DIRTY #s ***(10h00) The new project of James van Leuven and Leigh Gable (of Plan B, Llung, Automaton) from Seattle, USA. LOW-BIT ELECTRO ROCK.
PLAN B (solo)(9h00) *** Seattle producer Plan B, aka James van Leuven performs solo. Solo Plan B mixes multimedia video with loops and soundscapes from pedals, laptop and effectsreview - "Plan B is better understood when compared with Land of the Loops' 1996 release, Bundle of Joy. Both are similar in that they share a fondness for bizarre samples and beautiful sound effects generated by dusty equipment. But the differences between the artists (Plan B is James van Leuven; Land of the Loops is Alan Sutherland) are more instructive. As with Beck's album Odelay, Land of the Loops' hiphop beats are separate from and work in counterpoint to the alternative-rock melodies. Plan B's music has no such division; everything instead seems organic and indigenous. This is why van Leuven's music is startling: it's not novel (like Beck's) or experimental (like Land of the Loops'), but authentic.
- Charles Mudede, The Stranger Weekly, Seattle, WA
www.planbboy.com
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