Re: [microsound] David Kristian

[James Warchol <jwarchol@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I'm a big fan of Kristian's stuff as well. "Room Tone" is excellent. I was
amused by the description of the record when it was released, since it
referred to him using his Boston Terrier as one of his sound sources. Pretty
funny. Dogs DO make for great sampling!

"Cricklewood" is another one I keep coming back to - more is revealed with
every listen. He also has an online-only CD available at his website
(davidkristian.com). I don't have it yet though.

-jim



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on 4/1/01 11:27 PM, david turgeon at david.t@xxxxxxxx wrote:

>> I have to say I'm much more of a fan of Kristians non-beaty stuff.  Infact, I
>> actually never used to like it at all until I say Room Tone on sale and
>> picked it up.  I wasn't expecting to be too impressed until I took a good
>> listen to it.  THen I loved it.  Can anyone recomend any of his more
>> ambient/noise albums?
> 
> so far as abstract stuff is concerned, you have to get _cricklewood_.
> it's a pretty unique, minimal analogue record.  for some reason i keep
> making a mental connection between this album & stockhausen's
> _mantra_...  i think mostly because the timbres & tonal progressions
> have more to do with contemporary music than say mille plateaux.
> anyway, that & the "national kid/oysterpoint" 12" (which is in fact drum
> n bass) are probably my 2 favorite david kristian records.
> 
> the remix album _woodworking_ is nice, if you like remix albums.  &
> there's a split with sian (japanese noise group if memory serves?)
> called _tacoma narrows bridge_ which probably leans more towards what he
> did on _room tone_.
> 
> actually, if you wait a bit, there's a pretty intriguing record coming
> out soon on alien8 which is a collaboration between kristian, sam
> shalabi & alexandre st-onge, probably appealing to people on this list.
> expect something very minimal.
> 
> really, what i like best about david kristian are his live shows; in
> particular this one set at hotel2tango in montréal last year, where he
> did a pretty straight ambient-to-beats progression at the perfect rhythm
> throughout.  not to mention he was playing with way old machines looking
> like 1950 ibm computers.  old school, but what the hell, if it's good.
> (i.e. is playing with a machine that looks like a 2000 ibm computer a
> requisite?)
> 
> ~ david
> 
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