Saxophonist Herve Perez and double bassist Gus Garside spent much of the pandemic lockdown recording these intimate duos, interpretations of a 13th Century Poem, "The Guest House" by Rumi, recording in their respective homes using software designed for real-time audio collaboration, as they developed this introspective set of dialogs with strong lyrical affinity between the two.
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Gus Garside-double bass
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UPC: 755491188569
Label: Orbit577
Catalog ID: OR5009
Squidco Product Code: 29990
Format: CD
Condition: New
Released: 2021
Country: Italy
Packaging: Digipack
Recorded in Brighton, UK, March-May 2020, by the artists. Subsequent sessions recorded with both players in their own homes, while improvising in real time online, connected via low-latency software.
"Meeting for the first time as an acoustic duo in their collaborative album, The Unexpected Visitor, UK-based musicians Gus Garside and Herve Perez explore the musical interpretations of a 13th Century Poem, "The Guest House" by Rumi.
The album captures a series of improvisations played between March and May 2020, before and during the official UK lockdowns, some recorded in the same room together, some individually by each musician at home. This album is a selection of music from their original session and their telematic at-home improvisations, woven together by Rumi's naturally evolving poetic narrative.Informed by the practice of deep listening, the musicians composed the album with angular melodic lines and abstract passages, exploring the resonant qualities and structural design of the saxophone and double bass. The tracks offer reflective and inviting duets, embodying the transient curiosity and sincere openness of the poem they're inspired by, "This being human is a guest house / Every morning a new arrival."-Orbit577The Squid's Ear!
Artist Biographies
• Show Bio for Gus Garside "Gus Garside, double bass: I have worked in a variety of musical settings - jazz, contemporary music, rock, cabaret, dance, theatre and, most importantly, improvised music. I perform in a number of regular groups and one off projects as well as occasionally performing solo (see WHO I PLAY WITH). I often use electronics and occasionally voice. I have enjoyed working with dancers, visual artists and films. I also create structured improvisational compositions including The Star Field, The Sleepwalkers (featuring 10 of the leading improvising string players in the UK) and Collective Stories (a commission in Quebec with Grand Groupe Régional d'Improvisation Libérée). I am part of the Brighton Safehouse collective, a collective of local improvising performers which is now in its 13th year. I'm also the national coordinator for Creative Minds, a project led by learning disabled artists and performers who wish to take their rightful place in the wider arts world." ^ Hide Bio for Gus Garside • Show Bio for Herve Perez "Hervé Perez: Improviser, sound and visual artist, hervé performs spontaneous compositions with saxophones and laptop, using processed field recordings. His work is influenced by practices such as jazz, electro-acoustic, contemporary music, experimental electronics, free improvisation, immersive sound art and techniques of sound therapy. His research approaches sound as vibration, the relation between sound and objects or spaces, architecture and the body. Hervé works in sound design, sound recording and editing, post-production, mastering and composition, sound art and installation as well as performance which remains his main focus. He has developed a very personal way to process and sculpt location recordings to reveal their musical features and maximise resonance with the listener and their experience of sound. Hervé's use of field recordings is concerned with frequencies and harmonic relationships found in nature. How they relate to the real, physical world, and how the sounds of natural elements connect to our experience. Playing the saxophone, hervé focuses on extended techniques and abstract peripheral sounds structural to the instrument as a physical resonant object - although he has been known to play melodies at times... 'sounding out', one of his current projects, is an exploration of architecture, outdoor acoustics and sacred sites. These recordings are documents of in situ improvisations, inspired by the spirit and the special characteristics of a location. Further work in sound design, music for film/video: Rain (dir. Carla mackinnon), cellotape (dir. Aitor gutierrez), henri & may (dir. Sally pierce) sound art and video installation: The pursuit of happiness (arsenal gallery, poznan), catalyst (bank street arts, sheffield), one square foot (mile end art pavilion, london). Photography and graphic design. Greatly interested in collaboration, hervé has performed with musicians and dancers whose practice is immersed in free improvisation,closely working with mick beck (sax, bassoon), martin archer (winds, electronics), peter fairclough (drums), philip thomas (piano), jez riley-french (el.), shaun blezzard (electronics), ian simpson (electronics, guitar), charlie collins (vibraphone, drums and percussions), constantin popp (live processing, diffusion), adam woolf (piano), aysegul balkose (dance, paint) etc. In the ukand also michel doneda (sop sax), jonas kocher (accordion), simon berz (dr, electro), christian muller (electro), rodolphe loubatiere (dr), d'incise (electro, objects), cyril bondi (dr), heddy boubaker (alto and bass sax), sebastien cirotteau (trumpet, electronics), andré darius (ebass), cia barbet (dance), anastasia hvan (dance), joe formanek (dr, el), roger mills (trumpet, el), henri herteman (p, trombone), guy bayssac (dr), marin beranger (p), mark alban lotz (fl) in europe." ^ Hide Bio for Herve Perez
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Track Listing:
1. The Guide 1:36
2. The Seeker 10:01
3. The Cook 4:51
4. The Lover 7:31
5. The Gardener 4:56
6. The Dancer 3:03
7. The Maker 8:39
8. The Teacher 5:59
9. The Keeper 7:01
10. The Poet 12:53
Improvised Music
Free Improvisation
Jazz
Melodic and Lyrical Jazz
Recordings by or featuring Reed & Wind Players
Stringed Instruments
Duo Recordings
European Improvisation, Composition and Experimental Forms
London & UK Improv & Related Scenes
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