Margarida Garcia The Leaden Echo

Solo electric double bass. "There are some of the qualities of a field recording to this one-sided LP of solo, electric arco work from Portuguese double bassist Margarida Garcia. The sounds seem to come from a distance, through a hum of charged, electrical atmosphere, as though the microphone has retreated to a safe distance in order to catch the slow, lumbering stirrings of some far-off leviathan. There's a real conceptual depth at work here - the title piece is a study in mournful depression, perfectly capturing a leaden, disconsolate slothfulness. The shorter accompanying piece "Haunts" lines up monolithic single notes like menhirs receding across a barren landscape. It's all done with a deep sense of immersion and a zoned-in patience for eternally unfolding reality that aligns this more closely to drone and underground noise making than any notion of jazz-derived improvisation." Daniel Spicer, The Wire. One sided LP limited edition 200 copies.