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Steve Smith Lovely, loop-heavy sonic excursions jointly created by postclassical violinist Cornelius Dufallo – formerly of FLUX Quartet, Ethel and Ne(x)tworks – and bassist Patrick Derivaz. Favorite track: Not Sure Yet.
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1.
Glissades 07:30
2.
I Don't Know 07:16
3.
Middle Ages 06:11
4.
Circles 09:57
5.
Not Sure Yet 04:58
6.
The Limp 07:22
7.
Together 06:33

about

Originally produced in 2012, this project documents an intriguing electroacoustic collaboration between violinist/composer Dufallo (FLUX, ETHEL, Ne(x)tworks, VisionIntoArt) and bassist/composer/producer Derivaz (John Cale, Tom Verlaine, Joe Zawinul).

Cornelius Dufallo:
"Patrick Derivaz and I started recording Bass Violin in January of 2011. Patrick's concept was to experiment with pairing two instruments of extremely different registers using digital effects and loops. Our process was highly spontaneous: using composed material that we each brought to the sessions as a point of departure, we improvised freely and record all of our improvisations. After this we assembled each composition from the recorded material. Each of the pieces is a truly collaborative combination of composition, improvisation, and post-production.

Our creative meeting ground turned out to be a meditative, quasi-hypnotic aesthetic in which variation is slowed to a nearly imperceptible rate. Within this sound world, the combination of registral extremes and a rich palette of digital tone colors created music that we hope is deeply engaging on both an emotional and psychological level."

www.corneliusdufallo.com

www.patrickderivaz.com

"An enjoyable early-morning listen, quietly stimulating. "
- François Couture

"It is quite safe to call this ambient music, albeit of a very strange kind. Very accessible and enjoyable on the one hand, but it is also difficult to identify what really is happening here. By result this music is plunged in some mysterious cloud. Fascinating! "
- Vital Weekly

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released October 22, 2013

Music by Derivaz-Dufallo.
Tracks 1, 3, 4, 6, 7: PAD Publishing, ASCAP.
Tracks 2, 5: CBD Music, Inc., ASCAP.
All tracks recorded, mixed, produced and mastered by Patrick Derivaz at PAD Productions.
Art and Graphics by Nana Deleplanque.
2013 Spectropol Records | SpecT 24
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