As you probably know by know, I’ve been awestruck recently by the concept of microtime, from its main proponent Malcolm Braff. Since there is ambiguity on the term itself, I’ll refer to it here as microrhythm. As a parallel to microtonality, microrhythm is like “the notes between the notes”, but on the time axis instead of the pitch value. Since it’s often best to provide an example, let me show you the song that started this quest in me, Malcolm Braff Trio’s “Crimson Waves”, with Aurélie Emery.

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Chaos Echœs with Mats Gustafsson – Sustain

The collaboration, titled Sustain, is made of two parts of equal length that achieve a deranging, dense atmosphere that’s as far from black metal as it is from free jazz. The album is closer to dark ambient music, in general. Mats’ saxophone lines are most often drawn out and melancholic, and backed by the infinitely reverberating guitars, distorted bass, and hectic percussions of Chaos Echœs. I was expecting something bombastic, relentless, and heavy, but I am more than pleased to be surprised thusly.

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