GRIMM, JOE - Brain Cloud

Format: CD

Label & Cat.Number: SPEKK KK:015

Release Year: 2008

Note: comes in oversized & book-shaped hardcover-design

Price (incl. 19% VAT): €15.50

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Oberton-Musik. JOE GRIMMs Hang für monumentale & erhabene Drone-Wolken wird schon deutlich durch seine Teilname am GLENN BRANCA-Orchester. Auf "Brain Cloud" hören wir 5 lange Stücke basierend auf Piano, Cembalo und Obertongesang, die verschiedene Facetten seiner Kunst aufzeigen. Mitunter überlagern sich komplexe Soundnebel in langen auf- und abschwellenden Wellen, absolut erhebend (wie auf "Brain Cloud IV")! Der Bezug zu C. PALESTINE ist eindeutig, aber JOE GRIMM spricht mit einer klaren und deutlichen eigenen Klangsprache..

"Spekk is still on my favorite labels, and with these two new ones they prove once again their style. Even when there is no information supplied on Joe Grimm, from his personal notes to his CD we still learn something, such as the fact that he participated in Branca's 100-guitar symphonies and that he's a keen admirer of Charlemagne Palestine. On 'Brain Cloud' there are five of his own personal investigation into the world of overtones, not through electronic manipulation but through actual, physical playing of two instruments: three pieces for the piano and two with harpsichord. In the piano pieces, called 'Brain Cloud', there is also the addition of voices, violins and horns, but the piano is the main player. In these pieces the Palestine influence is most clear. With a rapid attack and the sustain pedal down, Grimm creates a dense web of swirling sounds, not quite unlike Palestine, but with some expanded sounds that go beyond Palestine. The two harpsichord pieces are improvisations of fast playing and the high pitched sound which is so recognizable for the harpsichord. The grande finale is reached with 'Brain Cloud III', which is a piece for three piano's played the eighteen hands in total, yet they manage to work the dynamics very well...." [FdW / Vital Weekly]

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