Matt Choboter's music is informed by multiculturalism and an eclectic spiritual practice, embracing liminal psychology and dream work, as well as features of South Indian classical and Balinese Gamelan music.
Composer's Artistic Vision
Choboter's music combines elements of Western and non-Western music, focusing on non-physical realms and ways of thinking.
Compositional Technique
The album incorporates Karnatik (South Indian Classical) rhythmic practices, specifically mukthi or mora patterns, to form larger cadences that create tension and release.
Performer Biography
Simon Toldam, one of the pianists, is an award-winning musician from Scandinavia, with 18 albums as a leader or co-leader and five Danish Music Awards.
Performer Biography
Lotte Anker, the soprano saxophonist on this album, is considered Denmark's most sought-after saxophonist in improvised and contemporary music, having performed globally with many notable artists.
Composer's Artistic Vision
Matt Choboter, the composer and pianist, believes that any musical work has a universal nature and multiple interpretations, and should be free from anyone's judgment.
Compositional Technique
The ensemble on this album uses a new tuning system that weaves together Just Intonation, a Balinese gamelan-inspired pelog scale, and three ombak (shimmering beatings).
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