THYMOLPHTHALEIN : Ni Maitre, Ni Marteau

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Format: LP [DeMEGO015]
Shipping Weight: 0.47lbs
Label: Editions Mego

2,424円

'A key ingredient in disappearing ink, Thymolphthalein describes the working method of this brilliant French-Australian quintet. Leader Anthony Pateras (Pivixki) conceived a detailed hour-long structural premise for the group's first tour in 2009, creating a masterful pastiche of richly dynamic, timbrally-devastating explorations for electroacoustic ensemble, melded by his own distinctive prepared piano and analog electronics. Natasha Anderson combines buzzing slabs of electroacoustic sound with fractured acoustic gestures, sculpting exquisite perceptual explorations with recorders and electronics, producing a poetic and uncanny otherness. Will Guthrie expertly fuses the drum kit with an array of homemade electro-acoustic devices to produce a fluid cataclysm of sonic richness, melded by his searing technical prowess and faultless ear. Jerome Noetinger is THE live concrete maestro, electro-acoustically manipulating his bandmates with expert timing and breathtaking invention, scrambling proceedings with the occasional ring-modulated depth charge. Clayton Thomas' thoughtful and virtuosic prepared double bass playing has taken Europe by storm since moving there from Sydney in 2007 -- part groove cannon, part kinetic sculpture, all parts BAD bass skills. Natasha Anderson (contrabass recorder and electronics), Will Guthrie (percussion and electronics), Jerome Noetinger (tape machines and electronics), Clayton Thomas (double bass and preparations), Anthony Pateras (prepared piano and analog synthesizer). All music by Thymolphthalein, performed live at SWR2 New Jazz Meeting, Gare du Nord, Basel, November 15th, 2009. Cut at Dubplates & Mastering, Berlin -- 45 rpm. Edition of 500 copies.'

Tracklist
A1 Meta-tingue
A2 Soaked George
A3 Off The Wall
A4 Mosquito Squash
A5 L.B.O.K
A6 Streetcar Slugfuck
A7 Ayala
B1 Jean Psycho
B2 Quince
B3 Lips
B4 Pierre Villy
B5 Greatest Hits
B6 Pim

Credits
Design ? Shehab
Double Bass, Other [Preparations] ? Clayton Thomas
Electronics [Recorders], Electronics ? Natasha Anderson
Engineer [Recording] ? Winfried Christmann
Engineer [Sound] ? Alfred Habelitz
Lacquer Cut By ? CGB
Mixed By [Mix] ? Manfred Seiler
Music By [All Music By] ? Thymolphthalein
Percussion, Electronics ? Will Guthrie
Piano [Prepared], Synthesizer [Analogue] ? Anthony Pateras
Producer ? Reinhard Kager
Tape [Tape Machines], Electronics ? Jerome Noetinger

Notes
Performed live at the SWR2 New Jazz Meeting, Gare du Nord, Basel, 15th November 2009.
Designed at Implant, Melbourne.
Cut at Dubplates & Mastering, Berlin, December 3rd 2010.
Thymolphthalein would like to thank Reinhard Kager, Monique Bakshi, Julia Neupert, Ulrike Mueller, Marco Fusinato and Peter Rehberg.