a r t i s t : Tom Chant-Sharif Sehnaoui
t i t l e : Cloister
d a t e : 2006
l a b e l : Almaslakh
g e n r e : Avantgarde
r l s. d a t e : Nov/2007
t r a c k s : 03
b i t r a t e : VBRkbps
s i z e : 88,3 MB
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Tom Chant | soprano sax
Sharif Sehnaoui | acoustic guitar
This is a soprano sax/acoustic guitar session recorded at
Sehnaoui's apartment in Paris, which is near an old cloister.
The record comprises three long improvisations whose grammar
derives from an obstinate research for uncharted areas of
intelligent needlework, thus fertilizing the ground for new
contiguities between the percussive resonance of instruments.
The results achieved by this duo through the application of
extended techniques bring the whole thing to shine, and quite
often. Chant's saxophone creates its illusoriness through
reversible hoarseness and chirping tremolos, yet at the same
time his playing is radioscopic, bringing out all the
multiphonic sensibility at the right moments while eradicating
any immunity from its almost probabilistic aesthetic.
Sehnaoui's technical clothing exploits every particle of his
guitar; he fills gaps with wooden friction, string detuning
and relaxed responsiveness. Gentle bumps and muffled roars
respond to Chant's calls without hurry, and listening to the
Lebanese artist hit the strings with random jauntiness in the
third section, with the saxophonist bouncing around those
semi-chords like an excited peeping bird, adds a pinch of salt
to an already appetizing recipe.
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01-Us Three [20:55]
02-Four Sputnik [21:35]
03-What about Seven [24:30]
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67:00 min