muzycy:
Jacques Demierre: Sustain Pedal, Piano, Voice
Jean-Christophe Ducret: Guitar
Denitsa Kazakova: Violin

Editor's info:
Jacques Demierre is a Swiss composer, improviser, pianist and installation artist who has written music for orchestra, soloists, choirs, balloons, dancers, chamber ensembles, museum installations and more. Blending Swiss traditions and sensibilities with avant garde Jazz, classical, improvised music and the American experimentalist tradition, he has created a unique and striking sound world that challenges the idea of language itself. Breaking Stone pits sound poetry against a Cagean tapestry of piano sounds in one of the strangest “song cycles” you are ever likely to hear. The meditative and ambient sounds of harmonics in Sumpatheia, scored for electric guitar and violin recall the distant sounds of Swiss mountain Alp horns. Exhilarating and dramatic, the Three Pieces for Piano Player push the limits of the instrument and the player to new heights. An important and groundbreaking release by this Swiss master born in Geneva in 1954.