Secluded Bronte - Secluded in Jersey City
Although this EP-length CD from Secluded Bronte was recorded live in
the studio at WFMU in Jersey City, NJ way back in 2002, it still sounds
fresh.
The creative process of Secluded Bronte—made up of brothers Jonathan
and Adam Bohman and Richard Thomas—seems to be to take a kitchen sink
miscellany of toys, objects, appliances and technologies, play them
live, and then chop and channel the sounds into a collage. There is a
kind of inspired zaniness to the results, but with a shadow behind it,
almost as if we’re listening to toy pianos, metal utensils and other
household objects being upended by a poltergeist with a dry sense of
humor. And it’s this droll undertow that sets Secluded Bronte apart
from much acousmatic sound art and lends a welcome splash of
irreverence to the art of sonic mayhem. - Daniel Barbiero, Avant Music News
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