(Avant-Garde Jazz, Free Improvisation) Lauren Newton & Thomas Horstmann - Art Is... - 1994, APE (image+.cue), lossless

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Recorded live in the studio with audience by the lead singer of the world famous VIENNA ART ORCHESTRA Lauren Newton and a guitar/synthesizer wizard Thomas Horstmann. However, this time Lauren and Thomas perform their own composition/improvisations. Breathtaking vocal technique, expressive spontaneity and interactive improvisation. Notes by Garry Hagberg. Cover painting by Lauren Newton.

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Points should be taken off the review of this record for the unbelievable pretentiousness of its liner notes, and the way they explain away each track. But, instead, the blame will be placed at the feet of Leo Feigin rather than the artists. This is, in a historical sense, not such a revolutionary meeting; guitar and voice have been intersecting, improvising, and uniting with each other since the instrument came into being. However, it is an amazing meeting, given how intimate, fun, and wide-ranging these explorations are in a concert setting. According to Henry James, the definition of art is "the thing that cannot be repeated or recreated." This disc qualifies. Using an electric guitar with a bevy of electronic effects, Thomas Horstmann challenges and supports vocalist Lauren Newton and her wagon full of self-described "toys" in seven originals and two covers, including an all but unrecognizable rendition of Ellington's "Solitude" (Newton always includes one standard to prove she's for real, which seems derived from an inferiority complex because she's a genius). These pieces tax every notion of what the separation of these two entities is about, and then blurs that distinction every chance the pair gets. There are places that are virtually indecipherable as to who is doing what. Especially since there is only one "song" here, it sounds artsy fartsy, doesn't it? It is and it isn't. This is art; it can't be recreated. But it is art that is funny and warm and inviting to the listener. It is inspiring and beautiful and full of surprises. Which makes it "good" art, right? The answer is an undeniable "yes."