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1​:​3​:​5​:​7 Improvised Duos

by Dominic Murcott

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1' with JT 00:58
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3' with TC 02:59
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5' with HK 05:02
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7' with LJ 07:02
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1' with HK 01:01
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3' with JT 03:02
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5' with LJ 05:02
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7' with TC 07:07
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1' with LJ 01:03
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3' with HK 03:02
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5' with TC 05:01
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7' with JT 07:02
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1' with TC 01:00
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3' with LJ 03:03
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5' with JT 05:04
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7' with HK 07:11

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1:3:5:7 Improvised Duos is the latest release from composer and polymath Dominic Murcott on Nonclassical. Created over four brief recording sessions with four superb improvisers – trumpeter Laura Jurd, saxophonist Tom Challenger, pianist Hans Koller and violinist Joe Townsend – the music blends gamelan-esque percussion, jazz squall and open-eared adventure.

It follows his piece The Harmonic Canon (also released on Nonclassical), which was written slowly and methodically over two years with the ultimate aim that it would consist of two movements, each exactly 21 minutes in length. This time, Murcott worked again with exact time limitations – each piece is either 1 minute, 3 minutes, 5 minutes or 7 minutes long – but with an improvisational approach.

"The idea behind it was a simple question," says Dominic, "if we know exactly how long the section is going to be, will it influence the material in each? For example, is the first gesture of a 3' improvisation different to that of a 7' one? Each of the collaborators has a very particular style and I adapted to each by limiting the percussion I could use for each one. For intimacy I engineered the sessions myself so only two of us where ever in the studio at any given time."

"Interesting fact: the gongs that feature prominently on 1’ with TC and 3’ with TC used to belonged to famed Player Piano composer Conlon Nancarrow, and were given to me by his widow on one of my research trips to his studio in Mexico City."

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released May 1, 2020

Recorded in KCC Studios, 17–19 December 2019
Mixed and Mastered by Dominic Murcott

Dominic Murcott - Drums and Percussion (featured artist on all tracks)
Guest artists on specific tracks

LJ - Laura Jurd - trumpet
TC - Tom Challenger - saxophone
HK - Hans Koller - piano
JT - Joe Townsend - violin

All compositions by Dominic Murcott and the guest artists.

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Dominic Murcott London, UK

Dominic Murcott is a composer, curator and educator. His compositions often combine acoustic instruments & digital media or theatrical ideas.
Starting as a self-taught musician, he has gradually transition from playing drums/percussion with The High Llamas and recordings with Stereolab, Pavement and others, to classically-based composition. He is Head of Composition at Trinity Laban Conservatoire.
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