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Avant-garde composer Rhys Chatham takes a highly percussive approach on the four tracks of his album Outdoor Spell, starting with the title track, which re-creates a sound similar to that of Tibetan monks throat singing. "Crossing the Sword Bridge of the Abyss," clocking in at 18 minutes, indeed has a marching sound (or a crunching sound set to a marching beat), and Chatham adds his own strained trumpet playing, as if leading the troops across the bridge. "Corn Maiden's Rite" does sound like some sort of primitive tribal rite. And "The Magician" spends its 12 minutes in a performance of musique concrète that resembles Frank Zappa trying to sound like Edgard Varèse. None of this seems very new in the world of experimental electronic music, but it is very much in a tradition stretching back to the middle of the 20th century.
© William Ruhlmann /TiVo
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Rhys Chatham, Composer, MainArtist - Post Minimalist Music Publishing Co. (BMI), MusicPublisher
2011 Northern Spy Records 2011 Post Minimalist Music Publishing Co. (BMI)
Rhys Chatham, Composer, MainArtist - Post Minimalist Music Publishing Co. (BMI), MusicPublisher
2011 Northern Spy Records 2011 Post Minimalist Music Publishing Co. (BMI)
Rhys Chatham, Composer, MainArtist - Post Minimalist Music Publishing Co. (BMI), MusicPublisher
2011 Northern Spy Records 2011 Post Minimalist Music Publishing Co. (BMI)
Rhys Chatham, Composer, MainArtist - Post Minimalist Music Publishing Co. (BMI), MusicPublisher
2011 Northern Spy Records 2011 Post Minimalist Music Publishing Co. (BMI)
Album review
Avant-garde composer Rhys Chatham takes a highly percussive approach on the four tracks of his album Outdoor Spell, starting with the title track, which re-creates a sound similar to that of Tibetan monks throat singing. "Crossing the Sword Bridge of the Abyss," clocking in at 18 minutes, indeed has a marching sound (or a crunching sound set to a marching beat), and Chatham adds his own strained trumpet playing, as if leading the troops across the bridge. "Corn Maiden's Rite" does sound like some sort of primitive tribal rite. And "The Magician" spends its 12 minutes in a performance of musique concrète that resembles Frank Zappa trying to sound like Edgard Varèse. None of this seems very new in the world of experimental electronic music, but it is very much in a tradition stretching back to the middle of the 20th century.
© William Ruhlmann /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 4 track(s)
- Total length: 00:44:31
- Main artists: Rhys Chatham
- Composer: Rhys Chatham
- Label: Northern Spy Records
- Genre: Pop/Rock Rock Alternative & Indie
2011 Northern Spy Records 2011 Post Minimalist Music Publishing Co. (BMI)
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