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Aube/Lasse Marhaug: New Forms of Free Entertainment
CD - Jazzassin Records, Norway - 1998
Reviews:
Aube / Lasse Marhaug - New Forms of Free Entertainment CD
Yeah, ok, the packaging is really cool and all. This is something I've come to
expect of those wanky "sound is art" noise types. Let's just sum it up and say
you will not be disappointed when you see this stuff. And, incidentally, you
will not be disappointed when you listen to the CD either. That is, unless you
have a point of view on music that is entirely disconnected with the wanky
"sound is art" noise type point of view. So what are these sounds I speak of,
anyway? Well, there's eight tracks on this CD, which split up roughly as
follows: 3 tracks of Aube manipulating the sounds of Lasse Marhaug, 2 tracks of
Mr. Marhaug manipulating Mr. Nakajima, 2 more of the Marhaug manipulating both
himself and the ambient-noise-master, and another where L.M. craftily
manipulates himself. So as it ends up this is more of a L. Marhaug release than
an Aube release (I did the ratios out, and Marhaug accounts for 5 1/2 tracks of
material, versus Aube's paltry 2 1/2 tracks, don't even ask me what system I
used to figure that out). As it happens the best track on the disc is the one
where LM craftily manipulates himself, which is mildly surprising since I bought
the disc due to the Aube connection. Marhaug is apparently connected to the
world of jazz through some wild and strange corridors, but I'll be fucked if
there's any sound on this CD that remotely reminds me of a brass instrument.
Speaking of the sounds on this CD, which I have managed to avoid talking about
for over 17 lines of writing despite the fact that this writing comes to you in
the guise of a music review. Well. I guess you could say something like...
ambient noise. Some gurgling and rumbling here, a little bit of crunching and
screeching there, some buzzing and chirping on this side of the fence, and -
what's that over there? Why, that's a bit of clicking and wooshing to round the
whole thing out. The whole thing is basically impossible to describe because it
is basically beyond description. What this means is that you basically get your
money's worth out of it, unless of course you are the type who exclusively
enjoys music that follows basic patterns, fails to deviate from the fabric of
previously established paradigms, and is basically pointless*. For those of you
who are having trouble following me (uhh... all of you, that is), the last
nineteen words of that sentence are NOT a description of the Aube/Lasse Marhaug
CD.
(unknown online review)
AUBE/LASSE MARHAUG 'New Forms of Free Entertainment' cd
This collaborative effort from Aube and Norweigan experimenter Marhaug has
either artist using the material of the other. An array of sonorous rivers and
collisions result, with Akifumi reaching out again into what for him is
uncharted territory. This simply for the sorts of sounds found in his pieces
rather than the overall style of this release. If Aube relates to us the more
processed, examined images of these two artists skirmish, then Marhaug seems to
let go into vibrant rivers of impenetrable texture, as warm, enveloping and safe
as the womb. There is simultaneously might and subtlety within 'New forms....',
with tracks and moments that stick to the brain as easily as they are are
forgotten. The packaging is a nifty cardstock box thing, with various cards, a
booklet, the disc and much printing inside. One of the better Aube collabs out
there, makes one want to seek out more Lasse Marhaug material.
(unknown online review)
AUBE & LASSE MARHAUG - NEW FORMS OF FREE ENTERTAINMENT (CD by Jazzassin)
Another hard working jap bloke with Norway's most active networker on a
collaborative effort. Packed in a cute little carton box full of cassette-images
- to commemorate the sound carrier used for the exchange. This disc cleverly
runs from ambient noise to noise noise. There is a certain industrial quality to
this CD, even when the sound gets ambient or rhythmical, like in Aube's piece
'Morpheus'. The tracks by the two are cocktailed, i.e. not one half by each, but
there is a small block of Lasse and a block by Aube and then Lasse. As they both
display the aforementioned variety, it is a varied CD. For me the most
interesting parts are the more ambient ones, and since they make up the majority
of the CD I'm more then happy with this release.
(Fras de Waard, Vital Weekly)
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