BERTRAND GAUGUET : etwa

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Format: CD [CS021cd]
Shipping Weight: 0.1lbs
Label: Creative Sources

1,925円

"Alto and soprano saxophones.Recorded on 10-12 February 2004 at St Jean des Landes chapel, Concoret, France and on 1 July 2004 at Las Planques chapel, Tanus, France.'Etwa means 'somesuch' or 'more or less' in English and is the work of the for me unknown Betrand Gauguet, who plays alto & soprano saxophones. The seven pieces were recorded at two different chapels in France. I suspect that has nothing to with some religious aspects of improvised music, but rather the spatial qualities of such locations. Placing the microphones seems to be an important thing for Gauguet. By placing them in various positions in the space, they will pick up both his playing aswell as the space it is played in. This is done rather well : Gauguet's music has indeed a spatial quality. Like 'Kreis' this is music that lies in the modern improvisation. His saxophones never sound like saxophones, but could very well Axel Dorner's trumpet or Alessandro Bosetti's clarinet. If you are aware of my reservations against traditional saxophone playing, you can imagine that I am more than happy with this new form of playing. The saxophone becomes an electro-acoustic object, albeit one in a bigger space, investigated and proved to be a usefull thing. 'Etwa' has some intense playing, leaving the attentive listener breathless. Probably the player aswell.'"

Tracklist
1 Untitled 8:25
2 Untitled 6:19
3 Untitled 4:04
4 Untitled 4:10
5 Untitled 6:52
6 Untitled 6:30
7 Untitled 5:36

Credits
Alto Saxophone, Soprano Saxophone ? Bertrand Gauguet
Design ? Carlos Santos
Photography By ? Anne Barthelemy, Bertrand Gauguet
Producer ? Ernesto Rodrigues
Recorded By, Mastered By [Final] ? Pierre-Olivier Boulant

Notes
Recording sessions took place February 10th, 11th and 12th of 2004, St Jean des Landes Chapel, Concoret (Fr), and July, 1st 2004, Las Planques Chapel, Tanus (Fr).