s w e e t b e a t s
july.18.2001 - #698
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artist : Delarosa and Asora
album : Backsome
year : 2000
label : the schematic music company
genre : Lo-Fi
catalogue : sch013cd
quality : CD 192k HQ True Stereo
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01.Smaze Words 06:03
02.Uptown Ad One 03:27
03.Nickel Skit 00:20
04.And a Needle Maybe 04:15
05.Draped Departure 03:42
06.Suki Swims 03:52
06 tracks | 21:39 mins | 29,8 MB
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Exclusive release on schematic. Delarosa and asora is Scott Herren,
otherwise known as prefuse 3 (warp) and savath & savalas (hefty).
luxurious sleeve artwork by designer's republic. A 22 minute ep
leading up to the agony full length (thematically linked, but no
musical overlap between these 2 releases). There are a handful of
artists in nearly every genre who create art that is dismissed when
it first reaches the public because it is either out of vogue, too
strange, or cannot be comprehended within the framework of that
which surrounds it. In other words, its importance and significance
can only be understood retroactively, meaning that it set the stage
for a 'new wave' that had yet to break but this 'new wave' could
only be understood once others joined its ranks. That is where
delarosa & asora's backsome ep must be located. Quite simply, it
arrived too early to be absorbed and understood. Thus, it is
astonishing to consider that this prescient ep, thankfully released
by delarosa & asora sounds as if it could have been recorded last
week. Herren's ability to create towering sound sculptures with
impossibly limited equipment is inspirational. Long before the
present trend in 'electronic music' in which hip-hop and jazz were
incorporated into the fabric of the music, Herren was creating
these pieces in isolation in Atlanta. There are so few electronic
musicians on the same historical wavelength: Carl Craig and Kirk
Degiorgio are the only two ones I can think of. And Scott Herren
certainly should be mentioned in the same breath. Without a hint of
contrivance, the delarosa & asora material brings together the
spirit of Herbie Hancock and the headhunters' finest moments, a
leap into an ocean of roiling basslines, and tricky live
percussion. Many thought that Herren's savath & savalas' folk songs
for trains, trees, and honey ep on the hefty (licensed to warp for
europe) was an electronic record, yet every track was made with
live instruments. The backsome ep again demonstrates that, like
Richard Devine, Scott Herren is a composer of extraordinary skill,
whose dexterity around both live and electronic instruments is a
rare combination of skill and innovation.
-- tim haslett
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[BMW]-[Lo-Fi-2000]-(29.8 MB in 6 files of 192kbps Stereo)-[bender@reco