Recording: Ewen/Newman/Newman

Artist: Sandy Ewen/Kurt Newman/Paul Newman

Song: [2nd piece, in two parts]

Recorded at The Tranzac's Southern Cross Lounge (H.W.G. Showcase), July 14, 2018.

Sandy Ewen/Kurt Newman/Paul Newman - [2nd piece, part 1]

Sandy Ewen/Kurt Newman/Paul Newman - [2nd piece, part 2]

There was a hint of sadness to this night as it was the only surviving vestige of the planned second instalment of the Eclec~Tic~Toc Fest, which was brought low by some of the perennial problems with finding suitable spaces for DIY events in this city. That was far outweighed, however, by a chance to catch up with the now-expatriated force of nature known as {AN} EeL, joyfully mashing musicians together just as he does on some his mail-art-styled recording projects.

This opening trio almost certainly arose from that "looks good on paper" sense of experimentalism, as on a stylistic level this was a somewhat counter-intuitive agglomeration. It made sense that guitar-clanger Sandy Ewen (with her bells, chalk, steel wool and glowing wire-coils) was seated in the centre here, as there was a sense that the others were adorning her sound-world. She certainly served as a carefully-negotiated meeting point for K.N.'s penchant for shredding and P.N.'s long-breath saxophone flow.