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PERLONEX / KEITH ROWE / CHARLEMAGNE PALESTINE - Tensions

Format: do-CD
Label & Cat.Number: Nexsound NS54
Release Year: 2006
Note: live recordings from Podewil Berlin Sept. 2004
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Spannend-schwelende Dronescapes des Berliner Trios in Zusammenarbeit mit KEITH ROWE (erster Teil) und einem etwas wildgewordenen C. PALESTINE am Synthklavier (zweiter Teil), organisch und pulsierend...das ganze ist eine live-Aufnahme vom 11. September 2004 aus dem Berliner Podewil.

"Ignaz Schick (turntables, live-electronics), Jorg Maria Zeger (electric guitars), Burkhard Beins (percussion, objects) & Keith Rowe (tabletop guitar, electronics), Charlemagne Palestine (piano, keyboards). 'This double-CD documents the 5th anniversary concert of Perlonex who on this occasion invited Keith Rowe (AMM) and Charlemagne Palestine as guests in order to feature different aspects of their musical work in two distinct sets. All material is presented as played live and no editing or overdubs have been applied. Recorded at Podewil by Christian Malejka on September 11th 2004 Mixed by Ignaz Schick & Burkhard Beins at AudioCue Studio Berlin. While Perlonex normally don't perform with guests the collaboration with Ch. Palestine, this unusual confrontation has been continued and Palestine became a frequent & only guest of the group. After the first meeting documented on this double CD there were several concerts taking place in France, Switzerland & Austria. A recent evening in Vienna which was recorded & broadcasted by ORF radio station documents how intense & unusual the quality of this exchange became. An 80 minutes long stream of intense drones cutting against quotations of Gershwin's 'It ain't necessarily so'. The electro-acoustic trio Perlonex was founded in late 1998 and has performed and toured in Europe and North America extensively since then. Ranging from prominent contemporary music festivals to underground noise-punk clubs, from art galleries to obscure improv backrooms the wide variety of venues they have played marks out the musical spectrum of the group. Through the interplay and friction of gradually shifting layers of sound, sonic interferences, interwoven loops and hidden repetitive structures Perlonex is plumbing the depth of a rather complex sound material. Keith Rowe is a co-founder of the english improvising ensemble AMM, established in 1966. Already in the late 1950's Rowe started experimenting with preparations on the guitar, influenced by the ideas of Marcel Duchamps. In the beginning of the 1960's he has been a member of Mike Westbrook's band until his resolution, never to tune the guitar again, made his resignation from the group unavoidable. Since then Rowe is exclusively playing the 'table top guitar' - as a soloist, in AMM (up to 2000) and in various other groups.' A contemporary of Philip Glass, Terry Riley, and Steve Reich, Charlemagne Palestine wrote intense, ritualistic music in the 1970s, intended by the composer to rub against Western audiences' expectations of what is beautiful and meaningful in music. A composer-performer, he always performed his own works as soloist. His earliest works were compositions for carillon and electronic drones, and he is perhaps best known for his intensely performed piano works. He also performs as a vocalist: in Karenina he sings in the countertenor register and in other works he sings long tones with gradually shifting vowels and overtones while moving through the performance space or performing repeated actions such as throwing himself onto his hands.'" [press release]

"A celebration calls for a party and then you invite friends. Perlonex, the German trio of Ignaz Schick on turntables, objects and electronics, Jцrg Maria Zeger on electric guitar and Burkhard Beins on percussion and objects exist for five years (in 2004 that was, next celebration coming soon) and they invited Charlemagne Palestine and Keith Rowe to play with them. Perlonex is known for their careful improvisation built around their instruments, and with Keith Rowe, it is like having a fourth member. On the first disc we find the four in carefull mood, and no instrument is the boss. Each plays it's own role and the only tension to be found is in the music itself. A free form play of sound, in which all of the possibilities is explored through their respective instruments. With Charlemagne it is a bit different. His keyboards lay down a brick work, the fundament over which the improvisation follows. Palestine strums his piano and Perlonex as a trio is in more sustaining mood than with Rowe. Perhaps lesser known to be an improviser, he guides Perlonex. However in both sets Perlonex show that they are capable of handling any situation. Two great concerts, a celebration to remember." [FdW / Vital Weekly]

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