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Almost Truths And Open Deceptions

Annie Gosfield Format: Audio CD
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Track Listings

1 Wild Pitch, for Cello, Percussion and Piano
2 Phantom Shakedown, for Piano and Tape/Recorded Media
3 Almost Truths and Open Deceptions, Cello Chamber Concerto for Cello, Pe
4 [Excerpt] [Live]
5 Cranks and Cactus Needles

Product details

  • Is Discontinued By Manufacturer ‏ : ‎ No
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Product Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.58 x 0.41 x 4.99 inches; 3.2 ounces
  • Manufacturer ‏ : ‎ Tzadik
  • Original Release Date ‏ : ‎ 2012
  • Date First Available ‏ : ‎ July 3, 2012
  • Label ‏ : ‎ Tzadik
  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B008FVZJ8E
  • Number of discs ‏ : ‎ 1
  • Customer Reviews:
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  • John R Hines/Ninfa
    5.0 out of 5 stars Tension and Power
    Reviewed in the United States on August 24, 2017
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    Annie Gosfield's sense of rhythm is complex, dynamic and kinetic, There is tension and power in both the percussive rhythm and in the potent transitions which are stressed by multiple processes coming together and vying for dominance. Sometimes this can be quite funny in Phantom Shakedown as in the Gargoyle chorus of stressed radio noise (a "Gothic" chorus, not a "Greek" chorus) seems to come from some ramshackle engine room of steam punk hell. Is it some black block of steam polluted by Gargoyle vomit? While the rhythm always sweeps us forward the overall form is a network of competing processes that merge and transform in aggressive ways and never become relaxed or complacent. At most there may be a short pause which one imagines is at least filled with an angry glare or a show of teeth. While the overall form is unrelenting tension the music can be very beautiful in its surface, even sleek like a tiger burning bright. What hand or eye shaped this fearful symmetry?
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  • Paul Carr
    4.0 out of 5 stars Gosfield does it again
    Reviewed in the United States on December 7, 2012
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    John Zorn's Tzadik label hardly ever puts out a boring album, thanks to people like Annie Gosfield.

    Gosfield is one of my favorite contemporary composer/performers. Note, not "women" composers, just composers, since many of my faves are women, like Zeena Parkins, Myra Melford or Meredith Monk. In fact, if you didn't know Gosfield was a woman, you wouldn't guess it. Like Gosfield's other recordings on Tzadik (e.g. Burnt Ivory & Loose Wires), this is smart, sophisticated modern music with many unpredictable twists adn turns, all supported by a kind of spiky and defiant rock energy that owes as much to Frank Zappa, King Crimson, or Henry Cow as any "classical" musicians. This is made plain in the track "Daughters of the Industrial Revolution," featuring trap drums and distorted guitar, although I've never heard a rock composition (yes, there are such things) quite like this one.

    "Phantom shakedown", featuring various radio-like electronic noises well integrated with Gosfield's piano, is the track I'm probably going to revisit most on this album (and would like to use on my podcast if I can get permission), but I think that the lengthy title track is probably most deserving of praise. It's a fairly formal composition for strings, but bristles with same high IQ punkishness as her other work. Her music never settles into a nice comfort zone, and that's OK with me.

    Anyway, it all works. There is no weak stuff here, and I think you'll agree there's no one else quite like Annie Gosfield.
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  • Dr. Mark
    5.0 out of 5 stars Better than a lot of current concert music
    Reviewed in the United States on September 13, 2019
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    Outstanding contemporary music.
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  • Bischoff Hartmut
    5.0 out of 5 stars So muss New Jazz sein
    Reviewed in Germany on March 28, 2013
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    Einfach erfrischend, was Anni Gosfield hier abgeliefert hat.
    Das Stück »Daughters of the Industrial Revolution« geht sogar bei HardRock-Fans als "Hinhörer" durch.
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