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Daten der Sparte Tonträger / Musiker / Bilder
CD: Elliot Sharp Carbon — Void Coordinates
Label:
Intakt RecordsLabel-Nummer:
CD 163Aufnahmedatum: 2009
Aufnahmeort: Zürich
Helvetica: Hat Bezug zur Schweiz
Tonträger: 1 CD
Genre | | |
Contemporary Jazz | → | Avantgarde |
Void Coordinates has multiple meanings: the exact location of the void (a contradiction in terms); the process of eliminating all reference points; a cutting loose of all previous reference. Again, structural approaches varied: in “Eskatones”, a 25/8 riff is cut into component sub-grooves of 6/8, 7/8, and 8/8 for exploration. “Eukaryonic” uses additive rhythms of 7/4, 5/4, and 3/4 to build its cumulative effect. “Hypercubus” relies on a 16th note pulse and layered overtones. “Fermion” and “Holoscenic” both start with a simple melody as source material for their expansion. “Index of Minerals” begins with a lacy hazy interlock between harp and guitar before thickening with hocketed rhythms and sonic improvisations. “The Younger Dryas” carries strains of early Carbonics as well as paying tribute to Miles Davis’ On The Corner period. The titles (as most of my titles do) serve as pointers, references, keywords. This music was recorded “live” with a minimum of edits and overdubs – essentially, this is what Carbon sounds like in performance, operating in the service of groove and psycho-acoustic chemical change.