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    Limited edition pink marble vinyl LP of 'Basically' by Nikima Jagudajev, Jordan Balaber and Lester St. Louis.

    “Basically” is a collaboration between choreographer Nikima Jagudajev and composers Jordan Balaber and Lester St. Louis, created as an accompaniment to Jagudajev’s exhibition at the Bergen Kunsthall from October 2020 to April 2021.

    The record contains two pieces, “Orbit Arps” and “Krampus”, which function as a musical diptych, and capture embellished snapshots of two core musical atmospheres contained within the “Basically” live performance.

    Part of Re-Imagine Europe, co-funded by the Creative Europe programme of the European Union. Re-Imagine Europe is initiated by Sonic Acts (NL) and coordinated by Paradiso (NL) in collaboration with Elevate Festival (AT), Lighthouse (UK), INA GRM (FR), Kontejner (HR), Landmark / Bergen Kunsthall (NO), A4 (SK), Disruption Network Lab (DE) and Ràdio Web MACBA (ES)

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“Orbit Arps” is a collage of various edited performances captured during a week of rehearsals at the Kunsthall in October 2020. The guitarists Bård Aarvik and Salomon Poutsma were recorded as they navigated a “mutable” score mirroring Jagudajev’s choreography, which allowed the musicians to work through the material in an intuitive, non-linear fashion using finger-picked patterns and “game”-like rules. The process gave way to ever-changing combinative structures and necessitated collaboration and negotiation between the performers in real-time. An accompanying Ableton Live session containing sympathetic and disruptive sine tones, pink noise, field recordings of Jagudajev’s voice and Balaber’s electric guitar was performed by composer / producer Nikoline Ursin Erichsen in response to the guitarists’ performances during the recording sessions. Pianist June Jenkins recorded improvisations around the “Orbit Arps” thematic material in Portland, Oregon, which were later re-pitched and layered into new shapes throughout the track, weaving in and out of the guitar performances captured at the Kunsthall.

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from Basically, track released April 5, 2021
Bård Aarvik - Guitar

Jordan Balaber - Composition, Production, Guitar, Processing

Nikima Jagudajev - Creative Direction, Vocals

June Jenkins - Piano

Chris Pawlusek - Mixing and Mastering

Salomon Poutsma - Guitar

Lester St. Louis - Composition, Production

Nikoline Ursin Erichsen - Live Electronics

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