Eyvind Kang / Tucker Martine Orchestra Dim Bridges CD

Orchestra Dim Bridges features the keyboards and synthesizers of Eyvind Kang (who also plays violin on some tracks) and Tucker Martine on 11 electronic originals. Their music is often cinematic and dramatic, picturesque and reasonably colorful. The two musicians clearly had a good time layering on tracks but the overall results, which are sometimes just sound explorations, are not all that memorable. ~ Scott Yanow

Orchestra Dim Bridges is the long awaited and much anticipated collaboration between creative minds Eyvind Kang and Tucker Martine. This beautifully crafted recording covers lots of musical ground, from fluid and melodic songwriting to deep and subtle avant-garde sonic explorations, and most places in-between. Filled with both delicate and aggressive surprises, each listen of this unique and subtle record reveals something fresh and new. Violinist, composer, and conceptualist Eyvind Kang is a member of Bill Frisell's Quartet, Secret Chiefs 3, Wayne Horvitz's 4+1 Ensemble, and has worked with John Zorn, Beck, Marc Ribot, Arto Lindsay, and Ikue Mori. He also has 3 groundbreaking recordings of his own out on John Zorn's Tzadik label, and is one of today's most unique voices in creative and experimental music. Producer/Sound Alchemist Tucker Martine is also a member of Wayne Horvitz's 4+1 Ensemble and appeared on the Sam Rivers/Julian Priester record Hints on Light and Shadow. His first release, entitled Mount Analog, was released in 1996. More recently he has released another Mount Analog record entitled New Skin, and a very well received record with avant-piano man Wayne Horvitz entitled Mylab. An accomplished producer and sonic visionary, Tucker's collaborators include artists such as Bill Frisell, Laura Veirs, Robin Holcomb, Jim White, and Jesse Sykes. In addition, several records of his field recordings have been released including Bush Taxi Mali and Moroccan Reveries.