Artist
Derek Bailey / Ingar Zach
Title
Llaer
| Catalog id | Release date | Barcode |
| SOFA503 | 2000-10-20 | 7042986105037 |
Musicians
Derek Bailey - electric guitar
Ingar Zach - percussion
Tracks
01 Shiny Crimp (7:30)
02 Jerky Heads (7:38)
03 Horizontal Rain (10:18)
04 Hepp (7:58)
05 Warts'n'all (7:07)
06 Real Flying (17:33)
07 Buckle Up! (1:55)
About Llaer
Derek Bailey and Ingar Zach had their first musical meeting at Derek Baileys place in London January 2000. After this first meeting they agreed to do a few concerts in Norway as a duo. Derek Bailey and Ingar Zach did three gigs in October 2000, in Bergen, Oslo and Stavanger, and the gig in Oslo is now documented on the record «llaer». This evening at Blå was one of those magical moments of improvisation where everything was right; the music, the venue, the audience and the atmosphere all melted together in a great concert experience.
Reviews
Hi-Fi News
«This release contains some of the most impressive Bailey guitar to have energed since the albums (Salsoro, Viper, Arcana, Mirakle) masterminded by John Zorn.» -- read the whole review»
Jazz Review
«An engaging addition to the Bailey discography.» -- read the whole review»
Magazine of The Musicians Union
«Beautifully recorded by Thomas Hukkelberg from a performance last year in Oslo and packaged nicely too, this CD presents a man who re-wrote guitar playing - Derek Bailey - in duets with a young and intelligent drummer.» -- read the whole review»
Jazzwise
«Just when you think you've heard everything that Bailey could possibly produce from his instrument he turns up a volume control here and twists a guitar string there to produce such sounds that - (...) - you never heard in your life.» -- read the whole review»
The Wire
«For one of his heaviest sessions in a good long while, Derek Bailey packs his electric guitar with the nastiest, most fucked-up fuzztone this side of ? And The Mysterians. Unlike Bailey's more mealy-mouthed collaborators, who bring out the steamroller in him, drummer Ingar Zach is a perfect match. He forces Bailey into some interesting corners, allowing plenty of space for the guitarist's zigzagging lines, even as he forces him over the top with some heavy snare work. The opening «Shiny Crimp» catches Bailey out, actually making sense with some almost bluesy, albeit fractured lines. When the duo finally lock together on the monstrous 17 minute «Real Flying», they rattle out harsh flurries of noise and pull off handbrake turns like gleeful joyriders, leaving smoking tyre tracks in their wake.» -- read the whole review»
Orkesterjournalen
«En sak är klar. Zach förmår tända Bailey och detta resulterar i långa sjok av extremt bra gitarrspel. Trummorna lyfts med, de hugger, bänder, men använder inga krusiduller. Det är snarare ett slags minimalismens precision, som balanserar en Bailey som alltmer tänds och till slut nästan som i ett rus spelar vidare. Det är mästerligt.» -- read the whole review»
Jazz Special
«...En anden musiker som tager sit udspring i denne tradition, er den engelske guitarist Derek Bailey. En musiker som til stadighed er i stand til både at udfordre sig selv, lytterne og ikke mindst andre væsentlig yngre musikere. Unge norske Ingar Zach går godt i spænd med Baileys fragmentariske spil, der umiddelbart kan virke tilfældig, men jo længere man kommer ind i den musikalske substans, indeholder snørklede strukturer. Zachs slagstøjsspil udfylder de huller Bailey efterlader og sammen skaber de en musik med et sært drive, der sine steder nærmest eksploderer i lyde der vil ud.» -- read the whole review»
Jazz Weekly
The web magazine Jazz Weekly has reviewed the CDs «visiting ants» and «llaer»:
«To sum up: two discs, three musicians, many ways to approach improvised music. Both CDs deserve investigation, not only for the minute unfolding of a new Bailey partnership, but also to hear two young Norwegians evolving their version of the freest of musics.» -- read the whole review»
Indre Smaalenenes Avis
«Lyden kan forbindes med de rare oppgulp man serverte på 70-tallet, ledsaget av en rekke midler som man risikerer fengselstraff for å være i besittelse av. Å feste dette til en CD er bortkastet tid og bortkastede penger.» -- read the whole review»
Aftenposten
«Llaer er en plate som fortjener en godt synlig plass i den tykke Bailey-katalogen, på bokstaven Z. Høydepunkter: Et fritt og helstøpt svev.» -- read the whole review»
PULS
«Det er intet mindre enn en begivenhet at møtet mellom den engelske frijazzguruen Derek Bailey og den norske jyplingen Ingar Zach har oppstått. Enda hyggeligere er det at resultatet har blitt akkurat så spennende som fortutsetningene antyda.» -- read the whole review»