Not on Label (Nein Rodere Self-released) / Germany /2022 / CS
"If you were lucky enough to have picked up his previous tapes you'll know why I'm so excited to be releasing this! Top-notch lopsided, contemporary art music in the tradition of Kai Althoff, Dominik Steiger, Anton Heyboer et al... but delivered with a unique sense of melody and texture.
At the time of recording David had reworked his previous tapes into a (forthcoming) Horn of Plenty LP and hit a quiet patch;
'...it was like I drained myself of that particular energy.
At some point I warmed to playing again, as long as it was very of the moment and made up on the spot. These are some examples of that approach, with a little prep for the long ones so they'd be easier on someone else's ear. So those two are not 'real' improvised I guess, esp. since I wrote down a list of colours and adjectives for the last one.
With those long ones, I thought I'd just keep taking them in circles until they collapsed in on themselves, which is a thing I sometimes look for in other people's music.' "
At the time of recording David had reworked his previous tapes into a (forthcoming) Horn of Plenty LP and hit a quiet patch;
'...it was like I drained myself of that particular energy.
At some point I warmed to playing again, as long as it was very of the moment and made up on the spot. These are some examples of that approach, with a little prep for the long ones so they'd be easier on someone else's ear. So those two are not 'real' improvised I guess, esp. since I wrote down a list of colours and adjectives for the last one.
With those long ones, I thought I'd just keep taking them in circles until they collapsed in on themselves, which is a thing I sometimes look for in other people's music.' "