I blogged up this review the other day: http://www.phonopsia.co.uk/?p=634
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For those who haven’t kept up, the Moritz von Ozwald Trio is a
collaboration between Moritz von Ozwald, Max Loderbauer of Sun Electric
and Sasu Ripatti AKA Luomo/Vladislav Delay. They’ve played live a few
times, garnering much wider interest than you’d expect from one-off
local gigs, unfortunately brought further in to the spotlight by Moritz
Von Oswald’s recent rumoured stroke, just before the trio were due to
play at last year’s DEAF.
The Trio’s long-awaited first release, Vertical Ascent, is now available
for download for £4 from the Honest Jon’s website. There are physical
media available for purchase in most vinyl/CD purveyors as well.
I’ve only had the time to listen to it twice today, and my thoughts are
mixed. On one hand, this could never be as good as it looks on paper. On
the other hand, the end result is not entriely what I would have
expected. It’s more percussive than I anticipated. It’s also very
composed, with longer tracks that vary considerably and last quite some
time. This isn’t that surprising given recent work like von Ozwald’s
remixes of Auricle/Bio/On and Watamu Beach. Unfortunately, like those
remixes, I feel that they promise more than they deliver. There are
elements that distinguish it from these recent remixes, and they are
welcome, but the end result initially feels the same. The tracks never
really seem to arrive. It’s all ascent, stopping shot of the suggested apex.
There’s plenty here to be excited about, but based on first impressions,
this isn’t likely to be getting much play in 2010 or beyond. The third
and fourth tracks on Vertical Ascent may prove to be exceptions to that
critique with repeated listens, but I’m not holding my breath based on
my lack of continued enthusiasm for his recent (re)work.
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I've since listened a couple of times more and feel the same. This isn't
to say that it doesn't build nicely, it's just that it feels like it
should be going somewhere but the tracks just sort of stop.
Cheers,
Tristan
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On 04/07/2009 18:06, fran...@thatamazingthing.com wrote:
This time I'm going to stick with the very brief as I just got it yesterday and
have only had time to listen to the first side but
it sounds top, maybe a bit like some of the Recomposed stuff, but more
interesting / variation.
