TRIBUTE TO JACKIE MITTOO (LP)

クラブミュージック・ダンスミュージック

次世代DUBシーン注目プロデューサーが素晴らしい作品を完成

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レーベル: POLY DANCE THEATRE

国(Country): IMPORT

フォーマット: LP(レコード)

規格番号: POL009

通販番号: 1008924846

発売日: 2024年10月11日

EAN: 2299991488561

¥5,390 (税込)

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即重版となった話題のDUBディスクガイド「DUB入門」にもピックアップされたスイス・ジュネーヴを拠点に活動するANDROOのニューアルバムは、なんとジャッキー・ミットゥへ捧げる一枚!!!!

現代音楽やフリージャズをDUBとブレンドした作品を残してきた孤高のアーティストによる本作。ダブのエッセンスを用いながらジャズやミュージック・コンクレートを本作でも展開。即興、エフェクトを駆使しスマートなトリビュート盤とは一線を画す、実にANDROOらしいアヴァンギャルドなストーリーが刻まれたオブスキュア爆発なダブ・アルバム!!!

Hybrid is a word used indiscriminately in our daily lives. This record isn't a hybrid; it's beyond hybrid, post-hybrid, so to speak. Does this phrase sound complicated to you, and are you never overly convinced by music theory and its caricatural aspect? Then forget what you’ve just read and listen to both sides of this record. You'll soon realise that these tracks are deliciously deft, drawing their essence from dub while leaving room for some skillful jazz writing. For those of you intrigued by melodies, the art of musique concrète or the exploration of dub music’s deviant angles, this record will easily find its place on your turntable.

The two sides of the record are cut with play, improvisation and effects, while leaving room for themes and ideas. If this record’s first chapter was born from a request to remix and pay homage to Jackie Mittoo, its themes tell another story. They have been declined and even reduced to an explosion point. The tracks are also driven by subtle details of musique concrète, giving the record the effect of an intimate musical production – but, above all, one of uncategorisable beauty.

In Androo’s case, this is hardly surprising. He is a craftsman who is unassailable in every respect, a poetic dynamiter and, for this reason, one of the most unpredictable musicians in Geneva (and beyond). His appetite for dynamite is perhaps an indication of his conception of music as, first and foremost, an experience. His highly personal and inventive tribute to figures from free jazz and contemporary music proves the point. But perhaps it is also an indication of his attachment to Jean-Luc Godard. You'd have to imagine Androo at his mixing desk without a pre-written script. The idea of editing infuses the record. The two sides are very much in this style and spirit: (un-)shot, meticulous, (ir-)reverent. In this respect, this record is a formidable proposition, and perhaps difficult to understand, but not striving to be understood.

Its combination of improvisation and composition is underpinned by a razor-sharp precision and dexterity that's hard to ignore, especially if you're curious about the art of sound mixing and the romantic accidents. It has a dexterity that transforms musical grids into romantic essays and sketches. A romanticism in which Androo takes us on a liberating musical experience that makes us forget the inertia of the ramping formatting of the record industry. In any case, this record is an invitation to (un-)think the category, and will delight any ear curious to wander into territories of intuition where the word hybrid no longer makes sense.

Text by Carl Åhnebrink