:: Announcing :: by-passing-upon from Ro(b)//ert Lundberg (AKP041) on digital, limited run CD/cassette, and art book on October 24th. The first single “flowing 2" is out now.
listen & pre-order :: by-passing-upon
by-passing-upon is the latest addition to the ongoing work of bassist and composer Ro(b)//ert Lundberg. Built from a palette of double bass, cello, clarinet, drums, synthesizer, masking tape, and water-filled vessels, the piece merges sonorous ambient tones with driving rhythms and flowing, bubbling patterns. Prompted by a score both graphic and notated, as well as stage props including multi-colored tape, ladders, a kettle, and beach balls, Lundberg’s ensemble realizes a work existing in the fluid space between pre-composed and improvised music.
The album features contributions from Chicago musicians Lia Kohl (cello & synthesizer), Jeff Kimmel (bass clarinet & synthesizer) and Sam Scranton (percussion), as well as movement artists Nina Vroemen, Jasmine Mendoza, Zachary Nicol (unfurling tape, shaking vessels, spritzing sprayers, and boiling kettles). It was recorded live at Constellation by Nolan Chin, and mixed & mastered by John Dieterich (Deerhoof).
The accompanying artist book expands the visual and thematic world of the project, inviting audiences to flip through 100 of Lundberg’s photographs with an accompanying poetic narrative unfolding line by line, page by page.
double bass & composition: Ro(b)//ert Lundberg
cello & synthesizer: Lia Kohl
bass clarinet & synthesizer: Jeff Kimmel
percussion: Sam Scranton
water objects & tape: Jasmine Mendoza, Nina Vroemen, Zachary Nicol
movement direction: Nina Vroemen
recorded live at Constellation by Nolan Chin
mixed & mastered by John Dieterich
album design & layout by Matthew Sage, materials by Ro
artist photo by Elaine Suzanne Miller
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