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Lapslap: Itch

By AAJ Italy Staff
January 20, 2009
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Lapslap è un trio di base ad Edinburgo (Scozia) - composto dal sassofonista Michael Edwards, dal trombettista Martin Parker e dalla pianista Karin Schistek - che unisce uno spiccato interesse per la musica strumentale all’improvvisazione elettro-acustica.

Le dieci tracce sonore di Itch, primo album per la Leo Records, intervallano parti puramente acustiche, con piano, sassofono, tromba che procedono sui ‘canoni’ dell’impro-free, a veri e propri naufragi sonori nei laptop e sintetizzatori.

Ma se la sola intelaiatura elettronica di Edwards e Parker di per sè direbbe poca cosa perchè pare ripercorre strade già sentite, decisamente più tagliente e stimolante è l’apporto della pianista austriaca Karin Schistek. Grazie alla sua esperienza di improvvisatrice e sinesteta (ragion per cui molte tracce di Itch fanno riferimento a colori), Schistek con le sue incursioni nella cassa del piano ribalta decisamente le strategie elettro-acustiche di Edwards e Parker conferendo al tutto un apporto di grande interesse.

La sostanza c’è. Pruriginosa, come vuole che sia il trio!

Track Listing

01. Not cheddar but; 02. spoons; 03. sloppy lips; 04. nailed; 05. honk; 06. hungry; 07. schweigen; 08. scratchy; 09. motor mouth; 10. rhapsody in light yellow.

Personnel

Michael Edwards

saxophone

Michael Edwards (sassofoni tenore e soprano, computer, midi wind controller); Martin Parker tromba, computer); Karin Schistek (piano, sintetizzatori).

Album information

Title: Itch | Year Released: 2009 | Record Label: Leo Records

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Instrument: Saxophone

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