ephre imprint

vital weekly 772 reviews eph07 and eph08

coeval, migeul a.garcia and miguel prado - tirasse
nigel samways - nine barrow down

music of the members of the spanish improvising ensemble consisting of coeval (juan carlos blancas), miguel a. garcia and miguel prado have been reviewed several times at vital. “tirasse” is a 21 minutes long piece which is released at the english label ephre imprint. the mix between fieldrecordings, electronics and guitar is a great combination and the music develops really slow. in slow-motion sounds of nature and soft electronic sounds melt together and carefully played guitarstrings complete the sound. in one moment a harsh bleep disturbs the quiet atmosphere and the trio started to play louder and with more harsh sounds. but still they do not get wild and the quietness and control is tangible. the tracks ends as it started, just some ongoing sounds, calm and with tension. a great electro-acoustic piece of music.

same length, but with a totally different approximation of sound is the piece of nigel samways. this english sound artist takes the listener to a dreamy world on his third release at ephre imprint. “nine barrow down”  starts with a beautiful voice saying/singing something surrounded by mysterious wide dark sounds. with this piece of music is coming back several times during the ep. the music has been played on acoustic and electronic instruments with a lot of echo and reverb. it seemed that two pieces of music vary each other and in this variations of the music becomes more and more sinister. this sinister mood fits really well by the cover which shows us a green field with a white form like a human-being which is moving on the grass, but also is integrated with the blades of grass. the music have connections with reality, but the combination, editing and setting of the tones, rhythm and sounds makes as if the music is created somewhere down in the earth with some holes to the sky. highly recommended piece of experimental work. (JKH)

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