Pre-existing Commitments: Mark Wastell

Open letter to Mark Wastell:

„Just listened through your new cello recording and find it absolutely powerful, and quite unusual. I can only think of the piece «Battle of Armageddon» by Alice Coltrane as something that has this insisting powerful playing with the sparse use of only a few elements. In her case the organ and Rashid Ali’s drums. Similar with your cello overdubs which never seem overloaded in the 40 minutes of its duration. Well done.“ – J. Bang