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Lawrence English & Lea Bertucci - Chthonic (American Dreams, 2023)
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Lea Bertucci — Of Shadow and Substance (Self-released)
More so than any of my other music, I don’t feel that these works belong to me,” Bertucci writes. “There is something about them that is beyond myself as an individual and provides, if anything, a brief glimpse into what it is to be human in what feels like these waning days of the Anthropocene.”
Based in New York, Lea Bertucci is a multi-talented artist, using electronics with live instruments in performances and installations. She specializes in multi-channel audio work in active acoustic spaces. Bertucci’s latest LP, Of Shadow and Substance, uses live instruments — strings, harp and percussion — expanded with electronics. The album’s motto is: “dissonance, drone, and dynamics.” It’s a perfect summation, but digging deeper, there’s much to be revealed.
The sense of surround is limited by stereo reproduction, but Bertucci renders the music as close as one can get with reverberant atmosphere and swooping lines. Both of the pieces are tuned in just intonation with sweet thirds but a limited amount of in tune fifths. The first track, “Vapours,” is performed by Quartetto Maurice: Alina and Georgia Privitiera, Francesco Vernero, and Laura Bertolino. It is quasi-improvisational, and the quartet was encouraged to visualize two senses of the word “vapors:” vapor appearing in the air, and the hysterics of women (an archaic expression). The outer sections focus on the first idea, with a hectic portrayal of the second in the middle sections. The hardening and elsewhere expansion of sounds with electronics never makes the acoustic nature of the instruments seem indistinct.
“Of Shadow and Substance,” the recording’s second piece, is a reference to an episode from the TV series The Twilight Zone. It was commissioned by the ARS Nova Workshop in Philadelphia. A different ensemble performs here — double bassist Henry Fraser, cellist Lester St. Louis, harpist Lucia Stravros, and percussionist Matt Evans. Of the work, Bertucci says, “This piece measures the accumulation of events over glacial periods of time as a metaphor for social and environmental shifts. It is a meditation on time travel, asking the listener to consider the way events from the past propel themselves into the future.”
The way these disparate strands are united involves the telescoping of motives. The strings move through full multi-stops to harmonics and scordatura. The reappearance of each of these textures gives one the sense of aforementioned time travel. Halfway through, bass octaves in the strings accompany bleeps that could populate another early TV series, Star Trek. Aphoristic harp phrases and periodic percussion provide another layer. Upper register harmonics, bowing behind the bridge, and electronics are accompanied by rustling harp and percussion. The juxtaposition of this high selection of sounds and the imposition of low bass notes and reemergence of regular bass drum beats has brought the piece around to a jigsaw puzzle of a recapitulation. Percussion moves to eighth notes and a pure fifth appears above the bass, reframing the verticals to shimmer with overtones. High harp pizzicatos and morse code electronic sounds move to the foreground. A just flatted seventh in the cello provides still another trajectory through the overtones and delicious dissonances against the drone bass. The last section reestablishes pure fifth and octave in the strings while sine tones accentuate the resulting harmonics. A long denouement ensues, moving towards an inexorable niente.
Bertucci’s work continues to develop. Of Shadow and Substance presents two facets of “drone, dissonance, and dynamics” that speak with eloquence, treading lightly but palpably on extra-musical concerns.
