I n : : t e n s i o n : . -REVIEWS

Laura Andel Electric PercussiveOrchestra / In::tension:. by Massimo Ricci
Touching Extremes Roma, Italy, November 1, 2005
"[...] there is no doubt that the short repetitive melodies and thematic fragments going around like a bunch of stray dogs running in an open field - typical of the majority of the album - are unconventional, anticonstitutional sonic declarations which sound like no one else."
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Laura Andel Electric PercussiveOrchestra / In::tension:. by Bruce Gallanter
Downtown Music Gallery New York, NY, November 11, 2005
"[...] Eerie morse-code like percussion, mysterious processed vocals, layers of odd electric guitar sounds and two pianos submerged in the waves of turbulent waters. [...] Laura does a fine job and controlling the subtleties and balance, as different instruments float amongst the ghost-like spirits that wander through the entire work. [...]"
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Laura Andel Electric PercussiveOrchestra / In::tension:. by Vangelis Aragiannis
Apopsy Bi-monthly Magazine Syros, Greece, December 2005
"[...] Her roots and experiences from the north, the south, the east and the west are expressed in the more mysterious, dark and experimental way through her orchestra. [...] Andel shows that she likes to be risky, to be immersed in the unknown in order to pull out something about what the least we can say is that has her own stamp. We don't need any further evidence in order to check out her alternative proposal for the jazz orchestra function."
 

Laura Andel Electric PercussiveOrchestra / In::tension:. by Keith Moliné
The Wire Magazine, Soundcheck section, London, UK, February 2006
[...] What impresses most, however, is Andel's compositional clarity and lack of pretension. By subdividing the group into cells, she allows the instrumentalists freedom to maneuver but is able to maintain a firm grip on the composition's overall structure. [...] Andel's work on such pieces has a wonderful conceptual transparency, but her more tightly controlled compositions are also impressive. [...] Like all of In::tension:., it is warm, quirky and highly original.
 

Laura Andel Electric PercussiveOrchestra / In::tension:. by Ken Waxman
Jazz Weekly Magazine, USA, June 2006
[...] On one hand related to the orchestral conductions of organized improvisations such as Butch Morris and Masashi Harada, and on the other the execution of Anthony Braxton’s cyclic Ghost Trance Music, Andel and her crew create a fascinating and unique take on group sounds.
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Laura Andel Electric PercussiveOrchestra / In::tension:. by Frank Rubolino
Cadence Magazine, USA, July 2006
[...] This suite strips the outer layers and exposes the tonal rawness of this challenging mission. Andel touches a nerve with her adventurous experimentation, but the stimulation continually beckons one back for further shock treatments.
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Laura Andel Electric PercussiveOrchestra / In::tension:. by Eduardo Chagas
Jazz e Arredores, Portugal, October 25, 2006
[...] As secções em que a compositora organiza a panorâmica criam elas próprias um propósito de liberdade dentro da estrutura, procurando acentuar tonalidades escuras e sons espectrais, pontos de tensão variável numa linguagem musical soturna que, de inícialmente estranha, se vai tornando irresistivelmente misteriosa. Muito por causa da escolha das texturas e da ousada combinação tímbrica, vibrante pulsão interior e andamento sombrio, elementos que a compositora/regente habilmente gere. Como murmúrios próximos e distantes que nos chegam por entre densas camadas de nevoeiro. [...] Pessoalmente, lembrou-me qualquer coisa próxima de uma banda sonora apropriada para as Tales of Mystery and Imagination, de Edgar Allan Poe. [...]
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Radio Plays
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