Four Assignments (& Other Pieces)

This collection of music from autodidact composer Max Syedtollan (fka Horse Whisperer) sees him elaborating upon the chamber music approach of 2019’s ‘Planctae’, in collaboration with London/Brussels collective ‘Plus-Minus Ensemble’ - presenting three new pieces all written in the last year. Freewheeling narratives unravel to mutant, agile and often weirdly funny music - the everyday and the historical colliding in joyous ostranenie. Fractured string and woodwind arrangements vie with almost teenage-punk-bandy guitar ‘n’ drums, in an idiosyncratic yet irresistable explosion of virtuoso amateurism. Researches into esoteric archaeology leak into dissociative autobiography, the presence of ‘text’ flooding every corner of these strange and intricate musical microcosms. The album comes with a specially designed sleeve by artist Celina Eceiza along with a risograph printed essay by Neil Luck. It arrives as a limited edition cassette run of 150.