Actis Dato/Martinez : Folklore Imaginario

Actis Dato/Martinez

Folklore Imaginario

label: Leo Records

ref: CD LR 437

year:2005

players: Carlo Actis Dato, Baldo Martnez

An array of themes by both composers interwoven to illustrate their respective sonic worlds and musical concerns.The title hints their mutual interest in folklore, if seen from a personal and experimental perspective. Free flowing improvisation, frequent ostinati frameworks or folk inspired melodies tightly knitted into a shared labour.

Abanico de temas a cargo de ambos msicos entreverados para ilustrar sus respectivos mundos sonoro-musicales. El ttulo apunta su inters por el folklore, aunque visto ste desde una perspectiva personal, experimental. Improvisacin de libre fluir, andamiaje de ostinatos o melodas de inspiracin folk tejidas en esta labor compartida.

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Jim Denley : Hydration

Jim Denley

Hydration

label: Split Records

ref: Split Cdr 4

year:2005

players: Jim Denley

A microscopic observation into the inner life of instrumental nanoorganisms. All sorts of extended instrumental techniques and miking approaches are used to reveal a wide palette of sounds. Often reminiscent of a physical materiality, the sounds illustrate the varying textures of the experimental ethos in individual self-referent strata.

Observacin microscpica de la vida interior de nanoorganismos instrumentales. Toda suerte de tnicas y microfonizaciones se emplean para revelar una rica paleta sonora. A menudo reminiscentes de una realidad material, los sonidos ilustran las cambiantes texturas del ethos experimental en estrato individual de carcter auto-referencial.

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Ramón López Flowers Trio : Flowers of Peace

Ramn Lpez Flowers Trio

Flowers of Peace

label: Leo Records

ref: CD LR 438

year:2005

players: Ramn Lpez, Sophia Domancich, Jolle Leandre

Overtly lyrical piano trio, increasingly overflowing the boundaries of the idiomatic container. With intermittent adventures in grey armonic areas, instrument preparation blends in with melodic fragments and ocassional ventures into noise, soon to be flattened back to horizontalness by the apparition of the melodic element.

Trio de piano de marcado lirismo, desbordando a menudo los lmites de lo idiomtico. Con intermitentes aventuras por zonas armnicas grises, la preparacin instrumental se funde con los fragmentos meldicos, aventurndose ocasionalmente por el ruido, aunque pronto devuelta a la horizontalidad por la aparicin del elemento meldico.

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Kaeppeli, Luescher, Studer : Nomis

Kaeppeli, Luescher, Studer

Nomis

label: Altrisuoni

ref: AS 192

year:2005

players: Marco Kaeppeli, Fredi Luescher, Daniel Studer

Angular gestures, like figures represented in wire, stark in their presence, abstracted from denser discourses construct spacious environments where the density-speed binomia isn?t necessarily so allowing glances to see through. Rhythmic concerns, extended techniques and distribution of sonic space reminiscent of early circle.

Gestos angulares, cual figuras representadas en alambre, de presencia escueta, abstraidas de discursos ms densos, construyen entornos espaciosos en los que el binomio densidad-velocidad no lo es, permitiendo las vistas de travs. Aspectos rtmicos, tcnicas ampliadas y ocupacin del espacio sonoro recuerdan el primer circle.

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Drekka : Extractioning

Drekka

Extractioning

label: Blue Sanct

ref: I NR I 075

year:2004

players: Michael Anderson, Jimmy Volltar, Cat Power, Donovan

The various tracks feature a shared compositional backbone. The blend of instrumental, environmental and vocal sounds is interwoven by means of pitch, thus producing a continuous sound track from diverse elements featuring a common aesthetic where envelop and content are often on a game of mutual redefinition.

Los diversos cortes tienen una columna vertebral comn. La mezcla de sonidos instrumentales, ambientales y vocales se entrelaza mediante el ?pitch? produciendo asi una banda sonora continua a partir de elementos diversos con una esttica comn en la que el continente y el contenido a menudo a juegan a definirse mutuamente.

Drekka : Extractioning

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Harada / Maneri : The Soul With a Longing for Dim Hills and

Harada / Maneri

The Soul With a Longing for Dim Hills and Faint Horizons

label: Leo Records

ref: CD LR 442

year:2001/2005

players: Masashi Harada, Mat Maneri

An intimate rapport between musicians, with a long shared background, makes possible a chamber work where the realms of contemporary music and improvisation and overlapped. The viola opens up its usual gestural vocabulary and meets the subtly powerful playing of the piano in an expressive journey of unexpected nuances and depths.

