Mem1: Live at OCMA

The second release on Glenn Bach’s new netlabel MPRNTBL has just been announced: Live at OCMA by Mem1, the husband-and-wife duo of Mark + Laura Cetilia. This 22-minute live set of (as the liner notes describe it) structured improvisation features a blend of Laura’s cello and Mark’s electronics, as the pair follow their own predetermined instructions to create a bold sonic morass seemingly from nothing; the piece begins on the far frontiers of silence, gradually developing into a gurgling slather of textures which eventually break off into a glisteningly quiet denouement. Gorgeous stuff, definitely check it out!

– Synesthetech (2009)