Inside/outside: Marja Ahti's acoustic pathways
Marja Ahti's first full-length release under her own name sees her shifting her focus towards electroacoustic music and moving away from the pattern-built explorations she undertook as Tsembla. Vegetal Negatives was inspired by the writings of René Daumal, and repeated listenings of the album lay bare a delicate play of refreshing natural clarity where field recordings and mutated sounds invert and morph into each other, creating a singular otherworldly vibe.
23 November 2019 |
AG 14
Polonius
Polonius is just one of the monikers under which Paris-based Seif Gaber explores the post-hypnagogic field between new age, musique concrète and soundtrack psychedelica. Exemplary for his quest are the two tapes released this year by the Italian Artetetra label, made to accompany the Weston Razooli movies 'Anaxia' and 'Shades of Paradise'. Other music of his appeared on Goaty Tapes and Nonlocal Research, amongst others.
20 June 2019 |
AG 14
Maher Shalal Hash Baz
A Tori Kudo show is always something to look forward to, be it accompanying his wife Reiko Kudo on piano, or leading the Maher Shalal Hash Baz collective. The latter has been around since the mid-80's, mixing poor playing skills with a catchy naivety that brings to mind bands like Beat Happening or Supreme Dicks, but with an important role for brass and woods. In March they hit the road with Le Ton Mité for a few dates in Europe.
20 June 2018 |
AG 12
Peter Zummo
The open vision of trombonist and composer Peter Zummo led him through many fields. There were stints in the rock bands The Necessaries and The Flying Hearts as well as in The Lounge Lizards, collaborations with choreographer Trisha Brown and performances with David Behrman and Elodie Lauten. Though I learned to know about Peter Zummo first most through his work with Arthur Russell; which can be heard on albums such as Calling Out Of Context and Another Thought, but also on Dinosaur L’s classic Kiss Me Again 12”.
20 February 2018 |
AG 11