 JENNIFER GENTLE
A New Astronomy
[A Silent Place, asilentplace.it]
To understand the sonic place Jennifer Gentle is coming from, we have to
read the linear notes inside their latest release: "Dedicated to Giovanni
Paneroni, amateur astronomer and misunderstood genius. He was born in 1871
and made a living out of peddling sweets and ice-creams around Northern
Italy's towns and villages. In his free time, he developed his own,
revolutionary astronomical theories: the Earth is flat, surrounded on every
corner by perennial glaciers; the sun is nothing more than a small silver
ball with a 2 meter diameter and a weight of approximately 14 kilos;
Copernicus was wrong: the entire official astronomical science is just a
bunch of lies; planets don't move, stars are just little fires hung in the
sky, the universe doesn't exist . He also invented a new solar compass based
on his "extraordinary discoveries". In his unstoppable attempts to promote
the truth, Paneroni tried everything and suffered countless humiliations: he
stalked professors, was arrested and became a well known character in many
Italian universities. After some years spent in a mental institution, he
died in 1950. Thousands of people from all over the country attended his
funeral." Surely, you'd expect Jennifer Gentle to break out with space
melodies and anthems of distant galaxies, and that's precisely what they do
on this re-issue of an ultra-rare Sub Pop release. Italian duo - made up of
guitarist/vocalist Marco Fasolo and percussionist Alessio Gastaldello -
share many of the same aesthetic qualities apparent on any of their native
musician, My Cat is an Alien's records. The drone is there. The constant,
warm and fuzzy feedback is apparent. On a track like "The Cannibal Club"
they develop a sudden love for Loop as for a solid two minutes, they rock
the house with heavy, pouncing rhythms. An ominous opener - eight minute
"Lost Aurora" - chimes away with humming of strewn-out guitars and distant
buzzing. Through time, the piece develops a hypnotic quality and helps to
define the best characteristic of this band. With its bleak and cool icy
atmosphere "Church of the Black Emptiness" conjures up memories of early
Main. As the guitar parts fall into a steady pattern, all one can do is
concentrate on the malicious drone they end up creating. As long as Fasolo
doesn't sing [and he only does so on a few numbers], we're in the clear.
For the most part, his vocal prowess takes away from the weird serenity of
the overall atmosphere. As the album glides away with the frolicking,
guitar-twanging "Me and Joe on the Moon", you begin to realize something -
this duo is made up of two psychos in a positive sense of that word.
- Tom Sekowski
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RECENZJE
+ Tatsuya Yoshida/ Piotr Zabrodzki - Karakany
+ Pharaoh Overload - Live in Suomi Finland
+ Andromelos - Andromelos
+ Fresh Maggots - Fresh Maggots
+ Unfolding - Freak Out Party: How to Blow Your Mind
+ Susan Christie - Paint a Lady
+ Jan Jelinek - Kosmischer Pitch
+ Carl Craig - The Album Formerly known As ...
+ Funkstörung - Appendix
+ Skinny Puppy - Mythmaker
+ Boogy Bytes Vol.3 - Mixer By Modeselektor
+ Adult. - Why Bother?
+ Stewart Walker - Concentricity
+ Sleep Well - Chapter III
+ Anthony Rother - Moderntronic
+ 5YR: Five Years Of Regularity - Mixed By Jaumetic
+ Dr. J present 1 Love - Neophilia
+ LCD Soundsystem - Sound Of Silver
+ International Deejay Gigolos 10 - Presented By DJ Hell
+ The Field - From Here We Go Sublime
+ Electronicat - Chez Toi
+ Dirty Doering - Saubermann
+ Matthew Dear - Deserter
+ Computer Incarnations For World Peace
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+ HAL RAMMEL - Like Water Tightly Wound
+ MARTYN BATES - Your Jewled Footsteps
+ TERMINAL SOUND SYSTEM - Compressor
+ ROBERTO OPALIO - The Last Night of the Angel of Glass, Vol. I & II
+ THE STRANGLERS - Anthology
+ DAX PIERSON / ROBERT HORTON - Pablo Feldman Sun Riley
+ KOMMANDO RAUMSCHIFF ZITRONE - First Time Ever I Saw Your Face
+ ZU & NOBUKAZU TAKEMURA - Identifications with the Enemy, A Key to the Underworld
+ YELLOW 6 - Painted Sky
+ CHRIS WATSON / BJ NILSEN - Storm
+ FENNESZ - Endless Summer
+ NINE HORSES - Money For All
+ VARIOUS ARTISTS - HEAVYBreathing - The Sounds of Sex - Vol. 3 - Stop It! - HEAVYBreathing - The Sounds of Sex - Vol. 4 - Touch Me!
+ WADADA LEO SMITH - GÜNTER BABY SOMMER - Wisdom in Time
+ KATHY DIAMOND - Miss Diamond To You
+ FRED LONBERG-HOLM TRIO - Terminal Valentine
+ JASPER LEYLAND - Fieldstone
+ KILO - Kilo / POLE - Steingarten / TELESEEN - War / HECKER - Recordings for Rephlex
+ AURAH - Etherea Borealis
+ THE STYLE COUNCIL - Live at the Full House Rock Show DVD / BIG AUDIO DYNAMITE - Live E=MC2 DVD
+ DANIEL MENCHE - Animality
+ ANDREA CENTAZZO MITTELEUROPA ORCHESTRA - The Complete Recordings 1980 - 1981 - The Complete Recordings 1982 - 1983
+ DAVID TOOP - Sound Body
+ ASTRO & SUZUKI JUNZO - Cosmic Blues Experience / SUZUKI JUNZO - November.10.2001
+ DOCTOR BOB - Dark Times
+ THE BAMBOOS - Rawville
+ VARIOUS ARTISTS - Strictly Drum and Bass - The Roots of Sly and Robbie / VARIOUS ARTISTS - The Historic Roots of Ska
+ FRED ANDERSON & HAMID DRAKE - From the River to the Ocean
+ TG MAUSS - Gravity Will Keep Us All Together
+ POEM ROCKET - Invasion!
>> JENNIFER GENTLE - A New Astronomy
+ MIRA CALIX - Eyes Set Against the Sun / !!! - Myth Takes / LONDON SINFONIETTA - Warp Works & Twentieth Century Masters
+ ISRAEL QUELLET - Oppressum
+ EINSTUERZENDE NEUBAUTEN - Palast Der Republik DVD
+ VARIOUS ARTISTS - Maiden Voyage / VARIOUS ARTISTS - Protest - Feet / ASSORTED PERFORMERS - Ghos Busters III / VARIOUS ARTISTS - The Best of Polish Jazz 2005
+ SOFTWAR - Softwar
+ THE ETERNALS - Heavy International
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WYWIADY / RELACJE
+ Writing rhythms is easy - rozmowa z Stewart'em Walker'em
+ Regularity is the secret - wywiad z Jaumetic'em [Regular label]
+ Szybsze bicie serca - rozmowa z Patrycją Hefczyńską aka DJ Patrisią [Husky]
+ My fire is burning - wywiad z Hell'em [Gigolo Records]
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