Album Review
Boni, Raymond/Gilles Dalbis – Selenites: One Kenichi Dream – [Mazeto Square]
Max Level 2/11/2020 A Library, CD
Two French guys playing the soundtrack to what seems to be a dream story. Boni on guitar and harmonica, Dalbis on drums. All instrumental, very abstract, quiet and loud places, hard to tell what they are getting at sometimes. The 15-minute Track 1 starts with 3 minutes of solo drumming. Dalbis has a nice touch with the brushes. Boni’s guitar comes in gently and… eventually all hell breaks loose like you suspected it would. There are shades of Derek Bailey in Boni’s playing and he adds to that a lot of processed guitar sounds and some overdubs. He plays harmonica on Tracks 2 and 5; he has an unusual approach, that’s for sure. It sounds to me more like an accordion in a style reminiscent of Pauline Oliveros maybe? Track 3 features some flying-fingers abstract blues guitar and it’s pretty nice. Dalbis adds surprising percussive touches throughout the record. I don’t really understand the dream story–something about HG Wells and an alien civilization living inside Earth’s moon, and at some point a modern manga character shows up and does something or other. Perfect music for an oddball dream like that.
you heard it 22 times on kfjc! most recently:
- 1003 days ago, Grawer played Kenichi Flies to Selene
- 1017 days ago, Grawer played Dancing
- 1018 days ago, Gram Sayles played Where Is Kenichi?
- 1019 days ago, Max Level played Dancing
- 1024 days ago, Cadillac Margarita played Moon Song
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