Guerrilla Mosaics, by John Butcher / Miya Masaoka / Gino Robair

Guerrilla Mosaics

by John Butcher / Miya Masaoka / Gino Robair

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	1.	Lish 03:21
	2.	Ouzel 03:53
	3.	The Dodge 04:41
	4.	A Wing 02:54
	5.	Glyph 07:39
	6.	Dipper 03:21
	7.	Recept 04:11
	8.	Cae 04:45
	9.	Mosaic 05:24
	10.	Covert 05:41
	11.	Sloots 02:55
	12.	Ariation 08:07

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Released on CD in 2002 on 482 Music.

John Butcher - tenor & soprano saxes
Miya Masaoka - 21 string koto & laser koto
Gino Robair - percussion, faux dax, bowed metal, motors

"Despite the hi-tech concept of the "laser koto" (Miya Masaoka takes the venerable Japanese instrument into the 21st century via MIDI), the traditional 21-string instrument and its tuning system is also happily still in evidence, sounding at times like a viol consort ("A Wing") or a harp ("Glyph"), and providing saxophonist John Butcher with plenty of opportunities to show us that he's still got a fabulous ear for pitch (especially on "Cae"), even though he's perhaps best known these days for pushing his instruments into areas of extended technique. The range of sonorities these three musicians manage to come up with is extraordinary - Gino Robair's extended kit includes a "faux dax" and various bowed and motorised contraptions, and his quietly shimmering cymbals and Butcher's hazy multiphonics fuse perfectly on "Covert" to create an exquisite textural backdrop for Masaoka's gentle high register plucking to dance in front of. Weird and wonderful sounds for their own sake don't guarantee great improvisation, though - what makes these twelve pieces so convincing is not their diversity of timbre, but rather the satisfying and strong sense of structure that comes from a shared commitment to virtuoso playing and listening."
Dan Warburton, Paris Transatlantic - 2002

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released May 1, 2020

Recorded by Myles Boisen at Guerrilla Recording, Oakland, California - 20 June 2000.

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John Butcher London, UK

Improviser, Composer, Saxophonist.
Born in Brighton.
Lives in London.

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