From sun rob and his arkestra Sent Wed, Apr 21st 1999, 16:37
From sun rob and his arkestra Sent Wed, Apr 21st 1999, 16:37
> > LADDIO BOLOCKO (laddio bolocko description snipped) these guys sound pretty cool. no wonder they're opening for trans am. > scratches the surface of Laddio Bolocko's deep musical pockets. The band's > structured music forms, written entirely by the group, > give each musician an opportunity to freely 'express' themselves within > each song. hmm. sounds like jazz. that's not an insult (i love jazz) but really, the only reason post-rock stuff doesn't get called jazz is because it usually doesn't involve horns. you'd think miles had taken care of that "if it's got a guitar it must be rock!" thing in the 70's. more-idm content: picked up the best of the orb yesterday- quite nice to have little fluffy clouds, toxygene and assassin all together on one disc. listening to the remixes disc now (somebody priced it like a single used disc!) which is pretty nice, not stunning. in the stunning category though: mad monkey record's enter the monkey. this thing is the bomb and a half. i can't recommend it highly enough. perfect variety: ambient, digital mischief, noise, cd-skipping, funky complex rhythms and more. every track has its own distinct feel, but they somehow give each other a context like no other label sampler i've ever heard. great efforts by a number of listmembers if i'm not mistaken. you owe it to yourself to pick up this record, and peep the full review in grooves #2 (plug plug). -rob