Artist : MOSS
Title : MOSS
Genre : Ambient
Year : 2011
Date : 05/2011
Bitrate : VBR kbps
Tracks : 01
Label : 12k
Source : CDDA
Encoder : Lame 3.98.4
Length : 24:31 min
Size : 39,5 MB
Tracklist:
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01.Moss 24:31
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24:31 min
MOLLY BERG, OLIVIA BLOCK, STEVE RODEN,
STEPHEN VITIELLO
Moss, is a live recording from a unique
collaboration by sound artists/musicians
Molly Berg, Olivia Block, Steve Roden
and Stephen Vitiello. This was a
midnight concert at the beautiful
Trinity Cathedral in San Jose, CA which
was part of the 01SJ Biennial. Olivia
and Steve had performed solo sets on the
previous nights. The final night was
meant to be a duo with Molly and Stephen
but the opportunity to play with
musicians/friends who we admire so much
called out for an invitation to play
together. As the set was entirely
improvised, the billing really changed
in our minds from being a duo with
guests to becoming a quartet. The church
itself was certainly inspiring, itÆs
dark wood and clean dry acoustics. There
was a very small but dedicated audience.
No one slept and the church crew were
able to, amazingly, quiet the rowdy
revelers on the street for the duration
of their set.
Anyone familiar with any of the four
musicians involved in this recording
will know the level of craftsmanship and
attention to sonic tactility that can be
found within. They each exercise such
incredible restraint, a feat difficult
to pull off in an impromptu improvised
session where musicians are often found
competing for space, and allow for a
sense of place to work its way through
the quiet recording. ôMossö breathes
like a living being lying down to sleep
ù a delicate wave of hushed field
recordings, tape tracks and subtle
electronics provides a bed for which
Molly BergÆs clarinet and voice (joined
at times by Steve Roden) ebb and sway,
allowed center- stage, in movements
across the pieceÆs 24+ minutes. Steve
Roden and Stephen Vitiello provide
guitar (lap steel and electric,
respectively) while Olivia Block
manipulates the tapes, field recordings
and electronics.
Moss is a perfect example of how four
like-minded friends and musicians can
come together at a momentÆs notice and
create, unrehearsed, a captivating and
beautiful sonic landscape. The
connection between them as artists is
completely evident while at the same
time disappearing into the background to
allow the piece move like a singular
body.
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