tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28154988.post1054776479140118091..comments2024-03-26T01:59:52.206-04:00Comments on Just outside: Brian Olewnickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08567239067604835372noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28154988.post-38484608490338519422008-09-26T15:24:00.000-04:002008-09-26T15:24:00.000-04:00I really did not like the chasse cd after thinking...I really did not like the chasse cd after thinking the air in the sand was great. What Threw me off was the inlcusion of small bits of guitar and other instruments into the tracks in what i thought were really uninteresting ways. The air in the sand had amplified tones placed in the wildnerness and that was a nice appraoch but something about the new one just felt light and slight and too sugary for me.<BR/>I listened to tarab's surfacedrift last night by coincidence and that is a classic of layered field recordings in my opinion.<BR/>jAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28154988.post-42280048917073430692008-09-26T13:58:00.000-04:002008-09-26T13:58:00.000-04:00Yeah, whether or not field recordings should be en...Yeah, whether or not field recordings <I>should</I> be engaging might be a question....my only other Chasse disc is The Air in the Sand, which I liked very much.<BR/><BR/>Yep, I have heard the Sunshine is Blown, which I also enjoyed.Brian Olewnickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08567239067604835372noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28154988.post-40668230975733838682008-09-26T06:49:00.000-04:002008-09-26T06:49:00.000-04:00Chasse's constructions here are fine, though they ...<I>Chasse's constructions here are fine, though they lacked the kind of magic I've encountered in, say, Tsunoda. Might require closer listening on my part, however, as I get the feeling I may be missing some relationships between the sounds. As is, there's one track I really enjoy (the fourth, possibly titled--hard to say for sure--"What caused my footfall..."). Curious to get others' opinions</I><BR/><BR/>I think the Chasse album is very very beautiful, and makes for great background music when you're doing something else, but it lacks any really engaging elements. This is often the case with this kind of field recording. Chasse's earlier <I>Hedge of Nerves</I> is great though Brian- <I>"made from the sound of 78 rpm surface noices, fire, surf and the wind in juniper and aspen branches"</I><BR/><BR/>--<BR/><BR/>The Stern disc is great, so much fun. Did you ever hear the Sunshine has blown project he was involved with Brian?<BR/><BR/>As for the three Al Maslakh discs, I've only heard the Rives, which is great. The other two are still on my shopping list I think.Richard Pinnellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00168522717135806763noreply@blogger.com