Re: Listen to This...

["Simon Kean" <skean@ihug.com.au>]

> > ARE you shure,, my copy of Last Exit Shows Laswell On Drums, as well As
> > Praxis Shows Laswell on Drums..
>
> Are YOU sure that it doesn't say something like drum LOOPS or drum
> PROGRAMMING, which Laswell does a lot of? Aside from his production, bass
is
> definitely the instrument Laswell is most known for.
>
> I was just commenting last night about how some of Laswell's releases are
> absolute masterpieces; music that just had to be made, as Fripp would put
> it. But he puts out so much stuff (or at least he used to, I've stopped
> keeping track,) a lot of it is forgettable. Its kind of a shotgun 
>approach
> to making art.
>
amen to that. I recently came out of a huge Laswell buying binge of late.
While there is some truly outstanding work this guy has produced (eg; the
latest Material cd: Intonarumori), there is a plethora of not-so memorable
stuff he churns out on an almost daily basis. Listening/collecting Laswell
albums is sometimes like panning for gold. When  you hit a nugget, it's
worth the effort though.

Just my $0.02

Cheers

Simon Kean