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Four new releases at a special price. As usual, we encourage you to reach for the new albums by Simon Nabatov - Raging Bulgakov (2CD), the trio Matthew Shipp / Joe Morris / Jerome Deupree - Travelogue, Izumi Kimura with Barry Guy and Gerry Hemingway - Six Hands As One and the trio Kamil Piotrowicz / Erik Kimestad / Simon Albersten - The President
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Izumi Kimura, a wonderful Japanese-born, Irish-based pianist, has released five albums with us. Each of them shows her from a slightly different side as an improviser, composer and leader. It is a great happiness to be able to release music by figures like her. Her latest album, Six Hands Open As One is the second album she has released with Barry Guuem and Gerry Hemingway. We strongly urge you if you are not familiar with Izumi Kimura's music to reach for it. If you love her, we have a set of five albums for you at a special price of EUR 50!!!!!!!!
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Dearly beloved, yesterday marked the birthday of one of improvised music's greatest artists, the great leader, double bass virtuoso and composer Barry Guy. There are 13 albums in our catalogue in which Barry Guy took part. In celebration of the master's birthday, we have this entire set for you at a special price of EUR 150!
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In 2019, a year before the onset of the pandemic and three years before the full-scale war in Ukraine broke out, we released Illuminated Silence. This was the first album of a new trio consisting of the young Japanese-born, Irish-based pianist and composer Izumi Kimura and the greats of the improvised music world Barry Guy and Gerry Hemingway.
The album was very much liked by listeners and I heard from many of them the question whether there is a chance that this formation will survive, because if the band debuts with such a great album, what will happen when it becomes a working band?
Today, five years later we know well that the trio Kimura / Guy / Hemingway is working and bringing a new recording, this time a studio recording made in mid-December of 2023. It is with great pride that we place it in your hands - Six Hands Open As One.
credits
released April 1, 2024
Izumi Kimura - Barry Guy - Gerry Hemingway
Izumi Kimura - piano
Barry Guy - bass
Gerry Hemingway - drums, percussion, voice
1. The Unexpected (Gerry Hemingway) 17:46
I. Day Into Night II. Sanctuary III. Corridors IV. Spirit
2. Cloud Echoes (Izumi Kimura) 7:10
3. Gnomon (Barry Guy) 15:53
4. Underdrift (Izumi Kimura) 6:01
Izumi Kimura [IMRO], Barry Guy [PRS, PPL], Gerry Hemingway [GEMA/BMI]
Recorded & Mixed December 10, 11 & 15, 2023 at The Meadow, Wicklow, Ireland by Rian Trench
Produced by Izumi Kimura, Barry Guy & Gerry Hemingway
Mastered by Jim Hemingway
Inside Cover Photo by Olesya Zdorovetska
Graphic Design by Anna Kulikowska
Executive Producer - Maciej Karlowski
Barry Guy plays exclusively on Thomastik-Infeld bass strings
Our grateful thanks to the Arts Council of Ireland for supporting the commissioning & recording of these compositions.
Led by Norwegian pianist and composer Eyolf Dale, this trio fuse nordic folk, jazz, and classical styles for a bright, beautiful sound. Bandcamp New & Notable Feb 1, 2023
