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Ernesto Diaz-Infante & Chris Forsyth

Wires and Wooden Boxes

By Ernesto Diaz-Infante & Chris Forsyth

Label: Evolving Ear
Released: 2001
Track listing: NYC Journal Excerpt (2000) piano/guitar; Metallic Strands "acoustic/electric #14"; Sound Is Good All the Time; Straight to It; Pulled Wires "acoustic/electric #13"; Passing One Another "acoustic/electric #17"; Knock On Wood "acoustic/electric #11"; Cut and Dried "acoustic/electric #2"; To Place In "acoustic/electric #12"; Trace Out Motion.

Ernesto Diaz-Infante & Chris Forsyth: Wires and Wooden Boxes

by Glenn Astarita
August 1, 2001

Multi-instrumentalist, Ernesto Diaz-Infante is apt to tackle either minimalist style themes, brimming with melodic frameworks and lush voicings or engage in John Cage-like musings with free-improvisational guitarist, Chris Forsyth. With their second collaboration, this 2001 release features more of the somewhat alien discourses witnessed on the duo’s previous effort, “Left & Right.” On the opener “NYC ...

Ernesto Diaz-Infante & Chris Forsyth: Wires and Wooden Boxes

by AAJ Staff
July 1, 2001

For pure sonic experimentation, string instruments offer some very attractive options. They bear complex higher-level overtones, which can be crafted and manipulated using various percussive and abrasive approaches. They're amenable to amplification, which can introduce another whole bag of tricks. And they're generally attached to resonant pieces of wood, which often work quite well as percussion ...

Left & Right

By Ernesto Diaz-Infante & Chris Forsyth

Label: Pax Recordings
Released: 2000

Ernesto Diaz-Infante & Chris Forsyth: Left & Right

by Glenn Astarita
January 1, 2000

Ernesto Diaz-Infante is a musician who is apt to churn out delicate, minimalist passages and fragmented themes as a pianist (see Jan ’00 AAJ review - Ucross Journal ) or here on Left & Right utilizes a prepared acoustic guitar (left channel) along with electric guitarist Chris Forsyth (right channel). From the onset, it would be ...