Re: essential loop recordings

[dgoat <dgoat@quik.com>]

Kim Flint wrote:
> So let's hear it. What were 5 albums from the 90's that you think 
> influenced looping? (or influenced you and your looping.) Can you say 
> something short about each one about what makes it essential listening 
> for loopers?

Not necessarily from the 90's:

1981. Robert Fripp -- Let the Power Fall
1 man, 1 guitar, a fuzz box, volume pedal and two tape recorders: the 
pure deal. It's like studying Looperus-Australopithecus.

1995. David Torn -- What Means Solid Traveller?
The pinnacle (IMO) of Mr. Torn's guitar mania. It has yet to be 
surpassed by *anyone*. Looperus-Superiorus.

2000. Bill Frisell -- Ghost Town
The looper so transparently integrated into the instrument that it's 
like an extra string. Looperus-Subtleus.

2002. The Nels Cline Singers -- Instrumentals
What happens when you mix a jazzers ear and technique with an 
avant-gardeist's sonic adventurism and throw lots 'o fuzz boxes and 
loopers at 'em. Also, the incomparable drummer Scott Amendola shows us 
that loopers ain't just for guitar players! Looperus-Noiserus.

D.G.