BITS
& PIECES
Fuchs
Solo and Duets |
Preis
/ Price :
15.08 €
Bestell-Nr.
/ P/O No. : FMP CD
OWN-90004
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| Wolfgang
Fuchs |
sopranino
sax, bass clarinet, contrabass clarinet, voice & toys |
| Evan
Parker |
soprano
sax |
| Jean-Marc
Montera |
guitar |
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A:
Bits & Pieces (Wolfgang Fuchs solo) |
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01.
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Particle
1 contrabass clarinet |
03:13 |
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02.
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Particle
2 bass clarinet |
05:22 |
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03.
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Particle
3 sopranino sax |
05:45 |
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04.
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Particle
4 bass clarinet |
07:17 |
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05.
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Particle
5 contrabass clarinet |
04:27 |
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06.
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Particle
6 sopranino sax |
05:52 |
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07.
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Particle
7 bass clarinet |
06:24 |
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08.
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Particle
8 sopranino sax |
05:17 |
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B:
Vocal Transfer (Wolfgang Fuch solo) |
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09.
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Particle
8 sopranino sax |
05:10 |
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C:
Wolfgang Fuchs & Evan Parker |
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10.
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contrabass
clarinet, clarinet, voice & toys |
07:37 |
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11.
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Earuption |
08:33 |
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D:
Wolfgang Fuchs & Jean-Marc Montera |
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12.
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Pêche
sonore |
06:03 |
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13.
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In
coda al treno |
06:39 |
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Total
time: |
72:19 |
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Section
A & B composed by Wolfgang Fuchs
Section C composed by Wolfgang Fuchs and Evan
Parker
Section D composed by Wolfgang Fuchs and Jean-Marc
Montera
Produced by Wolfgang Fuchs
Artwork: Max Neumann (160 x 120 cm - tempera, paper,
untreated cotton)
Photos: Dagmar Gebers
Slide:
Helmut Metzner
Liner
notes: John Corbett
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| First
published in May 1996 |
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Excerpt
from the booklet:
(...) On the disc at hand, we hear WOLFGANG FUCHS negociate
the isolated homs, retaining his unique sound while venturing
out into a dialogue with his own abilities and limitations.
He works with pure sound, yet does so in the context of a
formal and musical logic. Intensively investigating the use
of extended techniques , FUCHS has elaborated a highly personal
style. He´s a member of the first generation of improvising
saxophonists to grapple with EVAN PARKER´s paradigm-shift
since the mid-70´s, he´s taken on the challenge of creating
an instrumental voice of his own. Refining that set of techniques
and approaches, constantly discovering BITS AND PIECES inherent
in his playing that he´d never noticed before. FUCHS comes
to solo improvising today with clear command of his language
and a well-developed range of options. The task in these solos
is to find new ways of organizing or structuring his elemental
raw materials, to articulate what he speaks of as the ´immanent
part´ - the possibilities inherent in the precise space and
time of the performance. (…)
Trademark FUCHS: slur, trill, sputter, tongue-roll, spurt,
swoop, growl, pucker. Presence of the shadow of voice behind
brittle dog-tone spinters. Graceful arabesques curl around
coarse distortions. Sharp punctuation marks - staccato Stopps,
instantly halting. So quick and definite, his broken-off gestures,
that the attack seems to be where the decay should, like a
tape running backwards. FUCHS`s rhythmic skills are another
ingredient. Sometimes a beat as regular and compelling as
a Balines monkey chant swirls out of the sonic dust devils;
check to see if you don´t accidentally catch your foot tapping
innocently along - perhaps it can hear something you can´t
. (…)
´Vocal Transfer´ connects the lone reedwork to two sets of
duets, one with EVAN PARKER; one with JEAN-MARC MONTERA ,
both of whom happened to be in town when FUCHS set out to
make the solo record. (…)
WOLFGANG FUCHS is one of the most significant contemporary
reed players. Solo, in his long-standing duet with live-electronics-manipulator
Georg Katzer, or with the King Übü Örchestrü, dealing with
the distillation of sound or blowing in an organic free trio,
FUCHS brings a freshness to the playing, a conviction, a clarity.
(…) |
John
Corbett
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