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Ava
MP3 EP 2011 | Silber 094 1 track, 30 minutes download zip file from Silber Captured on Ava is a live performance from 2008 at the Ava Gardner Independent Film Festival. It showcases the cacophony, chaos, order, & music that is uniquely Clang Quartet. |
Independent drone label Silber
Records are putting out a brace of free EPs, on of which is Ava, a one
track propulsive dirge by performance/noise act Clang Quartet. Heading
off into the desolate, dark, green-tinged sunset, 'Ava' is over thirty
minutes of cacophony, chaos, improvisation, noise and silence. It was recorded
from a live performance at the Ava Gardner Independent Film Festival back
in September 2008. It's actually quite coherent despite how disparate the
various homemade instrumentations may seem at times. It's a percussive
near-masterstroke - although the adherence to faith is unclear, it doesnt
deter from the aural journey. I'm listening to it for the second time as
I sit in the office gazing out at the green foliage outside, the rain steadily
coming down - it's striking a Merzbow-like chord. Interesting stuff.
Download 'Ava' it is 56MB,
but worthy, even for a one-off experience.
~ Sonic Masala
One of the few genuine contemporary
artists continuing what Steven Stapleton and Nurse With Wound began in
the 70’s, Scotty Irving’s Clag Quartet began life as a way of recording
audible expressions of The Passion of the Christ, often using found sound
elements via makeshift instruments of saws and crutches found in his home.
With ‘Ava’, we bear witness
to a harsh, cacophonic and visceral thirty minute live performance that
was recorded in 2008 as part of the Ava Gardner film festival. One can
only imaging the immersing environment at the show (visual and all) as
this ripped away ear drums, but sadly for those that were not there this
is as close as we can get.
~ Michael Byrne, Left Hip
