REVIEW CLIPS
The
Horn Call John Dressler Volume XXXVI, No. 1,
October 2005 - PATCHWORKS
performers may find great value in the
literature on this particular disc.
All
About Jazz Budd Kopman
October 2, 2005 - PATCHWORKS
Thurlow is clearly a
master of this area of musical composition and performance, attracting talented
composers and performers into the orbit of Turn
on the Music.
Computer Music
Journal Sandy Nordahl Volume 27 Issue 3 Fall 2003 - I Am
Overall,
this disc is an impressive endeavor. Ms. Thurlow
really knows how to create a mood that hangs thick, like a fog clinging to the
ground on a cold, full-moon night."
Metaphysical
Reviews Richard Fuller - April 2002 Angelic Waves Part 1
Composer
and musician Deborah Thurlow now gives us an album
that can lift the spirit of the listener while at the same time, offer the
perfect means to meditation. And if that's not enough, Deborah Thurlow gave this reviewer a magic carpet that transported
me to a better place, all within my heart.
Electronic Music
Foundation Joel Chadabe - December 2001
"...chooses the music that she plays to allow her to create striking
timbres that range from the reflective to the dramatic, from the romantic to
the brash; and as she puts it all together, she emerges with an original and
strong voice as instrumentalist and as composer...Thurlow
plays horn, shofar, Tibetan singing bowl, and tingsha; Eric Ross plays theremin
and piano; Clive Smith electric guitar with devices ... In short, the very
choice of instruments is surprising, and she uses them in various combinations
to great effect."
The Horn Magazine Ian Wagstaff - December 2001
"Forget Rattigan and Shilkloper, this
jazz horn CD, entitled I Am, is
really different. Quite how different? Well, combine the Dalai Lama with
Berlioz, throw in some Hebraic influence and you might be getting there.
The Horn Call John Dressler - November 2001
"Most of the music on
this latest recording is atmospheric, metrically free, and soul-searching.
Sections are reminiscent of music of Harry Partch,
Rick Todd, and Tom Varner; other sections are pensive, subtle, and
reverberant."
Redludwig.com George
Follett - October 4, 2001
"At times, I Am, is also a study in contrasting
derivations, sounding like a curious amalgam of early Stockhausen, the tone
poetry of Diamanda Galas and the soundtrack to a '50s
sci-fi movie."
"The most satisfying
track, Thurlow's The Chaotic World, mixes
quasi-melodic string passages with the whirring theremin
and clanging, pseudo-metal guitar riffs from Clive Smith. The contrasts of styles, tones and sensibilities are
mesmerizing."
New York Times - Allan Kozinn - June 15, 1991
"The program also
included Deborah Sandoval-Thurlow's `Lunch at Moishe's
Delicatessen,' an amusing inventively colorful score."
