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| | | semata productions (usa) #sem 002 cd greg kelley “self-hate index” compact disc - stimulus check (8:13)
- these are distractions (8:20)
- shearing husks (9:20)
- accumulating errors (what is peripheral?) (8:51)
- vessel (4:02)
- anxious drift (3:55)
- visiting microphones (3:42)
| | click the play button to hear an excerpt of "anxious drift" |
| august 2008 release ; hot on the heels of his excellent “religious electronics” lp for no fun comes this, greg kelley’s first trumpet-oriented solo-disc in ages ...
vacillating, often within the same piece, between quiet / prepared acoustic takes & the sort of harsh amp-distortion / ring-modulation-laden blasts (listen to the sound-sample) he’s been getting up to in heathen shame as of recent, this is assuredly one of the more dynamic sets in greg’s increasingly variegated oeuvre ...
highly recommended !!! |
| | semata productions press release... |
| sem-002 greg kelley "self-hate index" cd
self-hate index is greg kelley's 4th "proper" solo cd and his first since 2005's i don't want to live forever. if we count 4 limited edition cdrs, a one-sided lp, and a cassette, we have a small body of work to dig into over the past decade ranging from synthesizer explorations, a couple of guitar freakouts, musique concrete experiments, and some 4 track experiments using electric fans, contact mics and cheap keyboards.
but what of the trumpet? isn't that the instrument he's supposed to play? of all the above-mentioned recordings, 5 of them feature barely any trumpet at all and 2 of them chop up the recordings to the point of non-recognition (recorded on microcassette?!). this basically leaves 2000's trumpet cd and 2005's uncomfortable one-sided lp as the sole representatives of this trumpet player's trumpeting in all its vulgar nudity.
enter self-hate index. recorded this spring in a proper studio environment on a proper recording medium (yes, pro tools was used - like the real musicians), this is kelley's first recording in some time that features real-time recordings of one person in a room playing an instrument. like trumpet, there is some manipulation of the recording medium, awkward placement of mics, close-micing, the leaving on of an air conditioner, etc. but unlike trumpet, this may be the first solo recording of kelley's to bridge the (perceived?) gaps between the quiet micro-worlds of nmperign, the blazing feedback of heathen shame and the edited constructs of some of the previous solo recordings. purely acoustic tracks mix it up with amp & distortion pedal workouts and curious inquiries regarding mic placement. but in the end, we have one person, with a trumpet, banging his head against the wall of what music is and what it expects of him.
7 tracks. 46 minutes. |
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