Amirtha Kidambi & Luke Stewart – Zenith/Nadir (2022)

“Two of experimental music’s busiest and most creative voices join together on this set of vocal and bass duets. Stewart employs feedback, loops, and effects to generate discordant and boiling noise structures. His instrument’s natural sounds are often hidden to the point of indiscernibility behind these rumbling constructs. Kidambi also makes generous use of effects and processing, with her vocabulary stretching the notion of ‘singing’ to haunting and plaintive wails, chant, and scat. Her wordless vocalizations are largely obscured. But as Zenith/Nadir progresses, the instrumentation and vocals become more clearly identifiable. ...”

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