| Delbecq, Benoît / Circles And Calligrams |
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| Album: | Circles And Calligrams | Collection: | Jazz | |
| Artist: | Delbecq, Benoît | Added: | Jul 2011 | |
| Label: | Songlines Recordings | |||
| A-File Activity |
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| Add Date: | 2011-07-24 | Pull Date: | 2011-09-25 | Charts: | Jazz |
| Week Ending: | Sep 25 | Sep 18 | Sep 11 | Sep 4 | Aug 28 | Aug 21 | Aug 7 | Jul 31 |
| Airplays: | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | Sep 26, 2011: | Ghost Trees (cont..) Mille Nandie Remix | 4. | Sep 17, 2011: | ThermoNuclear Bar Biobeat | |
| 2. | Sep 24, 2011: | Rebop Fireflies | 5. | Sep 16, 2011: | razor's edge Mille Nandie Remix | |
| 3. | Sep 21, 2011: | Memory Select Biobeat | 6. | Sep 07, 2011: | Memory Select Biobeat [cont'd], Biobeat |
| Album Review |
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| Fo Reviewed 2011-07-20 | ||
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BENOÎT DELBECQ: Circles and Calligrams Songlines, 2010 AVANT-GARDE – Solo piano and “prepared piano” from France – this is the technique of applying foreign objects to the piano’s workings in order to obtain a range of percussive sounds. Delbecq crafts gentle, meditative chamber-music scenes with exotic drum-like effects and overlapping circular rhythms that sound like dusty old machines. For more, check out Delbecq’s recent trio CD in the KZSU library. Fo’s Picks: 1, 4, 7, 8, 9, 10 1. 6:06 – stumbles in lopsided circles; meandering melodies over deep echoes 2. 9:16 – a playful, skittish air over ceaseless mechanical cycles; wears thin 3. 4:57 – deep, shadowy piano, pieces moving in parallel, slowly drifting… 4. 6:15 – active burbling, like a simmering liquid, falls in and out of rhythm 5. 1:31 – soft, impressionistic piano interlude, like falling snowflakes 6. 1:22 – spiky repeating pattern against descending and ascending chords 7. 9:00 – tight rhythm, fractured yet familiar melody, lots of percussive accents 8. 3:49 – melancholy variations on simple phrase, bleak chords, meandering 9. 7:00 – cool layered rhythms; teasing improv melody prances on top 10. 5:18 – deep, echoing; settles into a low, dreamy melody, cluttered at end [ Fo ] 07/20/11 | ||
| Track Listing |
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| 1. | Circles And Calligrams | 6. | Flakes | |||
| 2. | Ando | 7. | Biobeat | |||
| 3. | Meanwhile | 8. | Le Sixième Saut | |||
| 4. | A Lack Of Dreams | 9. | Fireflies | |||
| 5. | Alpha | 10. | Mille Nandie Remix |