Album Review
Akusmi – “Fleeting Future” – [Tonal Union]
Thurston Hunger 11/30/2022 12-inch, A Library
J’accuse Akusmi as Pascal Bideau behind Big Ben with the candleabra. But the album has a whirlwind of world winds, Pascal plays a bunch of diverse instruments and enlists Berliner Ruth Velten to help share sax duties. Add in some trombone from Florian Juncker, and a dash of drums from Daniel Brandt, and the album feels like a larger group, in part due to the multi-work of Bideau. There are clues of Philip Glass on the minimalist beach here, maybe recorded in part in Indonesia, thought I tasted a bit of Brazil, German precision on the arpeggios. All instro, with piano and other percolating percussion. This LP slightly reminds me of Club Foot Orchestra meets Bang On A Can with Arnold Dreyblatt cracking the baton/whip. “Neo Tokyo” builds a cartoon cityscape before your eyes, really all tracks have that bustling urge. Hyper clean recording, this Future feels uplifting.
-Thurston Hunger
you heard it 16 times on kfjc! most recently:
- today, Ras Babo played Longing For Tomorrow
- 6 days ago, Sam Yorko played Divine Moments of Truth
- 7 days ago, Alizarin Crim played Concrescence
- 8 days ago, Cousin Mary played Cogito
- 9 days ago, Sam Yorko played Fleeting Future
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