Slow Flow really is a brilliant label and if you need any proof of that just check out this gorgeous long player from Fabio Orsi. Lovingly crafted with guitars, keyboards and effects this is truly a blissful series of ambient lusciousness that I’m sure you’ll be as enamoured with as I am. Bookmarked with two [...]
This recording combines the art of music, the engineering of electronics, and the inspiration of biology. In it, David Tudor orchestrates electronic sound in ways analogous to our biological bodies’ orchestration of consciousness. The performance originates from a neural-network synthesizer conceived and built especially for Tudor. He surrounds this synthesizer with his own unique collection [...]
Over the past few years Tatsuya has become thee local percussionist to check out, since moving here from Boston via Japan. In the last two years he has recorded a few marvelous cds – a duo with Peter Kowald (on Quakebasket) and another fine duo with Assif Tsahar (Hopscotch). He has played here at DMG [...]
Atonal and fragile from start to finish, Karyobin tells the aural story of “the imaginary birds said to live in paradise.” Indeed, there is much bird song here; also much pecking at the ground, flitting from branch to fence, and plenty of mysterious conversation. In fact, the album bears a certain resemblance to Dave Holland’s [...]
Something of a Soprano Summit for the non-idiomatic avant-garde, Placés dans l’air is a single lengthy improvisation created by Alessandro Bosetti (best known, perhaps, for his participation in the group Phosphor), Michel Doneda and Bhob Rainey, the latter two being among the more extreme exponents of the instrument. There is a fourth key member, however: [...]
I heard of Matteo Uggeri (field recordings, objects, mixing) but Alessandro Colbucci (guitar, loops, mixing) seems to be a new name for me. They recommend headphone listening, but I’m afraid that’s something I hardly do. The have four pieces here of drone related music. A swirling mass of electronics, processed guitar sounds, the scratching of [...]
Tim Hodgkinson co-founded the politically and musically radical free-jazz/progressive rock group Henry Cow in 1968, which also featured guitarist Fred Frith. He regards his membership in this group, with the opportunity to work closely and collectively with other instrumentalists in developing new sound worlds, as the foundation of his musical education. In addition to composing, [...]
UPFRONT EXCLUSIVE. Second release from Nos Phillipe, appearing on the Back Atlas imprint some months after their debut for Confront. This excellent self-titled work deploys a broader palette of textures and developed scope spread over three long tracks. With ‘Deacons (Control Of The Candidate)’ and the 24 mintue ‘Live At Cafe Oto’ they incorporate a [...]
Joëlle Léandre, doublebass, voice (except tracks 3 and 4); Kumi Wakao, piano (except tracks 2 and 4); H. Okabe, glass bottles tuned with water (track 4 only); R. Numata, glass bottles tuned with water (track 4 only); M. Uenari, glass bottles tuned with water (track 4 only); D. Terauchi, glass bottles tuned with water (track [...]
TONY CONRAD / C. SPENCER YEH / MICHAEL F. DUCH – Musculus Trapezius (digi) An epic performance captured pristine, unfurling its massive limbs patiently and cannily over the course of seventy-plus minutes. TONY CONRAD mingles among trusted wood-and-steel sidekicks, engaged in both age-old conversations and inspired new inquisitions; C. SPENCER YEH bookends his passive/aggressive behavior [...]