Christian Carey
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September
White Canyon & The 5th Dimension : Gardener's of The Earth
Bernard Grancher : Time Off Never Ends Summer ep 2023 Vol.7
Twilight Sequence : Outline of Nature
Lawrence English & Lea Bertucci : Chthonic
Kim Oxlund : Very Special Things
Panda Bear & Sonic Boom : Reset In Dub
mu tate : they're with you always
Lyndhurst : Platforms
Gardenia : Ten contemporary songs in homage to Billie Holiday
Belbury Poly : The Path
#Gardenia#Belbury Poly#lyndhurst#mu tate#Panda Bear & Sonic Boom#Kim Oxlund#Lawrence English & Lea Bertucci#Twilight Sequence#White Canyon & The 5th Dimension#Bernard Grancher#Bandcamp
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Music from elsewhere and beyond for you to tune in, turn on, freak out, and go deep into the heart of creation at the center of the universe. Or something. 10pm tonight on WGXC, 90.7-FM in the Hudson Valley and streaming 24/7 at wgxc.org or UPDATE: download the podcast at the link below
Snackpoint Charlie - Transmission 136 - 2024.04.03
https://wavefarm.org/wf/archive/asfrfb
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PLAYLIST
1) Alice Coltrane - “Journey in Satchidananda” from THE CARNEGIE HALL CONCERT
https://aquariumdrunkard.com/2024/03/21/alice-coltrane-the-carnegie-hall-concert/
(underbed throughout:)
Pinchas Gurevich - “Whataboutism”
2) Gus Vali - “Telly” from CHIMERA - A FANTASY IN JAZZ ROCK MID-EAST SOUNDS
https://www.discogs.com/release/2391349-Gus-Vali-Chimera
3) John Sinclair & His Blues Scholars - “I Talk to the Spirits” from FULL CIRCLE
https://www.discogs.com/release/4433050-John-Sinclair-His-Blues-Scholars-Featuring-Wayne-Kramer-Full-Circle
4) Jesse Paul Miller - “Ancient Wave Travelers” from DREAM BOXES AND PSYCHIC MICROPHONES • RADIO AND OTHER SOUNDS FROM SOUTHEAST ASIA 2008 - 2017
https://jessepaulmiller.bandcamp.com/album/dream-boxes-and-psychic-microphones-radio-and-other-sounds-from-southeast-asia-2008-2017
5) Ron English - “Bees” from JOHN SINCLAIR PRESENTS DETROIT ARTISTS WORKSHOP
https://strut.bandcamp.com/album/john-sinclair-presents-detroit-artists-workshop
6) Dimi Mint Abba and Nema Mint Choueikh w/Luleide ould Dendenni, Mohamed ould Deddah ould Choueikh, and Mohamed ould Seymali - excerpt from MOROCCAN SAHRAOUI EVENT (A MYSTERY TAPE FROM MAURITANIA)
https://hivemindrecords.bandcamp.com/album/a-mystery-tape-from-mauritania
7) Khruangbin - “May Ninth” from A LA SALA
https://khruangbin.bandcamp.com/album/a-la-sala
8) Street Musician of Yogyakarta - “Asoi” from STREET MUSICIANS OF YOGYAKARTA
https://mississippirecords.bandcamp.com/album/street-musicians-of-yogyakarta
9) Kyle Tierce - “Interlocking Questions” from THE FIVE FINGERS OF A DOG (ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK)
https://superspectrum.bandcamp.com/album/the-five-fingers-of-a-dog-original-soundtrack
10) Jesse Paul Miller - “Radio Cambodia” from DREAM BOXES AND PSYCHIC MICROPHONES • RADIO AND OTHER SOUNDS FROM SOUTHEAST ASIA 2008 - 2017
https://jessepaulmiller.bandcamp.com/album/dream-boxes-and-psychic-microphones-radio-and-other-sounds-from-southeast-asia-2008-2017
11) Nadah El Shazly & Elvin Brandhi - CAIRO ???” from POLLUTION OPERA
https://pollutionopera.bandcamp.com/album/pollution-opera
12) Ludwig Berger - “Apparent Heart” from SPECIES LONELINESS
https://ludwigberger.bandcamp.com/album/species-loneliness
13) Faust - “Stay or Leave” from MOMENTAUFNAHME IV
https://faust.bandcamp.com/album/momentaufnahme-iv-2
14) La Monte Young & Marian Zazeela - “31 VII 69 10:26 - 10:49 PM (a section of Map of 49's Dream the Two Systems of Eleven Sets of Galactic Intervals Ornamental Lightyears Tracery)” from 31 VII 69 10:26-10:49 PM / 23 VIII 64 2:50:45-3:11 AM THE VOLGA DELTA (aka THE BLACK ALBUM)
https://www.melafoundation.org/lmy.htm
https://www.superiorviaduct.com/collections/la-monte-young-marian-zazeela
15) Ragnar Johnson & Jessica Mayer – “Mo-mo” from SPIRIT CRY FLUTES AND BAMBOO JEWS HARPS FROM PAPUA NEW GUINEA : EASTERN HIGHLANDS & MADANG
https://ideologicorgan.bandcamp.com/album/spirit-cry-flutes-and-bamboo-jews-harps-from-papua-new-guinea-eastern-highlands-and-madang
16) Lea Bertucci - “Of Shadow and Substance (excerpt)” from OF SHADOW AND SUBSTANCE
https://leabertucci.bandcamp.com/album/of-shadow-and-substance
