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Xu Fengxia - Lucas Niggli: Black Lotos

Read "Black Lotos" reviewed by AAJ Italy Staff


Ci sono una cantante di Shanghai che vive in Germania e un batterista svizzero nato in Camerun da madre cinese. Pare l'incipit di una storiella, e invece è un piccolo miracolo di globalizzazione cultural-musicale. Lei è Xu Fengxia, cantante e virtuosa di strumenti tradizionali, trascinata in ambito impro dall'incontro, illuminante, con il fu Peter Kowald; lui è Lucas Niggli, percussionista e batterista elvetico, discepolo di Pierre Favre, con all'attivo già una decina di uscite su Intakt (le più recenti alla ...

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Album Review

Xu Fengxia / Lucas Niggli: Black Lotos

Read "Black Lotos" reviewed by Nic Jones


This duo of multi-instrumentalist Xu Fengxia and percussionist Lucas Niggli sometimes produces quietly compelling music with drums and Chinese plucked instruments, but the opportunities for it to really take hold are significantly undermined by Fengxia's vocal interjections. Such is the effect of these that the impact of the duo's subtle interplay is too often lost.

The opening “Bell Smell" is a case in point. An unworldly air prevails that is intriguing, hinting at all sorts of possibilities. The music's accommodation ...


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