Staiano, Moe!/Moe!Kestra / An Inescapable Siren Within Earshot Distance Therein And Other Whereabouts
| Album: | An Inescapable Siren Within Earshot Distance Therein And Other Whereabouts | Collection: | General | |
| Artist: | Staiano, Moe!/Moe!Kestra | Added: | Dec 2006 | |
| Label: | Rastascan Records | |||
A-File Activity
| Add Date: | 2006-12-17 | Pull Date: | 2007-02-18 | Charts: | Classical/Experimental |
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| Week Ending: | Jan 14 | Jan 7 | Dec 31 | Dec 24 |
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| Airplays: | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | Jan 16, 2009: | Memory Select
Piece No. 5 [nearly all of it] |
4. | May 25, 2007: | Memory Select -- Moe! Staiano interview
Piece No. 5 (Part 3), Piece No. 7 (Part 1) |
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| 2. | Sep 19, 2007: | Day of Difficulty
Piece No. 7 (Part 3) |
5. | May 18, 2007: | Memory Select
Piece No. 7 (Part 3) [played during & after the Concert Calendar] |
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| 3. | May 30, 2007: | Baptism of Solitude
Piece No. 7 (Part 3) |
6. | Jan 12, 2007: | Memory Select
Piece No. 5 [all 3 parts] |
Album Review
Craig Matsumoto
Reviewed 2006-12-11
Reviewed 2006-12-11
Two different-sounding pieces for large bands. The pieces are composed (more like storyboarded), and conducted by Moe!, but there's a lot of improvisation happening between the lines. Great stuff, capable of vicious noise and restrained calm.
PIECE NO. 7 (tracks 1-3) : Mostly strings and a mass of guitars played like a synched-up swarm of bees. Starts surprisingly serene in a type of drone/minimalism, boiling into a bigger, louder third movement.
1- Falling-bomb strings and a gradually building rumble, quiet but ominous
2- Ghostly howling of wine glasses being rubbed (literally). Serene. Strings in the last 3 minutes: Stately and gentle, later tense and foreboding.
3- Rumbling drone of low strings that lurches through changes in tone, like an angry sea. Last 2 minutes get chaotic, with sirens
PIECE No. 5 (tracks 4-6) : Uses a more "traditional" jazz/improv lineup dominated by lots of horns. Also guitars, strings, and a drum kit: 33 players in all.
4- Slow, grand feel. A building frenzy stops dead after 4 minutes, into a zen/Asian call-and-response, then a calming drone broken by fierce percussion spurts. Quiet end.
5- Big blast o' noise, after skronky horn intro
6- Steady rock beat, with dissonant horns playing a goofy kind of march. Then a chaotic haze of noise that ends abruptly.
PIECE NO. 7 (tracks 1-3) : Mostly strings and a mass of guitars played like a synched-up swarm of bees. Starts surprisingly serene in a type of drone/minimalism, boiling into a bigger, louder third movement.
1- Falling-bomb strings and a gradually building rumble, quiet but ominous
2- Ghostly howling of wine glasses being rubbed (literally). Serene. Strings in the last 3 minutes: Stately and gentle, later tense and foreboding.
3- Rumbling drone of low strings that lurches through changes in tone, like an angry sea. Last 2 minutes get chaotic, with sirens
PIECE No. 5 (tracks 4-6) : Uses a more "traditional" jazz/improv lineup dominated by lots of horns. Also guitars, strings, and a drum kit: 33 players in all.
4- Slow, grand feel. A building frenzy stops dead after 4 minutes, into a zen/Asian call-and-response, then a calming drone broken by fierce percussion spurts. Quiet end.
5- Big blast o' noise, after skronky horn intro
6- Steady rock beat, with dissonant horns playing a goofy kind of march. Then a chaotic haze of noise that ends abruptly.
Track Listing
| 1. | Piece No. 7 (Part 1) | 4. | Piece No. 5 (Part 1) | |||
| 2. | Piece No. 7 (Part 2) | 5. | Piece No. 5 (Part 2) | |||
| 3. | Piece No. 7 (Part 3) | 6. | Piece No. 5 (Part 3) |