Moritz Von Oswald & Ordo Sakhna (2 x 10")

Moritz Von Oswald & Ordo Sakhna - Moritz Von Oswald & Ordo Sakhna

A1. Koirong Ku
A2. Koichulrdyn Kongur Kuu
A3. Drums
A4. Fragments
A5. Tushumdo

B1. Facets

C1. Mash Kambarkan
C2. Talasym
C3. Kolkhoz Kechteri
C4. Bishkek, May 2016

D1. Draught
D2. Draught Dub
D3. Improvisation

Moritz Von Oswald & Ordo Sakhna - Moritz Von Oswald & Ordo Sakhna

A kind of intimate scrapbook of the startling collaboration between the techno maestro and this long-standing musical collective based in Bishkek, devoted to the roots music of Kyrgyzstan. Loose-leaved but balanced, lucid and intimate, it sets out from stunning a cappella and virtuosic komuz and kylak, mouth harp and traditional percussion: not field, but expert studio recordings, using marvellous vintage microphones, made over several days in Berlin. Further, a few of these are deftly treated by Moritz, using Reichian de-synced double-tracking, and discreet effects. Also two ten-minute dubs: a deadly, signature Berlin steppers, plus its version; and an echoing, mystical drum session, recorded live on stage in Bishkek. And a side-long, dream-like summation: the locomotive, oceanic, clangorous, dread Facets.

Ravishing, rooted, searching music; beautifully presented.