(Avant-Garde / Free Improvisation) Weightless - A Brush with Dignity - 2009, FLAC (image+.cue), lossless

Weightless - A Brush with Dignity Жанр: Avant-Garde / Free Improvisation Год выпуска диска: 2009 Производитель диска: Portugal (Clean Feed CF154) Аудио кодек: FLAC Тип рипа: image+.cue Битрейт аудио: lossless Продолжительность: 1:01:28Alberto Braida: piano John Butcher: tenor and soprano saxophones John Edwards: double bass Fabrizio Spera: drums1. Apre 2. Centri 3. Vista 4. Termo  Clean Feed Release NotesBritish artists and intellectuals have an old fascination for the Italian culture, and Italians like the way they, and their history and classical art, are envisioned by English writers, poets, painters and filmmakers. That's, inevitably, the context of this cooperative effort between John Butcher and John Edwards, from one side, and Alberto Braida and Fabrizio Spera, from the other. It demands your full attention, not because it's difficult (it may be, at times, but who wants real good music to be "easy"?), but because it's intense and needs your open ear and time . First of all, the music is totally improvised, even if it seems meticulously composed. No contradiction here: that's what the improvising masters do, and all the four of them are specially gifted in that aspect. Then, you'll notice there's no leader or hierarchical organization, everything happening through a collective flow, and that's why the credits go to a band name, Weightless. No-one even tries to start an ego-trip: this is a society of equals. Finally, you'll find yourself in a state of bliss, because the resulting music couldn't be more surprising. ~ Clean Feed Release Notes  Freejazz Stef ReviewBritish saxophonist John Butcher and bassist John Edwards are two of the most prominent voices in European free improvisation. They are joined by two Italian improvisers, Alberto Braida on piano and Fabrizio Spera on drums. As with many free improvisation, forget about roles in the band: all musicians contribute in equal parts, adding sounds, interacting and creating high levels of immediate intensity. The band's name is well chosen, as the music is somewhere suspended in the air, very sparse and devoid of a need to produce sound, free of earthly concerns, although it flows quite organically, naturally, without structure or foundation. The musicians play their limited notes and sounds with reserve, paying full attention to each of them, infusing every one of them with power. Braida can play a few keys, just enough to add to the overall atmosphere, without feeling the need to make chords, or phrases. It's the sound that counts, and in that he finds a real soulmate in John Butcher, whose careful powerful minimalism is impressive as usual, Edwards' versatility and creativity, both on arco and plucked is astonishing, and listen how Spera builds depth, contrast and color. Some moments are harsh, others are of an incredible subtlety and nuance. The end result is one of ethereal beauty, not easy to get into, but worth every note. ~ freejazz-stef.blogspot.com  EAC ReportExact Audio Copy V0.99 prebeta 5 from 4. May 2009EAC extraction logfile from 6. January 2010, 21:41Weightless / A Brush with DignityUsed drive : hp DVD-RAM GH40L Adapter: 0 ID: 1Read mode : Secure Utilize accurate stream : Yes Defeat audio cache : Yes Make use of C2 pointers : NoRead offset correction : 667 Overread into Lead-In and Lead-Out : No Fill up missing offset samples with silence : Yes Delete leading and trailing silent blocks : No Null samples used in CRC calculations : Yes Used interface : Installed external ASPI interfaceUsed output format : User Defined Encoder Selected bitrate : 1024 kBit/s Quality : High Add ID3 tag : No Command line compressor : C:\Program Files\Exact Audio Copy\Flac\flac.exe Additional command line options : -6 -V -T "ARTIST=%a" -T "TITLE=%t" -T "ALBUM=%g" -T "DATE=%y" -T "TRACKNUMBER=%n" -T "GENRE=%m" -T "COMMENT=EAC FLAC -6" %sTOC of the extracted CD Track | Start | Length | Start sector | End sector --------------------------------------------------------- 1 | 0:00.00 | 7:59.10 | 0 | 35934 2 | 7:59.10 | 29:36.45 | 35935 | 169179 3 | 37:35.55 | 8:09.21 | 169180 | 205875 4 | 45:45.01 | 15:43.29 | 205876 | 276629Range status and errorsSelected range Filename C:\Users\Igor\Music\eac\Weightless - A Brush with Dignity.wav Peak level 87.7 % Range quality 100.0 % Test CRC 852A8654 Copy CRC 852A8654 Copy OKNo errors occurredAccurateRip summaryTrack 1 not present in database Track 2 not present in database Track 3 not present in database Track 4 not present in databaseNone of the tracks are present in the AccurateRip databaseEnd of status report