Ploug / Pettersen / Badenhorst / Equilibrium
| Album: | Equilibrium | Collection: | Jazz | |
| Artist: | Ploug / Pettersen / Badenhorst | Added: | Oct 2009 | |
| Label: | Songlines Recordings | |||
A-File Activity
| Add Date: | 2009-10-11 | Pull Date: | 2009-12-13 | Charts: | Jazz |
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| Week Ending: | Dec 13 | Dec 6 | Nov 22 | Nov 15 | Oct 25 | Oct 18 |
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| Airplays: | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | Dec 08, 2009: | Memory Select
Warmth |
4. | Nov 14, 2009: | Music Casserole
Epiphora |
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| 2. | Dec 01, 2009: | Memory Select
Epiphora |
5. | Nov 10, 2009: | Seven Step Pyramid Program in Pyramid Schemes
Aerodie |
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| 3. | Nov 17, 2009: | Memory Select
November |
6. | Oct 23, 2009: | No Cover, No Minimum
Fri |
Album Review
Fo
Reviewed 2009-10-11
Reviewed 2009-10-11
PLOUG/PETTERSEN/BADENHORST: Equilibrium
Songlines, 2009
AVANT-GARDE – Innovative trio (from Denmark, Norway and Belgium) with guitars, reeds and voice/live electronics. Combines stark beauty with uncomfortable harmony, or soothing calm with agitated tension; as a result, the close, intimate recording contrasts with often chilly content that can feel emotionally distant and disquieting.
* * * * | Fo’s Picks: 2, 4, 6, 9, 12, 13
1. 0:42 – high, wordless vocal; sweet melody
2. 6:09 – voice drifts high above tight circular patterns from guitar & clarinet
3. 5:24 – solo voice, then trio; built on a simple phrase, reaching upward
4. 5:09 – wintry: stark solo clarinet, then tightly spinning trio
5. 4:10 – soft and folksy, but with an oddball harmonic approach
6. 8:30 – slow and eerie, very spacious: voice flutters & creaks in the dark
7. 0:47 – same melody as #1, calm chamber instrumental
8. 5:16 – very slow tiptoe melody; first in duets, then as a somber, sleepy trio
9. 2:57 – lonely voice floats over a quiet beeping loop, multiplies
10. 2:24 – tweaky electronics and creaky voice, becomes a quiet bubbling
11. 0:45 – same melody as #1 & #7, high, remote instrumental
12. 6:12 – horns casually drape melodies over a gentle guitar spiral
13. 2:46 – percussive, interesting blend of sounds, creepy vocal/breath noises
14. 4:56 – verrry sloooow, comes up from silence: the melodic fragment from tracks 1,7,11 leads into ominous atmosphere, low and creaky pulse
[ Fo ] 10/11/09
Songlines, 2009
AVANT-GARDE – Innovative trio (from Denmark, Norway and Belgium) with guitars, reeds and voice/live electronics. Combines stark beauty with uncomfortable harmony, or soothing calm with agitated tension; as a result, the close, intimate recording contrasts with often chilly content that can feel emotionally distant and disquieting.
* * * * | Fo’s Picks: 2, 4, 6, 9, 12, 13
1. 0:42 – high, wordless vocal; sweet melody
2. 6:09 – voice drifts high above tight circular patterns from guitar & clarinet
3. 5:24 – solo voice, then trio; built on a simple phrase, reaching upward
4. 5:09 – wintry: stark solo clarinet, then tightly spinning trio
5. 4:10 – soft and folksy, but with an oddball harmonic approach
6. 8:30 – slow and eerie, very spacious: voice flutters & creaks in the dark
7. 0:47 – same melody as #1, calm chamber instrumental
8. 5:16 – very slow tiptoe melody; first in duets, then as a somber, sleepy trio
9. 2:57 – lonely voice floats over a quiet beeping loop, multiplies
10. 2:24 – tweaky electronics and creaky voice, becomes a quiet bubbling
11. 0:45 – same melody as #1 & #7, high, remote instrumental
12. 6:12 – horns casually drape melodies over a gentle guitar spiral
13. 2:46 – percussive, interesting blend of sounds, creepy vocal/breath noises
14. 4:56 – verrry sloooow, comes up from silence: the melodic fragment from tracks 1,7,11 leads into ominous atmosphere, low and creaky pulse
[ Fo ] 10/11/09
Track Listing
| 1. | Chorale 1 | 8. | Chords | |||
| 2. | November | 9. | Aerodie | |||
| 3. | Cathedral | 10. | Takt | |||
| 4. | Fri | 11. | Chorale 3 | |||
| 5. | Soft Spoken | 12. | Warmth | |||
| 6. | Epiphora | 13. | Ambiente | |||
| 7. | Chorale 2 | 14. | Chorale 4 |