Marina Peterson, Jonathan Chen, Phillip Schulze, Andrew Raffo Dewar ~ Quartet Solo Series ~ 2008
Striking Mechanism SM0001
 
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1. Marina Peterson - ./../.../..../.....
2. Marina Peterson - [athens.s]
3. Jonathan Chen - .......
4. Jonathan Chen - Drummer
5. Phillip Schulze - ......
6. Phillip Schulze - Cause Unfold
7. Phillip Schulze - Proceed II
8. Andrew Raffo Dewar - ......../.........
9. Andrew Raffo Dewar - Diptych

Marina Peterson: cello, paper, clips, sticks
Jonathan Chen: electronics
Phillip Schulze: electronics
Andrew Raffo Dewar: soprano saxophone

8,9 recorded 9 June 2006, Wesleyan memorial chapel, Middletown, Connecticut

...Jonathan Chen's "Drummer" is for layers of feedback channeled through a child's drum set. I can't really hear any drums, but the selective layers of electronics/feedback are occasinally thick, often intense and consistently fascinating. Philip Schulze's "Cause Unfold Proceed II" features computer generated electronic sounds and is also well-crafted. Hums and drones are slowly manipulated and mutated like some ominous audial putty-like substance. Andrew Raffo Dewar plays two pieces of solo soprano sax, recorded in a memorial chapel at Wesleyan, where Mr. Braxton still teaches. It sounds as if it is recorded from the audience of a somewhat cavernour hall. I like the way Andrew swirls and swerves his notes and then centers in on one note which he then bends and twists. Many of his bent notes sound almost electronic in the way that they pulsate. Andrew utelizes silence wisely by giving some space between his sax sounds and gicing us time to reflect on his unique approach. All in all, a most successful way to initate a new series of little-known solo efforts - Bruce Lee Gallanter, Downtown Music Gallery