Adnata Ensemble - Oku (2024) [Official Digital Download 24/96]

Double bassists Scott Colberg, Ari Folman-Cohen, Michael Isvara Montgomery, & Ran Livneh make up Adnata Ensemble. The ensemble developed repertoire and discovered a musical language during the height of the pandemic. Born of a need to feel supported in such an uncertain time, the 4 musicians created an ensemble that celebrates the bass - the support & foundation of any ensemble. The group weaves together composition & sounds with a thread of improvisation.

"It’s not often that I meet mind readers. It is even rarer to meet 4 of them simultaneously.

It was June of 2023 and I’d seen that my local Brooklyn Performance and Refreshment Institute (Sisters on Fulton Ave.) was having a concert featuring an upright bass (or acoustic bass / contrabass/ Bull Fiddle) quartet. It had been the first time I’d been excited to see a performance from an act that I hadn’t been producing in months. In true curiosity fashion, I messaged the group to let them know how excited I was to see them play, especially since I’d not been familiar with not a goddamned member of their posse.

After being seated at the bar with my companion (we were the first ones to arrive because someone was too excited), the crew walked in carrying an array of luthiered tree remains. We chopped it up a bit and they did a soundcheck. Eventually the room filled up with listeners and the proceedings proceeded.

TRACKLIST

1. Adnata Ensemble - Preamble
2. Adnata Ensemble - Fjord
3. Adnata Ensemble - Oku
4. Adnata Ensemble - Carpentry
5. Adnata Ensemble - Dinah
6. Adnata Ensemble - Foco
7. Adnata Ensemble - Rain
8. Adnata Ensemble - Talk Talk
9. Adnata Ensemble - Kingdom
10. Adnata Ensemble - Lennigton
11. Adnata Ensemble - BeBe
12. Adnata Ensemble - Piping
13. Adnata Ensemble - Tyme
14. Adnata Ensemble - Titus



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