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Road Trip

by Subversive Element

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Day One 06:08
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Day Two 06:48
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Day Three 05:59
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Day Four 08:23
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Day Five 07:28
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Day Six 07:41
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Day Seven 06:02
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Day Eight 06:13
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Day Nine 06:18
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Day Ten 07:16
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about

Abstract electronics, beats and bass hit the highway.........

Subversive Element has been fascinated by electronic studio music since an early age when he heard the soundtrack created by Louis and Bebe Barron for the sci-fi classic “Forbidden Planet”. This fascination really took hold when he began to hear electronic compositions from the ‘60s, particularly those from Morton Subotnick and Tod Dockstader.

At the time this record was made, he was deep into experimental dub and was fascinated how it was like a New Orleans gumbo…. you could throw anything into the mix and it would work. Thus began an idea to mix electronic studio music with dub…

But placing ordinary loops below the electronic tracks would have been too conventional…. so he began writing loops of different lengths… a bass line of 5 bars….. a bass drum loop of 4 bars… a snare loop of 7 bars…. a hi hat loop of 6 bars….. So rather than the usual phrases of 4, 8, or 16 bars, there is long continuously evolving phrases without clear boundaries.

As the tracks for this record came together, he began to see that the record was acquiring a continuous narrative, as if on one of his many journeys through the American Southwest. So it became clear that the record should be titled “Road Trip”, with each track named as another day in the journey.

Notable performances of work from this record include a solo performance of the entire record at the Sacred Machine Gallery in Tucson and a performance at the Goethe-Institut of excerpts from the record with John Von Seggern on bass, well known for his work with Jon Hassell, and Steve Tavaglione on EWI, whose jazz, pop and studio credits are literally too numerous to name.

About Subversive Element

Subversive Element is an electronic soundscape project that brings together all the elements of Jim Goetsch's very broad musical background.

While he has been performing and recording electronic music in the Los Angeles area since the '90s, he also has a long history as a saxophone player performing in avant garde jazz and classical settings. This project allows him to bring all this experience together in one spot in his releases "Night Music" and "Road Trip".

Notable past projects includes Demolition Squad, in which Jim contributed massive beats, bass and electronic sound layers that were overlapped by avant garde orchestral parts written by virtual orchestra master Kim Koschka along with samples and scratching by DJ Luke Collins. Their record "Hit It" received a 9 out of 10 rating from Alternative Press.

Recent projects have included a total improv release entitled " 3 2 14" that was a joint effort with The Stratos Ensemble, led by Dean DeBenedicits. This recording is a true spontaneous composition that was created with virtually no discussion or pre-planning.

Jim is currently working on another spontaneous composition project, Baker's Brew, which is led by veteran drummer Maury Baker. Maury's goal with the group is to bring together his vast experience that includes work with David Amram, Janis Joplin, Tim Buckley, Frank Zappa and many other notables. Baker's Brew has released the CD "New Colors" on Goetsch's Psychosomatic Records label as well as five other albums as digital only releases on Bandcamp.

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released August 15, 2020

Jim Goetsch - Reason / Ableton / Korg Prophecy / ARP Odyssey / Korg Oasys

all tracks - copyright Jim Goetsch / 2007

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Subversive Element is a project from Jim Goetsch that radically experiments with dub & dubstep, mixing in the sound of electronic studio music of the '60s as well as avant garde jazz and modern classical music. Imagine a jam with Mad Professor, Miles Davis and Karlheinz Stockhausen, and you get some idea where this is going...... ... more

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