It is raw material rather than tool. Polished metal body or beslavered tube. Just tenor sax at the end of its pilgrimage. It is sculptural object – assemblage without original function rather than a museum artefact of musical viruosity. Heavy metals flowing through the sewer from the concert hall. Small scrap dried by sunlights. Bubbling, squealing and rustling. Circular breathing – as if you have been blowing glass. Objects shaped by breath. Sébastien Branche as a sculptor and a bricolier.
crédits
paru le 8 janvier 2020
Augmented-Saxophone Solo
Performed by Sébastien Branche
Recorded at Neue Musik Leipzig by Sébastien Branche
Artwork and risograph print by HIBERNANT.NET
Released by mappa as MAP014 in 2020