A Book of Waves
A note from Andy and Klaus…
Writing on the water
After playing together for years, our tide was turning. What began as a happy rhythm of show dates in Berlin, from cozy trios in Klaus’ home studio to ten-piece ensembles at Ausland, was now ebbing away thanks to Andy’s move to the US. Whenever an accustomed pattern shifts it can take time to readjust, to find the gravity that will pull to shape an orbit again. What had been working well between us remained on both our minds for a few years after: the tension between complimentary forms and reflexes—from deep bass to airy hiss, from swift improvised gesture to slowly developing layer—these still animated our imaginations. But they had been honed in live playing, a situation now vanishingly rare. Then Klaus simply suggested we work toward a record, in gradual steps, no pressure, by trading recordings and responding to them in turn. This would be a conversation in concrete sound objects as opposed to the intuitive communication and reciprocal flow of on-stage collaboration. A different listening, becoming a different sounding.
Again we found seemingly opposing tendencies resonating to surprising effect in the long-distance, long-term… more
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releases August 1, 2025
Klaus Janek contrabass, processing
Andy Graydon field recordings, electronics, no-input mixer
Composed and recorded 2022-2024 in Berlin; Minneapolis; Serra Grande, Bahia; and Haʻikū, Maui.
Additional mixing by Brendan Dougherty
Mastered by Lawrence English at Negative Space
Thanks to Stefan Helmreich for the original book of waves
Mastered by Lawrence English at Negative Space
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