XT - Deorlaf X

"New music from XT (saxophone player Seymour Wright and percussionist Paul Abbott) in the form of an exhilarating, super compressed, reflective re-assembling of a dozen years working together. Re-animating free improvisation with a Chicago house palette, Deorlaf X is made up of frenetic slabs of mutated multiphonics and triggered percussion, suspended in bouts of possessed reflexive quiet. Where the duo's 2019 release Palina'tufa (EE 004LP) on Empty Editions focused primarily on a response to the real (and imagined) landscapes of Hong Kong, Deorlaf X is located in Dalston, and specifically at OTO. Wrung through Shuan Crook's studio over three nights, the recordings dug from XT's archive aren't simply "duo" -- instead they actively draw on their public and social contexts, involving the influence of audience, engineers and other visiting musicians -- Ghédalia Tazartès, Jamaaladeen Tacuma, Senyawa, RP Boo, and others. "A changing cast of OTO guests, audience and emotions hosted each time