http://obnoxiouslisteners.disqus.com/We Gave Up on the Radio a Long Time AgoenFri, 01 May 2009 12:09:49 -0000http://www.obnoxiouslisteners.com/album/green-delay-phronesis/#comment-8897460<p>I really like this album and I wouldn't have known there was a personnel change unless you mentioned it. Good point you make in the third paragraph; jazz groups seem particularly adept at achieving this effect, even in big bands if you're talking about instruments instead of individual players. Listen to Buddy Rich or Count Basie (my two favorites) and you'll find it's usually very easy to separate the saxes, trumpets, 'bones, etc. - even during busy passages - and yet at the same time everything melds together seamlessly. I think part of the advantage here is that acoustic instruments tend to have a greater disparity in timbre when compared, for example, to the combination of distorted electric guitar + distorted electric bass.</p>blankFri, 01 May 2009 12:09:49 -0000