Re: Hartung's 'Fragments'

[Daryl Shawn <highhorse@mhorse.com>]

That would be perfectly adequate compensation, I'll look forward to 
it..! I'm sure discussing analog vs. digital looping ought to last us a 
round!

cheers-

Daryl Shawn
www.swanwelder.com
> This is one of the best reviews I have received. Thanks, Daryl.  I owe 
> you one...a nice beer at Y2K7? :)
>
> Kris
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Daryl Shawn" <highhorse@mhorse.com>
> To: <Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, March 06, 2007 9:17 AM
> Subject: Re: Hartung's 'Fragments'
>
>
>> I've been listening to "Fragments" for weeks now since Krispen sent 
>> it off free (thanks!) and thought I should do a brief review. It's 
>> impossible to get away from the space metaphors, like everybody 
>> else...I think there's no question, this album is out there!
>>
>> On this particular recording (Krispen's a /wide-ranging/ artist) he 
>> specializes in interplanetary soundscapes, full of oddly twisted 
>> guitars that repeat like babbling creatures and all kinds of far-off 
>> noises that may or may not be powered by solar wind. "Mork og Iser" 
>> sounds like gyoto monks being encircled by serpents. "Attack of the 
>> Mini Tabla" somehow finds a sexy rhythm in the confusion, unlikely as 
>> that is. That plus the shocking bongo solo make it seems like a scrap 
>> of Jobim that made its way to another galaxy through a rip in the 
>> fabric of the universe, and somehow managed to jam along with the 
>> three-headed natives. The last track, "Nebula", is gorgeous, its lush 
>> emotion brought into even sharper relief by the stark obliquity of 
>> the preceding tracks. All in all, it's a wonderful and strange ride 
>> through a place very few have visited, and only those with powerful 
>> telescopes and deep imagination have even glimpsed.
>>
>> thanks again Krispen.
>>
>> Daryl Shawn
>> www.swanwelder.com