Randy Raine-Reusch
- Press Clippings
ARTICLES
CONCERT REVIEWS
Vancouver Jazz Fest with
Barry Guy and Mats Gustafsson
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A master of eclectic East Asian wind
and string instruments more
---> One Final Note.com
Mei Han & Randy Raine-Reusch
Duo
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Han and Raine-Reusch have redefined
the zheng, and challenged the world of traditional Chinese music in general.
Together they have invented new tunings, developed new fingering techniques,
expanded old structures and created radical new forms of expression on
this ancient instrument. China Daily, Beijing
Solo
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Raine-Reusch is a globetrotting visionary
who is the only recognized occidental virtuoso on several oriental instruments.
The Georgia Straight, Vancouver, Canada
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The Noah of musical instruments! David
Grierson CBC-Radio
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Une musique elegant and sensible Le
Soliel, Quebec, Canada
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Raine-Reusch's is a unique and beautiful
music. Eumak Dong'a, Seoul, Korea
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Stunning virtuoso! Singapore Star
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Whenever Raine-Reusch performs, the
audience sits in rapt attention, almost afraid to breathe. A unique experience.
Miscellaneous Magazine, Manila, Philippines
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He played music that transcended all
influences. The audience heard a sound so mysterious, sensual, and
stirring. The Manila Chronicle, Philippines
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Raine-Reusch, the peripatetic composer
who finds beauty in all forms of music. The New Straights Times, Kuala
Lumpur, Malaysia
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The music of Randy Raine-Reusch is
a tonic for jaded ears. As refreshing as a glass of Perrier on a dog day
afternoon: as startling as that first glimpse at a leaf under a microscope.
The listener is at once soothed and stimulated, and ultimately carried
away on a journey of discovery. The Sunday News, Philippines
CD REVIEWS
Bamboo, Silk & Stone - with Jon Gibson, Stuart Dempster, Jin Hi Kim, William O. Smith, Barry
Truax
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Truly Wonderful ...very top of my home
play list! The music reaches right out of the electronic media of
playback equipment and grabs you and pulls you in. more
--->David Mott - Musicworks
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His genius is an ability to focus the
listener’s attention onto microscopic strata of timbre...I feel I’m not
merely listening to sound, but listening to listening. more
--->Mack Hagood, Far Eastern Audio Review
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This ambitious CD showcases just one
of the many facets of the extraordinary Vancouver musician, bandleader,
composer, instrument collector, World Music activist and scholar, Randy
Raine-Reusch. “Bamboo, Silk and Stone” contains eight compositions
featuring Randy’s masterful playing of of six Asian zithers from his collection. more ---> Anrew
Timar, Wholenote
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Raine-Reusch teams brilliantly with
hard-core new music stalwarts like trombonist Stuart Dempster, and Jon
Gibson. more --->
Signal to Noise
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Raine-Reusch’s approach is serious
and open to experiment. more
---> Clive Bell - The Wire
Distant Wind - with Mei Han
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Their playing is nothing short of extraordinary...Mei
Han and Randy Raine-Reusch remind us that the best conditions for improvisation
begin first with the soul and then with intuition. Alan Jones, One Final Note.com
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This is strong stuff Alexander Varty, The Georgia Straight
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The album simply has deep soul.
Chris Wong, The Vancouver Courier
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Distant Wind contains sounds intriguingly
different from what the Western ear may be accustomed to. Craig W. Hurst - Jazzreview.com
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A highly accessible and attractive
album of zheng duets. Clive Bell, The Wire, Dec. 2001
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An original and quite remarkable set
of compositions Paul-Emile
Comeau, Global Rhythm, Aug 2002
Driftworks - with Pauline
Oliveros
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Challenges the listener to engage in
"deep listening," more
----> www.susqu.edu/oliveros1.html
Gudira - with Barry
Guy and Robert Dick
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Their engrossing three-way conversations
produce intense musical rapids that threaten to engulf the listener
more ---> The
Wire
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A recording of monumental proportions
and implications more
---> All About Jazz.com
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A tone feast for the ears! more
---> Jazziz
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Some of the most impressive moments
on the CD reflect the interplay of Raine-Reusch and Barry Guy, where, for
example on the impressive "Ideareal History", they wrestle for an extended
session of unmitigated bliss.. more
---> Cadence
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