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		<title>Review of Zuppa Inglese</title>
		<link>http://www.lapslap.co.uk/archives/236</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Apr 2011 18:03:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This review by Massimo Ricci was published on Touching Extremes 10 April 2011
Lapslap’s third release is this writer’s initial approach with their work. For the occasion, the improvising entity was represented by Michael Edwards, Martin Parker, Karin Schistek and Mark Summers. The group stresses the importance of a difficult distinction between acoustic and electronically processed [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>This review by Massimo Ricci was published on <a href="http://touchingextremes.wordpress.com/?s=lapslap on" target="blank">Touching Extremes</a> 10 April 2011</p>
<p>Lapslap’s third release is this writer’s initial approach with their work. For the occasion, the improvising entity was represented by Michael Edwards, Martin Parker, Karin Schistek and Mark Summers. The group stresses the importance of a difficult distinction between acoustic and electronically processed sources, thus revealing a will of bamboozling the audience through varying assortments of gradations and environments. By utilizing Max/MSP they generate slightly deformed versions of discernible structures. Rarely the outcome causes a loss of focus, or a decreasing in the level of gratification.</p>
<p>Maybe the track that better indicates the depth of Lapslap’s research is the final &#8216;Soup Delirium&#8217;, played on a balanced mixture of computerized glissando, extreme breakup and pianistic sharpness. A potential pandemonium opening up in a series of superb  pictures, dramatic unpredictability and tendency to superior echelons of frequency combination giving a measure of alleviation to sympathetic minds, even in presence of severe complexity. An appreciable limitation of the most lustful processing desires is what separates this stuff from the irrelevance of certain laptop-brandishing micronizers. The non-human components never triumph, and – as it happens in &#8216;Shield&#8217; – an inoffensive weapon like an ocarina can govern the audio scene despite the noises coming by a Nord synthesizer. This piece is immediately followed by another high: &#8216;Gletscher&#8217;, a solo episode by Schistek. Its mysterious grace – taking advantage of the expert probing of the instrument’s internal zones – speaks for itself. Still, in terms of sheer beauty, the accumulation of luminescence of &#8216;Old Liptauer&#8217; (viola da gamba, piano and computer) is perhaps unbeatable.</p>
<p>The lone exception to the general merit is &#8216;Flatuway&#8217;, based on a distorted flugelhorn whose splinters are triggered by an auto-sampling MIDI wind controller. Frankly atrocious. However, that’s the only weak point of an otherwise fascinating album, planned and executed with fully operating brains and finely tuned ears. In the secret place where improvisation and technical possibility convene, hoping to keep the fruits of that furtive meeting private, Lapslap are hidden behind a bush to bottle some of those bizarre essences.</p>
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		<title>German review of Zuppa Inglese</title>
		<link>http://www.lapslap.co.uk/archives/226</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Nov 2010 14:16:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>karin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This review by Rigobert Dittmann was published on Bad Alchemy (http://www.badalchemy.de/) in December 2009

Bei Zuppa Inglese (LR 550), ihrer dritten Veröffentlichung auf Leo, stellt LAPSLAP jeden, für den Elektro und Akustik zwei Paar Stiefel sind, vor Rätsel. Wer glaubt, er wüsste, wie eine Ocarina klingt, ein Flügelhorn, ein Piano oder ein Saxophon, der wird durch [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>This review by Rigobert Dittmann was published on Bad Alchemy (http://www.badalchemy.de/) in December 2009</p>
<p><span style="font-family: Verdana;"><span style="font-size: 12px;"><br />
