Monday, August 21, 2006
Music Recommendations From The PLI #9
More music to recommend-
Girl Talk - Night Ripper
Despite what Pitchfork writers believe, this reinvention of the mash-up is nothing that new, but Girl Talk does an excellent job of updating John Oswald's techniques (if you like this album see Oswald's Plexure). This set is a fun fuelled romp through the history of pop music built into a frankenstein monster. Mash-ups have been all over the file sharing services for a while now, but Girl Talk does not just line up tracks with the same rythym, he lines lines up 5 tracks every 5-10 seconds. This combination of rythmically harmonious sample collage is what made me thing of John Oswald's work. The first track hits The Fresh Prince, Ludacris, Oasis and The Boredoms! The Verve (technically the Rolling Stones) segue into the Boredoms' "Acid Police" is ridiculously unexpected. Besides any record that have 50 Cent "Go, Go" chant from I forget which song exactly over the Pixies' "Where Is My Mind?" is a real knockout. Hilairious, fun and thoughtful in it's execution.
An Albatross - Blesssphemy (Of The Peace-Beast Feastgiver And The Bear Warp Kumite)
This record is a wild ride, and it's technique is nothing like the above Girl Talk album, but it has that same ADD tickling of constant new direction like Night Ripper. This record is almost cartoonish is it's absurd speed and hairpin turns. It's reminds of the Blood Brothers on speed with organs and little Boredoms singing English (I think it's English) thrown in. You'll love it.
Tortoise - A Lazurus Taxon
A nicely priced (19 bucks for 3 CDs and a DVD) box of Tortoise rareties and of course the out of print '95 classic remix album Rhythms, Resolutions and Clusters. While listening to this record over the weekend, it brings me back the time when post-rock was beginning and the music press thought that Tortoise could bring the world pop music that was instrumental.
When these guys first started, though their music is pastoral and beautiful, they were kind of a polarizing band. I remember the first time I played TNT in my car for a friend, he (no naming of names) said "what is this, a movie soundtrack?". The Princeton Record Exchange (or Vintage Vinyl in North Jersey) had a doodle on posted on their wall that resembled the cover of TNT but instead of saying Tortoise it said "Torture". I've always been big fan, and I even really enjoyed their most recent album It's All Around You, it does feel like the world moved on without them. However, if you can turn off things in you head that identify styles and dates them, this collection is absolutely gorgeous.
V/A - California
V/A - LA Noisescape
Two great compilations of California's noise scene. Now I recommended the hell out of the 10 lp set when I wrote the list essential box sets, so I won't dwell on that here, but I will say that the price (roughly 75 bucks) is extremely fair considering the excellent packaging and glut of great music. The LA Noisescape compilation is an excellent companion piece. Though California as a whole has a long history of great noise, the scene in LA is of particular note. The Los Angeles Free Music Society started a lot of the framework for what has become the American noise scene, and they did it before the punk scene started. Rick Potts an LAFMS alumni, who's still active, is represented in this collection. This comp also has great tracks by Andorkappen (an awesome Merzbow jump cut grind core jolt), John Wiese, Bastard Noise, Exjesus, and Circuit Wound. It's 36 tracks strong but the flow makes seem like it could one artist or a thousand. A highly entertaining and enjoyable listen.
Girl Talk - Night Ripper
Despite what Pitchfork writers believe, this reinvention of the mash-up is nothing that new, but Girl Talk does an excellent job of updating John Oswald's techniques (if you like this album see Oswald's Plexure). This set is a fun fuelled romp through the history of pop music built into a frankenstein monster. Mash-ups have been all over the file sharing services for a while now, but Girl Talk does not just line up tracks with the same rythym, he lines lines up 5 tracks every 5-10 seconds. This combination of rythmically harmonious sample collage is what made me thing of John Oswald's work. The first track hits The Fresh Prince, Ludacris, Oasis and The Boredoms! The Verve (technically the Rolling Stones) segue into the Boredoms' "Acid Police" is ridiculously unexpected. Besides any record that have 50 Cent "Go, Go" chant from I forget which song exactly over the Pixies' "Where Is My Mind?" is a real knockout. Hilairious, fun and thoughtful in it's execution.
An Albatross - Blesssphemy (Of The Peace-Beast Feastgiver And The Bear Warp Kumite)This record is a wild ride, and it's technique is nothing like the above Girl Talk album, but it has that same ADD tickling of constant new direction like Night Ripper. This record is almost cartoonish is it's absurd speed and hairpin turns. It's reminds of the Blood Brothers on speed with organs and little Boredoms singing English (I think it's English) thrown in. You'll love it.
Tortoise - A Lazurus TaxonA nicely priced (19 bucks for 3 CDs and a DVD) box of Tortoise rareties and of course the out of print '95 classic remix album Rhythms, Resolutions and Clusters. While listening to this record over the weekend, it brings me back the time when post-rock was beginning and the music press thought that Tortoise could bring the world pop music that was instrumental.
When these guys first started, though their music is pastoral and beautiful, they were kind of a polarizing band. I remember the first time I played TNT in my car for a friend, he (no naming of names) said "what is this, a movie soundtrack?". The Princeton Record Exchange (or Vintage Vinyl in North Jersey) had a doodle on posted on their wall that resembled the cover of TNT but instead of saying Tortoise it said "Torture". I've always been big fan, and I even really enjoyed their most recent album It's All Around You, it does feel like the world moved on without them. However, if you can turn off things in you head that identify styles and dates them, this collection is absolutely gorgeous.
V/A - CaliforniaV/A - LA Noisescape
Two great compilations of California's noise scene. Now I recommended the hell out of the 10 lp set when I wrote the list essential box sets, so I won't dwell on that here, but I will say that the price (roughly 75 bucks) is extremely fair considering the excellent packaging and glut of great music. The LA Noisescape compilation is an excellent companion piece. Though California as a whole has a long history of great noise, the scene in LA is of particular note. The Los Angeles Free Music Society started a lot of the framework for what has become the American noise scene, and they did it before the punk scene started. Rick Potts an LAFMS alumni, who's still active, is represented in this collection. This comp also has great tracks by Andorkappen (an awesome Merzbow jump cut grind core jolt), John Wiese, Bastard Noise, Exjesus, and Circuit Wound. It's 36 tracks strong but the flow makes seem like it could one artist or a thousand. A highly entertaining and enjoyable listen.
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