100 g, 13 x 14 cm
Released: February 2012

Tracklist

1. Blues Dhikr Al-Salam (Blues Al Maqam) Live At The Grimm Museum (49:00)

To mark Sonic Acts Festival 2012: Travelling Time, Important Records and Sonic Acts released a live recording of ‘Blues Dhikr Al-Salam (Blues Al Maqam).’ This captivating performance features Catherine Christer Hennix, a visionary Swedish musician, poet, philosopher, mathematician, and artist. A devoted student of Hindustani raga master Pandit Pran Nath, Hennix was a contemporary of American avant-garde composers such as John Cage, Henry Flynt, and La Monte Young.

Performing with her expanded just intonation ensemble – including Amelia Cuni, Robin Hayward, Hilary Jeffery, and Michael Northam – Hennix offers a transcendent exploration of sound. Spanning nearly an hour, the track draws on the tradition of the pentatonic blues for voice, brass, computer and live electronics in a mixed-media environment. Listeners are enveloped into a mesmerising tapestry of quivering drones and haunting vocals, invoking a sense of the sacred and the infinite.

Credits

Voice, computer, sine waves, live electronics: Catherine Christer Hennix
Voice: Amelia Cuni
Microtonal tuba: Robin Hayward
Trombone: Hilary Jeffery
Time-mirage delay, sound engineer: Michael Northam