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 01. "the self and the opposition" 02. "the facilitator" 03. "the container" 04. "the assumptions" 05. "the certainties" 06. "the suspension" 07. "the polarization" 08. "the second argument" 09. "the why" 10. "the deliberation" 11. "the first argument" 12. "the how" 13. "the mutuality" 14. "the first afterthought" 15. "the second afterthought" 16. "the third afterthought"
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| Description: | Norwegian jazz pianist. In 2016 he launched the solo piano concept Warp the use of live electronics accompanying the grand piano in live performances. Discourses further develops the methodology introduced with the Norwegian pianist?s Warp album. Balke has been featured as among other things leader/composer/arranger/keyboardist of Oslo 13, Magnetic North Orchestra and Siwan, and as solo pianist on Book of Velocities.
Jon Balke?s unique solo work blurs distinctions between composition, improvisation and sound design as Discourses further develops the methodology introduced with the Norwegian pianist?s Warp album. Integrated in the resonant sound of his piano music are "layered soundscapes" of processed material which Balke describes as "distorted reflections and reverberations from the world." Underpinning the project are some thoughts about language, and the notion of discourse and dialogue as fading concepts in an era of confrontational rhetoric. Balke: "In this work I had the framework of language with me from the beginning. As the political climate hardened in 2019 with more and more polarized speech, the lack of dialogue pointed me towards the terms that constitute the titles for the tracks." Discourses was recorded at Lugano?s Auditorio Stelio Molo in December 2019, and produced by Manfred Eicher. - Jon Balke's unique solo work blurs distinctions between composition, improvisation and sound design as Discourses further develops the methodology introduced with the Norwegian pianist's Warp album. Integrated in the resonant sound of his piano music are "layered soundscapes" of processed material which Balke describes as "distorted reflections and reverberations from the world." Underpinning the project are some thoughts about language, and the notion of discourse and dialogue as fading concepts in an era of confrontational rhetoric. Balke: "In this work I had the framework of language with me from the beginning. As the political climate hardened in 2019 with more and more polarized speech, the lack of dialogue pointed me towards the terms that constitute the titles for the tracks." Discourses was recorded at Lugano's Auditorio Stelio Molo in December 2019, and produced by Manfred Eicher.Recorded December 2019 [according to booklet: December 2020]
Auditorio Stelia Molo, RSI Lugano
An ECM Production
In collaboration with RSi Rete Due, Lugano
Thanks to Paolo Keller
? ? 2020 ECM Records GmbH, M?nchen |
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| No. of tracks: |
16 |
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| Manufacturer No.: |
7799541 |
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