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Take 2 Michael Brook Live at the Aquarium and the studio album Cobalt Blue was a watershed moment for me. I was familiar with earlier works that Brook ( a Toronto guitarist) had recorded in conjunction with Eno and Lanois, and harold Budd, and while those are strong albums in their own right, it is with Cobalt Blue and the live companion that I began being interested in looping and textures. His rhythmic approach to sound was very new to me. The fact that he is credited woith the creation of the infinite sustian guitar (as opposed to the single string ebow) adds to his cache as a significant player and a true trail blazer. Brook's work is an interesting amalgam of all the players that I really love- and yet there is something unique in his vision. For me no one I had discovered had offered up such richly textured, and so densely packed ideas in the realm of looped music. While both albums are impressive- I have to admit the inferior live cd launched at the London aquarium shows the true gifts that Brook possesses. I had the opportunity to share drinks once with Irish Hot Press reporter/U2 writer/Across the Line (BBC Eire)host Stuart Bailey at the Crown in Belfast. When asked what the best shows he had witnessed were I don't remember the rest but the London gig for press for the launch of Cobalt Blue (that became the live album) Brook's approach haunts me still. I am only saddened that his producer duties appear to have taken precedence over his solo work. highly recommended! Graham Stuart also Recommended Brook and NusratFateh Ali khan- Night Song Brook with Divan Gasparyan -black rock Albino Alligator soundtrack Brook with Pieter Nooten-sleeps with fishes visit http://fringedigital.com/brook/ I'd love to see womeone write about Gerry Leonard here (Spooky ghost)!!!! >From: Kim Flint <kflint@loopers-delight.com> >Reply-To: Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com >To: Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com >Subject: Re: Looper's Essential Listening revisited: >Date: Mon, 13 Feb 2006 18:37:02 -0800 > >Once again: if you are going to propose something, you are required to >also >include at least 2 paragraphs of a review explaining why it is essential >to >looping. Explain the historical context if fits into, how it was >influential, what techniques it innovated, etc. >kim > >At 06:19 PM 2/13/2006, jb wrote: >>let's not forget the seminal selt-titled CD: >> >>Holland Skin Tunnel >> >>and while we're getting off the beaten track, i can only assume someone >>mentioned: >> >>Muslimgauze >> >>:Zoviet France: > >>that Ritchie Hawtin/Plastikman album where some experimental (german i >>think) guy built a double-armed turntable to re-make one of Plastikman's >>drone-y beats albums. primitive but all-the-more-effective-for-it >looping. > >______________________________________________________________________ >Kim Flint | Looper's Delight >kflint@loopers-delight.com | http://www.loopers-delight.com