Loop-finding-jazz-records

Loop-finding-jazz-records

Track Listings

1. Moiré

2. Rock in the Video Age

3. They, Them

4. Them, Their

5. Tendency

6. Moiré [Strings]

7. Do Dekor

8. Drift

Tracks:

Moir
Rock in the Video Age
They, Them
Them, Their
Tendency
MoirStrings]
Do Dekor
Drift

Average customer rating:

ssssseductive sssssurfaces
Loops? yes, Jazz? I don't know...
Disappointing
Powerbook Jazz
Sonically intriquing

Loop-Finding-Jazz-Records
Jan Jelinek
Manufacturer: Efa Imports
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000056UM5
Release Date: 2001-02-06

Tracks:

Moire (Piano & Organ)
Rock In The Video Age
They, Them
Them, Their
Tendency
Moire (Strings)
Do Dekor
Drift

Customer Reviews:

ssssseductive sssssurfaces.......2002-10-23

The depth of this one is in its surface detail. The microsound patterns of scratches and dust blow you away when you start to realize that that's where the music is, and not in the melodies and rhythms that work as a backdrop. Comparisons to Oval are ludicrous--Jan Jelinek is like the Squarepusher of microsound, bringing an insane rhythmic and compositional focus to the music that most "clicks and cuts" music sadly lacks.

This is perfect Saturday afternoon music for hanging out on the couch with your open-minded significant other, lending a warm, sensual ambience. It's a rare piece of work that can function as meditative thinkpiece and neckin' music. Get it.

Loops? yes, Jazz? I don't know..........2002-08-31

The title of this by the way very nice album makes you expect something else. The jazz is more in the approach of sound, and in the overall feel. If you're looking for electronic music that's is not about crashing hard-drives (like the overrated Autechre) you'll enjoy this one for sure. Think of Arovane, or the more minimal electronic pieces by To Rococo Rot (or even Keith Jarrets Koln concert...although that is stretching it a bit!).
This record is just another good example of the booming electronic scene in Europe.

Disappointing.......2001-12-29

Oh how I want to like this album. I was intrigued by this album's comparisons to Kid606 and jazz in reviews, and curious what slicing-edge au courant electronica was up to. So imagine my disappointment to find that apparently we're still stuck in 1996, blippin' along quite onanistically to Oval and Mouse on Mars (with -- God forbid -- shades of Amon Tobin). Perhaps this album's subtle advances and generic charms would be more apparent to listeners whose aesthetic electron microscopes are set at a finer discernment than mine, I will allow that. I just find the sonic textures here no more different than a brown noise generator's output or a scratchy CD of "Soothing Environments: Lightning Storm," and the jazz samples sound curiously like the ones bundled with [a software package].

As for "au courant electronica" that I _am_ liking, I'd recommend Nobokazu Takemura and 4Tek for the adventure and unexpectedly gorgeous soundscapes I was hoping for from "Loop-Finding-Jazz-Records."

Powerbook Jazz.......2001-10-31

This is a gentle, glitchy jazz record, full of plinky, squirting electronics. Jan Jelenik aka Farben, has released some albums, all of them strong. He is one of the most highly respected click artists around, up there with Kid 606 and Alvo.Noto -- one of a generation of artist who are cooking up a new, orchestral sound inside their laptops. Rather than songs, these albums are beginning to feel like a series of movements, full of fugues and other structures not seen in pop music since Rush.
The German music scene, since the 70's, has been a lifeblood for the avant-garde. To track the lineage from this album back to Neu! and Kraftwerk and even, further, to Stockhausen, is undeniable. And yet, there's no reason to feel that this little beautiful cd can't be enjoyed without any of this semi-interesting musicology. The music is spanky as hell!

Sonically intriquing.......2001-07-12

Lounge - plop down on the coach and be prepared to be sonically stimulated. Gentle ambient background synths - a throbbing bassline - snare drum watered down to a a mere pindrop - be prepared to be enthralled. A must have for a mellow pace.

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