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it's been a while. load of remarkable events, releases, and pieces of writing (Tone Glow online, etc.) have transpired during the last ~four years. feel as if i've been clobbered by work and life, haven't been keeping up much with these sorts of things. labels Erstwhile & Elsewhere (their catalogues are up on bandcamp) have been putting out albums at a steady rate... as well as Another Timbre (of course)
Gondolas, by Graham Lambkin & James Rushford (on Erstwhile) is one of the freshest, rawest things i've listened to in a while. TOP (erst 093) sounds wicked on the hi-fi, as well. but, re: wandelweiser, Eva-Maria Houben's ensemble works, played by ordinary affects (along with E-MH), has remained my favorite release on the edition wandelweiser label. haven't kept up with more recent releases on EWR, though. the Houben disc (disc one, EWR 1904) is just perfect. it's tonal, spacious, and quite unhurried (almost still) ..yet it's massive-sounding (on a proper stereo), and enveloping. check out the samples: https://www.wandelweiser.de/_e-w-records/_ewr-catalogue/ewr1904-05.html
Germaine Sijstermans' Betula (elsewhere 023-2) is similar, though it's less porous (more sustained sounds) and very understated. i've had the album for several months and i'm still hearing new sounds, timbres, and events (attack transients, etc.) with new listens. it's v smooth, sort of muted, and kaleidoscopic.
― Lowell N. Behold'n, Wednesday, 1 November 2023 02:48 (seven months ago) link
several of those are "choice" jurg frey CDs. of the ones that are still in stock, Fields, Traces, Clouds is ace, along with Ephemeral Constructions. EC is the weirder and less tonally straightforward of the two. Fields, Traces, Clouds is an excellent entry point into Frey's oeuvre, and my current favorite of his.
― Lowell N. Behold'n, Wednesday, 1 November 2023 19:15 (seven months ago) link