Jack M Campbell is a young contemporary violinist from the West Coast. He joined two sound experimentation artists, Andreas Kahre (percussion, cello) and Alexander Varty (guitar, electronics) to give us this greatly spontaneous album.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The result of this meeting held on a small, somewhat remote bucolic island is a series of fragmented sound surfaces (Haar I, Nightswimming<\/em>) in the initial tracks, which then take on a more fleshy, denser quality in the final pieces (Haar II, Smir<\/em>). Campbell’s violin does not merely play a supporting role in these sound clouds well bathed in electro textures. With lyrical phrases and repetitive arpeggios, minimalistic yet intensely charged with energy, he weaves a dramatic tapestry supported by the pointillism of Kahre’s percussive accompaniments and the sometimes Eno-esque textures of Varty’s electronic backdrop (Rumbledethumps<\/em>, the final piece of the album, is one of the most satisfying).<\/p>\n\n\n\n A high-level experimental music album.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Jack M Campbell: Violin<\/p>\n\n\n\n Andreas Kahre: Percussion, Electric cello,<\/p>\n\n\n\n Alexander Varty: Guitar, Electronics<\/p>\n\n\n\n