g.a.b. l@bs

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  • Submit Date: 6/13/2004
  • Format: Cassette
  • Category: Classical

data.obscura 2.1 / 2.2

Side A
Artist Song
Kaija Saariaho  Nocturne (Gidon Kremer, soloist) 
Michael Gettell  Kiva 
Harold Budd/John Foxx  Almost Overlooked 
Kronos Quartet  Elegy 
John Cage  Souvenir 
Kronos Quartet  1. Tocatta / 2. Chorale 
Vir Unis/Christopher Short  Monastary of the South 
Cliff Martinez  Will She Come Back 
Philip Glass  Warzawa (from Low Symphony) 
Richard Stoltzman  Pie Jesu 
Side B
ArtistSongBuy
Izumi Tateno  Les Yeux Clos ll 
Coyote Oldman  Planting 
Numina  Lucid Ascension 
Kronos Quartet  Meditation 
Steve Roach  Within the Mystic 
The Circular Ruins  Over Fields of Light 
Philip Glass  Company (6 Movements) 
Kronos Quartet  Tocatta ll 
Cliff Martinez  Death Shall Have No Dominion 
Vir Unis/Christopher Short  Stormy Seas/Quest for Paradise 

Comment:

1. 79:09 | 2. 79:08

Moodily brooding classical/ambient mashup:

Peteris Vasks'
5-movement String Quartet #4,
deconstructed...then re-sequenced (into a much more natural setting)...performed by the
Kronos Quartet.
image for mix

Feedback:

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yertle-the-turtle
Date: 6/13/2004
nice cover. I won't comment on the music because I don't know any of it, but I have a hunch it's pretty damn good.
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Curtis_Burns
Date: 6/13/2004
Spectacular. And, as always, lovely cover art.
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Muzag
Date: 6/13/2004
Ooo! Spectralists!
Looks beautiful Gene. Not heard of Vasks but I'm sure that'll be remedied.
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Siobhan
Date: 6/13/2004
This is wonderful, and very well thought-out! Nice Harold Budd pick...oh yes, and very much ditto other comments on the cover art.
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Dirk
Date: 6/13/2004
Ditto all the others Gene-- this looks lovely.
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G-Sphere
Date: 6/13/2004
Kronos rocks! Yeah, you know what I mean. Philip Glass and John Cage are doing it too.
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12vman
Date: 6/13/2004
Ooooh - this looks extremely nice - crashing over the tumbling falls - sliding over the slippery, cool, smooth stones - water-logged, drenched and breathless - slipping into the quiet pool below while the songs of nightbirds and crickets converge in a repeating, exquisite harmony...
...at least that's the "impression" I get...
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Daydreamer
Date: 6/13/2004
Yeah i'm with yertle...love the artwork.
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Dom1
Date: 6/13/2004
Is that Martinez track from Solaris sndrtck? Or have I confused him with someone else? This looks mighty fine and seems to include all the big movers and shakers in the ambient classic stakes...only Eno seems to be absent. Great stuff!
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g.a.b. l@bs
Date: 6/13/2004
Dom:
Yes on the Martinez (gorgeous soundtrack--built an entire mix series around it last year).
As to Eno...he really pissed me off @ a party last week & I told him "No more mix inclusions for you sucker" (@ least for a few weeks).
~ ;-D
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Blackadder12
Date: 6/13/2004
Looks like an ambient classic!
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valis
Date: 6/14/2004
Blackadder(12) may have issued the definitive statement on this mix...2.2 sure does look like a shot of pure pineal juice, or-looks as though it would stir up said juices! The cover art produces same.
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Nicholas Vegas
Date: 6/14/2004
I dont know a single track here but i like your Cover

NV
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12vman
Date: 6/29/2004
Wow.
The package arrived this morning - the data became less obscure - the clouds engulfed my ears and only just now let go.
Wow.
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12vman
Date: 6/29/2004
Wait - there's more:
This comes together as if meant to be. Each track flows into the other w/perfect harmony and feeling. This piece - as it really is all one piece - floats through the mind, nudging long-dormant synapses, gently awakening the deepest memories of being.