Bringing together two innovative improvising percussionists--Eddie Prevost of AMM fame, and Stale Liavik Solberg (VCDC, John Butcher)--for a studio album of wide-ranging and sometimes hair-raising electroacoustic improvisation, recorded live and unedited with Olie Brice on double bass, Tony Hardie-Bick on piano & tapes, Ed Pettersen on lap steel, and NO Moore on guitar.
Label: Split Rock Records Catalog ID: SR20001 Squidco Product Code: 28450
Format: 2 CDs Condition: New Released: 2020 Country: USA Packaging: Cardboard Gatefold Recorded live at Westpoint Studio, in London, UK, in February, 2019, by Shane Shanahan.
"In Plumes of Ash, the focal point is the interplay of two acclaimed percussionists, Eddie Prevost and Stale Liavik Solberg. The sounds and textures come together to create compelling narratives, with each of the five extended tracks in this 2 CD set a mini-suite in its own right. As a founding member of AMM, Prevost requires no introduction while Oslo based Liavik Solberg's delicate yet spirited approach and mastery of dynamics as a drummer is garnering increasing attention. The hugely popular Olie Brice lends support on upright bass, Ed Pettersen creates textures on lap steel, Tony Hardie-Bick plays the tape machine, and NO Moore contributes ambient parts on electric guitar.
The initial industrial sounds of "Rattling Branch" subtly transform as if moving you along through a tour of London neighborhoods, from bustling cafes to the maritime waterfront. Building in dynamic, "Spark Sorting" primes you for travel and liftoff and then inverts on the listener in a whirling kaleidoscope of sound, while "Clattering Device" is simply spontaneously playful. "Thermal Drive" takes you on a wild extended tour from the mad sounds of a busy elfin workshop, pushing, pulling and lifting, before releasing you to a vast and spooky tundra where you eventually have a conversation with nature. The final track Soot Arrangements showcases the full range and dexterity of the percussive talent and is an appropriate finale to a wildly interesting record."-Split Rock Records