This trio made up half of the band Tonus on the deliberate, glacial and minimal Monograph 50 (released on FEF last year). Aesthetics is a real contrast, capturing one day of studio and live recordings from Dirk Serries, Martina Verhoeven and Colin Webster, on acoustic guitar, cello and alto sax respectively. Though the dynamics ebb and flow, the players inexorably gravitate towards wrenching abrasive textures from their instruments in rapid pointillist flurries.
1. I 07:54
2. II 08:23
3. III 07:29
4. IV 29:43
Dirk Serries : acoustic guitar
Martina Verhoeven : cello
Colin Webster : alto sax
I-III : performed, recorded, mixed at the Sunny Side Inc.
Studio, Anderlecht (Belgium) on December 15th 2018.
IV : live in concert at Jurgen Moortgat’s living room
concert series (Mechelen, Belgium) on December 15th
2018. Recorded and mixed by Dirk Serries.
Mastered at the Sunny Side Inc. Studio, Anderlecht (Belgium).