</span></span>Bei Zuppa Inglese (LR 550), ihrer dritten Veröffentlichung auf Leo, stellt LAPSLAP jeden, für den Elektro und Akustik zwei Paar Stiefel sind, vor Rätsel. Wer glaubt, er wüsste, wie eine Ocarina klingt, ein Flügelhorn, ein Piano oder ein Saxophon, der wird durch gepresste Überblastöne des Horns, gezupftes Innenklavier oder Drumsticks, die am Notenständer schaben, auf Proben gestellt, denen man nicht immer gewachsen ist. Zwar wird verraten, wann Michael Edwards und Martin Parker ihre Computer oder den Midi Wind Controller einsetzen oder Karin Schistek ihren Nord Synth. Aber wie, das bleibt fraglich, weil Resonanzen, Sinuswellen und andere Soundderivate als Schatten oder Abziehbilder der Instrumentalklänge für merkwürdige Vexationen sorgen. Dabei ist das nicht einmal die Hauptsache. Die besteht vielmehr in der spielerischen Geste, die allen 10 Improvisationen etwas ganz Zwangloses gibt. Kein Konzeptgehampel steht der Verliebheit in die gemeinsame Klang(er)findung, dem ‚Suppendelirium‘, im Weg. Dreimal kommt auch noch Mark Summers mit einer Viola da Gamba ins Spiel, und es wird trotzdem kein alter Käse. Bei ‚gletscher‘ pickt Schistek alleine Eis vom Tauwerk ihres Segelschiffs, ‚imitation‘ ist ein Sopranosaxmonolog von Edwards, ganz pur und poetisch. Bei ‚béla‘ bahnt er sich mit dem Tenorsax durch ein zunehmend computerverfremdetes Gestrüpp aus Klavierdrähten und Violasaiten. Bei ‚arg‘ bilden zwei Computer mit Viola und Piano ein einziges Knäuel aus Krallen und heiklem Waffenstillstand. Die Gambe bleibt auf der Strecke zu ‚soup delirium‘, das Piano gerät deswegen außer sich und halluziniert in manischen Schüben. Stark. [BA 65 rbd]</p>
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		<title>Italian review of Zuppa Inglese</title>
		<link>http://www.lapslap.co.uk/archives/220</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Nov 2010 14:10:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>karin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This review by Francesca Odilia Bellino was published on All About Jazz Italia (http://italia.allaboutjazz.com/php/article.php?id=4954) in May 2010 
Inserito Zuppa inglese nel lettore uno pensa di aver sbagliato stanza: i Lapslap rappresentano uno sbriciolamento sonoro totale! E la prima tentazione è quella di cambiare!
La prima traccia è il solo suono di un&#8217;ocarina distorto da un laptop, [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>This review by Francesca Odilia Bellino was published on All About Jazz Italia (http://italia.allaboutjazz.com/php/article.php?id=4954) in May 2010<span style="font-family: verdana,arial; font-size: small;"><span><span> </span></span></span></p>
<p>Inserito <em>Zuppa inglese</em> nel lettore uno pensa di aver sbagliato stanza: i Lapslap rappresentano uno sbriciolamento sonoro totale! E la prima tentazione è quella di cambiare!</p>
<p><span><span><span>La prima traccia è il solo suono di un&#8217;ocarina distorto da un laptop, seguito da una seconda di sola distorsione e frantumazione sonora. Ma superato lo scoglio delle prime due tracce, da &#8220;droh,&#8221; si entra finalmente in un&#8217;altra stanza sonora&#8230; e le cose vanno meglio. Non che manchi nulla di quanto c&#8217;era prima, ma prevale una dimensione più acustica (ocarina e viola da gamba in prima linea), pur sempre addizionata di quella elettronica con computer-strumentati/strumenti-computerizzati.</span></span></span></p>
<p>Le impetuose sonorità del trio Lapslap, accompagnato in questa incisione da Mark Summers alla viola da gamba, non fanno economia di rumori per giungere a quel che deve per forza essere considerata una piacevolezza sonora. Ma questa è caratteristica del trio, impro free + elettronica. Infatti, anche il precedente Itch metteva a dura prova, concedendo tuttavia sprazzi di vero piacere sonoro. <em>Zuppa inglese</em> è per certi versi un po&#8217; oltre e più ostico.</p>
<p>Va detto tuttavia che le tracce centrali sono bellissime. Viola da gamba, ocarina e sassofono (con grandi frullati) costituiscono le trame di una musica interessante, mai banale, quasi amabile all&#8217;ascolto. Nella zuppa inglese non finisce tutto compresso e computerizzato, al contrario. Il finale &#8220;soup delirium&#8221; è sbalorditivo.</p>
<p>Consigliato, ma agli amanti del genere.</p>
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		<title>American review of Zuppa Inglese</title>
		<link>http://www.lapslap.co.uk/archives/209</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Nov 2010 13:56:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This review is part of the article &#8220;Global Unity: Scotland&#8221; by Gordon Marshall published in All About Jazz NY in November 2010.
