Jounce

Featuring

Alexandra Hallén
Simon Løffler
Juliana Hodkinson
Jexper Holmen
Christian Winther Christensen

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Recording & Production

This album features world premiere recordings of four pieces: Jounce, G.T.S.C., Cadenza, and Childhood Tapestry Seen During Fever Hallucinations.

Compositional Technique

Juliana Hodkinson's piece "Jounce" uses a col legno battuto technique, where the wood of the bow bounces on the string, and incorporates small cat-collar bells on each bow.

Composer's Artistic Vision

Alexandra Hallén's work is consistently grounded in a strong sense of presence, materiality, and physicality, bringing lived, embodied experience directly into the artistic process.

Performer Biography

Alexandra Hallén is known for a precise and uncompromising approach to sound as a cellist, with a strong focus on physicality, detail, and extended techniques.

Performer Biography

Alexandra Hallén, the cellist and composer on this album, is a Swedish-born artist based in Denmark who works at the intersection of composition, performance, and sound art.

Interpretation

In Alexandra Hallén's works, the performer must inhabit real physical and emotional states, allowing resistance, effort, and vulnerability to shape the musical outcome, rather than acting as a neutral mediator.