Top Bar
Musique Machine Logo Home ButtonReviews ButtonArticles ButtonBand Specials ButtonAbout Us Button
SearchGo Down
Search for  
With search mode in section(s)
And sort the results by
show articles written by  
 Review archive:  # a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z

Jon Heilbron - Puma Court [Another Timbre - 2019]

Puma Court is a two-piece suite for two double basses, and two Hardanger fiddles. It’s a wonderful seesawing example of modern composition that moves between pared-back, felt & at times rising harmonic emotion, Grinding & dramatically soured brood, and moments of tense near silence. The release appears on the always reliable Another Timbre- and the CD is presented in the labels normal sparse & minimal gatefold packaging.

The 2018 two-part piece was written by Australian composer and double bass player Jon Heilbron; & he also plays on the piece along with Håkon Thelin on Double bass, and Helga Myhr & Rasmus Kjorstad both on Hardanger fiddles. The first part runs nearing the thirty-minute mark, and the second around twenty minutes with a total runtime of fifty minutes for the whole CD.

Both tracks have a wonderful vacillate quality- as the four players aptly slide, swift and at times grind against each other. We move from extremely thick 'n' deep brooding-ness, which hovers with vulture like neck swoops & wails. Onto rising almost harmonic ambient simmers that move with touches of growing hope & wonder, through to slurred angular shifts & ebbs- which feel neither hopeful or damned- falling somewhere between indifference & mild displeasure. At moments things thin back to just darting,  almost rhythmic & eerier neck play, or slow dying grates of tone. With both of the pieces having a good feeling of unpredictability and flowing compositions.

Puma Court is both eventful and emotional varied work- highlighting the four players effective sonic chemistry, and Heibron flare as an unpredictable-yet moody composer- I’ll certainly be curious to hear more work from him- and this is another great release on Another Timbre, who really do continue to put out some of the best and creative modern composition around.

Rating: 3 out of 5Rating: 3 out of 5Rating: 3 out of 5Rating: 3 out of 5Rating: 3 out of 5

Roger Batty
Latest Reviews

Jon Heilbron - Puma Court
Puma Court is a two-piece suite for two double basses, and two Hardanger fiddles. It’s a wonderful seesawing example of modern composition that moves between...
190424   Zachary James Watkins - Affir...
180424   Ulvtharm - 7 Uthras
180424   The Bad Shepherd - The Bad Sh...
180424   Impulse - Impulse( Blu Ray)
170424   Jan Jelinek - Social Engine...
170424   Carlos “Zíngaro”, Guilherme R...
160424   The Borderlands - The Borderl...
160424   Rien - The New Source Recording
160424   Worship - Thoughts
150424   Lion-Girl - Lion-Girl(Blu Ray)
Latest Articles

The Music of Clay Ruby & Burial H...
Over the last couple of decades Wisconsin native, Clay Ruby has been creating some of the world’s finest dark electronic music under the Burial Hex mon...
280324   The Music of Clay Ruby & Buri...
290224   Sutcliffe No More - Normal Ev...
100124   Occlusion - The Operation Is...
181223   Best Of 2023 - Music, Sound &...
051223   Powerhouse Films - Of Magic, ...
181023   IO - Of Sound, Of Art, Of Exp...
210923   Lucky Cerruti - Of Not so Fri...
290823   The Residents - The Trouble W...
110723   Yotzeret Sheydim Interview - ...
250523   TenHornedBeast - Into The Dee...
Go Up
(c) Musique Machine 2001 -2023. Twenty two years of true independence!! Mail Us at questions=at=musiquemachine=dot=comBottom