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Raoul Bj: Shadowglow
by Matthew Wuethrich
Shadowglow, the sixth release this year from Finland’s TUM Records , plays more like a series of sound experiments than a collection of songs, and following the creative process of guitarist Raoul Björkenheim and percussionist Lukas Ligeti makes for intriguing listening. In this duo setting, both musicians let their omnivorous musical minds and vast technique wander freely through various fusings of African, Korean and Indonesian music with free jazz, rock and Western avant-garde ideas. From these idioms they pull rhythmic ...
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