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CD published by Non Visual Objects.
Released in 2009.
t r a c k l i s t:
| 1_ | Krause | 18:10 |
| 2_ | Wams | 19:41 |
| 3_ | Schaube | 14:27 |
Scheckenrock is a brilliantly realised document of a live performance by the Australian laptopper Samartzis and German percussionist Vorfeld in March 2007. Though Improv snobs might turn their noses up at their approach, it´s the to-and-fro interplay that captivates here, each responding to the other´s interventions as if they´re engaged in a game of chess. Vorfeld´s fabulously eerie bowed string workout midway through “Krause” is slowly encroached on by low-end pulsations from Samartzis´s electronics, to which the former replies with a series of string creaks and groans that sound curiously electronic in nature. Samartzis´s glistening, finely modulated sprys of static and white noise then seem to swathe the action in fine mist. There´s great skill on display here, as somehow the pair conjure perfectly apposite gestures without resorting to sonic mimicry or simple accompaniment.
Keith Moliné - The Wire #304
