and doesn't really delve as far as Folklore does in terms of being a hybrid album. But in terms of a vibe, a good mixture of funk, ambience, and all good things analog, Arps is an ace album. I like Folklore, but at times it strays into territory that while I respect what Kirk is doing, it doesn't grab me as much... > > | I think Kirk DeGiorgio is one of those 'hidden secrets' of IDM, despite > | his pretentious rep. > > The sleeve notes! The sleeve notes! :) Why is it that people are desperate > to attach themselves to jazz to look serious? Have they not heard enough > Chick Corea?? ;) Good point. WHile I love Kirk's effort, and have most of the Op Art stuff, the clear stuff, the NE stuff, all the As one stuff, I do find it a bit odd that on many of the their is the obligatory liner notes explaining why Kirk is the shit. I know this already:) I don't need to read about it. > > | BTW, I recently picked up a comp/remix CD by him, called something like > | 'Synthesized' or 'Synthesiser', which is a strong, eclectic mix of > | jazz-centric techno...check it out if you're into that kind of thing... > > The only one I know is 'Check One', which has a bunch of stuff off OpArt, > some of that lighter Detroit sound (eg. Shake, 69) plus a few fusion > tracks (eg. Weather Report, Joe Henderson, Herbie Hancock). > No I pulled this out at home. It's called 'Synthesis'. Something about 'a techno jazz journey mixed by Kirk Degiorgio. It is fucking great. I like it and 'Arps...' for the same reasons. There's Sun Ra, Herbie Hancock,all mixed in with newer day jazzy As One style stuff, a very good CD indeed... peace Nate > It's really nice. I was just wondering about the silence surrounding De > Georgio on the weekend myself... hopefully there is something else on the > way. > > Michael > > np. 'Into Dust' - Mazzy Star > > ____________________________________________ > "Also, he has automatic evasion devices" > http://www.vuw.ac.nz/~michael/jj.html > > >