a r t i s t : Andrea Centazzo, Marco Cappelli, Hideki Kato
t i t l e : Los Angeles Tapes
d a t e : 2007
l a b e l : Ictus
g e n r e : Avantgarde
r l s. d a t e : Mar/2008
t r a c k s : 06
b i t r a t e : VBRkbps
s i z e : 60,7 MB
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Los Angeles Tapes: Suite in 6 Movements (Ictus 144; Italy) I
was recently sent a 10-CD box set called "Masters of Creative
Music" from Andrea Centazzo's Ictus label to check out and I
am amazed at the consistency, diversity and dynamics of the
entire collection. Italian percussion wiz, Andrea Centazzo, is
joined by Lol Coxhill, Eugene Chadbourne, Toshinori Kondo,
Franz Koglmann & even more fine musicians are found on these
discs plus there is an extraordinary disc by the Guido Mazzon
Sextet featuring Paul Rutherford. DMG will be getting copies
of all of these fine discs soon, but so far we just have
copies of the this superb trio.
This disc was recorded live at the Cafe Metropol in LA in July
of 2006 and it features Marco Cappelli on acoustic guitar,
Kato Hideki on double bass and Andrea Centazzo on percussion,
keyboards & Kat Mallet synth. We know Italian guitarist Marco
Cappelli from that fine disc, "Extreme Guitar Project" that
came out on Mode a couple of years back. Bassist & multi-
instrumentalist, Kato Hideki, was an original member of Ground
Zero and leads the great Death Ambient trio with Fred Frith
and Ikue Mori. Both Marco and Kato currently live in NYC and
can be heard in a variety of situations, improvised and
otherwise. This superb disc is a suite in six movements and
was composed/directed by Andrea Centazzo. "Movement 1" is a
suspense-filled dream-world with sublime written parts for the
acoustic guitar, subtle electronic percussion (electric
vibes), spacey synth and walking bass. "Movement II" features
some quick, free acoustic guitar, acoustic percussion and
bowed bass. Centazzo has an orchestral approach to his
percussion, electric vibes and synth playing, often minimal
and selecting each note/sound with care. Cappelli is a
virtuoso on that acoustic guitar, yet he rarely overplays or
shows off. Kato Hideki, who is one the best electric bassists
around, has chosen to play a variety of other instruments
(banjo, synth) over the past decade. He sounds fine on
acoustic bass here, most often playing a most supportive
position and soloing on rare occasion. This music sounds
cinematic, with Andrea directing his small orchestra in ways
that make this and any of the dozens of discs we've gotten
from Ictus consistently successful and fascinating to hear.
DMG
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01-Movement I [05:19]
02-Movement II [11:48]
03-Movement III [11:55]
04-Movement IV [02:37]
05-Movement V [09:06]
06-Movement VI [05:31]
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46:16 min