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John Russell / Ståle Liavik Solberg: No Step
ByThe 33-minute "No step" free improvisation was recorded in Oslo in May 2013, as part of the Blow Out! Series that Solberg curates, is beautifully captured and mixed by saxophonist Frode Gjerstad, a collaborator of Solberg in the quartet VDCD. Russell and Solberg are totally tuned to each other's ideas, selflessly focused on expanding, coloring, and varying the shared ideas. Both do not waste time on these ideas, they know when an idea is exhausted and the time is ripe for new ones. Along with this impressive flow of ideas and the tight and thick interplay, both keep exploring new sounds that enrich and color the dialogue. Neither attempts to embark on excessive solo parts, keeping the interaction economic and supportive.
Most of the time both Russell and Solberg opt for a reserved, supportive interplay that emphasizes the great sensitivity of each other's articulations with few minor eruptions of energetic and intense playing. Both sound as if they are enjoying building sonic sand castles, then watching these imaginary structures disappear in the air, then sketching new ones, different ones, but with the same emphatic, and passionate manner.
Track Listing
No Step (33:05).
Personnel
John Russell: guitar; Ståle Liavik Solberg: drums, percussion.
Album information
Title: No Step | Year Released: 2014 | Record Label: Hispid
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