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English:
An evolution from the
great record "Tactiles," from 2003, Ophiuchus Butterfly is the second
album by Liberty Ellman for Pi Records. The guitarist has teamed up
with saxophonists Steve Lehman and Mark Shim, Gerald Cleaver on drums,
Stephan Crump on acoustic bass and virtuoso Jose Davila on tuba. On the
inside of the rhythmically driven double baseline accents by
Crump/Davila, they provoke an unsuspected sense of diligence to tempo.
A CD planned, and dominated by a quirky and at times complex musical
language (but after two or three listenings things simplify) The six
elements, inspired by Ellman, composer of all the compositions, occupy
a balanced space where no one seems to overpower. They navigate through
sophisticated multilayered architectures (already experimented with
ZOOID and Henry Threadgill), and intricate polyrhythms, all balanced by
writing that is both dissonant and lyrical. Within this frenetic
whirlwind march the inexhaustible volley of tuba/bass in "Tarmacadam"
and "Looking Up", the multi forked lightning of "Ophiuchus Butterfly"
and ÒThe NaturalistsÓ, and the vociferous urban uneasiness of "Snow
Lips" and "You Have Ears."
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