LIVING HUSKS 1-3
We're delighted to offer a special piece for this month's series. The community here has a heavy appetite for new music, new artists, and new sounds. For myself, were it not for some of the reviews written here, and the discussions on- and offline with various people, I'd have far less to my taste over the last few years. In many cases, I've learned to like green olives. Not just tolerate, but truly enjoy green olives. And perhaps with more frequency my love for reubens and India pale ale is reinforced.
Philadelphia musician Matt Mitchell joins the listen series this month with a piece of music in the experimental vein that comes closer to orecchiette with andouille sausage and harissa than anything I've ever heard. Mitchell was brought to my attention as a jazz pianist with some serious chops and lines doused in creativity (ref. various tracks available at his site). The direction he's taken of late is twice removed from cadence and phrasing. "Living Husks 1-3" uses his own prepared-piano recording as source material, and what follows is a complex swatch of his own evolution and interests as an artist.
Recorded and engineered by Matt himself, we thank him for his time and energy and for a particularly engaging 6 minutes of music. Cheers to Nate Dorward for the artichoke and I look forward to more.
Posted by al on April 6, 2006 1:39 PMHusks 2 scared the crap out of me! I should know better than to have my studio monitors cranked up too loud with a Matt Mitchell piece. He really knows how to use the full dynamic range, and I mean that in a very good way.
Well done, Matt.
Oh, and ask Nate Dorward to bring artichokes for the rest of the class next time.
George, me too (the jarring). I'm especially fond of the third part. Feldmanesque and it sounds like the piano is coming from inside ceramic.
Posted by: al at April 12, 2006 1:05 PMHusk 2 is pretty cool, like being inside some kind of giant factory.
Posted by: mwanji at April 15, 2006 2:29 PMThis music sounds like pasta fagioli... [edited for egregious stupidity].
Posted by: Matt Mitchell at May 4, 2006 8:43 PMWait, so you're saying it sounds like fudge?
Posted by: The real Matt Mitchell at May 5, 2006 6:11 AMWhat does fudge sound like? I'd really like to know.
Cheers,
The 'real' Brian Marley
Posted by: Brian Marley at May 5, 2006 7:31 AMVictory.
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