Collaborative project between two percussionists (Bjørn Rabben, Ingar Zach) and two pianists (Kenneth Karlsson and Jon Balke who also deals with electronics), Point 4 seems to be properly in line with the choices of the issuing label (SOFA) and its catalogue.
It's not simple to describe this work, based on an improvisational structure, of course, but with the intent to explore other expressions of contemporary music.
"Panopticon" ranges from meditative pieces built on delicate tones of piano (“Wide red”, “Sostenuto” or the title track), to more tempestuous passages ("Vanishing Point"), unpredictable constructions created by the quartet (“Di Fianco”, some movements of “Partita”), compulsive breaks, electronic incursions (“Courtante”) and so on…
The variety of schemes proposed is absolute, giving a singular identity to each track, executed with a perfect interaction of the ensemble .
One of the most original releases so far this year.
It's not simple to describe this work, based on an improvisational structure, of course, but with the intent to explore other expressions of contemporary music.
"Panopticon" ranges from meditative pieces built on delicate tones of piano (“Wide red”, “Sostenuto” or the title track), to more tempestuous passages ("Vanishing Point"), unpredictable constructions created by the quartet (“Di Fianco”, some movements of “Partita”), compulsive breaks, electronic incursions (“Courtante”) and so on…
The variety of schemes proposed is absolute, giving a singular identity to each track, executed with a perfect interaction of the ensemble .
One of the most original releases so far this year.
Label: SOFA
Cat. #: SOFA524
Format: CD
Release date: 2008
Kenneth Karlsson: piano
Jon Balke: piano, electronics
Bjørn Rabben: percussion, melodic percussion
Ingar Zach: bass drum, percussion
Tracklisting:
01 - Wide Red (03:42)
02 - Di Fianco (05:58)
03 - Sostenuto (08:48)
04 - Partita - Allemande I (04:47)
05 - Partita - Digression (00:37)
06 - Partita - Allemande II (03:04)
07 - Partita - Courtante (02:59)
08 - Partita - Sarabande (03:43)
09 - Partita - Gigue (02:06)
10 - Panopticon (04:19)
11 - Seven Perspectives - Point Zero (00:32)
12 - Seven Perspectives - Point One (00:31)
13 - Seven Perspectives - Point Two (00:49)
14 - Seven Perspectives - Point Three (01:34)
15 - Seven Perspectives - Point Five (02:20)
16 - Seven Perspectives - Point Six (00:42)
17 - Seven Perspectives - Point Seven (00:40)
18 - Side Shadow (11:10)
19 - Vanishing Point (05:51)
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Latest releases on SOFA:
No Spaghetti Edition - Sketches Of A Fusion
Martin Tétreault: turntable and small electronics
Christian Wallumrød: piano
Xavier Charles: clarinet, harmonica
Tonny Kluften: double bass
Ingar Zach: percussion
Ivar Grydeland: guitar, banjo
Cat. #: SOFA520
Format: CD
Release date: 2006
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Sidsel Endresen – One
Sidsel Endresen: voice
Cat. #: SOFA521
Format: CD
Release date: 2006
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MUTA - Yesterday Night You Were Sleeping At My Place
Alessandra Rombolá: conventional and prepared flutes
Rhodri Davies: amplified harp, electronics
Ingar Zach: percussion, electronic devices
Cat. #: SOFA522
Format: CD
Release date: 2007
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Eivind Buene - Asymmetrical Music
Eivind Buene: composer
Ingar Zach: percussion
Ivar Grydeland: acoustic guitar, banjo, tabla machine
Asymmetrical Music Ensemble
Lene Grenager: conductor
Cat. #: SOFA523
Format: CD
Release date: 2007
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Marc Pichelin / Xavier Charles / Ivar Grydeland - North Of The North
Marc Pichelin: phonographies, electronics
Xavier Charles: clarinet, harmonica
Ivar Grydeland: banjo
Cat. #: SOFA525
Format: CD
Release date: 05/2008
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Akiyama / Taxt / Lønning / Reinertsen - Varianter Av Døde Trær
Tetuzi Akiyama: acoustic and electric guitar
Martin Taxt: tuba
Eivind Lønning: trumpet
Espen Reinertsen: tenor saxophone and flute
Cat. #: SOFA526
Format: CD
Release date: 05/2008
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Streifenjunko - No Longer Burning
Eivind Lønning: trumpet
Espen Reinertsen: tenor saxophone & flute
Cat. #: SOFA527
Format: CD
Release date: 01/2009
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Mural - Nectars Of Emergence
Jim Denley: alto saxophone, flutes
Kim Myhr: acoustic guitars, preparations
Ingar Zach: gran cassa, percussion
Cat. #: SOFA528
Format: CD
Release date: 02/2010
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Vertex - Shapes & Phases
Petter Vågan: lapsteel guitar, acoustic guitar and electronics
Tor Haugerud: percussion, signal generator and field recordings
Cat. #: SOFA529
Format: CD
Release date: 03/2010
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Koboku Senjû - Selektiv Hogst
Tetuzi Akiyama: guitar
Toshimaru Nakamura: no-input mixing board
Espen Reinertsen: saxophone & flute
Eivind Lønning: trumpet
Martin Taxt: tuba
Cat. #: SOFA530
Format: CD
Release date: 05/2010
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Xavier Charles - Invisible
Xavier Charles: clarinet
Cat. #: SOFA531
Format: CD
Release date: 10/2010
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Ingar Zach - M.O.S.
