#troubled water

[dustedmagazine]

Liberski/Yoshida —Troubled Water (Totalism)

It’s not always easy to connect instrumental music to the concepts it is theoretically linked to.  Beyond track titles and liner notes, with no lyrics to ponder, is this simply a case of burdening the music with unwarranted significance? On Troubled Water Belgian pianist Casimir Liberski and Japanese drummer Tatsuya Yoshida address this by producing a tempest that mirrors the turbulent effects of climate change on ocean currents and marine ecosystems.

Although centered in jazz, the duo draws on elements of classical, electronic and experimental rock during this set of six improvisations recorded live at Tokyo club Jazz Spot Thelonious in early 2023. Liberski’s interest in erasing genre boundaries complements the work of Yoshida, a central figure in the Japanese avant-garde and free-form rock with his long running project Ruins. As a duo they develop a clairvoyant link as their music moves through tumultuous rhythmic patterns and pacific lulls which illustrate rather than explain. Both play with a physicality which demonstrates an elemental connection to their instruments and an awareness of the lengths to which they can push themselves and each other.

Liberski opens “Shark Attack” with his synth producing granular white noise with barely audible sonar like beeps as Yoshida works his cymbals. Liberski shifts to the piano in a danse macabre with Yoshida’s drums. The agitation builds towards frenzy, Yoshida stomps double and triple time on his kick drum and pummels the kit, Liberski races to and fro across the keyboard and interjects thick blurts from the synth. It sounds chaotic but the inevitability of the outcome is clear. The music, like the shark and its prey, has a purpose and will not be denied. “Plastic Island” begins with Liberski’s pensive, almost romantic piano figure behind which Yoshida issues operatic ululations from behind the drums. As they progress, the piano becomes knottier and the drums cluttered and abstract. The pair share percussive and melodic duties, intersecting and diverging, emphasizing the organic, primal nature of rhythm and the intuitive intelligence of their improvisations. The Kuroshio Current is vital to the north Asian climate and the aquatic ecosystem of the region. On the track named for it, the duo is at their most pacific. Liberski’s right hand to the fore, beginning with a slow ascent through the octaves before rolling out delicate glissandos which Yoshida complements on his cymbals. The mood is  elegiac and when Yoshida’s ululations reappear it feels like both a lament and a ritual summoning to life. The outro passage of silence punctuated by a distorted synth tones — an alarm, a whale song, sonar — as eloquent as the preceding music.

Andrew Forell

[maudus1]

troubled water is one of my favourite obikin fics and ive reread many times ... so much so that I’ve lost count of how many times I’ve reread it. So I decided to check my ao3 history today to see just how many times I’ve visited your fic... 148 times!! So yes. MUCH BELOVED!!

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THANK YOU 😭

This is awesome to hear! Troubled Water is special to me personally, so it means the world to know you love it. I can’t wait ’til things settle down from all the seasonal and end-of-year buzz so I can get back to it and give you more to read! Thanks again, so much. You’re the best!

Happy Holidays to you and yours! 💕

[movie--posters]

[hitchell-mope]

Well. At least Barbara’s in trouble. That’s something. I guess.

[pierppasolini]

Female Trouble (1974) // dir. John Waters

[uwhe-arts]

bridge over troubled water . . . | uwhe-arts

[canisalbus]

WOAH can we see the skull if thats ok?? that sounds so cool (also only 20€????)

Also since it's hollow you can stick led lights in there for this sort of effect (pardon the mushy quality):

[s0ftersoftest]

[fortheturnstiles]

anyway this is my favorite line read in female trouble

[demaparbat-hp]

i have an idea!! for the zk tea shop au, someone can kiss the other person (lips or something else i’m not picky) while they’re sparring as a surprise attack so that they can win !!

Sneaky little bastard (she's not complaining)

[eywaseclipse]

Lo’ak: “Dad taught me!”

Meanwhile Jake: something’s not right

[maudus1]

that video of anakin looking at obi-wan in a completely normal and non-horny way has inspired me to reread troubled water because no explanation needed honestly

It's 100% the stare he gives Obi-Wan at the end of ch. 4. Just look at those pathetic angsty fuck me eyes

[purity-culture]

A very young John Waters

[hitchell-mope]

Isolation. Perfect(.)

[pierppasolini]

Female Trouble (1974) // dir. John Waters

[columboscreens]