Mabe Fratti and Bill Orcutt: Almost Waking review – cellist and guitarist unite for tender harmonies and torrid tangles

(Unheard of Hope) The Guatemalan newcomer and US veteran find striking common ground on an intimate collaboration full of agitation, complexity and uncanny chemistry This dreamlike, intimate album unites one of experimental music’s current stars with one of its most prolific veterans. During an interview promoting 2024’s acclaimed Sentir Que No Sabes, 34-year-old Guatemalan cellist Mabe Fratti praised Bill Orcutt, the 64-year-old US guitarist whose disjointed, aggressive four-string playing –...

By Alastair Shuttleworth