NEW: Jim o'rouke + Loren Connors : Two nice Catholic Boys

greedrex · 01.08.2009, 06:36 AM

Release Date: January 27, 2009
Label: Family Vineyard

"Connors ... makes music that pulls aged, cloudy film strips from minds, playing them at a tempo and in a setting he semaphores with six strings. His translations of the Delta blues and his more recent application of those spectral tones to pointillist atmospheres evoke things distant but uncomfortably familiar." -- Pitchfork These two nice Catholic boys met at the crossroads each night during a 1997 European tour. By this time Jim O'Rourke had already reissued Loren Connors' seminal heartbreak album In Pittsburgh on his Dexter's Cigar label, and produced Hoffman Estates, the guitarist's big-band mash-up with Alan Licht. Together, they unravel slow motion ghost blues across three extended pieces that evolve from Connors' Martian style to O'Rourke's thundering, feedback-splattered lead grooves. For this live CD, only the second duo release by these musical partners, O'Rourke has returned to hours of recordings captured across Europe.

>>> Their Bern record was really nice.

I'm looking forward to this.

atsonicpark · 01.08.2009, 06:37 AM

Yeah, I heard about this recently too. Definitely going to have to get it, as I really enjoy both musicians (though Connors has a few shitty recordings).

blunderbuss · 01.08.2009, 07:03 AM

I've seen Jim O'Rourke and Loren Connors play together a couple of times, and they make a lovely couple. I'll definitely be ordering this one.

Thanks greedrex.

atsonicpark · 02.18.2009, 09:55 PM

blunderbuss · 02.19.2009, 01:16 AM

I have this sitting next to the CD player in my kitchen, waiting for me to have time to listen to it.

01.08.2009, 06:36 AM	#1
greedrex invito al cielo Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: in yr fotobukit Posts: 6,588	Release Date: January 27, 2009 Label: Family Vineyard "Connors ... makes music that pulls aged, cloudy film strips from minds, playing them at a tempo and in a setting he semaphores with six strings. His translations of the Delta blues and his more recent application of those spectral tones to pointillist atmospheres evoke things distant but uncomfortably familiar." -- Pitchfork These two nice Catholic boys met at the crossroads each night during a 1997 European tour. By this time Jim O'Rourke had already reissued Loren Connors' seminal heartbreak album In Pittsburgh on his Dexter's Cigar label, and produced Hoffman Estates, the guitarist's big-band mash-up with Alan Licht. Together, they unravel slow motion ghost blues across three extended pieces that evolve from Connors' Martian style to O'Rourke's thundering, feedback-splattered lead grooves. For this live CD, only the second duo release by these musical partners, O'Rourke has returned to hours of recordings captured across Europe. >>> Their Bern record was really nice. I'm looking forward to this. __________________ Greed Recordings bandcamp ~The Rex~, stalkin' yr shit since 2008.
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01.08.2009, 06:37 AM	#2
atsonicpark invito al cielo Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 28,843	Yeah, I heard about this recently too. Definitely going to have to get it, as I really enjoy both musicians (though Connors has a few shitty recordings). __________________
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01.08.2009, 07:03 AM	#3
blunderbuss invito al cielo Join Date: May 2008 Location: UK Posts: 2,526	I've seen Jim O'Rourke and Loren Connors play together a couple of times, and they make a lovely couple. I'll definitely be ordering this one. Thanks greedrex.
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02.18.2009, 09:55 PM	#4
atsonicpark invito al cielo Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 28,843	bump __________________
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02.19.2009, 01:16 AM	#5
blunderbuss invito al cielo Join Date: May 2008 Location: UK Posts: 2,526	I have this sitting next to the CD player in my kitchen, waiting for me to have time to listen to it.
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