Greatest Heads by Al Karpenter
Newest album by Al Karpenter beautifully released by Night School/Hegoa Disk is somewhat interesting, intriguing and pretty challenging (in a positive sense) album I have listened in a little while. It's a combo of musicians who are both experienced and not easily swayed by anything that is too oblique or obvious. A set of songs which clearly have an imprint of experiments within different genres such as electronics, post-punk, freely improvised music in a broader sense, spoken word. I took on this listening more in terms of treating each track as a separate narrative which was better for me to analyze the whole experience. Great work on the nuances, juxtaposing different modals and modes. Lots of contrasting elements but with a great communication - everything works very well. In this case of a collaborative work, I feel it is important to be mindful how composing should be done - whether it's through certain themes and chords and riffs, or just simply through some sort of c...
