The Squid's Ear Magazine


Drumm, Kevin / Martin Tetreault: Particles and Smears (erstwhile)


 

Price: $12.95


Quantity:

Out of Stock

Quantity in Basket: None

Log In to use our Wish List
Shipping Weight: 4.00 units

Sample The Album:


product information:

Personnel:



Kevin Drumm-guitar and electronics

Martin Tetreault-turntables


Click an artist name above to see in-stock items for that artist.




Label: erstwhile
Catalog ID: erstwhile 006
Squidco Product Code: 2887

Format: CD
Condition: New
Released: 2000
Country: USA
Packaging: Jewel Tray
Recorded at 60DUM on August 31st, 1999.

Descriptions, Reviews, &c.

"Particles and Smears is a case of "the title says it all." This meeting between Montreal experimental turntablist Martin Tetreault and guitarist Kevin Drumm was recorded on August 31, 1999. The result: 14 short (all but one under five minutes) untitled improvisations made of sparse particles of sound. On this record, Tetreault continues to develop his new vocabulary for the turntable, neglecting LPs in order to play the turntable itself -- amplifying the motor, sticking the needle in the motor, covering the needle with a rubber balloon, etc. -- much like what he did on his 1998 collaboration with Rene Lussier, Dur Noyau Dur. Still, once in a while he does come back to prepared vinyl, like on track eight, but only as if to remind you that this kind of thing isn't part of his schtick anymore. Kevin Drumm follows the same aesthetic on Particles and Smears, producing quiet amounts of sounds. This meeting is too restrained, almost too polite; the listener wishes the musicians wouldloosen up and get excited. The album lacks some peak moments like Tetreault's busy solo on track ten, one of the rare lively moments within this hour of music.-Francois Couture, allmusic.com"


Artist Biographies

"Kevin Drumm is an experimental musician based in Chicago, United States

Emerging from the city's improvised music scene, in the 1990s he became one of the world's pre-eminent prepared guitar players. Since then his work has expanded to include electroacoustic compositions and live electronic music made with laptop computers and analog modular synthesizers. His early recordings contain mostly sparse, quiet sounds; recent works have been more loud and dense.

Drumm has collaborated with many artists working in similar fields, including Japanese guitarist Taku Sugimoto, multi-instrumentalist and producer Jim O'Rourke, and many European improvisers such as Swedish saxophonist Mats Gustafsson and German trumpeter Axel Dörner. He has also worked with the artist group Simparch, composing a piece for their installation Spec, shown at Documenta XI in Kassel, Germany and at the Renaissance Society in Chicago. Drumm has also worked with saxophonist Ken Vandermark's Territory Band, which brings together American and European players who work in both jazz and free improvisation.:

-Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin_Drumm)
3/13/2024

Have a better biography or biography source? Please Contact Us so that we can update this biography.

"Martin Tétreault. Born Saint-Jean-Baptiste-de-Rouville, Québec, 1957. Residence: Montréal, Québec. Composer, Performer (turntable), Artist.

Martin Tétreault is an internationally-renowned sound artist based in Montréal. He is a leading figure in improvisation using turntables, unusual vinyl surfaces and objects. Tétreault's trajectory includes various productions on compact disc and live performances with a range of collaborators: Diane Labrosse, René Lussier, Érik M, Michel F Côté, i8u, Otomo Yoshihide, Xavier Charles, Kid Koala, and many more. He is the composer and director of a turntable quartet Quatuor de tourne-disques founded in 2006. His work has appeared under several labels including Ambiances magnétiques, Erstwhile, Japanimprov, Oral, Victo and Vand'œuvre. Commissioned for music, dance, theatre, poetry and installation, Tétreault has been the recipient of many grants and awards."

-ActuelleCD (http://www.actuellecd.com/en/bio/tetreault_ma/)
3/13/2024

Have a better biography or biography source? Please Contact Us so that we can update this biography.


Track Listing:



1. Untitled 4:16

2. Untitled 4:17

3. Untitled 2:19

4. Untitled 7:36

5. Untitled 5:36

6. Untitled 1:42

7. Untitled 4:04

8. Untitled 4:09

9. Untitled 3:11

10. Untitled 4:07

11. Untitled 3:44

12. Untitled 4:30

13. Untitled 4:38

14. Untitled 4:53

Related Categories of Interest:

Turntablists
Before April-2006
Canadian Composition & Improvisation
erstwhile
Musique Actuelle
Electro-Acoustic
Turntablists
Before April-2006
Canadian Composition & Improvisation

Search for other titles on the label:
erstwhile.


