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Soegaard Ensemble: Soundmapping the Genes

Read "Soundmapping the Genes" reviewed by AAJ Italy Staff

by AAJ Italy Staff

Pensare e allestire un intero album sulla sequenza DNA della trota arcobaleno trasformata in musica attraverso il linguaggio MIDI non deve sembrare impresa poi così stravagante se personaggi come Anthony Braxton ed Elliott Sharp si sono cimentati, e tuttora si cimentano, con frattali, sequenze di Fibonacci e algoritmi vari. La domanda allora sorge spontanea: “Cui prodest?" Esercizio di stile? Trip pseudo intellettualistico? Esplorazione di nuove frontiere sonore? Nelle stringate note di copertina Fredrik Soegaard oltre ad informarci come la sequenza ...

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Fredrik Soegard - Hasse Poulsen: ...And We Also Caught a Fish

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by AAJ Italy Staff

Proseguendo la propria lodevole politica, volta a documentare vari aspetti dell'improvvisazione europea, la Leo Records ha rivolto l'attenzione alla nuova e prolifica scena scandinava. …And We Also Caught A Fish presenta un insolito confronto sperimentale tra i chitarristi danesi Fredrik Soegaard (alla sua terza incisione per l'etichetta di Leo Feigin) e Hasse Poulsen. I due si muovono su un terreno aleatorio, totalmente privo di riferimenti jazzistici. Il trattamento eterodosso delle chitarre (Poulsen utilizza spesso delle preparazioni che alterano il timbro ...

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Fredrik Soegaard and Hasse Poulsen: ....And We Also Caught A Fish

Read "....And We Also Caught A Fish" reviewed by Glenn Astarita

by Glenn Astarita

Danish guitarist/MIDI mastermind Fredrik Soegaard teams with fellow countryman, guitarist, and pursuer of incidental effects Hasse Poulsen for this generally mind-numbing electronics gala. And don't be fooled by the causal or glib inferences transmitted by the album title, as the duo embarks upon a genesis to a bizarre state of being. With the electronic manipulations and acoustic/electric guitar parts, the musicians generate circular patterns while at times ringing up thoughts of a free-improv team on steroids.

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