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2013 11 Okt

12. Oktober, Deutschlandfunk, die Zeit des Hahnenschreis

von: Michael Engelbrecht Filed under: Blog | TB | 2 Comments

1 Steve Tibbetts: Kili Ki Drok, aus NATURAL CAUSES Nun verglich Steve die Musik mit dem Charme eines dreibeinigen Hundes, doch das ist pure Untertreibung. Es geht bei diesen Texturen nicht um den schnellsten Weg von X nach Z. Eine Geisterstrasse schlagen auch Taylor 2 Taylor Deupree and Ryuichi Sakamoto: Ghost Road, aus DISAPPEARANCE und Ryuichi ein, man hört den Wind übers Feld pfeifen, während es Aaron in eine grosse Fabrikhalle 3 Aaron Parks: Reverie, aus ARBORESCENCE verschlagen hat, er knüpft an legendäre Piano-Solo-Romantizismen der  70er Jahre an. Kann das gutgehen? Dieweil ereilen uns die fiebrigen wie feinnervigen Geschichten von Jan aus der Südsee, 4 / 5 Jan Bang: Flooded Corridors, und Melee of Suitcases, aus NARRATIVE FROM THE SUBTROPICS allerdings wird niemand eine klare Erzähllinie freilegen, zu sehr flattern die Ereignisse wie pointilistische Tupfer durch sonnentrunkene Räume, 6 Roscoe Mitchell: A Cactus and A Rose, aus DUETS WITH TYSHAWN SOREY, während in einer anderen Welt, die noch vor dem Art Ensemble of Chicago begann, Roscoe alles andere als flüchtige Töne seinem tief gelegten Horn entlockt, 7 Stefano Bollani & Hamilton de Holanda: O Que Sera, aus O QUE SERA und der gute Stefano mit Hamilton zusammen den alten Rausch brasilianischer Lieder neu entfacht. 8 Kayhan Kalhor & Erdal Erzincan: The Wind, aus KULA KULLUK YAKISIR MI Der Wind schlägt mehrfach um in dieser Stunde, und er geistert schon seit tausend Jahren durch orientalische Höfe. Und alles kommt zu einem guten Ende, wenn Burkhard die Fieberkurven (die Klanghorizonte scheinen diesmal unter erhöhter Temperatur zu leiden) Turner’scher Gemälde mit speziell präparierten Gitarren einfängt.  9 Burkhard Stangl: Unfinished – Sailing, aus UNFINISHED. FOR WILLIAM TURNER, painter.

(Vorproduziert mit Stimmbandkartarrh, kein Whisky, keine Drogen involviert:))  

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  1. Michael Engelbrecht:

    Isolation, solitude, contemplation. These are the themes that discreetly weave their way through Disappearance, the first collaboration album between 12k’s Taylor Deupree and pioneering electronic composer and pianist Ryuichi Sakamoto. The two began their musical dialogue in 2006 when Deupree was invited to remix a song from Sakamoto’s album Chasm. “World Citizen” was the song and it sparked continued collaboration as Deupree contributed to two of Sakamoto’s activist projects: Chain Music and KizunaWorld (as a trio with Sakamoto and Stephen Vitiello.) With the convenience of both artists living in New York they kept in touch, released music on 12k (Willits + Sakamoto’s Ocean Fire) and, in April of 2012, performed live together at John Zorn’s club The Stone. It was this concert that planted the seeds for Disappearance.

    The initial tracks for Disappearance were recorded at Sakamoto’s studio in New York City during rehersals for the April concert. The two immediately entered the same sonic mindframe that lead to hours of concentrated, hushed music. Sakamoto’s piano playing, both traditional and prepared, emerged as perhaps some of his most beautifully sparse in recent years, letting the sound of the room and shuffle of chairs take an active roll in the recording. Only the most minimum of essential notes, accentuated by silences and the scraping of the piano’s strings, plays alongside Deupree’s nuanced passages, created with analogue synthesizers, strings, and found objects. These warm, human tones became the means of communication between the two artists who effortlessly created a musical language.

    The five tracks that make up Disappearance are delicate and composed, however, they’re not all peacefulness and placidity. Micro-tuned edges, bursts of noise, percussive prepared piano and the warble of old reel-to-reel tape keep the mood grounded and warm, turning it inward and asking the listener to reflect on their path. “Curl To Me,” the album’s final piece, is highlighted by the sounds of Ichiko Aoba, a major up-and-coming singer/songwriter from Tokyo. Both Sakamoto and Deupree have recently worked with Aoba in Japan and wanted her presence felt on the album. Emphasizing the solitude and stillness of the recordings, Aoba provided both her voice and the almost disturbingly intimate sound of her own heartbeat.

    Disappearance is a soundtrack for holding breaths. Sakamoto and Deupree lay down worn roads, but don’t leave signs, for a journey woven together by the quiet celebration of the fragility of nature and life.

    (Press Info for a great record)

  2. Uwe Meilchen:

    Bin schon gespannt auf die Sendung morgen früh !Robert Lug hat am vergangenen Sonntag in seiner Sendung „Voyager“ auf HR 2 Ambient Musik aus Uruguay (!) vorgestellt, und zwar das Album „Rollin‘ Ballads“ von Gastón Arévalo… Auch hier war Taylor Deupree beteiligt, er hat den Endmix erstellt.


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