Mats Gustafsson
Catapult
FormatCDLabelDoubtmusicGenreExperimental
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Gustafsson, for all his brash screeching, is a particularly accomplished player with an amazing ability to create snaps, crackles and pops on his baritone. He has lung power to spare but also can tone down the wildness and use understatement to great effect. On Catapult, Gustafsson confounds those listeners who know him as this generation’s Brötzmann. His solo playing (this may be one of only two solo baritone records ever recorded?) is actually gentle and intellectual. Nine themes make up the record including tributes to Albert Ayler and Lars Gullin, folk themes and even two melodies written by Gustafsson’s daughter. What makes the disc especially interesting is the wide tonal range of the baritone and how that range is applied to Gustafsson’s varied techniques. The music is not just melodic or harmonic; it is percussive and ambient as well. An improvisational master class.
Details
Cat. number: DMS-103
Year: 2005
Release notes
Recorded on 24th January, 2005 at GOK Sound, Kichijoji
Tracklist
| 1 | Memory Of A Specific Silence - To Paul Auster | 4:22 | |
| 2 | Torparvisa / Angels | 7:32 | |
| 3 | The Light | 4:48 | |
| 4 | Catapult Of Solitudes- To Paul Auster | 5:48 | |
| 5 | The Nut | 5:27 | |
| 6 | It Is. Remember - To Lars Gullin | 6:19 | |
| 7 | Flutter | 6:43 | |
| 8 | Chance Illusions - To Paul Auster | 6:23 | |
| 9 | Kungssången | 5:16 |
Credits
- Mats Gustafsson
- Baritone Saxophone, Composed By (1, 4, 6, 8), Liner Notes, Producer
- Akira Sasaki
- Design
- Yuko Zama
- Liner Notes [Japanese Translation]
- Tsutomu Suto
- Mastered By
- Jun Numata
- Producer
- Ryoji Yanagida
- Recorded By, Mixed By
