------------------------------ Loopers-Delight-d Digest Volume 97 : Issue 266 Today's Topics: Robert Rich/Amoeba [ "Gambaude Palliard" To: Loopers-Delight@annihilist.com Subject: Robert Rich/Amoeba Message-ID: <19971221012455.28941.qmail@hotmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain Hi all, Robert Rich's name doesn't seem to come up very often on this list, however many must be familiar with his solo or collaborative works (with Steve Roach and others) and know that his music is very loop-based (a spring 97 issue of Keyboard, I believe, had a little feature on him, & mentioned use of several Jamdudes). I have a copy of his 1997 cd Watchful for sale. Please e-mail me personally if you're interested. Some info on the cd follows. happy looping, Gam On Watchful, Amoeba presents a cinematic 48-minute document of corrupted memories, recurring dreams, and personal crises in extreme close-up. Watchful is a strange trip along a very twisted path. The tracks: Inside It's a big world out there, and you're keeping a copy of it in your head FYI. Opening with simple hand drum and guitar, Inside explodes into a panorama of swirling guitars and Djimbes. Skin Where do you end and the rest of the world begin? Rich dwells psychotic over the "fragile line between blood and air." Hans Christian's cello adds a smooth and unsettling film over Davies' guitar pulse. Out there. Origami Instrumental featuring Davies on slow-motion guitar and Rich on alien woodwinds. Can't Find My Feet (samples in QuickTime and AIFF format) The wind blows so hard that a simple walk up the block ignites an identity crisis. Stark voices by Ivy Barry set against on Rich's wind-blown vocals sends a shiver down your spine. Guitars and cellos swarm, rinse, and hang dry. Ignoring Gravity Is lucid dreaming the favorite pasttime of the collective unconscious majority? Dunno, but courtesy of Rich, this vessel is more than just a nice place to visit. Don Swanson (of L.A. art-rock ensemble The Telling) brings the snare and cymbals. Water Vapor The blue sky has become a pool reflecting the ceiling of a cold, damp cave. Rich supplies a courteous warning on lap steel. Desolation W.S. Burroughs once said "Thou shalt not be such a shit you don't even know you are one." Rich's vocals and Davies' guitars take it personally, and lacerate in unison. A new all-time low. Big Clouds Squelching voices dance and play as the storm subsides amid bursts of drums and blasts from within the pan pipes. Saragossa (samples in QuickTime and AIFF format) Inspired by, among other things, the film, The Saragossa Manuscript. Pull on a single strand and the whole damn sweater unravels. Any Other Sky Catatonia in Catalunia. One minute you're on the east coast, the next on the west. You wake up to discover your address book has been out of date for 20 years. Splendid rhythms from Davies and Swanson and sax pedal tones from Scott Wright tune your head to receive Rich's mantra: "Doesn't matter." Watchful The titles role at the end of a 45-minute movie. Overhead power lines rattle. Piano and guitar discuss. Rumbling bass concurs now and then. Assume crash positions. "I've seen the future, and it is slow." - A.Harris, San Francisco 1990 ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 20 Dec 97 19:30:37 CST From: admin_dtt.usa.hub@dttus.com (ccMail SMTPLINK) To: Loopers-Delight@annihilist.com Subject: ccMail SMTPLINK Undeliverable Message Message-Id: <9711208826.AA882675037@ccbbn3.dttus.com> User brijackson is not defined Original text follows ---------------------------------------------- Received: from smtp01.dttus.com by ccbbn3.dttus.com (SMTPLINK V2.11.01) ; Sat, 20 Dec 97 19:30:34 CST Return-Path: Received: from dac-ans1.dttus.com (dac-ans1.dttus.com [10.5.10.45]) by smtp01.dttus.com (2.0 Build 2144 (Berkeley 8.8.4)/8.8.4) with SMTP id