[abrouxados] críticas

[Roberto Mallo García]

no último vital weekly aparece a crítica das dúas primeiras  
referencias do selo reductive music. na segunda, de próxima  
aparición, tocou servidora:

CHOI JOONYONG - I AM SCRATCHING A CD IN A ROOM (CDR by Reductive)
DANIEL DEL RIO & ROBERTO MALLO - CIRCULAR (CDR by Reductive)
Reductive is a new label from Spain for 'actual music' and 'reductive  
art'. 'I Am Scratching A CD In A Room' by Choi Joonying has a nice  
title of course, but scratching a CD? Isn't that not done since the  
days of Oval? Perhaps, but Joonying, I must admit, does a great piece  
of a scratched CD which actually has a build up, a compositional feel  
to it. Over the course of twenty minutes the action and intention  
grows and then slowly seems to be reducing the action towards the  
end. A vibrating release, a simple idea, excellently executed. Right  
length for such an excursion. Lucier would be proud.
The other release, not to be confused with the band Circular reviewed  
elsewhere is a duet for turntable (Daniel Del Rio) and saxophone  
(Roberto Mallo), who play improvised music, and obviously in a  
reduced manner. The saxophone plays like a bunch of sine waves but  
never really loud and the turntable 'scratches' the surface. Metallic  
like, scratches and hiss. Yet all of this sounds remarkably like an  
improvised record in the best current tradition of the scene. Lots of  
careful placing of sounds, a bit of silence, small outbursts,  
traditional playing of the saxophone and throughout done with great  
care. Nice one. (FdW)
Address: http://reductivemusic.com


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