- LP
- Recommended
Nicolae Brînduş
Match / Soliloque 1&4 / Antifonia
Metaphon
- Cat No.: Metaphon 025 LP
- 2026-06-01
This 1986 release is part of the "PHTORA" series of five works conceived in 1968〜1972 by Nicolae Brînduş (1935-2023), a little-known Romanian avant-garde composer, which explores how collective improvisation can be structured in stages. The 1986 album is reissued by Metaphon, a Belgian experimental label curated by Timo Van Luijk.
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A treasured work that was previously released on extended CD by Creel Pone, a renowned electronic music label, this LP reissue from the Romanian Contemporary Music series by Electrecord, a Romanian state-owned label, was released in 1986 and is considered one of the most unique works in the series. It is said to be one of the most unique works in t ...Read more (Original Japanese text by Adachi)he series. It is a dazzling collage of ordered cacophony, large-scale collective improvisation orchestras, spectral approaches, Romanian folklore, and free jazz, amplified by tape manipulation and deep reverb. A quiet madness that loses its sense of reality, led by the bizarrely awesome opening track "Match". A parochial reissue that brings the ambiguous zone of Eastern European experimental music to the present. (Original Japanese text by Adachi)