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by Glenn Astarita
Belgian vocalist, experimentalist Lynn Cassiers' debut album with this band is largely unclassifiable. So, we take the easy way out and state that it heavily leans towards the avant-garde spectrum, although these loose, semi-structured works are embedded with jazz, free improv, and the leader's silky vocals, intermittently treated with electronics. No doubt, the music parallels the inferences of the album moniker. Moody, otherworldly and gently magnetic may loom as accurate descriptors. The program includes alien dialogues, oddball maneuvers ...
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by Giuseppe Segala
La vocalist belga Lynn Cassiers, molto attiva sulla scena del jazz e dell'improvvisazione nel proprio Paese, guida questa Imaginary Band, settetto al suo debutto discografico con l'etichetta Clean Feed. L'organico strumentale offre un ampio spettro timbrico, con la presenza di violino, eufonio (flicorno basso), sax tenore e soprano, pianoforte, contrabbasso e batteria: cosa che potrebbe far pensare a certi approcci dell'avanguardia storica europea, ma pure neroamericana, in particolar modo quella di Chicago dagli anni Sessanta in poi. In realtà la ...
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