ROWE, KEITH / OREN AMBARCHI / ROBBIE AVENAIM - HONEY PIE (CD)

""Honey Pie", recorded live in France in May 2001, is the second part of the three-part series with recordings documenting the cooperation of Keith Rowe and Oren Ambarchi. Part 1 was the CD Thumb (GROB 432, recently re-released, Rowe/Ambarchi/Avenaim in a quintet with Oren Ambarchi/Sachiko M and Otomo Yoshihide); part 3, which will be released in nine months, will document the first real-time duo gig of Ambarchi and Rowe. "Honey Pie" is a dynamic, powerful 40-minute recording. The static intimated at the beginning and lasting for four or five minutes is cautiously preserved by the musicians - Rowe and Ambarchi on guitars, Avenaim on percussion, all three on live electronics - and this static is transformed in a constantly changing process." Cover artwork by Keith Rowe.