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John Butcher: Saxophones (with motors on 1 and 4)
Gino Robair: Energized Surfaces
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released April 4, 2011
Recorded at KFJC, Los Altos Hills, CA on October 15, 2009.
Recording engineer – Ryan Peterson
Illustration – Dennis Palmer
Layout – Tania Kac/Designarchy
Mixed and mastered by John Butcher
Originally packaged in a Digipak and limited to 300 copies (out of print).
Apophenia is the culmination of 12 years of duo playing between Butcher and Robair, and both feel that this session represents the levels of interaction they have been striving for.
Recorded during a live radio broadcast on KFJC, October 15, 2009, Robair simplified his setup to a few acoustic items: the "surfaces" were a snare drum, a floor tom, and a variety of metal objects (tubes, cymbals, gongs, etc.); the "energizers" were bows, brushes, Ebows, and battery operated devices (stirrer and pencil). Butcher used the motorized pencil (a Squiggle Wiggle Pen, to be exact) on his saxophone, while opening and closing various keys to tune the motor's resonance. It's a technique he first used on his duo recording with Rhodri Davies, called "Carliol".
On Apophenia, the timbral interplay develops over the course of the four tracks: There are times when it's difficult to tell which musician is playing, particularly when the motorized implements are contributing their rhythmic complexities.
The title of the disc references a condition where we perceive "patterns or connections where none exist," which seems like an apt metaphor for how listeners react to this kind of music.
Simply amazing to hear a new album with Wadada and Ewart!! ...And Reed rounds out this trio beautifully.
Just gave it my first spin. Absolutely magical. jeffrey maurer
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