Label: Important Records

フィールドレコーディングを軸とした秀逸な内容!!当店では2007年に発表した1st[Organized Pitches Occurring In Time]がロングセラーとなっている、ラモンテ、テリー・ライリー、ライヒ等々、ミニマルの巨匠からの大きな影響を語るサンディエゴのギタリストDuane Pitre。アブストラクト且つハードコア・ドローンの制作を軸に動いている人物で、本作はルイジアナ州の水路地帯"Four Mile Bayou"の自然音を使った48分1曲の長編[Bayou Electric]。野生生物達の音風景をエディット無しでアンプリファイされたバイオリン/ビオラ/チェロ、4種のシンセ、サインウェーヴとミックスし複雑な揺らぎのレイヤーを創出。



"Bayou Electric" is the final installment in an unplanned trilogy, with "Feel Free " and "Bridges" making up the first and second installments in the series, respectfully. All three works share similar characteristics, compositional processes, alternate tuning schemes, instrumentation and a certain ethos that the composer views as cohesive whole. There is a progression toward refinement over the course of this trilogy, in the overall "sound" of the albums and in their dependence on other musicians to realize them (each less dependent than its predecessor). "Bayou Electric," which contains a single, calming and cathartic composition (of the same title), brings this cycle to a gentle and unhurried finale.

The field recording utilized in "Bayou Electric" was captured on a late night in August, 2010 at the edge of Four Mile Bayou; Louisiana land that has been in Pitre's family since January 14, 1922. Upon listening to what he'd captured, Pitre become enthralled by the fabric of sound that the wildlife on this waterway had created. It evoked many feelings - such as how past generations of his relatives lived amongst these same sounds and walked the same land - creating a powerful connection and a sense of timelessness.

Duane Pitre was set on finding a way to use this field recording in his music, but wanted to do so without simply adding it to a composition as just another layer of sound or by molding it (via 'processing') into something easier to work with. Instead, Pitre decided to start with the unaltered field recording and build the instrumentation around it, in a highly sympathetic manner, with the musical portion becoming accompaniment to the sounds of this remote land. This was the catalyst of "Bayou Electric" and of primary importance to him, as a way to connect to his Cajun heritage in his own artistic way.