It's never not good news at Casita Amnesiac when word of new auditory creativity from Jacob Felix Heule arrives, as it has recently in the form of Resolution, which documents recent collaboration with Xopher Davidson. Across three long-ish tracks, this tandem team sets up some very righteous droning action from their varied and well considered instruments. Disaster Amnesiac saw Jacob play live on a fair amount of occasions back in the twenty 'teens and can sort of visualize the rig that he well could have been coaxing for many of his statements: a large bass drum turned on its side, resonant metals placed upon its surface, probably a cello bow. Surely Heule has added a few other pieces to this basic ensemble, but even if he hasn't, he has the skills at improvising which assure that just the right sound or silence is utilized as a way to serve the overall mix of the pieces. It's less clear what type of instruments Davidson handled during the recording of what sounds like a sectioned edition of one longer improvisational meeting. Ring modulators? Guitars/amplifiers? Synthesizers? Synth pedals? However they were accessed, it's just better to let the imagination run wild and to enjoy the inwardly visual aspects that recordings such as Resolution evince. It's very clear that Xopher Davidson and Jacob Felix Heule have great simpatico as an improvising duo. Their method sounds by no means rushed or forced. Instead its sounds emerge in manners that benefit from patient, more slowly paced moves. This allows for their impacts to be heard and felt. Find a method with which to quiet your mind and much sonic enjoyment can be had from the deep spaces explored by the two Oakland CA-based sound artists. People in north eastern Alamda County are advised to take in any of their live appearances!
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