{"title":"Jim O'Rourke","description":"","products":[{"product_id":"jim-orourke-eureka-vinyl","title":"O'Rourke, Jim: Eureka (Vinyl LP)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ciframe title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/VOc_0KwoRw8?si=vcn9lF8hQMFbtslA\" height=\"300\" width=\"full\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eJim O'Rourke's first post-Gastr Del Sol full length drops a lot of the avant stylings of his previous outfit in favour of immaculate Bacharach \/ John Fahey \/ Van Dyke Parks folk-pop settings and creates a remarkable, totally accessible, beautifully flowing album, one of the pinnacles of his career to date.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePrelude To 110 Or 220 \/ Women Of The World\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003eGhost Ship In A Storm\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMovie On The Way Down\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThrough The Night Softly\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePlease Patronize Our Sponsors\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSomething Big\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003eEureka\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHappy Holidays\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e","brand":"Drag City","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40261996511347,"sku":"DC162","price":26.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1481\/5374\/products\/jim-orourke-eureka.jpg?v=1657633829"},{"product_id":"jim-orourke-insignificance-vinyl","title":"O'Rourke, Jim: Insignificance (Vinyl LP)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ciframe width=\"full\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/WKC5M-gH4OA?si=F4yXniKcQDLBVEE8\" title=\"YouTube video player\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eJim O'Rourke is a Tokyo-based American performer, composer, and record producer. \u003cem\u003eInsignificance\u003c\/em\u003e is Jim's second solo album, originally released in 2001 by Drag City.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt is named after the Nicolas Roeg film of the same name. Personnel include Jeff Tweedy and Glenn Kotche from Wilco.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAll Downhill From Here\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003eInsignificance\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTherefore, I Am\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMemory Lame\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003eGood Times\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003eGet A Room\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003eLife Goes Off\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e","brand":"Drag City","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40322403369075,"sku":"DC202","price":26.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1481\/5374\/products\/jim-o-rourke-insignificance.jpg?v=1659444855"},{"product_id":"jim-orourke-hands-that-bind-ost-vinyl","title":"O'Rourke, Jim: Hands That Bind OST (Vinyl LP)","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn addition to his day job transforming pop music with his own records, as well as those of Gastr del Sol, Loose Fur\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e and \u003c\/span\u003eSonic Youth\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e over the past few decades, \u003c\/span\u003eJim O’Rourke\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e has been contracted for several dozen film scores over the years as well.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eIt makes sense - his abilities as an improviser, composer and producer allow him to interpret cinematic moments with a unique understanding for their construction and how they work. It doesn’t hurt that Jim’s a well-versed cineaste, a complete and total fan of watching films, which has given him a preternatural understanding of the role of music in movies. What doesn’t make sense is how \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eHands That Bind\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e is the first film soundtrack of Jim’s to ever receive worldwide release! He’s worked with filmmakers of international repute, like Olivier Assayas, Allison Anders, Werner Herzog and Kôji Wakamatsu! He served as music consultant on Richard Linklater’s 2003 laff-fest, School of Rock! He’s played in ensembles of award-winning documentaries and films alike! Throw the guy an internationally-promoted soundtrack LP every more often, why doncha? It was left to the “suits” of \u003c\/span\u003eDrag City Records\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e to innovate, once again, by taking a leap on an O’Rourke work. Made for an indie film that’s been seen by festival audiences and not enough others, the soundtrack for \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eHands That Bind\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e is a moody, atmospheric delight.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eJim’s roots in composition via tape-editing have evolved into a sophisticated assembly of found-and-processed sounds that achieve highly musical, near-orchestral majesty as they hang in the very air of the drama that unfolds in \u003c\/span\u003eKyle Armstrong\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e’s Hands That Bind. Described as a “slow-burn prairie gothic drama” set in the farmland of Canada’s Alberta province, and starring Paul Sparks, Susan Kent, Landon Liboiron, Nicholas Campbell, Will Oldham, and Bruce Dern, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eHands That Bind\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e is a spellbinding trip to the existential bone of rural working life in North America. As conflict rises over the hard- worked patches of land that provide a mere and mean existence, a desperate air settles in, as a series of mysterious, often supernatural occurrences rock the small community. O’Rourke’s vaporous, serpentine musical backdrops and atmospheres reflect the obsessions and distractions of the film’s principles; moods of all sorts seen or otherwise implied. 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