Knell, by Alex Cunningham

Knell

by Alex Cunningham

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	1.	Laughter in the Dark 06:14
	2.	Hearsay 04:55
	3.	The River Took Your Child 09:03
	4.	Derision 06:01
	5.	Piece for F-hole and Breath 01:31
	6.	Unica 05:16
	7.	Storm Cellar 05:09
	8.	Beside Her on the Grass 01:42

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Alex Cunningham is a violinist, improviser and visual artist based in St. Louis, MO. Knell is his fourth solo violin release, and the third of which that's entirely improvised.
Initially seeming to document a brutal attack on the instrument, the album progresses more like a surgical examination, with Cunningham.digging into the physical properties of wood, bow and strings to wrench out a wealth of sonic detail. Downtuning and sheer kinetic intensity produce harsh abrasion, percussive rattling, and rich overtones, and there's even an attempt to utilise the violin as a wind instrument. Tonal playing is only arrived at after apparently significant effort, in bursts of backwoods hysteria.
Vital free improv that's both rigourous and playful.

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released February 28, 2019

Recorded and mastered by Ryan Wasoba.
Cover image by Alex Cunningham.
For Robert K.

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