Einstein's Dreams
Konnex Records 5165
Ursel Schlicht – piano
Reuben Radding – bass
1. unexpected vision ....... 10:24
2. time passes more slowly for people in motion ....... 15:59
3. textures of time ....... 12:59
4. modulation of light ....... 7:25
Rec by Mario Diaz de Léon
Mixed by Reuben Radding & Ursel Schlicht
Mastered by Reuben Radding
Graphic Design: Eve Vick
Photographs: Scott D. Friedlander
All pieces by Ursel Schlicht (GEMA) and Reuben Radding (Pine Ear Music, ASCAP)
Textures of Time (excerpts):
Time passes more slowly for people in motion (excerpts):
“These musicians glide through the space they create, and the sounds they make
resonate high in its architecture, like birds swooping through a mossy arch.”
(Steve Dollar, NYC)
Einstein’s Dreams ist eine spannende live-CD mit spontanen Piano- und Bass-Duos von Ursel Schlicht
und Reuben Radding, einem eingespielten New Yorker Team, aufgeführt in in der wohl traditionsreichsten
Konzertreihe für “adventurous music” von Roulette/Location One. Schlicht und Radding arbeiten seit
2002 zusammen und waren u.a. in John Zorn’s New Yorker Club “The Stone”, beim Polestar Festival for
Creative Music in Seattle (USA) und beim Symposium für Aktuelle Musik in Kassel zu hören.
“Wir spielen beide seit Jahren frei improvisierte Musik, Jazz und verschiedene Formen neuer Musik,
und dennoch empfanden wir unsere intuitive Kommunikation im Zusammenspiel als außergewöhnlich stark
und sensibel. In diesem Duo verbinden sich die Sounds im Piano-Innenraum und die erweiterten Techniken
auf dem Bass hervorragend mit konventionelleren Spielweisen unserer Instrumente. Wir fordern uns
ständig zu neuen Ideen heraus und erweitern in diesem Duo ständig unser musikalisches Vokabular."
Two improvisers team up for an evocative concert of spontaneous piano/bass duets on einstein’s dreams,
their debut release from Konnex Records. Schlicht & Radding have been working together since 2002 and
have appeared at The Stone (NYC), Roulette/Location One (NYC), Polestar Festival for Creative Music
(Seattle, WA), and participated in the “Symposium für Aktuelle Musik” in Kassel, Germany.
From the artist’s notes: “Both of us have played free improvised music, jazz, and various forms of new music
for years, and yet, our mutual understanding was exceptional. In this duo, we found that the occasional
textures inside the piano and extended techniques on the bass blended well with playing our instruments
more conventionally, and we like challenging each other to continuously expand our vocabulary.”
(Ursel Schlicht & Reuben Radding)
New York's Reuben Radding is one of the most distinctive young bassists playing improvised music today.
With a deep tone and prodigious technique, Radding draws on an astonishing range of musical
languages and extended sounds in his performances, whether solo or in the countless ensembles he has
been involved with. Radding leads the quartet "Intersections", and has collaborated with John Zorn,
Elliott Sharp, Marc Ribot, Wolfgang Fuchs, Wally Shoup, Saadet Turkoz, Carlo Actis Dato,
Dylan VanDerSchyff, Ursel Schlicht, John Hollenbeck, Jack Wright, and many others.