sylvain chauveau と､pan american など多くのｼｶｺﾞのｱｰﾃｨｽﾄとのｺﾗﾎﾞﾚｰｼｮﾝで知られるﾊﾟｰｶｯｼｮﾆｽﾄ､steven hess によるｺﾗﾎﾞﾚｰｼｮﾝ･ﾌﾟﾛｼﾞｪｸﾄ＝onの1st｡2004年にDSAからﾘﾘｰｽされ､ﾚｰﾍﾞﾙの閉鎖とともに廃盤となっていましたが､このたび､ typeが再発｡sylvain chauveau は本作ではﾌﾟﾘﾍﾟｱｰﾄﾞ･ｷﾞﾀｰを演奏しています｡彼の3rd『un autre decembre』で目指した｢沈黙の美｣を､本作では違うｱﾌﾟﾛｰﾁで目指そうとしているように思えます｡最終曲｢The Lonesome Poetry Of Mark Rothko｣にあるように､まるでﾛｽｺの絵画のような抽象的な奥行きと､広がりを持ったﾐﾆﾏﾙ･ﾄﾞﾛｰﾝ･ﾐｭｰｼﾞｯｸは､数多の同類の音楽にはない詩情性すら感じます｡ﾐｯｸｽはﾉﾙｳｪｰのｲﾝﾌﾟﾛ音響ｼﾞｬｽﾞﾊﾞﾝﾄﾞsupersilent の helge sten が担当｡
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Originally released in 2004 on the Les Disques Du Soliel Et De L'Acier label and now reissued by Type, this is the debut release by On -- the collaborative duo of Chicago-based percussionist Steven Hess (Haptic, Pan American) and French composer/producer Sylvain Chauveau. The concept behind Your Naked Ghost... is simple: the duo record an album in the studio, and then place it in the hands of a third party. The resulting work is then "remixed" (for want of a better word) and the album is complete. For this album, the three hours of delicate source material was handled by none other than Norwegian master of dark ambient Helge Sten aka Deathprod. Sten's characteristic smudged ambience is evident as he submerges Chauveau and Hess' compositions beneath a swamp of cavernous reverb and synthesized smoke. Hess' patented percussive drones are filtered into the distant buzz of an insect's wings, and Chauveau's prepared guitar becomes a tectonic rumble from another continent. At times it is difficult to discern where On stops and Deathprod begins, such is the mastery of Sten's production and the appropriateness of Chauveau and Hess' recordings. Like only the finest records in the dark ambient genre, Your Naked Ghost Comes Back At Night guides you to another world for its 60-minute duration. Haunted and trembling, these recordings (made in 2003) marked the conclusion of the Deathprod project as Helge Sten vowed never to record under the name again. It is easy to appreciate then, how special this album really is, and it is a work that should be savored accordingly.
Track Listing:
Disc 1
01. Your Naked Ghost Comes Back At Night And Flies Around My Bed 07:01
02. Erotique 06:01
03. Too Many Demons Still Haunt This Land 06:47
04. Oh Run Slowly 05:54
05. Facade 12:07
06. In The Forest Of The Night 08:07
07. The Lonesome Poetry Of Mark Rothko 17:29
- Type reissues the 2004 debut release by On, the collaborative duo of Steven Hess and Sylvain Chauveau.
- Produced by Helge Sten (Deathprod, Supersilent).
