From daniel Sent Thu, Jun 10th 1999, 18:49
From daniel Sent Thu, Jun 10th 1999, 18:49
On Thu, 10 Jun 1999, Tom Millar wrote: > <snip> > Electric Company: Omokase (Vinyl Communications 166 LOHD 2) > > Q: What do you get when you cross a brain afflicted with attention > deficit hyperactivity disorder and a 56.6 modem? > > A: This record. > > Not to oversimplify or marginalize Brad Laner's work, but a longer > explanation would end up being fundamentally innacurate one way or > another. I suggest newcomers try out his last album, "Studio City" on > Island records, and if you like that enough pick up this one. Not very > easy to come to grips with at first while on the other hand not > radically different from his other work either. Maybe that's indicative > of how weird this bastard is. > <snip> Something that needs to be stated is that this album is an obvious growth from studio city. Though studio city was interesting, many of the tracks did not go anywhere. This album has a definite progression. Buried within the digital manipulation are some gorgeous sounds and melodies. For those that are fammillair with the release "story of personal electronics" (Brad Laner Side project) you will see a lot of similarites in how the sounds are constructed. However, the tracks on Omokase have organization (which "story.." did not have at all). I guess the overall sound is that of Studio City merged with "Story of personal electronics". IE you get the clever sounds merged with song like structures. -daniel Head Monkey Mad Monkey Records http://monkey.eliteware.com