Duets Volume One

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“I sent Ernesto solo dobro, stringed-instrument (Vietnamese ‘moon-lute’, electric saz, mandolin), E-Bow, ballpoint pen, and fuzz-pedal flour sifter performances. To these he added prepared guitar. Overall, more ‘song-y’ than most of the things he and I create together.” – BHH

“Ernesto Diaz-Infante: The predominant aesthetic for me in this project is to maintain sensitivity to the interaction between the instruments, their timbres, and the form of the collaborative pieces. As a finisher, I usually have these discussions in my head following my response to Bret’s initiated material about the overall composition and its effectiveness as a listening or performance experience. As initiator, I look forward to being surprised with the final result (a captured environment of haiku-influenced static music, noise, instrumental extended techniques, spontaneous methods, and vocals) for the new perspective it will provide, and the new connections and intersections that I will find in our collaborative efforts…I’ve been working with this method of collaboration for the past 5 years with various other artist like Rotcod Zzaj, Chris Forsyth, Aioi Usui and others. From this type of exploration, means not only the chance to interact with a totally new challenging creative environment, and the time to compose vital new works, but also the chance to immerse myself in a unique mail-art culture and explore its intersections and connections with my work, and share our discoveries with others…While in the ‘zone’ of improvising, I try to focus my mind in responding to the influence of a challenging environment through drawing from my daily practice of composition, including other observations of art forms and constructions; but naturally exploring all the possibilities of making art in real-time. ” – ED-I