The Alvaret Ensemble [CD]

"The Alvaret Ensemble is a new improvisatory collective based around Greg Haines (piano), Jan Kleefstra (voice, poems), Romke Kleefstra (guitar and effects) and Sytze Pruiksma (percussion). This self-titled 2xCD/2xLP is our first release, and was recorded over three nights at the Grunewaldkirche in Berlin by Nils Frahm in 2011. We were left with around 12 hours of recordings, which we then spent months immersing ourselves in and began to craft something that would later become two discs - something that can be viewed as two separate entities or as one lengthy statement. When all was in order, Nils Frahm and Greg got together, and mixed and mastered it with the precise attention to detail that the music deserved." - Alvaret Ensemble.

For fans of SET FIRE TO FLAMES, RACHELS, ARVO PaRT and the ECM catalogue in general.
Cd: nice digipak packaging
Vinyl: thick deluxe gatefold sleeves; 180g vinyl; 2 different vinyl colors; free download code
Listening: www.denovali.com/thealvaretensemble