Rock's Role (After Ryoanji)

Art in General
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General | Aug 2004

Reviews

Popcorn
Reviewed 2004-10-26
Totally avante garde collection is
a tribute to John Cage's Ryoanji series
of quiet minimalism. All tracks have
some rocks colliding (or billiard balls),
but it is mostly ambient. Track leak into
one another, as this was a sound emplacement.
I'm guessing at what the sounds "are".

1)* click rocks, train sound, buzzer, hiss 2:32
2) a crowd, rubbings 0:30
3) bus depot, electronics 2:40
4)* clonk, beeps, electricity, rhythmic friction 2:53
5) bells & buzzes, crackles 0:16
6) rhythmic clonks, static 6:08
7) low frequency,smack! 0:53
8) wheeooh, subtle drones 1:54
9) spinning chitonous wheel 1:03
10) spinnier with bloops, windlike, bleeps get rhythmic 2:10
11) storm winds, spun cellophone (windblown flute?) 0:48
12) more cellophane 1:33
13) cellophane begets conversation, sirens 2:03
14) tones & sloops, spookiness 2:33
15)* puffs, beeps zmmmms 4:06
16) drums? bells, somerhythm 2:12
17) bells, rustling 1:34
18) hiss, hicks, hmms 4:12
19) birds? 3:18
20) street noise, drone 6:08
21) breathing 1:52
22)* electric drones&tones, menacing ambient
end of a record 3:24
23) insects 1:34
24) night bugs 7:53
25) applause, hmmmm 8:00
26) scary pipes 4:00
27) harsh whispering of monkeys 5:45
28) electronics, sub voices 1:27

Recent airplay

Track 1
the Dog and Pony ShowNov 24, 2004
Track 1
Machine LoveNov 21, 2004
Track 15
Mike's ApproximationNov 12, 2004
Track 10
Umami Jazz ProgramNov 04, 2004
(playing pool?)
DrossNov 03, 2004

Charting

2004-11-01 — 2005-01-03 Classical/Experimental
Week EndingAirplays
Nov 28 2
Nov 14 1
Nov 7 1

Track listing

1. Track 1
2. Track 2
3. Track 3
4. Track 4
5. Track 5
6. Track 6
7. Track 7
8. Track 8
9. Track 9
10. Track 10
11. Track 11
12. Track 12
13. Track 13
14. Track 14
15. Track 15
16. Track 16
17. Track 17
18. Track 18
19. Track 19
20. Track 20
21. Track 21
22. Track 22
23. Track 23
24. Track 24
25. Track 25
26. Track 26
27. Track 27
28. Track 28