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by Steven LoewyObscure trumpeter Axel Dörner joins legendary demolition experts, percussionist Michael Zerang and cellist Fred Lonberg-Holm, for nearly an hour of furious little sounds on this fascinating recording. Zerang and Lonberg-Holm have a concentrated history of intense interaction where boundaries know no limits. The trumpeter eschews the usual sounds from the brass and instead revels in brushstrokes of noise, air, and gurgles. The results barely resemble the horn from which the sounds emanate. Dörner appears subservient to Lonberg-Holm and Zerang, each of whom has been down similar paths with the other before. The total range of sounds is nothing short of fascinating, but this is music/noise of the extremes, where there are few rules other than creative expression. As a product of its genre it succeeds as unrestrained self-expression, but the solipsistic element cannot be denied. The most successful portions are those featuring the cello and drums, while the trumpeter/leader is often somewhat subdued. The scratchy strings are as good as ever, with the cellist continuing to mine new bleeps and burbles, or at least their string equivalents.