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Wonderful, lyrical set from bass-clarinetist Yoni Silver, captured at OTO in January this year.
Packing more into under 20 minutes than many manage in twice that time, Silver deftly weaves a breathtaking range of techniques and textures on the instrument, spanning frenetic highs to lows of bracing physicality. From dizzying clusters of notes to multilayered melodicism, ethereal whispers to ragged, splintered breaths, Silver gives a visceral, bodily performance. The result is a restless, mercurial and wholly present solo set that doesn't let the focus slip for even a minute.
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Recorded by Luciano Maggiore
Mixed and mastered by James Dunn
Cover illustration by Emanuel Silver-Schendar and Yoni Silver
“deftly weaves a breathtaking range of techniques and textures on the instrument, spanning frenetic highs to lows of bracing physicality. From dizzying clusters of notes to multilayered melodicism […] Silver gives a visceral, bodily performance”
Alongside his bass clarinet and multi-instrumental solo projects, Yoni has collaboratesd with artists such as Steve Noble, John Edwards, Regan Bowering, Birgit Ulher, and many others. He plays keyboards with Charles Hayward’s band Abstract Concrete, winds and strings in Ashley’s Paul's project RAY (with Otto Willberg); he was a longstanding member of Iancu Dumitrescu and Ana Maria Avram's Hyperion Ensemble, and has written orchestral arrangements for artists such as Nico Teen.
