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a r t i s t : Noel AkchotΘ
t i t l e : Rien
d a t e : 2000
l a b e l : Winter & Winter
g e n r e : Free Improvisation
r l s. d a t e : Jan-2004
t r a c k s : 11
b i t r a t e : 192kbps
s i z e : 92,4 MB
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Noδl AkchotΘ - guitar, concept
Erik Minkkinen - computer
Andrew Sharpley - sampler, turntable
The unfortunate back-cover blurb of this disc proclaims, "Rien
is a journey, a road-movie as well as a soundtrack." One
imagines that Winter & Winter felt the commercial necessity to
package Akchote's project in the guise of a non-narrative movie
soundtrack (as well as providing a booklet of intriguingly
cinematic photos by Daida Moriyama). However, Rien actually
seems to be his attempted entry into the electroacoustic
improvisational world pioneered by AMM and occupied, in 2000,
by an abundance of low-volume improvising musicians such as
Polwechsel and Gunter Muller and of labels like Erstwhile and
Mego.
The results are partially successful. Joined by computer
manipulator Erik Minkkinen and sampler/turntablist Andrew
Sharpley of Stock, Hausen and Walkman, Akchote does produce
some rich swatches of sound, snapshots devoid of traditional
melodic or rhythmic vocabulary but evocative of the random
sounds of quiet urban nights. On previous releases, Akchote had
displayed considerable chops on his instrument, both in his own
compositions and in his deconstructions of standards by, among
others, Ornette Coleman. Here he admirably sublimates his
technical prowess to the more ambient concept of the pieces,
producing sounds bearing little relation to those traditionally
associated with the guitar, but owing much to the extended
techniques developed by AMM's Keith Rowe. If the outcome is
less powerful or organic than that created by longtime
practitioners of the genre, it's at least a step in a
potentially rewarding direction.
One wonders, though, whether or not this is a shoe that fits.
The most successful track on the disc is the final one,
"Pousse," where Akchote's guitar is easily recognizable as such
and the song structure and melodic content is the clearest.
Perhaps his essential nature is more traditional than he lets
on here.
URL: http://www.winterandwinter.com
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01-Gifle [06:39]
02-Pleure [04:53]
03-Crache [04:54]
04-Mords [04:19]
05-Jette [02:45]
06-Cesse [05:21]
07-Coupe [08:06]
08-Hurle [06:57]
09-Parle [08:34]
10-Rien [06:26]
11-Pousse [08:17]
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