Delbecq, Benoît / Circles And Calligrams
| Album: | Circles And Calligrams | Collection: | Jazz | |
| Artist: | Delbecq, Benoît | Added: | Jul 2011 | |
| Label: | Songlines Recordings | |||
A-File Activity
| Add Date: | 2011-07-24 | Pull Date: | 2011-09-25 | Charts: | Jazz |
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| Week Ending: | Sep 25 | Sep 18 | Sep 11 | Sep 4 | Aug 28 | Aug 21 | Aug 7 | Jul 31 |
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| 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 |
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| 2. | Sep 24, 2011: | Rebop
Fireflies |
5. | Sep 16, 2011: | razor's edge
Mille Nandie Remix |
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| 3. | Sep 21, 2011: | Memory Select
Biobeat |
6. | Sep 07, 2011: | Memory Select
Biobeat [cont'd], Biobeat |
Album Review
Fo
Reviewed 2011-07-20
Reviewed 2011-07-20
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
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
| 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 |