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Quotation from the Booklet/Inlaycard
" I have lately determined to work chiefly amongst
the zoophytes or corals. It is an enormous branch of the
organised world, very little known or arranged and abounding
with most curious, yet simple forms and structures."
Charles Darwin
An international trio of great improvisers
Frith, Sclavis and Drouet delivered improvisations with
a clear sense of intersecting personal vocabularies. Frith
displayed versatility, moving from abstract textures to
searing linearity to dulcet, fingerpicked folkish melodiousness.
Sclavis responded with lines that built from warm, bubbling
melodies to insistent, fiery flurries. Drouet´s whistles,
bells, and hand drums were an effective complement, creating
a flowing open pulse. Their playing displayed a warm, relaxed
sensibility. The extended improvisation moved from open,
free sections to heated intensity, ending with an intimate
interchange of Flamenco-like, dancing guitar patterns, Arabic
modal clarinet, and tinkling percussion. At times though,
the improvisation rambled as the three players searched
for transitions, particularly toward the end of the set.
Michael Rosenstein, Cadence Magazine, July 2001
(…) This trio not only manages to hold the listener´s
attention, but to capture it. There is such a diversity
of sound, a rich and invigorating palette, and a fascinating
range created that interest never wanes. This is free improv
all the way, but the journey is not simple nor the results
haphazard. The strategies employed appear to be the consequence
of the concentrated discipline that incorporates focused
melodic interplay, harmonic sophistication, and sustained
development. Every moment is filled with awesome wonder,
the kind that wraps the listener in a phantasmagorical wonderland
of mythical proportions, cleaving to the clarinet, merging,
and expanding possibilities. (…)
Frith, Sclavis and Drouet have combined forces to create
a highly entertaining, very successful venture that is one
of the most significant releases of the past year.
Steven Loewy, in: Cadence Magazine, Vol. 27, No. 8, August
2001
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