Disensemble

String Noise

Disensemble / En Fer split cassette
Released July 2024

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As reviewed in Vital Weekly:
Behind Disensemble, we find Vanessa Gelvin (violin, effects), Matt LaComette (violin, effects), and Josh Ronsen (cello, effects); I only recognised Ronson’s name from previous releases as Brekekkekexkoaxkoax. They recorded their 15-minute piece in one go, the way it sounds. Their music harks back to the 1960s minimal music mixed with rock music; think a bit of LaMonte Young, Tony Conrad, Henry Flint and the Velvets without a drummer. The electronic side makes Disensemble sound different, adding a layer of strangeness over the proceedings, something less easy to grasp. A great piece of vagueness here, slowly meandering about yet with a sense of urgency, becomes abstracter and weirder as the piece progresses. Excellent stuff, and at close to 16 minutes, it’s too short for my taste.