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BIRGIT ULHER-LARS SCHERZBERG-MICHAEL MAIRHOF: 500 gr. nordzucker

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Artist: BIRGIT ULHER-LARS SCHERZBERG-MICHAEL MAIRHOF
Title: 500 gr. nordzucker
Format: CD
Label: Creative Sources (@)
Rated: * * * * *
Third and last chapter (for now) of the Ulher-saga on this website. I could say this release joins perfectly some tension close to the work with Malozzi and Zerang but it also pays tribute to silence and breaks relaxing the possible listener. The list of instruments (trumpet, saxophone and cello) gives the idea this' a chamber trio and I think we can also dare to define "Nordzucker" as the electro-acoustic answer to chamber music. Probably 'cause of the line up I've caugh myself thinking some episodes were not that faraway from some old improvisations from that avant-jazz-scene which formed names like Tom Cora, Fred Frith and Zorn (a "holy trinity"!?). This cd is free from any itch hurry up, everything is kept tightly in control, every sound is accurately dosed and it keeps kissing the surface from below without breaking the icepack. Sometimes you'll probably guess if the parts they've played have been written, but honestly I think this music belongs to pure improvisation. The last hint that gives a real post-chamber-music aftertaste has to do with the natural reverb of the studio where it all has been recorded, this "natural ambience" is really classical or jazzy alike or al least in the same vein. The closing piece is a sort of exhibit barely sketched, you can't but love it. If you're completely new to the music of Creative Sources this could be a soft way to lose you virginity.

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