(Avant-Garde Jazz, Modern Creative) Zeena Parkins - Between The Whiles - 2010, MP3 (tracks), VBR 205-251 kbps

Label: Table of the Elements
Catalog ID: TOE 110CD
Released: 2010
Country: USA
Packaging: Jewel Tray
Recorded by Jamie Saft at Frank Booth Studio, Brooklyn except track 3 by Zeena Parkins at Audities, Calgary
Zeena Parkins-acoustic harp, electric harp, Memory Moog, glass harmonica, melodica, foil, paper, metal bolts, tin lid, brush, plastic bottles, sound hack, et cetera
With:
Sara Parkins-violin
Luciana Achugar-breath
Levi Gonzalez-breath
Eleanor Hullihan-breath
Matt Welsh-bagpipes
David Watson-bagpipes
Jim Pugliese-BBs, cymbals, metal bowls, pots and pans, percussion
Michelle boule-fingertips and jumping
EH-fingertips and jumping
Kayvon-fingertips and jumping
LG-fingertips and jumping
Having collaborated with artists ranging from Sonic Youth to Yoko Ono to Bjork, Zeena Parkins proves it: The classical harp is really a rock ‘n’ roll instrument. Forget angelic choirs; Zeena is the Jimi Hendrix of the amplified harp. With more soar, shimmer, screech, whine and wail than ever before, her new album, Between the Whiles, hurls wildly into oscillating soundscapes, showcasing her artistic vision and technical versatility. The sonic scope is immense, and there’s a lot to explore; dive deep, and you’ll come up with some rare and eerie treasures. “As the over-dubbed blips go careening off each other, stretching high, then shrinking low, it’s easy to imagine that every type of music you’ve ever heard is in here somewhere.” — San Francisco Bay Guardian “These pieces present Ms. Parkins’ vision naked and undiluted, displaying a seemingly infinite array of auditory device, the music registering in the void like the peaks and valleys of a psychic EKG of subconscious fantasy.” Creative Loafing / “There’s great fixity and coherence to the mini-essays she develops. In the end, it’s classical NYC avant garde – garrulous, multi-faceted, ironic and open.” The Wire / “Zeena Parkins is my favorite living harpist... kucks of sonic gristle that she pulls from it are dandy as jack. A truely ginchy exploration of forgotten string potential.” Spin….