the dbl live set with akira sakata, darin gray and chris corsano (now is he a *this* or *that* drummer?) is great too, if you like full on free jazz blat - some of o'rourke's skronkiest gtr playing, def
― Ward Fowler, Friday, 7 June 2013 15:58 (eleven years ago) link
Whoa, that sounds great! Is that under a "band" name or just the names of the players?
Have trouble imagining that Corsano disappoints folks too often as a rehasher of stock moves, but whatever. I would think that O'Rourke is a fan of whoever he ends up playing with these days, cause the Corsano "brand" wouldn't bring in any money or anything.
― grandavis, Friday, 7 June 2013 16:02 (eleven years ago) link
grandavis, it's this set on family vineyard (there's a fairly representative sound sample here):
http://www.tinymixtapes.com/music-review/akira-sakata-and-thats-story-jazz
― Ward Fowler, Friday, 7 June 2013 20:53 (eleven years ago) link
particularly love his listening list this time around
Roland KaynKiyohiko Senba and his Haniwa All StarsGuernica, Jun Togawa's bandWha-ha-ha
― Milton Parker, Friday, 7 June 2013 21:08 (eleven years ago) link
So 8 new albums out on Bandcamp: http://steamroom.bandcamp.com/I'm surprised it's all digital since he wasn't too positive about digital releases. I did listen to some of it yet. They all seem drone works, at least from what I've heard until now. Some thoughts:- 'Not Yet' (Steamroom 8) seems a more full take of 'Two Organs' and snippets of it are used for 'Mother and Who' on Old News #5.- 'Another Slow Night' (Steamroom 4) is definately a standout.
― EvR, Friday, 6 September 2013 15:54 (eleven years ago) link
found this one searching for 'japanese bonus track'.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6IsGgKM56qs
― EvR, Thursday, 12 September 2013 15:30 (eleven years ago) link
I did find a steamroom 7" of his at Academy a few weeks ago. I didn't pick it up though.
― Evan, Thursday, 12 September 2013 15:43 (eleven years ago) link
both of those loose fur records are keepers imo. so i forget, has he done that "bad timing" performance yet?
― tylerw, Thursday, 12 September 2013 15:45 (eleven years ago) link
Oh, it was this that I found by the way:
http://www.discogs.com/Jim-ORourke-Despite-The-Water-Supply/release/1398802
Was recorded in the steamroom, and is also drone from what I remember.
― Evan, Thursday, 12 September 2013 15:50 (eleven years ago) link
...and another one. That 7" is ultra-rare now so worth your money.
https://soundcloud.com/airtexture/air003-jim-orourke-low-bow
― EvR, Thursday, 12 September 2013 16:02 (eleven years ago) link
The 7" I just linked? I didn't get it. Doesn't seem extremely rare and I haven't been into drone enough to get it. Wasn't too expensive either though, and since it was a new arrival the price I assumed was current.
― Evan, Thursday, 12 September 2013 17:52 (eleven years ago) link
http://www.dragcity.com/news/786
― tylerw, Tuesday, 24 September 2013 19:05 (eleven years ago) link
How does Jim have the same outfit on in every picture/footage of him?
― grandavis, Tuesday, 24 September 2013 19:55 (eleven years ago) link
meh, was hoping this revive meant actual Jim stuff. Been rocking 'The Visitor' a bunch lately.
― Stormy Davis, Tuesday, 24 September 2013 20:13 (eleven years ago) link
Was listening to Kid Creole & the Coconuts' 'Annie, I'm Not Your Daddy' earlier today and that one sardonic couplet at the end of the chorus immediately made me think of Jim: "'Cos if I was in your blood / Then you wouldn't be so ugly"
― i'll be your mraz (NickB), Tuesday, 24 September 2013 22:50 (eleven years ago) link
Mego announces Old News #9:http://editionsmego.com/release/OLD-NEWS-9
― EvR, Friday, 27 September 2013 07:09 (eleven years ago) link
No idea how anyone is expected to keep up with the output from Mego these days...
― MikoMcha, Friday, 27 September 2013 08:55 (eleven years ago) link
@NikoMcha Having a Spotify account helps. Although they don't have all the new releases up, like Jim's.
― EvR, Friday, 27 September 2013 11:05 (eleven years ago) link
mego inevitably release what you just purchased but remastered & with extra tracks, the day after you purchase it.fuck any vinyl that is not €1 in my local Plattenkiste.
― massaman gai, Friday, 27 September 2013 11:33 (eleven years ago) link
I think I counted that from 2011 - 2012, counting all the reissue stuff and imprints, Mego released something like 55 vinyl records.
