Igor Wakhevich Fractal box

But, did you plunk down the $$ for it yet? It seems like it's not "selling like hotcakes," which surprises me, but then I start to think maybe it's good for, like, one listening session of bizarro music enjoyment, but practically speaking, it's something you won't enjoy much.

(no offense, scaredy cat, I don't mean to imply that you're in indie kid or anything)

I read it on Pitchfork when it was first published it, and it led me to believe it was a record I'd like to hear ONCE. I don't remember what it was about the review that made me believe that, and I'm not going to read it again because it's the sort of thing you only read ONCE.

there's one fantastic moment worth of pulsing live drums and sequencer on 'Hathor', Disc 3 track 3: 'Rituel De Guerre des Esprits de la Terre'. Reminds me of 'Zero Set' by Moebius/Plank/Neumeier in the best way. ok, playing it now. ok, now we have a shrieking monologue delivered in a cave with electronically simulated thunder for two minutes. ok, now the all-male chorus (still in the cave) hits a massive drone note while synths make squealing noises for about eight minutes. ok now a beautifully recorded, minimal piece for pipe organ. ok I'm totally happy,

And liner notes in, I don't know, English or something. (BTW, one of my Franc friends has promised to translate them for me.)

(sorry for the formatting...)

WAKHEVITCH,IGOR ATHOR ATLANTIC  LP USED   $605.00 BUY
HATHOR  LP USED   $220.00 BUY Info...  
LES FOUS D'OR  LP USED   $165.00 BUY Info...  
LES FOUS D'OR PATHE CLEAR VINY  LP USED   $614.68 BUY
LET'S START  LP USED   $411.40 BUY Info...  
NAGUAL  LP USED   $198.00 BUY Info...  
NAGUAL PATHE  LP USED   $764.72 BUY Info...  
RETROSPECTIVE  CDBOX USED CD, CDBOX $125.72 BUY Info... (3)

Might be a good investment... the song I heard really stunk up my apartment, though. I guess it would be considered "spatial electronics"; just repetitive synth loops and voices doubled and looped for about 25 minutes or so. Body Lovers, as an example, is similar but way better than what I heard. If there's a lot of that "spatial electronics" stuff in the box, I would be very disappointed. I want A LOT of prog-funk-chamber mixing, not outdated looped ambient soundscapes.

you may be disappointed. i don't listen to it nearly as much as i thought i would. when i actually sit down with individual albums, i'm continually finding stuff i like in it, but for the most part it's very droney "spatial electronics" stuff. docteur faust is by far the best disc in the set. i was just hoping there was going to be a lot more rock.

M. Gira's project. It's basically one continuous song filling up a CD, but it does have cue points so you can at least get to different sections. The cue points are just numbers, no titles. It's the peaceful acoustic side of the coin and The Body Haters is the electro-noise side. Body Haters is too much for most people, but Body Lovers is something everyone likes.

Yup, that was it. The looped voices were saying something like "Let's Start" toward the near-end.

I think I just want Dr. Faust, too. But, can I get it? No!

next time I dj in a sleazy bar (the 22nd) I think this box will be the only thing I bring.

inna meantime sorry about my last post. my rita mitsouko worship has gone two steps beyond the limits of common decency.

Docteur Faust and Hathor definitely need individual reissues outside of the Fractal box

It's worth hearing after 'Hathor' and 'Faust', which are worth hearing after volumes 2 & 4 of the Takemitsu that mr hero just put up since I posted the link.

xpost -- I was underwhelmed by the Fractal box after plunking down the money for it at first, but it grew on me and I'm glad I have it now.

"now if it were selling for 300 dollars..."

okay, one just went for 200 bucks on ebay. we are getting closer...