RIO/Avant Drop-In Centre

Syzygy wrote: song_of_copper wrote: MovingPictures07 wrote: I was listening to "Meet the Residents" on the bus today and it made me realize that it's probably one of the best starter albums for them. Great disc. Listening to avant garde classics on public transport is quite the epitome of cool, methinks.   Much of my 80 GB ipod is filled with RIO/Avant/Zeuhl, and I usually have it set on to shuffle. This was the soundtrack to yesterday's commute into work (today I listened to National Health - Playtime start to finish) :

I've been meaning to get that, and your post reminded me of it, so I ordered it immediately. 

rileydog22 wrote: John Zorn, Elton Dean, and Don Van Vliet, in that order.

Great list. Van Vliet, especially.

rileydog22 wrote: Wrong again.  His favorite musician, by a considerable margin, is John Coltrane.  Obviously, he doesn't feel that drummers are in any way superior to other musicians.

I wasn't serious anyway.

Coltrane was amazing, however. He has to be one of my favorite saxophonists. However... since this is the RIO/Avant thread... what are your favorite (anyone can answer) RIO/Avant saxophonists?

rileydog22 wrote: Not even close.

Christian Vander says otherwise.

rileydog22 wrote: I like playing with a drummer, but that's about it.  That way I can do whatever I want without worrying about being out of key with anybody.

Drummers are the best musicians anyway.

rileydog22 wrote: I doubt it.  I tend to work a lot better alone when it comes to music.

Yeah, I know what you mean there. I never participated in school band or anything like that; I am a composer by myself, unless it's collaborating with my band members... even then, there's some sort of direction I sometimes want them to take. Depends though. In the end, I usually play music alone.

rileydog22 wrote: It would fit well on a track from the debut.

Definitely. If you do go through with this, you should take video of it!

rileydog22 wrote: MovingPictures07 wrote: song_of_copper wrote: rileydog22 wrote: Every year my school has a "Tolerance Day" thing where kids go on stage and play various forms of ethnic music and I think I just might be able to pass off some "Kobaian folk music" on the somewhat absent-minded teacher who runs the assemblies.     Make sure to choose a really shouty, Vander death-speechy one.  That would be hilarious. Use "Stoah" from their debut. I'd probably have to do something from Wurdah Itah since there isn't exactly an excess of musicians wanting to participate. Although, come to think of it, one of the kids I converted plays clarinet.

Yeah, probably. You could adapt some of the parts though, somehow. Clarinet would be a cool feature!


Edited by MovingPictures07 - September 17 2008 at 20:42

James wrote: I've made the mistake of listening to Bone's Uses Wrist Grab on the bus, as well as VdGG.  I find it immensely difficult to just sit still when listening to brilliant music and I want to air drum all the time! Even tapping my foot feels wrong... What's the most embarrassing travelling music experience you guys have had?

Haha, it's really hard for me too.

Most embarassing... not sure. Usually when I think I'm alone and I'm singing, especially to Magma or Koenji, and one of my family members pops in on me.

song_of_copper wrote: MovingPictures07 wrote: Haha, thanks. I think so too (obviously). I love cranking Koenjihyakkei on my headphones... makes me wonder if people next to me can hear it. No one's made any comments yet, so I think I'm safe. You just put me in mind of opening my Wayside parcel at work.  "Ooh, CDs," said my colleague.  "Anything I've heard of?"  I got part way through trying to think of a good way to describe Kultivator and then faltered and said, "Er, no."

Haha, yeah, I never bother mentioning music to most people.

What's going to be the best is when my band's first album gets finished... a bunch of people I went to school with want to hear it. But I know their music taste. I'd love to see their reaction to some of it.