From Brett McCormick Sent Wed, Mar 18th 1998, 08:34
From Brett McCormick Sent Wed, Mar 18th 1998, 08:34
I'm listening to "mom's bar-b-q" (what a great album, not "idm" or ambient per se, but close enough) and in the liner notes, I see the following (excerpt): Both Mom's and Chao Nue were created for the choreographer Katsuko Orita and were premiered in Tokyo in June 1990 as part of the dance piece "Pintafore Space." Anybody know anything about this? the song "Mom's" is somewhat "manic" in that people who hear seem to liken it to changing the radio dial constantly. I certainly don't agree, although I can see the similarity, but there is far more to the song than that, and it is _quite_ the peice of work. Those who have heard it know what I'm talking about. I can hardly fathom dancing to it on beat, so I've got to find a recording of the dance piece if at all possible. BTW, this is a great album, so let me give you some more info on it. the first song appears to be made only from a sample of a womans voice with some various effects. very nice and soothing. the second is the one mentioned above; manic, hard to listen to, but *well* worth it. impossible to explain. the third is a nice little bell peice, although he does fumble a tad and it is slightly cliche ridden. nice for the "bell" effect (like a bell choir except much softer). okay, so the fourth song is actually the one only made from a womans voice over and over again, finally becoming somewhat intelligible (mind wars of love?) Somewhat similar to the first song, but it doesn't have the same overall ambience of the first. The last song I've hardly listened to for some reason, but it's very ethereal/ambient which morphs into more cycling(?) ambient industrial and then ends up somewhere else at the end. All in all, an excellent album by composer Carl Stone, who also has an em:t album, although I can't say quite the same for it. It was nice (I guess) but at the time a little too "silent" for me. I'll pull it out again, as my taste is a little more forgiving in that regard. --brett