Label: Sub Rosa

強力過ぎる二者の共演が実現、限定イエローマーヴル・ヴァイナル入荷!!ターンテーブルを用いたサウンドアート・アプローチやコンセプチュアルワークにも挑む当店激推しのマルセイユの作家ErikM、キャリアは最早40年以上になる創作楽器"メカニウム"でもお馴染みのフランスアヴァン界の伝説Pierre Bastien、ベテラン二者が共同で制作したベルギーSub RosaのLPアルバム[Observations]。ターンテーブルに加え、ハイスペックな電子機器と実上無限とも言える膨大なサウンド・バンクを持ち込んだErikM、メカニカル・オーケストラと多種多様なアコースティック楽器を持ち込んだPierre Bastien、一切の妥協をしなかった二者の本気が伺える2024年3月ブリュッセルでの即興演奏集。凄まじい内容です。







Jean Dubuffet used to define his music as something disordered and dirty. But here, it is a Dubuffet returning from a long journey in Africa, with haunting rhythms that reach trance-like states, corrupted by ErikM's UK Drill.

With one exception, this disc is a recording of a concert given at the Ateliers Claus in Brussels in March 2024. It was preceded by three short hours of improvisation the day before and the day before that, during which ErikM and I made a series of careful observations of each other's playing. It must be said that neither of us had skimped on transporting a few cases, the contents of which would have allowed us to play several concerts in a row without ever repeating ourselves. Erik had brought his turntables to Brussels, as well as sophisticated electronic machines, accompanied by a virtually infinite sound bank. For my part, I had both a mechanical orchestra and a range of acoustic instruments at my disposal. In two sessions, we eliminated the superfluous and the
ineffective. On the evening of the concert, it was through close observation-of each sound, each direction taken by one or the other, each intention, each break-that we composed this record in the moment: vigilant and scrutinising, like the pairs of eyes on the cover of this album.
(Pierre Bastien)