Anima Revisited by Matt Choboter: Hypnagogia

This six-piece ensemble might be described as a night of restless sleep, ripe with trance like fantasy and transitional states, between the dream world and wakefulness. Disorientation, ambiguity and illusion are created through a delicate balance of post-romantic melody, South Indian rhythm and kaleidoscopic group sound with continuous and shifting improvisation meets composition

“The album has a dreamlike aura, with a development of varied tensions and harmonic relationship that at times are numbing and suffocating. Winds, keyboards and percussion working as intertwined ensemble pairs deliver densely expressive music.”
- Fabricio Vieira, FreeFormJazz

"Very Exciting (...) Reminiscent of very original, oppressive film music"
- Ken Vos, Jazzism

Tracklist

1.	Primordial Hinterland	6:04

2.	Collapsing Cathedral	2:09

3.	Croix Des Luzes	1:44

4.	Chthonic	2:47

5.	the Tea Man and the Ruffian	3:00

6.	Floodwaters and Swimming Rats	1:34

7.	Postcards of Nostalgia	10:51

8.	Tarkovskian Portals	4:54

9.	Cuneiform and the Walled Garden	6:00

10.	Songline	1:11

11.	Death by Cut Tongue	1:50

12.	Northward on Caribou Highway	5:57

Credits

released November 26, 2021

Recorded in KoncertKirken, Copenhagen, August 2020.

All compositions by Matt Choboter

Francesco Bigoni – tenor sax, clarinet 
Anders Banke – bass clarinet

Matt Choboter – prepared and de-tuned piano 
Luca Sguera – sound design, keyboards

Matias Seibæk – balinese gongs, vibraphone, percussion
Jan Kadereit – extended drum set, jhangu

Recorded by Jakob Makongo Bertelsen and Nikolaj Tornsberg
Mixed by Simon Mariegaard
Mastered by John Fomsgaard
Produced by Matt Choboter, Simon Mariegaard, Jan Kadereit

Thanks to Anders, Francesco, Luca, Matias and Jan for their hefty time investment in realizing this music. Thanks to Lars Rex Christensen for facilitating equipment logistics. A special thanks to Jan Kadereit for specifying the drum grooves and dedicating time for counsel and advice from the early rehearsal stages until the end of post-production. A big thanks to Simon Mariegaard for his patience and creativity in realizing the mix and production.

Album art by my grandfather, Don Choboter. "Mother and Daughter"
www.choboter.com

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