From R. Lim Sent Mon, Aug 2nd 1999, 22:55
From R. Lim Sent Mon, Aug 2nd 1999, 22:55
On Thu, 29 Jul 1999, Dave Segal wrote: > (in a midwestern-american monotone) > Klangwart's K=F6ln/Olpe 12 is one of the finest examples of > 90s electronic minimalism I've heard--hypnotic, shimmering, > cascading... all those lovely adjectives. It's on the level of > Terry Riley's best extended works. I don't toss around comparisons > like that lightly. I'd compare it more with early experiments with primitive sequenced electropulse (Gottsching/Ash Ra, early 70s Klaus Schulze), rather than the cerebrum-disabling waves of delay in the aforementioned work by Riley (we're talking about _Persian Surgery Dervishes_, right? good. Though it should be mentioned that Cortical is unearthing some downright devastating material). I personally prefer the more modern, Kolnish voicings of side 1, or better yet the split 7" with Tarkatak (ref: Maeror Tri, Tesendalo, Kontakta and related). Their 3" CD (Klangstelle 1, now well on its way to obscurity) is also pretty good, though I recall it to be somewhat hampered by an attempt at "composition." Haven't heard that specific Goem, but their Mego 12" (beauty of a die cut sleeve on that thing) and the Pure "Death of Vinyl" 3" has reaffirmed that label's continued ability to dish out quality in this year. Put them on in separate speakers and watch the cabinets chase each other around! The Goem 12" also makes me wonder if I shouldn't have written off THU 20 so quickly. Hey, when is Hegenbart going to put forth a follow-up to Hikuioto? And don't even _pretend_ his Microstoria remix counts. -rob "Just because they're from Ohio, doesn't mean they're any good." -Ron House, on fIREHOSE, two days before the Columbus Dispatch ran a photo of Firehouse to accompany a gig announcement of theirs