The quartet Lapslap’s Zuppa Inglese likewise plays with cultural mixing and matching. Of the musicians, Michael Edwards focuses on saxes while Martin Parker plays flugelhorn &#8211; but also picks up the ocarina, an egg-shaped [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>This review is part of the article &#8220;Global Unity: Scotland&#8221; by Gordon Marshall published in All About Jazz NY in November 2010.</p>
<p style="text-align: left;">The quartet Lapslap’s Zuppa Inglese likewise plays with cultural mixing and matching. Of the musicians, Michael Edwards focuses on saxes while Martin Parker plays flugelhorn &#8211; but also picks up the ocarina, an egg-shaped wind instrument with a uniquely convoluted international history. Karin Schistek plays piano while Mark Summers performs exclusively on the viola da gamba. The music is rhythmic and animated. Scratches on the strings of the viola educe the quality of the copper coating the gut. Piano is broken down into its component elements of steel, wood and ivory. The ocarina, which started its evolution as a child’s toy, is eerily innocent. This is a balanced and well-rounded endeavor that still veers and sways with risk.</p>
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		<title>Zuppa Inglese released 12/09</title>
		<link>http://www.lapslap.co.uk/archives/185</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Mar 2010 18:13:39 +0000</pubDate>
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Lapslap&#8217;s third release is now available on Leo Records.
We augmented our usual lineup of brass, sax, keys and computers with some
tracks featuring long-time lapslap collaborator Mark Summers on viola da gamba,
as well as ocarina and drumsticks.
The blurring between acoustic and electronic sound in these single-take
improvisations happens when small digital samples of acoustic material are used
to [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.leorecords.com/?m=select&amp;id=CD_LR_550"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-186" title="cover" src="http://www.lapslap.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/cover.jpg" alt="cover" width="200" height="200" /></a></p>
<p>Lapslap&#8217;s third release is now available on <a href="http://www.leorecords.com/?m=select&amp;id=CD_LR_550" target="_blank">Leo Records</a>.</p>
<p>We augmented our usual lineup of brass, sax, keys and computers with some<br />
tracks featuring long-time lapslap collaborator Mark Summers on viola da gamba,<br />
as well as ocarina and drumsticks.</p>
<p>The blurring between acoustic and electronic sound in these single-take<br />
improvisations happens when small digital samples of acoustic material are used<br />
to emulate and imitate instrumental sound sources. To confuse matters, the live<br />
instruments mimic electronic material so that it becomes unclear who is playing<br />
what.</p>
<p>We’ve developed our computer-based performance systems in the max/msp<br />
programming language. These are controlled by various input devices from<br />
joysticks to midi wind controllers. While Michael’s system is a complete<br />
performance environment allowing spontaneous access to an array of features for<br />
sampling, processing and synthesising sound, Martin’s tools are more like<br />
separate instruments, selected and occasionally modified as the session<br />
unfolds.</p>
<p>Zuppa Inglese, Italian for custard or trifle, was recorded in the Reid Concert<br />
Hall in Edinburgh in September 2008. Recorded by Martin Parker and Michael<br />
Edwards; mixed and mastered by Michael Edwards.</p>
<p>Extract: <a href="http://www.lapslap.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/flatuway-teaser.mp3">flatuway teaser</a></p>
<p>Extract <a href="http://www.lapslap.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/arg-teaser.mp3">arg teaser</a></p>
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		<title>lapslap radio broadcasts</title>
		<link>http://www.lapslap.co.uk/archives/143</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Jun 2009 09:52:44 +0000</pubDate>
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Radio Jazz 34 (Sussargues, France) Zuppa Inglese: Shield 20.04.10
Radio Jazz 34 (Sussargues, France) Zuppa Inglese: Old Liptauer 08.04.10
CHRW Radio (London, Canada) Zuppa Inglese: Bela 06.04.10
CHRW Radio (London, Canada) Zuppa Inglese: Shield 31.03.10
CHRW Radio (London, Canada) Zuppa Inglese: Droh 23.03.10
CHRW Radio (London, Canada) Zuppa Inglese: Arg 16.03.10
Radio Jazz 34 (Sussargues, France) Zuppa Inglese: Bela 15.03.10
CHRW Radio [...]]]></description>
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<p><strong>Radio Jazz 34 </strong>(Sussargues, France) Zuppa Inglese: Shield 20.04.10</p>
<p><strong>Radio Jazz 34 </strong>(Sussargues, France) Zuppa Inglese: Old Liptauer 08.04.10</p>
<p><strong>CHRW Radio</strong> (London, Canada) Zuppa Inglese: Bela 06.04.10</p>
<p><strong>CHRW Radio</strong> (London, Canada) Zuppa Inglese: Shield 31.03.10</p>
