British improviser Rhodri Davies has created a singular niche for himself in improvised music. A master of the harp, he has expanded its sonic palette with a host of extended techniques: amplifying it, preparing it in ways common to the piano and guitar; and plucking, striking, and bowing it with a host of foreign objects.Continue reading “Annette Krebs and Rhodri Davies. Kravis Rhonn Project. Max Eastley and Rhodri Davies. Dark Architecture.”
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Halliwell and Patterson. Terrain.
Field recording, granulated by using amplified devices, meets processed feedback and other advanced reed techniques on this notable British session. Altering his initial sources so that they’re divorced from their origin, Lee Patterson creates a voice equal to that of Graham Halliwell’s amplified alto saxophone. On the most memorable improvisations Patterson approximates the languages ofContinue reading “Halliwell and Patterson. Terrain.”
John Butcher. Resonant Spaces.
Accepting the challenge of solo improvising in selected parts of northern Scotland and the Orkney Islands, British saxophonist John Butcher evolves specific strategies that transform these sites into resonating showplaces. The result is as spectacular as it is unique. Using either soprano or tenor saxophone acoustically, amplified, or with feedback, Butcher takes into consideration theContinue reading “John Butcher. Resonant Spaces.”
