RLW

[bob maynard <fleshlike@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

concerning:

> RLW aka Ralf Wehowsky

a 5 CD box set is a bit intimidating for newcomers... but he's got a 
fantastic release on Table of the Elements (an otherwise yawn-inducing 
label, aside from the who's-who-of-noise-guitar 7-inches that came out a few 
years ago; TOTE repeatedly proves my theory that pristine packing can and 
will seduce even the most choosy of listeners [including me]).

The name of the RLW album escapes me, but it's a highly conceptual thingy: 
apparently he mailed some texts (paragraph-length lists, really) to his 
friends (all of them *heavies*, eg. david grubbs, b.gunter, jim o'rourke, 
etc) and requested a recording of the musicians reading the texts (aloud) in 
two forms:
1 straight laced, no funny stuff; and
2 offbeat, often w/ instrumental accompaniment

At which point RLW processes all hell out of the recordings. The album is 
derived PURELY from the source material of the *readings*. Amazing stuff!  
Like someone said before, it's sometimes quiet, sometimes noisy, and often 
both. GREAT album, especially when he dissolves the electronics into the 
*original recordings*. Hemispherical!!

and there's clouds on the album cover. looks like a regular Microsoft screen 
saver.

BOB

nr(eading): Ideology by david hawkes (fan-frickin-tastic!)



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