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Thierry Gomar: Between Two Worlds: Opus II
by Jeff Dayton-Johnson
Between Two Worlds : Opus II features vibraphonist Thierry Gomar in a solo performance, alternating between two three-octave vibraphones: one acoustic and the other electro-acoustic. By means of discrete electronic treatment of the recording on the one hand, and a particularly rich synthesis of musical influences--contemplative music somewhere at the juncture between jazz and contemporary composition--on the other, Gomar and his laptop-toting partner, José Barrachina, skillfully keep things from sounding monochromatic.On the aural evidence, Barrachina's computer interventions are ...
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