Sonar with David Torn - Tranceportation (Volume 2)

[GA Russell]

“As Sonar continues to evolve, so too, does its overall concept and musical philosophy - an enigmatic vision that truly sounds like nothing else out there." John Kelman Tranceportation Volume 2 is the next destination in Sonar’s ongoing musical journey as the Swiss-based band celebrates 10 years of cutting-edge music-making.    Once again the quartet formed in 2010 have joined forces with internationally-respected experimental guitarist, David Torn, to deliver an album brimming with a sound that's marked by bold, resonant creativity.   The group’s polyrhythmic approach, utilising various elements of tension, release, space and dynamics rewrites the rules about what guitar-dominated music is capable of achieving.   Sonar’s founder, guitarist Stephan Thelen, whose work has been performed by the Kronos Quartet, brings forward a further instalment of compositions that seamlessly blend a pointillistic, metrical complexity with deep subterranean grooves that engage both the heart and the mind of the listener.   “Throughout my life, music has served as a means of transportation for me — something that can take one’s mind on a journey beyond the constraints of space and time and into beautiful, strange and unknown worlds,” Stephan Thelen LISTEN TO TRANCEPORTATION (VOLUME 2) Release Date: June 26th, 2020 David Torn                    electric guitar, live looping Stephan Thelen             tritone guitar Bernhard Wagner         tritone guitar Christian Kuntner          tritone bass Manuel Pasquinelli        drums, percussion   1          Triskaidekaphilia (9:45) 2          Tranceportation  (12:42) 3          Slowburn  (10:02) 4          Cloud Chamber (9:40)    Produced by Sonar with David Torn. Recorded „live in the studio“ April 29 – May 3, 2019, at Mazzivesound Studio in Bellmund, Switzerland (www.mazzivesound.ch). Engineer: Chris Diggelmann Edited & Mixed by Stephan Thelen between May and July 2019. Mastered by Serge Christen at Mazzivesound. All compositions by Stephan Thelen with contributions by Bernhard Wagner, Christian Kuntner, Manuel Pasquinelli and David Torn. All tracks arranged by Sonar. Sonar’s guitar parts arranged by Stephan Thelen and Bernhard Wagner. Executive Producer for RareNoiseRecords: Giacomo Bruzzo David Torn appears courtesy of ECM Records. Thanks to Sara and Serge Christen, Alexander Vatagin and Markus Reuter. Thanks to Kanton Zürich Fachstelle Kultur for financial support. © + ℗ RareNoiseRecords 2020 Cat. No.: RNR114 (CD) / RNR114LP (VINYL) Read the full Press Release here LEAP OF FAITH 2020 gives you the opportunity to PRE-ORDER the whole 2020 RareNoiseRecords release schedule (11 releases + 2 X 10″ Vinyls) and enjoy free shipping on each one of the shipments coming your way during the year.

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