jim o'rourke

this man seems to be behind a lot of great records, either as an engineer, band member or producer. he has a pretty solid solo output that varies between the avant-garde, pop and fahey-esque americana. he was in sonic youth. he looks like a hobbit and lives in japan. and he made, track for track, the best ep i've ever heard.

jim o'rourke is awesome.

  On 9/9/2010 at 3:57 AM, remy marathe said:

jim o'rourke is awesome.

  On 9/9/2010 at 6:13 AM, Capsaicin said:

  On 9/9/2010 at 3:57 AM, remy marathe said:

jim o'rourke is awesome.

  On 9/9/2010 at 6:13 AM, Capsaicin said:

  On 9/9/2010 at 3:57 AM, remy marathe said:

jim o'rourke is awesome.

 

  On 9/9/2010 at 6:13 AM, Capsaicin said:

  On 9/9/2010 at 3:57 AM, remy marathe said:

jim o'rourke is awesome.

  On 9/9/2010 at 6:13 AM, Capsaicin said:

  On 9/9/2010 at 3:57 AM, remy marathe said:

jim o'rourke is awesome.

 

  On 9/9/2010 at 6:13 AM, Capsaicin said:

  On 9/9/2010 at 3:57 AM, remy marathe said:

jim o'rourke is awesome.

 

  On 9/9/2010 at 6:13 AM, Capsaicin said:

  On 9/9/2010 at 3:57 AM, remy marathe said:

jim o'rourke is awesome.

 

  On 9/9/2010 at 6:13 AM, Capsaicin said:

  On 9/9/2010 at 3:57 AM, remy marathe said:

jim o'rourke is awesome.

glad i read this thread.

Eureka is one of my favorite albums, and The Visitor is excellent. I can't wait for whatever he sends out next.

  On 9/10/2010 at 2:35 AM, Hanratty said:

glad i read this thread.

thanks for your wonderful post, it really contributed something

i guess no one else likes jim o'rourke.

capsaicin: are you a fan of any of his electronic stuff? i'm wondering if it's worth getting into. his pop albums are all excellent and bad timing is a really nice fahey homage, and then his work in gastr del sol is fantastic. but i wonder, is he really any good at the more avant garde stuff? although...fenn o'berg is pretty damn good. maybe collaborations are his strong suit.

  On 9/10/2010 at 4:22 AM, remy marathe said:

  On 9/10/2010 at 2:35 AM, Hanratty said:

glad i read this thread.

 

thanks for your wonderful post, it really contributed something

 

i guess no one else likes jim o'rourke.

 

capsaicin: are you a fan of any of his electronic stuff? i'm wondering if it's worth getting into. his pop albums are all excellent and bad timing is a really nice fahey homage, and then his work in gastr del sol is fantastic. but i wonder, is he really any good at the more avant garde stuff? although...fenn o'berg is pretty damn good. maybe collaborations are his strong suit.

i like O'rourke, have heard many albums of his, but like, what's the point? is there something in particular you'd like to discuss? his stuff is pretty varied.

I'm Happy and I'm Singing and A 1,2,3,4 is a nice electronic album of his, and Despite the Water Supply is nice also. Otherwise I haven't heard much of his more experimental music.

  On 9/10/2010 at 4:22 AM, remy marathe said:

 

i guess no one else likes jim o'rourke.

 

 

I guess you should get familiar with the search function.

haha

  On 9/10/2010 at 4:45 AM, Hanratty said:

  On 9/10/2010 at 4:22 AM, remy marathe said:

  On 9/10/2010 at 2:35 AM, Hanratty said:

glad i read this thread.

 

thanks for your wonderful post, it really contributed something

 

i guess no one else likes jim o'rourke.

 

capsaicin: are you a fan of any of his electronic stuff? i'm wondering if it's worth getting into. his pop albums are all excellent and bad timing is a really nice fahey homage, and then his work in gastr del sol is fantastic. but i wonder, is he really any good at the more avant garde stuff? although...fenn o'berg is pretty damn good. maybe collaborations are his strong suit.

 

 

i like O'rourke, have heard many albums of his, but like, what's the point? is there something in particular you'd like to discuss? his stuff is pretty varied.

oh, i thought we had appreciation threads for artists on this board. like, what's the point of anything then?

fair enough, that thread is somewhat recent. i just hate useless, snarky comments. it's not as if there's a plague of jim o'rourke threads on watmm, or ever has been.

Does anyone know the track he did for the in mem oriam of gilles deleuze compilation,“as in“ i think.

I quite liked that one, which of his other stuff is similar to this?

First off,

he's adorable.

Secondly, I think he really understands what works about pop music, which I really appreciate a lot. His recent interpretation of Burt Bacharach tunes is generally excellent. Bad Timing is amazing.

His more experimental work is pretty good—definitely all over the place though, from a lot of organ-heavy drone (two organs and what seems like a fair amount of his experimental work) to musique concrete (rules of reduction) and everything in between. the drone even works its way into his pop work as a john cale-ish undertone, which is really interesting, production-wise.

And his collabs are definitely fucking sick. Aside from Fenn'o'berg, he had a great collaboration with Henry Kaiser, Tomorrow Knows Where You Live. Really eccentric improvised guitar duets. Fucking crazy dude, o'rourke

women of the wooooooorld take overrrrrrr

  On 9/11/2010 at 12:33 PM, plstik said:

Does anyone know the track he did for the in mem oriam of gilles deleuze compilation,“as in“ i think.

I quite liked that one, which of his other stuff is similar to this?

I think I remember that being a drone track, right?

Check out Disengage

It is drones made out of orchestral type instrumentation.

  On 9/12/2010 at 1:26 PM, Berk said:

women of the wooooooorld take overrrrrrr

i cant listen to this song around other people. feel like such a wussy. good song tho.

tima formosa

i've heard I am happy and i'm singing and his newest effort with the mirror ball on front, both don't seem very avant-garde. does he do things going into more experimental territory? I'd be interested to hear them

i want to get into jim o'rourke but he has so many dadblasted albums! gotta catch 'em all

i love jim o'rourke. the perversity of this classic track solidifies him as a must. perverted but very pretty. shouldnt be moving but it is..

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CVapqpw_b1M

like

  On 9/12/2010 at 4:16 PM, glasse said:

  On 9/11/2010 at 12:33 PM, plstik said:

Does anyone know the track he did for the in mem oriam of gilles deleuze compilation,“as in“ i think.

I quite liked that one, which of his other stuff is similar to this?

 

I think I remember that being a drone track, right?

 

Check out Disengage

It is drones made out of orchestral type instrumentation.

thank you! gonna check this out.

Only heard his stuff with Gastr del Sol, which I love.. but one day I need to dive headfirst into his discography. (preferably a career-spanning torrent, because his solo music is always so goddamn expensive)