<p><strong>CHRW Radio</strong> (London, Canada) Zuppa Inglese: Droh 23.03.10</p>
<p><strong>CHRW Radio</strong> (London, Canada) Zuppa Inglese: Arg 16.03.10</p>
<p><strong>Radio Jazz 34 </strong>(Sussargues, France) Zuppa Inglese: Bela 15.03.10</p>
<p><strong>CHRW Radio</strong> (London, Canada) Zuppa Inglese: Flatuway 09.03.10</p>
<p><strong>Radio Jazz 34 </strong>(Sussargues, France) Zuppa Inglese: Old Liptauer 07.03.10</p>
<p><strong>CHRW Radio</strong> (London, Canada) Zuppa Inglese: Shield 02.03.10</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><strong>La Nuit des Sauriens</strong> (90.1 FM) (Sense, France)  Zuppa Inglese Jan/Feb 10</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><strong>Radio Jazz 34 </strong>(Sussargues, France) Sratch: Rustle, Zerbroetzeln 9.06.09</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><strong>Radio Jazz 34 </strong>(Sussargues, France) Sratch: Rustle, Zerbroetzeln 2.06.09</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><strong>Radio Jazz 34</strong> (Sussargues, France) Scratch: Zerbroetzeln 25.05.09</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><strong>La Nuit des Sauriens</strong> (90.1 FM) (Sense, France)  Scratch March/April 09</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><strong>Radio T Chemnitz </strong>(Chemnitz, Germany) Scratch: Itchy 10.04.09</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><strong>CHRW Radi</strong>o (London, Canada) Scratch: Throut Horn 8.04.09</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><strong>CHRW Radio </strong>(London, Canada) Scratch: Zerbroetzeln 1.04.09</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><strong>CHRW Radio</strong> (London, Canada) Scratch: Pinned 18.03.09</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><strong>KBOO fm</strong> (Portland, USA) Scratch: Blau 14.02.09</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><strong>KWVA Radio</strong> (Oregon, USA) Itch: Sloppy Lips 16.11.08</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><strong>WUSB Radio</strong> (Long Island, USA) Itch: Not Cheddar But 25.10.08</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><strong>Jazz Excursion Radio</strong> (USA) Itch 23.10.08</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><strong>Radio Brussel</strong> (Brussles, Belgium) Itch: Rhapsody in Light Yellow 12.10.08</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><strong>CHRW Radio </strong>(London, Canada) Itch: Not Cheddar But, Spoons, Sloppy Lips 2.09.08</p>
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		<title>Dutch review of Scratch</title>
		<link>http://www.lapslap.co.uk/archives/130</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Apr 2009 09:43:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>karin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This review was published on Jazzflits 27 april 2009, 7 de jaargang, nummer 117,pg.6
In februari van dit jaar besprak ik in JazzFlits de debuut-cd ‘Itch’ van het trio Lapslap uit Edinburgh. ‘Scratch’ is het tweede deel van een tweeluik, dat een portret van deze unieke groep geeft. Ook hier wordt de laptop gebruikt als instrument [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>This review was published on Jazzflits 27 april 2009, 7 de jaargang, nummer 117,pg.6</p>
<p>In februari van dit jaar besprak ik in JazzFlits de debuut-cd ‘Itch’ van het trio Lapslap uit Edinburgh. ‘Scratch’ is het tweede deel van een tweeluik, dat een portret van deze unieke groep geeft. Ook hier wordt de laptop gebruikt als instrument (vandaar de groepsnaam), maar de nadruk ligt toch (anders dan op de eerste cd) op het akoestische instrumentarium van piano, tenorsaxofoon en hoorn. Alle drie de groepsleden openen de cd met een solostuk, waarin opvalt dat de klanken die ze produceren soms akelig dicht tegen elektronische sonoriteiten aan liggen. In ‘blau’ maakt pianiste Karin Schistek veel gebruik van het linkerpedaal, en de aldus ontstane boventoonsspinsels zijn er een mooi voorbeeld van. Hoornist Martin Parker gebruikt dubbeltonen in ‘Throat Horn’ en saxofonist Michael Edwards betoont de Europese aartsvader van de saxofoonschreeuw, Peter Brötzmann, eer in de titel ‘Zerbrötzeln’. Wel speelt hij veel gestructureerder dan zijn held, zodat een associatie met Peter van Bergen of Luc Houtkamp mij eerder voor de geest kwam. Die gestructureerdheid is de kracht van Lapslap, want hun muziek klinkt bij vlagen bijna gecomponeerd, terwijl er sprake is van pure improvisatie zonder afspraken vooraf. Ook weten ze goed wanneer te stoppen of een nieuwe wending aan een stuk te geven.</p>
<p>(Herman te Loo)</p>
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		<title>German review of Scratch</title>
		<link>http://www.lapslap.co.uk/archives/119</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Apr 2009 09:36:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>karin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ The following review, in German by Rigobert Dittmann, appeared in Bad Alchemy (http://www.badalchemy.de/).
