This recording is based on sounds created by violin and voice and the ending grooves of vinyls. Composer and performance artist Ayumi Paul and multimedia artist Achim Mohné merge them into an improvised dialogue recorded during a single studio day. For this uncut, unaltered and unrepeatable set, Mohné uses a triple deck set-up to convert tiny dust particles inside ending vinyl grooves into sound sculptures within which Paul improvises musical narratives with violin and voice that dissolve into vast abstract sound scapes. © Ayumi Paul / Achim Mohné / Evil Rabbit Records (192914325970) recorded by gerd and joshua nesgen, february 2018 at ping ton studios cologne, Germany mixed by francesco donadello at vox ton studio berlin, Germany mastered by francesco donadello at calyx berlin, germany - total playing time: 56:17 ORDER / DOWNLOAD HERE: https://evilrabbitrecords.eu/catalogue/err28-ayumi-paul-achim-mohne-sketches-for-violin-and-vinyl/

Reviews:
1. Salt Peanuts: http://salt-peanuts.eu/record/ayumi-paul-achim-mohne/?fbclid=IwAR3BRL15gtXA5gGgREAljTG7ozB2n-dEE68JotVZwtKY4UTwx-G-QkWBkUs
2. vital weekly, number 1165, week 2
3. His Voice, Prag, Tchech Republic: https://www.hisvoice.cz/u-evil-rabbit-improvizacni-shodu-nehledaji/
4. Positionen / Texte zur aktuellen Musik https://www.facebook.com/meinrad.kneer/posts/10156658439967462

(…) With ‘Sketches for Violin and Vinyl’ we are talking of something completely different. Ayumi Paul is a violinist and composer based in Berlin. Classically educated she became involved in performance and improvisation and worked with Audrey Chen, Ig Henneman, Aki Takase, and Elliott Sharp. Achim Mohné studied photography and became a freelancing media artist. Since the mid-90s he got more and more involved in working with record players, cassette recorders, etc. In his collaboration with Paul, he plays turntables’. Recordings took place at Ping Ton Studios in Cologne. Compositions are by Ayumi Paul and Achim Mohné. They are based on ‘the sounds of the locked grooves of Mohné’s collection of vinyl and improvisations for violin and voice by Paul”. These crackling noises, sometimes have with the randomness of raindrops falling on a roof, sometimes they are looped and repetitive. One could say crackling vinyl noises are a very limited set of sounds. But Mohné succeeds in communicating the charm of this little universe by creating fascinating pointillist textures. I think it is above all Paul answering the textures created by Mohné than it is the other way around. Paul plays and sings very sensitive. Her violin playing is very warm and delicate; an inspired play with timbre and sound. A great player! This is a very interesting and daring meeting; engaging and fascinating most of the time, although there are a few moments where things are too unfocused and together in my opinion. http://www.vitalweekly.net/1165.html