Jacob ter Veldhuis (Jacob TV): Shining cityThis is the second in a series of three boxes with Ter Veldhuis' music, each containing two CDs. The first two boxes also each contain a bonus DVD (which seems to be Region 0; in other words playable in all regions). While listening to the wealth of different pieces I went through a rare and wonderful experience of having to completely recalibrate the way I perceive sound and music. The pieces all consist of a collage made out of existing audio material, accompanied by various acoustic instruments, which play a mostly tonal part. What I found striking is how powerful the sounds from the collage are (e.g. snippets from a television commercial, a baby coughing, shouts from an 'evangelist' on Times Square, etc.) and how well these sounds blend together with the acoustic instruments. Highlights for me were the exhilarating The Body of Your Dreams, the raw Grab It! and the very moving May This Bliss Never End, a tribute to Chet Baker.
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