Re: [microsound] Take Rafael Toral elsewhere?

[Rudy Carrera <rudyacarrera@xxxxxxxxx>]

Actually, blandness would be the kiss of death for me.

Rudy

On 9/28/06, David Geraghty <dbgeraghty@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> the press info stated -
>
> .. but this sounds like
> > the blueprint for a new approach to both jazz and
> > electronics with a single
> > stroke
>
> it's not jazz...it's just...damn, it's just you wish he'd never let his
> label state such nonsense. it's hard to listen to things, especially when
> the guy was always good, when he's letting people talk his work up to a
> degree that he will never reach. that's not a diss to him, but seriously -
> how many people are really creating new approaches to jazz these days? not
> many i'd wager, and certainly not Mr Toral with this release.
>
> I hasten to add, it's by no means terrible. It's not blowing me away, nor
> making me that excited to give it a repeated listen (which i am as we speak)
> but it's not terrible.
>
> -d
>
>
> Rudy Carrera wrote:
> > On 9/28/06, David Geraghty <dbgeraghty@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >>
> >> You'd be surprised someone who had heard the record decided it sounded
> >> like someone else? He did have a unique voice in his work but since
> >> leaving the guitar and supposedly moving forth to create a new language
> >> of jazz or whatever he called it he sounds like he's out of ideas.
> >>
> >> -d
> >>
> >> Rudy Carrera wrote:
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >> On Sep 28, 2006, at 3:38 AM, David Geraghty wrote:
> >> >>
> >> >> >  parts sound like a poor imitation of
> >> >> > oren ambarchi
> >> >>
> >> > Rafael tends to have a pretty unique voice in his work.  I'd be
> >> > surprised if
> >> > this comparison were true.  Too bad, if that's the case, because
> >> > otherwise,
> >> > he's quite brilliant.
> >> >
> >>
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> > I missed that.  I had no idea he went off into jazzbo-land.  If that's
> > the
> > case, I need to listen and see if he's drifting off into fusion hell.
> > Last
> > person to pull that off well was Paul Schutze, in my opinion.
> >
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