ZSOLT SŐRÉS AHAD: AHAD'S MASTERS GARDEN III. (2007-2009): THE HARMONIAN BLUES - review by FRANS DE WAARD in VITAL WEEKLY. = No. 772, Week 11 (March 15, 2011)
ZSOLT SŐRÉS AHAD - AHAD'S MASTERS GARDEN III (2CD by Audio Tong/Fourth Dimension)
...The other disc is by Zsolt Sőrés Ahad, from Hungary, who recently (Vital Weekly 741) was reviewed with a disc he made for the Ronda label, together with én and Q. This new double CD is subtitled 'Ahad's Masters Garden III (2007-2009): The Harmonian Blues', and as a further subtitle 'music for film, theatre and dance'. Ahad is known from the lively improvised music scene from Hungary, and he plays many instruments, such violin, voice, guitar, tampuram modified sitar, a low-fi optical theremin, zither, percussion etc. Furthermore he gets help from various people on similar instruments. The two discs are quite apart I think. The six pieces on the first disc all seem to delve from the great goldmine of minimal music meeting rock music. Electric violins, hammering guitars and percussion, all in strict minimal tempo, but also with sound ornaments loosely improvised around it. Ahad extends his music quite a bit, with long waving guitar solos such as in 'On The Top Of The Darwin Tillite', which has a sort of Henry Flynt like character (but is perhaps a bit too long). Throughout however this rockiest improvised mood is quite nice; spacious, open, expanding in all directions and quite nice. An odd mixture of moods and influences. The other disc has just one piece, composed for the theatre performance of SHU Workshop based on Beckett's play 'Endgame', its called 'Lessness (Meeting With Godot)', and is basically one long linear piece going up. This is a much more experimental work, breaking away from anything even vaguely rock like that may or may not form parts of the first disc. Quite a thick, somewhat muddy sound here, with lots deep end bass rumble and scraping of bend violins in the basement. I must say this disc didn't do much for me. A certain amount of clarity seemed to be lacking from this piece, with not enough details. Still not bad, but top-heavy. Throughout however a fine disc. (FdW)
Address:
http://www.audiotong.net
http://www.fourth-dimension.net
Gone to Croatan – Live 2007 by Ahad
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Vital started in 1987 as magazine on paper. It's simple xeroxed form ensured a free copyright and everybody was encouraged to make copies and distribute them freely. Up until 1995 44 issues were made and with the arrival of the Internet, Vital changed into a pure review newsletter and since then it appears weekly. Still as a free service and still without copyright. In the future we hope to get the old paper issues online too.
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VITAL WEEKLY
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number 772
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week 11
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2011
...The other disc is by Zsolt Sőrés Ahad, from Hungary, who recently (Vital Weekly 741) was reviewed with a disc he made for the Ronda label, together with én and Q. This new double CD is subtitled 'Ahad's Masters Garden III (2007-2009): The Harmonian Blues', and as a further subtitle 'music for film, theatre and dance'. Ahad is known from the lively improvised music scene from Hungary, and he plays many instruments, such violin, voice, guitar, tampuram modified sitar, a low-fi optical theremin, zither, percussion etc. Furthermore he gets help from various people on similar instruments. The two discs are quite apart I think. The six pieces on the first disc all seem to delve from the great goldmine of minimal music meeting rock music. Electric violins, hammering guitars and percussion, all in strict minimal tempo, but also with sound ornaments loosely improvised around it. Ahad extends his music quite a bit, with long waving guitar solos such as in 'On The Top Of The Darwin Tillite', which has a sort of Henry Flynt like character (but is perhaps a bit too long). Throughout however this rockiest improvised mood is quite nice; spacious, open, expanding in all directions and quite nice. An odd mixture of moods and influences. The other disc has just one piece, composed for the theatre performance of SHU Workshop based on Beckett's play 'Endgame', its called 'Lessness (Meeting With Godot)', and is basically one long linear piece going up. This is a much more experimental work, breaking away from anything even vaguely rock like that may or may not form parts of the first disc. Quite a thick, somewhat muddy sound here, with lots deep end bass rumble and scraping of bend violins in the basement. I must say this disc didn't do much for me. A certain amount of clarity seemed to be lacking from this piece, with not enough details. Still not bad, but top-heavy. Throughout however a fine disc. (FdW)
Address:
http://www.audiotong.net
http://www.fourth-dimension.net
Gone to Croatan – Live 2007 by Ahad
VITAL WEEKLY - THE OLDEST ONLINE SOURCE FOR MUSIC REVIEWS
http://www.vitalweekly.net/
Vital Weekly is an e-mail magazine, which appears 48 times a year and has the latest cd-reviews and news on concerts and festivals. It was hosted by Staalplaat for ten years, but is now moved. To subscribe go here: http://www.vitalweekly.net/intro.html
Vital started in 1987 as magazine on paper. It's simple xeroxed form ensured a free copyright and everybody was encouraged to make copies and distribute them freely. Up until 1995 44 issues were made and with the arrival of the Internet, Vital changed into a pure review newsletter and since then it appears weekly. Still as a free service and still without copyright. In the future we hope to get the old paper issues online too.
Vital Weekly runs also a weekly podcast (kinda like a radio station).
Vital Weekly is a labor of love and devotion. No advertisements, so we depend on your support!
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VITAL WEEKLY
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number 772
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week 11
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2011
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