Oswald,Moritz Von / Sakhna,Ordo Moritz Von Oswald & Ordo Sakhna CD

A kind of intimate scrapbook of the startling collaboration between the techno maestro Moritz Von Oswald, and this long-standing musical collective based in Bishkek devoted to the roots music of Kyrgyzstan, Ordo Sakhna. Loose-leaved but balanced, lucid, and intimate, it sets out from stunning a cappella and virtuosic komuz and kylak, mouth harp and traditional percussion: not field, but expert studio recordings, using marvelous vintage microphones, made over several days in Berlin. Further, a few of these are deftly treated by Moritz, using Reichian de-synced double-tracking, and discreet effects. Also includes two ten-minute dubs: a deadly, signature Berlin steppers, plus it's version; and an echoing, mystical drum session, recorded live on stage in Bishkek. And a side-long, dream-like summation: the locomotive, oceanic, clangorous, dread "Facets". Ravishing, rooted, searching music; beautifully presented.

1. Koirong Ku 2. Koichulrdyn Kongur Kuu 3. Drums 4. Fragments 5. Tushumdo 6. Facets 7. Mash Kambarkan 8. Talasym 9. Kolkhoz Kechteri 10. Bishkek, May 2016 11. Draught 12. Draught Dub 13. Improvisation