Label: Sofa - SOFA547

ティンゲリーへのオマージュなどもやっているノルウェーのパーカッショニストIngar Zach、70年代から自国オーストラリアの実験シーンを影から支え、2014年にはTeletopaのNHK録音の復刻に尽力したJim Denley 、そしてその彼をサポートし続ける若手Kim Myhr、とてつもなくマニアックな3者が集ったグループMural。マーク・ロスコの壁画作品で有名なテキサスはヒューストンにあるロスコ・チャペルにて行われた、なんと4時間にも及ぶパフォーマンスの3CD。ギッチギチの即興、フリージャズからは距離を置いた、この三者ならではの非常に躍動感のある自由過ぎるセッション。かなり面白い。



MURAL: Tempo is a 3CD box set recorded live during a 4-hour performance at the Rothko Chapel in 2013. Following up on the group's Live at the Rothko Chapel from 2011, this release shows the group expanding into a much longer form. MURAL consists of Australian windplayer Jim Denley, with Norwegians Kim Myhr (guitar) and Ingar Zach (percussion). They first performed in 2007 in Madrid, and have made concerts around the world since. The trio has released two critically acclaimed records.
After two successful concerts at the Rothko Chapel and a CD-release on the Chapel's own publications, the trio visited the chapel in Houston, Texas for the third time in April 2013. Wishing to challenge traditional concert formats, they decided to play a four hour long performance in the chapel. The result was so satisfying to them that they decided to release the music as a 3CD-box set.

The music that was played in the chapel is an expansive and patient form of music, far beyond any traditional entertainment formats. In an abyss of time, MURAL's music was not only elevated to another level; one could say that in these long durations, it finally came to its own right.
Rothko's paintings from the Rothko Chapel can be seen on the front cover of the release.