Jazz Articles about Sophie Tassignon

About Sophie Tassignon

Album Review

J. Peter Schwalm & Markus Reuter: Aufbruch

Read "Aufbruch" reviewed by Mark Sullivan

by Mark Sullivan
July 27, 2021

German electro-acoustic composer J. Peter Schwalm is probably best known for collaborating with Brian Eno on Drawn From Life (Opal, 2001) and other projects. More recently, he created How We Fall (RareNoise, 2018) and Neuzeit (RareNoise, 2020), the latter a collaboration with Norwegian trumpeter Arve Henriksen. Touch guitarist and composer Markus Reuter has been prolific, recent releases including Truce (MoonJune Records, 2020), Nothing Is Sacred (MoonJune Records, 2020) and Shapeshifters (MoonJune Records, 2020), as well as Music Of Our Times ...

Album Review

J. Peter Schwalm & Markus Reuter: Aufbruch

Read "Aufbruch" reviewed by Doug Collette

by Doug Collette
July 12, 2021

The first recorded collaboration between J. Peter Schwalm and Markus Reuter, Aufbruch, is one of those very rare and unusual albums that unobtrusively, almost surreptitiously, wends its way into the subconscious. It compels repeated and often frequent replays, not so much to comprehend the arcane sounds, but to simply become immersed in the moods and textures the two men generate. Synths, pianos, live treatments, programming and electronic percussion from the former interweave with the Touch Guitars, soundscapes and ...

Album Review

J. Peter Schwalm / Markus Reuter: Aufbruch

Read "Aufbruch" reviewed by Dan McClenaghan

by Dan McClenaghan
June 23, 2021

In 2020 electro-acoustic programmer/keyboardist J.Peter Schwalm paired up with Norwegian trumpeter Arve Henriksen for the excellent outing Neuzeit (RareNoiseRecords), one of the year's standout discs. 2021 finds Schwalm collaborating with touch guitarist Markus Reuter, of Stickmen fame. The music this collaboration creates can be described as industrial sound-scaping mixed with noises welling up from deep Earth or emanating in from deep space, tectonic and galactic at the same time. “Wall of sound" is a phrase used to describe ...

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Sophie Tassignon: Mysteries Unfold

Read "Mysteries Unfold" reviewed by Angelo Leonardi

by Angelo Leonardi
October 28, 2020

Un disco di voce femminile con effetti elettronici e sovraincisioni, spinge i nostri schemi mentali ad associarlo alla sperimentazione vocale degli ultimi tre decenni, ai lavori di Diamanda Galas, Cathy Berberian o Meredith Monk. Pur seguendo una chiara linea di ricerca, questo disco in solo della belga Sophie Tassignon si distingue invece per ricchezza melodica e intensità lirica, in una dimensione maestosamente disadorna che si pone in una classicità senza tempo, dove riferimenti musicali diversi vengono amalgamati in ...

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Sophie Tassignon: Moon Talk

Read "Moon Talk" reviewed by Budd Kopman

by Budd Kopman
August 2, 2008

Zoshia is but one of Belgian composer/lyricist/vocalist Sophie Tassignon's projects and Moon Talk is her quartet's debut recording. All of the music is composed by Tassignon, as are half of the lyrics. The other half are written by Jean-Pierre Tassignon, with the exception of “Anna," by Anna Akhmatova. The group consists of vocalist Tassignon supported by pianist Christian Claessens, electric bassist Steven Van Loy and drummer Nico Manssens who perform pieces that defy easy labeling. They create ...