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Wicked synthesis

leo | Beijing, China | 08/15/2004

(5 out of 5 stars)

"truly original and powerful welding of new digital minimalism and a free jazz dynamic, sometimes with head nodding rhythms. stop and go strategies reveal crystaline overtones and awesome turrential noise; gorgeous sustained passages fused with swatches of finely sculpted noise undercut by an insistent pulse. This material reconciles many dichotomies - live and studio techniques, jazz and electronic traditions, clinical modern and traditional earthy aesthetics. This is the kind of fusion we need more of: one that points to myriads of possibilities for the future while not compromising glories of the past."