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Quinsin Nachoff's Flux: Path of Totality
Il gruppo denominato Flux non fa eccezione, potendo contare su David Binney, Matt Mitchell, Kenny Wollesen, Nate Wood più alcune ospitate sparse tra i sei brani del doppio CD in questione. Che propone un curioso ibrido musicale, in sintonia del resto con il pensiero di Nachoff. Il quartetto/ quintetto senza basso (in due brani i due batteristi suonano insieme) oscilla tra potenza orchestrale e sottigliezze minimaliste, forme libere e strutture ben delineate, afflati cosmici e intriganti melodie, sperimentazione e mainstream non convenzionale.
Contribuiscono enormemente alla riuscita del lavoro sia la qualità degli arrangiamentiche dispongono i sei lunghi brani in forma di suite a sua volta strutturata a mò di scatole cinesisia la ricchezza strumentale dei protagonisti. Se i due fiati dialogano da par loro dispensando notevoli interventi solistici, sono Mitchell e Wollesen ad aggiungere una sorta di dimensione impressionista alla musica. Il primo, oltre che con il piano, utilizzando una serie di tastiere analogiche e digitali, oltre che un originale e prezioso harmonium, il secondo disseminando coloriture ritmiche attraverso Wollesonic Percussion, un arsenale di strumenti a percussione perlopiù inventati e costruiti dallo stesso Wollesen.
Album della settimana.
Track Listing
Path of Totality, Bounce, Toy Piano Meditation, March Macabre, Splatter, Orbital Resonances.
Personnel
Quinsin Nachoff
saxophoneDavid Binney: alto saxophone, C melody saxophone; Quinsin Nachoff: tenor saxophone, soprano saxophone; Matt Mitchell: piano, Prophet 6, modular synthesizer, Novachord, harpsichord, Estey pump harmonium; Kenny Wollesen (1,3,4,6): drums, Wollesonic percussion; Nate Wood (1,2,5,6): drums. Plus: On Bounce: Jason Barnsley: 1924 Kimball Theatre Organ. On Toy Piano Meditation: Mark Duggan: marimba, vibraphone, glockenspiel, crotales, Tibetan singing bowls. On March Macabre: Carl Maraghi: baritone saxophone, bass clarinet. Dan Urness, Matt Holman: trumpet; Ryan Keberle: trombone. Alan Ferber: trombone, bass trombone; Orlando Hernández: tap dance. On Splatter: David Travers-Smith: Buchla 200E analog modular system, EMS Synthi 100 analog/digital hybrid synthesizer, Arp Chroma (Rhodes) analog synthesizer, clavioline, Oberheim SEM, modular Moog.
Album information
Title: Path of Totality | Year Released: 2019 | Record Label: Whirlwind Records
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