Re: Blowing our own trumpets (was: Music is best, indeed)

[mgsam@wave.net]

So where do we get these albums?


>THo' they aren't ""official" releases in the Jon/Robby sense, I'd really
>recommend work by or very own Matthias and Bryan.  I've one of Matthias'
>albums which is direct, moving music which wouldn't be out of place on a
>film soundtrack.  His looping is very discrete, - you don't really notice
>it's there, though it's always going on, and the album includes some of 
>the
>most moving passages I've ever heard.  Guitarists - this man is not only a
>gifted player, his distorted-hex-piezo tone is incredible!  File under 
>"NOT
>new age"!  Plus on the cover you get to see Matthias' feet!
>
>Bryan's work is far more cerebral, more "ambient" in the traditional sense
>- his collection across the spectrum of his work sound like a history of
>the synthesiser!  The man's been doing this for a _long_ time - and it
>shows!  He is a great keyboard player - there's some wonderful honky-tonk
>playing here.  His latestwork includes some wonderful, evolving piano
>peices - utterly meditiative yet givig a real focus for the attention.
>Whatever you do, make sure you listen to "Sleep It Off" - in which Bryan
>croons like a new-age Tony Bennett!  Wow!
>
>This isn't intended as full reviews, just a reminder that we have some of
>the finest loopers around, right here!!  Book me in for the LD CD...
>speaking of which...?
>
>Michael
>
>Dr Michael Pycraft Hughes      Bioelectronic Research Centre, Rankine 
>Bldg,
>Tel: (+44) 141 330 5979        University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, 
>U.K.
>    "Wha's like us?  Damn few, and they're a' deid!" - Scottish proverb