ahadmaster

PAW MUSIC album front cover image. Photo: HEyeRMEarS ÉN/Q./AHAD - PAW MUSIC (CD by Ronda) A trio of improvisers. One is France, Quentin Rollet, a.k.a. Q . , on alto saxophone, microphone, feedback and voice, and the other two from Budapest: Pál Tóth, a.k.a. Én on electronic devices, objects, contact microphones and voice and Zsolt Sőrés, a.k.a. Ahad , on viola, analogue synthesizer, objects, contact microphones, feedback and voice. All three have an extensive background in the world of improvised music, especially Q. and Ahad, but they manage to capture here something that is pretty interesting and side stepping the various genres inside the field of improvisation. The contribution of Q. on the alto saxophone is throughout the most 'standard' thing around here, which is not bad as it adds a certain curious free improvisation to it. But at other times he is on par with the other two, who play a great electronic set of sounds. Én's solo work came close to microsound, a...