Dear Efren -- Before you dismiss anything made by an artist as thorough and scrupulous as Dave, you'd better listen a bunch more. I didn't hear as much in the music as I needed until about the fourth listen, and now I'm hearing all these wonderful surprises everytime I put it on. It's a pretty compelling record if you know how to listen to it. On the other hand, if you know how to make a better record than FREAK IN, I'm dying to hear it. -- skip h http://www.skipheller.com on 3/16/03 10:57 AM, Efrén del Valle at efrendv@yahoo.es wrote:
Hi,
I got my copy of Dave Douglas' "Freak In" yesterday to great disappointment. Cheered by those who compared its status to that of "Witness" I decided I could no longer wait for the album but after five listenings the only thing that comes to my mind is "What the hell is this?!" I find his attempt to add electronics to this music so clumsy and forced that the whole album sounds totally unnatural to me. The effects and rythms sound so worn that I'm still expecting some surprising turns. Fortunately, he gathered a good bunch of astonishing musicians to save him from the wreckage, with a special mention to a particularly inspired Ribot (if he ever wasn't). "Freak In" feels like an unsuccessful "rough assemblage" of not-so-disparate genres and although he reaches higher ground than outrageous failures like St. Germain & co, I still think the album is too low a flight (considering the signatory).
Best,
Efrén del Valle n.p: Rova "Ascension. San Franciso; feb 8th 2003" (bootleg)
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