Jon Balke - Skrifum (2025)
WEB FLAC (tracks) - 134 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 109 MB
47:29 | Jazz | Label: ECM
WEB FLAC (tracks) - 134 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 109 MB
47:29 | Jazz | Label: ECM
From the very first note, Norway's Jon Balke proposes a new sonic dimension with Skrifum, continuing a line of inquiry begun with Warp (2016) and Discourses (2020), solo piano albums which also processed the acoustic environment in which the music was heard. Skrifum (the Icelandic word for "write") takes things a step further. With the aid of electronic audio tool the Spektrafon, which he helped develop, Balke is now able to directly manipulate ambient audio sound from the piano while playing - pulling out frequencies and sustaining them as chords of harmonics. This activated reverberation becomes new material for improvised dialogue, often with quite beautiful results. Jon Balke: "The Spektrafon's sound feeds back in ways that demand space. I take that opportunity to play mostly monophonically and to focus on every single note and its position in the soundscape." Skrifum was recorded in November 2023 at Village Recording in Copenhagen and edited and mastered at Bavaria Musikstudios in Munich. The album was produced by Manfred Eicher and Jon Balke.
Tracklist
1. Sparks (4:05)
2. Traces (2:42)
3. Lines (2:54)
4. Streaks (4:08)
5. Lanes (4:07)
6. Strand (2:43)
7. Stripes (4:13)
8. Ductus (2:16)
9. Rifts (4:23)
10. Caligraphic (1:22)
11. Syllables (4:34)
12. Kitabat (2:39)
13. Skrifum (2:16)
14. Tegaki (5:11)
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Conclusion: CDDA 94%
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