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Jazz-oriented experimental music from the Chicago post-rock crowd, with HiM constant Doug Scharin aided by guitarist Jeff Parker (from Tortoise and Isotope 217) and other musicians associated with outfits such as Rex and Chicago Underground Duo. The drowsy but not quite narcotic, dreamscapes of these instrumentals owe much to Jon Hassell (particularly in the woozy and wobbly effects/treatments) and the early electric fusion of Miles Davis. Unlike its forebears, HIM uses '90s loops and edits, as well as dub and hip-hop rhythms (as on "Trace Elements"). As with much of Hassell's work, the atmosphere is somewhat akin to traveling through an electric underwater jungle. ~ Richie Unterberger
Personnel: Julie Liu (violin); Martin Perna (alto saxophone); Rob Mazurek (cornet); Doug Scharin (drums, percussion, sampler).
Audio Mixer: Doug Scharin.
Arranger: Doug Scharin.
Him includes: Doug Scharin.
Additional personnel: Jeff Parker, Bundy Brown, Julie Liu, Rob Mazurek.
Alternative Press (2/00, pp.83-4) - 4 out of 5 - "...another chameleon-like shift in styles....[Doug] Scharin explores jazz and funk themes while retaining his dub sensibilities....continuing [his] unbroken string of successes."
Magnet (1-2/00, p.69) - "...[Doug Scharin's] most dub-inflected fantasies....sounding more than a bit like Miles Davis' ambient/jazz-fusion excursions of the mid '70s....extremely stimulating..." Sworn Eyes Music | List Price | $13.98 (You save $2.89) | | Category | Rock/Pop Albums, Rock CDs, Alternative, Post Rock, Experimental (Noise), Enhanced CD | | Label | Perishable | | Orig Year | 1999 | | All Time Sales Rank |  124628  | | CD Universe Part number | 1020896 | | Discs | 1 | | Release Date | Oct 30, 1999 | | Studio/Live | Studio | | Mono/Stereo | Stereo | | Engineer | Brian Deck | | Personnel | Martin Perna - alto saxophone
Doug Scharin - drums, percussion, sampler
Also: Jeff Parker, Rob Mazurek, Julie Liu, Bundy Brown |
H I M Sworn Eyes Songs | 1. | Verdict of Science, A | |
| 2. | Of the Periphery | |
| 3. | Trace Elements | |
| 4. | Scorn Nothing | |
| 5. | Sworn Eyes | |
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Purchase Sworn Eyes CD To buy, Click on price to add to cart | Tom Waits Black Rider CD (1993)
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This album contains songs Tom Waits wrote and performed for the stage production of THE BLACK RIDER directed by Robert Wilson and written by William Burroughs.
THE BLACK RIDER contains Waits' versions of the songs he wrote for the Robert Wilson play of the same name. Wilson has worked with everyone from Philip Glass to Lou Reed, so he's just the kind of left-of-center visionary to accommodate Waits' offbeat musical style. From NIGHTHAWKS AT THE DINER to FRANK'S WILD YEARS, Waits has always been a concept man, and you don't get more conceptual than supplying songs for this semi-mythological narrative of passion and death.
THE BLACK RIDER is somewhat similar in style to the twisted cabaret/blues of Waits' mid-80s work, but with a pronounced European artsong flavor. Accordingly, Waits is accompanied by a mix of his U.S. cronies (Joe Gore, Greg Cohen, etc.) and the musicians from the original BLACK RIDER production. The presence of William ...
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Our Point of Departure, HIM's fourth full-length release, takes a departure from their previous effort, Sworn Eyes. Here, leader Doug Scharin (drums, mixing) is surrounded by Carlo Cennamo (sax), Fred Erskine (bass, trumpet), Sean Meadows (guitar), and Jon Theodore (percussion). Exit the loops and the hip-hop grooves: The music on Our Point of Departure ...
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| | H I M Single Collection CDs (2002) (Import) Germany; Box Set
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Similar in packaging to Smashing Pumpkins' infamous THE AEROPLANE FLIES HIGH, this set of 10 CD singles is loaded with all kinds of bonus material from the Scandinavian goth rockers. We're talking radio edits, remixes, live tunes, club versions, the works.
As the title suggests, H.I.M.'s Single Collection gathers some of the Finnish Goth-metal group's definitive singles from their career, including "It's All Tears," "When Love and Death Embrace," "Gone With the Sin," and their cover of Chris Isaak's "Wicked Game." The collection also features many B-sides, including "Again," "Salt In Our Wounds," and "Please Don't Let It Go," as well as instrumental versions, acoustic versions, ...
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Four Tet's ROUNDS is that rare electronica album that seems to push all the right buttons at once. The side project of Fridge's Kieran Hebden, Four Tet released two records prior to 2003's ROUNDS, but this acclaimed outing surpasses even those excellent efforts. Incorporating mid-tempo and down-tempo beats, ambient atmospherics, dub elements, and the noticeable presence of acoustic instrumentation, ROUNDS is expertly balanced in style and substance.
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| | Pilot A's, B'S And Rarities CD (2005) (Import) Import
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It seems strange to see the output of Mickie Most's RAK label finally being taken seriously by record labels as well as collectors, 30-plus-years after the imprint established itself as the epitome of disposable pop tunes. Yet EMI's ongoing A's, B's & Rarities series offers nothing less than the same thorough treatment that any other, more hallowed, label could expect. The format is essentially the same throughout: a gathering up of every RAK single (A-sides and B-sides) released by a given band, with the remainder of the CD filled with choice outtakes and oddities. Sadly, whereas other entries in this series -- Mud, Arrows, CCS, Hot Chocolate, Suzi Quatro -- can effortlessly address that criteria, Pilot really should have been saved for some future "best-of the ...
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