Cool and unusual guitar sounds abound on Tranceportation, Volume 1, by the Swiss quartet Sonar with David Torn. The music was recorded live in the studio. It’s a sometimes sinister mass of electric guitar textures over a solid beat from drummer Manuel Pasquinelli. Stephen Thelen, Sonar’s main composer, and Bernhard Wagner are credited as playing “tritone guitars;” and Christian Kuntner is similarly noted as playing “tritone bass.” It’s a particular tuning that lends itself to the hypnotic and propulsive minimalism that Sonar is known for. This is the unit’s second collaboration with guitar wizard David Torn. They saved the best track for the end, with Tunnel Drive. Pasquinelli really bears down on a hard groove, Kuntner plays deep bass lines, and the guitars wail and collide on top. Neo-psychedelic trance music with a beat: just what the world needs right now.
RareNoise RNR0113 (CD)/ RNR113LP (vinyl); David Torn (el g, live looping) Stephen Thelen, Bernhard Wagner (tritone g) Christian Kuntner (tritone b) Manuel Pasquinelli (d, perc); Bellmund, Switzerland, April 29-May 3, 2019; Labyrinth/ Partitions/ Red Sky/ Tunnel Drive; 39:03. www.rarenoiserecords.com
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