Sunday 13 October 2019

Jaan Rääts ‎– "Marginaalid" (Мелодия ‎– C10-16031-2) 1981


You're never more than a few feet away from a Rääts, so they reckon.
Indeed, there's a classical composer hiding out in every kitchen,especially in Estonia it seems.
Nearly every decent experimental composer in the former Soviet Union seemed to come from this gloomy Baltic state....which explains a lot of the music's famed bleakness.
In comparison to Rääts multitudinous other works, side B is positively joyful.Thanks to the influence of much younger chum Sven Grünberg, formerly of prog band 'Mess', who lent him his synth collection,and played on it.
Side A is a typically uber-heavy Jaan Rääts style experimental neo classical piano piece.A pity he didn't do two sides of experimental electronica,but, hey,at least we get to be thought of as 'Intellectual' when we're overheard playing "24 Marginal Notes For The Piano".......once!

Tracklist:

A 24 Marginal Notes For The Piano, Op. 65 (28:27)
B Electronic Marginalia, Op.65-a
Featuring [Electronic Realization] – Jaan Rääts, Sven Grünberg (22:07)


4 comments:

kevinesse said...

once! haha

Moahaha said...

Op.65-a is (obviously) more interesting, but I really enjoyed hearing how that "typially neo-classical" a-side is transformed into something otherwordly with Sven Grünberg's electronic reinterpretation. And of course its a nice bonus that because of this everyone will think that I'm intellectual.

Jonny Zchivago said...

To tell the truth, i haven't even played it once all the way through.

kevinesse said...

yeah i couldn't make it either