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Ripples - 145CD (2022)

by Martin Pyne & David Beebee

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    Artwork by Martin Pyne

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Kawako 03:16
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Peg Powler 05:45
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Sodankyla 06:34
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Night Music 06:54
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Why? 04:38
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Naiad 02:58

about

"Just gorgeous, pure music. Softly, as in a morning sunrise." - Darren Bergstein, Downtown Music Gallery NYC

"Ripples is quality made light of, echoes struck on sound’s surface and given weight by the clarity of intent." - Steve Day, November 2022

"Like a leaf caught in the surge of a stream. This is a feeling that haunts the album in general, allowing the listener to be gathered up, welcomed and then set adrift somewhere new, welcoming yet unexpected." - Mr Olivetti, FREQ

"The invitation to calm contemplation of the soundscape is the thing itself." - KATHODIK

Music the listener can sink into, immersing themselves in lush textures, and bathing in the richly varied harmonies and sonorities.

Ripples began life with an experimental session designed to explore the combination of vibraphone and Fender Rhodes electric piano. The results are delightful and surprising. The sonorities bleed into one another so that sometimes it’s difficult to tell where one ends and the other begins: this creates the extraordinary liquid quality of the music, and this in turn informed the album title, along with the titles of several of the pieces. It’s music that’s both intimate and intense.

Most of this music is entirely improvised in real time. However, Pyne and Beebee both contribute a couple of lyrical pieces which are dotted through the sequence. The opening track is an improvisation on fragments from an angular composition by Martin Pyne, which eventually arrives at a bold statement of the original melody.

Martin felt the time was right for a recording project where he focused purely on the vibraphone, and this recording represents very clearly where he is right now in the development of his expressive vocabulary.

For David, this was a great opportunity to explore the sound world of the Rhodes piano, embellished with various FX pedals, and he relished the emphasis on unfettered improvisation.

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released November 3, 2022

Martin Pyne – vibraphone
David Beebee – electric piano

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Discus Music Sheffield, UK

Discus Music was founded in 1994 by Martin Archer. The label releases leftfield rock music, free jazz, extended songform, electronics, improvised music, and other sounds which defy categorisation.

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