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«Contrasts, micro-tonalities, complements, embryo structures, drones. All this, in the casual and systematic exploration of the moment, elevates ‘Rhythm & Drones’ to intemporality, thus inhabiting the present and the history, so we could freely trail this ‘trans-temporality’ without preconceptions.
‘Rhythm I’ is the initiation of a savage ritual, rough, hot and bewitched by a drone submitted to the rhythm of the tabla. A cerebral hypnotism that leads the listener to the most obscure swamp, as if Frankfurt was the starting line to an urban safari.
‘Drone I’ is the hermaphrodite being par excellence, the melting pot of Hermes for the percussion and Aphrodite to the machine like glitch.
Divided in seven pieces, the avant-garde sound of Jo Jena, Frankfurt born musician, is a dive into the duality and the relentless search for breathing freedom.
The claustrophobic ‘Novaya Zemlya’, site for the investigation of weather radiations, is a white-gown convention, and the perceptional guitar ‘droning biorhythm’, the conclusion of the study observations. To conclude, not end.»
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Reviews:
«Jo Jena è un gruppo sperimentale di Francoforte dalla cui produzione ho pescato questo album del 2005 che alterna ritmi e ‘ronzii’ (è questo il significato acustico di ‘drone’) in modo eccellente.
Personalmente, preferisco i ronzii, ma anche i ritmi non sono male. La cosa più interessante, comunque, è che ci sono sempre dei ritmi nei drones e dei drones nei ritmi.»
- Mauro Graziani [MG Blog] / December 27, 2007
«Jo Jena's Rhythm 'n' Drones, from the test tube netlabel, could just as easily exchange that "'n'" for an "or." The album's eight tracks are divided in two: half are titled "Rhythm I" through "Rhythm IV", the other half "Drone I" through "Drone IV". A standard rhythmic track, like "Rhythm II", features crafty guitar counterpoint that evades a strict downbeat by suggesting many. To Jena, it turns out, this is what constitutes rhythm: something sharp and hard, of definite shape and pulsating with momentum. Other variations include scraped percussion and a moire pattern of pizzicato action, but the real keeper, "Rhythm III", sounds, of all things, like ersatz African juju pop music, complete with sour bent notes. Jena's drones are equally varied, including the industrial hum of "Drone I", which is textured with scrapes, and the orchestral-sounding "Drone II". The album is organized in a kind of broken symmetry: alternating rhythms and drones three times, and then reversing for the final pair. According to a note on Jena's site, jo-jena.com, "Rhythm 'n' Drones consists of eight pieces which should be listened to without (even very short) pauses."
Get the full set at the test tube site, and listen to them as you wish.»
- Disquiet / August 29, 2005
«Introspection et numérique font bon ménage lorsqu'éléments analogiques s'en mêlent. Jo Jena propose une mixture atemporelle dont l'espace n'est pas mieux défini. Une musique écrite pour des siècles passés et obscurs à l'aide d'un matériel et de structures tous contemporains. Boucles et bris robotiques se lient à des ambiances clairement "ethniques", teintées de Bombay et de Dehli. C'est plutôt une agréable surprise que ce Rythm 'n' Drones, même si les "drones" sont finalement assez discrets, ou du moins se rapprochent de ceux qu'un Freeform peut libérer de temps à autres. C'est à dire que tout semble empreint d'un naturel dosé plus que d'élucubration mécaniques offertes par des machines en roue libre.»
- LaFresto / August 25, 2005
«Der frankfurter jo jena ist jetzt auf der neuen tube21 zu hören... eine mischung aus folk, ambient, sound & drone-ästhetik. das release ist unspektakulär, aber das muß es nicht sein denn das ist chill out. musik zum zuhören und natürlich zum entspannen. wunderbar!»
- Mogwai's Blog / August 21, 2005 |
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