From Rodney Perkins Sent Fri, Oct 23rd 1998, 20:42
From Rodney Perkins Sent Fri, Oct 23rd 1998, 20:42
I think I brought up the Davis/Hancock influences in connection with the Jenkinson jazz record. "Rotted Note" definitely ain't at the "Bitches Brew/Live-Evil/Sextant" level but those are the influences being displayed. I think its A-OK. Nope, there ain't no IDM on there. BTW: The Wire review panned "Rotted Note" hard. (I'll shut up now.) >when i 1st heard "hard normal daddy" i hated its flashy muso jazz prog rock >wankery, just couldn't understand it. and the acidy/electro melodies seemed >somewhat ugly and lumpen compared to those sleek aphex washes. but the >rhythmn and absolute spot on-ness of those apparently wild random drum >breaks won me over. the sounds that had previously offended me became >placeholders for the dynamics of the music, and stopped being so goddam >irritatin. it is (unfortunately) mainly responsible for me being unable to >hate jazz any more. > >it sounds like he's made a jazz record. on his own, w/out the >improvisational sparks that fuelled the records that influenced it. in that >respect, and as someone who was playing bass in a pub rock band, and then >spent 5 years doing acid, and d'n'b,it seems unfair to compare it to davis' >and hancock's works which came many years into their careers. its already >happened on this list and in the (don't mention the goddam) wire (again, >please). i'm going to shut up now, 'till i actually get to hear the thing, >but from the descriptions it doesn't sound like there's going to much 'idm >content' on there, so why we even talking about it? > >-martin >np: bugger all, can't wait to get home. > >