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  | TOM ARTHURS / SIMON VINCENT ~ REAL-TIME SOUND SCULPTURE VOL.1
VISION OF SOUND 002 (Barcode: 5060268641266) ~ UK ~ Free Jazz / Improvised Music
Recorded: 2015 Released: 2016
This is an album by the British Improvising Music duo comprised of trumpeter / composer Tom ArthursFind albums by this artist and Simon VincentFind albums by this artist, who generates electronic sounds. The music was recorded in real-time in a Berlin church and is completely improvised and presented on this album as two separate pieces, the first of which is divided into two and the second into three tracks.
The music is almost completely detached from the basic elements of melody, harmony or rhythm, and ventures into the abstract exploration of sound. As such it can only be absorbed on a pure emotional level, which naturally depends on the listener´s frame of mind at the time of listening to the music. There are long passages of almost complete silence or very low volume level of electronically generated sounds, which repeatedly test the listener´s patience.
Arthurs´ contributions are of course, as always, aesthetically overwhelming and the sound sculptures the musicians create together are fascinating, even though they are extremely challenging. This extreme Avant-Garde minimalism and free spirited sound creation is therefore definitely for the average listener.
Nevertheless this is definitely a valid form of musical cooperation and artistic expression, and open-minded listeners who are not afraid of experimentation should find this unique album intriguing and demanding, which is more than one can say about most of the music created these days.
| | Updated: 12/04/2019Posted: 16/11/2016 | CD 1 Recommend To A Friend |
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