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Matthieu Metzger: SelfCooking
By>SelfCooking jumps from one sonic happening to another with no attempt to justify a cohesive unity, or any kind of concept but the pleasure of playing the music. One moment Metzger enjoys developing a playful melody with his sax choir on "Présentez arme" and immediately after, on "La teneur," he explores subtle electronic manipulations of the horns sounds, then mixes the electronic sounds with live horns on "Zozosia" to invent a futuristic abstraction of a Greek dance and moves to an abstract investigation of the sax as a metallic vehicle that moves and transforms wind.
On other tracks Metzger experiments with blending alien and vintage electronic sounds, simply for the fun of doing so. On "Hibernation complexe" and " caressant un rocher" he contrasts gentle melodies with violent, noisy mutations. On "Yamaha mon amour" he mutates sampled percussive sounds till they are transformed into new sounds, and on "Le mort joyeux" he processes his own vocal to add a choral-like quality to it. "Vu de profil l'arrière était sur un côté" is a chaotic pastiche of sounds metallic, hip-hop, spoken word, be- bop and many more joined together in a total random cut and paste arrangement.
Often this joyful sonic journey sounds too personal, but most of the time Metzger's passion and sense of invention are indeed full of joy.
Track Listing
SelfCooking; Présentez arme; La teneur; Zozosia; Huis clos; Hibernation complexe; SelfEating; Yamaha mon amour; Le mort joyeux; Vu de profil l’arrière était sur un côté; Lennie R. nue au soleil... ; ... caressant un rocher.
Personnel
Matthieu Metzge: baritone to sopranino family of saxophones, Systole-box(9), Farfisa, Mopho, Yamaha RX 15.
Album information
Title: Selfcooking | Year Released: 2013 | Record Label: Ayler Records
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