HR124 - Louis Boone - The Key To The Other Half Of The Answer - C90 — 1989
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REVIEW by Jerry Kranitz
The late Louis Boone had his electronic fingers in a variety of projects throughout his artistic career, including participation in Alien Planetscapes, Born to Go, The Land Of Guilt & Blarney, JFK Jr Royal Airforce, and Friends Of Mescalito. There were surely plenty more I’m not aware of.
Boone’s The Key To The Other Half Of The Answer is a solo effort. The set kicks off sounding like an acid dosed, valium paced merry-go-round. It’s got an eerily carnivalesque-Residents vibe. At times it feels like the Phantom of the Opera is in a complete stupor. All very niftily sloooow motion drugged, but also hauntingly yet playfully melodic. But after a while Boone decides to pull out all the energetic stops and we’re in psychedelically wobbly dance mode. I love the rhythms, which veer through a variety of beats, pulses, and grooves, with a cool blend of stilted beats and spacey soundscapes and effects.
There are lots of meditative passages, particularly the last 10+ minutes of the set that are quietly contemplative. But much of the set is an exploration into beats and atmospherics combinations. At times it gets oddly and uniquely jazzy, while at others it’s psychedelically orchestral. Imagine a symphony letting its hair down to improv jam along to spacey vibes. Lots of mood variation as well. It took me a couple listens to really tune into the compositional gymnastics at play (whether composed, improvised, or both).
Lots happening throughout this C90, though for me the best parts are the rickety beats that never sit still for more than a run or two, while the music and effects float along merrily and melodically.
The late Louis Boone had his electronic fingers in a variety of projects throughout his artistic career, including participation in Alien Planetscapes, Born to Go, The Land Of Guilt & Blarney, JFK Jr Royal Airforce, and Friends Of Mescalito. There were surely plenty more I’m not aware of.
Boone’s The Key To The Other Half Of The Answer is a solo effort. The set kicks off sounding like an acid dosed, valium paced merry-go-round. It’s got an eerily carnivalesque-Residents vibe. At times it feels like the Phantom of the Opera is in a complete stupor. All very niftily sloooow motion drugged, but also hauntingly yet playfully melodic. But after a while Boone decides to pull out all the energetic stops and we’re in psychedelically wobbly dance mode. I love the rhythms, which veer through a variety of beats, pulses, and grooves, with a cool blend of stilted beats and spacey soundscapes and effects.
There are lots of meditative passages, particularly the last 10+ minutes of the set that are quietly contemplative. But much of the set is an exploration into beats and atmospherics combinations. At times it gets oddly and uniquely jazzy, while at others it’s psychedelically orchestral. Imagine a symphony letting its hair down to improv jam along to spacey vibes. Lots of mood variation as well. It took me a couple listens to really tune into the compositional gymnastics at play (whether composed, improvised, or both).
Lots happening throughout this C90, though for me the best parts are the rickety beats that never sit still for more than a run or two, while the music and effects float along merrily and melodically.