Octet (2012)
Flute
Clarinet in Eb
Percussion
Piano
String Quartet

Live from Helsinki 16/10 - 2013
Uusinta Chamber Ensemble

OCTET (2012) live Finland

If the city of Beirut doesn’t leap to mind as a hotbed of avant-garde musical activity, listen up: since 2005, the Al Maslakh label (translation: The Slaughterhouse) has been documenting far-thinking sounds from the small but vital Lebanese scene.  The “A” Trio’s first release, Music To Our Ears, was one of the most startling debuts of 2011; now, Roaratorio is proud to present their second album (and first vinyl release): Live In Nickelsdorf, recorded at the Konfrontationen Festival in 2012.  While far from the first to employ extended techniques on their respective instruments, Mazen Kerbaj (trumpet), Sharif Sehnaoui (acoustic guitar), and Raed Yassin (doublebass) create a music that bears little relation to others who traffic in the same outer realms.  Heavily textural, frequently perplexing, sometimes unsettling but always suffused with a provocative intelligence, this is the sound of a collective ur-mind that favors the long gesture over pointillistic strokes.  Their capacity for generating aural illusions – one would be hard-pressed to identify the instrumentation as three acoustic instruments, with no electronics or overdubs whatsoever – is astounding, but it’s their skill at harnessing these uncanny tones into a consistently engaging and powerful sound-world that elevates the “A” Trio into the front rank of contemporary improvisational groups.  A limited edition of 350 copies.  Download coupon included.

"A"  Trio - Mechwar Rayhin Mechwar (excerpt 2)

"A"  Trio - Mechwar Rayhin Mechwar (excerpt 1)

DUCK!

“Les Barricades Mistérieuses,” the harpsichord gem by French Baroque composer François Couperin, has been a long-running source of exploration for Fluxus musician Philip Corner, who for years has used it as a jumping-off point for piano improvisations. Through Two More-Than-Mysterious Barricades comprises two very different takes on the same piece. The first dates from 1992, in collaboration with dancer Paulette Sears (who provides the ‘singings and screamings’ of the album’s subtitle); it moves from a frenzy of abstraction to a more meditative take on Couperin’s composition, with diversions and tributaries along the way. The second, from 2004, is a rougher beast: recorded with wildly over-saturated levels, the tape machine itself becomes a participant in the performance, with its heavy distortion bringing out stormclouds of overtones from Corner’s piano. Through Two More-Than-Mysterious Barricades is released in an edition of 318 copies, with Corner’s calligraphy silkscreened on Kozo rice paper and mounted onto the jacket. Download coupon included.

Philip Corner - Through The Mysteriously  "Beat-Up"  Barricade (excerpt)

Philip Corner - Through The Mysterious Barricade With Paulette (excerpt)

all sound made with a midi-controlled pipe organ

Vejrtrækning

Intermezzo (2008)

“TOQUE A ESHU Y OCHOSI” (2013)
for solo amplfied singing violinist.
Live recording at the Ultraschall Festival, Berlin, on January 24th,2016, Singing/Violinist: Barbara Lüneburg.

OCTET (2012) live Finland

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