Insect & Western - Insect Attracter

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This time Dr. Chadbourne came up with something really mad.
"Insect Attracter" is, in his words, "a major work in progress for symphony orchestra, Balinese gamelan and high school jazz stage band." Five pieces recorded at different times with more than twenty musicians taking part.
The artwork and design are by the mad professor himself (insects are jumping all over the place).


Jazziz:
Subtitled "Compositions for Ensemble," this latest recording from folk-banjo free-improvisor Chadbourne includes a mixture of the strangest instruments: mandolin (played by Gino Robair), Stradivarius saw (Paul Lovens), an oboe, a bassoon, a balalaika, a violin, a tuba, "bargain electronics," and a Casio Rap Man. On top of this, Chadbourne has cut-and-pasted various sessions together. Sounding a bit like Zorn's game pieces, the five compositions, part of a larger recording project, are, however, clearly marked off into segments. But what of the insects of the title? The instruments do chirp from time to time, and the music may sound "macroscopic": The individual performers stand out clearly, perhaps revealing a many legged world of termites, praying mantises, and crickets. One hears this through Chadbourne's economic dosing of the many sounds - rarely do more than five musicians play at a time. The music, neither pretty nor polished, portrays a place where controlled chaos becomes a fascinating art, where all the discrete sounds - atmospheric vibraphone and squeaky oboe - make up a sonic universe. It's full of inspired and quirky playing, especially from Carrie Shull on oboe and Chadborne himself, who is downright charming when plucking bluegrass or a section of Monk's "Epistrophy" on his "The Cricket in My Life." Leo, release the rest of this project!