Daniel Barbiero & Cristiano Bocci – Wooden Mirrors (2019)
- Improvised
music
- Avant-garde
- Experimentalism
- Electro-acoustic
Comment:
it is collaborative act between an Italian (Cristian Bocci), and
American musician (Daniel Barbiero) who both play double basses in
the opening composition (clocking in at a 22-minute), and Cristian
Bocci only performs live electronics in the second track From
a Concourse
(clocking in at a 13 minute). First of all, it is a thoroughly
improvised act which seemingly starts off a bit awkwardly as if
searching for the intention through accidental notes and sonic
combinations based on the plucked instruments. By going on, at a
time, the listener can hear more contoured, channelized progressions
in the embodiment of dynamic gears and semi-orchestrations which may
be considered a drier version of Penguin Cafe Orchestra which are
strengthened with iterative phases, phase changes and general
improvised music aspects. As mentioned before, From
a Concourse
is the platform for electronic music within these 36 minutes which
reveals a bit creepy wobbly electronic effects which do interact with
vivid cello manifestos. There are up amplified echoes, loopy cello
gears and ghastly shades coming out through contact microphones to
eventually build up a sultry, lofty composition. There can be drawn
parallels upon some works of the like of Arthur Russell, for example.
The solid issue is a part of the discography of Plus Timbre.
