- "Composer, theorist, arranger, and pianist George Russell debuted his 14-part master composition "Electronic Sonata for Souls Loved By Nature" on April 28, 1969, at a concert in Norway. The ambitious, elaborate work blended bebop, free, Asian, and blues elements, as well as electronic effects, and mixed live performance with tape and vocal segments. It was a testimony to the prowess of trumpeter Manfred Schoof, tenor saxophonist Jan Garbarek, guitarist Terje Rypdal, bassist Red Mitchell, and drummer John Christensen that they weren't overwhelmed by the sheer weight of the experience. The digital mastering enables listeners to fully hear the disparate styles converging, and understand just how advanced Russell's concepts were, particularly for the time. While not everything worked, the composition ranks alongside Ornette Coleman's "Free Jazz" as one of jazz's finest, most adventurous pieces." Ron Wynn / Allmusic
According to the web of reviews and commentary, the combination of other things I really like ought to mean I was a big fan of Wolfgang Voigt/Gas. But I'm having a hard time getting along with this one.
- "In this trilogy, space is the fundamental element in which music is developed and sounds are deployed. The three works were constructed by using certain sounds fixed in the acoustic space in relation to other sounds that are continually displaced, orbiting like satellites around the fixed ones and thus creating great spatial complexity"
- Cezame Music Agency
This newly revisited and extended sound piece consists of a serial chain of phone calls. The first without a response on the other side is recorded. The confused answerer repeating, Hello? Hello? is then used to playback in a new call to another randomized receiver. That persons response is then taped and played back for another confused recipient, over and over again... Out 01/08/2013
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- "Composer, theorist, arranger, and pianist George Russell debuted his 14-part master composition "Electronic Sonata for Souls Loved By Nature" on April 28, 1969, at a concert in Norway. The ambitious, elaborate work blended bebop, free, Asian, and blues elements, as well as electronic effects, and mixed live performance with tape and vocal segments. It was a testimony to the prowess of trumpeter Manfred Schoof, tenor saxophonist Jan Garbarek, guitarist Terje Rypdal, bassist Red Mitchell, and drummer John Christensen that they weren't overwhelmed by the sheer weight of the experience. The digital mastering enables listeners to fully hear the disparate styles converging, and understand just how advanced Russell's concepts were, particularly for the time. While not everything worked, the composition ranks alongside Ornette Coleman's "Free Jazz" as one of jazz's finest, most adventurous pieces."
Ron Wynn / Allmusic
According to the web of reviews and commentary, the combination of other things I really like ought to mean I was a big fan of Wolfgang Voigt/Gas. But I'm having a hard time getting along with this one.
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Good electropop from Guvera. Thom, you should check this out if you haven't.
Craig
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- "In this trilogy, space is the fundamental element in which music is developed and sounds are deployed. The three works were constructed by using certain sounds fixed in the acoustic space in relation to other sounds that are continually displaced, orbiting like satellites around the fixed ones and thus creating great spatial complexity"
- Cezame Music Agency
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Thanks, Doofy!
Craig
You have to check this out.
I love Guvera.
Craig
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drip.fm is pretty great too.
Craig
One and a half minute blasts of music in the style of Blonde Redhead and Minxus. Cool, and free.