| Kowald/Masaoka/Robair / Illuminations |
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| Album: | Illuminations | Collection: | Jazz | |
| Artist: | Kowald/Masaoka/Robair | Added: | Nov 2003 | |
| Label: | Rastascan Records | |||
| A-File Activity |
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| Add Date: | 2004-01-12 | Pull Date: | 2004-03-15 | Charts: | Jazz |
| Week Ending: | Mar 7 | Feb 22 | Feb 15 | Feb 8 | Jan 25 | Jan 18 |
| Airplays: | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | Apr 22, 2010: | Memory Select View Seventeen | 4. | Feb 20, 2004: | Memory Select View Fifteen | |
| 2. | Mar 02, 2006: | Rock in a Position View Twenty | 5. | Feb 13, 2004: | Memory Select View Twenty | |
| 3. | Mar 05, 2004: | Memory Select View Nine | 6. | Feb 06, 2004: | Memory Select View Eighteen |
| Album Review |
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| Craig Matsumoto Reviewed 2004-01-09 | ||
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Abstract improv with bass, percussion, and koto (Japanese stringed instrument), teaming up recently deceased legend Peter Kowald with local starts Gino Robair and Miya Masaoka. Bite-sized snippets of 2 and 3 minutes, mostly. Very nice stuff, and a great introduction if you're new to the "European" improv mode, where they avoid conventional rhythm or harmony. The three instruments make for a richly interlocking sound, and all three musicians are expert at creating interesting spaces in music. Kowald also does Tuvan throat singing, which shows up here and there. For other Kowald improv groups in our library, look up: Fjellstad/Kowald/Reason/Robinson Ali, Rashied/Kowald/Tsahar 1*- Fast, bouncy rhythm 2- Quick jumble, w/bits of throat singing 3- Fast but calm 4- Rumbling, slowish feel but played fast. Koto takes the lead 5*- Throat singing! Ominous; quietly rattly 7- Slow but aggressive, w/exotic "asian" sound 8*- Bright, mid/fast 9- Slow and grinding 10- Tumbling 11- Screechy, a bit aggressive 12- Quick and buzzy 13- Fast quiet clicky sounds 14- Nervous 15- Slow, lumbering 16*- Fast, tumbling | ||
| Track Listing |
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| 1. | View Fifteen | 9. | View Two | |||
| 2. | View Sixteen | 10. | View Eight | |||
| 3. | View Ten | 11. | View Nine | |||
| 4. | View Twenty-One | 12. | View Eleven | |||
| 5. | View Eighteen | 13. | View Twelve | |||
| 6. | View Twenty-Two | 14. | View Seventeen | |||
| 7. | View One | 15. | View Fourteen | |||
| 8. | View Twenty | 16. | View Thirteen |