Gusev/Hoogeboom/Mimlitsch: Trapped!
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“Here we are, trapped in the amber of the moment.
There is no why.” [from Kurt Vonnegut's 'Slaughterhouse-Five'] ................................................................................ Music by Gusev/Hoogeboom/Mimlitsch Gusev K.P.: electronics/treatments/mixing Martin Hoogeboom: noise/guitar Paul Mimlitsch: clarinet Theo Calis: final mixdown & mastering ................................................................... Special edition of 50 CDs in hand-made & numbered paper gatefolds made with Hahnemuehle's William Turner 310gsm fine art paper +/or Digital Album in 24-bit resolution (FLAC strongly recommended). 9 tracks, 30'14". Cover painting by Jong Ro ("A Walk", 28 H x 22 W in, oil on canvas). Artwork design by moody alien. Packaging design by Pat Kiout Productions. Released on September 18, 2017. ℗ & © Thirsty Leaves Music. Supported by 100EARS. |
REVIEWS.
"In their continuing exploration of what nobody else will acknowledge is very much out there in the underground, Thirsty Leaves have given us an album by a rather strange trio of fellows for whom the stereo field is a blank slate just waiting to be broken. I hear drum machines, I hear feedback, I hear some sort of signal processing all bent up and bruised and I hear a clarinet moving through all of this with whimsical abandon; akin to the dazed sense one sees in the faces of natural disaster survivors or trauma wing patients in a hospital.
[...] There are the obvious connections I could make between what the title is and where we’re at around the world; humanity’s position on this planet is a tenuous one and each day a little bit more of the foundation crumbles. That’s not what this record is about, however, this is a very personal journey one takes into their own psyche. And it’s infuriating short.
By the time you finish playing this you’ll be wondering just what exactly you’ve heard. There is a jazz influence, no doubt, but so many other disparate styles and techniques are employed at an incredible rate; threads split off and then divide before skittering off again without end. A menacing atmosphere hangs thickly over all of it, relentlessly holding you in it’s glare."
Peter Marks for Santa Sangre
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"[...] Their release gives room to nine delicate improvisations that are difficult to describe. Their minimalist music is open and poetic. Each sound is given room and space. Clarinet and the electronic sounds accommodate well with another. Their music is well-balanced and focused. A tasty job by this intercontinental trio! [...]"
DM for Vital Weekly
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"In their continuing exploration of what nobody else will acknowledge is very much out there in the underground, Thirsty Leaves have given us an album by a rather strange trio of fellows for whom the stereo field is a blank slate just waiting to be broken. I hear drum machines, I hear feedback, I hear some sort of signal processing all bent up and bruised and I hear a clarinet moving through all of this with whimsical abandon; akin to the dazed sense one sees in the faces of natural disaster survivors or trauma wing patients in a hospital.
[...] There are the obvious connections I could make between what the title is and where we’re at around the world; humanity’s position on this planet is a tenuous one and each day a little bit more of the foundation crumbles. That’s not what this record is about, however, this is a very personal journey one takes into their own psyche. And it’s infuriating short.
By the time you finish playing this you’ll be wondering just what exactly you’ve heard. There is a jazz influence, no doubt, but so many other disparate styles and techniques are employed at an incredible rate; threads split off and then divide before skittering off again without end. A menacing atmosphere hangs thickly over all of it, relentlessly holding you in it’s glare."
Peter Marks for Santa Sangre
. . .
"[...] Their release gives room to nine delicate improvisations that are difficult to describe. Their minimalist music is open and poetic. Each sound is given room and space. Clarinet and the electronic sounds accommodate well with another. Their music is well-balanced and focused. A tasty job by this intercontinental trio! [...]"
DM for Vital Weekly
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