Zimpel/Ziołek
Author: Spencer Grady
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Zimpel/Ziolek
Musicians: |
Dominika Korzeniecka (perc) |
Label: |
Instant Classic |
Magazine Review Date: |
Dec/Jan/2017/2018 |
Catalogue Number: |
CLASSIC 063CD |
RecordDate: |
20-22 January 2017 |
Polish composer and clarinet-player Wacław Zimpel has been turning distant rumours into palpable rumbles with his recent run of meditative Terry Riley/Jon Hassell-influenced releases for the decidedly eclectic Instant Classic imprint (check out Zimpel’s solo disc, Lines, from 2016 to see what the fuss is about and where US bliss bozos like Grasshopper and family favourites Moth Cock are getting their kicks). For this duo set he buddies-up with fellow countryman Jakub Ziołek (formerly of impeccably improbable apocalyptic folk embroiderers Stara Rzeka and now half of the beautifully bucolic Alameda Duo) for a minimalist miasma of John Carpenter-like retro burbles and ecclesiastical drone, laced with the uplifting clarion of Zimpel’s always bewitching pipes (awakening ‘Fourth Molar’ from its doozy soporifics) and Ziołek’s becalming six-string arpeggios. The latter’s occasional vocal glides across the shifting sea of tones like an origami clipper crossing a child’s most fertile electronic dreams. Imagine Dark Star remade by Hayao Miyazaki and here’s your post-post-Milesian soundtrack.
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