John Cale
Poptical Illusion
65--90点相当
ファン向けの域かなぁ。
元 The Velvet Underground の人
個人的に
存在として、John Cage と名前で間違えると
前作の時の記事に書いたが、
Bio読んでたら、
John Cage との接点があるのね。
https://www.allmusic.com/artist/john-cale-mn0000224638
” 1960年代初頭には前衛音楽の道に進み、アーロン・コープランドとレナード・バーンスタインの援助を得て奨学金を得て米国で音楽を学ぶ。1963年にニューヨークに移り、ジョン・ケージとの18時間に及ぶピアノ・リサイタルに参加し、ピアニスト・チームの一人としてエリック・サティの「ヴェクサシオン」を全曲演奏した。”
https://theartsdesk.com/new-music/album-john-cale-poptical-illusion
At 81, John Cale, an immensely prolific, wide-ranging and innovative musician, continues to take risks, making music that may not always be instantly appealing, but always true to an artist’s authentic path. Hot on the heels of Mercy (2023), in which he collaborated with a number of off-centre cutting-edge talents, he has produced another album full of surprises and yet immediately recognisable as his own work.
He has written music and lyrics and plays most of the instruments, as well as co-producing the album with long-term collaborator Nida Scott.65--90uitarist Dustin Boyer contributes weird and wonderful sounds on a number of tracks, and ace-mixer Mikaelin “Blue” Bluespruce, also gives a number of tracks a rich and complex and intricate sound in which textures both fuse and yet remain distinct. This is classic John Cale, and, with a background in modern classical music, and a career that has spanned the dense rock of the Velvet Underground, punk and post-punk, he navigates a number of genres while always imposing his own signature.
81歳