microphones in the trees: vikki jackman
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Thursday, August 08, 2013

vikki jackman, andrew chalk & jean-noel rebily


'Beautiful limited vinyl edition of what was originally a micro press CD-R released in 2012: this edition of only 400 copies is completely re-mastered by Denis Blackman and pressed on 140g vinyl with DMM cut and printed sleeves featuring a Japanese obi strip. Jackman plays electric piano and electronics while Chalk plays synth and Rebilly plays clarinet. The mood is of melancholy memorial refracted through hazy, hallucinatory slow-motion synth environs, with aching half-heard melodies dissolving into shimmering tonal sunsets. There is slightly more of a ‘group’ feel than on previous Chalk releases, a little more interactive but still completely out of focus, with evocatively displaced synth melodies rising from heavens of reverb and tape F/X and it captures the feel of similar ‘reverse’ workings like the Two Daughters releases, the first Deux Filles, Asmus Tietchens early recordings, the classic Mirror sides... while still remaining specifically centred on the Jackman/Chalk soundworld. No one makes such gently euphoric and emotionally affecting drone work outside of Jackman and Chalk and this is another peerless set that combines a stately, elegiac proto-classical grace with spare DIY instrumentation and alchemical processing techniques'. volcaninc tongue

Hacía tiempo que revoloteaba alrededor de Andew Chalk (Elodie, Ghost on Water, Marsfield), y el reedescubrimiento de sus grabaciones con Vikki Jackman, bien ha valido el descender y sumerigerse en su onírico mundo. Como seguro que os ha pasado alguna vez, de repente parece que todo encaja y que siempre ha estado ahí (en la reseña de Elodie había una referencia a These Trails o el guiño a Mizoguchi en el disco que nos ocupa). Sin pensarlo demasiado tengo la sensación de circular por una inmensa melodía difusa en la que cada paso pronto se revela a tus pies como el más apropiado. Esos pasos, sin aparente rumbo, evocan tenues e inaudibles retumbos en 'Snowflake', intermitentes y fluctuantes  travesias en 'Wandering, disonantes vientos en 'Pulse' y nostálgicos regresos como 'Magnolia'. Circulando entre la chamber music, el ambient y los días grises y lluviosos, como el que hoy me ha recibido en mi retorno por unos días al norte. Como todo lo que edita en su sello farawaypress, 'paper doll's whisper of spring' fue una edición privada muy limitada con un artwork precioso y disponible en la reedición japonesa en vinilo.

Thursday, May 27, 2010

bronze horse


"this is a self-released debut vinyl record made up of music for 4 and 6 steel-stringed guitars and one piece for piano. no vocals… but if you listen close… recorded in ohio, new mexico and montana between 2007-2009." time~lag

"When we first heard a preview of this album a few months back, everyone was floored. It came out of nowhere, the work of one Zachary Hay. The atmosphere was immediately striking. It spoke of empty rooms and secret lives, of the backroads of America, as eloquently as the first cd-r's from Ilyas Ahmed or Jandek’s acoustic recordings. Some of the music could be vaguely described as American Primitive but it was reflected through an odd, almost Corwood-style aesthetic. The solo piano piece is especially poignant, the perfectly simple technique of Vikki Jackman or Christina Carter put to the service of a lonely winter hymnal. Really, this is a magical record, with an atmosphere that would stop time. If you’re a fan of the real American Primitive, a tradition that includes Jandek, Charalambides, Matt Valentine, the Tommy Roundtree/Arian Sample axis and Loren Connors as much as Jack Rose and John Fahey, then this is the perfect postcard from oblivion...A classic out of nowhere underground side." volcanic tongue

discos perdidos, discos que aparecen de la nada y tienen algo especial, como trees, chants & hollers, boots, c.c., snake & remus, long goodbye o cualquier nota musical relacionada con jewelled antler. nº1 en directo pone los pelos de punta, e incluso me recuerda a valerie webb & paul labrecque