O'Hearn & Isham

[Raymond Francel]

I have 2 questions.

1. When is Patrick O'Hearn coming out with a new CD?

2. I own Mark Isham's Vapor Drawings. What are other highly recommended
CD's by him?

Thanks,
Ray

[Bill Davis]

Raymond Francel (ad...@cleveland.Freenet.Edu) wrote:

: I have 2 questions.

: Thanks,
Ray

In answer to your questions:

1) I interviewed Patrick last year. At the time he was unhappy
with Private Music and the direction that the label was headed in
musically, but he was still under obligation (possibly) to them.
He did the music for the recent film "Father Hood" which featured
contributions from David Torn and presumably this is available on
CD. The music for the movie that I heard was (appropriately)
"rockier" than his Private stuff. The best chances for new O'Hearn
music that I'm aware of is a possible collaboration with another
e-music artist on another prominent and well run label. He's a
genuinely nice guy and one of the most distinctive artisits in the
field today. I hope everything works out for him.

2) All of them. Actually, check out Film Music and, for that
matter, any of the film soundtracks he has done. Castalia is also
good. Any title I have left out is absent because I haven't heard
it - not because I didn't like it. You can't go wrong, really.

Bill Davis

[Patrick L. Mahan - TGV Window Washer]

#: 2. I own Mark Isham's Vapor Drawings. What are other highly recommended
#: CD's by him?
#

If you can find a copy, pick up the first Group 87 album.
It features Isham, O'Hearn, Peter Maunu, Terry Bozzio,
and Peter Wolf (of Zappa's band, Vienna, "Built this City" fame).
It shows Isham & Maunu's early ambient inclinations as
well as their jazz roots. Nice stuff, but only on vinyl and
hard to find. Columbia released it.

The second Group 87 album, "A Career in Dada Processing," was
just Isham and Maunu with Van Hook (percussionist from Shadofax -
fist name anyone?). Not sure if it ever came out on CD. It was
unique at the time, but it hasn't stood the test of time like
Isham's "Vapor Drawings."

87 performed live quite a lot with Kurt Wortman replacing Bozzio,
after the first album. Lots of tape loops. It was really something
to see them playing alongside early S.F. dirge bands like the Sleepers
back in 1980. At onepoint they turned into Clocks of Paradise
and played the S.F.'s Fab Mab, with Sleepers/Wire Train drummer
Brian MacLeod, and guitarist Michael Belfer (Tuxedomoon?). Their
rendition of Miles' "Jack Johnson" in front of S.F. punks was fantastic.

MacLeod evenutally joined 87 along with Colin Chin for live 87 gigs,
but O'Hearn joined Bozzio's Missing Persons. MacLeod and his brother
Ron (who also joined 87 as a live sample-mangler/percussionist)
worked with O'Hearn on his first album.

Just a little nostalgia for the old folks...

Rick

[Chris Fournier]

In article 4...@usenet.INS.CWRU.Edu, ad...@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Raymond Francel) writes:

> 2. I own Mark Isham's Vapor Drawings. What are other highly recommended
> CD's by him?

'Tibet' is extremely spacious!

Chris

[Ron Doesborg]

ad...@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Raymond Francel) writes:

>I have 2 questions.

> Thanks,
> Ray

Can't answer question 1, but the answer to question 2 can only be "Film
Music", which contains 3 long pieces of music that were used in films
(a.o. Never Cry Wolf). Almost any other music by Isham is excellent as
well, but Film Music certainly no. 1. There is another album by Isham
which has no title, featuring Tanita Tikaram. This album has a more usual
"pop"-structure (9 songs of each about 5 minutes); you might like that
one as well.