Hatali Atseli (L’Echange des Yeux)
Lionel Marchetti & Seijiro Murayama
$12.99
For his second Intransitive album, Lionel Marchetti returns to his favorite subject: the modern musique concrete composer as shaman. Amid an atmosphere of heavy mystery and engrossing, sublime confusion, Hatali Atsalei (L’Echange des Yeux) seems to be informed by radio drama, improvisation, and documentary recording. According to Olivier Capparos’ liner notes, the album provides a “rather faithful“ experience of Ancient Greek ritual: Hatali Atseli, the exchange of eyes. Marchetti the alchemist takes the listener to the scene of an imaginary sacred rite, drawing us in with hints of narrative, only to throw expectations aside with the slice of razor on tape. Fire, water, wind instruments and percussion are blended with the voice of collaborator Seijiro Murayama to create something which is not quite a representation of ritual, but is a ritual itself that becomes completed by the act of listening.
Lionel Marchetti & Seijiro Murayama “Hatali Atseli (L’Echange des Yeux)” CD by Intransitive Recordings
Praise for Hatali Atseli:
“The crackling of fire, the far away drum sound, the splashes of water and the voice make you feel almost part of the ritual, but you remain an outsider. It’s hard to tell what the ritual is about, but you can watch/listen with full fascination… as soon as it was over, I played it again and it started to grow on me further. A true beauty, fascinating and captivating.” – Vital Weekly
