Beauty Is A Bowtie Htdw - Music

Jason Lescalleet Has Gradually And Painstakingly Built A Compelling Discography Over The Past Decade. He Uses Reel-To-Reel Tape Decks To Explore The Textures Of Low Fidelity Analog Sounds And The Natural Phenomena Of Old Tape And Obsolete Technology. He Is One Of A Growing List Of Master Producer/musicians Whose Skill Lies As Much In Reworking Assembling And Mastering The Material Available As In Creating It Or Helping Create It In The First Place. He Has Worked With Such Wide-Ranging Artists As Ron Lessard Joe Colley And Phill Niblock And Has Released A String Of Superb Solo Discs In Mattresslessness Cut Electronic Music RRR And The Pilgrim Glistening Examples . This Is His Second Release For Erstwhile After 2001's Forlorn Green With Greg Kelley And His Third Is Already In Preparation A Duo With Bhob Rainey Planned For Release In Early 2009. Jason Lescalleet's Influence Was Palpably Present Long Before The Average Joe Knew How Many L's Were In His Last Name Or Could Successfully Google It . He Spun Tape Loops With Nmperign From The Get-Go Frequently Signified The Endings Of His Characteristically Foundation-Shaking Performances By Hurling A Nearly Indestructible Hundred-Pound Peavy Amp Across The Stage And Provided The Bulk Of The "disaster" In Legendary Drummer Laurence Cook's Disaster Unit 2000. But As The Smoke Cleared And The Peavy Met Its Demise In A White-Walled Room It Became Apparent To An Awful Lot Of People That Lescalleet Was Making Some Amazing Music Beautifully Constructed Symphonies Of Decay Born Of An Intimacy With Items And Ideas Lesser Minds Might Discard Tape Machines Lo-Bit Samplers The Tedium Of Everyday Life. Written By Bhob Rainey read less