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...hall to help her gauge dynamic levels, but otherwise her concessions to deafness are few. "I don't think in terms of loud and soft," says Glennie. "Instead I think of sounds as thin or fat, strong or weak. The amount of sounds you can create with just one cymbal are infinite...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MUSIC: A Different Drummer | 3/21/1994 | See Source »

Their avoidance of so many ordinary tricks of the trade (there are no guitar solos, no violin solos, no funk-style contrapuntal parts, barely even any cymbal hits) is one of the reasons this product of London can nevertheless give any listener a feeling of tremendous horizontal space, of nearly physical limitlessness: the aural space those missing solos, counterpoints, multiple riffs or crowded drumming patterns would occupy is instead left open for the listener to fill...

Author: By Steve L. Burt, | Title: ONE CHORD WONDERS | 2/3/1994 | See Source »

...problem is apparent from the album's first song, "Hooch." The song opens with the smashing of a cymbal and a big riff. Soon enough, King Buzzo is growling lyrics as if he were constipated, or at least concentrating a bit too intently. Before "Hooch" is over, every grunge button discovered years ago by Mudhoney has been pushed, and pushed badly...

Author: By Michael E. Farbiarz, | Title: No Escape | 11/4/1993 | See Source »

...Eileen" starts off generically enough with a cymbal crash and a quick snare beat that could belong to Sinead O'Connor or Tom Petty. After six bars, Richards cuts in with a simple guitar riff reminiscent of "Start Me Up," the kind of easy-going groove that puts the listener at home right away...

Author: By Daniel Altman, | Title: Supersingle Shows Richards Hasn't Lost Energetic Touch | 8/20/1993 | See Source »

Members of the orchestra are similarly selfless. While the musical accompaniment is crucial and certainly adequate in this production, it is not a memorable aspect of the performance. Indeed, some members of the orchestra were seen yawning in between cymbal claps or horn toots...

Author: By Sarah C. Dry, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Complex? No Problem For G & S | 12/10/1992 | See Source »

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