La ntima afinidad entre msicos, con un amplio bagaje comn, hace posible un trabajo de cmara donde el mbito de la contempornea y la improvisacin se solapan. La viola abre su vocabulario gestual y se rene con el sutil aunque poderoso trabajo del piano en un viaje expresivo de inesperados matices y profundidad.

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Koji Asano : Final Insurance

Koji Asano

Final Insurance

label: Solstice Records

ref: Solstice 038

year:1992/93/94/2005

players: Koji Asano

A collection of early pieces illustrates some of the concerns to be found in his later work: rhythmic cycles, textures, extended techniques and instrumental processing, electronics and improvisation evolving around static core issues. A snapshot of the aesthetics of this musician, a nude if far more experimemental approach to his art.

Coleccin de piezas tempranas que ilustran ciertas inquietudes posteriores de su obra: ciclos rtmicos, texturas, tcnicas ampliadas y procesado instrumental, elctronica e improvisacin que giran entorno a cuestiones centrales estticas. Una foto de la esttica de este msico, mirada desnuda aunque mucho ms experimental de su arte.

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Brenan , Coleman, Mejer, Unternahrer : Momentum 4 ; Rising F

Brenan , Coleman, Mejer, Unternahrer

Momentum 4 ; Rising Fall

label: Leo Records

ref: CD LR 440

year:2005

players: John Wolf Brennan, Gene Coleman, Thomas K.J. Mejer, Marc Unternhrer

Chamber ensemble work by this constantly metamorphosing group. In spite of line-up changes the approach to music is paradoxically constant, repeatedly new, differently embodied time and again. Distanced from textural approaches, sonic spaces are occupied in simultaneous, independent but blended strokes, affirming a renewed aesthetics in a gush of fresh air. Trabajo camerstico por este grupo en constante metamorfosis.

Pese a los cambios de formacin, la idea musical es paradicamente constante, repetidamente nueva, encarnada de forma distinta una y otra vez. Aburrida de texturas, la mirada recorre los espacios sonoros con trazos simultneos, independientes pero mezclados, afirmando una esttica nueva, un soplo de aire fresco.

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Anaphylaxis : Dead Letters

Anaphylaxis

Dead Letters

label: Blue Sanct

ref: Orphan 002

year:2001

players: Jason Coffman

The tracks feature diverse stances, from slowly unfolding forms of an abstract nature -ruidist drones or oscillator generated, processed sounds- to livelier repetitive compositions of speech and traffic recordings in mostly horizontal slowly developing forms. Other tracks alternatively feature metacomposition of musical snippets.

Los cortes presentan diversos planteamientos, desde formas en lento desarrollo de tipo abstracto ?pedales de ruido o sonidos generados por oscilador- en desarrollos lentos, casi siempre horizontales, hasta composiciones repetitivas ms dinmicas, con grabaciones de campo o del habla. Otros cortes incluyen la metacomposicin de recortes musicales.

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Drekka : Take Care to Fall

Drekka

Take Care to Fall

label: Blue Sanct

ref: I NR I 0029

year: 2002

players: Michael Anderson, K. Joy, Chris Gregory, Tiltmaster, Krisin Grieve.

Low-fi experimental approach to simple pop songs illustrating different performances in a laid back, casual manner. Recorded in context, the various tracks feature environmental sounds, passing friends, and other circumstances.

Aproximacin low-fi experimental a canciones pop sencillas, ilustrando diversas actuaciones de corte relajado, casual. Grabadas en su medio, los diversos cortes incluyen ruido ambiental, amigos de paso y dems circumstancias.

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Rafael Baier Quartett : Metamorphosis

Rafael Baier Quartett

Metamorphosis

label: Altri Suoni

ref: AS 188

year:2005

players: Rafael Baier, Christian Gall, Claudio Strebel, Jorg Mikula. Willy Kotoun, Annemone Gonon, Christoph Keller.

Hybrid jazz quartet featuring electric elements. The overall approach to sound is deeply indebted to a funk- acid jazz concept, materials being carefully designed and overlaid, stressing the groove element of rhythm sections and ostinati arrangements, warm timbres or alternatively presenting more standard jazz approaches.

Cuarteto de jazz hbrido con elementos elctricos. El planteamiento sonoro global est influenciado por el concepto funk- acid jazz, donde los materiales son diseados y superpuestos con cuidado, acentuando el elemento groove de la seccin rtmica y los arreglos ostinati, los tmbres clidos o presentando miradas jazzsticas ms standard.

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Mazen Kerbaj : Brt vrt zrt krt

Mazen Kerbaj

Brt vrt zrt krt

label: Al Maslakh

ref: Mslkh 01

year:2005

players: Mazen Kerbaj

Tiny acoustic compositions for trumpet and neighbouring objects. A thorough ruidistic research in the realm of the acoustic, where different materials -excited by means of blown air- meet the electroacustic. Various acoustic textures are carefully observed and blended with other materials by means of timbric mortar as sole criteria.

