| Kuhr, Gerd / Revue Instrumentale Et Electronique |
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| Album: | Revue Instrumentale Et Electronique | Collection: | General | |
| Artist: | Kuhr, Gerd | Added: | Dec 2007 | |
| Label: | Kairos | |||
| A-File Activity |
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| Add Date: | 2008-05-04 | Pull Date: | 2008-07-06 | Charts: | Classical/Experimental |
| Week Ending: | Jun 22 | May 25 | May 18 | May 11 |
| Airplays: | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | Feb 06, 2009: | gasmgasm Guts | 4. | May 21, 2008: | nag champa orangeasm Finale (Virtual Dance) | |
| 2. | Jun 21, 2008: | The Afterthought Intro | 5. | May 19, 2008: | Now's the time Finale (Virtual Dance) | |
| 3. | Jun 17, 2008: | The Afterthought Guts | 6. | May 14, 2008: | Baptism of Solitude Finale (Virtual Dance) |
| Album Review |
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| Gabe Reviewed 2008-04-26 | ||
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A short suite of electroacoustique works – sound sculptures with some form but still abstract in melody and such. The “Revue” part of the title implies a variety show of sorts, a one-ring circus of movements, developing ideas, restatements in different timbres and contexts. Play this if you want something to send your show off on an eclectic track, but not off the rails. (And there’s a track-by-track review/explication of developments and intent in the liner notes!) Recommended. *** 1. The various elements of the ensemble parade by, one or a few at a time, gaily and pleasantly, sometimes a bit menacingly; a good short track to get a taste ** 2. As contrasted with the quick first track, this takes a bit more time to unfold. At first, slowly sweeping strings; then a bit more grating sounds *** 3. The whole ensemble gets in the act – strings, woods, brass, rhythm – in a rapidly changing and thrilling whirl of mostly staccato (as the title “Cuts” implies) contributions; and holy crap but when the tuba and piano go at it near the end of the track, you need to get the hell out of their way ** 4. A slow, relatively static piece of short-ish, parallel sound structures ** 5. Similar to tk. 4, but shorter in duration, a sort of breather before … *** 6. The finale, subtitled “Virtual Dance”; the dance is constructed in your mind only, from the seemingly cross- purposes stabs of various subsets, until, near the 5:00 mark, there is a quick fusion of the ensemble, only to dissolve again in short order, this time into meditative, off-kilter rhapsody, which, in turn, grows into a plodding and tiptoeing hybrid rushing toward a chaotic, abrupt finish. Dare I invoke Steve Reich? | ||
| Track Listing |
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| 1. | Intro | 4. | Inter | |||
| 2. | Trans | 5. | Time Out | |||
| 3. | Guts | 6. | Finale (Virtual Dance) |