The album's title and concept, "Uneasy" and "adjust," explore the patterns of unease and adjustment in our world, from chemistry to physics and societal patterns.
Historical Context
The album's creative process, with works composed between 2017 and 2022 and recorded between 2020 and 2023, occurred during a period of global strife.
Composition History
Ken Thomson's "Uneasy" reflects the anxiety in New York City between 2017 and 2019, foreshadowing the global calamities of 2020.
Composer Biography
Ken Thomson, the clarinetist for the Anzû Quartet, is a prolific composer of both jazz and contemporary classical music, with a style that blends influences from artists like Charles Mingus and punk bands.
Composition History
Anna Webber's "adjust" was conceived in 2022 as an examination of the massive societal upheavals of the two years prior, exploring the chaos of adjustment to a new post-COVID reality.
Compositional Technique
Anna Webber's "adjust" features improvisation and individual agency for the performers, including 'range clefs' where rhythms are specified but pitches are chosen freely, and sections for improvising polyrhythmic pushing and pulling.
Compositional Technique
In "adjust," Anna Webber employs various instrument preparations and extended techniques, such as a clothespin on the violin's G-string or a tinfoil 'boat' with coins on the piano strings, to enhance drama and atmosphere.
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