French free improvising soprano saxophonist Michel Doneda, using profoundly unusual techniques on the reed instrument, meets percussionist Le Quan Ninh, performing on "surrounded bass drum", a large drum affected by various objects across the skin, for 5 dialogs at Montreuil-sous-Bois, France, and then joined by noh theater drummer Shunichiro Hisada in Tokyo's Shushinkan Hall.
Format: CD Condition: New Released: 2019 Country: USA Packaging: Digipack Tracks 1-5 recorded at Instants Chavires, in Montreuil-sous-Bois, France, on June 6th, 2017, by Benjamin Pagier.
Track 6 recorded at Shushinkan Hall, in Kobe, Japan, on july 14th, 2017, by Mai Saitoh.
Two concert locations for French free improvising soprano saxophonist Michel Doneda and classically trained percussionist Le Quan Ninh. The first location is Instants Chavires, in Montreuil-sous-Bois, France for five free dialogs of profoundly unusual technique and patient pacing. Le Quan Ninh uses a "surrounded bass drum", a large floor drum with which he rubs and coerces unusual sonic events from the heads and frame. Doneda coaxes strange harmonics from the reeds, flutters and an extended language of quick detail and long timbre. The two are intently listening as they develop their meticulous conversation. The second concert is in Kobe, Japan at Shushinkan Hall, adding Japanese noh theater drummer Shunichiro Hisada performing on the traditional Tzuzumi, and also sing/speaking. The latter, from which the album receives its title, adds a dramatic flair of ritual and narrative to their playing, all three responding as they create their unique audio environments. Absolutely impressive.