Soundings In Pure Duration Vol 2
Ravello, 2022
8/10
Listen to Sounding In Pure Duration Vol 2
This 2nd installment in Dashow’s Soundings In Pure Duration series is equally as captivating as his initial venture, and the electronic sounds and instrumental soloists present here illustrate his profoundly artistic vision.
Dashow opens the listen with “Soundings In Pure Duration N. 9”, where Manuel Zurria’s bass flute accompanies his octophonic electronic sounds, which makes for very unpredictable and exciting gestures, and “Soundings In Pure Duration N. 8” follows with Nicholas Isherwood’s bass-baritone providing vivid storytelling as Dashow tinkers with his electronic exploration.
The middle track, “Soundings In Pure Duration N. 7”, welcomes alto saxophone from Enzo Filippetti, as the pair cultivate nearly sci-fi textures with their careful and exciting sound manipulation, while “Soundings In Pure Duration N. 10” is just James Dashow and his octophonic electronic sounds making for an ominous, mysterious landscape.
The final track, “… At Other Times, The Distances”, showcases Dashow handling of quadraphonic electronic sounds, and it emits an even more atypical display of futuristic noises, meticulous oddities and calculated patterns.
Soundings In Pure Duration Vol 2 is actually available on DVD, which gives the listeners access to surround-sound (5.0) mixdowns of the pieces as well as composer-prepared stereo mixdowns that have been spatially enhanced to approximate a wider audio field. Essentially, this brings the music as close as possible to a live setting, which we all appreciate.
Travels well with: James Dashow- Archimedes; Daniel Pesca- Promontory