Here is how we described the music in 1994:
Only the musicians (acting as conduits)
have anything
to do with the recording process.
The individuals set up their own equipment and recording levels.
Without rehearsing or practicing, the crowd plays.
The entire space - from within the individual, through the recording
location, to the beyond ... and back again - is utilized (making
headphones a real experience.)
The sounds of these
spontaneous melodies are captured using the simplest method
available ...
no meddling ... nor posing ... is possible.
If you have tried "spontaneous combustion",
you might know the trap of
only listening
to yourself. That can be a dangerous thing. Whether it is the
process of your hands, mind and mouth working together ... or your
bassist and drummer ... or your job and lover ... to get it to fit
together and not be stagnant is a feat, indeed. Should you have
the occasion to grasp our lapse, and turn it into something cool ...
well, then ... phar out.
Of course this isn't what you have been spoon fed for the last ump-teen
years. How to best describe it? Perhaps a simile-like metaphor would
help
illustrate: The hamburg
you are used to hearing was prepared using the "put-em-through-tha-grinder"
method depicted in Diagram "A." The
Thanksgiving feast we hope to prepare uses the
"expose-tha-soul"
method.
No need to be afraid. If you don't like the cranberry sauce, don't eat it.
You know? Everyone has soul, so please, come and
join us.
Grasp The Lapse
The intent is to create
a tapestry of sound, within which transcendent utterances are woven.
So, perhaps what sounds irregular
on the first listen, will later become a point of amazement?
Hamburg vs. Thanksgiving dinner.
