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Gibbs, E. Jason / Nat Baldwin: Microstates (Orbit577)

After a year of collaboration where Gibbs and Baldwin developed a common language and shared aesthetic to explore time, space, texture, frenetic energy, and the limits of their instruments and technique, double basssist Nat Baldwin and guitarist E. Jason Gibbs recorded this fascinating set of free improvisations at Apohadion Theatre, in Portland, Maine.
 

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UPC: 755491193594

Label: Orbit577
Catalog ID: OR5016
Squidco Product Code: 30180

Format: CD
Condition: New
Released: 2021
Country: USA
Packaging: Digipack
Recorded at Apohadion Theatre, in Portland, Maine, on August 7th, 2020, by E. Jason Gibbs.


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E. Jason Gibbs-acoustic guitar

Nat Baldwin-double bass


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"Microstates documents a day of focused, measured improvisation from E. Jason Gibbs (acoustic guitar) and Nat Baldwin (double bass). As its name suggests, the album is full of fragmented and immersive musical interludes, testing the boundaries of their instrument's intended usages and the structure of composition.

The pieces capture just a single day of performance but are the product of a year of collaboration where Gibbs and Baldwin developed a common language and shared aesthetic to explore time, texture, frenetic energy, and silence. The music is patient, dynamic, and follows unpredictable paths of intimate interplay, reflecting the dark complexities of a world on fire, with the bright potential for new horizons of radical expression.

E. Jason Gibbs previously featured as a guitarist on the 5-volume Walk My Way project (2021), and has another solo album, Wolves of Heaven, released with Orbit577 in March 2021."-Orbit577


Artist Biographies

E. Jason Gibbs is a guitar player and improviser, based in Portland, Maine, United States.

-Squidco 9/25/2023

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Nathaniel Baldwin is a New York City double bassist, singer and songwriter. He studied with Anthony Braxton. He has released solo albums on the Peacock label, Western Vinyl, Broken Sparrow Records, Tripticks Tapes and Shinkoyo. He has been a member of the bands Dirty Projectors and Tiger Saw.

-Squidco 9/25/2023

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Track Listing:



1. Entropic Force 4:59

2. Open Systems 4:12

3. Microstates 6:38

4. Contour Integral 4:03

5. Lattices 7:56

6. Channel Capacity 5:46

7. Irreversible Process 4:22

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Improvised Music
Jazz
Free Improvisation
Guitarists, &c.
Stringed Instruments
Duo Recordings

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