ROPE's "rope hotel"

[Leonardo Cavallo <cavallo@dada.it>]

Just a few lines to say that the man who wrote LD Looping percussion pages
(http://www.annihilist.com/loop/tips/percloop/percloop.html) not only can
explain us how to groove with our little loop devices, but he can play the
hell out from its kit too. 

I've just found the time to listen to Rob Cummings CD with his band ROPE
(Rob, sorry for the delay....) and it was a really interesting experience. 
Without doubt Rope music center is the Rob's groovy, multilayered 
percussion
work. Then came all the rest: ultrasolid bass playing, synth lines, ambient
soundscapes and sounds processing/filtering. 

The result is a personal and higly enjoyable rendition of a lot of styles:
from proto dub to modern Rota-esque melodies (the second track really kills
me!!!) to new electronica thinks and funk oriented grooves. the perception
above all is that there's a lot of playing freedom involved: and this open
and relaxed feeling inevitably comes out from Rope music as one of their
more interesting strenght. 

Check it out! (r_t_cummings@csi.com)

ciao
leo

PS. Rob, why don't you share with us composition techniques involved in 
ROPE
music? looping is evident but how do you organize thing to came with
structured songs like yours?