{"product_id":"moritz-von-oswald-trio-dissent-chapter-1-10","title":"Moritz Von Oswald Trio – Dissent (Chapter 1—10)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFor the first trio album in six years (and first on the BMG-affiliated Modern Recordings label), \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/theanalogvault.mom\/search?q=Moritz+von+Oswald\u0026amp;options%5Bprefix%5D=last\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003eMoritz von Oswald\u003c\/a\u003e brings in two new players: \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/theanalogvault.mom\/products\/laurelhalo-insitu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003eLaurel Halo\u003c\/a\u003e and the seasoned German session jazz drummer Heinrich Köbberling. They change the lurching and murky formula of the Moritz von Oswald Trio in subtle yet significant ways. For starters, in hiring a jazz drummer as opposed to Vladislav Delay or the Afrobeat legend Tony Allen, von Oswald finally approaches the idea of making music that is clearly, directly jazz-rooted. \"What I wanted to do with this project was not really to give it a club feeling, I wanted to propose something like, I wouldn't say jazz, I don’t like saying it, but I would say with 'jazz forthcoming,' so the recordings are a jam,\" he said in that 2012 interview. While \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eDissent: Chapter 1 - 10\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e wouldn't go down so well at Blue Note, tracks like \"Chapter 8\" have a discernible jazz swing. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis has plenty to do with Laurel Halo, who spends at least half the record exploring jazz voicings for piano, often acting as a melodic North Star that was totally absent in the rippling experimental dub sound of records like \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan href=\"..\/reviews\/11779\" data-tracking-id=\"\/reviews\/11779\" color=\"primary\" font-weight=\"normal\" class=\"Text-sc-wks9sf-0 Link__StyledLink-sc-1huefnz-0 laxtuM\"\u003e\u003ci\u003eFetch\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e. But this move towards melody and traditionalism itself doesn't make for the most exciting tracks—this is an experimental record culled from fully improvised sessions, so it follows that some zones feel more inspired than others. To these ears, some of the most inspired of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eDissent\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e's \"Chapters\" are more densely referential than previous MVOT music. The lurching \"Chapter 1\" mixes the air raid synths of the original (and far superior) version of Alice Coltrane's \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eTuriya Sings\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e with the mysterious Rhodes exploration of records like Miles Davis's \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eGet Up With It\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e. On \"Chapter 4,\" Köbberling goes for a samba-inspired shuffle while Moritz and Laurel kick up a heavy, ominous vibe. Meanwhile, \"Chapter 6\" integrates Halo's jazzy chords and Köbberling's deft snare rolls into a style that makes loose gestures towards Detroit house. But it's within the final few tracks when von Oswald, Köbberling and Halo seem to gel as a unit, flowing into an ecstatic groupthink. \"Chapter 9\" revolves around a trio of optimistic chords, with Köbberling and von Oswald in fine form—a dub bassline underpins von Oswald's bizarre synth leads and Halo's tasteful piano soloing. The following track, \"Chapter 10,\" explores similar dub jazz improv territory with greater emphasis on percussive delays and hanging, hypnotic chords. There are more readily identifiable moods, melodies and emotions on \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eDissent: Chapter 1 - 10\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e than previous MVOT records, in slight opposition to von Oswald's desire for mysterious and obscure sounds. However, even if this conversation between master musicians is less cloaked than previous versions of the trio, the approach remains the same—to use electroacoustic improv as a tool for hurtling into previously unexplored musical territory. — (via Resident Advisor)\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ciframe width=\"100%\" height=\"152\" style=\"border-radius: 12px;\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/album\/5h7VzBFgpBL9jp0XRTAolC?utm_source=generator\u0026amp;theme=0\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\" loading=\"lazy\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e↓\u003cbr\u003eLabel: Modern Recordings\u003cbr\u003eFormat: 2x Vinyl, LP, Album\u003cbr\u003eReleased: Aug 6, 2021\u003cbr\u003eGenre: Electronic, Jazz\u003cbr\u003eStyle: Ambient, Abstract, Broken Beat, Downtempo\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFile under: Ambient \/ Experimental \/ IDM\u003cbr\u003e⦿\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Modern Recordings","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43906465038494,"sku":"4050538671629","price":55.0,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0584\/5434\/3838\/files\/ab67616d0000b2737cd686ddf51a4c556e0676b8.jpg?v=1717076919","url":"https:\/\/theanalogvault.mom\/products\/moritz-von-oswald-trio-dissent-chapter-1-10","provider":"The Analog Vault","version":"1.0","type":"link"}