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Alberto Braida / Wilbert De Joode: Reg Erg
ByThat, however, is not a problem. On "Wadi," at thirteen minutes by some distance the longest piece here, the discontinuity of mood and level of input make for an intriguing whole. Alberto Braida's unassuming shards of piano notes work at odds but at the same time empathetically with Wilbert de Joode's arco bass.
The two minutes of "Dome C" find both musicians working with their instruments' extended vocabulary. Whereas in some instances this might be enough to guarantee a certain feeling of fatigue on the part of the listener, here it serves as another example of the diversity of territory the duo covers.
The understanding the duo has reached with silence is again apparent on "Tobol." They seem to court the idea of it as though it was the most seductive thing, before giving themselves up to Cecil Taylor-like dynamics, albeit with de Joode mapping out radically different territory to what Henry Grimes might have done in a similar context.
Set against this, the darkly elegiac "Adrar" could almost be the work of a different duo. Representing such a radical departure in comparison; such is the role of silence here that the duo could almost be said to have become a trio.
This is a recital the very diversity of which hints at whole other emotions by comparison with sets of free improvisation in which inspiration self-evidently flags, but of course that might be down to the very nature of the context in which the music is made. Here however the aesthetics of the free are reemphasized with unassuming vigor.
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Track Listing
Tassili; Leprechaun; Tobol; Adrar; Is It Here?; Wadi; Ger; Sonoran; Dome C; Tea Time.
Personnel
Wilbert de Joode
bass, acousticAlberto Braida: piano; Wilbert de Joode: bass.
Album information
Title: Reg Erg | Year Released: 2008 | Record Label: Red Toucan Records
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About Wilbert de Joode
Instrument: Bass, acoustic
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