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"HiGH ▀ iNTELLiGeNCE tRoLLS"
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a r t i s t : Jason Lescalleet
t i t l e : Mattresslessness
d a t e : 2003
l a b e l : Cut 008
g e n r e : Other
r l s. d a t e : September/2004
t r a c k s : 07
b i t r a t e : VBRkbps
s i z e : 82,9 MB
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After several notable collaborations -- with John Hudak
("Figure 2", Intransitive), Ron Lessard (Due Process "Fin de la
Voix", RRR) and especially with Greg Kelley on the magnificent
"Forlorn Green" on Erstwhile -- "Mattresslessness" is Jason
Lescalleet's first full-length solo album, and the fact that
each of its tracks is dedicated to "people that I thought might
appreciate the work" - for the most part, fellow musicians -
ought not to be misinterpreted. Lescalleet might namecheck
kindred spirits such as Francisco Lopez, Taylor Deupree and
Achim Wollscheid, but his own working methods are highly
original. (That said, it's probably no coincidence that the
noisiest piece on the disc, "Straight No Chaser" - presumably a
reference to the undiluted punch of a slug of whisky rather
than to the Thelonious Monk tune of the same name - is
dedicated to Lessard..) "Most of the compositions began as
works of [analog] tapeloops," comments Lescalleet when pushed
for details on his compositional technique, "but I hope the CD
blurs the difference between my two approaches [analog and
digital]". Indeed it does - the crackles and fizzes from
Lescalleet's collection of lo-fi equipment (defective walkmen,
trashed speakers..) are lovingly reworked with digital
precision, but retains their distinctive analog warmth.
"Ineinandergreifen - 08 Dezember 1912", with its eerie melodic
fragments swirling over what sounds like the whoosh of an old
wax cylinder until they're gradually enveloped in a cloud of
dusty receding loops, is unlike anything you're likely to have
heard, except perhaps (obliquely) Basinski's "Disintegration
Loops". (Watch out for the ghost track, too.) Compared to the
chilly, glassy perfection of Lopez or the pinprick lowercase
intricacy of Deupree, Lescalleet's work has a tough, open-air
feel to it, like shaving with cold steel in a mountain stream
after a night in a tent.
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01-Ambidextrous and Half Japanese [10:51]
02-Underscore [09:00]
03-Clay Tapes [07:00]
04-Straight No Chaser [04:04]
05-Ineinandergreifen - 08 Dezember 1912 [13:57]
06-General Electric [08:04]
07-Mattresslessness [06:50]
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59:46 min
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