Feeling the cool evening breeze and admiring the works by John Duncan. An excerpt from a review on his release "Crucible";
..."John Duncan ... his soundwork doesn't meet up to mainstream musical taste at all, because his collection of documentary material -- religious killing of animals in Thailand, for instance -- and his wild frequency sounds offer without question a very intense and at times quite exhausting 'pleasure' of listening. John Duncan deeply descends into the abyss of particular cultural conditions, but without taking an affirmative point of view. He examines, touches the wounds, and asks about the basics of society that make such things as pornography possible in the first place. CRUCIBLE is a live album by John Duncan, that documents a performance in the tiny Italian village of Topolò. Topolò -- totally removed from the outside world -- is situated on the Italian/Slovenian border. Duncan amplifies the sounds of small rivers and springs, works with atmospheric disturbance sounds and the result is an intense sound experience with a clear, crystaline presence. CRUCIBLE comes in a beautiful cedarwood box with information on the documented performance included.
-- Sascha Ziehn; INTRO 12-98/1-99...."
..."John Duncan ... his soundwork doesn't meet up to mainstream musical taste at all, because his collection of documentary material -- religious killing of animals in Thailand, for instance -- and his wild frequency sounds offer without question a very intense and at times quite exhausting 'pleasure' of listening. John Duncan deeply descends into the abyss of particular cultural conditions, but without taking an affirmative point of view. He examines, touches the wounds, and asks about the basics of society that make such things as pornography possible in the first place. CRUCIBLE is a live album by John Duncan, that documents a performance in the tiny Italian village of Topolò. Topolò -- totally removed from the outside world -- is situated on the Italian/Slovenian border. Duncan amplifies the sounds of small rivers and springs, works with atmospheric disturbance sounds and the result is an intense sound experience with a clear, crystaline presence. CRUCIBLE comes in a beautiful cedarwood box with information on the documented performance included.
-- Sascha Ziehn; INTRO 12-98/1-99...."
