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George Best Bar 03:24
2.
Anafauna 04:11
3.
Jeu 08:20
4.
Débris I 02:03
5.
Gla 03:01
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George Best Bar (reprise) 06:49
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Débris II 02:01
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Jeu - postlude 01:59
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Débris III 03:02
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Ymbow 06:29
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Remi Ploton: piano
Samuel Mastorakis: vibraphones, bows, small objects:
Tancrède D. Kummer: compositions, drums, percussions, toys

Release 24th march 2023
digital + vinyl distributed by Galileo Music GmbH

This repertoire emerges from a reflection on the value of limitations in art as a tool of re- nouncement and transgression. On the concrete use of limitations in composing as a device of emancipation — tracing the frame from which to extract ourselves —. Here, written music is apprehended like a block of raw matter which each member is called upon to peel, bend or weld onto another.
Conceived as a sonic-mobile installation, the pieces develops in weaving modules orbiting one another. Rhythmical structures or abstract textures are used alternatively to outline and distort intense soundscapes. Each section is thought of as a small toy-box of concepts where players are led to pick and choose thus altering the overall direction of the performance.
It is the idea of a music aware of itself, that ‘thinks itself’, where action and spontaneity prevail; where repetitions and thematic reappearances seem almost contingent and do not constitute an aesthetic requirement but more that of a déjà vu or a faint remembrance altered by time and interaction. If reoccurring, each motive has change, attained a new form, nothing in them entirely dissolve within the performance energy, but nothing ever remains the same.
For me, composing this way is like creating ‘protagonists’, with complex and versatile person- alities, capable of mood swings and sensitive to their surroundings, but without constraining them to a predetermined narrative; to let events and decor form according to the musician’s imagination. It’s building a platform where the limits determined by the compositions become a playground to celebrate the ‘spirit of adventure’ and immediacy.
Having worked with Samuel and Rémi in a constellation of different ensembles and genres
for the past 9 years, this new trio focuses on the acoustic and percussive nature of our instru- ments. Putting the emphasis on ambiguity and mystery within the considerable amount of structure the music is based on, I try and provide the players as well as the material itself with total autonomy within the pieces, thus, allowing the border between ‘text’ (as in notated or premeditated music) and ‘initiative’ (as in interpretation and improvisation) to be reduced to a dashed-line or even, at times, eradicated.

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released March 14, 2023

All pieces by Tancrède D. Kummer except Débris I, II, III by FORGES. Poem on Ymbow written and recited by Shura Rusanova.
Recorded in May 2022 at Wisseloord Studios Recorded & mixed by Alessandro Mazzieri Mastered by Christoph Stickel
Photo-engraving and prints by Angélique Farge Artwork by Cahuate Milk
Graphic design by Alie DK
Produced by FORGES www.tancrededkummer.com/forges Distributed by Galileo Music GmbH

With support of SENA, Amarte Foundation and I-Portunus

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"a wild and wooly musical plunge into the unusual"
(NYC Jazz Record Magazin 2023)

Boomslang Records was founded by Alfred Vogel, drummer and festival promoter (Bezau Beatz). You will find mainly creative music here, from free improvised to complex contemporary jazz music, groovy stuff to singer/songwriters. It is all about the spirit and attitude, not genres ... ... more

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