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omega point (japan) #op 0006 cdyoshi wada “off the wall” compact disc - off the wall i (20:27)
- off the wall ii (20:02)
- die konsonanten pfeifen (27:23)
| september 2008 release ; the third edition omega point / em issue of archival material from yoshi wada !!!
this one reissues the 1985 fmp lp “off the wall” including a bonus live take of the titular piece. compositionally-speaking, this is much closer to the “lament for the rise and fall of the elephantine crocodile” end of things (featuring a smaller group dealing in extended bagpipe drones, slowly morphing in & out of phase) than the later “appointed cloud” material ; the addition of a percussionist (often producing simple, tribally-derived rhythms) adds another level of energy to the proceedings ...
this set was beautifully remastered from the original tapes that birthed the lp (the fidelity here is infinitely improved-upon) ; i need not re-iterate on the waves of sheer excitement that have been radiating out of the mms offices on account of these wada discs ... if i had to pick a single stretch of historic art-drone reissues that have had the most impact on mms as a whole over the past few years it would most certainly be these ...
of course this one comes with only my highest recommendation !!! |
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yoshi wada "off the wall"
em records + omega point / em1078cd + op-0006
the long-awaited reissue of wada's 1985 lp off the wall, recorded in berlin and originally released on the esteemed fmp label. a minimalist yet majestic monsterpiece ("massive", as tom johnson declares in his perceptive liner notes), off the wall features wada and wayne hankin on bagpipes, marilyn bogerd on adapted organ, and percussionist andreas schmidt-neri.
the original album consisted of two side-long pieces recorded on successive days by jost geber, who captured the power and dynamics of the quartet without losing the meditative delicacy of the bagpipes and the intricacy of their interplay with the homemade organ (constructed by wada), resulting in a slowly evolving mosaic of combination tones and overtones. simultaneously static yet changing, rooted and ethereal, homespun and alien, ancient and very modern, the music is created entirely with acoustic instruments but has "electronic" textures at times, yet is very warm and human, always pulsing, shifting and mutating.
omega point is pleased indeed to release off the wall for the first time ever on cd, with the bonus track "die konsonanten pfeifen (the consonant pipes)", a slightly earlier recording with wada and hankin on bagpipes and kevin newhoff on percussion, originally released as a cassette. |
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