Re: [microsound] crank + ekswyzia + phthalo: long term listening...

[Andrei <andrei@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Tue, 20 Feb 2001, david turgeon wrote:

> my second question is about ekswyzia, who released 2 albums on phthalo:
> a now-unavailable ep (you can find mp3s around, i gather...), & the
> newish _live@phthalo studio_.  phthalo claims this is an "unnamed
> producer" but i'm guessing the name is either dimitri fergadis or danny
> zelonky (the former being the most probable).  any leads?

I'm pretty sure ekswyzia is Fergadis.

> a few words on ekswyzia: this is the person who in my mind _finally_
> bridged the gap between rhythm-based electronic music (duh, techno?) &
> experimental improv.  think lisa carbon, except free jazz instead of
> latin cool.  it's insane, totally hermetic & hard to listen to, but an
> ambitious, challenging record from every angle.

Yes, I agree. I was pretty taken aback when I finally got around to
listening to the "Logan's" EP. It's sort of like Sun Ra meets a 
Mahavishnu-era Jan Hammer playing along with a free time drum
machine. Manic. The only thing is that I wish he had used drum samples
instead of those cheesy drum machine sounds. They kind of give it this
late-80's, lower east side, Elliot Sharp kinda feel, which is not
something to aim for in my book. :-) Inspiring nevertheless. Respect.

Andrei