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Loren Connors, Jim O'Rourke – Are You Going To Stop... In Bern?
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Loren Connors, Jim O'Rourke

Are You Going To Stop... In Bern?

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"In fact, the art of O'Rourke and Connors lies in letting one feel the immobility withi n movement, and in instilling movement right at the heart of immobility. It's almost superfluous to say that this music belongs to the realm of dreams, it's music for the mind, abstract and yet wholly present to itself and therefore totally concrete too. The two guitarists set off in search of sound. Their quest is wildly raging now and then, but only for a brief moment, most of the time it's contemplative. Just as the meditative mode can suffice unto itself, so O'Rourke and Connors let the sound come to them, thus giving it all the time and space it needs to unfurl in suc cessive waves, all alike and yet all different. This music, figurative and non-figurative, almost oriental in its sparseness yet eternally rooted in the American landscape, invites the following thought - if John Cage had ever composed any country music, it would certainly have sounded like this"-Thierry Jousse

"[...] The music here is sparse and certainly experimental, but it's melodic and easy to listen to, as well -- a concept not encountered in most contemporary avant-garde music. At times, it's easy to get lost in the guitar drones, but this is a record well worth waiting for."-Marc Gilman, All Music Guide, 2000
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Cat. number: HATOLOGY 686
Year: 2010

Format

Recorded at TonArt, Kunstmuseum Bern on December 10, 1997

Recording produced by Thomas Adank, Swiss Radio DRS 2

Release notes

Recorded at TonArt, Kunstmuseum Bern on December 10, 1997 Recording produced by Thomas Adank, Swiss Radio DRS 2 2nd edition. Digisleeve. ℗ + © 2010 Made in Switzerland.

Tracklist
1Now Who Are These Guys?5:20
2Still Going...19:36
3Are They Going To Stop?13:45
4You Can Stay If You Want, But I'm Going Home10:01
Credits
fuhrer vienna
Design Concept [Graphic Concept]
Werner X. Uehlinger
Executive-Producer
Jim O'Rourke
Guitar, Composed By
Loren Connors
Guitar, Composed By
Thierry Jousse
Liner Notes
Peter Pfister
Mastered By
Luca Buti
Photography By
Thomas Adank
Producer [Recording]
Andi Mettler
Recorded By