Label: Discus Music

他界する一年前に録音されていた貴重なソロ音源が登場。1970年、Derek Bailey、Evan Parkerと共に世界をリードしたフリーインプロヴィゼーション・レーベル"Incus"を設立。まさに百戦錬磨といった凄まじい経歴を持つ英国のフリー・ジャズ・ドラマーTony Oxley。2022年にドイツはフィーアゼンで記録されていた音源がDiscus Musicより初音源化。ソロ名義になっていますがTony Oxley's Celebration OrchestraのメンバーであるStefan Holkerがパーカッションで参加、クロースマイクで捉えたサウンドオブジェ&エレクトロニクスの緻密なディテールが最高過ぎる名演。







"From the point of view of this music, listening to The New World is as essential as Paul Rutherford's The Gentle Harm of the Bourgeoise, Derek Bailey's Lot 74 Improvisations or Was It Me? by the duo of Paul Lovens and Paul Lytton." - Jean-Michel Van Schouwburg. ORNYX

"A densely woven yet airy, self-defining abstract soundscape, rich in pointillist texture and abstracted, interlaced pulses." - Michael Tucker, JAZZ JOURNAL

"This music seems to breathe and evolve in an organic, logical way. It reminds me of some spirits or ghosts which have been set free of the usual barriers, growing and slowly evolving into something else." - Bruce Gallanter, Downtown Music Gallery NYC


New music - recorded 2022. Oxley needs no introduction as one of the inventors of this style of playing. He remains active in music some 60 years after he burst onto the scene as one of the finest percussionists the UK has ever produced. For his current music he concentrates on electronic sounds via his manipulation of close mic'd sound objects, with the acoustic percussion element skilfully provided by Holker. A dense weave of detail and texture and a vital new entry point into Oxley's continuing body of work.