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Then (and after)

by Louis Durra

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Fernweh 10:49
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2.
Worum es geht 06:34
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3.
Song for LB 03:19
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4.
Sweetly 03:21
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5.
Obalt 04:49
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6.
Throw it Away 06:16
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7.
Einklang 05:00
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Oec 05:19
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9.
Fervd 04:52
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about

Music without tempo has long interested me. 17th-Century composer Louis Couperin wrote “Unmeasured Preludes" with a special notation he developed to avoid showing rhythms. Hearing and playing them, the floating sound remained and became inspiring.

During the first lockdown in 2020 the world seemed to be standing still. I was searching for a suitable space to practice and record, no easy thing to find in Berlin. After many false starts, I was thrilled when a seemingly-ideal rental appeared. With the piano moved in, I began writing, but also researching new music and video animation. I was wanting to lose parts of my aesthetic, parts of myself — and started exploring new art and music.

Ruxandra Mitache’s contemplative videos resonated and she responded favorably when I contacted her. Much of the music on this album was written for her video piece “The Flying Steering Wheel”. "Song for LB", written earlier, was for a friend who went through a life-changing illness.

Another discovery from this time was sevenism’s wide-open music on Bandcamp. We collaborated on the ambient album “re:dbs”.

Iokokanoa contributed vocals and Barry Coates guitar. „Worum es geht“ and „Fervd“ are responses to tracks by sevenism. Iokokanoa recorded with me in Berlin, the other artists contributed from great distances. Jerry Kalaf, who has played drums on many of my recordings, mastered the album and played the little drum phrases that begin and end „Oec“.

When drum lessons started on the floor below, I had to search for another space. "Throw it Away”, “Einklang” and “Oec” were recorded a year later in the next "seemingly-ideal space” but seemed to belong on this album.

Here are links to the contributing artists, all involved in interesting projects of their own.

www.barrycoates.com
www.iokokanoa.com
jerrykalaf.bandcamp.com
ruxandra-mitache.com
sevenism.bandcamp.com

some of our other collaborations:

(with Jerry and Barry) jerrykalaf.bandcamp.com/album/modality-2
(with Iokokanoa) youtu.be/CbK4qj7H2Gk
(with Ruxandra) youtu.be/7tVjD72CIh8
(with sevenism) sevenism.bandcamp.com/album/re-dbs

Thanks for listening.
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released January 17, 2023

Louis Durra piano, keys, production
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Iokokanoa, vocals 1,4
Barry Coates, guitar 1,5
sevenism electroacoustics 2, 9
Abbey Lincoln, songwriter 6
Jerry Kalaf, drums 8

Jerry Kalaf, mastering
Petra Rüth, album design

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