Feeding Tube Records – FTR504
"A very whacked new outing from Baltimore keyboard genius Liz Durette.
Her earlier albums had a certain avant jazz approach, tempered perhaps
by certain new music proclivities. And while I do not doubt she still
has the chops for such things, Delight is a horse of an entirely
different color. What's here was all done on keyboards, but at times it
sounds like insane calliope music for wicked children with a taste for
that old waltz beat. The whole first side could be the soundtrack for a
surreal film about dead Viennese courtiers high-stepping their way
around the Bardo as though it were a hedge maze. The more I listen to
the record, the more circular its matrix appears, and the less certain I
am of the direction in which gravity is pulling me. No surprise then,
to learn that part of Delight's inspiration was drawn from A Genuine
Tong Funeral, Gary Burton's amazing '68 LP, comprised of a full set of
Carla Bley's wildest early compositions. On the flip, Durette is in a
similar fettle, but seems keener on exploring the faux percussive
aspects of her 'axe.' This involves the simulation of little people tap
dancing on a xylophone, as well as very many other
transgressive-if-meditative sonic activities. And they are all done with
such flair and attention to detail you really have to wonder what sort
of visions Liz has accessed. They seem to exist somewhere between
romance and math. The universe of sounds she creates on Delight is
wildly complex, but also it appears to operate by a set of congruous
rules throughout. Like I said earlier, GENIUS!"
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