Davis Virelles - Carta - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

Davis,Jean Michel / Ethereal Vibes - Vibraphone Jazz [COMPACT DISCS] date 05/05/2017

Coriún Aharonián's work is characterized by bold gestures and explosive debates. The intensity of this composer's active engagement with his historical and contemporary environment gives rise to powerful and energetic sounds rooted in the culture of Latin American political resistance. Aharonián's entire aesthetic philosophy can be discovered in the smallest space, like a nutshell. His music is characterized by short sequences within a small range, rigorous use of material, lively sound gestures, explosively dramatic densifications, a non-discursive character, stringent rhythmic organization, block-like static constructions, repetition combined with stringent motivic transformation, suspense-filled silence as an aesthetic resource, and richly suggestive activity. Coriún Aharonián (1940-2017) was born in Montevideo, Uruguay, the son of Armenian immigrants who had survived the genocide of 1915. In addition to composing, he was involved in a broad range of artistic and institutional activities promoting resistance to fascist dictatorships.

Jackie Cohen decided the only way forward was to succumb to crisis, to relax into it instead of fighting, to find beauty even in the flame-an approach that fuels her sublime new album, Pratfall, due September 9th. Because of the record's pandemic origins, Cohen was only aided in studio by two collaborators her husband, Foxygen's Jonathan Rado, and engineer Rias Reed. InchWe were a tight pod,Inch she laughs. The three musicians holed up at Sonora Recorders in Los Angeles, tapping into the studio's vaulted ceilings and haunted feeling to amplify Cohen's widescreen songwriting. InchElliott Smith recorded some stuff there, and it always seemed like there was a ghost banging around in there, turning lights on and off,Inch she says, before adding a cheery followup InchShakira recorded there too, can't forget another 5'2Inch icon.Inch On Pratfall, Cohen renders both extremes of that range of experience in warm, inviting indie pop. InchI didn't want to write a dirge inspired by the darkest moments of my life, I wanted a cathartic moment, to experience the emotion and build from it,Inch Cohen says. InchThis record is a climax where everything becomes explosive and you can just close your eyes, give in, and dance it off.Inch1. Two Days2. Coup de Grace3. The Valley4. Pratfall5. Ghost Story6. Moonstruck7. Dire Love8. Lost Without Fear9. Some Days10. Extra Credit11. Scraps Of Love