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Sean Ali: My Tongue Crumbles After
ByOn the opening track, "Salutations" the natural voice of the bass is obscured in a mix of nature sounds andbrieflya disembodied spoken passage. The acoustic bass stands alone on "Fingerdeep," a brief exercise in abstract plucking that precedes "Missing Persons Report," where the bowed bass buzzes like a swarm of bees. "Beneath the Cobbles" features a long-sustained tone through industrial noise and "Heartstack" returns to natural field recordings interacting with low, resonant notes from the bass.
Among Ali's eight original pieces, there are none that would fit into conventional categories. Within the empirical program, he offers a wide range of sonic experiments. Whether the squeaky wheel sound of "Lime Works," the minimal percussion of "Queens Gothic" or the bowed drone of the closing piece, "Hunger," Alia student of global linguisticshas found a unique platform for his narratives on the eclectic label, Neither/Nor Records.
Track Listing
Salutations; Fingerdeep; Missing Persons Report; Beneath the Cobbles; Heartstack; Lime Works; Queens Gothic; Hunger.
Personnel
Sean Ali
guitar, steelSean Ali: double bass, cassette player.
Album information
Title: My Tongue Crumbles After | Year Released: 2017 | Record Label: Neither/nor Records
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