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Re: D-Cell Rocketh The Haus



a,
>Great set from Mr. DT-SC on KCRW this morning (but all too brief, in my
>mind.) 
thanks, dude --- i was pretty nervous about playing this thing..... been 
in 
studios so much, working assiduously on lotsa other folks' stuff, etc 
etc.....

>Had a '70s Miles David vibe to it in many places, 
right..... semi-consciously trying to git back to my don cherry/ecm roots, 
a 
bit.....

>I thought (and
>in that context, the one chromatic descending chord figure in the one
>tune reminded me of "John McLaughlin..." a deliberate quote?)
.....nope, it just kinda happened!

>What a mother of a rhythm section, too.  (Fima's tone...!!!)
fima's a funkyfunky dude.....
and ben was *really* fun to play with!

>Dumb techniqe question here: Sounded to me like one of the first loops
>in there was a brief EDP loop spun off a single note, then tweaked with
>some unquantized insertmode=replace action.  Am I somewhat close? 
>(Yeah, I'm a trainspotter.)
yeah; i used that at least a few times, i think --- couldn't seem to get 
the 
edp output to be quite loud enough, sometimes, though..... getta get this 
broke-thing fixed, i guess.....
8-(

(the repeater re-pitching/hyperfast-re-triggering elements shoulda been 
pretty prominent; at least, they certainly were onstage.....)

>For those who missed it, check out http://www.kcrw.org to hear the live
>archive.
>Great to hear you playing again, Mr. Torn!  (And good news to hear about
>the forthcoming Splattercell album, probably on Razor and Tie...)
thanks much, and thanks again.....
best,
dt / splattracell