'madammecell')  - retro synth
electronicsDaniel Kordik – reto synth electronics

 

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Luiz Rocha, bass
clarinetNoel Taylor, soprano

clarinetJames Barralet, celloGuillaume Viltard, bass 

 

 

 

An electronics duo with two such  sensitive souls as Daniel Kordik and madammecell should  hardly be described as ‘toxic’, yet neither does  the word ‘sweet’ spring to mind. Rich and  complex sound forms, featuring gradual and immense  crescendos is nearer the mark.

 

The second group introduces  the excellent Brazilian bass clarinetist, Luiz Rocha,  playing in London for the first time. He plays with a cohort  of ‘sweet’ sounding instruments, and moments of  delightfully syrupy sound may indeed happen, with Guillaume  Viltard and James Barralet providing a string section.

 

Sweetness ,however,  is strongest with a pinch of salt, and  the quartet will surely not wait too long before introducing  a little grit. Taken together the groups do indeed provide a  rich and unusual contrast,  ‘toxic’  only in  the sense of a music that reacts and fizzes, like strange  chemicals mixed together.