{"product_id":"sglsa15682-after-the-city-has-gone-quiet-double-album","title":"after the city has gone : quiet [Double Album]","description":"\u003cblockquote\u003e\u003cem\u003eIn an expansive sequence of instrumental duos and trios, pianist-composer Chris Gestrin inspires a community of musicians to improvise meditative soundscapes.\r\n- \u003cstrong\u003eMark Werlin\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003chr\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cspan data-sheets-root=\"1\" data-sheets-value=\"{\" the summer of vancouver keyboardist chris gestrin spent three intense days in studio on a steinway d recording dsd with nine different duo and trio groupings musicians from vibrant creative music scene. apart handful compositions including few solo piano pieces all was completely improvised exploring process spontaneous composition concentration finesse expressive power. course long listening selecting mixing we decided that would sequence two discs because just one not adequately represent unique approach each session yet how they connected. first disc is tracks second collaborators chose for project were either longtime friends or people he eager to work this context who like him are skilled at both playing develop ideas without limitations preconceptions. so there here sound some kind ambient contemporary chamber more improv jazz but most them don take well simple categorization. discovery an pathway through piece record artistic statement it has lot do as discipline. liner note writes me form meditation...to put simply i live wish could my life. always possible be present when creating happens really true enlightenment. exactly should any effort part. am happy captured number these moments. example moment gets every time hear it. peggy lee approximately complete shift texture rhythm harmony make simultaneously. deep going accompanied by enjoyment many kinds which perhaps related studying film rather than performance berklee mid- did come synthesize interests approaches into personal style=\"\" been characterized imagistic cinematic feel made conscious choices about influences incorporated style.on spiritual level derive much satisfaction ac shostakovich keith jarrett. guess common trait ingrained majority constant attention harmonic melodic content. even if obscure hearing movement sense. draw musical inspiration nature visual art often motivation itself thus important full justice shifting sonic textures space encompasses music. after city gone quiet amply rewards close open mind. data-sheets-userformat=\"{\" :=\"\"\u003eIn the summer of 2004 Vancouver keyboardist \u003cstrong\u003eChris Gestrin\u003c\/strong\u003e spent three intense days in the studio on a Steinway D, recording in DSD with nine different duo and trio groupings of musicians from Vancouver’s vibrant creative music scene for the album \u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAfter The City Has Gone: Quiet\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e. \u003c\/span\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cspan data-sheets-root=\"1\" data-sheets-value=\"{\" the summer of vancouver keyboardist chris gestrin spent three intense days in studio on a steinway d recording dsd with nine different duo and trio groupings musicians from vibrant creative music scene. apart handful compositions including few solo piano pieces all was completely improvised exploring process spontaneous composition concentration finesse expressive power. course long listening selecting mixing we decided that would sequence two discs because just one not adequately represent unique approach each session yet how they connected. first disc is tracks second collaborators chose for project were either longtime friends or people he eager to work this context who like him are skilled at both playing develop ideas without limitations preconceptions. so there here sound some kind ambient contemporary chamber more improv jazz but most them don take well simple categorization. discovery an pathway through piece record artistic statement it has lot do as discipline. liner note writes me form meditation...to put simply i live wish could my life. always possible be present when creating happens really true enlightenment. exactly should any effort part. am happy captured number these moments. example moment gets every time hear it. peggy lee approximately complete shift texture rhythm harmony make simultaneously. deep going accompanied by enjoyment many kinds which perhaps related studying film rather than performance berklee mid- did come synthesize interests approaches into personal style=\"\" been characterized imagistic cinematic feel made conscious choices about influences incorporated style.on spiritual level derive much satisfaction ac shostakovich keith jarrett. guess common trait ingrained majority constant attention harmonic melodic content. even if obscure hearing movement sense. draw musical inspiration nature visual art often motivation itself thus important full justice shifting sonic textures space encompasses music. after city gone quiet amply rewards close open mind. data-sheets-userformat=\"{\" :=\"\"\u003eApart from a handful of compositions, including a few solo piano pieces, all the music was completely improvised, exploring the process of spontaneous composition with concentration, finesse and expressive power. In the course of a long process of listening, selecting and mixing, we decided that Chris would sequence two discs of music, because just one would not adequately represent the unique approach of each session and yet how they’re all connected. (The first disc is tracks 1-15, the second tracks 16-28.)\u003c\/span\u003e\r\n\r\nThe collaborators Chris chose for the project were either longtime friends or people he was eager to work with in this context – musicians who, like him, are skilled at both “inside” and “outside” playing and who like to develop ideas without limitations or preconceptions. So there are pieces here that sound like some kind of ambient\/world music, contemporary chamber music, more “traditional” improv, or jazz, but most of them don’t take well to simple categorization. The discovery of an expressive pathway through each piece, and from piece to piece, is the record’s artistic statement, and it has a lot to do with Chris’s approach to music as a discipline. In the liner note he writes, “To me, improvised music is a form of meditation...to put it simply, I live music like I wish I could live my life. It’s not always possible to be 100% present when I’m creating music, but when it happens it really is true enlightenment. The music happens exactly as it should without any effort on my part. I am happy that this recording has captured a number of these moments.” An example? “There is one moment that gets me every time I hear it. On the duo with Peggy Lee, “D.S.,” at approximately 1:19, there is a complete shift in texture, rhythm and harmony that we both make simultaneously.”\r\n\r\nThe kind of deep listening going on here is accompanied by an enjoyment of many different kinds of music – which is perhaps related to studying film composition rather than jazz performance at Berklee in the mid-’90s. How did he come to synthesize these different interests and approaches into a personal style that has been characterized as imagistic or cinematic? “I don’t feel that I made any conscious choices about how all my influences were going to be incorporated into my personal style.On a spiritual level, I derive as much satisfaction listening to AC\/DC as I would listening to Shostakovich or Keith Jarrett. I guess one common trait that is ingrained in the majority of my music is a constant attention to harmonic and melodic content. Even if it’s obscure, I’m always hearing some movement in that sense.”\r\n\r\nAs Chris writes in the liner note, “I draw musical inspiration from nature and visual art but most often my motivation is sound itself” – thus it was important to do full justice to the shifting sonic textures and the space that encompasses the music. 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