Clarinette On DNA: Jazz Impressions Of DNA On DNA

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Definitely the most bent album in the Clarinette canon, "Jazz Impressions On DNA On DNA: Clarinette On DNA" is a track for track homage to the corrosive and brilliant No Wave trio DNA's (v1. Arto Lindsey, Ikue Mori, Robin Crutchfield/v 2. Arto Lindsey, Ikue Mori, Tim Wright) No More Records retrospective "DNA On DNA".

"Clarinette On DNA" is an impressionistic solo piano walk through of "DNA On DNA" in the form of 32 piano compositions and improvisations timed to match the track that inspired them to it's precise length. It was released on CD-R in a numbered edition of 125 in 2012

The album is not No Wave, nor does it sound anything like DNA and should not be read as a traditional tribute album (and it may not appeal to many who love DNA just as DNA many not appeal to many who like this album). It is merely one person's homage to a band that has continually inspired him for nearly 35 years.

Aquarius said of Clarinette On DNA at the time of release:

The latest from local soundmaker Dan Vallor, whose last two releases we could barely keep in stock, including one that came housed in an actual tape player, and that tape player wrapped in a melted/warped vinyl record! We had long been a fan of Vallor's mysterious music, a music that eventually found him more than one home away from home on labels like Celebrate Psi Phenomenon and Ecstatic Peace!, so it's easy to imagine the sort of spaced out minimal abstract soundscaping and tripped out droneworlds Vallor has conjured up on past releases, although this new one is something else entirely.

As the title suggests, DNA on DNA is a track-for-track reimagining of DNA's legendary DNA On DNA record, and, as the cover art hints, Vallor is paying homage to those songs in the form of abstract freeform solo piano(!), with each track the same length as the original, but here, it really is just piano, and it's pretty fantastic. Not sure if DNA fans will necessarily dig this, but hell, some probably will, Vallor weaving strange, mysterious, and quite lovely landscapes of twisted melody, of lush shimmer and bombastic chordal pound, plenty of atonal free jazz freakout, it is after all meant to pay homage to one of the cornerstones of No Wave, but for every burst of dizzying minor key splatter, there are gorgeous stretches of contemplative moodiness, the sound shot through with subtle drones, swirling overtones, very minimal and spare, lots of space, the sound drifting, slipping into wild squalls, and then settling right back down again.

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released September 7, 2012

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Clarinette Edinburgh, UK

Clarinette began making tapes for broadcast on KPFA's "Assassinatin' Rhythm" in the mid-80's, in time the project went dormant until some tapes were found in 1999. One of those tapes made it to Sonic Youth's Thurston Moore who asked to release an LP. Tapes from those early years along with newly recorded material were released in 2002 as Haze. Clarinette has been an active recording project since. ... more

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