i .. have not kept up with jim o'rourke at all. boy is this steamroom (50) beautiful.
― Give me a Chad Smith-type feel (map), Thursday, 3 September 2020 17:45 (three years ago) link
I think it's fair to say it's his personal account, it says "Jim O'Rourke Live" in katakana and he posts often about non-Steamroom stuff.
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Thursday, 3 September 2020 18:15 (three years ago) link
Not surprised by the Autechre tweet, this remix was compared by Bleep Stores to Autechre (the second track, Side B).
― EvR, Friday, 4 September 2020 08:55 (three years ago) link
I meant Boomkat instead of Bleep Stores.
― EvR, Friday, 4 September 2020 16:21 (three years ago) link
woah
― Give me a Chad Smith-type feel (map), Friday, 4 September 2020 16:24 (three years ago) link
lol wait til you guys find out that Eiko is very active on social and see what she posts!
https://i.imgur.com/L84QEmc.png
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Friday, 4 September 2020 16:27 (three years ago) link
For anyone who likes the Steamroom albums, this is also highly recommended.
― EvR, Monday, 7 September 2020 17:00 (three years ago) link
Jim and Eiko are cute :)
I've been digging Steamroom 46 a lot lately--one of his less dissonant synthscapes, but as cosmic as ever
― J. Sam, Tuesday, 8 September 2020 12:19 (three years ago) link
Jim O’Rourke: Just give me a second, I need to do a tobacco run.[The two go on a tobacco run]Jim O’Rourke: And we’re back.Eiko Ishibashi: Hello.
[The two go on a tobacco run]
Jim O’Rourke: And we’re back.
Eiko Ishibashi: Hello.
Nice interview with Eiko Ishibashi (w/ Jim interpreting and occasionally weighing in): https://toneglow.substack.com/p/0328-eiko-ishibashi
― Ilxor in the streets, Scampo in the sheets (Le Bateau Ivre), Thursday, 1 October 2020 10:43 (three years ago) link
idk if this interview with jim o'rourke himself from the same magazine is linked upthread but it's very extensive and gives some info about his next release
https://toneglow.substack.com/p/014-jim-orourke
― Give me a Chad Smith-type feel (map), Thursday, 1 October 2020 19:00 (three years ago) link
Apparently Jim & Eiko's "debut public" (?) live performance at the virtual Tusk Festival begins in ~2h30m here (8:30pm England time/3:30pm EDT/12:30pm PDT):
https://tuskfestival.com/live-stream/
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Sunday, 11 October 2020 17:06 (three years ago) link
(I missed this btw)
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Monday, 12 October 2020 03:25 (three years ago) link
the performance is here https://vimeo.com/466964573 at about 10:25:00
― ufo, Monday, 12 October 2020 03:57 (three years ago) link
thank you ufo
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Monday, 12 October 2020 04:02 (three years ago) link
Ltd to 500 copies, Jim O'Rourke's 'In All Due Deference'
https://boomkat.com/products/in-all-due-deference
(and yes, thanks ufo!)
― Ilxor in the streets, Scampo in the sheets (Le Bateau Ivre), Monday, 12 October 2020 13:45 (three years ago) link
gone, unsurprisingly
― Give me a Chad Smith-type feel (map), Thursday, 15 October 2020 21:35 (three years ago) link
Next weekend Glasgow Improvisers Orchestra are having their annual festival, which will be happening online this year, streaming free.
I don't know what, but Jim O'Rourke will be presenting something on Saturday night, 7:30pm UK time, 28th Nov.
https://www.glasgowimprovisersorchestra.com/giofest/
― brain (krakow), Friday, 20 November 2020 13:04 (three years ago) link
Cool!From the brochure:Jim O’Rourke Saturday 7:30pmThe limitlessly prolific and influential musician/producer sends music from his home in Japan
― willem, Friday, 20 November 2020 13:27 (three years ago) link
He has some history with GIO and I saw them perform a piece he created specially for them a few years ago (though he wasn't actually there himself), which used instructions on playing cards and was very playful and a lot of fun, which suited GIO well.
― brain (krakow), Friday, 20 November 2020 14:06 (three years ago) link
In more personal news: He has shaved his enormous beard.
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Friday, 20 November 2020 16:38 (three years ago) link
BBC3 Radio is premiering a new Jim O'Rourke commission piece tomorrow, called 'Best that you do this for me - for vocalising string trio'. An extended version will be released next year.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000pw0r
― A Scampo Darkly (Le Bateau Ivre), Friday, 27 November 2020 10:24 (three years ago) link
The BBC program also has a short interview with Jim. Meanwhile, I found about this John Duncan release that includes both Eiko and Jim.
― EvR, Sunday, 29 November 2020 17:10 (three years ago) link
Bandcamp now has Japanese cd-versions of both Jim O'Rourke/Kassel Jaeger collabs, in cobalt aura sleeps and Wakes on Cerulean. Both include a bonus track.
― EvR, Tuesday, 8 December 2020 09:17 (three years ago) link
Apparently he's going to be part of the annual Second City / Albini family fundraiser.https://www.facebook.com/24HourImprov/posts/1455893201285573
― j.o.h.n. in evanston (john. a resident of chicago.), Tuesday, 22 December 2020 16:59 (three years ago) link
pic.twitter.com/1YWrVek7XG— callahan (@banhmiverlag) December 22, 2020
― flappy bird, Thursday, 24 December 2020 01:11 (three years ago) link
Halfway to a Bam-Bam
― call mr zbow that's my name that name again is mr zbow (Craig D.), Thursday, 24 December 2020 01:50 (three years ago) link
Steamroom 52 seems to be a JOR birthday release, but it's not listed on the regular Steamroom page?
