Format: CD, Album
Performer: Jan Kuijken
Album: Vertigo
Year: 2003
Label: Carbon 7 Records
Catalog#: SKU 00-CARBON7-065
Country: Belgium
Genre: Avant-Garde
Style: Modern Composition
Quality: MP3@320
Size: 132,7 MB
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Kuijken is a 'New Music' composer published by Brussels-based Carbon-7, home to Aka Moon, Slang, and a host of other obscure rock, avant jazz and modern classical artists.
A cellist and pianist, Kuijken penned the ten compositions found here for three separate dance performance showcases; these have henceforth been retooled for this package. Kuijken is joined by a quintet of conservatory-trained players who add violins, clarinets, flutes, viola, and French horn to the mix. Sans percussion, a sense of space permeates throughout; the resultant beauty of milder pieces like "Slow Theme" and "Con Moto" unfolds, to be displaced by the impulsive discharge of notes from piano, clarinet and horn in "Dual" and "Vertigo." A minor movement, "Capture," interjects many a rest from various instruments, letting piano, flute or violin — or any combination of two — explore the microcosmic vastness before the other sessioners resume. Vertigo is an acquired taste, but it may prove to be a surprising listen when you're in the mood for something a little more avant, a little more classical. Listeners of Ceux Du Dehors-era Univers Zero and Rule 29 may even find something to like here.
Jan KUIJKEN (Cellos, piano, noises),
George VAN DAM (Violins),
Paul DE CLERCK (Viola),
Dirk DESCHEEMAEKER (Clarinet, Bass Clarinet),
Pierre BERNARD (Flutes),
André PICHAL (Horn).
On this album, Kuijken works over tunes composed for 3 dance performances of Karine Ponties:
Brutalis — (2002) tracks 1-2
Capture D'un Caillot — (2001) tracks 3-8-9-10
Les Taroupes — (2000) tracks 4-6-7
01. Ouverture 5:06
02. Primitiv 6:55
03. Slow Theme 1:44
04. Con Moto 4:08
05. Tips 3:08
06. Dual 7:56
07. Obsession 3:36
08. Vertigo 4:45
09. A Romance 5:57
10. Capture 14:38
Total time: 58:30
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