Nine Numbers by Jason Treuting

Sō Percussion co-founder Jason Treuting flexes his compositional chops with Nine Numbers — a sprawling work that taps into the mysteries of sudoku, the Japanese puzzle game, as a source for rhythmic exploration. Relying on percussive uses of voice, electronic and acoustic instruments, and various blocks, bells, drums and other surfaces, Treuting folds melody, movement and the plosive mechanics of speech into an ebbing and flowing sound environment that digs deep into the notion of what connects numbers to human nature, and vice-versa.

Produced by Jason Treuting and Jonathan Low

featuring Sō Percussion, Tigue, Troika Percussion, Meehan/Perkins Duo and more

Deepest thanks to all the amazing musicians who jumped in on this project, to Jonathan Haas and Sean Statser (for making recording at NYU possible), Composers Guild of NJ (for commissioning Nine Numbers 4), Ditson Recording Fund, Barr Ferree Princeton (for supporting the vinyl pressing) and Will Shortz for making fun books of sudoku.

Tracklist

1.	Nine Numbers I. (ft. Adam Groh & Melissa Groh)	10:48

2.	Nine Numbers II. (ft. Yumi Tamashiro)	6:40

3.	Nine Numbers III. 1 (ft. Tigue)	7:08

4.	Nine Numbers III. 2 (ft. Tigue)	4:06

5.	Nine Numbers III. 3 (ft. Tigue)	5:19

6.	Nine Numbers IV. Intro (ft. So Percussion)	1:00

7.	Nine Numbers IV. 1 (ft. So Percussion)	5:26

8.	Nine Numbers IV. 2 (ft. So Percussion)	7:58

9.	Nine Numbers IV. 3 (ft. So Percussion)	7:00

10.	Nine Numbers V. Intro (ft. Ji Hye Jung & So Percussion)	0:50

11.	Nine Numbers V. (ft. Ji Hye Jung & So Percussion)	12:19

12.	Nine Numbers VI. Intro (ft. Meehan/Perkins Duo)	1:01

13.	Nine Numbers VI. (ft. Meehan/Perkins Duo)	11:12

14.	Nine Numbers VII. (ft. So Percussion & Troika Percussion)	7:26

15.	Nine Numbers VIII. Intro (ft. Shelby Blezinger-McCay, Yang Chen, & Yumi Tamashiro)	0:31

16.	Nine Numbers VIII. (ft. Shelby Blezinger-McCay, Yang Chen, & Yumi Tamashiro)	6:56

17.	Nine Numbers IX.	6:57

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released April 8, 2022

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