What I don't like so much about the "twist"... it felt kind of cheap. I do commend what comes after it, because the subsequent tracks felt all the more powered by it in instilling real unease. The 18 minute track and subsequent "When Black Keys Eat White" satiated my weekly dose of horror, with some vivid imagery of the events unfolding in the album.
And there's just something about the organic samples and surgery splicing of this album that reminds me of some other big artist, but I can't recall their name...
This album certainly isn't flawless, as no album that sets out to be so wildly diverse can be. But it's definetely something worth experiencing for a /daily/ type of person.
For real, give this a try. Before Eric makes you listen to it anyway.
7/10
>Leonard Collins - It Was a Dark And Stormy Night
>Tape Music, Modern Classical, Spoken Word
The first piece alone, Broken Light, utilizes the sounds of a CD Player and a string section. After a call and response between the CD Player and the string section, the CD is paused, unmuted, looping a few miliseconds of sound and creating a rhythm. VERY reminiscent of Different Trains, but with improvisation taking a focus instead.
Just check out the score for yourself:
nicolascollins.com/texts/brokenlightscore.pdf
Love shit like this. In fact, you can view commentary on each track itself on Collin's website: worth a read if you enjoyed it as much as I do.
nicolascollins.com/darkandstormytracks.htm
The album is actually available in FLAC for free here, what a guy
The second movement of Broken Light loops what I think is woodwind? Really hard to tell with the length of the loops itself. Still, the individiaulism of each string instrument spirals by in turns, while harmonizing themselves with the glitchy stutter of the CD player, trailing in their wake. Keeping in mind that this is mostly improv on the string's behalf, this recorded performance specifically was very strong.
