Tetsu Inoue and
Andrew Deutsch "Field Tracker": Anomalous
Nom 9 Seattle, WA
It hits you like
flowers falling out of an airplane. With incredible attention to
detail, the composition and sound treatments begin to feel more
like slow mold than notes. At many points attention to mathematical
harmonics begin to form musical phrases, but always this naturalistic
chaos pours water and dust clouds into the staff. At one point chords
on a guitar become bird chirps and back again.
Occasionally extreme
twists remind me of its dsp production, and the effect is like using
a low-grade resolution video camera to record a field of blowing
sunflowers, then dipping it into a lake to watch its circuits spark
into the depths.
More important
than individual details is the flowing storyline. Constantly shifting
in carefully metered patterns, each minute provides a small sound
world that leads like a maze to the next. However, this tale is
strangely devoid of character or landscape development. I
would have liked more concrete suggestions on occasion to tie movements
and details together. The work presents a very moving portrait of
nature and people working together, but it remains slightly formal
and detached. I'm not speaking in musical terms here: what is missing
for me is commentary by the artists. Organic electronics is enough
of a collision to generate seeds and question marks, but specific
imagery is left out. I am left to intricacies of the CD and make
up my own story.
Overall a fine,
delicate and uncompromising work from two very intense artists.