A Cosmic Rhythm With Each Stroke cover

A Cosmic Rhythm With Each Stroke

Released

This duo spends their 66 minutes documenting the flavor of gestures and photographing the inside edges of space. Most of the time, Iyer plays the ovoid to Smith’s X-Y axis, using piano and Rhodes and electronics to fill in the untouched corners while also leaving space for Smith’s trumpet pins. They manage to churn through a dozen approaches without too much burn, invoking Miles and Monk along the way but also turning the canon into a learning moment. Their lack of obvious signposts isn’t an imposition but the clearing away of anything unnecessary.

Sasha Frere-Jones

Recommended by

Suggestions
Amber cover

Amber

Autechre
Anthem cover

Anthem

Ralph Towner
Amassed cover

Amassed

Spring Heel Jack
Speak Low II cover

Speak Low II

Lucia Cadotsch
For Olim cover

For Olim

Cecil Taylor
★ cover

David Bowie
Mise en Abîme cover

Mise en Abîme

Steve Lehman Octet
Still Smiling cover

Still Smiling

Blixa Bargeld, Teho Teardo
The Episodes cover

The Episodes

Chris Connelly