Ingar Zach: gran cassa, percussion, sruti boxes and drone commander
Cat. #: SOFA532
Format: CD
Release date: 10/2010
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Sheriffs Of Nothingness - A Summer's Night At The Crooked Forest
Kari Rønnekleiv: violin
Ole Henrik Moe jr: viola
Ole Henrik Moe jr: viola
Cat. #: SOFA533
Format: CD
Release date: 02/2011
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Emo Albino - Lady Lord
Ivar Grydeland: music
Ingar Zach: music
Ingar Zach: music
Cat. #: SOFA534
Format: CD
Release date: 06/2011
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Silencers - Balances Des Blancs
Benoît Delbecq: piano, prepared piano
Kim Myhr: guitar, resonant objects
Nils Ostendorf: trumpet
Toma Gouband: percussion
Kim Myhr: guitar, resonant objects
Nils Ostendorf: trumpet
Toma Gouband: percussion
Cat. #: SOFA535
Format: CD
Release date: 08/2011
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Hayward / Lo / Taxt - Microtub
Robin Hayward: microtonal tuba
Kristoffer Lo: tuba
Martin Taxt: tuba
Kristoffer Lo: tuba
Martin Taxt: tuba
Cat. #: SOFA536
Format: CD
Release date: 09/2011
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Nude On Sand - Nude On Sand
Jenny Hval: guitar and voice
Håvard Volden: guitar
Håvard Volden: guitar
Cat. #: SOFA537
Format: CD
Release date: 01/2012
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Muringa - The Unknown Knowns
Klaus Ellerhusen Holm: alto saxophone & clarinet
Tor Haugerud: drums & percussion
Kim Myhr: guitars & objects
Martin Taxt: tuba
Tor Haugerud: drums & percussion
Kim Myhr: guitars & objects
Martin Taxt: tuba
Cat. #: SOFA538
Format: CD
Release date: 03/2012
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Streifenjunko - Sval Torv
Eivind Lønning: trumpet
Espen Reinertsen: tenor saxophone
Espen Reinertsen: tenor saxophone
Cat. #: SOFA539
Format: 2xLP
Release date: 08/2012
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Sheriffs Of Nothingness - A Winter's Night At The Crooked Forest
Kari Rønnekleiv: violin
Ole-Henrik Moe: viola
Cat. #: SOFA540
Format: CD
Release date: 01/2013
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Bergljot - Solen Avløser Regnet Som Avløser Solen
Vojtech Prochazka: piano, synths and electronics
Adrian Myhr: double bass
Tore Sandbakken: drums and percussion
Cat. #: SOFA541
Format: CD
Release date: 11/2013
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Kim Myhr - All Your Limbs Singing
Kim Myhr: 12-string acoustic guitar
Cat. #: SOFA542
Format: CD
Release date: 02/2014
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Michael Francis Duch - Tomba Emmanuelle
Michael Francis Duch: double bass
Cat. #: SOFA543
Format: CD
Release date: 10/2014
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Microtub - Star System
Robin Hayward: microtonal F-tuba
Martin Taxt: microtonal C-tuba
Kristoffer Lo: microtonal C-tuba
Cat. #: SOFA544
Format: CD
Release date: 10/2014
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Ingar Zach / Miguel Angel Tolosa - Loner
Ingar Zach: percussion, electronics, field recordings
Miguel Angel Tolosa: electronics, field recordings, electric guitar
Cat. #: SOFA545
Format: CD
Release date: 01/2015
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The Pitch - Frozen Orchestra (Amsterdam)
Cat. #: SOFA546
Format: CD
Release date: 04/2015
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Mural - Tempo
Cat. #: SOFA547
Format: 3xCD
Release date: 09/2015
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Keith Rowe & John Tilbury - Enough Still Not To Know
Cat. #: SOFA548
Format: 4xCD
Release date: 10/2015
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Henrik Munkeby Nørstebø - Melting Into Foreground
Henrik Munkeby Nørstebø: trombone, half clarinet, electronics
Cat. #: SOFA550
Format: CD
Release date: 11/2015
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Sheriffs Of Nothingness - Silent Night At The Crooked Forest
Ole-Henrik Moe: viola
Kari Rønnekleiv: violin
Cat. #: SOFA549
Format: CD / LP
Release date: 12/2015
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Circadia - Advances And Delays
Tony Buck: drums and percussion
Kim Myhr: six and twelve string guitars
David Stackenäs: six-string guitars
Joe Williamson: bass
Cat. #: SOFA551
Format: CD
Release date: 07/2016
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Ingar Zach - Le Stanze
Cat. #: SOFA552
Format: CD
Release date: 10/2016
