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01. ELI KESZLER - Part 1
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02. ELI KESZLER - Part 2
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03. ELI KESZLER - Part 3
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ARTIST
KESZLER, ELI
TITLE
Oxtirn
FORMAT
CD
LABEL
ESP-DISK
CATALOG #
ESPDISK 4061CD
ESPDISK 4061CD
GENRE
JAZZ
RELEASE DATE
5/12/2015
2010 release.
Oxtirn
is a truly unique and powerful blend of free energy, modern composition, and mechanical music that defies genre. With two proper full-lengths and an array of self-releases under his belt,
Eli Keszler
has turned to ESP-Disk for the release of
Oxtirn
, his third, most composed, and large scale effort to date.
Oxtirn
captures Keszler and crew at their most frenetic, and abruptly spills out into a cacophony of tuned brass, squeaking rust, and electrically shorting contact mics, taking the detritus of post-industrial existence (sheet metal, spring boards, and motors wrenched from their initial hearths) and transforming that refuse into a 21st-century musique concrète orchestra. On the album's initial track, motors tumble across prepared sheets of metal as expertly placed squalls of bowed string and what could only be described as the sounds of a phantom brass band (courtesy of multiple horn player
Andrew Fenlon
and Keszler's longstanding partner
Ashley Paul
on clarinet) mesh transcendentally with Keszler's precise percussion and bursts of controlled chaos. The third track sees Eli and sonic artist
Sakiko Mori
on both prepared and installed pianos; as the two furiously scrape and agitate strings with a mix of switch-operated motors, contact mics, and suspended preparations, slowly undulating resonant clusters float on top of the underlying din, creating a striking contrast. Here, the eerie timbre of Keszler's bowed crotales recall Italian futurist
Luigi Russolo
's intonarumori, and the string quartets of
Dumitrescu
.
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