Fredy Studer
duos 21 - 27 CD 1656 Fredy Studer - dr, perc, cymb, gongs, metal cover: Othmar Rothenfluh released 25.8.05 
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«These seven duos are a pretty impressive demonstration of how sometimes a voice and/or an instrument can become a transcendental link to that undetectable engine that silently agitates our vital force since the very beginning. … Both artists work at the extreme fringes of their sensibility, transforming material acts into imploded unorthodoxy; their manipulation of stridency and sweetness is an unconventional phenomenon we'd better not overlook when thinking about the best improvised music we can hear these days.» «Duo totale. Una delle cose più interessanti in assoluto ascoltate di improvvisazione.» «Tous les deux évitent les variations inutiles, trouvent le souffle d'une beauté certaine dans une adéquation sentie mais paradoxale du geste à une effectivité qui ne peut être dans une action sur le monde mais sur soi, ou mieux une mise en acte du vide.» «For the third installment in his ongoing series of improvised duets, Fredy Studer selected Japanese vocalist Ami Yoshida. By now, the drummer has taught us to expect unexpected partners, but this time he really went out of his way to surprise us. » «Their album offers several improvisations in which tiny percussion sounds of everyday objects, strange peeping vocals and metallic scraping have been combined. The music returns to a primitism due to a primair emotional character. These improvisations are raw and pure, based upon an emotional drift.» «Yoshida's vocal technique deals with making 'small sounds with a voice', like making bird noises, swallowing, clicking etc. She does this with great concentration. To this, Studer, add a fine blend of drums, percussion, cymbals, gong and metal - for each section he carefully selects a few sound sources that fit Yoshida's voice perfectly. It's improvisation along the lines of onkyo - carefully, silent, contemplative. Exploring the possibilities of sounds and the interaction with other sounds. Quite demanding music going on here that requires one full attention, otherwise one will be lost. The captivation of this work is only there if the listener totally surrender's to it's beauty.» «…Die Japanerin hat auf äußerst virtuose Weise eine ganz eigene Artikulationsform für die Stimme als Instrument und den Kehllaut als Abgrund entwickelt. Studer hüllt sie immer wieder in minimalistische, unterschiedlich eingefärbte Cymbaldröhnwolken oder er webt poröse Konstrukte aus pointillistischen Tupfen. Mit ganz erstaunlicher Sensibilität findet er Interaktionsklänge, die jenseits solcher Klischeekontraste wie Mann-Frau, Westlich-Östlich liegen. Aus Spucke und Luft, Metall und Haut entfalten die beiden in der intimen Zweisamkeit improvisierter Kommunikation einen bruitistischen Mikrokosmos auf präsymbolischer Ebene…» |
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