Makiko Hirabayashi Trio – Meteora
€32.00
Makiko Hirabayashi Trio – Meteora
Format: LP
Genre: Jazz
Label: Enja
Makiko Hirabayashi learned of Meteora during a concert tour to Athens and was immediately captivated by its symbolic power: the isolated units which nevertheless exist in a larger context; fragile and floating, but at the same time firmly grounded.
The opening title of the new, fifth album of her trio seems to have been perfectly chosen; “Warp”, relating to the space above the early monasteries on the rock formations, as well as connecting the album to her previous release Weavers, in which much was woven with warp threads. A high-pitched bass, the subtle use of electronics, like everything else that follows, seem to emerge somehow from outer space.
These are seemingely simple structures that only reveal themselves as complex archichtecture upon repeated listening – meditative and fleeting, but at the same time permanently carved into the rock. Minimalistic piano figures from which melodic fragments emerge, in their very clarity offer ample material for improvisation. With onomatopoeic percussion, an impressionistic and scenic painting is sketced in “Birds Ascending”, whereas enthralling rhythms lead the way in “Chestnut Alley” or the sky-racing “Meteor”. In between those, you find the improvised miniatures like “The Door” or “Slip”, as spherical connections between worlds: imaginary doors, rope ladders or hinges.
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Makiko Hirabayashi Trio – Meteora
€32.00