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Bret Hart and Eric Wallack - IMPROVISED DUETS Volumes 1&2 [digital 2002]

by BRET HAROLD HART and ERIC WALLACK

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FISSION-FUSION 10:27
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BABYLON REVISITED 10:13
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DICK BRAUTIGAN 09:47
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LOMAX UNWITTINGLY INVENTS ROCK & ROLL 06:17
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STONE ROLLED AWAY 09:30
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THE ARCTIC LAND-BRIDGE VARIATIONS 09:57
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"Oh, the bees! Oh, the bluejays!" 03:36
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LEWIS AND CLARK 29:24
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THE LONG WALK HOME 08:22
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Bret Hart + Eric Wallack - "Duets Volume 1 & 2" [2002-2003]

bhh: prepared mandolin (1), acoustic guitar/live electronics (2), PanJo (3), partially detuned acoustic guitar (4), guitar (5), 4-string Aeolian harp (6), faulty recording of steel-string guitar (7), Yamaha RX21L/'GrooveTube'/train whistle/'HoseBone'/sheng/StrumStick/dobro/wood and string percussion (8), chord organ/percussion (9)

ew: acoustic guitar (1), percussion & simultaneous Casio kbd (2), pocket trumpet w/delay (3), percussion & simultaneous Native American woodflute (4), acoustic guitar(5,6), 6-string banjo-guitar (played 'behind the slide') (7), woodflute/percussion/guitar/Appalachian dulcimer (8), piano (9)
INTERVIEW: aural-innovations.com/2003/october/ericwal4.html

"Eric Wallack is an Ohio based free-improv musician whose Vermis CD we reviewed in AI #21 and Grendel CD we review this issue. Stylistically, Eric and Bret couldn't be better suited for a Duets collaboration and indeed they gel quite nicely on this set. There are five tracks on the CD, mostly in the 9-10 minute range so the duo take plenty of time to develop their individual parts or just jam.
The set opens with "Fission-Fusion" which consists of prepared mandolin and acoustic guitar. I wonder if I played this for a group of free-improv fans and told them it was a Fred Frith/Derek Bailey duet how many would believe me? Not that Bret and Eric sound like Frith and Bailey but this is definitely in that realm. The two parts go together so nicely that it really does sound as if they were recording in the same room (this was a mail collaboration).
"Babylon Revisited" includes acoustic guitar, electronics, percussion and Casio. A machine shop industrial vibe churns away while rock guitar and scattered percussion jam. Playful dancing electronics soon join in adding a child-like alien feel to the mix, which is mucho weird being that it's accompanied by heavy sonic avant-freakout guitars. This is a busy piece and the intensity level is high throughout.
"Dick Brautigan" is a tasty bit of free-improv space jazz that features Pan-jo and pocket trumpet. Bret produces beautiful echoed pulsating tones with the Pan-jo, one of his many homemade instruments
"Lomax Unwittingly Invents Rock and Roll" is probably - as the title suggests - the most Rock oriented track of the set, though it's in a decidedly avant free-improv style. I love the combination of the harsh guitar, drones, tribal percussion and woodflute.
Finally, "A Stone Rolled Away" brought to mind John Fahey accompanied by howling space drones and a banquet of percussive sounds. Another odd but effective combination and some of the best playing on the album. Overall a fun and intriguing set." - j.kRANITZ

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released July 7, 2004

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