Minsculas composiciones acsticas para trompeta y objetos adyacentes. Rigurosa investigacin ruidista en el medio acstico, donde diferentes materiales ?excitados por medio del soplo- encuentran lo eletroacstico. Diversas texturas observadas con cuidado y mezcladas con materiales utilizando exclusivamente argamasa tmbrica.

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Trio & Sainkho : The Forgotten Streets of St. Petersburg

Trio & Sainkho

The Forgotten Streets of St. Petersburg

label: Leo Records

ref: CD LR 439

year:1998/2005

players: Sainkho Namchylak, Sergey Letov, Alexandr Alexandrov, Yury Parfenov

An experimental chamber trio where the winds explore the different topographies of an imaginary city landscape, occasionaly visiting oriental quarters or alternatively moving around more jazz influenced neighbourhoods. The voice provides a malleable contribution, takin a low-key as yet another strand of the tapestry or standing up-front.

Tro camerstico experimental donde los vientos exploran diferentes topografas de un paisaje urbano imaginario, visitando barrios orientales o bien movindose por zonas de influencia ms jazzstica. La voz ofrece una contribucin maleable, adoptando un papel poco destacado cual otra hebra cualquiera del tapiz o bien situndose al frente.

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Hans Otte : Orient : Occident, Minimum : Maximum

Hans Otte

Orient : Occident, Minimum : Maximum

label: Pogus Productions

ref: Pogus P21037-2

year:1973/1986/2005

players: Karl-Erik Welin, Gerd Zacher, Ingo Goritzi, Hans-Wilhelm Goetzke

The two pieces by this composer present a wide range sources ?electronic tape compositions, processed acoustic instruments or speech- and deal with common concerns. Rhythmic drone-like repetitions, progressive variations and endlessly transformed forms are carefully entwined to create deceivingly simple surfaces.

Las dos obras de exte compositor presentan un amplio abanico de fuentes ?composicin para cinta, procesado de instrumentos o habla ?y tratan un conjunto comn de temas. Repeticiones de tipo pedal, transformacion progresiva y variaciones ad infinitum se tejen con cuidado para crear superficies de engaosa simplicidad.

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Anker / Taborn / Cleaver : Triptych

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Anker/Taborn/Cleaver

Triptych

label: Leo Records

ref: CD LR 441

year:2005

players: Lotte Anker, Craig Taborn, Gerald Cleaver

Acoustic free improvisation trio. Like in cubism -various simultaneous angles appear- interaction is approached through free, independent counterpoints, careful listening and subjective perspectives. Superbly balanced, density coexists with clarity and the flow of ideas weaves the different textures, simultaneously lyrical and ruidistic.

Tro acstico de improvisacin libre. Cuasi cubista ?aparecen diversos ngulos simultneos- la interaccin se plantea mediante contrapuntos libres, independientes, cuidada escucha y perspectivas subjetivas. De exquisito equilibrio, la densidad no excluye la claridad y las ideas tejen diferentes texturas, a un tiempo lricas y ruidistas.

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Trio Sowari : Three Dances

Trio Sowari

Three Dances

label: Potlatch

ref: P 105

year:2005

players: Phil Durrant, Bertrand Denzler, Burkhard Beins

Live electroacoustic trio proposing a no-man?s-land halfway between their respective sources. Abstracted instrumental noise deftly melts into the various electronic river-beds which in turn contrive new perspectives for acoustic colours through synthetic processes. An overall horizontal outlook extending over vast desertic expanses.

Trio de electroacstica en vivo que propone una tierra de nadie a medio camino entre sus diversas fuentes. El ruido instrumental abstracto permea los diversos cauces electrnicos, que aportan nuevas perspectivas del color acstico mediantes procesos sintticos. Una mirada horizontal que se extiende por amplias zonas desrticas.

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Camel Zekri : Le Cercle

Camel Zekri

Le Cercle

label: La Nuit transfiguree

ref: LNT 340122

year:2005

players: Various

A project bringing together traditional North African rhythm section performances and various free improvisers -guitar, reeds and voice- creating a multi-coloured collage around the various rhythmic and modal structures with threads of electronic processing or instrumental noise woven into the main collectively generated cloth.

Proyecto que fusiona intervenciones de seccin rtmica Norte Africana tradicional y diversos improvisadores ?guitarra, vientos y voz- creando un colage multicolor en torno a las diferentes estructuras rtmicas y modales con hebras de procesado electrnico o ruido instrumental incluidas en un tapiz tejido de manera colectiva.

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