poire_z

poire_z + Phil Minton: q

by Matthew Wuethrich
July 2, 2004

More than fifty years on from its birth, electronic music still poses problems for listeners, critics and musicians alike. For listeners, how to relate to it? For critics, how to describe it? For musicians, how to develop it? The quartet known as Poire_z eschews the usual studio tinkering for real-time improvisation, and on q it adds vocal experimentalist Phil Minton. The record's two improvisations were recorded live at the Musique Action festival in Vandoeuvre-les-nancy, France. “w oder q” is a ...