Palestine / Coulter / Mathoul / Maximin

Young God

On Maximin, the music of the seminal minimalist composer Charlemagne Palestine is reconfigured and reiterated by David Coulter and Jean-Marie Mathoul, in full co-operation and collaboration with Mr. Palestine. Coulter and Mathoul have taken previously recorded works of Mr. Palestine and - with the full respect due these often transcendent and sacred works - have interwoven new and/or found sounds, drones, and unexpected textures into an ever-shifting flow that brings new light to these deeply soulful, sonic-sculptural emanations. Recontextualizing the pure and spiritual force of nature that Mr. Palestine's music represents could be a risky musical undertaking, but Coulter and Mathoul pull it off beautifully, inspired solely by their love of and respect for the original works themselves. The mixes have an authentic, handmade sensibility, and even when electronics are occasionally introduced, retain an organic feel.  David Coulter is an experimental, forward-looking UK composer and multi-instrumentalist whose history includes working in various capacities with the Pogues, Test Dept., The Kronos Quartet, Marc Ribot, Yoko Ono, Roger Eno, and many others. He has recently contributed sounds to, and has orchestrated a children's choir for the new Angels of Light album, in progress.  Jean-Marie Mathoul is a sound manipulator and collagist who sometimes collaborates with Coulter. He lives in Brussels, Belgium.  -Michael Gira / Young God Records  Tracklisting:  1. Jamaica Heinekens in Brooklyn revisited #1 2. Schlongo!!!daLUVdrone revisited #1 3. Schlongo!!!daLUVdrone revisited #2 4. Karenina revisited 5. Schlongo!!!daLUVdrone revisited #3 6. Jamaica Heinekens in Brooklyn revisited #2 7. Jamaica Heinekens in Brooklyn revisited #3  Though Philip Glass, Steve Reich, Terry Riley, and La Monte Young are hailed as the pioneers of minimalist music, the portfolio of Charlemagne Palestine is equally reductive, relentless, and compelling.… Not to be confused with vacuous New Age pabulum, Palestine's work offers sonic sculptures to be thoroughly inspected and savored at every moment. -Dean Suzuki, www.wired.com  There's a transcendent timelessness about Charlemagne Palestine's music that makes me feel as if it will always be around.… Like Phill Niblock, Tony Conrad, Philip Corner or Yoshi Wada, Charlemagne Palestine … is one of minimalist music's unjustly neglected figures, known to the lucky cognoscenti but perhaps too austere to survive the commercial crossover of late '70s minimalist music… -Brian Duguid, www.hyperreal.org  * Pure listening pleasure and a lovely portal into the work of this inspired yet under-appreciated composer  * Coulter is known to fans of The Pogues, Test Dept., Kronos Quartet, Marc Ribot, Peter Hammill, Yoko Ono, Roger Eno, et al.

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