Alien Huddle

Alien Huddle wani kundi ne ta wani kundi na haɓaka kyauta wanda ya ƙunshi saxophonist na Danish Lotte Anker, ɗan wasan pian na Switzerland Sylvie Courvoisier da ɗan wasan lantarki na Japan Ikue Mori, wanda aka yi rikodin a cikin 2006 kuma ta fitar ta Intakt Records. Yana ɗaukar taken sa daga babban sassaken katako na Martin Puryear. Abubuwan haɓakawa goma sha ɗaya suna da wahayi ta waƙoƙin tsuntsaye. Courvoisier da Mori sun haɗu a cikin ayyuka guda biyu a baya: Courvoisier's Lonelyville da Mephista mai haɓakawa guda uku tare da Susie Ibarra.

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A cikin wani bita don All About Jazz, Ted Gordon ya ce "Mafi kyawun halitta na wannan rukuni na musamman, baya ga bayyanannun motsin zuciyarmu da sadarwa, shine cewa ayyukansa suna canzawa akai-akai: a cikin wannan kundin rubutu na kundi, shine abin da aka tattara wanda ke nuna gudunmawar mutum." AAJ's Nic Jones ya rubuta: "Yana da dukan shirye-shiryen sauraron kiɗa, wanda ya cancanci sauraron kiɗa na yau da kullum. yayin da yake ba da lada ga ƙoƙarin yin haka, girman wannan lokacin kuma ya kai matsayi maɗaukaki, yana yin kiɗan da ke cikin gaggawa ko da an harbe shi tare da tunani.

Binciken Batun Tashi na Stuart Broomer ya lura cewa "Yayin da ukun na saxophones na Anker, piano na Courvoisier sau da yawa ana shirya piano da na'urorin lantarki na Mori na iya zama sabon abu, nan da nan ukun sun daidaita wasu ayyuka waɗanda zasu iya ba da shawarar cewa shine rukuni na yau da kullun a duniya."

Stef Gijssels na The Free Jazz Collective yayi sharhi: "Haɗin kai sune kwayoyin halitta, nan da nan, cike da abubuwan ban mamaki da tsalle-tsalle na daji. Duk da kamanceceniya da kusanci a cikin kundin, kowane waƙa yana da haɗin kai da kuma ainihin asali. Kiɗa ba sabon abu ba ne, amma yana da kyan gani mai tsanani da kuma mayar da hankali sosai. "

Ken Waxman na Jazz Word ya rubuta: "Bayanai ta hanyar gajeriyar haɓakawa ta 11 ... matan uku sun gano, bugun jini kuma suna shafa nau'ikan rubutu da yawa waɗanda ke haifar da kaddarorin kowane kayan aiki ... sautuna akan Alien Huddle ripple, wiggle da slither ... mafi yawan ... CD ɗin yana kewaye da fantasia mara ƙarancin mitar keyboard, shaƙewa da tsagewa, fashe-fashe da faɗuwa daga faɗuwar rana Electronics."