Rowe (a Maoist, as was Cardew) was a big influence on Syd-era Pink Floyd (whose producer did the AMMMusic LP). Rowe left AMM after a disagreement regarding John Tilbury's refusal to play in the US while the wars in the Middle East were at their height -- he spoke eloquently and i had the chance to debate this point with him at the Camden People's Theater a few years ago.
Rowe's prepared/radio guitar style is not comparable to MBV. Totally different approaches -- i own about half of Rowe's records and can't hum along or groove to many of them! (I've played in two terrible shoegaze bands, and recommend Snic Boom's E.A.R's Koner Experiment LP for an interesting -- partly successful -- attempt to combine British indie rock w/ a more improv approach via a German electronica wiz at the editing desk)
Also check this out if it's new to some on the listserv (and brings things back to Saint Marx): http://newmediakitchen.com/cardew222.html
On 11 December 2010 09:19, Angelus Novus <fuerdenkommunismus at yahoo.com>wrote:
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> pandora akkiraz wrote:
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> > Guitars had simply never sounded that way before [...] -- most were
> created
> >using drone strings and slight alternative tunings
>
>
> Huh? What about Keith Rowe and AMM? That's a sound that goes far beyond
> mere
> drone strings and alternate tunings. And all that a good fifteen years
> before
> Glenn Branca.
>
> It's weird that now that Rowe and AMM are finally accorded some respect in
> the
> free jazz and improvised music worlds, they still seem totally disregarded
> by
> people coming from a rock background (unless people know Rowe from his
> collaborations with Christian Fennesz).
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