Mark Wastell/John Wiese gig

Dan Warburton · Post by **Dan Warburton** » Wed May 07, 2008 11:23 am

Thanks again for the gig last night John - a splendid set.

jon abbey · Post by **jon abbey** » Wed May 07, 2008 11:30 am

jkudler wrote:without naming names, nearly every musician in, ahem, TAOMUD that i have met, from all over the world, checks this place out. it comes up in google, so. .

yeah, more of them should post, wusses.

as long as we're on this tangent, the tokyo community is remarkable for their verbiage about themselves, but one would only know if one speaks japanese. many of the main players have blogs, there are semi-private discussion sites, many magazines (besides the IMJ series, there was one magazine recently that did an entire issue on otomo) and lately there have been a series of books even. the new chamber music concerts, vol. 1 triple CD box even has a japanese-language insert with a transcript of a conversation between okura/sugimoto/unami and tsunoda as they listen to the box they've just compiled.

jkudler · Post by **jkudler** » Wed May 07, 2008 11:38 am

blogs to discuss their own work?

i think people don't post because a) time-consuming b) they feel it's a bit ridiculous, c) it kind of exposes oneself.

not everyone has as much useless down-time at work as me/us

-jesse

GODOT · Post by **GODOT** » Fri May 09, 2008 1:58 am

One of my all time favourite electronic/laptop artists.

I think some people just know the Black Magic Pond-style stuff, which is fucking incredible, but the more spacious, low-volume assaults are definately where it's at. Magical Crystal Blah Vol 3 in particular - total joy.

I don't know why Soft Punk is lumped in with the heavier side of things - very open album and the foot definately gets taken off the accelerator.

The collaboration with Dead Machines (Failing Lights) probably gets spun more than any other 'noise' 12" in the house at the minute - very beautiful, and totally not what was expected at all. Best thing Dead Machines have been involved in. Still not sure on the Wolf Eyes collaborations though....a bit meh.

The collaboration with Bruce Russel (Dead C) is worth a look too - I'd love to see this re-visited and expanded out into an album-length thing - really interesting potential there. More junk from Russel spewed around by Wiese would make my day.

Saw Wiese do a solo set in Glasgow last year - blew my fucking mind and everyone else off the stage that night. Makes a lot of other so-called 'noise' artists seem very fucking mild-mannered and brain-dead in comparison. Some of the most interesting uses of the stereo spectrum going today - can genuinely make you feel a bit motion sick!

Can't wait to hear the Parker thing.

sound plague · Post by **sound plague** » Fri May 09, 2008 3:14 am

GODOT wrote: The collaboration with Dead Machines (Failing Lights) probably gets spun more than any other 'noise' 12" in the house at the minute - very beautiful, and totally not what was expected at all. Best thing Dead Machines have been involved in.

Definitely one of my favourite Wiese related discs from the ones I've heard. I still spin it regularly and I'm not even that fond of Dead Machines.

My only experience with Wiese live was in collaboration with sunnO))) in Oz so I guess it's not the best basis on which to judge. However, it was remarkable and I'm sure his contributions helped.

jpeatt · Post by **jpeatt** » Fri May 09, 2008 3:32 am

sound plague wrote:
My only experience with Wiese live was in collaboration with sunnO))) in Oz so I guess it's not the best basis on which to judge. However, it was remarkable and I'm sure his contributions helped.

As nice as that was, it would have been really, REALLY nice if we could have had solo sets from him, no? Or in duo with Kevin Drumm? I didn't even know he was playing with sunnO))) until I asked Oren why his cd's were at the merch counter.

sound plague · Post by **sound plague** » Fri May 09, 2008 4:33 am

jpeatt wrote:
sound plague wrote:
My only experience with Wiese live was in collaboration with sunnO))) in Oz so I guess it's not the best basis on which to judge. However, it was remarkable and I'm sure his contributions helped.
As nice as that was, it would have been really, REALLY nice if we could have had solo sets from him, no? Or in duo with Kevin Drumm? I didn't even know he was playing with sunnO))) until I asked Oren why his cd's were at the merch counter.

I would have fucking loved a solo set! I'm trying to remember if Wiese accompanied sunnO))) during both their visits to Oz - he was definitely there the first time and his input was notable, I just can't remember if he was there last time.