Agape
Guardaropa Open/Closed
Kning Disk 2007

01. Guardaropa 1
02. Guardaropa 2
03. Guardaropa 3

Two relatively unheralded Swedish improvisers, saxophonist Martin Küchen (here also credited with zither, pepperoni-box and preparations) and guitarist David Stackenäs (handling additional "low-budget electronics") explore very intense yet understated territory with Agape. Does the name refer to an opening or to the Latin term for selfless love? Perhaps both. Though the duo works in careful and restrained territory, they achieve a fullness and rich presence; a series of irregular blocks of almost repressed energy - generally avoiding any rhythmic impetus in favor of sonic sheen and the crackle of breath mixed with electricity. There is a slight repetitiveness that creeps in every now and then, but things freely rise and fall, accumulate and disperse with the subtlety of ever-changing details coming from professional live sessions.

File under: "dynamically static kinetic methodology".

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