― EvR, Wednesday, 20 January 2021 10:54 (three years ago) link
It's listed now...
Best that you do this for me is also up on Bandcamp.
― EvR, Wednesday, 27 January 2021 17:07 (three years ago) link
Steamroom 53 up today too. The man doesn't stop!
― J. Sam, Wednesday, 27 January 2021 21:03 (three years ago) link
what a giant. occasionally i'm just really moved by his dedication to exploration, usually when everything else in the world seems shit.
― satanist of size (map), Wednesday, 27 January 2021 22:49 (three years ago) link
'6 views of a secret' turns into an organ fugue or something. fantastic.
― satanist of size (map), Wednesday, 27 January 2021 22:51 (three years ago) link
I've never really paid much attention to this guy, which is odd because he ticks all the right boxes, but I'm listening to Steamroom 53 right now and it's incredible.
― pomenitul, Thursday, 4 February 2021 16:31 (three years ago) link
St 53 is great - one of the most "ambient" of his releases. All the recent Steamrooms are really nice.
― jvc, Thursday, 4 February 2021 21:50 (three years ago) link
Week-End Mixtape:
https://www.mixcloud.com/weekendfest/week-end-mixtape-18-jim-orourke/
― Ward Fowler, Wednesday, 10 February 2021 10:16 (three years ago) link
That's a fantastic mix, thanks for posting. When I first opened it in Mixcloud the tracklist was available when swiping, but it now seems only available for premium members. The blurb describes the tracks to an extent, it's neither in order nor complete though.
Włodzimierz Kotoński "Time Captives" by Kingdom ComeAutechre "Sinistrail Sentinel” Jaap Vink “Stroma” Sand “Helicopter”Frank ZappaJulius EastmanXenakis’s saxophone quartet “Xas”Wim Mertens “Circles”
― willem, Thursday, 11 February 2021 14:19 (three years ago) link
Hmm... yes, I'm sure the tracklist was visible on desktop also, but now it's gone. Should've copypasted it.
― jvc, Thursday, 11 February 2021 14:43 (three years ago) link
apologies for horrible formatting:
#TimeSongArtist01no timeAntiphonaeWlodzimierz Kotonski02no timeXasIannis Xenakis03no timeListen to the SilenceGeorge Russell04no timeStromaJaap Vink05no timeHelicopterSand06no timeSinistrel SentinelAutechre07no timeShun XHino Terumasa08no timeWait Until DayLoren Connors09no timeTime CaptivesKingdom Come10no timeLow Budget Music for OrchestraFrank Zappa11no timeJoy BoyJulius Eastman12no timeCirclesWim Mertens
― toby, Thursday, 11 February 2021 15:07 (three years ago) link
(via https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/mixcloud-with-tracklist/jgghogcekaldifaiifpnbfnpmmpiengb?hl=en)
― toby, Thursday, 11 February 2021 15:09 (three years ago) link
Thanks toby!
― willem, Thursday, 11 February 2021 15:26 (three years ago) link
Seconded, thanks Toby! There really is an addon for everything :)
― A Scampo Darkly (Le Bateau Ivre), Thursday, 11 February 2021 19:50 (three years ago) link
attention! jim o'rourke is doing an online event monday mar 1! part of this series, there is a fb event but i didn't want to link to it https://ess.org/option
― weird woman in a bar (La Lechera), Saturday, 13 February 2021 15:26 (three years ago) link
Cool, thanks for the heads up!
― J. Sam, Saturday, 13 February 2021 16:40 (three years ago) link
Jim had a guest spot at NTS on the 19th, playing an hour of minimal/experimental cuts. The show can be found here (tracklist is included)
― A Scampo Darkly (Le Bateau Ivre), Thursday, 25 February 2021 10:20 (three years ago) link
That live convo La Lechera mentioned is happening now:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c8AUUVq6Wck
― ... (Eazy), Tuesday, 2 March 2021 01:30 (three years ago) link
Making Eureka, telling Vandermark "Play stupider! Stupider! Saturday Night Live! More like David Sandborn!" And Vandermark says "I can't do it!" And he says, "That's why I want you to do it!"
― ... (Eazy), Tuesday, 2 March 2021 02:02 (three years ago) link
That was so great. Very interesting to learn that everything on Loose Fur's Born Again In the USA--except for vocals--was recorded with Shure SM57 mics. Just because he wanted to see how it would sound!
― J. Sam, Tuesday, 2 March 2021 02:32 (three years ago) link
^ Love the sound of (and songs on!) that second Loose Fur album--sort of as much the unofficial sequel to Insignificance as to LF1 in certain ways.
I also found it very subtly telling how when O'Rourke demurs that he's not the most social person, Vandermark counters with "Well, you are and you aren't"...
― Kangol In The Light (Craig D.), Tuesday, 2 March 2021 03:19 (three years ago) link
Ha, I've always loved that anecdote about Eureka, which was the subject of a blog post I wrote 18 (!!!) years ago.
― jaymc, Tuesday, 2 March 2021 03:20 (three years ago) link
Interesting review on All About Jazz (!!) of the Another Timbre-release.
― EvR, Wednesday, 10 March 2021 18:51 (three years ago) link
I've *finally* got through this interview. It's kind of interesting to see how Jim handles his uh... divorce from the USA (recording engineer, Roeg/Drag City records, Sonic Youth, Wilco, Loose Fur, etc) and never really returned.
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Thursday, 11 March 2021 19:16 (three years ago) link