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Originally Posted by fluxequalsrad
Best Jim moments:
bassline to Disconnection Notice --> sooo simple but soooo good, perfect compliment to guitars
Karenology freak out --> 'loop cat' section is Jim at his finest.
Plastic sun bassline - stated
I don't know much about what he's doing on Sonic Nurse...
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I like all that stuff, but his best SY moments were on SYR 3: Invito Al Cielo (though arguably they were two sepperate entities working together at that point.) His contributions to SYR 4 were amazing too. And he was was a major part of why I love NYC Ghosts & Flowers (arguably an SYR album with vocals that they somehow snuck past Geffen but not the pop music critics of the world who cried foul.) He definitely offered tons to the group as a full on collaborator, switching around on
three instruments (lets not forget his awesome synth touches) live, and the member of the band who spent the most time working on mixes at Echo Canyon for every record he was on (as the echo cam continually used to show.) Honestly, I wonder if the loss of their home studio had something to do with his decision to depart - I don't think he worked with them anywhere else on recordings.
That said, I'm fine with him moving on and the "classic" line-up getting back to work. I even like Rather Ripped o.k., though I hope they remember the sonic part of their roots a bit more on their next outing. They probably will, as they tend to follow their more "accessible" records with ones that are bit noisier.