11th February 2010

Audio

Kyle Brenders - Section 8
Ways (Porter)

Kyle Brenders’ Ways is another album of modern compositions from Porter Records.  Soprano sax, trumpet, Korg MS-20, cello, contrabass, and percussion is what you’ll find creating sound.  It’s got a darker, almost sylvan quality to it.  Some of the instrumentation involving the Korg synthesizer on this record also reminds me of Animal Crossing.  But, y’know, weird.  Most of the record is sparse, and I think the idea is to really take in each individual sound, and its relation to the rest of what’s going on.

My favorite piece was “Section 5,” but that’s twenty minutes long, so I’ve put “Section 8” up, which, with its swelling drones and seismic rumblings is also an interesting experience.

The record comes out March 16th, by the way.

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