Articles by Eric Hill

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  Fred Frith/J.P. Drouet/Louis Sclavis

  I Dream of You Jumping

  PUBLISHED Jul 1, 2001

  A problem that arises with documents of live improvised performances, is the loss of visual evidence from the event. Yes, it is music, and...

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  Bartok Guitarsplat

  As The Universe Unfolds

  PUBLISHED Apr 1, 2001

  First, never mind the god-awful name, secondly, don't be swayed by the description, "spontaneous improvisation loosely based around rough m...

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  Ether

  Music For Air Raids

  PUBLISHED Apr 1, 2001

  Named after purported incidents of indiscretion by Mormon missionaries, this Salt Lake City group employs a muscular approach in reaching i...

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  Christian Marclay/Thurston Moore/Lee Ranaldo

  Fuck Shit Up

  PUBLISHED Apr 1, 2001

  This recording is from a live performance at the 16th Festival de Musique Actuelle de Victoriaville in 1999. Fans of Sonic Youth may have b...

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  Various

  Hiss

  PUBLISHED Apr 1, 2001

  Taking the idea of "elevator music" to its furthest reaches, the tracks on this compilation were used for a sound installation in the eleva...

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  White Out with Jim O'Rourke

  Drunken Little Mass

  PUBLISHED Apr 1, 2001

  Free jazz crashes into the open desktop window of Powerbook improv on this excellent new recording from NYC duo Lin Culbertson and Tom Surg...

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  Subarachnoid Space

  These Things Take Time

  PUBLISHED Mar 1, 2001

  A jam band from San Francisco. A description such as that would generally send me Phish-tailing toward the CD player in order to stop the h...

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  Various

  Behind a Thatched Divider

  PUBLISHED Mar 1, 2001

  What a brilliantly tangled web. Dainty Deathy's third release continues the label's transatlantic love affair, presenting a compilation of...