Browse by Artist: LICHT, ALAN

Artist:	LICHT, ALAN
Title:	An Emotional Memoir Of Martha Quinn
Label:	DRAG CITY
Format:	Book
Price:	$11.00
Catalog #:	DC 213BK

"A thoughtful and entertaining look at how music and culture infect ('cross-pollinate?') each other, Alan Licht's An Emotional Memoir of Martha Quinn succeeds by being real. Paper, ink, binding -- it's all there -- but Licht, a long-time musician -- and writer of music-inspired commentary -- has brought the lessons learned, the high and low-lights of the last few decades in the realms of popular music, back home again. In his own words, Licht's book 'is a highly subjective survey of the last two decades as seen through my prism as a music performer, listener, scenester, and occasionally, writer. It traces the changes in the New York and national underground music scenes, paralleling my personal journey through adolescence to adulthood.'"

Artist:	LICHT, ALAN
Title:	Rabbi Sky
Label:	SILTBREEZE
Format:	CD
Price:	$14.00
Catalog #:	SILT 076CD

"Musically, it would be rather fantastic to describe Rabbi Sky as a hybridization of this previous two efforts (The Evan Dando of Noise?, Corpus Hermeticum, 1997 and Sink The Aging Process, Siltbreeze, 1993); if you feel a compulsion to nod in their direction, console yourself by thinking of this one as a most excellent extension. Listening to the opener, the title track executed in four movements, the listener is cast headlong into a minimalist menagerie; the bracing, string-tingling beginning segues into hypnotizing, ecclesiastical chord organ drone that then resurrects into a tremendous cut-and-paste finale of looped and overdubbed guitar that whirls around in the air like a white-winged moth performing a lascivious, improvisational fandango. On the other hand, 'All Blues' (the second and final track, dedicated to both James McNew and Phill Niblock) is pure aggro-muzz that takes on an almost anthemic persona."

Artist:	LICHT, ALAN
Title:	A New York Minute
Label:	XI
Format:	2CD
Price:	$13.00
Catalog #:	XI 128CD

"Alan Licht wears many hats. Over the years, he's been a curator of music as well as a tireless performer. And he's as well-known an author as he is a musician. It's one thing to have eclectic tastes; it's another to make a practice of them. While Licht's earlier records have seamlessly melded his improvisational guitar playing with extended plundered sounds, A New York Minute takes things a few steps further. Instead of fusing the many sides of Licht into one monolithic mega-mix, this disc separates them into discreet compositions. There's a lot more at stake here: the guitar pieces are showcased as guitar pieces and the plundered works are just that. The conceptual tendencies in Licht no longer hide behind his talent as a guitarist; likewise, the guitar pieces are no longer propped on hooky concepts that take our attention away from his fretwork. The good news is that both work: Licht is as strong a conceptual artist as he is a composer." 2 CDs for the price of one.

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