Larry Kucharz, Unit 34: assorted tracks LP, International Audiochrome This is techno by a composer rather than a dance producer. The distinction is that one would move your feet and the other would move your brain. In the bio the word minimalist also appears... which allows us to segue nicely to Steve Reich who is regarded by quite a few people as one of the godfathers of techno dance music even though Reich usually (and very cleverly) uses accoustic instruments. The idea is sparse instrumentation with interesting developments of rythmn.
The works here aren't as sparse (minimal!) as the things I've heard of Steve Reich but they are in that area and are nicely effective. There is an attention here to orchestration and there are frequent changes even to the extent that track 7 gave me some thoughts of Stravinsky ... but with the timbres all electro. This CD is probably not one you're going to find in your local CD store. If you like the sound of it you can get it at cdstreet.com and amazon.com. (thunderfinger) http://www.mstation.org/beatz.php ------------------------------------------------------------------- Armchair DJ Interview ³CLASSICAL TO TECHNO TO CLASSICAL² Larry Kucharz interviewed by Brian J. Dillard complete interview at: http://www.armchairdj.com/handler.asp?/features/interviews/larry_kucharz.asp ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- - Larry Kucharz Home webpage: http://hometown.aol.com/audiochrom/myhomepage/business.html ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------
