Matt Choboter Band - Unburying, From Liminals, Emerging (2024) [Hi-Res]

Not quite of this world, “Unburying, from Liminals, Emerging” sonically probes Palaeolithic pasts, dream-shaped futures.
Inspired by the extended time-cycles of South Indian Classical and nuanced timbres and tunings of Balinese Gamelan it reflects on travels to places like Chennai, (studying oral traditions of Carnatic Music) Delphi, (explorations into myths of ancient Greece) and the Dordogne Valley (delving into palaeolithic cave art of southern France).
The process involves foraging into the deep past in efforts toward mapping meanings into an imagined future. Cathartically, It's a kind of "unburying" of the subconscious. A Jungian way of being in the world. A process of individuation. Moving between conscious and subconscious, wakefulness or dreaming, there’s a hovering within liminal spaces. Having been consumed by these states, we find ourselves emerging.
Award-winning Canadian composer and pianist, Matt Choboter’s music paints subliminal sound narratives between the cracks of avant-jazz, experimental and contemporary classical. Informed by non-western cultures and eclectic spiritualism, he embraces liminal psychology and dream work; a musical practice which absorbs particular features of South Indian classical and Balinese Gamelan; and a rather sentient, animistic existential orientation.
His music has been described as: “post-jazz of a distinctly personalized kind” (Ron Schepper of Textura); “Densely expressive music” with a “dreamlike aura” (Fabricio Vieira); music that is “reminiscent of very original film music” (Ken Vos).
"The surreal pieces suggest mysterious and vibrant soundscapes, full of surprising sonic treasures, that instantly trigger the imagination and summon colorful, impressionistic dream-like textures that spring from the musicians’ – or – listeners’ – subconsciousness. And all flow with its inner logic and a narrative that invites the listeners to explore the world in our mind, the synaptic biosphere. Rånes enriched these soundscapes with many effects, and tonemeister, Adrian von Ripka, tweaked further details and mixed and mastered the music. Unburying, from Liminals, Emerging and Synaptic Biosphere offer sonic-spiritual experiences that celebrate our own creativity." (salt-peanuts.eu)

Matt Choboter, microtonal prepared piano, compositions
Jan Kadereit, percussion, specified grooves
Calum Builder, alto saxophone
Miguel Crozzoli, tenor saxophone
Michal Biel, baritone saxophone

Tracklist:
1.01 - Matt Choboter - Sumerian Rock Tapestry (5:48)
1.02 - Matt Choboter - Buried Language (5:27)
1.03 - Matt Choboter - Marrow Midden (4:42)
1.04 - Matt Choboter - Moon's Iced Glades (5:29)
1.05 - Matt Choboter - Wayang Kulit (7:47)
1.06 - Matt Choboter - Pupa Karma (5:40)