Apertura

Editorial Reviews
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David Grubbs first recorded with teenaged Louisville punks Squirrel Bait and came to prominence exploring the intersections of pop, art, and rock music with Gastr Del Sol. Swedish saxophonist Mats Gustafsson has toured the U.S. with MacArthur Award-winning jazz man Ken Vandermark and Dutch sound poet Jaap Blonk. The fact that this duet recording combines two rarely joined genres, minimalism and free improvisation, isn't as surprising as the finely etched beauty of its performances. The 65-minute-long CD is divided into two parts. For each Gustafsson plays tenor saxophone and fluteophone (an instrument that he invented by jamming an alto saxophone's mouthpiece into a flute), using circular breathing to blow seemingly endless microtonal sound streams over the undulating drones that Grubbs squeezes from his harmonium (an archaic hand-pumped reed organ). Both pieces proceed so slowly that one's ears inevitably become attuned to minute variations of pitch; once that occurs, it's impossible to avoid being hypnotized by the music's glacial evolution. --Bill Meyer

Apertura,David Grubbs & Mats Gustafsson,Blue Chopsticks,Experimental Rock,Free Improvisation,New Age / Meditation,Pop,Popular Music,Rock/Pop

Apertura

Tracks:

Apertura Pt.1
Apertura Pt.2

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David Grubbs first recorded with teenaged Louisville punks Squirrel Bait and came to prominence exploring the intersections of pop, art, and rock music with Gastr Del Sol. Swedish saxophonist Mats Gustafsson has toured the U.S. with MacArthur Award-winning jazz man Ken Vandermark and Dutch sound poet Jaap Blonk. The fact that this duet recording combines two rarely joined genres, minimalism and free improvisation, isn't as surprising as the finely etched beauty of its performances. The 65-minute-long CD is divided into two parts. For each Gustafsson plays tenor saxophone and fluteophone (an instrument that he invented by jamming an alto saxophone's mouthpiece into a flute), using circular breathing to blow seemingly endless microtonal sound streams over the undulating drones that Grubbs squeezes from his harmonium (an archaic hand-pumped reed organ). Both pieces proceed so slowly that one's ears inevitably become attuned to minute variations of pitch; once that occurs, it's impossible to avoid being hypnotized by the music's glacial evolution. --Bill Meyer

Customer Reviews:

Not Mats Gustafsson's best effort.......1999-09-29

This record seems to fall shy of expectations. Although Gustafsson's horn playing is as engaing amd redeaming as it usually is, David Grubb's Harmonium playing provides little more than a crowding of Gustafsson's playing. Try to pick up another record by Mr Gustafsson if your new to his methods and if your a fan already pick this up last.

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L'apertura

ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000BSLZBE
Release Date: 2005-11-08

Album Description

After The Remarkable Success During Their Recent Tour, Massimo Zamboni (Ex Cccp And Csi ) And Nada Release The First Album That They Have Realized Together It Contains The Most Interesting Track They Have Written And Some Of The Most Interesting Moments Of Their Live Tour 2006.