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| | | schoolmap (italy) #school 1 cd tom recchion “sweetly doing nothing” compact disc - the elephant god (11:16)
- jazz 10,000 a.d. (5:42)
- oozings (11:59)
- the crazy beat (6:19)
- ho ho 66 (9:16)
- underwater girls (10:05)
| november 2006 release; the third solo album by lafms co-founder / graphic designer (check out any number of major-label jazz box-sets from the last 10-odd years; you’ll be surprised just how many mr. recchion is responsible for!) / collaborator (recent whispers of a tom recchion / oren ambarchi / greg anderson (sunn o)))) trio are sweeping east from the left-coast ...) tom recchion.
an epic, sweeping suite of pieces that dwell on themes of repetition, yet aren’t comprised solely of loops per se... what i love about tom’s music is how deftly he lays out his albums; hedging the more capital-a avant-garde material(s) with light, playful pieces (usually comprised of exotica samples.)
all in all, a great, wide gamut run... just about every conceivable phylum of contemporary experimental music is represented herein, yet there’s a coherent feeling to whole endeavor; certainly a music for and by record-collectors. superb. |
| | schoolmap press release... |
| schoolmap records proudly presents:
tom recchion “sweetly doing nothing”
format: cd in digipack
cat no: school1
euro release date: october 20th
with a 30 year practice in sonic explorations – including, record manipulation, live tape loops, free improvisation, found and invented instruments - tom recchion is one of the world’s most established and finest experimental artist and musician. based in los angeles, tom recchion has co-founded the legendary music entity lafms (los angeles free music society), collaborated with david toop, christian marclay, oren ambarchi, keiji haino, max eastley, rova, john duncan, smegma (just to name a few). tom recchion plays in extended organ with paul mccarthy, joe potts, fredrik nilsen and mike kelley and occasionally writes for the british music magazine the wire.
“sweetly doing nothing” is tom’s first solo release after the critically acclaimed “i love my organ” (birdman, 2004) and will further serve to enhance the artist’s cult status with an unmistakably unique mixture of underwater exotica-tinged minimalism, futuristic jazz, subtlety constructed dronescapes and a vivid orchestral pop sensibility. all the tracks were composed and realized in the 2005. for the first time in his career, tom recchion has used a computer – an apple g4 powerbook with ableton live sequencing software – as the main compositional instrument: “i previously avoided composing music on the laptop for reasons of lo-fi purity and the belief that the ‘mistake’ and the unknown produce the best art. much to my surprise live was the perfect environment to compose in. not only did it work as a great improvisational tool for non-idiomatic composition but it also served my interest in loopy tonal mood music”.
most of the pieces on “sweetly doing nothing” were featured in a performance with visual artist jonathon rosen as part of moca’s visual music exhibition. the performance was held at the redcat, a small theatre part of the disney hall in downtown los angeles dedicated to avant-garde activities. jonathon rosen’s visuals used for the artwork of the package and label. the cd features instrument inventor max eastley on several tracks.
tracklist and notes from tom recchion:
track 1: the elephant god
“heavy with the smell of incense burning and the weight and lethargy of a parade of elephants or the ornate adornment of ganesha with the head of an elephant and the body of a man, the lord of success - son of shiva and parvati - sitting on his throne amongst ancient walls”. features max eastley.
track 2: jazz 10,000 a.d.
“an ongoing attempt to imagine ‘jazz’ music from the future. i hope that the ensemble sounds like it’s melting”
track 3: oozings
“part of the collaboration with jonathon rosen. these scenes were composed with the idea of being a series of chapters that we could use with flexibility as soundtracks to an array of visual jonathon created. different combinations of sounds, moods, textures and layers. features max eastley”
track 4: the crazy beat
“a dark space; crime ridden, bloody, dangerous cityscape. drunkards, prostitutes and junkies in cheesy dives filled with the stench of booze and cigarettes hang-out doing nothing, while short circuiting jukeboxes play as the dice is rolled over and over. in strolls a blonde bombshell”
track 5: ho ho 66
“twisted kids hit the road, making their way out of the city on the open highway. a road trip. with teen-age lust in their eyes, they have no idea they’re heading into the transformative powers of the deep blue sea. their escapist angst disappears into the fog and they are gone forever at the toll of the bell”
track 6: underwater girls
“out there somewhere in the vastness of the ocean lives a society of creatures who are half-fish/half- woman. they swim all day and rest at night” |
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