albert casais + jeph jerman and this

Despite the fact that these two are 'just' CDRs, they have a great cover, minimal and done with style. The first release is by Jeph Jerman and Albert Casais. The first one has a long career already from Hands To to working under his own name, using objects and microphones. Much of the material he uses is from natural origin. Casais we may mainly know for the work he released under the name Omnid. Here he uses a bunch of objects. They sit, no doubt on the floor, with all these objects around them (the cover lists the whole lot) and they play it. Without amplification, just as is. It lasts about half an hour and it's a recording of a highly contemplative nature. If you listen closely there doesn't appear to be much structure in these recordings, and perhaps that has been the intention. It's soft music, random scattering of sounds, set forward to make an introspective listening. It should be listened as being part of your environment, as it works best as such. Great music as such.

frans de waard, 2007010