TAA00026 for ; Sat, 20 Dec 1997 19:30:12 -0600 Received: from ferret (ferret.slip.NET) by dac-ans1.dttus.com with SMTP id AA27572 (InterLock SMTP Gateway 3.0 for ); Sat, 20 Dec 1997 19:28:38 -0600 Received: from lists by ferret with local (Exim 1.73 #8) id 0xjaC1-000282-00; Sat, 20 Dec 1997 17:28:33 -0800 Message-Id: <19971221012455.28941.qmail@hotmail.com> X-Originating-Ip: [209.17.137.83] From: "Gambaude Palliard" To: Loopers-Delight@annihilist.com Subject: Robert Rich/Amoeba Content-Type: text/plain Date: Sat, 20 Dec 1997 17:24:54 PST Resent-Message-Id: <"wb1Ci.A.uwB.jAHn0"@ferret> Resent-From: Loopers-Delight@annihilist.com Reply-To: Loopers-Delight@annihilist.com X-Mailing-List: archive/latest/2012 Precedence: list Resent-Sender: SmartList Resent-To: brijackson@dttus.com Resent-Date: Sat, 20 Dec 1997 17:28:33 -0800 Hi all, Robert Rich's name doesn't seem to come up very often on this list, however many must be familiar with his solo or collaborative works (with Steve Roach and others) and know that his music is very loop-based (a spring 97 issue of Keyboard, I believe, had a little feature on him, & mentioned use of several Jamdudes). I have a copy of his 1997 cd Watchful for sale. Please e-mail me personally if you're interested. Some info on the cd follows. happy looping, Gam On Watchful, Amoeba presents a cinematic 48-minute document of corrupted memories, recurring dreams, and personal crises in extreme close-up. Watchful is a strange trip along a very twisted path. The tracks: Inside It's a big world out there, and you're keeping a copy of it in your head FYI. Opening with simple hand drum and guitar, Inside explodes into a panorama of swirling guitars and Djimbes. Skin Where do you end and the rest of the world begin? Rich dwells psychotic over the "fragile line between blood and air." Hans Christian's cello adds a smooth and unsettling film over Davies' guitar pulse. Out there. Origami Instrumental featuring Davies on slow-motion guitar and Rich on alien woodwinds. Can't Find My Feet (samples in QuickTime and AIFF format) The wind blows so hard that a simple walk up the block ignites an identity crisis. Stark voices by Ivy Barry set against on Rich's wind-blown vocals sends a shiver down your spine. Guitars and cellos swarm, rinse, and hang dry. Ignoring Gravity Is lucid dreaming the favorite pasttime of the collective unconscious majority? Dunno, but courtesy of Rich, this vessel is more than just a nice place to visit. Don Swanson (of L.A. art-rock ensemble The Telling) brings the snare and cymbals. Water Vapor The blue sky has become a pool reflecting the ceiling of a cold, damp cave. Rich supplies a courteous warning on lap steel. Desolation W.S. Burroughs once said "Thou shalt not be such a shit you don't even know you are one." Rich's vocals and Davies' guitars take it personally, and lacerate in unison. A new all-time low. Big Clouds Squelching voices dance and play as the storm subsides amid bursts of drums and blasts from within the pan pipes. Saragossa (samples in QuickTime and AIFF format) Inspired by, among other things, the film, The Saragossa Manuscript. Pull on a single strand and the whole damn sweater unravels. Any Other Sky Catatonia in Catalunia. One minute you're on the east coast, the next on the west. You wake up to discover your address book has been out of date for 20 years. Splendid rhythms from Davies and Swanson and sax pedal tones from Scott Wright tune your head to receive Rich's mantra: "Doesn't matter." Watchful The titles role at the end of a 45-minute movie. Overhead power lines rattle. Piano and guitar discuss. Rumbling bass concurs now and then. Assume crash positions. "I've seen the future, and it is slow." - A.Harris, San Francisco 1990 ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com --------------------------------