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Kim Myhr & Lasse Marhaug - On The Silver Globe
Cat. #: SOFA553
Format: CD
Release date: 02/2017
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Microtub - Bite Of The Orange
Cat. #: SOFA554
Format: CD
Release date: 02/2017
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Muddersten - Karpatklokke
Cat. #: SOFA555
Format: CD
Release date: 01/2017
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Philippe Lauzier - A Pond In My Livingroom
Cat. #: SOFA556
Format: CD / LP
Release date: 04/2017
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Jim Denley - Cut Air
Cat. #: SOFA557
Format: CD / LP
Release date: 04/2017
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Miguel Angel Tolosa - Ephimeral
Cat. #: SOFA558
Format: CD
Release date: 04/2017
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Vilde&Inga - Silfr
Cat. #: SOFA559
Format: CD / LP
Release date: 05/2017
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Martin Küchen - Lieber Heiland, Laß Uns Sterben
Cat. #: SOFA560
Format: CD / LP
Release date: 09/2017
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O₃ - Trashumancia
Cat. #: SOFA561
Format: CD
Release date: 10/2017
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Rutger Zuydervelt with Ilia Belorukov and René Aquarius - The Red Soul
Cat. #: SOFA562
Format: CD
Release date: 02/2018
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Muddersten - Playmates
Cat. #: SOFA563
Format: CD / LP
Release date: 04/2018
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Oker - Husene Våre Er Museer
Cat. #: SOFA564
Format: CD / LP
Release date: 04/2018
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John Tilbury / Keith Rowe / Kjell Bjørgeengen - Sissel
Cat. #: SOFA565
Format: CD / LP
Release date: 05/2018
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Ingar Zach | Speak Percussion - Before Nightfall One
Cat. #: SOFA567
Format: CD
Release date: 08/2018
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Håvard Volden - Space Happy
Cat. #: SOFA568
Format: CD / LP
Release date: 10/2018
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Aviva Endean - Cinder : Ember : Ashes
Cat. #: SOFA569
Format: CD
Release date: 10/2018
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Streifenjunko - Like Driving
Cat. #: SOFA566
Format: CD / LP
Release date: 11/2018
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Henrik Munkeby Nørstebø / Daniel Lercher / Julie Rokseth - Off The Coast
Cat. #: SOFA570
Format: CD / LP
Release date: 03/2019
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Ingar Zach - Floating Layer Cake
Cat. #: SOFA571
Format: CD
Release date: 03/2019
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Fredrik Rasten - Six Moving Guitars
Cat. #: SOFA573
Format: CD / LP
Release date: 05/2019
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Niklas Adam - Undulate
Cat. #: SOFA572
Format: CD / LP
Release date: 06/2019
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Propan - Trending
Cat. #: SOFA574
Format: CD / LP
Release date: 09/2019
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Pip - Possible Worlds
Cat. #: SOFA575
Format: CD
Release date: 09/2019
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Dans Les Arbres - Volatil
Cat. #: SOFA576
Format: CD
Release date: 10/2019
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Espen Sommer Eide - The Waves
Cat. #: SOFA578
Format: CD / LP
Release date: 11/2019
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Christine Abdelnour / Magda Mayas - The Setting Sun Is Beautiful Because Of All It Makes Us Lose
Cat. #: SOFA577
Format: CD
Release date: 01/2020
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Jan Martin Smørdal - Choosing To Sing
Cat. #: SOFA579
Format: CD / LP
Release date: 03/2020
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Owl - Mille Feuille
Cat. #: SOFA580
Format: CD / LP
Release date: 04/2020
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Sheriffs Of Nothingness - An Autumn Night At The Crooked Forest
Cat. #: SOFA583
Format: CD
Release date: 08/2020
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Latest releases on SILLÓN:
Martin Küchen - Homo Sacer
Cat. #: SILLÓN 4
Format: CD
Release date: 2007
Notes: limited to 250 copies
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Links:
Ingar Zach
SOFA/SILLÓN
Interview with Ingar Zach @Another Timbre
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