Nach Itch heißt der zweite Streich von LAPSLAP, logisch, _Scratch_ (LR 531), und das Triostück mit Blockflöte wurde “Blödflocke” getauft. Die Tiroler sind lustig, was hab ich gelacht. Zuerst hört man Karin Schistek, Martin Parker und Michael Edwards aber solo &#8211; Piano, [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:WordDocument> <w:View>Normal</w:View> <w:Zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:Compatibility> <w:BreakWrappedTables /> <w:SnapToGridInCell /> <w:WrapTextWithPunct /> <w:UseAsianBreakRules /> </w:Compatibility> <w:BrowserLevel>MicrosoftInternetExplorer4</w:BrowserLevel> </w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--> The following review, in German by Rigobert Dittmann, appeared in Bad Alchemy (http://www.badalchemy.de/).</p>
<p>Nach Itch heißt der zweite Streich von LAPSLAP, logisch, <span class="moz-txt-tag">_</span><span class="moz-txt-underscore">Scratch</span><span class="moz-txt-tag">_</span> (LR 531), und das Triostück mit Blockflöte wurde “Blödflocke” getauft. Die Tiroler sind lustig, was hab ich gelacht. Zuerst hört man Karin Schistek, Martin Parker und Michael Edwards aber solo &#8211; Piano, gehämmert, French Horn, geröhrt, und Tenorsax, zerbrötzelt, und das Piano macht nach “blau” später auch noch “gelb”, während das Sax beim zweiten Mal beißt. Dazwischen vereint sich das Trio mal akustisch, mal computerisiert als Piano-Laptop-Sandwich. Die Computer sind “touch-sensitive” programmiert, d. h. man muss sie “spielen”, wenn sie einen Ton machen sollen, oder so, dass sie den Instrumentalklang reflektieren. Kontrast wird groß geschrieben, Punkte vs. Linien, zwei Konsonante gegen einen “Störer” oder Eigenbrötler. Schistak pingt, dröhnt, dongt, unverbindlich, dezisionistisch, mit Donner- und spitzen Meißelschlägen oder Innenklavierschraffuren. Lässt sich zerschroten, verschleifen, verhackstücken, als Perlen an die Säue verfüttern,<br />
eintauchen ins alltägliche Gelärme. [BA 62 rbd]</p>
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		<title>mp3 freebie</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Apr 2009 12:00:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>medwards</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hot out of Michael&#8217;s home studio: bit of tenor, lexicon, and subharmonic synth&#8230;no editing&#8230;no laptop&#8230;.just hardware:
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		<title>French review of Scratch</title>
		<link>http://www.lapslap.co.uk/archives/99</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Mar 2009 11:26:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>karin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Written by grisli on &#8220;Le son du grisli&#8221;
Quelques mois après la parution d’Itch, le trio composé de Michael Edwards (saxophone ténor, ordinateur), Martin Parker(cor, ordinateur) et Karin Schistek (piano), présente Scratch, qui l’installe encore mieux.
Pour, notamment, paraître bien moins l’œuvre de jeunes musiciens soignant leurs frénésies en ludothèque sonore et amonceler dans la mesure d’encourageants [...]]]></description>
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Quelques mois après la parution d’<a href="http://grisli.canalblog.com/archives/2009/01/05/11952754.html"><em><span style="color: #cc9933; text-decoration: none;">Itch</span></em></a>, le trio composé de Michael Edwards (saxophone ténor, ordinateur), Martin Parker(cor, ordinateur) et Karin Schistek (piano), présente <em>Scratch</em>, qui l’installe encore mieux.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;">Pour, notamment, paraître bien moins l’œuvre de jeunes musiciens soignant leurs frénésies en ludothèque sonore et amonceler dans la mesure d’encourageants penchants improvisés : piano profitant des effets imprévisibles de la pédale de soutien, cor récalcitrant et ténor éreinté, se partageant les solos qui ponctuent cet essai d’électroacoustique assagie. Sur lequel Lapslap respecte les codes établis de l’improvisation britannique telle que l’histoire musicale la considère, tout en l&#8217;agrémentant des effets de postures rappelant celles de Charlemange Palestine  ou de John Zorn. </span></p>
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