The music is a freeform avant-garde blend of jazz and John Cage, the best moments of which feature Kaiser's horns dueling with Ernesto's prepared guitar that produce some cool electro-acoustic avant jazz freakouts.
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Story behind the song
Two multi-instrumentalist improvisers and California residents collaborate for the first time on this disc of eight improvised compositions. Jeff Kaiser (trumpet, flugelhorn, electronics, voice) is a seasoned trumpet improviser and composer, and the founder of the Ventura New Music Concert Series. Ernesto Diaz-Infante (acoustic guitar, voice) is an active performer, improviser and performer, with a well established discography to his credit. The music is an eclectic mix of electroacoustic textures, prepared acoustic guitar, horns and voices. There are some truly fascinating pieces here. "The Unreasonable Power of the Diagrams", for example, has an incredible quivering vocal track overtop the flutterings of flugelhorn and the scrapings of guitar. More quivering sounds, guitar strings and haunting electronics (which when put all together sound like a chorus of buzzing bees) populate the stunning track "She Surreptitiously Introduced Colored Shirts". Serendipitous, spontaneous and spirited, this is an intriguing and rewarding release, pushing the limits of composition and performance while challenging the listener's preconceptions of what improvisational music can be. Recommended for the adventurous. [Richard di Santo]