THE SAND RAYS
The Overnighter
USB-stick CEIL060
1) The Overnighter
VITAL WEEKLY
It's almost a joke, right? To think to wait for the mailperson to arrive, do that last CD, and then that's really the end of it all. Only to discover that the final envelop consists of a 15-hour USB drive by Canada's Jim de Jong, also known as The Sand Rays. "I hope the package arrives before the cut-off date. If not, please enjoy the gift", he writes on the outside of the package", and on a note inside, "It's a longer-player. May need to appear instead in Vital Decadely", which implies I spend another decade of reviewing, just not publishing. So, while I give this lengthy issue (sadly, the longest ever) another read over, I quickly browse through The Sand Rays' quiet drone music, and recognise the minimalist tones I heard in his previous releases. I realise I could (and probably will) sit down with this for about eight mornings to come, as this is precisely the kind of drone music I'd like to hear when I wake up. Much like Brian Eno, who couldn't get out of bed to turn up the volume and which led to the 'invention' of ambient music, this kind of humming is the kind of thing I don't wish to get up for and turn up the volume; it might spoil the surprise when I know what the music is more in-depth. Let's wait with that until it's too late; for a review, I mean.
Frans de Waard
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