If any of you caught Jeff Tweedy's solo show at the Orpheum last year then you also had the pleasure of hearing Glenn Kotche open for him. Kotche is the drummer for Wilco, and if his performance that night was any indication, he's a musical experimenter in his own right. That night he performed on marimba and what I can only call a "prepared" trap set: drums with springs and stuff pasted to the heads which he used to create some very interesting sounds.
This album, Mobile, which I bought this weekend, features some of the pieces he performed that night. To me it sounds like contemporary art music, limited to percussion instruments and various electronic noises. A little like listening to John Cage scrape pieces of metal across a metal surface, but with a good beat.
I hope you enjoy it.
4 comments:
excellent, I have been wanting to get this album for a long time. Hav you checked out his site where you can make your own monkey chant song?
No. I'll have to do that.
thanks colin. i saw him open for Tweedy at First Ave last year and wanted this album but never got it. in fact it, was on my La La want list. good post.
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