Mieko Kanno

Kanno - Poll - Pett - Shorr - MacDonald: Free Radicals

by Glenn Astarita
August 7, 2017

Here we have acoustic-electric instantaneous compositions --largely about nature --that defy the norms. Recorded live at a venue in Scotland the respective musicians are artistic, music and improvising professors from the Estonian Academy of Music and Theater and the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland. And after hearing this album, I'd imagine the professors bring a lot to the table via their teachings. The live experience must have been a gas, but also quite freaky amid the polytonal sound swashes ...