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Zemlya
By Mark O'Leary
Label: Leo Records
Released: 2008
Track listing: Zemlya; Vashon; Impish; Story of Iceland pt 2; Karyobia; Sorcery; Kith and kin; Meekong Delta Blues; Anorak.
Mark O'Leary: Flux and Shamanic Voices
by Eyal Hareuveni
These two releases by the exceptional Irish guitarist Mark O'Leary feature him at his best. On two undated sessions, O'Leary paired himself with singular yet highly collaborative musicians. The meetings which followed recalibrated O'Leary's playing away from its usual avant-fusion inclination and towards a new form of freer expressive articulation. Mark O'Leary/Dylan Van Der ...
Mark O'Leary: Two Avant-Fusion Guitar Trios
by Eyal Hareuveni
The prolific Irish guitarist Mark O'Leary likes to position himself in challenging musical outfits, usually trios, that discourage facile characterizations and expectations. The two trios featured on Ellipses and Signs highlight his avant-fusion approach. O'Leary says he's influenced by diverse sources ranging from avant-garde modern composers like Karl Heinz Stockhausen and Iannis Xenakis to forward thinking ...
Mark O'Leary: On the Shore
by AAJ Italy Staff
Dopo collaborazioni con Paul Bley, De Johnette ed altri, negli ultimi tre anni il chitarrista irlandese Mark O'Leary ha autoprodotto una quindicina di CD a suo nome, per la Clean Feed, la Ayler e soprattutto la Leo. Il che mi fa presupporre che egli abbia deciso di investire energie e denaro in una sistematica e ambiziosa ...
Mark O' Leary: Signs
by AAJ Italy Staff
Il chitarrista Mark O’Leary cerca di individuare un suo percorso originale all’interno degli scenari del jazz attuale. In questo bel lavoro si muove con circospezione ed energia in trio, accompagnato da due eccellenti musicisti della West Coast statunitense, il bassista Steuart Leibig e il batterista Alex Cline. Le lunghissime linee eseguite in legato dal chitarrista lasciano ...
Mark O'Leary: Ellipses
by Glenn Astarita
Irish guitar wunderkind Mark O'Leary has now set his sights on the jazz-fusion element, to complement his already expansive improvisational vernacular. This 2008 effort might open up a few more doors for an artist who possesses the goods to go anywhere he darn well pleases. For this project, O'Leary and his trio investigate black hole stars ...
Mark O'Leary/Wayne Horvitz/Dylan Van Der Schyff: FLUX
by Glenn Astarita
Irish guitar wiz Mark O'Leary's relentless pursuit of melding his improvisational expertise with some of the top guns in the jazz-based business continues here during this trio setting recorded in Seattle, Washington. On this 2008 studio set, the musicians quietly surge into abstract-minimalism via the free-improv route. With O'Leary's harmonically appeasing volume control techniques and fluid ...
Mark O'Leary - Eyvind Kang - Dylan Van Der Schyff: Zemlya
by AAJ Italy Staff
Possono quattro composizioni che non superano i due minuti caratterizzare e determinare le sorti di un album, più dei brani che sfiorano i venti giri di lancette? Certamente, se nei primi vi si trova un concentrato di idee e di suoni baciati dal dono della sintesi, che soddisfano pienamente il palato dell’ascoltatore. E’ quello che succede ...
Mark O'Leary / Terje Isungset: Shamanic Voices
by Glenn Astarita
Irish guitar hero Mark O'Leary continues to pursue the outer boundaries of improvisation. Here, he aligns with Norwegian percussionist Terje Isungset for a polytonal and multihued improv fest. On 2008's Shamanic Voices, with more on the way, the guitarist intermingles acoustic and electric guitar parts with his partner's keen use of disparate percussion objects. Loaded with ...
