awesome, thanks! i had been hoping somebody had done that!

On Thu, Sep 1, 2011 at 8:40 PM, Rob Taylor <[email protected]> wrote:
> also check this stinson/donald podcast. i listen to it loads
> http://www.bleep43.com/podcast/2006/2/19/podcast-17-james-stinson-and-gerald-donald-special.html
>
> On Fri, Sep 2, 2011 at 1:38 AM, Rob Taylor <[email protected]>
> wrote:
>>
>> 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 <[email protected]>
>> 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 <[email protected]>
>>> 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
>>
>
>



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