Eight meditations on just intonations from electroacoustic artist and vocalist Jaap Blonk, here focusing on instrumental aspects while creating beautiful environments of serene and shimmering sound.
Out of Stock
Quantity in Basket: None
Log In to use our Wish List
Shipping Weight: 3.00 units
Sample The Album:
Jaap Blonk-voice, composer, performer
Click an artist name above to see in-stock items for that artist.
UPC: 8713897903669
Label: Kontrans
Catalog ID: Kontrans 561
Squidco Product Code: 21868
Format: CD
Condition: New
Released: 2014
Country: Netherlands
Packaging: Digipack
Recorded in Munich, Germany, August 2014.
"A whole record devoted to one of my main areas of interest: the use of just intonation in various ways, instead of equal temperament. It combines pure synthesis and virtual instruments in a natural way to make for a rich sound, while avoiding all redundancy."-Jaap Blonk
Artist Biographies
• Show Bio for Jaap Blonk "Jaap Blonk (born 1953 in Woerden, Holland) is a self-taught composer, performer and poet.He went to university for mathematics and musicology but did not finish those studies.In the late 1970s he took up saxophone and started to compose music.A few years later he discovered his potential as a vocal performer, at first in reciting poetry and later on in improvisations and his own compositions. For almost two decades the voice was his main means for the discovery and development of new sounds.From around the year 2000 on Blonk started work with electronics, at first using samples of his own voice, then extending the field to include pure sound synthesis as well.He took a year off of performing in 2006. As a result, his renewed interest in mathematics made him start a research of the possibilities of algorithmic composition for the creation of music, visual work and poetry. As a vocalist, Jaap Blonk is unique for his powerful stage presence and almost childlike freedom in improvisation, combined with a keen grasp of structure. He has performed around the world, on all continents. With the use of live electronics the scope and range of his concerts has acquired a considerable extension. Besides working as a soloist, he collaborated with many musicians and ensembles in the field of contemporary and improvised music, like Maja Ratkje, Mats Gustafsson, Joan La Barbara, The Ex, the Netherlands Wind Ensemble and the Ebony Band. He premiered several compositions by the German composer Carola Bauckholt, including a piece for voice and orchestra. A solo voice piece was commissioned by the Donaueschinger Musiktage. On several occasions he collaborated with visual computer artist Golan Levin, for the Ars Electronica Festival. Blonk's work for radio and television includes several commissioned radio plays.He also makes larger-scale drawings of his scores, as well as visual poetry, which is being exhibited. He has his own record label, Kontrans, featuring a total of 25 releases so far. Other Blonk recordings appeared on various labels, such as Staalplaat, Basta, VICTO, Ecstatic Peace, Monotype Records, Terp and Elegua Records.His book/CD 'Traces of Speech' was published in 2012 by Hybriden-Verlag, Berlin. Forthcoming is a sequel with the title "Traces of Cookery".A comprehensive collection of his sound poetry came out as a book with 2 CDs in 2013, entitled "KLINKT"." ^ Hide Bio for Jaap Blonk
10/2/2024
Have a better biography or biography source? Please Contact Us so that we can update this biography.
Track Listing:
1. Ataraxia 9:40
2. Agape 3:20
3. Aspera 4:44
4. Adwaita 16:07
5. Avesta 3:38
6. Angustiae 7:24
7. Aponia 4:02
8. Anabasis 17:03
Improvised Music
Electro-Acoustic
Solo Artist Recordings
Blonk, Jaap
European Improvisation and Experimental Forms
New in Experimental & Electronic Music
Search for other titles on the label:
Kontrans.