{"id":3556,"date":"2011-05-19T13:50:36","date_gmt":"2011-05-19T13:50:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.i8u.com\/?p=3556"},"modified":"2011-06-10T13:02:58","modified_gmt":"2011-06-10T13:02:58","slug":"review-%e2%80%93-trilogy-and-epilogue-andoar-2010-%e2%80%93-by-ron-schepper-%e2%80%93-textura","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.francejobin.com\/?p=3556","title":{"rendered":"review \u2013 Trilogy and Epilogue (and\/OAR) 2010 \u2013 by Ron Schepper \u2013 Textura"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Trilogy and Epilogue on and\/OAR
\nMichelangelo Antonioni’s filmography offers such a rich source of imagery and
\nthemes it’s a wonder no experimental music project has appeared until now
\nbased upon it. All credit goes to and\/OAR, then, for choosing the Italian auteur
\nas the third in its film director series (previous volumes honoured Andrei
\nTarkovsky and Yasujiro Ozu), with the two-disc set, formally titled
\nMichelangelo Antonioni – Trilogy and Epilogue, focusing on L’Avventura (1960),
\nLa Notte (1961), L’Eclisse (1962), and Deserto Rosso (1963). Antonioni is, of
\ncourse, the master of ennui and alienation whose works are populated by
\nwandering souls who either vanish altogether (L’Avventura) or co-exist but
\nwith the littlest of connection to one another. Not surprisingly, he preferred that
\nhis films be generally unencumbered by music’s presence, believing that his
\nstories would breathe better without such interference; in that regard, Giovanni
\nFusco, whose music appears in most of Antonioni’s films from the late 1950s
\nto the early \u201860s, apparently declared, \u201cThe first rule for any musician who
\nintends to collaborate with Antonioni, is to forget that he is a musician!\u201d<\/p>\n

A few other background details are worth noting before turning to the contents
\nof the release itself, specifically Antonioni’s sensitivity to the importance of
\nnatural sounds\u2014what he regarded as the \u201ctrue music\u201d of a film\u2014and the
\npioneering electronic music that Vittorio Gelmetti contributed to Deserto Rosso.
\nSuch dimensions of the director’s work draw a clear line connecting the artists
\nfeatured on and\/OAR’s recording, all of whom in one way or another share like-
\nminded sensitivities to environmental sound and to the role of electronics in
\ncurrent music-making practices. The set features over two hours of lower-
\ncase, electro-acoustic works peppered with the kinds of pregnant pauses and
\nempty spaces that characterize Antonioni’s films. Some of the pieces (all
\nuntitled) are heavily electronic in nature (Marc Behrens’ turbulent setting, Antti
\nRannisto’s throbbing drone), while others inhabit an interzone where acoustic
\ninstruments (clarinet, cello), natural sounds (industrial creaks, cavernous
\nrumbling), and electronic manipulations reside. The artists involved will be
\nfamiliar to those conversant with the microsound genre, with figures such as
\nRoel Meelkop, Ben Owen, i8u, Lawrence English, Steinbr\u00fcchel, Jason Kahn,
\nand Tomas Phillips taking part. The piece by Pali Meursault (with Ici-M\u00eame)
\nstands out as one of the settings that is most rich in outdoor sounds, with train
\nclatter, traffic noise, and bird sounds threading their way into the mix. Richard
\nGaret’s sub-lunar exploration sounds like the essence of La Notte and
\nL’Eclisse distilled down to a seven-minute form. Dale Lloyd’s brief piano
\nrumination arrives as a breath of fresh air amidst such abstractions, as does
\nMarihiko Hara’s at album’s close.<\/p>\n

The package for the release includes two quotes taken from Seymour
\nChatman’s 1985 book Antonioni: Or, the Surface of the World, one of which in
\nparticular merits inclusion here for the clarity it brings to the director’s
\napproach: \u201cAntonioni asks us to take a slow, steady look at the world around
\nus, to forget our ordinary preoccupations, and to contemplate that which lies
\nslightly athwart them.\u201d Michelangelo Antonioni – Trilogy and Epilogue<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Trilogy and Epilogue on and\/OAR Michelangelo Antonioni’s filmography offers such a rich source of imagery and themes it’s a wonder no experimental music project has appeared until now based upon it. All credit goes to and\/OAR, then, for choosing the Italian auteur as the third in its film director series (previous volumes honoured Andrei Tarkovsky … <\/p>\n

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