REVIEW:

Anita Dechellis turns her soprano voice into an instrument on this ethereal recording that features the muted acoustic guitar atonality of Ernesto Diaz-Infante, electric guitar drone from Chris Forsyth, stark piano tracings from Dan Dechellis, and subdued percussion from Jeff Arnal. Within this metaphysical world of tonal sterility, these musicians sink deeply into an introspective haze where notes hang in a heavy atmosphere, and the movements often dissolve with abrupt twists and turns. Anita Dechellis sings at an ultra-slow pace, encouraging the others to interject short sound spurts covered in subdued pastel colors. The music reaches layers of extreme quietude, but like an awakening giant, it begins to scamper about, producing an irregular heartbeat of sudden bursts of sound before retreating to the depths of the subconscious. The material on this program was created as a collective endeavor, with all five musicians discovering new sound inspirations as the pieces unfold.

Diaz-Infante employs his noted scratching and scrapping techniques to coax all manner of unusual sound from his guitar. He has been known to make music from the sound of crackling wood, and there is the sensation here that it is occurring at varying points... more
credits
released June 1, 2002

anita dechellis / voice
dan dechellis / piano, keyboard
ernesto diaz-infante / acoustic guitar / voice
chris forsyth / electric guitar
jeff arnal / percussion

Recorded by Ross Bonadonna
Mixed by Chris Forsyth, Dan Decheliis and Ross Bonadonna
Mastered by Sasha Victory

Released on Sachimay in 2002.