Feature – Psychogeographic Reviews
Rue Championnet – Pt. 2 (18e)
The Thing – “Chisma” (Action Jazz, Smalltown Supersound 2005) I discovered Scandinavian “power-jazz” trio The Thing via their saxophonist Mats Gustafsson, whose crazy squeals and head-ripping blow-storms accompanied Steve Reid and Four Tet’s sort of molten-lava free-jazz trip on last year’s Live at the South Bank. (See Rue Championnet Pt. 1 for a 15-minute … Continue reading
Psychogeographic Review 1: Drexciya vs. Rue des Poissonniers
On a recent Sunday evening, at around seven, weather prohibitively cold, I got the idea to walk up Rue des Poissonniers for a new series of OSOS pictures. A street so long I knew I could use a full-length album — as in, for company — and a street so “alien,” for a White, middle-class, … Continue reading
Psychogeographic Reviews – Intro: A Revolution in Music Criticism (We Swear)
Anyone who, like me, once dreamed of strong-minded, taste-defying musical criticism, the kind that somehow mattered to the world, the kind that would magically emerge to make sense of contemporary ultra-consumption, give answers and show the light — basically anyone who turned of age in the 2000s and really, really loved music — has probably … Continue reading
