The sound of the violin is a product of tension and release; the hair of the bow pulls back the violin’s string over and over again and, when the tension gets too great, it releases. The resulting vibration disturbs the air around it which travels in waves, exciting our ear drums and becoming sound. This confrontation of energy with air—the alternation of potential and kinetic energy—occurs over and over again in microcosm: catching, holding, tensing, and releasing. As listeners, however, we only perceive glorious sound.
If there’s an efficient way of summing up Samara Lubelski, it’s these two words: glorious and sound. But, in a deeper sense, her music also amplifies the micro-process of the sounding process of the violin: the specific joys of tension, release, and every possible gradation between the two.
The tension contained in each sound on Partial Infinite Sequence is not disturbing or stressed. That kind of sound is satisfying but too easy. Instead, it feels like that split second after you trip on the sidewalk. Your body could go in any direction, and every outcome is possible. Your pulse quickens. If you were able to freeze that moment in time and live in it the elation of the unknown would be overwhelming. - Nate Wooley NYC
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released January 1, 2020
Samara Lubelski--Violin
Recorded by Thilo Kuhn and Werner Nötzel
Cover art---Bill Nace
Originally released on vinyl LP by Open Mouth in an edition of 250.
Screen printed covers by Alan Sherry
Multi instrumentalist boy genius hailing from Southern Germany. A constant collaborator via Metabolismus and the Samara Lubelski solo recs. Samara Lubelski
Third of the four LPs by Hall Of Fame - the band collaboration between Dan Brown, Theo Angell and Samara Lubelski from the mid/late 90's to early 2000's. Samara Lubelski
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Long-form trance-y rhythmic jams, with a fun shambling edge, sounding like a cross between music from Africa's Sahel region crossed with a Tom Waits instrumental... Jascha Narveson