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modern animism
One of the albums that's been in heavy rotation at my place this summer is Thuja's Ghost Plants.
Soundscape alchemist Loren Chasse gathers together recordings of drips, scrapes, and mysterious thrummings, and, from them, he creates an animistic universe which the other bandmembers populate with mumbling piano, primal percussion, and the jangle of strange strings. This album would make a perfect soundtrack to scenes of decaying industrial space and fecund nature, like those found in the film George Washington.
Interested parties may also want to check out the Jewelled Antler collective, of which Thuja's members are a part, or Hedge of Nerves, Chasse's newest solo album, which fuses the sounds of surf and fire with the surface crackle of old 78rpm records. I haven't heard it yet, but it is high on my list of things to order. Labels: music_commentary |
Wednesday, August 07, 2002
10:20 AM
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