Label: Buzz
Format: CD
Barcode: 0608917600728
Catalog number: ZZ 76007
Releasedate: 01-10-99
Format: CD
Barcode: 0608917600728
Releasedate: 01-10-99
Larry Ochs - saxophone | Fred Frith - guitar | Miya Masaoka - koto
The delicate mesh of electric and acoustic, ethnic and urban, tradition and experiment sets up a tension in this music which places it apart from the high energy / noise-oriented confrontation that characterises a lot of contemporary improvising. It’s a tension, however, that is sometimes most ingeniously resolved. Contradictions abound – in the ferocious lyricism of Ochs, the placid aggression of Masaoka, Frith’s passionate detachment – but the result, rather than shocking or unsettling the listener, is as familiar as breathing, as inevitable as fire.
The delicate mesh of electric and acoustic, ethnic and urban, tradition and experiment sets up a tension in this music which places it apart from the high energy / noise-oriented confrontation that characterises a lot of contemporary improvising. It’s a tension, however, that is sometimes most ingeniously resolved. Contradictions abound – in the ferocious lyricism of Ochs, the placid aggression of Masaoka, Frith’s passionate detachment – but the result, rather than shocking or unsettling the listener, is as familiar as breathing, as inevitable as fire.