Jørgen Teller - Six Scores [Self release - 2020]Six Scores is modern composition release that darts ‘n’ dips all over the place. Going from creepy–to-manic vocal effects & field recording blends. Onto searing avant-to-mellow jazz drifts, choppy guitar noise, general off-kilter noise constructions, and a few more conventional atmospheric moments. It’s an album very much like a derange sonic chocolate box- you really don’t want you’ll get from track to track. Jørgen Teller is Copenhagen based composer, guitar player, and producer that’s been sonically active since the 1970’s- though seemingly not releasing work until the 1990s. As well as solo work he’s connected with a whole host of weird 'n' wonderfully sounding projects/ collabs such as BOST X, Coal Hook, and Pewt'r jjjjj.
Six Scores appears as a digital download album released by Teller himself with the support of Koda’s Cultural Funds & DJBFA. The total album runs forty-nine, and takes in ten tracks- these run between two and seven minutes- and there’s most certainly lots of surprises, jarring twists & turns, and shifts in sound- even sometimes within tracks themselves. So it’s certainly a release to keep you on your toes.
The album opens in fine odd manner with "Gastro Lieder #1"- here we begin with a mixture of crunching food field recordings, reeling projector sounds, and garbled male alien voices. As we move on we get wavering & watery rising choirs, pleasured sounds, more weird garbled voices/ grunts- all over the still going month churching/ reel sounds. As we move on we come to the wonderful titled "Toothpick Music"- here we get six and a half minutes of grainy noise seared horn work and scrubbing-to-angularly tolling guitar work. By track seven "Midnatssolen Super Dig" things initial seem a little more pared back, lose & wondering- as we start with thin percussive hits & half-heard warbling female vocals- but as things progress the track takes on an almost light seared & wonky noir type vibe with darting horn sleaze, sassy piano runs, more sudden percussion piles ups, and occasional guitar tone. The album is topped off with one of the more formally moody and atmospheric moments "Intervals #3"- which brings together atmospheric scoring guitar and gt.synth throb ‘n’ purr.
Six Scores most certainly shows Jørgen Teller as a very versatile and creative composer- and if you enjoy highly unpredictable yet wholly captivating modern composition with seared-yet-playful edges this is most certainly the release for you. I’m ashamed to say this is my first taste of Mr. Teller's work, but this release has certainly made me most keen to check out more.    Roger Batty
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