Caressed on the Brow
by Mark Wastell
-
Streaming + DownloadIncludes unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.Purchasable with gift card
£6 GBP
-
Subscription
Subscribe now to receive all the new music Confront Recordings creates, including 6 back-catalog releases, delivered instantly to you via the Bandcamp app for iOS and Android. Learn more.Subscribe Now £30 GBP/year or more
-
Full Digital Discography
Get all 191 Confront Recordings releases available on Bandcamp and save 75%.
Includes unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality downloads of A Thousand Years To A Bristlecone Pine, Amongst English Men, Parr's Ditch, Vectorial Spaces, Vibra Trilogy, Naize, Au Crépuscule, At Sound 323, and 183 more.
Excludes subscriber-only releases.
Purchasable with gift card£298.90 GBP or more (75% OFF)
1. |
Caressed on the Brow
28:26
|
|
about
Tetuzi Akiyama : amplified acoustic guitar
Rhodri Davies : harp
Benedict Drew : laptop
Michael Duch : double bass
Graham Halliwell : amplified and feedback saxophone
Paul Hood : gp3 record player, mixer, objects
Annette Krebs : electroacoustic guitar
Mattin : laptop
Andrea Neumann : inside-piano, mixing desk
Nishide Takehiro : guitar, electronics
Mark Wastell : violoncello
Recorded at LMC Studios, Brixton, London on 17 June 2003 by Tom Wallace.
Originally issued on L'innomable in an edition of 300 in 2007 and subsequently sold out very quickly. This long overdue re-issue celebrates the unique encounter of eleven like-minded musicians (from Japan, England, Wales, Germany, Basque Country & Norway), brought together for one day only; encompassing a daytime recording session followed by an evening concert.
"In spite of the numbers, the music never gets crowded, and an ensemble character successfully emerges right at the top of this single, thirty minute piece. Instead of the usual tight focus and close-up sound, this is a more diffuse recording in a larger room. So the scale opens up like a stormy vista of dark clouds – the ominous atmospherics alternate with hovering, shifting drones, from stratospheric sines and feedback to bone-rattling bass tones. It’s not all restrained reductionism, and moments of drama occur throughout, giving the piece a satisfying arc. Individual contributions are unsurprisingly hard to identify, and the aim is clearly to construct an ensemble sound.
Wastell’s mini-orchestra also performed live in the evening of that same June day. I saw them in Hackney in a condemned building, where I recall feeling that if the gaping floorboards didn’t get you, the thick dust would. In spite of the odd, not to say life-threatening, performing environment, the concentration and focus of the playing was memorable. By the end of the evening some feverish brows certainly needed caressing."
(Clive Bell, The Wire)
Rhodri Davies : harp
Benedict Drew : laptop
Michael Duch : double bass
Graham Halliwell : amplified and feedback saxophone
Paul Hood : gp3 record player, mixer, objects
Annette Krebs : electroacoustic guitar
Mattin : laptop
Andrea Neumann : inside-piano, mixing desk
Nishide Takehiro : guitar, electronics
Mark Wastell : violoncello
Recorded at LMC Studios, Brixton, London on 17 June 2003 by Tom Wallace.
Originally issued on L'innomable in an edition of 300 in 2007 and subsequently sold out very quickly. This long overdue re-issue celebrates the unique encounter of eleven like-minded musicians (from Japan, England, Wales, Germany, Basque Country & Norway), brought together for one day only; encompassing a daytime recording session followed by an evening concert.
"In spite of the numbers, the music never gets crowded, and an ensemble character successfully emerges right at the top of this single, thirty minute piece. Instead of the usual tight focus and close-up sound, this is a more diffuse recording in a larger room. So the scale opens up like a stormy vista of dark clouds – the ominous atmospherics alternate with hovering, shifting drones, from stratospheric sines and feedback to bone-rattling bass tones. It’s not all restrained reductionism, and moments of drama occur throughout, giving the piece a satisfying arc. Individual contributions are unsurprisingly hard to identify, and the aim is clearly to construct an ensemble sound.
Wastell’s mini-orchestra also performed live in the evening of that same June day. I saw them in Hackney in a condemned building, where I recall feeling that if the gaping floorboards didn’t get you, the thick dust would. In spite of the odd, not to say life-threatening, performing environment, the concentration and focus of the playing was memorable. By the end of the evening some feverish brows certainly needed caressing."
(Clive Bell, The Wire)
credits
released May 8, 2020
The Confront Collectors Series issued one hundred albums between 2004 and 2019. This recording was ccs 23.
If you prefer physical product, the CD edition is available to order here; www.confrontrecordings.com/mark-wastell---caressed-on-the-brow
The Confront Collectors Series issued one hundred albums between 2004 and 2019. This recording was ccs 23.
If you prefer physical product, the CD edition is available to order here; www.confrontrecordings.com/mark-wastell---caressed-on-the-brow
license
all rights reserved
tags
about
Confront Recordings London, UK
Confront Recordings : proudly publishing adventurous music since 1996.
discography
-
Apr 2024 -
Apr 2024 -
Mar 2024 -
Mar 2024
contact / help
Confront Recordings recommends:
-
ruimte
by Bill Thompson & Phil MaguireDebut release from Thompson & Maguire. 100% of proceeds from this release will go to support Hundred Years Gallery in London.
go to album -
A Duet
by Ross Lambert & John Russell100% of proceeds will go to supporting the Hundred Years Gallery during the Covid-19 pandemic.
go to album
If you like Caressed on the Brow, you may also like:
-
Overlapped Memories
by Dominique Vaccarosupported by 6 fans who also own “Caressed on the Brow”
There's a lovely subtlety at play here, where I can't tell what's looping and what's not. Despite the titles not offering much in the way of explanation, I think there's humor, nostalgia, and great care in this collection.
go to album -
End of a Cable
by Graham Dunning/Edward Lucassupported by 5 fans who also own “Caressed on the Brow”
go to album -
featured on Bandcamp Radio Jul 14, 2020
go to album -
I was too young to hear silence
by Patrick ShiroishiFree jazz saxophonist explores negative space on a vast, improvised work recorded in a L.A. parking structure.
go to album
