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"HiGH ▀ iNTELLiGeNCE tRoLLS"
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a r t i s t : Andrea Neumann-Burkhard Beins
t i t l e : Lidingo
d a t e : 2002
l a b e l : Erstwhile 026
g e n r e : Avantgarde
r l s. d a t e : Nov-2004
t r a c k s : 05
b i t r a t e : VBRkbps
s i z e : 79,0 MB
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Andrea Neumann - inside piano and mixing desk
Burkhard Beins - percussion and strings
Lidingo is a small island town outside of Stockholm, Sweden. A
series of old photographs of the area apparently inspired
inside pianist Andrea Neumann and percussionist Burkhard Beins
to create this fine, freely improvised performance. Given the
titles of the tracks, the listener is nudged into hearing the
sounds generated herein in a much more programmatic manner than
is normally the case with similar music. The gorgeous first
piece, "Approaching Lidingo," is thus filled with a sense of
anticipation. As its volume gradually increases, the complex
sonic details take on the aspect of whizzing landscape
elements. Near its climax, it's difficult not to think of a
clanking, wheezing old train screeching into a wooden depot.
The title track begins quietly enough, the slumbering village
just rising perhaps, but activity soon picks up, intersects,
complexifies, and loudens. Soon, listeners are into a bustling
soundscape alive with clatter, bell tones, metallic booms,
hissing steam -- the hidden chaos of everyday life. It's quite
an impressive evocation. Neumann and Beins, both members of the
improvising ensemble Phosphor as well as participants in
countless other projects, are masters of this music, the former
summoning all manner of unearthly sounds from her amplified
piano stringboard, the latter simply one of the most
imaginative percussionists around, indeed making the tag
"percussionist" seem hopelessly deficient. If the final three,
shorter cuts don't quite live up to the expansiveness and
breathy quality of the first two, it's a minor quibble.
Lidingo's music belies the sleepy-town demeanor of its
inspiration and creates a wonderful, living, aural image of its
own device. Recommended.
URL: http://www.erstwhilerecords.com
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01-Approaching Lidingo [11:03]
02-Lidingo [24:07]
03-Bron [04:09]
04-Loffe [07:40]
05-Remembering Lidingo [05:52]
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52:51 min
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