AUGUR by Kyle Motl

Augur consists of six double bass improvisations recorded in Hartford, CT, between dates of a solo bass tour. The music is unedited and without overdubs.

In regards to production, Matt Baltrucki was free to experiment with some more aggressive production techniques, which can be heard clearly in the high gain sections of Phosphene II and in the use of ambient microphones to change the auditory space on Fluvial.

Kyle Motl is a bassist, composer, and improviser described as “spectacularly adventurous and dynamic” whose playing is noted for both its “iridescent delicacy as well as abrasive force” (The Wire). His music "promise[s] to change us by revealing things we could never have imagined” (Free Jazz Collective).

Photos by Peter Gannushkin