Insignificance
Released: Nov 20, 2001
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Released: Nov 20, 2001
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All pretensions of modesty -- and allusions to Nicholas Roeg films -- aside, Insignificance, Jim O'Rourke's third solo album for Drag City, reaffirms that he is not only a fine composer, arranger,...
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Alpha Lemur Echo Two
Released: Jul 1, 2001
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Released: Jul 1, 2001
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Released in 2001, Alpha Lemur Echo Two presents two live improvisations featuring Jim O'Rourke on guitar and electronics, and Michael Prime on radio, water machine, and bioelectronics. The main...
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Halfway to a Threeway - EP
Released: Jan 20, 2000
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Released: Jan 20, 2000
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Jim O'Rourke's Halfway to a Threeway comes across as a portable, stripped-down version of Eureka's lush fusion of symphonic pop, folk, jazz, and soft rock. Though it's not quite as elaborate as the...
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Eureka
Released: Feb 16, 1999
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Released: Feb 16, 1999
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It's a good bet to expect the unexpected with Jim O'Rourke -- no matter which hat he's wearing (solo artist, bandmate, producer, remixer, etc.), each of the endlessly prolific projects that bears...
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Bad Timing
Released: Aug 25, 1997
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Released: Aug 25, 1997
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With Bad Timing, O'Rourke attempts a return to the organic atmosphere of acoustic guitar from his explorations in electronica. The album consists of four songs clocking in at roughly ten minutes...
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Tamper
Released: Nov 30, 1995
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Released: Nov 30, 1995
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Originally released by Extreme in 1991, Tamper acts as an important part of Jim O'Rourke's discography, as it's one of the first of his electro-acoustic works. Surprisingly, it is also the most...
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Two Organs
Released: 2004
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Released: 2004
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After reissuing Jim O'Rourke's little-known 1992 CD Scend on clear vinyl, Three Poplars followed suit with Two Organs, a set of two pieces recorded by O'Rourke in 1990 and hitherto unreleased (and...
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