Label: Sub Rosa

このジャケットデザインからは想像が付かない非常に優れた実験録音!!大推薦!!過去に同Sub Rosaからソロアルバムを出版、WERGO、Neos、Kairosといったコンテンポラリー・レーベルに諸作を残しているベルギーの現代音楽の脈のコンポーザーStefan Prins。伝統楽器、ライブエレクトロニクス、フィードバック、フィールドレコーディングをコンセプトとした4つの長編作品をシームレスに融合した2CDアルバム[inhabit]。最初から最後まで完全シリアスな演奏形態を紡ぐ紡超硬派な録音で統一、ディスク2ではBBCスコティッシュ交響楽団のドリームチームが登場する、この人物の真骨頂的録音ブツ。12ページブックレット付き。





S2CD digipack + 12 page booklet

"inhabit" the second release by Stefan Prins on Sub Rosa, brings together four recent, large-scale compositions in which traditional instruments-from bass woodwind trio to electric guitar and symphonic orchestra-merge seamlessly with electronics, feedback, and field recordings.

'inhabit' once again serves as a testament to how Prins, whose work is performed worldwide by some of the most celebrated musicians, ensembles, and orchestras, continues to stay attuned to the pulse of contemporary music. His compositions offer a refreshing, gripping, and consistently surprising exploration of the increasingly porous boundaries between the acoustic and electronic realms

The first disc of this double album, co-produced by Deutschlandfunk Kultur, opens with 'Inhibition Space #1,' a piece for amplified bass woodwind trio and feedback, delivered in a masterful performance by the Berlin-based Ensemble Mosaik. This exploration of instrumentally controlled feedback is juxtaposed with an acoustic chamber orchestra in the multidimensional 'inhabit_inhibit,' captured during a gripping live performance by EnsembleKollektiv Berlin, conducted by Max Murray at Ultraschall Berlin in 2023.

The second disc features Prins' provocative electric guitar concerto, 'under_current,' performed by the formidable Yaron Deutsch on electric guitar and the dream-team of the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra under the baton of conductor Ilan Volkov. In this expansive sonic landscape, ranging from delicate flageolet whispers to ear-splitting outbursts-the orchestra functions as an acoustic meta-amplifier for the electric guitar, enhanced by a range of effect pedals.

The album concludes with 'Mesh,' for five instruments, feedback, electronics, and field recordings, in which the traditional boundaries between human, technology, and nature are completely deconstructed. In their place, Prins creates a world where unexpected sonic connections emerge and dissolve, like acoustic mirages. The Belgian Nadar Ensemble, which Prins co-directs, once again demonstrates why it is such a sought-after ensemble on the international concert stage, and one of Prins' principal musical ambassadors.