Articles by Eric Hill

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  Ercklentz / Neumann

  Oberflächenspannung

  PUBLISHED Dec 1, 2004

  Like many artists dedicated to extending the range of acoustic instruments, Sabine Ercklentz and Andrea Neumann bring trumpet and piano int...

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  eRikm/Muller/Nakamura

  Why Not Béchamel

  PUBLISHED Dec 1, 2004

  The trap that holds the opening and closing pieces of this electronics and samples trio improvisation is a dangerously common one: each per...

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  Kahn/Müller

  Blinks

  PUBLISHED Dec 1, 2004

  Within the space of nine relatively brief "blinks,” Jason Kahn and Günter Müller create, inhabit and leave behind nine distinct but related...

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  Korber / ErikM / Nakamura / Otomo

  Brackwater

  PUBLISHED Dec 1, 2004

  A mood of foreboding, tempered by an ebbing of exhaustion, flows through the two pieces on Brackwater. The opening title track moans and sk...

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  Fripp & Eno

  The Equatorial Stars

  PUBLISHED Sep 1, 2004

  Robert Fripp and Brian Eno were early pioneers of atmospheric ambient music on collaborations such as 1973’s No Pussyfooting and 1975’s Eve...

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  Gorge Trio

  Open Mouth, O Wisp

  PUBLISHED Sep 1, 2004

  Like other Skin Graft acts before them, Gorge Trio are a rock band playing jazz prize fighter-style: equal parts pummelling power and fancy...

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  Spring Heel Jack

  The Sweetness of Water

  PUBLISHED Sep 1, 2004

  On their fourth release for Thirsty Ear’s Blue Series, Ashley Wales and Graham Coxon have eschewed the ecstatic out play of earlier albums...

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  Text of Light

  Text of Light

  PUBLISHED Sep 1, 2004

  Guitarists Lee Ranaldo and Alan Licht are the bookends for the Text of Light project, bringing along other artists to celebrate/improvise u...