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THE SKEIN : Andrea Parkins and Jessica Constable

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New York-based electronic musician Andrea Parkins’ fast-paced live sampling deconstructions, fractured acoustic keyboard sounds and effects-processed accordion meets the visceral density and subtle linear modulations of British singer Jessica Constable’s electronically-processed vocals. Their music explores an electro-acoustic abstract dreamscape that is just as likely to explode with wild dynamism, find sudden stasis, or resolve into song.THE SKEIN: CITIES AND EYES (Henceforth Records 2009)

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Member Since: 2/6/2007
Band Website: http://www.jessicaconstable.net
Band Members:Andrea Parkins - electronics, keyboards, accordeon /// / /// //////// Jessica Constable - voice, electronic effects
Influences: This record is so teeming with different musical creatures that it's difficult to put your finger on one specific reason why it's so startling. As a point of reference, think Robert Wyatt or Bjork, not only for the strength of the music and voice, but also for the uncompromising flavour of conventional song forms; as though Brassens had recorded with Pierre Schaeffer and Léo Ferré. Andea Parkins and Jessica Constable provoke emotions rarely offered in improvised music that might more readily be associated with rock and pop. But the staggering changes in theme and mood are incredibly satisfying and flow like natural progressions, while the two sorceresses effortlessly conjure new openings which close behind them as if by magic. //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// ////////////////////////// Un choc, assurément, que ce duo impossible à décompter tant il fourmille de créatures musicales. Disons pour situer les choses qu'on pense un peu à Wyatt et à Bjork, parce que ce sont des voix et des musiques fortes et que ce disque-ci garde quelque chose du format chanson sans la moindre concession, un peu comme si Brassens avait fait un disque avec Pierre Schaeffer et Leo Ferré. Les deux femmes nous emmènent dans des émotions que la musique improvisée donne rarement, plutôt associées à des formes plus simples, du rock à la chanson. Elles me comblent parce que leurs coqs à l'âne semblent des liaisons naturelles, elle découvrent sans se forcer de nouveaux passages, qui se referment derrière elles comme au passage des magiciennes. Noël TACHET - ImproJazz

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Sounds Like: NEW RELEASE!!--------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------CITIES AND EYES, Andrea Parkins and Jessica Constable (aka THE SKEIN) on Henceforth Records. TO BUY: www.henceforthrecords.com
Record Label: Henceforth
Type of Label: Indie

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Booking Requests (Europe) Fall 2009

Andrea Parkins and Jessica Constable (The Skein) are now booking Fall 2009 concert dates in Europe.For  all booking requests, please write to:[email protected] and hope to see you in the...
Posted by on Tue, 24 Feb 2009 05:51:00 GMT