a r t i s t : Keith Rowe & Oren Ambarchi
t i t l e : Squire
d a t e : 2006
l a b e l : For4Ears CD 1762
g e n r e : Avantgarde
r l s. d a t e : Dec/2006
t r a c k s : 01
b i t r a t e : VBRkbps
s i z e : 57,8 MB
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Oren Ambarchi-guitar / Keith Rowe-tabletop guitar
Archival recording of this duo's opening set, recorded live at
The Loft in Cologne on March 3, 2002. Lovingly recorded with
attention to detail, this release beautifully captures the two
guitarists creating their own sonic universe in real-time.
Gorgeous audial density to utterly submerge yourself in.
This is the last instalment on the triology that started with
Honey Pie and Flypaper.
"Squire possesses attributes and stamina to spare, revealing
itself in all its staying power. The set starts with a hoard
of subsonic rumbles which instantly caused my woofers to try
and come out running away. About seven minutes into the piece,
earth loop and radio voices have already established a reign
of terror, different hues of natural earmuffing that could
have an explosion near your house going almost unnoticed. The
huge wall of low frequencies encroaches our mental control but
leaves a few doors ajar for penetrating shortwave calls that
better define the frame of questionable lethargy that this
music causes. Inexorably, new emissions start giving the
picture a more abstract quality and it's right there that a
higher percentage of distortion is delivered, together with
additional radiophonic intrusions, in a section of economical
lucid surrealism that identifies the territory around the
halfway mark. By now we've been inducted in "Roweland" and
there's no way out in sight, as crackling discharges, scraped
nonentities and semi-paralyzed cybernetic birds would all love
to be portrayed in the family album photo, cell phone
interference and electrostatic pulse riding the crest of a
mercurial wave of uneasiness. At the half-hour point, the
catharsis is fully operational and the ground-shaking
vibrations are felt through the spine up to the skull (and
down to the kitchen, my wife calling me with impressed
excitement after feeling the floor quivering under her feet).
A black cat is also attracted; he comes, peeps and goes - and
I believe he heard things that I missed. I finally surrender
to Ambarchi and Rowe's authority: do what you want of
me."-Massimo Ricci, Touching Extremes
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01-Squire [42:45]
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42:45 min