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While g a b b r o, Hanne De Backer’s baritone sax project, used a no frills duo concept for its debut album, things take a different turn on Granular. With Marc De Maeseneer again by her side, this album also involves fellow Belgian experimentalist Raphael Malfliet on electric bass, as well as singular vocalist Agnes Hvizdalek. Taken from studio recordings, as well as the quartet’s performance at 2018’s Summer Bummer Festival, Granular turns fragmentation and attention for detail, sound and space into an invitation to listen without prejudice and expectations. The result is a strikingly original impression of a universe full of unconventional techniques, which retains a balance between the highly personal and a remarkable openness, turning the granules of the title into a broader, organic whole.
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released September 10, 2019
DROPA DISC #008
LP – 45 rpm – Edition of 300
G A B B R O: GRANULAR
SIDE A: 1) MONDAY – 2) TUESDAY – 3) WEDNESDAY – 4) THURSDAY
SIDE B: 1) FRIDAY – 2) SATURDAY – 4) SUNDAY
Release: Sep 2019 – Sep 2019 – shipping as of Sept. 10th 2019
Hanne De Backer: Baritone Saxophone, Bass Clarinet
Agnes Hvizdalek: Voice
Raphael Malfliet: El. Bass
Marc De Maeseneer: Baritone Saxophone
Monday to Friday recorded by Christophe Albertijn at Rabbit Field Studio, Hoboken, 25th & 27th of August 2018
Sunday recorded by Nick Symons at Sound in Motion’s Summer Bummer Festival, Antwerp, 26th of August 2018
Edited by Hanne De Backer
Mixed by Christophe Albertijn, Brussels 2019
Mastered by Frederic Alstadt, Brussels 2019
Produced by Hanne De Backer
Executive Producers: Koen Vandenhoudt & Christel Kumpen
Cover Artwork: Get Home by Charline Tyberghein
Layout: Kris Delacourt