La Tène

La T�ne's boundary-blurring fragmentation of traditional music is a propulsive and pulsating trip drawing upon Terry Riley and the minimalist masters. La T�ne named themselves in reference to a cultural period spanning a few centuries of the lateIron Age, first defined in the mid-19th century after a flurry of archaeological discoveries near a Swiss lake. That's not a superficial hat tip, either. La T�ne's long, hypnotic, wordless pieces are built from traditional folk instrumentation, wild percussion and blurred, subtle electronic embellishments, and feel as ancient and earthy as those millennia-old artefacts - with all the metal, wood, dedication, and craftsmanship they entailed. 'Ecorcha/Taill�e,' their fourth release and third for Geneva's Bongo Joe label, is the sound of three musicians playing together as intuitively as if hooked up to a central, pulsating brain. Comes in deluxe silkscreened cover.