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Novo Navigatio (New Journey) is the Abstractions’ third and final release of innovative and cutting sonic landscapes. This is “Vision music” that consists of a colorful orchestration of vocals, saxophones, guitars, percussion, strings, electronics and more. Also included is the wonderful sinking commentary about the disillusioned atmosphere of the current political climate we live and breathe in today’s world.
- Collette McCaslin a.k.a. CJ Borosque - noise pedals guitar
- Matt Davignon - turntable drum machine
- Ernesto Diaz-Infante - vocals, guitar 4-track
- Dina Emerson - voice
- Philip Everett - drums, autoharp, percussion
- Sandor Finta - voice
- Lance Grabmiller - laptop, processing
- Marina Lazarra - electric guitar, vocals
- Bob Marsh - cello, voice, accordion
- Alwyn Quebido - electric guitar
- Rent Romus - alto, soprano sax flute, voice, zitherod
- Ray Schaeffer - electric bass
- Margorie Strum - flute
- Tohru Kanayama - cover art
This formation likes to cultivate a certain idea of the artistic blur or comes to mix various musical
orientations which have for only common point their abrupt side, conceptual even experimental.
Liability Webzine
And so you can flit from a silly political discussion to something that sounds like Leonard Cohen
deconstructed to some really nice abstract noise.
Jon Worley, A&A
You could not say that Abstractions are slickers, as their “rags-to-raggedier” kind of artistic freedom makes their sound emissions appreciable by a few stray pigeons and a bunch of lucky critics.
-Massimo Ricci, Touching Extremes
But maybe their approach will result in a new and convincing musical identity.
Frans de Waard, Vital Weekly
Parody, commentary, sarcasm, discursive radicalism on the demencial paranoia of America of the age Bush…
Eduardo Chagas