Tinkle Twang 'n Tootle, by Pierre Bastien

Tinkle Twang 'n Tootle

by Pierre Bastien

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Lost Tribe Sound Not the oddest jazz experiments I've ever heard, but definitely among the most listenable and satisfying. Just turn this on for a bit and ignore it in the corner, within no time the bizarrely syncopated machinery will have your head nodding in ways it never has. Be sure to stretch first. Favorite track: Smart Lilt Rams.

Martin Doudoroff Whimsical, charming electroacoustic music from a master. Favorite track: Don's Nod.

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1.	Smart Lilt Rams 04:46	buy track
2.	Tenet 07:08	buy track
3.	Rail at a Liar 04:13	buy track
4.	May Yam / Wedded Dew 10:33	buy track
5.	Pet Step 05:31	buy track
6.	Don's Nod 03:55	buy track

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Pierre Bastien orchestrates his meccano marionettes on Tinkle Twang ‘n Tootle to form the charming imaginative ensemble that he’s been known for since the late 80s.

Equal parts composer, inventor, mechanic, and performer - Bastien translates his imagination into instruments and compositions that defy any musical categories. Whether it’s preparing instruments like playing a trumpet underwater or through a kazoo, using belt-driven motors and mechanical components to perform cumbersome yet surprisingly musical operations on traditional instruments and household items, or using a fan to hit the strings of a kundi harp with flowing paper - Bastien’s love for tone, rhythm, noise and harmony is poetically reflected across his quite extensive oeuvre.

Playful and melancholic, the sound sculptures that Bastien invents and plays with are partly inspired by the work of Raymond Roussel, a visionary French author who at the turn of the 20th century wrote a unique form of literature which inspired and guided artists from the surrealist and pataphysical movement and was declared by Michel Foucault as one of structuralism's founding fathers. On that note, the influence of literature and syntax on Bastien’s work cuts all the way through to the palindromes he uses for his track titles - which, much like his machines, infinitely loop.

True to it’s adorable title, Tinkle Twang ‘n Tootle is a music box of unfolding whimsical structures, half broken rhythms, detuned harmonies, and fantastical sound collages that evoke a childlike sense of wonder and an urge to explore the spaces in between the sounds.

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released June 21, 2019

Written, played, recorded and mixed by Pierre Bastien
Mastered and cut by Noel Summerville
Artwork by Benjamin Kilchhofer
Distributed by Honest Jon's
Marionette 2019

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