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Hymn: Silence, Then Birds

Read "Silence, Then Birds" reviewed by John Sharpe


Under the moniker Hymn, the British threesome of trumpeter Chris Dowding, violinist Sylvia Hallett and electronicist David Ross present extemporized slices of understated minimalism distinguished by aching melodies emerging from a granular scratchy undertow. They maintain a taut balance between repetition, movement and noise on three tracks recorded live in London and Norwich, with outcomes variously hypnotic, soothing and spacious. The title cut begins with the sort of hiss which could be distant traffic or waves breaking on ...

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Sylvia Hallett / Mike Adcock: Reduced

Read "Reduced" reviewed by Nic Jones


The Spontaneous Music Ensemble lineup of drummer/cornetist John Stevens and soprano saxophonist Trevor Watts can, for countless reasons, serve as the template against which many another freely improvising duo can be gauged. That's an especially pertinent point with Reduced, as multi-instrumentalists Sylvia Hallett and Mike Adcock have fashioned a dialog every bit as rarefied as the one that Stevens and Watts created. Not even the highly residual influence of late period John Coltrane--that was, by a stretch of the imagination, ...

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Sylvia Hallett: White Fog

Read "White Fog" reviewed by Glenn Astarita


Multi-instrumentalist, Sylvia Hallett turns to the bicycle wheel as a means of musical expressionism on this recording also featuring the artist’s utilization of digital delays, voice improvisation, and violin. Ms. Hallett’s resume includes involvement with the “London Musicians Collective,” British free jazz pioneers, saxophonist Lol Coxhill, vocalist Phil Minton and others, yet here she pursues shifting and at times, haunting pastiches of sound via her unorthodox implementations. With “A Wheelwright Used To Live Here,” Ms. Hallett’s use of bowed bicycle ...

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Recordings: As Leader | As Sideperson

Silence, Then Birds

Confront Recordings
2019

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Reduced

The Orchestra Pit Recording Company
2010

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White Fog

Mash Productions
2001

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Let's Fall Out

Mash Productions
1994

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Skimming

Mash Productions
1992

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