Folke Rabe C or D?

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i'm listening to his "Was??" album now and its tearing my head in two. Is any of his other music as good as this? Is there another electronic drone album as good as this? What do people get out of Jliat albums?

hamish, Wednesday, 17 April 2002 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link

ehh...does rabe have any other albums?

What do people get out of Jliat albums?

"a split second clicking noise and a lighter wallet."

your null fame, Wednesday, 17 April 2002 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link

ehh...does rabe have any other albums?

yeah theres heaps of his orchestral music out there but i haven't heard any of it.

What do people get out of Jliat albums? "a split second clicking noise and a lighter wallet."

ouch you bought that one. The two Jliat releases i have are continuous drones that go on forever.

hamish, Wednesday, 17 April 2002 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link

i lovelovelove that record, i can't explain why exactly, i crave it, i loved it from the first i heard...it's so simple, yet ?

elizabeth anne marjorie, Thursday, 18 April 2002 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link

eight years pass...

Is it wrong that I just realized that track 2 of What??? is just Was??? slowed down to half speed?

_▂▅▇█▓▒░◕‿‿◕░▒▓█▇▅▂_ (Steve Shasta), Friday, 23 July 2010 17:45 (thirteen years ago) link

four years pass...

You know, I have loved this for a long time, and know it's well regarded, but isn't it strange that no one ever talks about the Bo Anders Persson side of this split (which, to my knowledge, has never been reissued, while the Folke Rabe side has been reissued twice)? I've never heard it, as I've never plunked down a hundred bucks for an original copy of this record. Has anyone heard it? Is it awesome?

Jimmywine Dyspeptic, Saturday, 10 January 2015 03:32 (nine years ago) link

It's great. Post Reich speech tape-loop layering piece. Well paired with the Rabe piece. Been on YouTube for a while.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=7Djx5D5soG8

Milton Parker, Saturday, 10 January 2015 05:14 (nine years ago) link

Thanks! Gonna check this out. Was sorta hoping it wasn't great, because I don't need to be even more tempted to own this record on vinyl, but, err...

Jimmywine Dyspeptic, Saturday, 10 January 2015 16:51 (nine years ago) link

one year passes...

http://www.folkerabe.se/pages/articles/eng/OnWhat-e.html

very detailed essay from folke rabe's site about how he planned and recorded "was?"

na (NA), Monday, 28 November 2016 22:09 (seven years ago) link

six months pass...

I've just remembered this, there's a copy of "Was?" in the background of one of the scenes in the Rainer Werner Fassbinder movie, "Acht Stunden sind kein Tag" - in a boozy wedding reception/party scene!

Punnet of the Grapes (Tom D.), Friday, 9 June 2017 10:06 (six years ago) link

three months pass...

RIP

Gunpowder Julius (Ward Fowler), Wednesday, 27 September 2017 10:16 (six years ago) link

RIP

The Doug Walters of Crime (Tom D.), Wednesday, 27 September 2017 10:24 (six years ago) link


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