artist: THE SCOTCH OF ST. JAMES
title: Live At AMPLIFY 2004: Addition
label: Confront
country: UK
format: CD
title: Live At AMPLIFY 2004: Addition
label: Confront
country: UK
format: CD
Tim Barnes: prepared (snare) drum + amplification
Mark Wastell: amplified textures, tuned metal
Recorded 17 May 2004.
"The following set by Tim Barnes and Mark Wastell was equally refreshing in its
subtlety and variety. For anyone familiar with his sometimes quite 'reduced'
work, Wastell was surprisingly active, shifting quickly and adeptly between an
from his electronics, as well as amplified textures and the ringing clarity of his
various metallic percussion instruments. Barnes concentrated on a narrower
range of sonic materials, often relying solely on gnarled woody cracks on a drum
- yet he too also turned to rubbed and scraped cymbals, grainy bowings, vocal
exhalations and what seemed to be bells during the course of the improvisation.
The resulting interaction between the two embraced both direct trading of
gestures and less obvious congruencies of sound; with great subtlety, it brought
together space, silence, shifting textures and intriguing timbres in ways that
constantly facilitated and rewarded the listener's focussed engagement."
(Wayne Spencer - Bagatellen)
Mark Wastell: amplified textures, tuned metal
Recorded 17 May 2004.
"The following set by Tim Barnes and Mark Wastell was equally refreshing in its
subtlety and variety. For anyone familiar with his sometimes quite 'reduced'
work, Wastell was surprisingly active, shifting quickly and adeptly between an
from his electronics, as well as amplified textures and the ringing clarity of his
various metallic percussion instruments. Barnes concentrated on a narrower
range of sonic materials, often relying solely on gnarled woody cracks on a drum
- yet he too also turned to rubbed and scraped cymbals, grainy bowings, vocal
exhalations and what seemed to be bells during the course of the improvisation.
The resulting interaction between the two embraced both direct trading of
gestures and less obvious congruencies of sound; with great subtlety, it brought
together space, silence, shifting textures and intriguing timbres in ways that
constantly facilitated and rewarded the listener's focussed engagement."
(Wayne Spencer - Bagatellen)