Arrias-Davies-Ullén

Atlantis Studios, Stockholm, photo by Johan Arrias


Angharad Davies (UK)..................violin

Lisa Ullén (SE)...............................piano

Johan Arrias (SE)..........alto sax, clarine



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Crystalline

Ausculto Fonogram, Vinyl-LP/CD/digital (AUF005), 2020



Crystalline

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Ausculto Fonogram, Vinyl-LP/CD/digital (AUF005), 2020


"It’s as much modern sculpture as it is music."
– forestpunk (forestpunk.wordpress.com)

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The trio met for the first time in February 2014. Stockholm-based Lisa Ullén and Johan Arrias had already explored their interaction as a duo for some time and, as part of an artistic development project, they decided to invite Angharad Davies to an international cultural exchange. The project took place in London, where Davies lives and works, with a concert at the legendary Cafe Oto as the end point. The trio thrived together and came together again in February 2017 for a residency and concert at The Gerlesborg School of Fine Art on the Swedish west coast. This time, the trio worked with a greater focus on their mixed musical backgrounds - from free jazz and contemporary to improvisational music in long lines. They tried to retain their respective identities and explore what might arise in the clash between these backgrounds and styles, finding the breakpoints and provoking new music based on it. In light of this exciting and well-documented work, they decided to make a record together. All three have dual roles as both musician and composer, and to the work with Crystalline all three of them contributed with one composition each. The album consists of these three compositions as well as a couple of improvisations that together create a sense of context and group sound, as well as a stylistic breadth and uniqueness in the individual compositions. Arrias’s Rituals is based on the physicality of his instrument, while Davies’s Rydal Mount offers an open atmosphere of soundscapes and Ullén's Undercurrent gives way to the long lines and the aesthetics of a restrained material.

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Crystalline is produced with support from the Swedish Arts Council.


Releases:

Dots and lines, ausculto fonogram, released 16.05.2016

Davies/Ullén/Arrias

Live at Café Oto, London, February  2014


The trio met London in 2014 when the two Swedes, who earlier formed a duo, decided to go to London to expand their music together with Angharad Davies. In 2017 they had a residency at Gerlesborg art school, and recorded a lot of material. Stay tuned for a coming release! 


Angharad Davies (UK)..................violin

Lisa Ullén (SE)...............................piano

Johan Arrias (SE)..........alto sax, clarinet

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"It’s not that often that you hear a really red-blooded, vital improvisational music, making Crystalline a delight for tired ears, indeed.

"It’s as much modern sculpture as it is music."
– forestpunk (forestpunk.wordpress.com)

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