Interspace by Philippe Lauzier / Carlo Costa

Compact disc housed in stylish 6-panel digipack with transparent tray are available to order from 1 December 2022

Philippe Lauzier: bass clarinet, synthesizer, speakers and objects
Carlo Costa: percussion and objects

Sincronia Vaga I-IV composed by Carlo Costa, Soft Routine composed by Philippe Lauzier (SOCAN)
Recorded by Philippe Lauzier and Carlo Costa between May and October 2021
Mixed by Philippe Lauzier
Mastered by Mario Gauthier
Cover artworks by Éric Normand
Photo by Frédérique Laliberté
Graphic design by László Szakács
Produced by Éric Normand & László Juhász

Philippe Lauzier and Carlo Costa collaborated for the first time in December 2019 for a few concerts in Canada. All the music at that time was improvised, but over the course of the pandemic Philippe and Carlo started collaborating remotely by elaborating and exchanging some compositional work.

Sincronia Vaga consists of four movements. In each movement there are a number of short motives, single notes and noise cells assigned to each player. These can be played in any order within a given time frame. The piece was conceived to be recorded separately without overdubbing one part to another. The two parts were overlapped in a second phase with some minor editing.

Soft Routine makes use of two harmonic sequences of different lengths that dephase in counterpoint for a while before returning to the starting point. A constant synthesizer part coexists with a spacious percussion collage of bell resonances, rocks, woodblocks and drum head rubbing, as well as bass clarinet long tones and multiphonics.

Philippe Lauzier (1977) is a Canadian artist active in the fields of experimental music and sound art. He performs mainly on bass clarinet and saxophone – composes from prepared piano, synthesizers, autoharp, percussions and sampling. He takes part in several tours and residencies in Canada, USA, Europe and Australia, where he performs solo or with groups / collectives. Lauzier was an artist in residence at Centre Avatar in Québec in 2018 to create the piece Pianotissage, a transformed grand piano into a performative and generative sound sculpture. / philippelauzier.com

Italian percussionist, drummer and composer Carlo Costa (1983) has been based in New York since 2005. Through the use of a variety of unusual techniques and added objects, he has meticulously developed a distinctive and wide-ranging sonic palette. Initially drawn to free jazz, Costa soon started exploring forms of improvised music that are increasingly subtle, spacious, quiet and slow-moving. In order to widen his instrument's textural and timbral qualities, he developed a variety of unusual techniques and added objects and small instruments to his set up. / carlocostamusic.com

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