SOLD OUT

MaryClare Brzytwa _ flauto traverso _ voce _ electronics
Travis Johns _ electronics _ mix _ mastering

Musica sperimentale contemporanea, registrata dal vivo nel maggio 2006 a Oakland (California). Queste registrazioni sono state originariamente pubblicate dall'etichetta americana ThinkTank Media. MaryClare ha diversi dischi all'attivo su Setola di Maiale.
Per maggiori informazioni: www.maryclarebrzytwa.com

"(...) Maryclare Brzytwa is a shaman, but I’m not sure if what she sees and passes on is something that will save, doom, or merely shake the listener. Actually, being shaken is rare a mere event, and “Stairwells” is no comfortable way for armchair gloomies to get any morose fuel for their despair. The four tracks, or Steps, of the EP are harrowing and uncompromising. We don’t really know why she has taken us to a place of horror, but it is hard to stop listening, just in case there is solid ground. There is none. From the distorted flute instrumental “Step 1” through the next two steps’ focus on Brzytwa’s chanting and howling interaction with that flute, to the twelve-minute or so “Step 4” the closer that weaves together voice, industrial pulse (courtesy of guest Travis Johns) finally chaotic noise, the improvisations of “Stairwells” do not so much provide access to anything more than that dark, haunted room we never leave throughout. These are powerful steps to nowhere but deeper into a landscape that calls for catharsis. Obviously the signposts here are Diamanda Galas, Suicide and Carla Bozulich, but Maryclare Brzytwa carves her own niche in the experimental search for relief from suffering through pure sound. “Stairwells” is not an easy listen, but most good medicine goes down rough, and this is sonic purge if there ever was one." Mike Wood, Foxy Digitalis 2011.

01 _ Step 1 02:20
02 _ Step 2 03:11
03 _ Step 3 02:19
04 _ Step 4 12:59

(C) + (P) 2011

SOLD OUT

MaryClare Brzytwa _ flute _ voice _ electronics
Travis Johns _ electronics _ mixing _ mastering

Experimental music recorded live on 2nd May 2006 in Oakland (California). This music was originally issued on ThinkTank Media label and now re-issued with great pleasure. MaryClare is a great american musician with a lot of collaborations and projects.
For more info: www.maryclarebrzytwa.com

"(...) Maryclare Brzytwa is a shaman, but I’m not sure if what she sees and passes on is something that will save, doom, or merely shake the listener. Actually, being shaken is rare a mere event, and “Stairwells” is no comfortable way for armchair gloomies to get any morose fuel for their despair. The four tracks, or Steps, of the EP are harrowing and uncompromising. We don’t really know why she has taken us to a place of horror, but it is hard to stop listening, just in case there is solid ground. There is none. From the distorted flute instrumental “Step 1” through the next two steps’ focus on Brzytwa’s chanting and howling interaction with that flute, to the twelve-minute or so “Step 4” the closer that weaves together voice, industrial pulse (courtesy of guest Travis Johns) finally chaotic noise, the improvisations of “Stairwells” do not so much provide access to anything more than that dark, haunted room we never leave throughout. These are powerful steps to nowhere but deeper into a landscape that calls for catharsis. Obviously the signposts here are Diamanda Galas, Suicide and Carla Bozulich, but Maryclare Brzytwa carves her own niche in the experimental search for relief from suffering through pure sound. “Stairwells” is not an easy listen, but most good medicine goes down rough, and this is sonic purge if there ever was one." Mike Wood, Foxy Digitalis 2011.

01 _ Step 1 02:20
02 _ Step 2 03:11
03 _ Step 3 02:19
04 _ Step 4 12:59

(C) + (P) 2011