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Hi Graham, Thanks for your write up on Michael Brook! Not surprisingly, I'm really unfamiliar with Michael Brook's music. (it's probably like kryptonite for me :-) Would you mind expanding on how he uses looping in his music? I couldn't understand that from what you wrote. In what way is his use of looping interesting or influential for other loopers? What techniques did he use, how did looping fit into his music, what makes it noteworthy for loopers? I think these are the kinds of insight people coming to LD will be looking for. Also, I looked up the albums you mention, and they were released in 1992. By that time, a guy doing ambient music with a guitar and a looper was very well-traveled ground. I realize Michael Brook was probably doing this much earlier, so I wonder is there perhaps an earlier album when his approach could be considered more innovative? thanks, kim At 07:20 PM 2/13/2006, graham.maureen@sympatico.ca wrote: >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! ______________________________________________________________________ Kim Flint | Looper's Delight kflint@loopers-delight.com | http://www.loopers-delight.com