Ágnes Bazsinka
Ágnes Bazsinka - voice
Szymon Bora - vibraphone
Jan Jerzy Kołacki - double bass
Bartłomiej Dybel - drums
Bartłomiej Dybel - drums
Things Look Different From Here
NOT ON LABEL
By Adam Baruch
This is the debut album by Hungarian
(living in Poland)
vocalist/composer Ágnes Bazsinka recorded with the las IIII quartet, which includes
also Polish musicians: vibraphonist Szymon Bora, bassist J.J. Kołacki and
drummer Bartłomiej Dybel. The album's artwork is mystically secretive about
details, but the album presents one continuous piece of music "build up form
larger units and intermezzo parts" composed by her and including her (I
assume) lyrics (in Hungarian). The album is divided into eight tracks, (intro,
three parts, each followed by an intermezzo and finally part four) which total
in twenty-three minutes - way, way below album timing limit and in today's
terms even below the accepted EP timing.
The music is very interesting,
but not as experimental as claimed, based on repetitive riffs played by the
vibraphone and occasional melodic fragments, and including some background
sounds made by the bass and drums and only occasionally featuring the rhythm
section in its traditional role. However, the music has a unique ambience,
which manages to create tension and interest, and is most pleasing
aesthetically, leaving the listener wishing to her more, in this case much
more.
Altogether the album offers a
very minimalist musical content, fragmented and not entirely coherent, but
obviously fascinating enough for me to want to hear more of these fresh ideas
in the future. Accordingly, I'll refer to this
"album" as a teaser and wait patiently for the real thing! Good luck
with it!
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