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atari 2600 · 12.18.2007, 01:13 PM

Once again, The First Original Silence is nowhere to be found. And the irony is thick with this list considering it's from Pitchfork and a lot of their top fifty picks did not merit an eight or more out of ten when they were reviewed in the online magazine.

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It's astonishing to me that every list that I read that ranks underground or experimental albums fairly highly does the reader the disservice to roundly ignore the 2005 The Original Silence concert released by Smalltown Superjazz this year. The First Original Silence is entirely performed live improvisationally. Music that finds its way to a release just doesn't get much more underground or experimental than this recording. Moreover, there is a genuine spirit to this document-in-sound that the discerning ear instantly recognizes.

And so arises a case (although I would have awarded the album a 9.0 and not an 8.0) where I agree with a Pitchfork review:
http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/articl...iginal-silence

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Originally Posted by an excerpt from Marc Masters
Those inclined toward improvised music can usually find something worthwhile in all forms of it. But even the most blindly faithful recognize when a session shoots so high that it sounds more like a rocket than a record. The First Original Silence is that kind of instant attention-grabber. Original Silence use the same tools as many improv groups: rolling percussion, squawking horns, guitar feedback, and scraggly electronic noise. But these six sound-crushers have added some sort of performance-enhancing drug, injecting their sound with energy rare to any music, improvised or otherwise.

12.18.2007, 01:13 PM	#4
atari 2600 invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 8,213	Once again, The First Original Silence is nowhere to be found. And the irony is thick with this list considering it's from Pitchfork and a lot of their top fifty picks did not merit an eight or more out of ten when they were reviewed in the online magazine. repost: It's astonishing to me that every list that I read that ranks underground or experimental albums fairly highly does the reader the disservice to roundly ignore the 2005 The Original Silence concert released by Smalltown Superjazz this year. The First Original Silence is entirely performed live improvisationally. Music that finds its way to a release just doesn't get much more underground or experimental than this recording. Moreover, there is a genuine spirit to this document-in-sound that the discerning ear instantly recognizes. And so arises a case (although I would have awarded the album a 9.0 and not an 8.0) where I agree with a Pitchfork review: http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/articl...iginal-silence Quote: Originally Posted by an excerpt from Marc Masters Those inclined toward improvised music can usually find something worthwhile in all forms of it. But even the most blindly faithful recognize when a session shoots so high that it sounds more like a rocket than a record. The First Original Silence is that kind of instant attention-grabber. Original Silence use the same tools as many improv groups: rolling percussion, squawking horns, guitar feedback, and scraggly electronic noise. But these six sound-crushers have added some sort of performance-enhancing drug, injecting their sound with energy rare to any music, improvised or otherwise.
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