Label: Black Sweat Records

ボーカルテクニックの探求で知られる重鎮ジョアン・ラ・バーバラ及びメレディス・モンク好きに大大大推薦！！主にコンテンポラリーダンスシーンで活動、70年から80年代に掛けてはインド、メキシコ、日本、スカンジナビア、イタリア、フランスをツアーし、振り付けの分野にて幅広い実験アプローチを提示し続けた女性パフォーマーのGreta Lindholm。過去に個人名義で残した音盤は無く、本作はBlack Sweat RecordsとSing A Song Fighterの共同出版にて発表された記念すべき1stアルバム。ジャズのスキャット、バロック音楽、ピグミーの歌、ヒンドゥスターンの声楽を融合させた、バリバリに前衛な歌唱テクニックが凄まじくクールであり、それらを足のタップやクラップ等のボディゼスチャー、水滴、多重録音と融合させ異次元のジェスチャーへと昇華させた傑作音源集。間違いなく2021年重要タイトルの一つ。













Greta Lindholm is an absolutely unique personality in the contemporary dance scene. She toured in India, Mexico, Japan, Scandinavia, Italy and France, during the '70 and '80 making known her synthetic and experimental approach in the choreographic field. Her art explores new boundaries and is essentially pure celebration of the body language and voice in its intimate relationship with the fluidity of movement. Using mainly foot drumming and vocal rhythms, she makes her body the only instrument of continuous exploration, halfway between traditional songs and rhythmic-gestural improvisation. Greta seems to treasure different vocal cultures and give them an avant-garde reinterpretation: from Scandinavian folklore to jazz scat singing, from baroque arias to the African Pygmy. Particular influence is given by the metric-vocal spelling of Karnatic and Hindustan music. All these differents suggestions serve to reinforce and accompany her plastic movements. Greta's performances are studded with imaginary phonemes, onematopeic patterns, rhythmic phrasing, phonetic articulations, breathing, spiral structures, frenetic drifts, clap handings or feet like timpani or snare drums. In this way her dance becomes "silent music" and can have analogies with other noteworthy vocal explorations, such as those of Meredith Monk. For the first time an audio document is a available on LP and CD, a co-production with our beloved friend: Sing a Song Fighter.