BBC Radio 3 Freeness: Quiet Contours
Corey Mwamba presents the best in adventurous improvised music. This week features pianist Aman Mahajan’s musical responses to his mother’s poetic reflections on quietude.
The vocalist Mankwe Ndosi gives voice to what is felt, and not said in a contained tempest of free improvisation with BodyMemOri trio (Tomeka Reid on cello, Davu Seru on drums and Sylvia Bolognesi on bass). Plus, the multi-instrumentalist Maeve Schallert creates an immersive experience with the remnant sounds of a performance – easily discarded feedback from guitar, violin and more are used to build an atmospheric sound world of droning, subtle noise.
Produced by Tej Adeleye
A Reduced Listening production for BBC Radio 3
1 Brad Linde – PoE
2 KODO & Sarathy Korwar – Kalak
3 Mankwe Ndosi & Body MemOri – backmouthfindingpulse
4 Raposa Velha – Triunfo Da Luz
5 Maeve Schallert – what is left behind when the ruckus ends
6 Andrea Centazzo & Roberto Ottaviano – LIVE #1: ESTEEM (S.LACY)
7 Horse Improvisation Music Club – Ng Chor Guan, Jackie Walduck, Neil Metcalfe
8 Brandon Lopez Trio – Dance
9 Julie Pickard & Douglas Benford – For The Sake Of Argument
10 Urmila Mahajan & Aman Mahajan – Quietude
