this is a great way to engage with an artist's music. i have done similar projects with the works of autechre, coil, scott walker and nurse with wound. very rewarding experiences. :)
On Thu, Sep 1, 2011 at 11:34 PM, Frank Glazer <cpe1704...@gmail.com> wrote: > Since August 1st I've been trying to concentrate entirely on devouring > the oeuvre of Gerald Donald and James Stinson (R.I.P.). We're talking > about 24 full hours of music over about 45-50 albums, EPs, and singles > including all their various pseudonyms. The reason I am doing this is > because I find their music to be relatively tricky to wrap my head > around in general, while so many of my friends consider Stinson/Donald > to be among the best of their contemporaries. Specifically a lot of > Stinson/Donald tunes sound particularly chaotic even to my modern ears > well trained in noise, avant garde, and the repetitive loops of > minimal classical (Steve Reich, Philip Glass) and "techno" music. I > wondered if completely saturating my ears with only their music would > change my opinion/enlighten me to their supposed genius at all. > > To date I am about halfway through the project based on mostly casual > subway ride listening, and I've not been as diligent in avoiding the > fast forward button as I'd hoped I could be. It's really difficult to > stick to one artist who produced a pretty consistent style of music > without listening to anything else for such an extended period of > time. I do occasionally give my ears a bit of a break and allow myself > to hear some non Stinson/Donald tunage. > > To date "Wavejumper" from their 1995 "Aquatic Invasion EP" remains my > absolute favorite Drexciya tune: > > http://youtu.be/imKh_TKqHt4 > > As a side note, the name I've given this experiment - Drexciyan > Immersion Project - is a kind of funny nod to the sci-fi underwater > mythology that Drexciya built around their music/built their music > around. > > On Thu, Sep 1, 2011 at 6:24 PM, Jason Kenjar <jasonk1...@gmail.com> wrote: > > an undiscovered track or three would be nice..i can dream rite? > > > > On Sep 1, 2011, at 5:14 PM, Patrick Wacher wrote: > > > >> Some interesting news on the wire: > >> > >> http://www.xlr8r.com/news/2011/09/drexciya-reissues-coming-soon > >> > >> Sadly, it's been nearly a decade since early '90s Detroit > >> techno/electro duo Drexciya last released new music. However, we've > >> just discovered that reissues of the pair's early material will be > >> surfacing in the near future. Clone Classic Cuts, the reissues imprint > >> for Dutch label Clone, announced just yesterday: "We will reissue the > >> early Drexciya catalogue on Clone. We are currently busy restoring the > >> original master tapes, and hopefully we will have the first one ready > >> before the end of the year! Of course, we will keep you updated on the > >> process." No further details were shared, but the news itself is > >> certainly exciting, to say the least. (via FACT) > > > > > > > > -- > peace, > > frank > > http://www.deejaycountzero.com > http://www.infinitestatemachine.com >
