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
My rationale for posting this every so often in a few different places is to increase the chance that I or the world won't forget it exists.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xJWxkYu8WgU
― Vanishing Point (Chinaski), Tuesday, 16 March 2021 20:43 (three years ago) link
anyone wanna recommend their favorite steamrooms? i have 40, 50, and 53. all great.
― John Cooper of Christian rock band Skillet (map), Saturday, 20 March 2021 01:11 (three years ago) link
I've only heard 52 and 53 so far. The latter blew my mind, just a sublime marriage of ambient compositional principles and so-called contemporary classical, whereas the former was decent enough, but a bit nondescript in comparison. If RYM is anything to go by, they seem to highly rate nos. 4, 5, 17, 30, 46, 47 & 50. I wouldn't mind making my way through the whole series in chronological order, but that's quite the commitment.
― pomenitul, Saturday, 20 March 2021 01:23 (three years ago) link
46 is as good as cosmic synth music gets imo
― J. Sam, Saturday, 20 March 2021 03:17 (three years ago) link
nice
― John Cooper of Christian rock band Skillet (map), Saturday, 20 March 2021 18:32 (three years ago) link
Jim O'Rourke - Too Compliment lp announcement
― EvR, Wednesday, 26 May 2021 07:29 (three years ago) link
pretty epic write-up / review of Too Compliment towards the bottom of this feature. it's the very last review in the series. nice DG interview, too-https://toneglow.substack.com/p/tone-glow-065-david-grubbs
― Lowell N. Behold'n, Wednesday, 26 May 2021 22:54 (three years ago) link
*epic, or obnoxious, depending on how you're feeling. i can't help but calboti (chuckling a little bit on the inside, man) at the fact that JOR doesn't put this stuff out on cd, forcing me to listen to his output on mp3 (or flac), often on laptop speakers. is vinyl really superior for this type of music? Too Compliment recalls the vibe of some of the more dense, percussive Steamroom releases.. harsh, alien world -sounding, synthesized environments. maybe it's more dynamic and concise. i suppose that i'm in the minority of listeners, desiring a CD release (or any physical format, for that matter) for this stuff
― Lowell N. Behold'n, Thursday, 27 May 2021 22:43 (three years ago) link
always think vinyl is pretty dumb for this stuff, too, fwiw
― massaman gai (front tea for two), Friday, 28 May 2021 12:22 (three years ago) link
Interesting point, I was thinking the same thing. I can't help but thinking vinyl is a very expensive luxury product compared to cd's and downloads. Shipping vinyl is also not cheap, adding to the price of the product. With small quantities being released to cover the production costs, it's no surprise that vinyl releases such as this new O'Rourke album sell out quickly.
― EvR, Friday, 28 May 2021 15:59 (three years ago) link
I'm with you, I haven't bought a new O'Rourke record physically since Simple Songs. I continue to be bummed by all of this being vinyl only, but we are in the minority. While some niche labels are sticking with the format, others are sprinting away from it. Numero Group is already done with the format completely and less than half of the 2021 releases Drag City have announced have gotten CD releases. I kinda get it, but then when I see they get cassette releases (ffs!), I really don't get the economics that drive which particular allegedly dead format gets a release and which doesn't.
― soaring skrrrtpeggios (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Friday, 28 May 2021 16:04 (three years ago) link
CDs will be cool again eventually
― brimstead, Friday, 28 May 2021 18:21 (three years ago) link
Ironically, I've always felt O'Rourke's production/mix style lent itself more to digital formats? which would seem to go against his own assessment. I own several latter day albums on vinyl but the dynamics of the music ("Shutting Down Here", "The Visitor", "Simple Songs") make it a more pleasurable listen via Tidal. I keep the vinyl out of affection for the format and the artist
― what's fgti up to these days? nothing. she's fake (flamboyant goon tie included), Friday, 28 May 2021 18:44 (three years ago) link