Artist
Tony Oxley Project 1
Title
Triangular Screen
| Catalog id | Release date | Barcode |
| SOFA501 | 2000-09-25 | 7042986105013 |
Musicians
Ivar Grydeland - electric guitar
Tonny Kluften - double bass
Tony Oxley - percussion, pre-recorded tape
Tracks
01 First Scan (16:09)
02 Second Scan (16:13)
03 Third Scan (12:07)
04 Fourth Scan (3:42)
About Triangular Screen
SOFA is proud of its first release on this label, featuring none other than the English drummer Tony Oxley, one of the fathers of European improvised music. In the company of Norwegian musicians Ivar Grydeland on electric guitar and Tonny Kluften on bass, Oxley delivers, as always, dynamic, future-oriented music. This CD bears witness to his pleasure in the interplay with younger Norwegian musicians. The result is improvised music at the highest level of European accomplishment.
Liner notes
The preparation for this project started March 2000 at Kongsberg Jazzfestivals preliminary meeting. It was obvious that a Scan-UK project would be important and interesting to pursue. This first project for a new company is in fact a Norwegian-British collaboration plus two short pre-recorded tapes from myself.
Improvisation is one of the purest forms of self expression. It has its risks but also its rewards. The music on this CD, I feel, welcomes the obvious freedoms and responsibilities.
The Triangular Screen is a document from two very different European cultures. Welcome!
Tony Oxley, August 2000
Reviews
Hi-Fi News
The drummer who pioneered the absent beat of Free Improvisation, where the timbral weight of each percussive blow matters as much as its place in the metric scheme, played in Oslo in Spring 2000 with two young acolytes: guitarist Ivar Grydeland and bassist Tonny Kluften. The first track was recorded at the Kongsberg Jazz festival. It raises the anxiety that Grydeland will simply emulate the style of Oxley´s first significant guitarist, Derek Bailey. Subsequent tracks blow away that fear, as Oxley augments his drums with pre-recorded tape and the trio conjure fantastic sound sculpture which defy aural distinction between the players. -- read the whole review»
Jazz Review
...opens with one of those epic Oxley drum solos that sweeps the listener along with its booming power before Grydeland and Kluften enter sounding like one enormous string instrument. -- read the whole review»
Cadence Magazine, vol. 27 No. 6
Oxley manufactures rapid outbursts of unusual and creative percussion augmented by lighter cymbal crashes and rim shots. His drums explode with volcanic fury and then retreat quickly into subtle areas of shading. The pattern of play from Grydeland fits very neatly into this style of drumming that has identified Oxley for so many years. -- read the whole review»
Jazzweekly
Modest, he never pulls rank when it comes to working with other musicians and dealing with their ideas... -- read the whole review»
Dagbladet
...lydmaleriene inneholder flere sterke scener der de framføres med lydhør kommunikasjon og innlevelse. -- read the whole review»
The Wire
Pace and density vary, but all four pieces are highly physical, suggesting solid mobiles that disclose different facets and create unexpected temporary alignments as they turn. -- read the whole review»
Puls
...trioens musikk blir mer nærliggende å sammenlikne med et maleri enn med et tradisjonelt musikk-uttrykk. Jeg opplever farger, retninger, kontraster, bredde og tynne strøk - dette er kunst som krever mye av deg, men som også kan gi deg mye tilbake hvis du åpner opp sansene. -- read the whole review»