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> --- Kim Flint <kflint@loopers-delight.com> 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? There seems to be some equivocation regarding the criteria here. While I certainly respect Andre's view that 'essential listening' should mean that it's Important (with a capital i), unique and deserving of its place in historical context, Kim's request *does* include that parenthetical part allowing for the subjectivity of personal influence. That seems to open the door to an nth degree thing; just as Allan Holdsworth has stated that the biggest influence on his guitar style was the way a saxophone plays legato, it's possible that a recording that doesn't even include looping may be an important influence on a looper. For example, the repetition in gnawa might inspire someone to try to achieve a similar feel but with a guitar and an EDP rather than a large group of sentirs and percussion. Or, as in a couple of the examples some of us gave, a musician doing sound collage by assembling samples on a computer but not actually doing realtime looping might give someone the impetus to try to do a similar thing live with real-time instrumentation, and as such is certainly an influence on that musician's approach to looping. So Terry's inclusion of one of his own albums *does* in some ways fit the criteria of Kim's request, particularly in light of Terry's claim that he developed his looping style without knowledge of those musicians Andre listed (and many others) who were indeed looping prior to that time. Should Kim's question be rephrased to specify that "Essential Loop Recordings" must competitively earn their inclusion by featuring the first known example of a particular technique, must feature specific equipment and/or must be widely known? Or should we go with the "what were five albums from the 90's that influenced you and your looping" aspect? I think either way would be valid, but they'd be very different lists! -t- __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? SBC Yahoo! DSL - Now only $29.95 per month! http://sbc.yahoo.com