Kevin Kastning once again plays various types of contraguitars on this collaboration with saxophonist Carl Clements, with whom he has worked on and off for twenty years, and clarinettist Soheil Peyghambari whose playing I know from releases featuring Tony Levin and Markus Reuter.
Unique and innovative are adjectives rightfully used to describe the music of Triple Helix which could just as easily be classified as modern classical as jazz and all points in-between. I would describe the music as more of a sonic rather than melodic listening experience, that is akin to a series of six tone poems, Clements employing alto, soprano and tenor saxes, Peyghambari bass and Bb clarinets, important nuances in widening the musical palette in addition to the four possibilities offered by four contraguitars varying from 17 to 36 strings. The synergy between the musicians can be heard throughout an engaging album, creating a natural ambience that will reward multiple listens: the exchanges between the clarinet and sax on ‘Second Chirality’ to Kastning’s sympathetic guitar undertow being as good an example as any if a sample track is needed.
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