K. Curtis Lyle and Alex Cunningham - Quantum Nursery Rhymes of the Divine Horseman
The Divine Horseman have taken hold of thoughts. In the first selection with same title, Quantum Nursery Rhymes of the Divine Horseman, K. Curtis Lyle shares thirteen pieces of discourse. Poignant observations on the human condition, delivered with a bit of humorous derision on those who listen. There is a line in the fifth nursery rhyme, "For a moment like a hawk landing At the summit of a telephone pole Just to take in the view only a Few get to observe the bird and Nobody sees what he sees". This is the contemplation of listening to this composition, we hear the recorded works of the Divine Horseman but the attentions to get there are only their own. While theses thoughts are being recited, Alex Cunningham amazingly matches tone and timber with violin. It's like the words of K. Curtis Lyle travel from light quips to the heaviest thought and the violin playing cuts the groove for everything to sink in.
Most of this was written while listening to the fifteen minute opening selection Quantum Nursery Rhymes of the Divine Horseman. The bulk of this composition is the following forty minute piece titled Suite Bata, Catechisms of the Revolutionist Becoming Gilded Splinters. I would guess this means the awareness of those striving for spiritual equality, love of all, becoming points of continual fire around the planet we reside. Still unsure of the term Bata. Maybe all thoughts are in continual rhythm created by the Bata drum. The piece "Bata Peyote Plume Agape Geko" could help sustain this idea. But like the hawk on the telephone pole, we only hear the knowledge, we do not formulate it. Bata also seems to be the term for all energy, the current of spiritual essence.
All the while K. Curtis Lyle recites these words Alex Cunningham plays the violin in perfect accord. This accompaniment seems to get lost at times in the vast reflections and poetic efforts of K. Curtis Lyle, but the skillful and creative playing of Alex Cunningham is a the most beautiful quintessence of the recording. Alex Cunningham does not use any effects in his playing, the violin is raw and true, a companion and harmonizing duet for this hour long recital.
This is a heavy composition. Beautiful, but be ready!. Released by the label Storm Cellar on compact disc. Copies are available from Alex Cunningham's bandcamp page
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