Javiera González - Meet Me Twice EP

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  • In 1989, Tobias Freund traveled to Santiago de Chilé to play a concert with Martin Schopf, AKA Dandy Jack. It turned out to be the first of many similar trips: Freund made a lot of friends and fell in love with the city, and has made it back nearly every year since. This past February, he and Uwe Schmidt passed through for a live gig as Tobias and Atom TM, and Freund found time to record some music with Javiera Gonzáles, a friend of his wife. He came with his 808, 202 and a delay unit, and González brought her friend Mario Jarpa, who played organ and recorded everything through a ghetto blaster. Without rehearsing, they swiftly nailed down 12 completely improvised tracks, each in one take. Six of them now make up Meet Me Twice, the latest EP on Freund's label, Non Standard Productions. It's obvious why Freund would want to work with González: her voice is breathy and disarmingly intimate, her lyrics tender and oblique. The two artists have great chemistry. His ebbing grooves and her quivering phrases wind around each other like wisps of smoke, drifting pleasantly and unpredictably. Five of the tracks ride lilting, Cluster-esque grooves; the lovely closer, "Quiet Quiet," is completely beatless. All of them are brought to life by González's darkly sensual performance. It's a strange and lovely record—enough to almost make you wish it weren't so much of a lark. Spontaneity is obviously important here, but if this is what Freund and González came up with on the first try, you have to wonder what might come out of more considered sessions.
  • Tracklist
      A1 Seduce Me A2 It's Alright A3 Meet Me Twice B1 How Come B2 Speak All Night B3 Quiet Quiet
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