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Rez Abbasi: A Throw of Dice by The Silent Ensemble
La chitarra, sia acustica che elettrica, di Abbasi, così come un sitar a sua volta elettrico di foggia assai singolare, stanno dunque al centro del lavoro (che coincide poi con la sonorizzazione dell'omonimo film muto girato nel 1929 dal regista tedesco Franz Osten), peraltro entro una prospettiva di marcata connotazione corale, largamente composta ma senza per questo eludere calibrati contributi solistici: una musica attraversata da molteplici spezie, da continui movimenti intestini che ne rendono particolarmente stimolante e coinvolgente l'ascolto.
Diciannove i brani complessivi, per lo più brevi (sei minuti al massimo), talora quasi fugaci (cinque, di cui tre consecutivi, non raggiungono i due minuti), svolti nel segno di un descrittivismo in qualche modo fisiologico, vista la tipologia dell'opera, ma non per questo soverchiante o eccessivamente patinato, anzi sempre ben dosato, efficace e ottimamente distribuito lungo l'ora coperta dal CD.
Track Listing
Mystery Rising; Hopeful Impressions; Love Prevails; Facing Truth; Amulet and Dagger; Blissful Moments; Seven Days Until News; Duplicity; Jugglers; Snake Bite; Moving Forward; Wedding Preparation; Morning Of The Wedding; Gambling Debt; Boy Changes Fate; Falsehood; Changing Worlds; Chase For Liberation.
Personnel
Rez Abbasi
guitarPawan Benjamin
saxophone, altoJennifer Vincent
bass, acousticJake Goldblas
drumsRohan Krishnamurthy
percussionAdditional Instrumentation
Rez Abbasi: guitars, electric sitar-guitar; Pawan Benjamin: saxophones, western flute, bansuri; Jennifer Vincent: cell, bass; Rohan Khrisnamurthy: mridangam, ghatam, khanjira; Jake Goldblas: drum set.
Album information
Title: A Throw Of Dice | Year Released: 2019 | Record Label: Whirlwind Recordings
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