Cat No:
4766047
Release Date: 12 February 2016
Label: ECM Records
Packaging Type: Jewel Case
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 602547660473
Genres: Jazz Contemporary
-
Description
'Warp' situates the solo piano of Norway's Jon Balke within a subtle architecture of composed soundscapes, in fluctuating dimensions of space.
"As always," says Balke, "the more you explore and discover, the further you want to go, and things are not so simple anymore. It's a very interesting process." And what begins as gently exploratory solo piano gradually acquires an almost hallucinatory aspect.
Balke's solo piano was recorded at Oslo's Rainbow Studio, and the sound images were recorded and processed by Balke and Audun Kleive. Additional field recordings by Balke were integrated in the mix of the album at RSI Studio Lugano in September 2015. 'Warp' was produced by Jon Balke and Manfred Eicher. It is the pianist's second solo album for ECM, following the 2007 release 'Book of Velocities', a sequence of aphoristic pieces with affinities to Kurtág and Ligeti, described by Jazzwise as "a fascinating statement that is as beckoning as it is beguiling".
Jon Balke has an association with ECM dating back to his teens, when he joined Arild Andersen's group to record 'Clouds In My Head'. Later he was a co-founder of the Masqualero group, with Andersen and Jon Christensen. He has been featured as leader, composer, arranger and keyboardist of Oslo 13, Magnetic North Orchestra and Siwan, and his involvement with percussion was foregrounded in the group Batagraf, which he co-founded with Helge Andreas Norbakken. His most recent ECM album was 'Outland' as a member of the Norwegian trio, Jøkleba. -
Tracklisting
- 1. Heliolatry
- 2. This Is The Movie
- 3. Bucolic
- 4. On And On
- 5. Bolide
- 6. Amarinthine
- 7. Shibboleth
- 8. Mute
- 9. Slow Spin
- 10. Boodle
- 11. Dragoman
- 12. Kantor
- 13. Geminate
- 14. Telesthesia
- 15. Geminate var.
- 16. Heliolatry var.
Disc 1
Side 1
-
-
PRE-ORDER
Ecm New Series: A Compendium
Various artists
- Regular
- £14.49
- Sale
- £14.49
- Regular
-
Unavailable
- Unit Price
- per
PRE-ORDER
Yuval Cohen Quartet: Winter Poems
Yuval Cohen Quartet
- Regular
- £14.49
- Sale
- £14.49
- Regular
-
Unavailable
- Unit Price
- per
Thomas Stronen: Relations
Thomas Stronen; Craig Taborn; Chris Potter; Sinikka Langeland; Jorge Rossy
- Regular
- £14.49
- Sale
- £14.49
- Regular
-
Unavailable
- Unit Price
- per
Stephan Micus: To The Rising Moon
Stephan Micus
- Regular
- £14.49
- Sale
- £14.49
- Regular
-
Unavailable
- Unit Price
- per
PRE-ORDER
Rainer Bruninghaus: Freigeweht
Rainer Bruninghaus
- Regular
- £29.49
- Sale
- £29.49
- Regular
-
Unavailable
- Unit Price
- per
PRE-ORDER
Paul Bley: Open, To Love
Paul Bley
- Regular
- £29.49
- Sale
- £29.49
- Regular
-
Unavailable
- Unit Price
- per
PRE-ORDER
Mathias Eick: Lullaby
Mathias Eick; Kristjan Randalu; Ole Morten Vagan; Hans Hulbaekmo
- Regular
- £14.49 - £22.99
- Sale
- £14.49 - £22.99
- Regular
-
Unavailable
- Unit Price
- per
PRE-ORDER
Julia Hulsmann: Under the surface
Julia Hulsmann Quartet
- Regular
- £14.49 - £22.99
- Sale
- £14.49 - £22.99
- Regular
-
Unavailable
- Unit Price
- per
Discourses
Jon Balke
- Regular
- £14.49
- Sale
- £14.49
- Regular
-
Unavailable
- Unit Price
- per
Siwan
Jon Balke
- Regular
- £14.49
- Sale
- £14.49
- Regular
-
Unavailable
- Unit Price
- per
PRE-ORDER
Jon Balke: Skrifum
Jon Balke
- Regular
- £14.49
- Sale
- £14.49
- Regular
-
Unavailable
- Unit Price
- per
Magnetic Works 1993 - 2001
Jon Balke
- Regular
- £19.99
- Sale
- £19.99
- Regular
-
Unavailable
- Unit Price
- per
Book Of Velocities
Jon Balke
- Regular
- £14.49
- Sale
- £14.49
- Regular
-
Unavailable
- Unit Price
- per
Statements
Jon Balke
- Regular
- £13.99
- Sale
- £13.99
- Regular
-
Unavailable
- Unit Price
- per