Label: Hiddenbell Records

Eddie Prevostファンにもオススメ!!80年代後期より活動する孤高のパーカッショニストによるプライベート作!!当店にて以前から自主レーベルHiddenbell Recordsの音源を激推しで紹介している、スイスにて活動する孤高のドラマー/パーカッショニストChristian Wolfarth。プライベート・レーベル初のソロアルバムとして出版した、なんとシンバルのみを用いた激ミニマムな音源[Scheer]。ボウイング(弓弾き)によるドローン奏法を徹底的に練り上げた職人気質の一枚であり、長く強烈な持続音パートから、鋭利で躍動感の強い打楽器パートへと急激に展開するサマは圧巻です。





"Between 2009 and 2011, Swiss percussionist Christian Wolfarth released four 7"s presenting eight short examples of his playing. Utilising purely acoustic methods, they varied between remarkably electronic sounding drones to clattering asymmetrical rhythms with quite a range in between, and showed the process of Wolfarth finding a voice in what was already a widely researched area of sound. Scheer is a new solo disc of two pieces that consolidate those experiments in extended works. This time Wolfarth uses just cymbals, which is easily forgotten and at times almost unbelievable - the warmth underlying his bowed drones has a purity rarely heard elswhere. Scheer is a stunningly well-conceived and executed construction that shifts suddenly from long, intense drone sections to brief, viciously sharp percussive parts with an atmosphere of oppressive, imminent danger present throughout."