MARCELLO AGUIRRE - Contes d'Étonnement LP Gospel now Tokyo-based

now Tokyo-based

and a pillar of the second wave of improvisers in a scene first shaped by the legendary players like Sun Ra and the AACM

Shakespearean scholar and a celebrated producer and sound artist

The first time I heard the record I was blown away

but not a melancholy one

MARCELLO AGUIRRE - Contes d'Étonnement LP Gospel now Tokyo-basedVoices, percussion, drums, and rather spooky electronic processing. A minimal structure onto which uncanny atmospheres become kind of interwoven. A sort of heterophony, in the manner of Japanese Gagaku or Indonesian Gamelan. An intriguing inversion seems to unfold, when the drum set takes the lead in the composition's development. We could even say the drums court the shadow of a melody, whilst the voice delivers a litany, enhancing atmospheres that