Top Albums of The Decade #13
Jan Jelinek – Loop-finding-jazz-records (2001)
I remember playing this album in my room once when my mum walked in to ask me something. Just as she was about to leave she paused for a moment at the doorway. She looked at the stereo, then turned to me and said, “Son, I think your CD’s skipping.” The first few minutes on lead track ‘Moiré (Piano & Organ)’ doesn’t sound far from that but a steady rhythm soon kicks in, punctuated by a deep bassline while a stream of clicks and crackles echo and reverb, fading in and out of the mix. Jan Jelinek apparently created Loop-finding-jazz-records by extensively chopping up old jazz records and repurposing the bits into infinitesimal, hushed soundscapes, although the only remaining ‘jazz’ element that’s remotely identifiable anywhere throughout the album are the brushed drums on ‘Rock In The Video Age’. You’ve heard of albums being created for headphone listening. Loop-finding-jazz-records is one of them. In fact, one that requires noise-cancelling headphones. In a soundproof room.
‘Moiré (Piano & Organ)’