Event Information

• Fri

  12

  Apr

  2024

  RELEASE day - CLOUDS

  Out on all streaming platforms

  https://hypeddit.com/martinfabriciusrandipontoppidan/clouds

  

  Revered vocalist Randi Pontoppidan and leading
  vibraphonist Martin Fabricius proudly present the
  culmination of a blossoming musical relationship of the
  past eight years. Blending acoustic and electronic
  timbres, free improvisation and ethereal composition,
  their otherworldly universe ‘Clouds’ is set to release on
  the 12th of April.
  The duo first met in 2016, at Jazz Denmark’s Summer
  Session – a jazz camp for professionals, led by some of
  the world’s most renowned musicians, including
  Jamaladeen Tacuma – Ornette Coleman’s Prime Time
  bassist.
  A mere two hours before Tacuma was set to depart for
  the airport, he gathered a select group of session
  attendees to record an improvised album – later titled
  ‘The Legend of the Pipe and Sweater’. Taken aback and
  inspired by his spontaneity, Fabricius and Pontoppidan
  incorporated this mindset into their practice, taking
  every opportunity to play together over the years to come.
  A collection of eleven varied pieces, the duo’s creative process behind ‘Clouds’ took on a wide array of
  shapes. The record contains several older compositions tried and tested through extensive live
  performances, free improvisations done in the spur of the moment, a 12 tone row composition
  accompanied by improvisations in the style of Schoenberg, as well as multi-tracked produced
  compositions enhanced via overdubs and layering.
  Martin Fabricius is a former student of Gary Burton and is schooled in the pianistic 4-mallet approach of
  playing the vibraphone. Building on Burton’s legacy, Martin is considered a leading exponent of a new
  generation of vibraphone players, exploring the use of electronics, new repertoire and inventing new
  playing techniques in the quest of expanding the expressive possibilities of his instrument.
  Randi Pontoppidan is an internationally acclaimed artist, improviser and composer, working with free
  improvisation, jazz, performance art, electroacoustic composition and sound poetry. Known for her
  extended vocal techniques, poetic sensibility and live electronics, she has been likened to Diamanda
  Galás, Joan La Barbara and Maja S. K. Ratkje. Exploring the outer limits and deepest secrets of the
  human voice, Pontoppidan has received numerous award nominations over the years including the
  Steppeulven award for best vocalist in Denmark in 2020.
  ‘Clouds’ was produced and mixed using Dolby Atmos spatial audio and will be available as such on
  Apple Music, Tidal, and Amazon Music.