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Trio Slicnaton
Glinkowski Slaton Sparacino

Album US 2008 on Slicnaton Publishing label
Electronic, Jazz and Classical (Dark Ambient, Modern Classical, Free Improvisation)

Mietek Glinkowski-Vitar, Violin and Electronics Julian Sparacino-Winds, Reeds and Piano Nicholas Slaton-Electronics and Basses *special guests: Jon-Marc Ryan Dale-Drum Set Andrew Munger-Percussion All material for this album was compiled from four live performances in early 2008: The Royal Bean Coffee House Meredith College Badgerhaus Pi Party Train Tracks Studios executive producer Nicholas Slaton produced, recorded and mixed by slicnaton mastered by Jeff Carroll at Bluefield Mastering graphic design Nicholas Slaton and Mietek Glinkowski ASCAP 2008 "Trio Slicnaton proves to be accessible while still retaining an edgy, intelligent ambience, emotive and provocative. This is electronic music, yes, with violin and clarinet, recorded entirely live, which is to say this CD is a performance piece. When a moment in music like this is captured, it is worth sharing with anyone of discerning taste." Geoff Cantrell Music Journalist Slicnaton uses improvisation to create drone like music, with lots of attention for the smaller details in the music, the smaller electronic particles. Clarinets and violin take the leading part, but things are cleverly mixed together. This is not a static form of drone music, but sounds swirl around; around eachother, around the room. Moving in and out the mix making things organic and atmospheric. A bit of modern classical touches thrown in, make this altogether quite a pleasant CD. The Vital Weekly 633 (FdW) The cinematic nature of these sound sculptures would easily lend itself as an excellent soundtrack to an edgy experimental film. At times mysterious, at others, oppressive, the instrumentalists combine to form a pastiche of diabolic import, yet place necessary rays of light to keep it from being one long continuous nightmare." Chain DLK Steve Mecca "What gives the trio's music added heft is that the composed melodies played by the violin and woodwind are sampled and looped in real-time, with the outcome a dense multi-layered mass of percolating detail." Textura "Jazzy dark ambience. Murky atmospheres with light horns adding wonderful shape to songs... ...Hundreds of colorful butterflies flying around you fluttering their wings and smiling as the beautiful day brings peace to all. Try this one for something different. KUCI Irvine " funereal tones of the bass clarinet against the sounds of a distant war.. .. bizarre threatening buzz and drone.. ..making for a laser ride into refreshingly unusual and challenging territory. Terrascope

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