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Shadows and Reflections

by CHESS Nikolaj Hess & Carlos Guedes

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Arid Landscape in Blue 16:56
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Ground Mirror 08:37
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3.
Red-Orange Refraction 10:07
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4.
Late Afternoon, Cold and Moist 10:40
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5.
Dark Light 05:56
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SHADOWS AND REFLECTIONS is the long-overdue encounter be- tween Nikolaj Hess and Carlos Guedes for a musical collaboration. This finally took place in Abu Dhabi, at New York University Abu Dhabi’s Blue Hall between May 14th and 19th, 2018. The premise was to sit down, improvise, and create an album. Legendary Portuguese producer and musician Mário Barreiros was invited to record, mix, and master the moment. During this period, more than 7 hours of material were re- corded of which Shadows and Reflections is the first installment. Explor- ing the threshold between composition and improvisation, where there were no planned structures or actions, the music unfolds from empti- ness, and the way it evolves is decided on the spot. The title Shadows and Reflections reveals the process of interaction between the piano and live electronics utilized in these selections. At times, the live elec- tronics create shadows of the piano sound through its real-time manipu- lation and transformation; the piano provides reflections of the colors created by the live electronics. Other times, the process is reversed and the piano provides shadows to the textures from the live electronic tex- tures and the live electronics create projections from those shadows. Ex- cept “Ground mirror,” all the tracks are presented as originally recorded without any subsequent edits or processing. In “Ground mirror” there is an overlap between two different parts of the recorded moment, where one part provides a sonic complement to the other.

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released December 17, 2021

Laetitia Morais cover art
Màrio Barreiros recording & mixing
Carlos Guedes electronica
Nikolaj Hess piano

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