| Fernandez, Agusti/Peter Kowald / Sea Of Lead |
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| Album: | Sea Of Lead | Collection: | Jazz | |
| Artist: | Fernandez, Agusti/Peter Kowald | Added: | 02/2006 | |
| Label: | Hopscotch Records | |||
| A-File Activity |
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| Add Date: | 2006-04-30 | Pull Date: | 2006-07-02 | Charts: | Jazz |
| Week Ending: | 2 Jul | 28 May | 14 May | 7 May |
| Airplays: | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | Jun 30, 2006: | Memory Select Sea Of Lead Part 6 | 4. | May 09, 2006: | Umami Jazz Program Tendrils | |
| 2. | Jun 29, 2006: | Cognitive Overload Sea Of Lead Part 6 | 5. | May 05, 2006: | Memory Select Tendrils | |
| 3. | May 23, 2006: | Umami Jazz Program Sea Of Lead Part 1 | 6. | May 04, 2006: | Baptism of Solitude Rhizomes |
| Album Review |
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| Craig Matsumoto Reviewed 2006-04-27 | ||
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Improv duets between pianist Fernandez and late bassist Kowald. Lots of nonmusical sounds: scratchy or squeaky bass strings, or plucking/pounding of the piano strings. Abstract stuff that varies between placid and dark. Hailing from Germany, Kowald was a well respected figure in improv circles. Our library includes a nice trio session he did with Gino Robair (drums) and Miya Masaoka (koto) locally -- it's under Kowald/Masaoka/Robair, title "Illuminations," on the Rastascan label. It's one of several great albums we have involving Kowald -- do check it out. 1- Fast groany bass, mid/fast clatter 2- Wailing swirl. Then calmly dissonant screeches 3- Slow, industrial clangs and groans 4- Quiet rubber-band bass 5- Quiet but fast. Squeaks and flutters. 6- Harsh pounding/squeaks, then a mid/fast musical duet 7- Pensive mid/slow, played "straight" (i.e. mostly normal music) 8- Fast, w/nice pitter-patter piano interlude that I think quotes Cecil Taylor 9- Brisk, mid/fast, almost jazzy in a spiky-aggressive way 10- Dark and dramatic, with some throat singing from Kowald (yes, he was schooled in Tuvan throat singing) 11- Sparse clatter: Low twang of piano strings getting bashed. | ||
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