đ Justin Wright - Drone II: Flutter
Un premier album dĂ©diĂ© au violoncelle et Ă toutes ses sonoritĂ©s. Les boucles se confondent sur des titres contemplatifs, Ă©voquant par moment des drones Ă la maniĂšre dâun Charlemagne Palestine ou dâun Phill Niblock. Ces 9 titres ont Ă©tĂ© composĂ© durant une rĂ©sidence de Justin Wright Ă Montreal pendant lâhiver oĂč les tempĂ©ratures nĂ©gatives et la luminositĂ© quasi inexistante ont poussĂ© le compositeur Ă Ă©crire une musique rĂ©confortante, crĂ©ant ainsi une sorte dâabri Ă©motionnel et câest vĂ©ritablement ce que lâon ressent Ă lâĂ©coute de ce disque :
Music For Staying Warm began when I was tasked with writing and performing a set of string works for a relaxation room at a chaotic all-night event in the heart of Montreal winter. It was a cold winter, and for me, a cold year, and when a cat curled up at my feet in the middle of performing these works, I felt like I was doing something right. After gradually developing these ideas many months after the first performances, I recorded most of this album during a residency at the Banff centre for the Arts, coinciding with a surprise visit from my long-time collaborator Kate Maloney. What all of these tracks have in common, aside from being limited to string instruments, is an intention for you to relinquish your sense of anticipation. Conceptually, they were heavily inspired by particular styles of Ethiopian music such as the tizita, which often lacks any resolving cadences to leave you with itâs trademark evocation of longing without resolution. So I guess there is a certain amount of irony in the name Music for Staying Warm. Drone III definitely isnât warm. But refuge is just as often acceptance of where you are as it is an escape, and I hope that, whatever I was thinking when I wrote this music, you are able to contextualise it in your own life and find your own meaning.
Proche dâune structure classique, les motifs se rĂ©pĂštent pourtant sur un modĂšle minimaliste des grands compositeurs du XXeme siĂšcle comme Philip Glass, imprĂ©gnant chez lâauditeur des sentiments puissants variĂ©s : espace, sĂ©rĂ©nitĂ©, repos, gravitĂ©... Un trĂšs bon dĂ©but pour le collaborateur de Johann Johannsson.
A first album dedicated to the cello and all its range of sounds. The curls merge on contemplative tracks, evoking by moments the drones a Charlemagne Palestine or a Phill Niblock. These 9 tracks were composed during Justin Wright's residency in Montreal by the winter, when the negative temperatures and the almost non-existent brightness prompted the composer to write comforting music, creating a kind of emotional shelter and it is truly what we feel when listening to this disc:
Music For Staying Warm began when I was tasked with writing and performing a set of string works for a relaxation room at a chaotic all-night event in the heart of Montreal winter. It was a cold winter, and for me, a cold year, and when a cat curled up at my feet in the middle of performing these works, I felt like I was doing something right. After gradually developing these ideas many months after the first performances, I recorded most of this album during a residency at the Banff centre for the Arts, coinciding with a surprise visit from my long-time collaborator Kate Maloney. What all of these tracks have in common, aside from being limited to string instruments, is an intention for you to relinquish your sense of anticipation. Conceptually, they were heavily inspired by particular styles of Ethiopian music such as the tizita, which often lacks any resolving cadences to leave you with itâs trademark evocation of longing without resolution. So I guess there is a certain amount of irony in the name Music for Staying Warm. Drone III definitely isnât warm. But refuge is just as often acceptance of where you are as it is an escape, and I hope that, whatever I was thinking when I wrote this music, you are able to contextualise it in your own life and find your own meaning.
Close to a classical structure, the motifs are repeated on a minimalist model of great composers of the twentieth century as Philip Glass, imbuing the listener powerful feelings varied: space, serenity, rest, gravity ... A very good start for the Johann Johannsson collaborator.
















