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- They all start blogging in the end
My friend Ted has just started a weblog. He lives in Santa Barbara, makes films, writes film reviews, knows far too much about the Pizzicato Five, has several gazillions of obscure CDs (many from points far east), and introduced me to Brian Eno's music about 15 years ago in a large cottage in the Lake District. So it's got to be at least worth a look.
In Misc on 13 January 2003. 1 comment. Permalink
- Akufen
Last week the New York Times had an interesting article about about the most underrated albums of 2002 (read it either at the NYT or pasted into this Yahoo! Group message). I haven't heard of most of the artists listed, although a growing liking of country, thanks to John Peel, means I have a passing recognition of Mary Gauthier and Nina Nastasia. The article cropped up because this post on the Peel mailing list mentioned Akufen, who I'd never heard of. There's an interview with him here. Turns out that he produces some rather wonderful music consisting almost entirely of samples, usually only a fraction of a second long. Frenetic and fun, his My Way album (US, UK) has my foot tapping rapidly in a freakily jerky and alarming manner. Which is always a good sign.
In Music on 13 January 2003. Permalink