|
Banana fish 16. 2002. San Francisco.(review
by S. Glass)
Joining Mattin on the Sakada CD (w.m.o/r),
Rosy Parlane of Parmentier and AMM's Eddie Prevost waste no part of the
rattlesnake. Swollen, tellurium-gilded tails twitch between
booby-trapped, misfired welds - a corral of liberated aerospace static
where vinegar-soft-ened slotcar motors smolder (having benn
insufficiently lubricated with skin secretions), and tiny, capped fangs
rasp cymbals the size of sports umbrellas.The "I Kill It, I Grill It"
ethos is alive and well.
http://pub135.ezboard.com/fnoisebotboardfrm2.showMessage?topicID=48.topic
MATTIN "Sakada"
CD w.m.o/r (UK) 2002
Mattin is a London-based Basque artist who runs the w.m.o/r label and
this CD is a record of a performance by Mattin on computer feedback
along with the legendary Eddie Prevost (AMM/Organum) and Sigma
Editions' Rosy Parlane on percussion. The "computer feedback" takes the
form of a torrent of hiss, not always harsh, not always unpleasant, but
definitely a bit on the abrasive side. The first track's mix of drum
kit assault and long stretches of feedback hitting the high registers
actually reminded me of Fushitsusha - there is a similar austere feel
coupled with a slightly grungy "rock" edge to the electronics. On the
remaining tracks the percussion is played more abstractly (and rarely
on what you'd recognize as a standard drum kit) with the sound of
slowly resonating metals and echoed gong-like tones playing beneath the
rustling of the feedback which moves (and sounds like) a rushing water
current. The last track is maybe the best and at 23 minutes also the
longest - Prevost and Parlane provide the subdued metallic clanging as
the feedback noise rises and falls, occasionally forming huge walls of
static white noise. This is credited as a Mattin record and it is his
computer noise that dominates (but doesn't overpower) the proceedings.
Website: www.mattin.org/
LAYLAH
(Spain)
Mattin
"Sakada"
por Crypt Vihâra
"Sakada" (W.M.O./r 2) no es simplemente uno de los muchos trabajos
editados por Mattin en su sello W.M.O./r. En esta ocasión se
unen a él la percusión pulsante de Eddie Prévost y
Rosy Parlane creando una genuina composición poética.
Grabado en Londres el 11 de marzo de 2001, "Sakada" es un brillante
recital en el que varios intérpretes se combinan de forma
perfecta. Cada una de las cuatro piezas que conforman este CD
constituyen algo más de sesenta minutos de música
inexplicable, soberbia y sugestivamente fascinante. En las cuatro
ocasiones el sonido sacude nuestro magullado encéfalo
penetrándolo con murmullos y chirridos fulgurantes. Este CD no
es el resultado de una impremeditación acústica, sino
algo más allá de la mera composición.
¡"Sakada" es para escucharlo y quedarse sin palabras
por Crypt Vihâra
|