30 November 2002 (Sound
323[4] mini CD) documents 21
and a half minutes from an in-store concert on that date at Sound 323
record store in North London. The performers, accompanied now and then
by the noise of passing traffic, are Sakada, a duo featuring Eddie
Prevost on gong, cymbals and his personally fashioned barrel drum and
Mattin interacting with computer feedback. Mattin displays his usual
intense involvement, his laptop like an unpredictable kiln that Prevost
has to monitor and respond to with skill and intuition, if his own
materials are to avoid meltdown and develop beyond their raw state.
Prevost thrives on such precariousness. He made the barrel drum and
developed bowing and other unorthodox techniques of sounding percussion
to dislodge further the inevitable residue of habit. As a result of
Mattin's interventions and mediations, Prevost's moment to moment
decisions here cast depersonalised, electronic shadows, returning
distorted or transformed to haunt and challenge him. Just 300 copies
testify to the tensions of the event. julian cowley
SAKADA - 30 November 2002 (Sound 323)
Eddie Prevost and Mattin's approach to improvisation consists of
developing a neat gossamer of intimate conversations under the guise of
computer feedback and percussives. In this mini CD - another little gem
in the nice Sound 323 collection - everything's permeated with the
right attitude: Sakada quiz and test each other, exchanging a lot more
than simple suggestions, tending instead to reciprocate those little
presents each one offers to his counterpart. In between calm moments,
sudden fluxes of electroacoustic effluvia pounce into the room, the
unmistakable sign everything's functioning at the right moment. This
music is sturdy yet articulate, succeeding in carving a personal niche
without borrowing from influences
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