Recommended & Related Releases:
Other Recommended Releases:
Dulin, Tucker / Ben Owen
Cat Guarding Geese
(erstwhile)
An electroacoustic composition of environment & sound punctuated with subtle percussion and electronic interventions, developed from field recordings, performances on Roosevelt Island, and studio recordings in Brooklyn by the duo of Tucker Dulin on bells, bowl, can, cymbal, lentils, mallet & whistle and Ben Owen on paper mic, speaker boxes, op amps & cassette.
Joonyong, Choi / Jin Sangtae
Hole in My Head
(erstwhile)
Recording in two locations in Seoul by Taku Unami, electronic, sound and noise artists Choi Joonyong and Jin Sangtae present a series of unusual interactions using sonic events, concrete and acousmatic interjections and aberrant expression, patiently conveying each event with clarity and intention and an almost theatrical sense of drama and narrative.
Tetreault, Martin
Plus de Snipettes!!
(Ambiances Magnetiques)
A fun, odd and eccentric album constructed from extracts of hours of tape reels and audio cassettes by Montreal turntablist Martin Tetrault, a mix of plunderphonic sources, unusual turntable technique, and experimental audio collage drawn from an insanely diverse set of sources, in this sequel to his 1992 "Snipettes!" cassette, here with 31 new fascinating miniatures.



Customers Who Bought This Item Also Bought:
Guionnet, Jean-Luc / Eric La Casa / Philip Samartzis
Soleil d'Artifice
(Swarming)
The first 2009 release for French The Swarming label is the trio of saxophonist Jean-Luc Guionnet, and electronic artists Eric La Casa and Philip Samartzis, using unusual procedures and investigations to create impressive and dynamic sonic journeys.
Guionnet, Jean-Luc / Eric La Casa / Philip Samartzis
Stray Shafts of Sunlight
(Swarming)
Using extended saxophone (Guionnet), microphones, prepared recordings & laptop (La Casa) and electronics, field recordings & laptop (Samartzis) this release comprises various live recordings made in 2007 while on tour in France, Germany and Italy.
ElSaffar, Amir
Inana
(Pi Recordings)
Trumpeter Amir ElSaffar and his quintet expand the sonic possibilities of jazz by building on the modal music of the Iraqi maqam, adding a microtonal harmonic and melodic language influenced by the pitch-flexibility of Middle Eastern music.
Borbetomagus
Seven Reasons for Tears
(Agaric)
The unique voice of the Borbetomagus quartet recording in NYC in 1987, dark and beautiful improvisation that takes freedom to a unique level of squealing skronky feverish overtones and exhilaration.
Labbe, Pierre
Tremblement de fer
(Ambiances Magnetiques)
Commissioned and premiered at the 10th L'Off Festival de jazz de Montreal in 2009, this work performed with Jean Derome, Jean Rene, Bernard Falaise, Pierre Tanguay, &c.
Davies, Angharad / Axel Dorner
A.D.
(Another Timbre)
Incredible, understated improvisation from two masters of the form - Axel Dorner on trumpet and Angharad Davies on violin - in three commanding tracks of atmospheric momentum.
Jennings / Cage / Tilbury / Lexer
Lost Daylight
(Another Timbre)
Pianist John Tilbury is captured with remarkable clarity by Sebastian Lexer as he performs works by composers Terry Jennings and John Cage (with Lexer on electronics); superb performances!
Klaxon Gueule
Infininiment
(Ambiances Magnetiques)
Improvisers Michel Cote, Bernard Falaise & Alexandre St-Onge return to Ambiances Magnetiques in an album of dark acoustic improvisations, with guests Jean Derome, Philippe Lauzier & Gordon Allen.
Bosetti / Doneda / Rainey
Places dans l'air
(Potlatch)
A long continuous work from this trio of soprano saxophonist, free improvisation using extended techniques and unusual approaches to the instrument.
Labbe, Pierre
Manivelle
(Ambiances Jazz)
Saxophonist Pierre's Labbe's 1st release in 6 years, performing original compositions in a quartet with guitarist Bernard Falaise, drummer Isaiah Ceccarelli & bassist Clinton Ryder.
Ensemble SuperMusique
Y'a du bruit dans ma cabane
(Ambiances Magnetiques)
A supergroup of the AM collective with Derome, Hetu, Labrosse, Roger, Tanguay and Tetrault, in adventurous and far-reaching improvisation that have to be heard to be believed!
Labrosse, Diane
Musique Pour Objets en Voie de Disparition
(Ambiances Magnetiques)
"Blindfolded" manipulations by Labrosse of recordings from an amazing set of Montreal improvisers to create eight flashbacks to a bygone daily sonic life.
Ensemble SuperMusique
Canevas "+"
(Ambiances Magnetiques)
A collection of 14 excerpts taken from five different concerts between 1998 and 2004 by Ensemble SuperMusique that include improvised and composed music as well as improvisation frameworks.
L' Ensemble Pierre Labbe (w/ Alarie / Bonin / Falaise / Lavergne / Trudeau)
Risque et pendule
(Ambiances Magnetiques)
A balance between composition and improvisation is sought in this album by The Ensemble Pierre Labbe that is a also a fusion of avant-garde jazz and classical music.
Noetinger, Jerome / Erik M
What A wonderful World
(erstwhile)



The Squid's Ear Magazine

The Squid's Ear Magazine

© 2002-, Squidco LLC