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Re: Hartung's 'Fragments'
I've been listening to "Fragments" for weeks now since Krispen sent it
off free (thanks!) and thought I should do a brief review. It's
impossible to get away from the space metaphors, like everybody else...I
think there's no question, this album is out there!
On this particular recording (Krispen's a /wide-ranging/ artist) he
specializes in interplanetary soundscapes, full of oddly twisted guitars
that repeat like babbling creatures and all kinds of far-off noises that
may or may not be powered by solar wind. "Mork og Iser" sounds like
gyoto monks being encircled by serpents. "Attack of the Mini Tabla"
somehow finds a sexy rhythm in the confusion, unlikely as that is. That
plus the shocking bongo solo make it seems like a scrap of Jobim that
made its way to another galaxy through a rip in the fabric of the
universe, and somehow managed to jam along with the three-headed
natives. The last track, "Nebula", is gorgeous, its lush emotion brought
into even sharper relief by the stark obliquity of the preceding tracks.
All in all, it's a wonderful and strange ride through a place very few
have visited, and only those with powerful telescopes and deep
imagination have even glimpsed.
thanks again Krispen.
Daryl Shawn
www.swanwelder.com