Label: Important Records

個人的激推しユニットの秘蔵音源!!ディープ・リスニングの提唱者であり、電子音楽家Morton Subotnick、Ramon Senderと共にサンフランシスコ・テープ音楽センターを立ち上げた米実験界の偉人Pauline Oliveros。氏が生前Doug Van Nort、Jonas Braaschと共に結成、ソプラノサックス、エレクトロニクス、アコーディオンによる即興的対話を主旨に活動したプロジェクトTriple Point。過去に残したフィジカル作品はPogus Productionsより2014年に出版した3CDボックスのみであり、本作はそこから12越しで漸くリリースに至った秘蔵音源。エレクトロニクスとの相互作用を用いた"Vアコーディオン"を中心に、循環呼吸、多重録音を使い流動的に変化する混沌とした音場を展開。特に4トラック目のソリッドなテイクが素晴らしい。





Electro/Acoustic Improvisations Featuring:
Jonas Braasch - Soprano Saxophone
Pauline Oliveros - V-Accordion
Doug Van Nort - Granular-feedback Expanded Instrument System (GREIS), electronics

Triple Point, featuring Pauline Oliveros, Doug Van Nort and Jonas Braasch, was an improvising trio with a core instrumentation of soprano saxophone, greis/electronics, and V-accordion. The name refers to the point of equilibrium on a phase plot, which acts as a metaphor for the group's improvisational dialogue.

Triple Point's musical interaction was centered around an interplay between acoustics, physically-modeled acoustics (v-accordion), and electronics. Van Nort captured the sound of the other players on-the-fly, either transforming them in the moment to create blended textures or new sonic gestures or holding them for return in the near future. Oliveros changes between timbres and "bends" the intended factory sound models through her idiosyncratic use of the virtual instrument, while Braasch explores extended techniques, including long circular-breathing tones and multiphonics. This mode of interaction has resulted in situations where acoustic/electronic sources are indistinguishable without very careful listening, while other times, this becomes wildly apparent. This continual, fluid morphing is a product of Deep Listening and listening in the moment.

The tracks were recorded by Jonas Braasch during a week-long residency at the Experimental Media and Performing Arts Center (EMPAC), Troy, NY, August 2012. Mastered by Tom Eaton at Sounds & Substance.