#2004『Donauwellenreiter／Delta』
text by Kayo Fushiya 伏谷佳代
Aestate Records (2020)
AR0002
Donauwellenreiter:
Maria Craffonara (vocals/violin)
Thom Castaneda (piano)
Lukas Lauermann (cello)
Joerg Mikula (drums/tombak)
1. Good Bye Vienna
2. Le Papillon
3. Toa
4. Relief
5. Nussdorf
6. Nemophilia
7. Jump ‘N’ Run
8. Close
9. Ibra Him
10. Der Himmeel ueber Imsterberg
11. 4K
Total time; 47:12
All music composed by Donauwellenreiter:
Thom Castaneda 1,2, 5,6,9,10,11; Lukas Lauermann 4,8; Joerg Mikula 7; Maria Craffonara 3
Arrangements: Donauwellenreiter
Recorded in August 2019: Werner Angerer, Franz Schaden, Wavegarden Retz, AUT
Mix: Werner Angerer, Thom Castaneda
Master: Martin Scher
Foto: ©Andreas Jakwerth
Graphic design: Schultz＋Schultz-Mediengestaltung
All music performed by Donauwellenreiter:
Thom Castaneda p, vocal on 9; Maria Craffonara vl, voc, p on 11; Lukas Lauermann vc,voc on 9, p on 11; Joerg Mikula dr, perc, voc on 9, p on 11
メロディの肌なじみの良さが抜群、しかしながら成熟したインストゥルメンタル音楽—ウィーンを拠点とするDonauwellenreiter（ドナウヴェレンライター）の3年ぶりの新譜に抱く感想はやはりこれに尽きるが、前作に比してさらに音像がくっきりとしたまとまりを見せている。ミニマル、クラシック、ポップス、民族音楽など、さまざまなジャンルの境界を掠めつつ決して属さないタフなしなやかさはもちろん、借り物ではない独自の音楽としてじっくりと聴かせる。ウィーンのポリフォニックな歴史的背景についてここで述べることは割愛するが、今更ながらその底力を見る思い。音楽の流れはあくまで自然。息の長いフレージングと美しい音色は、聴き手のこころに清冽な風を吹きこむ。洗練されたアレンジは、響きの重層性を実現しながらも、すべからく触覚の次元で楽器そのものの魅力を認識させる。音楽に身をゆだねることが、記憶をたどるような、愛着と懐かしさを伴う親密な体験となるのだ。個々のプレイヤーの美点を際立たせる録音も秀逸。リリシズム溢れるピアノはリヴァーブ感たっぷりに、滋味溢れる弦楽器の素材感はアルコとピッツィカートの対比が鮮やかに浮き彫りにする。ともすれば懐古的になりかねない音楽にドライな現在性を打ちこむドラムス、時おり挿入されるヴォイスの音域も全体のそれと近似値をとる。透明度を保持しつつ、中低音域が分厚く充実している。聴き手が安堵を覚えるのもこのあたりに起因するのかもれない。あたたかな包容力に満ちながら、甘さを回避する研ぎ澄まされた感性の総和。一時的にせよローカリズムへ逆行することが不可避な現況のなか、まぎれもなくグローバリズムの果てにある「都市の音楽」なのである。
（*文中敬称略）
Having excellent compatibility of melody with sensation, but simultaneously mature as an instrumental music —the brand-new album “Delta” published for the first time in three years by Vienna based band ,“Donauwellenreiter” , provides me this kind of feeling as ever. However, their sound image is getting refreshing clear and tight furthermore in comparison with the last album. Bordering various elements like minimal, classical, pops, and folkloric, their musical toughness and flexibility are constantly on the move, get all the elements under their originality, and let us listen deeply into their unersetzbar (irreplaceable) world. To describe polyphonic background of Vienna will be beyond the scope of this opportunity, but I cannot help but feeling fundamental power that the city has nurtured. Their music flows simply natural; lively phrasings and serene tone-colors bring fresh sensibility to the listener’s heart; while realizing multi-layered vibrancy, elaborated arrangements let us feel the charm of the instruments as they are, essentially in the tactile dimension. Relaxing into their music is close to such an intimate experience involving affection and nostalgia as tracing back one’s own memory. The sound direction which accentuates each player’s virtue is also superb. Lyrical tone-quality of Thom Castaneda’s piano increases the impact of reverberation; experienced materiality of violin and cello are vividly brought up by capturing the contrast of the techniques, arco and pizzicato; Joerg Mikula’s tactful drumming drives contemporaneity in the whole music and avoids going into conventional chamber music taste; the range of voices sometimes inserted by Maria Craffonara takes also approximate tone range of other instruments. As a whole, middle-low tone ranges are thickly fulfilling although keeping transparency— it may inspire the listeners strong sense of relief. Their music is full of generosity and the sum of finely honed sensibility without falling into any excessive sentimentality. In today’s world circumstance, in which returning to localism is becoming unavoidable tendency even if temporary, their music embodies glaringly “urban music” which is in the shadow of globalism.
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Links:
http://www.donauwellenreiter.com/home.html
http://joergmikula.com/
http://thomcastaneda.com/music.html
関連Review:
https://jazztokyo.org/reviews/cd-dvd-review/post-12165/