17) John Bence - Raphael, Archangel of Tiphareth” from ARCHANGELS
https://johnbence.bandcamp.com/album/archangels
18) Jesse Paul Miller - “Radio Wat Thailand I&II” from DREAM BOXES AND PSYCHIC MICROPHONES • RADIO AND OTHER SOUNDS FROM SOUTHEAST ASIA 2008 - 2017
https://jessepaulmiller.bandcamp.com/album/dream-boxes-and-psychic-microphones-radio-and-other-sounds-from-southeast-asia-2008-2017
#snackpointcharlieradio#wgxc#wgxcradio#hellsdonuthouse#communityradio#freeformradio#snackpointcharliewgxc#hudsonny#globalmusic#worldmusic#radioforopenears#outernational#hudsonvalley#globalbeat
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Chance Encounters #008
Barry Truax, Fred Moten, Aaron Dilloway & Jeph Jerman, Jun-Y Ciao, Wild Up plays Julius Eastman, Nyokabi Kariũki, Christopher Kirkley, Manja Ristic, Hong Qile, Alvin Lucier, Masahiko Okura, Gunter Muller & Ami Yoshida, Mei-Mei Berssenbrugge, Minoru Sato, Keji Haino, Jim O'Rourke & Oren Ambarchi, Hekla, Dylan Henner, Kazuya Ishigami & Tamako Katsufuji, Masayoshi Fujita, Grahamn Dunning, Leticia Castaneda, Robbie Lee & Lea Bertucci, Marina Rosenfeld, Greg Davis, Sonic Youth, Bernard Parmegiani, Jay-Dea Lopez
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Amirtha Kidambi & Lea Bertucci - Phase Eclipse
(2019, full album)
[Musique concrète, EAI, Sound Poetry, Tape Music]
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FAVOURITE MUSIC RELEASES IN 2022
Caterina Barbieri - Spirit Exit
https://caterinabarbieri.bandcamp.com/album/spirit-exit
Marina Herlop - Pripyat
https://marinaherlop.bandcamp.com/album/pripyat
Elaine Howley - The Distance Between Heart And Mouth
touchsensitiverecords.bandcamp.com/album/the-distance-between-heart-and-mouth
Emile Mosseri & Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith - I Could Be Your Dog / I Could Be Your Moon
https://kaitlynaureliasmith.bandcamp.com/album/i-could-be-your-dog-i-could-be-your-moon
Whatever The Weather - Whatever the Weather
https://whateva.bandcamp.com/album/whatever-the-weather
Hekla - Xiuxiuejar
https://phantomlimblabel.bandcamp.com/album/xiuxiuejar
Claire Rousay & More Eaze - Never Stop Texting Me https://orangemilkrecords.bandcamp.com/album/never-stop-texting-me
Laila Sakini - Paloma
https://lailasakini.bandcamp.com/album/paloma
Ellen Arkbro & Johan Graden - I Get Along Without You Very Well
https://ellenarkbro.bandcamp.com/album/i-get-along-without-you-very-well
Natalie Beridze - Of Which One Knows https://room40.bandcamp.com/album/of-which-one-knows
Patricia Wolf - See-Through
https://patriciawolf.bandcamp.com/album/see-through
Carla dal Forno - Come Around
https://carladalforno.bandcamp.com/album/come-around-2
James K - Random Girl
https://jameskmusic.bandcamp.com/album/random-girl
Puce Mary - You Must Have Been Dreaming
https://puce-mary.bandcamp.com/album/you-must-have-been-dreaming
Puce Mary - STUCK
https://puce-mary.bandcamp.com/album/stuck
Bianca Scout & Elena Isolini - Our Hearts https://themthere.bandcamp.com/album/our-hearts
Ben Vida & Lea Bertucci - Murmurations https://leabertucci.bandcamp.com/album/murmurations
Hüma Utku - The Psychologist
https://humautku.bandcamp.com/album/the-psychologist
Rhoya - Red
https://unboned.bandcamp.com/album/red
Treasury of Puppies - Mitt stora nu https://discreetmusicgbg.bandcamp.com/album/treasury-of-puppies-mitt-stora-nu
#music#lists#2022#best of#long post#caterina barbieri#marina herlop#puce mary#elaine howley#hekla#laila sakini
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Lawrence English & Lea Bertucci
source: bandcamp (album review)
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26 Ağustos 2023 tarihli program kaydı.
Güncel deneysel kayıtlardan bir seçki // A selection of recent experimental recordings. Download.
01 – Wolf Eyes – Plus Warning
02 – 7038634357 – Perfect Night
03 – tondiue – Lilypad Part 2
04 – Siavash Amini – The Sweat Of Earth (excerpt)
05 – Lawrence English & Lea Bertucci – Geology Of Fire
06 – Minor Science – Dread The Evening
07 – Bendis Giske – Rush
08 – Klara Lewis & Nik Colk Void – Say Why
09 – Michael Valentine West – I Should Have Lied Like Everyvbody Else
10 – Hulubalang – Kemaut
11 – Kirin McElwain – Work
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Listen/purchase: Chthonic by Lawrence English & Lea Bertucci
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