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System One
11:48
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山内桂とこのシーンでは珍しいドブロギターを使った Martin Vognsen とのデュオで、新鮮で不思議な和的な音世界が広がっている。必聴。
オーブスの Spanien スタジオで録音。デンマークの意欲的なレーベル JVTLANDT リリース。
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"all about jazz" (May 8, 2013.)
This is a duet with Danish guitarist, sound collage explorer and designer of sonic installments Martin Vognsen, who created the series of recordings State Changes According To A Wind (Jvtlandt, 2009). The music is, again, minimalist but this time serene, and both Yamauchi and Vognesen focus on exploring the common, distinct characters of their instruments.
The five deeply focused, abstract, almost transparent improvisations emphasize the alto saxophone's sonic properties as a vehicle for manipulating minor, detailed changes within streamed breaths and air. Whether plucked or bowed, the sonic palette of Vognsen's dobro adds tiny, metallic, percussive and often resonating colors, as well as basic drone and ambient sounds.
The highly reserved and almost silent interplay creates enigmatic and surprisingly beautiful melodic soundscapes on the almost cinematic "Two Is Enough," with its precise, feather-light pulsations. "Koma" introduces a soft, resonating sonic canvas, abstracted with bold, abrupt fragments of melodic lines consolidated on the closing "Chatime," this time structured with a fractured East Asian-tinged theme.
This recording offer fascinating journey within delicate forms of sound and time.
by Eyal Hareuveni
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Two Is Enough
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Dolphin
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Koma
08:59
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Chatime
17:44
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Katsura Yamauchi (aka. Salmosax) Japan
Katsura Yamauchi picked up sax in 1970s and was drawn to jazz and free improvisation. He lives Oita city, far from the big
cities in Japan, but he has now shown himself to be one of the most unique musicians in Japan.
He quit his regular job in 2002, he had developed his own original style. The music is challenging and easily accessible, unrecognizable and beautiful. He also made some movies.
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