Translating to "sketch", the duo of Japanese improvising guitarist Tetuzi Akiyama and French guitarist Hervé Boghossian recorded these sketches in the studio in Marseille, France, seven succinct free improvisations of an open and intuitively lyrical nature performed on acoustic guitars, in a gorgeous album of uniquely spacious interlaced string improvisation.
Label: Tour de Bras Catalog ID: TDB9035CD Squidco Product Code: 28767
Format: CD Condition: New Released: 2019 Country: Canada Packaging: Cardstock Foldover in a clear vinyl sleeve Recorded in Marseille, France, on October 31st, 2017, by Laurent Rossi.
"Free improvisations, the only "rule" was the duration of each piece, around five minutes."-Tour de Bras
"Tetuzi Akiyama is one of the founders of "onkyo" - the famous Tokyo improvisedscene from the early 21st century, whose "godfathers" are Otomo Yoshihide alongwith Toshimaru Nakamura, Taku Sugimoto, and Sachiko M. Akiyama has been anactive musician since the early 1990s, he has published many albums ininternational labels (including Erstwhile, Locust, Headz), he toured all overthe world from the early 2000s.
Hervé Boghossian / composer / improviser from Marseille. Guitar andelectronic musician. He has released several albums in labels such as List,Raster-Noton, Cathnor, Confront, and has toured around the world since the early00's."-WROCLAW
"The living legend of the avant-garde Japanese guitar Tetuzi Akiyama and the touch of everything, multi cards, Hervé Boghossian have known and played together for years. It was necessary that one day this work be documented and it is a Canadian label that sticks to it, Tour de bras. And we are very happy to find Hervé Boghossian on disc, and in a very different register, after "iron", a beautiful electroacoustic tribute to Eliane Radigue on Comfront.
Their two games complement each other admirably. Tetuzi Akiyama, all in space, fine and distinguished game, eyeing towards a spartan blues, a martial art blues, zen. Hervé Boghossian seeks resonances in a more folk but not at all bucolic field, while attacking. Both are instinctive, minimalist punks who sabotage structures to keep only expressionist traces.
The satellite and peripheral sounds are highlighted, the strings are hard, tense but can at times, rare it is true, agree a little flexibility. We think of a Jandek which would give importance to the beauty of the sounds (Track 1) or to a schizophrenic Fahey (Track 5) or even to a broken up Led Zep III, more violent and aggressive (track 5 again).
We also appreciate the harmonics that slam (track 14) or which evolve on more serious resonances (track 3).
Obviously this disc is not to put between all ears but those who like treble and strident, guitar games possible but to which we ultimately leave little room, the new ways of considering the space between two chords of blues or folk, will find beautiful listening ranges. Until we hear them improvise in concert in September all over Europe."-Pop News (translated by Google)