On Sat, Jul 4, 2009 at 4:53 PM, [email protected]<[email protected]> wrote: > Got to sample this. > > Feels like a rich and promising effort, but ultimately, I just don't > want to hear it over and over, nor particularly from time to time. > > On Sat, Jul 4, 2009 at 2:23 PM, Tristan Watkins<[email protected]> > wrote: >> I blogged up this review the other day: http://www.phonopsia.co.uk/?p=634 >> >> ... >> >> 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. >> >> ... >> >> 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 >> ======= >> [email protected] >> http://www.phonopsia.co.uk >> >> On 04/07/2009 18:06, [email protected] 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. >>> >>> >>> >>> >> > > > > -- > [email protected] > www.planerecordings.com > New York, NY >
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