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> Mr Kaiser doesn't get enough credit when it comes to the history of > looping. His piece "It's a Wonderful Life" is a stellar example of the > genre.. btw, that is availiable here: http://www.analogartsensemble.net/2009/08/henry-kaiser-solo-guitar.html Jeff ----- Original Message ----- From: <dohol1@windstream.net> To: <Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com> Cc: "Krispen Hartung" <info@krispenhartung.com> Sent: Saturday, August 15, 2009 5:35 PM Subject: Re: Henry Kaiser Solo CD > This is the CD Damon Smith put out on Balancepoint? I haven't heard it > yet, but it's on my wish list.. > > I don't think that the speaking/playing thing is all that new to Kaiser. > He's done it before ( "Meet the Flintstones" off of Lemon Fish Tweezer > comes to mind ), I believe he got the habit from Derek Bailey who did > fairly often.. > > It does open improvisational doors. ( Davey Williams once told me he >would > practice guitar while reading a book..) > > Mr Kaiser doesn't get enough credit when it comes to the history of > looping. His piece "It's a Wonderful Life" is a stellar example of the > genre.. > > > > > I guess that was my first post... > > > Cheers! > > Doug H > ---- Krispen Hartung <info@krispenhartung.com> wrote: >> Someone was telling me, maybe you Rick? that Kaiser has been >> experimenting >> wiht a new technique of playing, where what he played was not directly >> intentional or completely a product of direct consciousness. . I guess >he >> was experimeting by talking or doing other things while he was playing >> the >> guitar, so that it lessened the intentionality of his playing, thereby >> making it more random and new. Did you hear this too? It is as if he >> were >> distancing himself from the guitar and letting this body play. Maybe >it >> was someone at BCIMF who told me. >> >> Kris >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> >> >> >I woke up feeling kind of blue this morning; quarantined for a few >days >> > with a nasty >> > roto virus that my wife and I caught (not swine flu, thank god), >> > sealed >> > inside the house >> > because the Lockheed Fire smoke is so bad in Santa Cruz now..... with >> > big >> > industrial HEPA filter >> > fans on high (I'm sooooo sick of the sound of those fans on high). >> > >> > I got up, made a too strong cup of coffee and put Henry Kaiser's new >> > solo >> > guitar >> > improvisation CD on. >> > >> > I'm listening to the title track right now and it is just beautiful >and >> > awe inspiring. >> > It makes me want to throw away all of my instruments and only play >> > electric guitar >> > for the rest of my life. >> > >> > Called 'where endless meets disappearing', this long droning track is >> > just beautiful: >> > abstract, melodic, fractured, soothing. It has it all and if any >of >> > you were fortunate >> > to have caught Henry's exquisite solo set at the loop festival last >> > year, >> > it is along >> > the lines of things he played to his beautiful and serene underwater >> > photography >> > from under the Antarctic ice caps as a professional diver. >> > >> > I can imagine being underwater listening to this music. >> > >> > In the liner notes, he calls this opus, ".....a concept album about >> > the >> > intersection of different >> > personal practise and their attached intimacies." >> > >> > You get this concept viscerally, just listening to the playing. >> > >> > It just made me completely forget about my small woes and makes me >want >> > to >> > start >> > plugging gear in and using it in new, undiscovered ways. >> > >> > That's a pretty damn good recommendation for any music, I suppose. >> > >> > A beautiful and thought provoking record. I highly recommend it if >you >> > are in search of >> > either beauty or musical inspiration. >> > >> > rick walker >> > >> > >> > >