Thomas Comerford explores abstract ideas with a sound that at bottom combines Southwest twang and slowed down Dream Syndicate brooding.
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Archive for October, 2011
Thomas Comerford, “Archive + Spiral”
Motion & Soundlessness: Lawrence English’s “The Peregrine”
Lawrence English’s brand of harmonic drones has been released on Room40 (which he curates himself), as well as an astounding variety of other revered labels, such as Touch, 12k, Autumn, Digitalis, Quartermass and many others. I recently exchanged emails with English to discuss the context of his ambitious new album for Experimedia, which is...
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Heikki Sarmanto, “Everything is It”
Originally recorded and released in 1972, “Everything Is It” has developed a cult following and has taken on a lost classic aura.
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Alex Barnett / Fielded split LP
Alex Barnett’s two pieces here delve deep into slow-paced synthesizer tunes in the mode of John Carpenter’s horror scores.
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Rudresh Mahanthappa, “Samdhi”
Indian by name and ancestry, alto saxophonist Mahanthappa nonetheless grew up in Boulder, Colorado and, as he puts it, was first inspired to play the saxophone by “soul/R&B and jazz ‘fusion’ artists such as Grover Washington Jr., David Sanborn, the Brecker Brothers, and the Yellowjackets.”
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Food Pyramid, “Plateaus”
Minneapolis trio provide extensive, extended jams on this compilation of previously sold-out material. Reaching the outer limits of electronic kraut and experimental dance music, the group prove there is plenty of room to explore between those worlds.
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Local Winds, “In the World of Ours” tape
This is a very nice recording of airy, repetitive synthesizer figures by Scott Dickson, a talented musician who also releases work under the name Closed Cassette.
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