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--- Kim Flint <kflint@loopers-delight.com> wrote: > So let's hear it. What were 5 albums from the 90's > that you think > influenced looping? (or influenced you and your > looping.) Can you say > something short about each one about what makes it > essential listening for loopers? Hmmm, not all of these are real typical of the much-discussed real-time LIVE-LOOPING, but they _did_ influence my late 90's approach to loopage, live and otherwise. For some reason, I've arranged them into little tryptychs in no particular order: 1) TransGlobal Underground - 'Dream of 100 Nations', 'International Times', 'Psychic Karaoke': although most of the looping herein is of the cut-and-paste sampled variety, TGU's willingness to break the rules of tempo and to combine things that possibly shouldn't be makes them worth a listen. Middle Eastern meets Drum 'n' Bass meets who knows what else, with a heap of humour. Oh, and Natacha Atlas... <http://www.t-g-u.com/> 2) Ben Neill - 'Green Machine', 'Triptycal', 'Goldbug': Neill's use of the 'mutantrumpet', his own invention, is impressive. With it, in addition to playing regular and slide trumpet, he also triggers loops, manipulates them in real time, plays basslines and even controls his lightshow. <http://www.benneill.com/> 3) Loop Guru - 'Duniya', 'Catalog of Desires, Vol.3', 'The Third Chamber': Dave Muddyman's assemblage of exotic samples has to be heard to believed. When they're on, they're sublime and transcendent; when they're not, they're maybe a little boring... <http://www.loopguru.demon.co.uk/> 4) The Grassy Knoll - 'The Grassy Knoll', 'Positive', 'III': more cut-and-paste looping, but it really inspired me to try to do similar things in real time. More Antilles genre-defying... <http://cyberbuzz.gatech.edu/nique/issues/winter1997/jan24/entertainment4-s.html> 5) David Torn - "what means 'solid', traveller?", "Tripping Over God", (complete the tryptych with *anything* else from his discography): No introduction really necessary; if you don't know these albums, you need to. <http://www.splattercell.com/> -t- __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? SBC Yahoo! DSL - Now only $29.95 per month! http://sbc.yahoo.com