günter müller/jim o'rourke - slow motion

Günter Müller/Jim O'Rourke
Slow Motion
1994
For 4 Ears
[free improv, noise, dark ambient]

MF (45 MB)

jim o'rourke - despite the water supply 7"

Jim O'Rourke
Despite The Water Supply 7"
2008
Touch
[drone, experimental]

MF (18 MB)

jim o'rourke - rules of reduction ep + please note our failure ep

Jim O'Rourke
Rules Of Reduction EP
1993
Metamkine
[musique concrète]

MF (27 MB)









Jim O'Rourke
Please Note Our Failure EP
1998
Some
[musique concrète, big band jazz, experimental]

MF (16 MB)

gastr del sol/tony conrad - the japanese room at la pagode/may 7"

Gastr Del Sol/Tony Conrad
The Japanese Room At La Pagode/May 7"
1995
Table Of The Elements
[minimalism, experimental]

MF (6 MB)








Tony Conrad/David Grubbs/Jim O'Rourke
Ten Years Alive On The Infinite Plain 7"
1995
Table Of The Elements
[minimalism, experimental]

MF (7 MB)

jim o'rourke - happy days

Jim O'Rourke
Happy Days
1997
Revenant
[drone, experimental]

MF (53 MB)

Begins with some very repetitive guitar plucking alá John Fahey, then goes into one-note drone mode and doesn't let up for about 40 minutes.

jim o'rourke - mizu no nai umi

Jim O'Rourke
Mizu No Nai Umi
2005 (recorded in 1990)
Headz/Vectors
[drone, experimental]

MF (169 MB)

I forgot this one in my previous post. Recorded sometime in 1990, this was supposedly put in a box and forgotten about until it was rediscovered in 2003. The second track is a live recording of the original piece from the same year.

jim o'rourke - remove the need/some kind of pagan/secure on the loose rim/the gound below above our heads/disengage

To celebrate the release of Jim O'Rourke's (excellent) new LP, The Visitor (out today, get it here), here are a bunch of his very first releases, which were mostly released on cassette in the late 80s and early 90s. Don't expect anything like Insignificance or Eureka though, these are pretty minimalistic and 'difficult' drone/noise/improv pieces for the most part. But really good nontheless!


Jim O'Rourke
Remove The Need
1989
Complacency
[drone, experimental]

MF (62 MB)









Jim O'Rourke
Some Kind Of Pagan
1989
Sound Of Pig
[drone, experimental, ambient]

MF (103 MB)










Jim O'Rourke
Secure On The Loose Rim
1991
Sound Of Pig
[drone, experimental]

MF (61 MB)

(Not the actual cover art.)












Jim O'Rourke
The Ground Below Above Our Heads
1991
Entenpfuhl
[drone, experimental]

MF (51 MB)








Jim O'Rourke
Disengage
1992
Staalplaat/Korm Plastics
[drone, experimental, ambient]

MF (133 MB)