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XAVIER CHARLES / ALMA FURY / OTOMO YOSHIHIDE / OTANI YASUHIRO : High Tones For Winter Fashion

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Format: CD [TCD1]
Shipping Weight: 0.09lbs
Label: Textile

2,180円

'2002 release. High Tones for Winter Fashion is a collaboration CD, a match-up between French and Japanese established improvisers. Xavier Charles: As a clarinetist, bassist, and DIY enthusiast, Xavier Charles played with several noisy, electronica and sonic poetry activists: Frederic Le Junter, Martin Tetreault, The Ex, Pierre Berthet, Etage 34, Axel Dorner, Jerome Jeanmart, John Butcher, Jean Pallandre, Marc Pichelin, Chris Cutler, Martine Altenburger, Camel Zekri, Emmanuelle Pellegrini, Michel Doneda, and Frederic Blondy, among others. Actually, his musical searches include clarinet, prepared bass, and vibrating loudspeakers for a sonic universe somewhere between improved music, noisy rock, and electro-acoustic explorations. Otomo Yoshihide: After eight years spent as Ground Zero's leader, Otomo Yoshihide is now involved in various projects mixing turntables and guitar, known as DJ Tranquillizer, Filament, or Microcosmos. Following the example of Erik M, Martin Tetreault, or Christian Marclay (and even if he admits their influence) but also Pierre Schaeffer, Derek Bailey, and the very first hip-hop DJs, his use of turntables is so incredible that he can't be considered a proper DJ. Alma Fury: Alma Fury sculpta shifting soundscape of electric and electronic noise, letting fantasy guide them, as they mix varied and tangential sonic materiel. Their setup includes: Moog, voice, guitar, cassettes, samples, drum machine, and percussion; sonic experimentation and playful creativity are all-important. Otani Yasuhiro is a Tokyo-based improviser.'

Tracklist
1 Alma Fury - Densites - 5:51
2 Alma Fury - Plus De Lumieres - 3:37
3 Alma Fury, Otani Yasuhiro*, Otomo Yoshihide - Live At Emoson (Bourges), 23.Oct.99 - 21:03
4 Xavier Charles - X For O N°1 - 4:02
5 Xavier Charles - X For O N°2 - 2:20
6 Xavier Charles & Otomo Yoshihide - X.O.O.X. - 4:14
7 Xavier Charles - Radio Brabant N°7 - 2:22
8 Xavier Charles - Radio Brabant N°8 - 2:26

Credits
Computer [Power Mac] ? Otani Yasuhiro
Design ? Sylvie Astie
Illustration ? Marie Caillou
Performer [Surfaces Vibrantes, Radio], Electronics ? Xavier Charles
Synthesizer [Moog], Sampler ? Claude Besnard, Vonick Moccoli
Turntables, Electronics ? Otomo Yoshihide

Notes
Issued in Digipak.