(Avant-Garde, Electroacoustic Improvisation) [CD] Alon Nechushtan (w/ Mark Dresser, Steve Swell, Ned Rothenberg, Okkyung Lee, Henry Kaiser, Elliott Sharp) - Dark Forces - 2011, FLAC (tracks+.cue), lossless

Exact Audio Copy V1.0 beta 3 from 29. August 2011
EAC extraction logfile from 29. March 2014, 15:39
Alon Nechushtan / Dark Forces
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Copyright (c) 2004 Oleg Berngardt. All rights reserved.
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All music composed and produced by Alon Nechushtan
Recorded in Brooklyn, New York between 2003-2010 by Justin Balch
Mix by Alon Nechushtan, Master translation by Alon Nechushtan and Kato Hideki
Graphic design by Carlos Santos
Executive production by Ernesto Rodrigues
Thanks to all the great music makers on the album, it was a massive force!
Thank you ACUM
A man said to the universe:
"Sir, I exist!"
"However", replied the universe,
"The fact has not created in me
a sense of obligation." - Stephen Crane
The idea of placing a variety of daring instrumental personalities within different electronic-based sound collage nightmares is bold but, ultimately, hard to classify or grab onto. Dark Forces can't truly be called electronic music since the whole point of the music surrounds the integration of electronic and human elements, and it's hard to view it as free improvisation, since Alon Nechustan has painstakingly painted each musical canvas. Some might call it ambient music, but that tag usually describes a more transcendent form of musical meditation, or sonic numbness that doesn't really line up with Nechustan's doomy, futuristic picture of electronic disturbance, and no other descriptor really seems to do the music any justice.
An impressive collection of musical renegades was brought onboard for this project, and the only downside of the presence of these prized personnel comes from their not always having enough room to truly assert themselves. Tenor saxophonist Oleg Raskin comes out like a terrifying bird of prey at one point during his album-opening appearance, while cellist Okkyung Lee finds the right balance between soloist and soundscape collaborator and bassist Mark Dresser works nearly as well in his own setting; but other normally formidable voices. like trombonist Steve Swell and tuba titan Marcus Rojas, are never heard to their potential.
The pieces themselves are frightening trips through the darkest recesses of the human mind, as Nechustan creates a form of musical psychopathy that terrifies more from its potential for what may come around the corner than what is actually there. In this respect, Nechustan is able to conjure the elements of fear and uncertainty that reign supreme in the heads of horror movie lovers, while also creating left-of-center music that's out of this world. Dark Forces truly paints Nechustan as a downtown doomsayer, capable of crafting devilish musical works that combine man and machine in disturbing fashion.

Alon Nechushtan: composer
Mark Dresser: double bass
Steve Swell: trombone
Oleg Raskin: alto saxophone
Ned Rothenberg: bass clarinet
Robert Dick: bass flute
Marcus Rojas: tuba
Nate Wooley: trumpet
Okkyung Lee: cello
Briggan Krauss: baritone saxophone
Henry Kaiser: electric guitar
Elliott Sharp: electric guitar