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Points, Snags & Windings

by John Butcher & Dylan van der Schyff

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1.
Early Animation 08:55
2.
Windings 08:29
3.
Pool Lights 06:25
4.
Recent Realism 05:42
5.
Points 01:50
6.
Snags 04:38
7.
Under Glass 06:14
8.
Incision 04:40
9.
Attempted Delivery 07:37
10.
Spills 04:33
11.
Combat 03:31

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"Butcher's duo album with percussionist Dylan van der Schyff, Points, Snags and Windings, is even better, partly because two men can produce a greater variety of colors and textures than one, and also because they seem to inspire each other to greater degrees of subtlety and intensity. Van der Schyff plays sensitively throughout and he knows when not to play.
As for Butcher, yes, he creates a variety of sonorities, but his lines have substance as well. Points, Snags and Windings is very well realized, and a classic of its kind."
Harvey Pekar - Jazz Times

"One of the great thrills of Points, Snags & Windings, Butcher's new collaboration with drummer Dylan van der Schyff is that the music thrashes best at muted dynamic levels. On "Windings," the subtlety of moment-to-moment shifts in color and attack fuels the intensity.
Throughout the piece, Butcher displays total command of his tenor sax. Every yawp, pop, trill, drone, and tone deliberately tears into the splatter of drums and cymbals.
"I'm trying to play inside - rather than alongside or on top of - both the rhythms and timbres of what Dylan's doing, while also trying to keep my own line and train of thought going," he says.
From circular breathing to multiphonics, Butcher wields some of the most challenging and evocative ear-bending tactics around. But they're all means to an end, which unfortunately is not always the case in the improv world.
"I think wind experimentation has got a bad reputation from players who sound like they're just demonstrating novel sounds rather than putting them to use," Butcher says. "I always try to use this kind of material to serve the flow of the music."
On "Points," the saxophonist mimics heavy guitar feedback with control and clarity. Haunting tones fade in and out on "Spills." Both tracks benefit from Butcher's authoritative layering of multiphonics - a tall order for any horn player."
Sam Prestianni - Jazziz

credits

released April 7, 2019

John Butcher - saxophones
Dylan van der Schyff - drums
Recorded 2 July 2000 - Blue Wave Studio, Vancouver.
Engineer: Shawn Pierce
Mixed and Mastered by Dylan van der Schyff.
Originally released on Meniscus (2001).
Many thanks to Jon Morgan.

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John Butcher London, UK

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

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