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NULLI SECUNDUS
CREATIVE SOURCES
RECORDING 222
TRIOLOG/ SCHOCT/
UBERSTURZ/ ACORING/
GESCHIEBEMERGEL/
FELLATMUNG/ UNKUNFT/
FROSCHBALL/ WURFBLECH
46:46
Andreas Willers, ac g, elec
g; Christian Marien, d, perc;
Meinrad Kneer, bass Berlin,
Feb 20, 2012
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Here we have another group playing improvised
music that could easily be mistaken for composed
music. The instrumentation is a bit different and this
configuration sounds to me that they are more interested
in sound textures than in developing melodic lines
or harmonic progressions.
Most of the racks are fairly short, and that is a good
thing, since there is little development. Once an idea
has been worked through, they stop. “Acoring” makes
good use of electronic sounds, but I would have liked
more percussion. Willers seems to be the leader, with
Maarien and Kneer following, but Kneer does come
through in a number of places. I have heard him on a
number of recordings in the past year, and know he is
quite capable of getting out front, which he does on
“Geschiebemergel.” That piece goes on a bit too long.
The first idea is completed, but then Willers goes off in
another direction, which, to my ears, should have been a
separate piece.
“Fellatmung” is the longest track and this one works.
There is some really nice interplay between Willers and
Kneer. I wanted more percussion. And after a while, I
started to get hypnotized by the recurring patterns.
“Wurfblech”, the final piece, has some more spirited
percussion, along with some nice electronic sounds
from Willers and great support from Kneer.
A record for people who enjoy electronic sounds
coupled with some subtle interplay.
Bernie Koenig