Artvark Saxophone Quartet | Trance

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The latest release from Dutch Saxophone quartet, Trance is described as a “symphonic poem” for hogs and a truffle. After several intense and fruitful collaborations the past years, on 15 September 2017 Artvark will release a new album as a quartet: trance.

The latest release from Dutch Saxophone quartet, Trance is described as a “symphonic poem” for hogs and a truffle. After several intense and fruitful collaborations the past years, on 15 September 2017 Artvark will release a new album as a quartet: trance.

This time they bring one story, in one breath. The listener will be invited to join them on a journey. Departing from one note, the listener will be taken through a pulsing rhythm and system into a kaleidoscopic universe of different melodies, layered and overlapping each other.

For this project, the members of Artvark have deepened and united their different backgrounds in one big composed story. They tried to capture the journey they’ve undertaken to get here – both individual and collective composing, and lots of experimenting with melodies and rhythm – in five long pieces. The men of Artvark long to lose themselves to be part of a larger whole. They take the listener with them along their way, through revolving melodies, more depth in harmony and rhythm and, maybe the most important, their 12 years of intense collaboration and sound.

Release Date: 15 September 2017
Format; CD | Digital
Label: Oink Records

Track Listing:
1, As All Is Now | 2, Sons of Comfort | 3, Darkness | 4, The Path of Hogs | 5, As It Will Never Be | 6, Apotheosis | 7, Epilogue

Line-up:
Rolf Delfos (alto sax), Bart Wirtz (alto sax), Mete Erker (tenor sax) and Peter Broekhuizen (baritone sax)

You can find the full catalogue of the Artvark Saxophone Quartet, all available for direct purchase, at their website.

 

 

 

 

Last modified: March 27, 2020