Thanks, Matt. Exactly...the Soul Center cut-up approach clearly echoes
Faulkner's compelling, fractured narrative strategy in those novels, where
memory shards fuse together to slice deeply & lovingly into the cultural
underbelly of the American South.
That track you're thinking of from SC I is "P/SHACK SESSION," which
samples heavily from The Temptations' "Psychedelic Shack." Another
spine-tingler, for sure. I just pray Brinkmann keeps mining these weird
scenes from inside the vinyl goldmine...
Wes
("You can be who you want to be; you're a million miles away from
reality" -- The Temps, "Psychedelic Shack")
On Wed, 11 Apr 2001, Matt MacQueen wrote:
> > This is a bit of an old thread but I never got around to responding at the
> > time. I recommend that people check out Philip's interview with TB at:
> > www.urbansounds.com/us_current/thumbnail/brinkmann_1.html (It inspired me).
> >
> > TB's Soul Center releases certainly reveal a transformational sampling
> > ethic...
>
>
> nice words, cheers. For those who can't stand comparisons of
> music and literature, delete this post now.
>
> Personally, I can't get enough of soulcenter I and II. I've
> always thought of Brinkmann as the William Faulkner of dance
> music on vol.2. The weird dark historic edge, reminds me of the
> crazy stuff in _Light in August_ and _As I Lay Dying_. Also the
> photography on front and back of Soulcenter II is just brilliant,
> evokes some dark and intense inner emotions.
>
> Also how about that track, is it called FUNK SHACK or
> something?? I think it's the last track on Soulcenter vol.1,
> where a creaky door opens at the beginning of the track, and then
> slams shut at the end. Like you were let into some hot, house
> party in some weirdo backwoods southern town, where people just
> come to
> escape the flashy, glitzy nauseating clubland and into this
> weirder, deeper and darker smokey space, but it's still pure
> funk. Also I love the parallels you draw with the whole David
> Lynch movies, I totally see it, and had actually thought that
> myself before.
>
>
> peace
> --
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