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Triio is Alex Fournier’s 11-years previous undertaking and on this incarnation is
composed by Bea Labikova – soprano sax, alto sax, flute, Naomi
McCarroll-Butler – bass clarinet, clarinet, Tom Fleming – guitar, Michael
Davidson – vibraphone, Stefan Hegerat – drums/percussion and Fournier
– double bass/composition.
The notes inform us that “Magnetic Dreaming is a single composition
that includes vastly completely different terrains and atmospheres, all strung collectively
with a dream logic influenced type.”
Recorded in the course of the Six-ish Plateaus session, (which was launched by Triio in 2022) The composition is cut up in six completely different tracks flowing one into the
different with titles like –
‘Prelude: Seven Hundred Steps Descending to the Gates of Magnetic Sleep’
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or – ‘Atop the Onyx Tower or Plumbing the Sentiment Discipline’ that
evoke a dreamlike panorama.
The Prelude has a suspended and sparse high quality that flows right into a
strong sax piece which in flip is evolving right into a bowed part giving rise
to a reeds and vibraphone interaction over a drum ostinato… identical to the
evoked dream logic, music appears to observe free associations, catching
glimpses and chasing them till one thing else rise above the horizon.
Describing the Triio undertaking on his web site Alex Fournier says: ”contrasting
intricate written sections with open ended improvisation, the music permits
for whole freedom of expression whereas nonetheless sustaining a distinct
course from piece to piece, with the aim of repeatedly creating a
dwelling rating that’s all the time open to the second”.
Remarkably belonging to the identical recording session,
Magnetic Dreaming
shows even higher than Six-his Plateaus the interrelation
between written elements and improvised sections. Its size and its
fragmented evolving construction permit the musicians to cooperate in creating
an expansive image the place every of them finds a correct house and a proper
time.
A particular point out for my favorite piece:
‘What Cycle or Id, in Lie Group or Strolling’
with a bass and drum ostinato intro on which the reeds develop a
mesmerizing melody additional counterpointed by vibraphone and guitar.
One final factor, if you wish to go deeper into Mr. Fournier’s factors of view,
right here you possibly can discover a 2022 interview by which he talks amongst different issues
concerning the recording session that originated this file.
You possibly can hear, purchase and obtain this file on Bandcamp.
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