Live Lab, by Dr.Janowitz

Live Lab

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DR. JANOWITZ
LIVE LAB
KATZENMUSIK [KM 09]

Over the past 20-odd years, Canadian musician Eric St-Laurent has made a name for himself in jazz circles as both a guitar and composer, having unfurled a buoyant, and adventurous body work—as sophisticated as it accessible.

Given the voracious eclecticism displayed on his prior recordings, the sharp contrast of Live Lab, his second release as Dr. Janowitz, might not come as such a huge shock. Its bristling vignettes take the boundless energy he's demonstrated elsewhere and send it hurtling through an entirelyelectronic sound-palette. The approach alone may not be cause for alarm, but what's remarkable is that St- Laurent isn't merely profcient in this language—he's so fuent, nimble, and witty that you'd assume it's his mother tongue.

Dr. Janowitz's roots can be traced as far back as St-Laurent's encounter with Tomita and Klaus Schulze in 1980s. Like his early inspirations, Live Lab whole-heartedly embraces an orchestral sonic scope, exploding vividly in brilliant colours. He even writes these compositions out by hand before realizing them on the computer.

Yet St-Laurent's succinct forms and robust, agitated rhythmic sensibility put him at odds with the cosmic fâneries of his forebears. Where Schulze's work, for instance, wafts slowly across galactic expanses, Dr. Janowtiz is decidedly earthbound. Taut asymmetrical beats dance until they unravel, their constituent elements drifting out of phase. St-Laurent's anxious synth arpeggiations follow suit, melting, changing hue, and rippling through microtonal pitch gradations.

It might sound a little conceptual on paper, but Live Lab—especially its generous low end—is frmly anchored in the body and these clever musical quirks manifest also there, projecting a strange, hallucinatory physicality. It's the sort of record that compels you to move, while covertly frying your synapses—a carefully considered balance of lucidity and disorientation.

St-Laurent will be launching the album on March 1st, 2019 in the album's namesake LIVELab a unique interdisciplinary performance and research facility at McMaster University in Hamilton. There, the music will assume a dramatic new three dimensional life, its rhythmic drifts blossoming into every corner of the space thanks to a specialized, multi-channel sound system.

Nick Storing, Toronto 2019

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released March 1, 2019

All music composed, performed and recorded by Eric St-Laurent

Mixing engineer: Arman Don Müller.

Produced by Stan Schmidt. Mastered by Aria.

2019

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