Wave Resonance by Simone de Haan (trombone) & Michael Askill (percussion & processing)
Simone and I have known one another for over 50 years and performed together in different contexts, ranging from the Australian Youth Orchestra to the contemporary music ensemble Flederman. Having diverged in different directions and not collaborated musically for some 30 years, Wave Resonance was realised through exchanges of ideas and sound files between Fremantle (Western Australia) and Mullumbimby (Eastern Australia).
The results of these exchanges reflect our mutual love of sound, the ocean and free-flowing improvisations inspired by the music and artists we have encountered during our long careers.
Simone's trombone explorations and articulations find a home in the resonance of gongs and singing bowls (both struck, bowed, rubbed and dipped in water)), metal bowls filled with water along and some additional electronic processing. Ocean sounds were recorded by Simone close to his home.
The track titles are taken from Samuel Beckett's translation of Arthur Rimbaud's poem "Le Bateau Ivre" ("The Drunken Boat"). Photography accompanying each track by Simone de Haan. Photo of Michael Askill by Greg Barrett.
Tracklist
| 1. | "no more tears" | 3:46 |
| 2. | "heavens split with lightning" | 6:49 |
| 3. | "the low sun's mystic stains" | 4:25 |
| 4. | "iridescent waters" | 4:36 |
| 5. | "langours of the swell" | 5:44 |
| 6. | "of the sea" | 5:02 |
| 7. | "voids of spellbound blue" | 15:12 |
Credits
Simone de Haan, contemporary trombonist, master teacher, artistic director and leading music educator, is recognised as one of Australia’s foremost musicians and advocates for contemporary music making.
As a soloist, member of the Australia Contemporary Music Ensemble (directed byKeith Humble) and co-founder of the leading contemporary musi c projects Flederman (with Carl Vine) and Pipeline (with Daryl Pratt), Simone has commissioned over 150 works by Australian composers.
He has held significant music leadership roles as Professor and Director of the Tasmanian Conservatorium of Music UTAS, Queensland Conservatorium Griffith University and ANU School of Music.
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Michael Askill has performed across Australia and throughout the world and has a formidable discography on the Celestial Harmonies and Black Sun labels. In 2023 he will gradually release many diverse personal projects on his Bandcamp platform. (Photo by Derek Repchuk, Song to the Earth / Song to the Ocean by Corrina Bonshek & Collaborators.)