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XAVIER - SANTO SUBITO (ACCRETIONS) |
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Xavier reaches across a broad musical history to bring its distinct sound to the listener. That most old school of music comes face to face with the utmost in fringe as classical instruments and styles mesh strangely and sometimes compellingly with experimental and ambient considerations. The music is largely organic in flavor and listeners will recognize much that is, well, recognizable. But the name of the game here is to take something traditional and create something anything but. At times, one will swear he has fallen into the dark soundtrack of a horror or gothic or crime story while at other times the woodwind and string (et. al.) sounds will create a sometimes absorbing, sometimes jarring soundscape. The music can also be heard to mimic the world around us (for example, extended work on the second track, "Whole Trees in Motion," that calls to mind an angry traffic jam). Repulsion and allure meld in a paradoxical musical art that entertains with its references to classical but challenges with decidedly unclassical executions.-- review by Kristofer Upjohn
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