Intransitive Twenty-Three
2-CD Album, Intransitive Recordings, USA 2004 |
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Featuring: .....Gal .....in fusion .....7.03 | ||
Live recording of Gal playing koudi (Chinese whistle) during a sauna visit. | ||
Also featuring music by: Jonathan Coleclough & Colin Potter, nmperign, Atau Tanaka, Olivia Block, Ronnie Sundin, Magali Babin, Nerve Net Noise, Le Quan Ninh, Artificial Memory Trace, das Synthetische Michgewebe, Frans de Waard, Haco/View Masters, Hideaki Shimada, Francisco Lopez, Eric La Casa, Lethe, Giuseppe Ielasi, Alexandre St.Onge, Birchville Cat Motel, and Thomas Ankersmit. |
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The set
is launched with a scrawling old banjo in heat provided by Birchville
Cat Motel on Endless Cassette which triumphantly flows freely
into 3:45 by Berlin-based saThe set is launched with a scrawling
old banjo in heat provided by Birchville Cat Motel on Endless Cassette
which triumphantly flows freely into 3:45 by Berlin-based
saxophone contortionist Thomas Ankersmit. Breathing circular life into
his instrument the crisp hiss is minimal and transcendent. What follows
is the cavalcade of frenzy, a brightly distorted underground shell game
by players Das Synthetische Mischgewebe on Leisure Time for Max
in the Arteries of his Past Dominion. A cryptic metal gate gaping
slightly ajar swings from its hinges and illustrates the story far better
than I could. TJ Norris (Igloo Mag, USA 2004) |
Gal
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Howard
Stelzer's press release for his compilation of improvisational, dronecore
experimentalism entitled Intransitive Twenty-Three gushes about his love
for compilations, harkening back to high school days of making mix tapes
for friends. While I certainly have a strong sense of nostalgia for the
mix tapes of my youth, I do not always share Mr. Stelzers love affair
with the compilation' (in general though, not this one specifically).
In many instances, compilations emerge as lackluster collections patchworked
from tracks that didn't quite fit on an artist's latest album. There are
obvious exceptions; and in every case, those exceptions are the result
of the care that the compiler puts into what he or she chooses, where
he or she places those selections, and what thematic constraints he or
she demands from each of the artists. Accordingly, Intransitive Twenty-Three
is one of those rare compilations that succeeds on all fronts. |
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Intransitive Recordings out of Cambridge, MA has been doodling in experimental
music for the last few years. "Intransitive Twenty-Three" is
a 2 CD set of some of the finest electro-acoustic, experimental and new
music the label was able to get their hands on. Some of the highlights
of the compilation include a wonderful, watery and almost dub-like track
"Untitled # 134" from Francisco Lopez, the kettle-whistling
sounds of Gal's "In Fusion", the
static world of Giuseppe Ielasi's "Two Chords", and the overtly
high-pitched experimentation of Le Quan Ninh's "La ville et des sinusoides
a petit budget". While it's sometimes difficult to put this sort
of a mix together well, this is only due to the fact each of the tracks
features a completely different mood, varied sound and a unique take on
the world of sound. In no sense, is this to be used as background music.
[The use of headphones is well advised.] In general, this is a very solid
compilation, showcasing the world of other-worldly sounds as seen through
the eyes of Intransitive Recordings. |
Gal
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