Sidsel Endresen & Stian Westerhus: Didymoi Dreams (Rune Grammofon, 2012)
December 1, 2013 at 12:37 pm | Posted in Reviews | Leave a comment
Sidsel Endresen & Stian Westerhus: Didymoi Dreams
Another disc that’s been staring me in the face from my desk for a year that I never got around to reviewing. I’m determined to get to the bottom of each and every pile of recorded media on my desk and floor before I start buying any more music, period. This album pits veteran Norwegian avant-jazz singer Endresen against relative newcomer Westerhus, who creates haunting soundscapes forming a backdrop for Endresen’s convulsing, stuttering improvised vocals. Endresen’s vocals mimic glitching and malfunctioning machines, while Westerhus’ guitars similarly swirl in the background and crash and splitter in the foreground. On “Wayward Ho”, Endresen almost sounds like a jungle MC speaking in tongues. Other tracks are super quiet and just seem to consist of minimal humming. The unexpected presence of applause at the end of a couple tracks reminds you that this is all being performed live, which makes everything all the more jarring.
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