Whetzel, James / Sum
Album: Sum   Collection:General
Artist:Whetzel, James   Added:Jun 2003
Label:Olin Place  

Album Review
Benjie
Reviewed 2003-07-16
This is not indian-influenced electronic music. This is electronic-influenced indian music. It uses both electronic and classical indian instrumentation, but pulls an electronic vibe into the structure and pace of (mostly) classical indian music, as opposed to the other way around. Check 3, 8!, 10

1. Spoken Intro
2. 16 beat psychedelic tintal, with spoken counting
*3. Awesome!
4. Slower.
5. More dissonant/ fuller drones
6. Cuban influence?
7. Super-short, lo-fi tabla solo
*8. More modern track (hip-hop vs. bhangra?)
9. Hard throat-singing, into quieter plucked strings
10. African-influenced?

Track Listing
1. Sum #1   6. Catch You Later (Ambient Pal
2. 16 Space Beats   7. Sum #2
3. Sarode + Kit   8. Self Esteem
4. Always the Inexplicable   9. Dreams of Sleeping
5. How Can I Forget?   10. Sarasota Es. a Lullaby