From david turgeon Sent Thu, Jul 8th 1999, 16:10
From david turgeon Sent Thu, Jul 8th 1999, 16:10
> Another jazzy d&b album nobody's mentioned: > Derek Bailey's Guitar, Drum & Bass, with DJ Ninj. > I think it came out on Tzadik in 97. > Haven't played it in a while, but I remember it > having an improv/free-jazz thrust to it. yeah, i have this one. it's on avant, a japanese label which is associated with the hip's road project (whose tzadik is a part of). derek bailey's playing of course is 100% free (anything less from him would be surprising), but the drum n bass beat, although quite good in its minimalism, is still just that, drum n bass. i suppose that's for giving the illusion of 'keeping it together' (even though bailey's playing stands very well on its own or in the company of similarly freeform musicians). it's a good album, but i think 2 years later, something more free has to come out. free drum n bass. i guess drill n bass was a good step in the direction; it's just that nobody really saw the point of it. or god knows. i have yet to understand what made everybody so quick to abandon drill n bass. it had potential -- it's just that nobody was using it. bla bla bla bla bla -- david turgeon at http://www.notype.com