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Not From Around Now
(Poetry for a Small Choir)
A.
Molotkov's Home Page Discord
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it's been a
short time
then a long time
still i'm waiting
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Considering that S.B. Reda and Pamela
Zero largely contribute to this album, A. Molotkov's Can You Stay Forever?
could be seen as the follow-up to Discord Aggregate's The Texture of the
Sky. Entirely written by Molotkov (save for Zero's "Death"), the album
adopts the same scattered form as the collective's then-most recent
effort. Can You Stay Forever? consists of 34 pieces ranging in duration
from a mere few seconds to around four minutes. They all feature words
taken from Molotkov's collection Not From Around Now (Poetry for a Small Choir)
— and a small choir is almost what we have here, with Molotkov, Reda, Zero
and Annie Vox reciting and occasionally singing. Several tracks are tied
to each other, either through musical content, instrumentation, or lyrics,
expanding or reducing themes previously heard. The vocal variety is
already impressive, but the amount of instrumentation is downright
staggering — violin, sitar, duduk, contrabass, accordion, sax, lap steel
guitar, flute, and various percussion — in addition to keyboards and the
aforementioned voices — adding up to a total cast of 17 players. The
result is often dizzying and strikes as quite hermetic upon first listen,
but as the ear gets accustomed to the luxurious arrangements and
fragmented writing, the listener is able to detect the intricacies of the
work, the simplicity of most melodies, and the enigmatic poetry that is
Molotkov's forte and a distinctive trait of Discord Aggregate's previous
works. Molotkov's music draws from Aboriginal, Arab and Indian traditions,
along with the cut-and-paste style of '80s John Zorn, and the ordered
chaos ethos of John Cage's chance-generated works. Can You Stay Forever?
is more than an impressive solo debut, it's in a class of its own.
François
Couture, All Music Guide
http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:8v1tk6sxykrk
A creation that makes a nonsense of
boundaries and categories. Molotkov's CD springs from San Francisco
artistic and multimedia collective Discord Aggregate.Combining
elements of poetry, instrumental and vocal improvisation, theatre, this is
strong and vibrant work that challenges and takes the listener into what
will be uncharted territories for many.
Malcolm
Fielding, indie-cd.com
http://www.islandwebs.com.au/applications/search/search_result.asp?ItemID=464
...outstanding, intricate and interesting arrangements. Your CD has
something of a future shock feel to it...The concept is ridiculously well
executed and performed. Excellence on all fronts. It's a breakthrough
idea-wise.
Don Campau, "No Pigeonholes Radio"
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