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Loren Connors & David Grubbs, Arborvitae

Arborvitae

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Artist: Loren Connors & David Grubbs
Label: Häpna
External Link: Häpna
10/1/03 MP3
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Loren Connors and David Grubbs first performed as a duo on May 30, 2003 at the Green-Wood Cemetery Chapel in Brooklyn, N.Y. Green-Wood Cemetery is one of Brooklyn?s landmarks - it's the highest natural point in the borough, and an unexpected expanse of tranquility in the midst of the city. The stone interior of the chapel makes the quietest of sounds audible, and Loren and David played a remarkably quiet yet extraordinarily varied hour of improvised music. Energized, they repaired to the studio to record 'Arborvitae'.

'Arborvitae' opens and closes with the pairing of David on piano and Loren on an electric guitar played so quietly that at times his pedal-stomping is wondrously distinct. 'Blossom Time' and the title track positively float, with Loren alternating between soaring single-note lines and playing the rough, barnacled anchor to David's relentless tide. David's approach to the piano recalls his playing on Palace's 'Arise Therefore' (Drag City) and his own 'Banana Cabbage, Potato Lettuce, Onion Orange' (Table of the Elements). Loren hypnotizes throughout. This is one of the rare instances in his career that he's recorded in a commercial studio, and his playing time and again rewards such a detailed representation. 'The Ghost of Exquisite' and 'Hemlock Path' are two slow-motion lockings of guitar horns. 'The Highest Point in Brooklyn' isn't the place to be in an electrical storm - but it rolled in all of a sudden and there we were, uncovered and open to the elements...

01 - Blossom Time (4:29) Play Buy USD 1.25
02 - Arborvitae (10:13) Play Buy USD 1.90
03 - The Ghost of Exquisite (7:26) Play Buy USD 1.50
04 - Hemlock Path (5:25) Play Buy USD 1.25
05 - The Highest Point in Brooklyn (6:27) Play Buy USD 1.25

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