{"product_id":"sglsa15432-nu-turn","title":"Nu-Turn","description":"\u003cblockquote\u003eOn his uniquely prepared grand piano, \u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDelbecq\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e spins lyrical, modernist jazz improvisations over the polyrhythms of African percussion.\r\n- \u003cem\u003eMark Werlin\u003c\/em\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003chr\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cstrong\u003eBenoît Delbecq\u003c\/strong\u003e is a uniquely gifted French pianist and keyboardist who has created a unique body of work using ideas and techniques from contemporary classical (Cage, Ligeti, Nancarrow), jazz, Pygmy polyphony, European improv and other sources.\r\n\r\nHe prepares the piano with various materials such as eraser bits and carved wooden twigs, and improvises on short, overlapping vamps and patterns; the result is a complex, spacious sound that hardly seems to be emanating from a single instrument.\r\n\r\nOn Nu-turn Delbecq stretches out solo on a Steinway D in 8 astonishing structured improvisations; the final, 12-minute composition is a computer-created ambient “remix” that completely transforms the solo material.\r\n\r\nRecorded in a small concert hall directly to 6 Channel Surround Sound DSD (the sixth channel is an optional height channel), the piano sound is remarkably realistic, and the music beguiling in its rhythmic-melodic-timbral meldings. Dexterous, brainy, evanescent and strangely moving, Nu-turn will intrigue audiophiles ready for new experiences and appeal to fans of new music beyond category.\r\n\r\n\u003cem\u003eTechnical Notes\u003c\/em\u003e: the piano was recorded and mixed in six full-bandwidth DSD channels. A single microphone pointing at the ceiling of the hall and located in the middle of the surround microphone array captured ceiling reflections. Realism is enhanced when this height information is played back correctly, using the .1 channel normally assigned the LFE or subwoofer task. Tracks 1-8 were mixed for 4, 5 or 6 channel playback (the centre channel is optional). Track 9 was mixed for 6-channel playback: the original sounds underwent extensive computer processing and electronic manipulation at 24\/44.1 and were panned within a 5-plus-height matrix in the mix, finally converted back to DSD. The multi-channel mix of tracks 1-8 represents what a listener sitting in the hall close to the piano would hear; the stereo mix reverses the left-right stereo image, relocating the listener to the performer's bench.\r\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\u003cspan data-sheets-root=\"1\" data-sheets-value=\"{\" fascinating reflection of the art a musician who is particularly exacting and creative touch concision phrases that often develop within framework repeating rhythmic cells which they open to new worlds whole universe sound delbecq deploys in course these nine pieces. paint portrait an artist essentially preoccupied with form but whose investigations have nothing dry or formalist about them. on contrary gently provoke listener be as rigorous pianist it context demand lasting pleasure emerges one repeated hearings only intensify. thierry quenum piano magazine kind disc you play over again if ear for sonic adventure unfettered imagination. hard singular voice conception instantly recognizable way he blends asian sonorities derived from indonesian gamelan music rock-based rhythms melodic sense draws equally jazz classical avant-gardes. access array percussive timbres ranging bell-like clangorously metallic then left-hand pattern those altered notes all while building elaborate structures unmodified keys his right. ostinato lines give intense obsessive air undermined by freedom effect dreamlike charged qualities amplified extreme nu-turn final track white alexander varty georgia straight something oddly vibrant beno solo performances interwoven tapestry focused improvisation african trance impressionism modern most abstract sort elements make up this come together eleven-minute closer has moments pointed polyrhythmic pointillism outright dark brooding finally gradual evolution toward peaceful still somewhat edgy resolution trip. nils jacobson allaboutjazz.com poetry lunar. manner mathematical mineral reverie achieves vital. seldom happens purely contemplative abstraction joined lyricism more touching not giving off its savor immediately secretly calling us itself made palpable there nocturnal choreography beautiful enigma escapes gravity. alex dutilh jazzman laterite invertible counterpoint making two pianos are playing at once wound-up like ancient player other conventional model producing cadenzas. ne dit pas regarder la lune plucked tones midway between dampened action wooden flippers old tabletop hockey game. beat snakes through piece tinkling right-handed arise creating strange primitivism almost stumbled yoruba ceremony being performed bunch toy instruments. contrast atmospheric title features passing overall impression blizzard falling so many snowflakes always legato low frequency never sharp staccato. ken waxman jazzweekly.com been avatars prepared decade now released album. well worth long wait strikingly well-defined recording featuring immaculate steinway d piano. throughout album affinity folk vividly evident driftwood preparations suggest indigenous percussion string instruments paul bley-derived floating pulse constantly dovetail another. accentuates exotic mysterious past tempered settings. propelled cool attack lingers incense pungent overwhelming. excellent become familiar distinctive pianists international scene. bill shoemaker times played both natural state placing carved twigs different wood species materials under strings range sounds produces composition than instrument work back forth unexpected among fuels improvisations creates surprise moods induce dream-states. use time rhythm space exact unpredictable enhance emotional warmth music. commentators cited immediate musical influences founders contemporary-classical such ligeti. true enough contemporary own antecedents. exist reference cds touch-sensitive piano-rolls concert saint-saens scriabin even debussy musicians era when classicists were expected improvise compositions unique pianism lies direct lineage masters furthermore matches their originality emotionalism improvisational integrity albeit starkly futuristic sound. laurence svirchev coda characterized selective preparation certain chasteness narrow generic idiomatic constraints unhurried development transitions consistent audible sometimes oblique inner logic. odd twists routes preserve exploration discovery. julian cowley wire data-sheets-userformat=\"{\"\u003e…there’s something oddly vibrant about Benoît Delbecq’s solo piano performances, an interwoven tapestry of focused improvisation, African rhythms, trance music, impressionism, and modern classical music of the most abstract sort … All the elements that make up this interwoven whole come together in the eleven-minute closer, ‘Into White’ … It has moments of pointed polyrhythmic pointillism, outright dark brooding, and finally a gradual evolution toward peaceful (yet still somewhat edgy) resolution … quite a trip.”\r\n— \u003cem\u003eNils Jacobson\u003c\/em\u003e, 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