Looping near London/New Year listening

[David.Orton@mail.bl.uk (David Orton)]

     A brief plug for my gig next Friday, 16th Jan, when I'll be playing 
at 
     the Croydon ClockTower's Balcony Bar between 7&8 pm, prior to the 
     evening's main performance by the very wonderful Eduardo Niebla 
guitar 
     duo - further details from <http://subnet.virtual-pc.com/~or387751
     
     Also, a recommendation for a relatively new album out on ECM 
(possibly 
     Europe only so far), Nils Petter Molv¾r's "Khmer", which the label 
     describes as featuring:
     
       "Massive beats and throbbing grooves [which] underpin the 
       Norwegian trumpeter's fiery solos in a project that forms a 
       bridge between ECM's improvised soundscapes and the brave new 
       world of trip-hop, drum'n'bass, ambient/illbient, techno, 
       industrial, electronica and samples."
       
     I'm not sure if I'd've bought it if I'd read that first(!) - its a 
     factual description in many respects (most of those elements are 
     present in varying levels of prominence) - but reads like a slightly 
     desperate attempt to force together "everything that's new". The 
music 
     itself touches on areas similar in parts to Jon Hassell, Mark Isham 
     and possibly Ben Neill (3 other trumpet players - aren't I 
     imaginative), and I really rather like it. Not a unique stylistic 
     break-through or anything, but worth investigating.
     
     Also: I finally got hold of the [`Guitar artistry of...'] Bill 
Frisell 
     video, which is fine, although apparently a painful experience for 
     Bill himself; and in Tower's New Year Sale, I found a David Tronzo 
     Trio live-in-Japan-for-German-radio (or something like that) CD, 
which 
     has hints of looping, and is a cracking good listen too.
     
     Thats enough for now
     
     David