― Badmotorfinger Debate Club (MFB), Saturday, 28 September 2013 05:12 (eleven years ago) link
A new addition apparently to the Steamroom albums: http://steamroom.bandcamp.com/album/steamroom-9
― EvR, Sunday, 27 October 2013 15:14 (ten years ago) link
no not the french horn again
― massaman gai, Sunday, 27 October 2013 15:22 (ten years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n3z8twRBz24
― EvR, Friday, 29 November 2013 17:39 (ten years ago) link
Steamroom 10 up: http://steamroom.bandcamp.com/album/steamroom-10
― EvR, Monday, 3 February 2014 12:19 (ten years ago) link
heard this for the first time in years today, don't care much for Insignificance, but what atmosphere:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5aQf5h-6a5U
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Monday, 3 February 2014 19:22 (ten years ago) link
The Eiko Ishibashi record O'Rourke produced is pretty happening -- very much in the Eureka vein.
― tylerw, Wednesday, 23 April 2014 19:04 (ten years ago) link
"resurrection" on that album is a monster jam
― adam, Wednesday, 23 April 2014 19:13 (ten years ago) link
yeah! the Kahimi Karie record is sounding pretty solid too, maybe a little less "O'Rourke" but very nice.
― tylerw, Wednesday, 23 April 2014 20:07 (ten years ago) link
(sorry, just catching up with these)
― tylerw, Wednesday, 23 April 2014 20:08 (ten years ago) link
jim o'rourke is a genius and Shame On All Of You Haters in 2001
― i also enjoy in line skateing (spazzmatazz), Sunday, 27 April 2014 06:32 (ten years ago) link
look what you did. you made him move to japan. JAPAN!!!!!!!!!
Really like the Eiko Ishibashi thing -- production is like 70s Joni filtered through Jim.
― my jaw left (Hurting 2), Wednesday, 19 November 2014 16:36 (nine years ago) link
yeah car and freezer is great, i think she's a great songwriter (tho a lot of it is improv somehow?) and he's a good producer choice, i hope some of this vibe carries thru to his promised upcoming song-based record.
― adam, Wednesday, 19 November 2014 16:55 (nine years ago) link
Steamroom 17 just released. As well as a new trio-lp on Black Truffle and a new duo-lp with Oren Ambarchi coming up soon on Editions Mego.
― EvR, Sunday, 25 January 2015 20:31 (nine years ago) link
https://youtu.be/tyEbxVZNXK4
― braunld (Lowell N. Behold'n), Thursday, 9 April 2015 19:29 (nine years ago) link
Boléro
― braunld (Lowell N. Behold'n), Thursday, 9 April 2015 20:34 (nine years ago) link
Tracklist, etc.:
http://www.dragcity.com/products/simple-songs
― with HD lyrics (Eazy), Thursday, 9 April 2015 20:46 (nine years ago) link
http://www.dragcity.com/news/2015-05-05-flac-attack-the-jim-o-rourke-flac-atalog-is-here
smh
― markers, Wednesday, 6 May 2015 03:02 (nine years ago) link
great post. punish me jimbo
― flappy bird, Wednesday, 6 May 2015 17:27 (nine years ago) link
lolThey're FLAC files, baby! Lossless, bitches - know what that means? If so, please email us! Or you know what? Don't - just BELIEVE that these are the finest possible digitally-delivered representations of the O'Rourkian experience, reluctantly sanctioned by the man himself, who would prefer that you listen to his music on LP while residing in a cave sufficiently far from him that he never has to worry about seeing or hearing from you again! Don't disappoint him (further), take advantage of this uniquely exclusive experience today!
― tylerw, Wednesday, 6 May 2015 17:31 (nine years ago) link
http://s22.postimg.org/jjxf15lox/jimorourkesimplesongs.jpg
― The Once-ler, Thursday, 7 May 2015 02:21 (nine years ago) link
oops, i put the thumb on the wrong side
― The Once-ler, Thursday, 7 May 2015 02:58 (nine years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qxhac0bWENY
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Thursday, 7 May 2015 04:08 (nine years ago) link
good god @ that picture
― flappy bird, Thursday, 7 May 2015 06:37 (nine years ago) link
i have the poster from eureka on my bedroom door
― charva favela (clouds), Friday, 8 May 2015 20:57 (nine years ago) link
Maybe you can appreciate my fan art? I updated my fan art to make it a little more realistic looking and to also better imitate Mimiyo Tomozawa's cartoons. There's only so much that I can, and am willing to do with a mouse and photofiltre freeware though.
― The Once-ler, Friday, 8 May 2015 21:55 (nine years ago) link
uhhh.. updated picture here
― The Once-ler, Friday, 8 May 2015 21:56 (nine years ago) link
http://s13.postimg.org/4w8e4czav/testetest.jpg
― The Once-ler, Friday, 8 May 2015 22:03 (nine years ago) link
Streamin':
http://www.npr.org/2015/05/10/404723495/first-listen-jim-orourke-simple-songs
― ... (Eazy), Monday, 11 May 2015 06:34 (nine years ago) link
thanks for the URL.
I hear lots of echos of "The Visitor" (which is good). Beautiful 12-string guitar parts in "Friends with Benefits".
― EvR, Monday, 11 May 2015 09:07 (nine years ago) link