sonic
openings under pressure
rapt circle Cadence
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Brennan’s
resourceful technique - with an agreeably dry tone even
when stretched to its highest and fastest runs - is front
and center. He can play. His writing is rather abundant,
not difficult to follow...
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He
aims a swipe at the "SO-SOs, or Same-Old-Same-Olds"
of free improvisational arbitrariness with four “metagroove
oriented compositions" which brennan refers to as
a synthesis woven from grooves that move in opposite directions.CLICK
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Brennan's
talents are certainly worthy of the double-shot afforded
them here—hopefully there's a sizeable audience out
there listening and more record dates lie waiting in the
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“Originally,
I thought the way to go was to play free, but I wasn’t
getting the sound I was intuiting that way.” he comments.
“So I wrote more, pointing the textures and the improvisational
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The
bite in brennan's playing makes these improvisations compelling....The
same fiery spirit animates “which way what”
and makes this trio session among the freshest I have heard
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Using
similar compositions from two different performances
gives a glimpse of Sonic Openings Under Pressure’s
unique approach to guided improvisation.-
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Both sets have a tightly wound quality that is,
frankly, a lot less appealing than the best of his
previous records, and there are interesting developments
of the material. There’s something airless
and a bit forced about these performances.
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