Release Date: 07 January 2022
Label: Discus Music
Packaging Type: Digipak
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 5051078991429
Genres: Jazz  Contemporary  
Release Date: 07 January 2022
Label: Discus Music
Packaging Type: Digipak
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 5051078991429
Genres: Jazz  Contemporary  
Description
An extraordinarily rich and atmospheric collection of solo music recorded during the first lockdown in July 2020.
Michael is a Northern Irish bassist/cellist/composer/improviser born in 1986 and based in Leeds. He first came to Leeds in 2007 to study Jazz (BA Hons) at Leeds College of Music and since graduating has worked with a variety of musicians from different disciplines and backgrounds including Shatner's Bassoon, Keeley Forsyth, Matthew Bourne, Dave Kane, Tipping Point, James Mainwaring, Sean Noonan's Pavees Dance, Hiby/Bardon/Hession trio, Jaktar, Hassan Erraji, Craig Scott's Lobotomy and Nat Birchall Quintet. Michael's performance interests lie in pairing both the electronic sonorities of electric bass, DIY effects pedals and synthesizers; with a more traditional acoustic set-up of double bass and cello.
All pieces on this album are derived from improvisations experimenting with extended techniques / prepared bass, microtonality and Harry Partch's 11-Limit tonality diamond tuning system, overdubbing and long formless melodies. Discus music recalls that back in the 1970s and 1980s, solo bass albums were relatively common. Today they are a rarity, and so Discus are delighted to make a contribution to that tradition.
Michael Bardon: double bass and cello
Tracklisting
Army Of Briars
Keith Tippett & Matthew Bourne
Laura Jurd & Paul Dunmall
Theo May's Odd Unit
Charlotte Keeffe
Ron Caines / Martin Archer Axis
Keith & Julie Tippett - Couple In Spirit
The Exu
Sultan Stevenson
John Patitucci
Tommy Whittle & Alan Barnes
Xhosa Cole
John Clayton & Mulgrew Miller
George Cables
Sylvaine Helary & Orchestre Incandescent
The Exu