civyiu kkliu + ilya monosov cartolina postale

Two specialists of the most genuine kind of reductionism. The instruments: a metal plate tipped with 24 edges “meeting or drawn across an uncut (empty) piece of vinyl revolving on a platter at a determined, constant rate”, a music box played with three toothpicks. The resulting “music”: your own environment slightly enhanced by sparse dissonant pings, barely perceptible hiss and scratch, extraneous activities that can only be guessed or imagined. Play it in a silent afternoon and remain perplexed, for this is that sort of art that may be dismissed as a joke or fully enjoyed in its “depth of content”. In this listener’s view, a little bit of both. John Cage’s zealots might love this one, despite the fact that it’s very short.

reviewed by Massimo Ricci in touching extremes
08-03-2008