A Noise, A Sound [LP]

Many saw in A Noise, a Sound a new take on Brian Eno and David Byrne's My Life in the Bush of Ghosts. Both do use samples from traditional music around the world, but where the latter were exploring a world/ambient path, Roberto Musci and Giovani Venosta veered into something both more playful and challenging. The keyword here is integration. The ethnological recordings are not stamped over the pair's catchy tunes to provide exotic colors, nor are they embedded in the background to create unusual textures. They literally become part of the music; their melodies, harmonies, and rhythms serve as the basis for these pieces. The integration goes far enough that it is difficult to establish which instruments have been plundered from pre-existing sources and which ones were performed specifically for the project -- that is, unless you glance at the liner notes detailing the nature of all samples. With this prime material, Musci and Venosta have created lively quixotic dances and blurred dist