Title: Late Autumn Quartets
Artist: Martin Rach
Release Date: January 2016
License: CC BY-NC-SA
Label: Self-Released
The New Year as arrived and with it some new releases like Martin Rachâs self-released Late Autumn Quartets. Martin Rach, whether heâs performing under an alias (Mons Jacet or Morten Rasz or Chtin Mara) or even with a fictional band, is always innovating new ways to craft sounds. For instance Late Autumn Quartets is a continuation of his November release, Early Autumn Quartets (suRRism-Phonoetics), but with Late Autumn Quartets, Rach has added more pickups to the zithers in an effort to capture more sound.
These quartets are pieces that capture Rach at his improvisational best with a heavy touch of what he calls sound surgery, which is I am assuming Rach coming back around and adding other sounds whether a bongo (donât wince), a kalimba, or something else. However, Rach doesnât lose the freshness of the sound after reworking it.
Late Autumn Quartets opens with âDouble Swingâ which begins mainly as a percussive improvisation, but then the zithers come more into focus which is probably due to Rachâs recording set up as the recorder is not stationary, moving the sound closer and then further away. âSquared Circlesâ is composed of zithers, a kalimba and a bongo (hey, donât wince; it works). But just as you got comfortable with the first two acoustic tracks on Late Autumn Quartets, Rach swivels and begins âRaving Threadsâ with a Korg volca bass and then quickly enters the swirling noise of electronics. Wonderful. The four track album closes out with âRoot Architectureâ which begins with a wall of sound as the zithers and bongos are mixed back into themselves and into the realm of sweet, sweet noise.
All the tracks of Late Autumn Quartets are full and engaging, sometimes  trance-like, but always intoxicating. If you like it you can either download it for free at Free Music Archive or drop Rach a few shekels on Bandcamp.
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Martin Rach: Late Autumn Quartets
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