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At 8:25 AM -0700 6/30/03, Tim Nelson wrote: >Brian Eno and David Byrne's "My Life in the Bush of Ghosts" One of my favorites as well, though I'll have to say that it's really a takeoff on Jon Hassell's combining of live and recorded materials (JH had been playing live against tape loops since 1959). Of course in "Bush" the customary relationship of live soloist against recorded accompaniment is turned on its head. Another seminal example of this sort of thing is Gavin Bryars' "Jesus Blood Never Failed Me Yet" (1971). For those not familiar, Bryars took a recording of an old tramp singing the hymn if the title, looped it, and composed a rather sentimental accompaniment for chamber ensemble. The vocal part continues throughout without variation while the ensemble arrangement grows gradually more ornate. I prefer the original 1975 recording to the 1990 version. The latter features Tom Waitts growling and moaning through the final passages, rather breaking the mood. -- ______________________________________________________________ Richard Zvonar, PhD (818) 788-2202 http://www.zvonar.com http://RZCybernetics.com