Articles by David Lewis
Nick Parkin
Island of Dust
PUBLISHED Sep 1, 1999
Parkin is a UK drummer heavily into electronics and studio manipulation. His experiments with time, reverse loops and sonic decay share com...
Paul Plimley Trio
Safe Crackers
PUBLISHED Sep 1, 1999
Plimley’s trio display uncanny rapport in a program of freely improvised group dynamics. The opening “Fishing for Bobby’s...
Steve Swell
Observations
PUBLISHED Sep 1, 1999
The agile trombone of Steve Swell impressed in projects with Joey Baron and Philip Johnson’s Big Trouble. Here, his mastery ranges fr...
Steve Swell
Out And About
PUBLISHED Sep 1, 1999
The agile trombone of Steve Swell impressed in projects with Joey Baron and Philip Johnson’s Big Trouble. Here, his mastery ranges fr...
Steve Swell
Moons Of Jupiter
PUBLISHED Sep 1, 1999
The agile trombone of Steve Swell impressed in projects with Joey Baron and Philip Johnson’s Big Trouble. Here, his mastery ranges fr...
Various
Klezmer Festival 1998: Live at the Knitting Factory
PUBLISHED Sep 1, 1999
As live compilations go this one benefits from a strong array of individual musicians, bands and music. Although Hasidic New Wave, Naftuli&...
Centimeters
Present the Facts of Destiny
PUBLISHED Sep 1, 1999
Imagine the B-52s merged with Devo and/or the Residents, and you will get some impression of this quirky techno-punk band. The cheesy synth...
Cordes En Folie
Expresso
PUBLISHED Sep 1, 1999
Cordes En Folies (Crazy Strings) is a Vancouver trio who create a seductive synthesis that fuses French folk and art-song traditions with w...