Damo Suzuki

[nfotxn]

Electroluminescent, Dutchess Says & The Damo Suzuki Network, originally uploaded by nfotxn.

See, despite not really being crazy about Can particularly I still think Damo is pretty awesome. I mean how crazy into your art do you have to be to insist that you don't play with musicians but with "sound carriers" and it's not improvisation but "time and space creation"? That's really dedication. Too many people are too pussy to be pretentious these days. Everyone is so god damn down to earth and real. We need more Damo Suzukis.

So what you have is a big long set that sounds like an endless Tool song. And believe it or not this is pretty fun. You can psyche out with it for a while, go out on the patio or take a piss and come back right where you left off. The endless vibe still massaging various sensitive spots in most of our brain meats.

Now maybe it was the particular chemistry of the Hamilton Damo Suzuki Networkers but it made me realize how much Maynard Keenan rips off Damo's schtick. Or vice versa, I mean they're both kinda washed up now anyhow.

Comments

[tim-e-bear.livejournal.com]

(to quote the FAll) I AM...DAMO SUZUKI!!

(I've not heard his solo material, but I do like him with Can)

[anti-tao-monger.livejournal.com]

I have this theory that the reason everybody's so real these days has to do with this period right before and after the turn of the millenium when the phrase "open you eyes" was just about everywhere.

If you think about that phrase too much you try to do it too much. And then you're like, yes, okay, my eyes are open now, I think. Now what? And you're trying so hard to pay attention to the reality of things hoping that your answer lies somewhere in there, when maybe it doesn't.

But then, doesn't "down the rabbithole" and similar expressions also seem played out?

[boy-london.livejournal.com]

Damo is not a musician, he is a total experience !