Facs - Negative Houses - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

Tesla's guitar work pairs the string texture and physicality of Andres Segovia and Django Reinhardt, with the phrasing and pacing of Ralph Towner and Pat Metheny, through to the present compositional ebbs and flows of Mary Halvorson and Gilad Hekselman. Mind you, these are merely scrap-book points of reference - the end result is extremely original, fresh and inspiring. There is at work here a youthful and enthusiastic sense of risk-taking which is most revealing and rewarding listen after listen. 6-panel eco wallet packaging His unique approach to modern composition assures that you won't necessarily find the traditional song elements of verse, chorus, solo, bridge or refrain and, if you do, they very likely will not occupy the accepted position or possess the interrelationship you have come to expect. This Inchturning on it's headInch approach to composition, along with each player's technique and choice of instrument tone color, gives great impact to the experience of listening deeply to each track. This music is all about movement - you find yourself taking the journey with Tesla Manaf, Hadis 'Hulhul' Hendarisman, Rudy Zulkarnaen and Desal Sembada. Your route is paved with gorgeous arpeggiated guitar lines intertwined with sinuous dancing clarinet and fueled by subtle yet insistent basslines with the most delicate use of drumkit. Midstream reflection of this musical experience is granted through the equally composed use of silence and pause. The effortless performance of these idiosyncratic songs belies their complexity. The second half of this CD includes Tesla's earlier album InchIt's All YoursInch featuring the Balinese ensemble Mahagotra Ganesha. Tesla's guitar work on this recording possesses the playful melodicism of King Sunny Ade and is perfectly complemented by the resonant metallic voices of the Mahagotra Ganesha ensemble's Gamelan, Gangsa, Ceng Ceng, Ka

Chicago trio FACS was founded in 2017 by former Disappears members Brian Case & Noah Leger, along with their bandmate Jonathan van Herik. After van Herik amicably parted ways with the group just before their debut album Negative HousesInch's , Case & Leger recruited longtime friend Alianna Kalaba (Cat Power, We Ragazzi) to play bass. InchLifelikeInch is their sophomore ; six tracks clocking in at half an hour, carrying forward the musical trail blazed by the debut towards a new frontier. InchLifelikeInch occupies a space in between the band's debut & Case & Leger's work with Disappears, applying minimalism & space in compositions that reside somewhere near the realms of post-punk, art-rock, shoegaze, industrial music & post-rock. InchLifelikeInch however adds a more melodic sensibility, without sacrificing any of the debut's punishing sonic muscle, with a discernible audial force perceivable thru the speakers (credit due to engineer Jeremy Lemos' recording via Electrical Audio as well as John Congleton's mastering for accurately capturing the punishing heft of the band's live sound.)Inch

Chicago trio Facs return in 2021 with InchPresent Tense', their fourth album & perhaps their sharpest statement as a band, honing & refining their stark, minimal scrape & clatter and effortlessly navigating through post-rock, industrial, dub, and cacophonous experimental detonations.