Paul Garcia Stone & Sue Lynch
Burning Cacti
Cassette / DL LOR164 Linear Obsessional 2021
A very cool item from this abruptly defunct South London
imprint from a little while ago. I
scored a cassette version direct from the artists at a recent live gig, but
although this label Linear Obsessional have ceased operations, you can still
listen to all of their sizeable catalogue mostly documenting the South London
improv/experimental scene free of charge on their Bandcamp.
Recorded during isolation, there are two pieces here
produced by the players using the method of exchanging pre-recorded material
back and forth electronically.
“Lockdown Duet” is eleven fascinating minutes of Garcia
Stone’s manipulated field recordings and electronic modifications in duet with Lynch’s
multitracked saxophone improvisations. The
result is an intriguing collision between the micro and the macro, indoors and
outdoors, jazz and non-jazz, natural and unnatural sounds; which I thought gives
an overall sound like processed and edited bodysounds.
The second piece, “Burning Cacti”, presents more
plaintive saxophone and restrained field recordings. Sue Lynch’s playing here is as powerful and
delicate as anything I’ve heard this side of John Butcher. She is capable of highly technical melodic
playing as well as powerful blart and this versatility pairs well with Garcia
Stone’s more abstract material. The pair
meander a cosmic route through alien desert valleys, pointing out the beautifully
desiccated flora as they go.
https://linearobsessional.bandcamp.com/album/burning-cacti
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