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Agusti Fernandez / Zlatko Kaučič: Sonic Party
ByCredited with ground drums, Kaučič majors on unconventional textures and seems more a percussionist rather than drummer. His tendency toward the higher pitches through untethered cymbals and gongs counterbalance the pianist's rich voicings. He is less concerned with momentum than prospecting coloration and timbre. As a collaborator, Kaučič proves receptive and most importantly transparent, allowing sufficient space for Fernandez' parts to stand out, as on "Sirob" where he joins partway through, but only to embellish a very quiet minimalist passage. If anything perhaps there is a tad too much empathy and not enough assertion from the Slovenian.
As ever Fernandez exploits the potential of the entire instrument. While he taps into a deep vein of lyricism, like that revealed on his El laberint de la memoria (Mbari, 2011) in the opening "Us And Other's," later in the same cut he also evokes Cecil Taylor with his dashing evenly articulated lines and call and response between the registers. His piano preparations blend well with the metallic percussion on both the title track and "Lonci" where he scrapes and rubs on the strings creating broad slabs of sound until ultimately it becomes impossible to tell who is doing what. On "Monde," after a delicate extemporized melody, Fernandez once again switches his attention to the piano interior where his manipulations resonate with Kaučič 's chimes and exotic sonorities. It's a favorite gambit winningly explored throughout this set.
Track Listing
Us And Other's; Sonic Party; Lonci; Sirob; Free Nest; Monde; The Hug.
Personnel
Agusti Fernandez
pianoAgusti Fernandez: piano, prepared piano; Zlatko Kaučič: ground drums.
Album information
Title: Sonic Party | Year Released: 2015 | Record Label: Not Two Records
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