defamiliarised versions of Oscar Brown Jr and Bessie Smith collide with big-band experiments alongside Shuji Terayama
The set clocks in at just under 26 minutes but there’s nothing lacking
as seminal as The New Blockaders' Changez Les Blockeurs
Each signal was chosen for the resonance it evokes in the listener
If you squint your eyes past the big city lights & skyscrapers (Rep likes to call them 'DIEscrapers')
Josten Myburgh – Sculthorpe Studies [CD] Industrial / Power Electronics defamiliarised versions of Oscar Brown"A 40 minute composition for sextet and field recordings, combining harmonies taken from the music of Australian composer Peter Sculthorpe with field recordings made on Whadjuk Noongar boodja (country), Western Australia. Josten Myburgh (composition, alto saxophone & electronics), Jet Kye Chong (percussion), Jameson Feakes (electric guitar), Stuart James (piano, electronics), Djuna Lee (double bass), Kirsten Smith (flutes)" Another Timbre, 2021