Matthias Bauer – double bass
Lawrence Casserley – signal processing instrument
Floros Floridis – bass clarinet & clarinet
Emilio Gordoa – vibraphone
Steve Heather – drums & percussion
Wilbert De Joode – double bass
Kalle Kalima – guitar
Veli Kujala –1/4 tone accordion
Libero Mureddu – piano
Dag Magnus Narvesen – drums & percussion
Giancarlo Schiaffini - trombone
Harri Sjöström – soprano, sopranino, alto saxophone
Sebastiano Tramontana – trombone
Philipp Wachsmann – violine & electronics
Credits:
Live concerts on 1st – 2nd October 2021 recorded by Bayerische Rundfunk at Schwere Reiter, Munich, Germany
Sound engineer: Frank Sattler and Marc Hoffmann
Sound technicians: Andreas Leis and Jürgen Schmid
Stage light & sound technicians: SchwereReiter technical crew: Zoro Babel & team
Mixing & mastering: Frank Sattler
Production assistant: Rita Mbeba
Live concert recording producer: Ulrich Habersetzer
| CD 1 | ||
| 1. | SoundScapes - Opening Night Tutti Orchestra | 15:36 |
| 2. | The Player Is #1 Kalima, Heather, Mureddu | 6:43 |
| 3. | The Player Is #2 Gordoa, De Joode, Schiaffini, Wachsmann | 10:51 |
| 4. | The Player Is #3 Kujala, Sjöström | 8:09 |
| 5. | The Player Is #4 Floridis, Schiaffini | 9:10 |
| 6. | The Player Is #5 Casserley, Gordoa, Heather, Narvesen | 14:26 |
| 7. | The Player Is #6 Tramontana, Wachsmann | 13:08 |
| CD 2 | ||
| 1. | The Player Is #7 De Joode, Narvesen, Tramontana, Sjöström, Wachsmann | 8:32 |
| 2. | The Player Is #8 Bauer, Floridis, De Joode, Schiaffini, Tramontana | 6:32 |
| 3. | The Player Is #9 Casserley, Mureddu, Sjöström, Wachsmann | 12:30 |
| 4. | The Player Is #10 Gordoa, Schiaffini | 11:02 |
| 5. | The Player Is #11 Bauer, Floridis, Heather | 11:06 |
| 6. | The Player Is #12 Casserley, Kalima, Kujala | 13:33 |
| 7. | SoundScapes - Silence To Sound, Tutti Orchestra | 10:44 |
This Two-Day-Improvisation-Festival “SoundScapes #3” was the culmination and conclusion of the art-project “Aspects of Free Improvisation 2021”, conceived by Offene Ohren e.V. and supported by Neustart Kultur and the German Minister of State for Culture and the Media. The first of these aspects focused on individual mission and experience of an improvising artist, while the second one centered around the apparent contradiction between structure and adventure, individualism and mutual goals in one quasi-static ensemble.
The exchange of musical ideas was the core and final aspect of this project: transcending the borders of geography, generations, musical styles and instrumental equipment, the fourteen musicians generated a mutual understanding and a fascinating universal language. SoundScapes #3 once again brought together a carefully selected group of artists from the international avant-garde music scenes, with roots in Finland, England, Norway, Italy, Holland, Greece, Mexico, Australia and Germany. The two-day festival provided deep insights into the exciting world of free improvisation and contemporary in-situ composition. In continuous interplay, the audience was drawn into the maelstrom of the here and now – sometimes in fascinating real-time dialogues of ad-hoc duos or smaller ensembles, opening and culminating in rousing tutti sequences of all parti-
cipating musicians.
Very appropriately, the festival took place during the inauguration weeks of the recently completed new concert space of SchwereReiter: Giving a harsh and rough-textured impression from the outside, it houses a spacious and lofty stage, together with an auditorium which allowed corona-safe seating for an encouraging number of enthusiastic concert visitors. The event surely was a highlight of these opening days!
Hannes Schneider - Offene Ohren e. V
Dwupłytowe wydawnictwo przynosi zapis festiwalu improwizacji "SoundScapes #3", który stanowił kulminację projektu artystycznego „Aspects of Free Improvisation 2021".
"Wymiana pomysłów muzycznych była głównym i końcowym aspektem tego projektu: przekraczając granice geografii, pokoleń, stylów muzycznych i wyposażenia instrumentalnego, czternastu muzyków wytworzyło wzajemne zrozumienie i fascynujący uniwersalny język. SoundScapes #3 po raz kolejny zgromadził starannie wyselekcjonowaną grupę artystów z międzynarodowych awangardowych scen muzycznych, wywodzących się z Finlandii, Anglii, Norwegii, Włoch, Holandii, Grecji, Meksyku, Australii i Niemiec. Dwudniowy festiwal zapewnił głęboki wgląd w ekscytujący świat wolnej improwizacji i współczesnej kompozycji in situ. W ciągłej grze publiczność została wciągnięta w wir tu i teraz – czasami w fascynujących dialogach prowadzonych w czasie rzeczywistym ad hoc duetów lub mniejszych zespołów, otwierających się i kończących się porywającymi sekwencjami tutti wszystkich partii."
Hannes Schneider