Armen Nalbandian, Chris Corsano - A Spontaneous Breaking of Symmetry I. (2023)

Armen Nalbandian is an avant-garde and experimental composer and pianist whose practice seeks to expand the possibilities of sound and performance through spontaneous group composition, prepared piano and Fender Rhodes, and electronically layered improvisations.

A Spontaneous Breaking of Symmetry I. is the first fold of a triptych spontaneously composed by Armen Nalbandian and Chris Corsano on August 29 2022.

The piano-drums duo is re-sculpted here in sound, concept and structure, as Corsano’s polyrhythmic, kaleidoscopic delivery meets Nalbandian’s emotive touch and vividly inventive phrasing. Through cyclicality, continuity and fractality, the recording is a study of sound not as expression but as a system for unraveling time.

The subsequent parts to the triptych will be released in early 2024.

Tracklist:
1.01 - Chris Corsano, Armen Nalbandian - Ten (8:41)
1.02 - Chris Corsano, Armen Nalbandian - Thirteen (7:55)
1.03 - Chris Corsano, Armen Nalbandian - Eight (5:27)
1.04 - Chris Corsano, Armen Nalbandian - Six (5:20)
1.05 - Chris Corsano, Armen Nalbandian - Twelve (11:22)