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Tuneless Music by Trey Gunn




please see English version below: , , 2004 , 2005-. Top 20 of 85 Total Search Strings Trey Gunn, , King Crimson. ? ? ? , , (www.treygunn.com), . , 2001 , , - , , , . . , . - "Food for Thought and (Other Vicious Circles)" Trey Gunn- Subliminal Records - "Playing with Borrowed Time" Trey Gunn - Subliminal Records - "The Magic If" with Trey Gunn - Subliminal Records , , , ? , - , - . , - . . 1. "One Thousand Years" Trey Gunn - Discipline Records, DGM9302, 1994 2. "The Third Star" Trey Gunn - Discipline Records, DGM 9606, 1996 3. "Raw Power: first of the Surfacings Series" Trey Gunn - First World, FWD99.01, 1999 4. "The Joy of Molybdenum" Trey Gunn - Discipline Records, DGM0001, 2000 5. "Live Encounter" Trey Gunn First World 0113, 2001 6. "Untune The Sky" Inside Out, IOMCD 145, 2003 : . . , ; . ; King Crimson; World Music - , Tony Geballe Bob Muller ; - Warr Guitar ; - ... - , , - . www.musicmind.narod.ru - " , , ." , ? , , , , ... , . , . , . , , , , . . . , , - ... , , ? ? , , . ? ? , ? 6 ?? , DGM - , ... ? , ..., ... ? ... , ? ? , - () ... ? , , , -. , . , - , ? [email protected] . ( 2005) P.S. : " " TUNELESS MUSIC BY TREY GUNN I decided to write this article after I reviewed the Rezultaty web site statistics for late 2004 and January 2005. Trey Gunn was always in the Top 20 of 85 Total Search Strings in fact, in January, Trey Gunn searches rated only second to King Crimson. That made me think. Why? What is so special about him? What kind of information are these people interested in? After all, the guy has his own web site, http://treygunn.com, that is supposed to have all kinds of info about him. So I fired up my browser, and the first I noticed was that the site hasn`t been updated since 2001. Besides, there are some inaccuracies e. g., the Discography section lists three strange albums I couldn`t identify, and shows no year of release. And a few other things. Anyway, it gives you an idea of what kind of information on Gunn people look for on the Net. - "Food for Thought and (Other Vicious Circles)" Trey Gunn- Subliminal Records - "Playing with Borrowed Time" Trey Gunn - Subliminal Records - "The Magic If" with Trey Gunn - Subliminal Records OK, I asked myself what is it about Trey Gunn or his music that makes him interesting? I browsed my own records, borrowed some from friends and gave them a listen. It`s been a long time since I had listened to them last not that I particularly like them so I had to refresh them in my memory. 1. "One Thousand Years" Trey Gunn - Discipline Records, DGM9302, 1994 2. "The Third Star" Trey Gunn - Discipline Records, DGM 9606, 1996 3. "Raw Power: first of the Surfacings Series" Trey Gunn - First World, FWD99.01, 1999 4. "The Joy of Molybdenum" Trey Gunn - Discipline Records, DGM0001, 2000 5. "Live Encounter" Trey Gunn First World 0113, 2001 6. "Untune The Sky" Inside Out, IOMCD 145, 2003 And here are my feelings after I listened to these records: - Trey Gunn`s music is very monotonous. It is difficult to tell one piece from another. It`s like listening to a single endless piece with changing rhythm and tempo; - his music is not expressly melodic. Rhythm prevails over anything else; - it clearly imitates Fripp and King Crimson; - sometimes it is mixed with elements of World Music say, Tony Geballe accompanying the saz or Bob Muller playing the tabla; - it all sounds quite cold even the individual Warr Guitar soloes sound like Fripp light; - the abstract multimedia images are very primitive and monotonous make you sleepy So, in general, I would say that it is pretty difficult to figure out that this particular piece was written by Trey Gunn it is very dull and unoriginal. In our discussion with Negodiay www.musicmind.narod.ru, he actually said, `This music is for bassists, drum players and those who think they dig progressive music.` And while we`re at it why do most of the web sites refer to this kind of music as `progressive`? Frankly speaking, I don`t even understand any longer what `progressive` is and I don`t like Gunn`s music Somehow, I just don`t have the right words to explain what I mean to a large audience. On one hand, `progressive` means `moving forward`. But then again, doesn`t it all depend on the frame of reference? Some think it`s moving forward, there are others who think of it as falling back, yet others think it`s going in circles. The first group is called `positivists`. The second group `conservators`. The third one Nietzsche, Schpengler, Ecclesiast `pessimists` Now, if only I could tell Gunn, eye to eye, about the six things that I listed earlier but how? And, more important, why? Besides, I just think it would saying be a bit too much to an artist of his age and his credentials. What is there about this music that make people like it? What`s positive about it? Is there anything original, anything that wasn`t simply copied off Fripp? The guy released 6 albums is there a single piece that sticks to memory? I could understand it when he played with Crimson and released solo albums on the side I mean, OK, Fripp liked cloning himself, screw it But now, Gunn and Mendelson what is it? I think it`s just club music for drunken fans OK, now, ask yourself WHAT IS GUNN`S MUSIC? Now try to answer Not WHAT IS HIS TECHNIQUE, not WHAT IS HIS ELECTRONICS, but WHAT IS THIS MUSIC ABOUT? You want to break it down by albums? OK, that can be done, but at the end of the day, it`s all about a very simple thing THE MOUNTAIN HAS BROUGHT FORTH A MOUSE Am I right or am I right? The last paragraphs are, actually, from our email polemics with Sven, but that doesn`t change anything, I agree with him. I hope that when placed of the Rezultaty web site, this article will evoke some reaction and there will be some polemics that will hopefully help reveal the truth. Please write to [email protected] and your email will be published on the site. AT (Feb 2005)




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