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Re: Hartung's 'Fragments'
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
>
>