I TRENI INERTI

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... une conviction passionnée est capable de transfigurer l'erreur...

Vladimir Jankélévitch

català

ALFREDO COSTA MONTEIRO acordió

RUTH BARBERÁN GARCÍA trompeta

castellano

ALFREDO COSTA MONTEIRO acordeón

RUTH BARBERÁN GARCÍA trompeta

english

ALFREDO COSTA MONTEIRO accordion
RUTH BARBERÁN GARCÍA trumpet

"It's been a couple of years since the debut album Ura by palindromic minimalists I Treni Inerti, since when trumpeter Matt Davis has moved away from I Treni's home base, Barcelona, leaving fellow trumpeter Ruth Barberán to go it alone with Alfredo Costa Monteiro's accordion. "Aérea" was the name of the last track on Ura (which some high IQ wag recently noted is, unlike the other track titles, not a palindrome) and it's here elevated to album status as a three-movement suite. Without Davis to thicken the plot, Barberán's sustained tones sound more exposed here, and Costa Monteiro's wheezy squeeze box makes few concessions to good behaviour. Draughty, gritty major seventh and minor ninth drones abound – if the music we rescored for flute and piano ("which every professional knows is a boring combination") it might just pass as Feldman. But not for long. Definitely one of the more arid landscapes in the New European Improvisation slide show (file alongside Franz Hautzinger's Dachte Musik), but look carefully between the boulders and you'll find some exquisite tiny flowers."

Dan Warburton (Paris Transatlantic)

costamonteiro@yahoo.fr
ruthbarberan@hotmail.com

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