TAKLA
MAKAN
Falascone / Locatelli / Phillips / Monico
Guest
Artists:
Artuso / Phillips / Spera |
Preis
/ Price :
15.08 €
Bestell-Nr.
/ Purchase Order No. : C.M.C. 9970-2
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Massimo Falascone |
alto, baritone & sopranino saxes |
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Giancarlo
Locatelli |
Bb,
bass, alto & piccolo clarinets |
| Filippo
Monico |
drums
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| Guest
Artists: |
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| Simonetta
Artuso (# 2) |
voice |
| Barre
Phillips (# 3, 4, 5, 6) |
double
bass |
| Fabrizio
Spera (# 7) |
drums,
amplified objects |
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01.
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Sven
Hedin |
05:53
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02.
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Ants
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04:47 |
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03.
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Shamo
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09:15
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04.
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Carovana
lunatica |
02:26
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05.
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Buran
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08:36
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06.
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Djinn
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02:11
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07.
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Lop
Nor |
16.06 |
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08.
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Cammina
cammina |
18:43
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Total
time: |
67:57 |
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All
tracks by Massimo Falascone & Giancarlo Locatelli
All
rights reserved
# 1 - 6 recorded and mixed on May 1994 and February 1995
@
MU REC studio/Milan by Paolo Falascone
# 7 - 8 recorded and mixed on May 1996 at Filippo Monico´s
basement/Milan by Fabio Martini
Artwork and graphic by Enzo De Grandi
Produced by TAKLA MAKAN and C.M.C. (Centro Musica Creativa),
Torino
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Excerpt
from the booklet:
(…) This collection of recordings testifies the constant
progression of Massimo Falascone, Giancarlo Locatelli and
Filippo Monico along the course of research and experimentation.
The three players and producers of this work belong to what
we might define the second generation of Italian improvisers.
Although still relating to the jazz experience, this generation
seems more inclined to develop new forms of research when
compared with their ´forefathers´, who were tempted by the
experience of free improvisation only to a limited extent
but kept hovering dangerously between their ´profession´ and
their too occasional ´experimentation´. The basis for this
exclusively improvising group were laid in 1993. (…) This
genre of music, as well as research music and other forms
of art, forces the listener to make a choice: this music offers
and reveals itself only if it is longed for, if one is ready
to put into question one´s own ´acoustic standing rules´,
so as to enter the territory of music where ´music possibilities´
blend with ´human possibilities´ with major cohesiveness,
in a boundless set of aesthetic varieties and expressive combinations.
(…)
We can see how TAKLA MAKAN has switched from the initial light
and airy recordings with Artuso to the thicker and more clotted
episodes recorded with Phillips to get to the final stage
characterized by a more solid and rhythmically vibrating language
which can be found in the recordings with Spera. (…) |
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Fabio
Martini
Translation: Anna Coffetti
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Reviews
Takla Makan is a desert in Northwest China, which is purported
to be bleak and uninhabited as the landscape comprises little
else than sand dunes. Perhaps a metaphor for these improvisational
specialists emanating from Italy… Here, the trio of Massimo
Falascone, Filippo Monico and Giancarlo Locatelli explore
vast regions of sounds via deeply conversational dialogue
as the wide open terrain of the desert parallels the boundless
musical routes, generated by these master improvisers. This
recording reflects pieces performed with guest musicians throughout
1994,1995 and 1996. (…) They maintain a sturdy sense of tonal
color albeit of the abstract variety. TAKLA MAKAN is a prime
example of the major strides taken by the abundant talent
originating from Italy. These folks are among the best and
effectively illustrate the limitless capabilities of the serious
improvising musician. Highly recommended for the modern jazz
or free improv enthusiast!
****1/2 |
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Glenn
Astarita, in: All About Jazz (see links)
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| (…) Falascone,
Locatelli and Monico are establishing themselves, along with
Fabio Martini, as big-hitters on the Italian free jazz scene
outside the gravitational fields of the Sub Ensemble and the
Instabile Orchestra. (…) |
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| (…) A
finely detailed, well-balanced set of excursions by a group
of players we´ll surely be hearing more from. |
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